Silent Sunday

My son the loon...........

I popped into town this afternoon with Beansy (aged 7) as he wanted some new shorts for beavers.  I was having a look in Peacocks and had left him at the accessories whilst browsing.  When I turned around, this is what I found..........He was "rocking out" to Florence and the Machine's version of "You've got the love"

When I asked him if he minded my blogging about this, he said "I am such a cool dude mum, my fans (!) will love it"  so please, leave my little dancing loon some love!!!

Peace and Love

S.A.M xx

Muslim MSP Humza Yousaf Takes Oath of Allegiance in Urdu

Humza Yousaf, the cousin of Muslim extremist Osama Saeed, who was appointed a member of the Scottish Parliament thanks to his top placement on the SNP's Glasgow Regional List, today swore his oath of allegiance in the Scottish Parliament in Urdu. Yousaf wore a traditional Pakistani garment called a sherwani with a tartan plaid.

Mr Yousaf said: "I'm proud, like many in Scotland, of my Scottish-Pakistani identity and by taking the oath in Urdu and English and mixing traditional dress from both cultures I hope to take a further step toward cementing the Scottish-Pakistani identity in Parliament."

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Hanzala 'Two Jobs' Malik

Some of the MSPs recently elected (or, in the case of the two Muslims, appointed) to the Scottish Parliament still hold jobs as local government councillors. This includes Hanzala Malik, the Muslim MSP who was appointed to the parliament based on his top placement on Labour's Glasgow Regional List.

Some newly elected SNP MSPs have announced that they will continue serving as councillors until the next elections come around and will give their councillors' salaries away to charity in the meantime. The Labour leadership on Glasgow City Council has said it will leave it to the councillors in this position, including Hanzala Malik, to decide for themselves what they want to do, however. According to the Herald, Malik also holds a job on an outside body associated with the council.

Hanzala Malik collects around £11,000 in addition to his basic wages for his position as vice-chairman of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.

The Herald had previously reported on how Glasgow councillors were able to enhance their own salaries by inventing quangos and associated agencies and appointing themselves to paid positions on their boards. The council now intends to seek Malik's removal from all outside bodies associated with the council.

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Pro-Muslim Propaganda in the Herald

The Herald today has an absurd non-story about a few Muslim women who, to get some daft award, went out and removed some fallen-down trees from a path. Why is this news? Why is it being reported? If a few Jews or Greek Orthodox or Wee Frees or Buddhists had done this, would it be reported? No. Someone at the Herald wants to inculcate a favourable view of Muslims into us. Why?

What Does George Galloway Know About Hanzala Malik?

In his Daily Record column yesterday, George Galloway said this about newly appointed Muslim MSP Hanzala Malik (Labour):

WELL, the people have spoken. The b******s. That is how senator Dick Tuck in 1966, Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson in 1959 and even Ron Brown the Leither greeted the news of their electoral disasters.

But you won't hear that from me. It's true that the people of the west end of Glasgow chose the SNP's Sandra White - who from the winners' rostrum hailed her own "victorious victory" - over my old friend Pauline McNeill.

And that the city's voters prefered New Labour's Hanzallah Malik over me. Only when they come to know him will the full glory of that statement become clear.

It's ironic that he mocks the SNP candidate for her clunky English then proceeds to misspell "preferred", misspell the name of the Muslim MSP he's referring to (it's Hanzala Malik not Hanzallah Malik, or is this a deliberate tactic from libel suit veteran Galloway?) and then finish with a sentence that doesn't actually make sense (full glory of the statement that the voters preferred Hanzala Malik to him?).

Still, it does raise the intriguing question of what George Galloway knows about Hanzala Malik that we don't. As is well known, Gorgeous George is well plugged in to the goings-on in Mohammedan circles. But unless the Dundonian demagogue wants to grace us with further insights, we'll just have to wait with bated breath until the true character of the globular Mr Malik is revealed.

I have to confess I'm a little surprised that Muslim hero Galloway didn't praise the appointment of two new Muslim MSPs as a significant step forward for the global jihad to which he has dedicated much of his life. Personal bitterness trumps all, it seems.

Boots Smooth Skin ipulse plus - Week 1

Boots Smooth Skin Ipulse Plus

As you know I am a massive beauty junkie and so when I was asked to review the Smooth Skin Ipulse Plus, I was absolutely delighted.  It first launched in 2008 but as I was pregnant and then breast feeding the Pixie, I wasn't able to try this, but guess what?!  I am NOT pregnant and I am NOT breast feeding anymore so bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Firstly, I hear you ask, what is this??

The Boots Smooth Skin brand (or just "iPulse" as it's known as  in other countries) uses IPL (intense pulsed light) technology which offers clinically proven, permanent hair reduction.  This has been around for about 30 years and works by using flashes of light which target the pigment in the hair which them disables the hair follicles and stops new growth. 

It's recommended that you use this between 6 and 12 times (once a week) and after that hair growth should be minimal with the occasional top up session every couple of months to keep the stray hairs at bay!  Regrowth becomes less over time and eventually you'll have minimal growth - yippee doo da!!!

The iPulse PLUS also comes with an  "Electronic Skin Tone Sensor" device which takes the guess work out of choosing the appropriate skin type setting for each part of your body.  There are four skin type settings meaning you can personalise treatment depending on skin colour.

I am going to be treating my legs, bikini area (no Hollywood or Brazilian stylee though ;-) underarms and the odd facial hair (ahem). 

I did the first treatment session at the weekend and spent about an hour zapping the follicles.   You need to "prep" each area by shaving and then smear the area with the activator gel which helps to guide the light down the hair follicle.  It also cools the area that you are treating.  

By far the longest time was spent on my legs (approx 30 mins) with 10 mins on each other area.  The first great thing was that the power cord was VERY long meaning that all areas were really easy to reach and treat, without having to be a contortionist.  It was a bit weird at first as the *zap* sound with a flash of light was a bit space age, but I soon got used to doing it.  It is VERY easy and almost pain free.  I say almost as there was a little bit of discomfort but this was because I had the ipulse on the wrong setting.

I have taken photographs to be able to show you "before" and "after" shots so stay tuned for more info!

The Boots Smooth Skin PLUS is a a little more expensive than the original model at £399.99 but if you factor in the cost of salon treatments you are definitely quids in. 

If you want to find out more you can get in touch with the iPulse team using their international sales email address which you can find on the iPulse Facebook page.


Other useful links are 

Buy Boots Smooth Skin PLUS from Boots.com

iPulse website: www.ipulse.com
iPulse on Twitter: twitter.com/iPulseSmooth
iPulse on Facebook: www.facebook.com/iPulseSmoothSkin

If you have any questions, please do post them here, I will do my best to help as have access to experts and a manual as thick as my arm!

Peace and Love

S.A.M xx