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- Sun 12 May, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
- Replies: 29
- Views: 200
Re: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
In breaking news: I have discovered an out of date bag of Twiglets, which means the diet needs to go on hold.
- Sun 12 May, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
- Replies: 29
- Views: 200
Re: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
Not to mention the NL. If I understand correctly, someone called the police because someone else looked cross.
- Sun 12 May, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
- Replies: 29
- Views: 200
Re: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
As were CroatiaSky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Sat 11 May, 2024 11:52 pm Quite rightly the UK's awful Eurovision entry is the only one to receive 0 points from the public vote. Good. The memory of it is still causing me psychological trauma.
The Irish were robbed.
- Tue 26 Dec, 2023 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
From May on US "candy stores"
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ox ... 82733.html
various sides of the coin
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ox ... 82733.html
various sides of the coin
- Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Then again, some disciplines give "rational" such negative, self-serving definitions, no wonder we're confused.
- Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
I am curious to understand the proportion of rational to not-so-rational individuals. Prior to Brexit I'd assumed humanity on balance had a degree of rationality. Given multiple events since then, I no longer hold this view.
- Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Fair point.
- Tue 26 Dec, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Unbelievable
- Mon 25 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
In celebration of the above, I am wearing sequins.
- Mon 25 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Just watched Chicken Run 2 - described as "Poultry in Motion" by Animation Magazine. https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/poultry-in-motion-a-set-visit-to-chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget/ Seriously beyond capitalism: "The output of animation (per animator) was around one second ea...
- Mon 25 Dec, 2023 6:06 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4090
Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Merry Christmas nesters.
- Sat 16 Dec, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2023
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2816
Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2023
It's getting to that time of year ...
https://mastodon.online/@UrsusBubbanus/ ... 7579741183
https://mastodon.online/@UrsusBubbanus/ ... 7579741183
- Sat 16 Dec, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2023
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2816
Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2023
A friend has just returned from italy with pictures of tuc biscuits embedded in chocolate.
I am envious beyond measure.
I am envious beyond measure.
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
How moderate is the NL?
Really?
Under the VVD (Rutte) https://nltimes.nl/2023/02/01/dutch-gov ... ng-scandal
Politicians are not paying attention to the people they represent
#carryingcapacity
#resourcesupply
Really?
Under the VVD (Rutte) https://nltimes.nl/2023/02/01/dutch-gov ... ng-scandal
Politicians are not paying attention to the people they represent
#carryingcapacity
#resourcesupply
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
History always repeats - because humanity doesn't pay attention to that fact
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
Moreover - EU politics are very different from the UK (FPTP). There's a very high chance Wilders will be the PM of the NL.
Is Rutte's team prepared to do what Clegg did for the Tories?
Is Rutte's team prepared to do what Clegg did for the Tories?
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
2009 wilders banned from uK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/ ... -ban-islam
The foot is so far in the door now.
The foot is so far in the door now.
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
Whether it's in France or Hungary or whatever it doesn't matter.
It's happening.
It's happening.
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
Brexit
Trump
Wilders
I look at WW2 and think: this is how it happened - "no-one" thought it would happen
Trump
Wilders
I look at WW2 and think: this is how it happened - "no-one" thought it would happen
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
From Gilsey (above) "Conclusion "Human kind cannot bear very much reality, so we retreat into dreams. Centrists and rightists are just as prone to do this as the left. The problem is that they get to inflict their dreams onto the rest of us."" I do think we might reconsider our s...
- Thu 14 Dec, 2023 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2715
Re: Thursday 14th December 2023
Am trying not to be terrified by the likds of this and this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/13/war-peace-dictatorship-democracy-europe-european-council-liberalism-populism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/14/hard-right-europe-2024-ukraine-climate-election-us But...
- Sun 03 Dec, 2023 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2565
Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
In other news am watching something Norwegian on Netflix and want to be implanted with the power of Norwegian language fluency. A wonderful language with a pleasing melodiousness and which is perfect for laconic delivery.
- Sun 03 Dec, 2023 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2565
Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
Whenever I think of MT I think of Elvis Costello
- Fri 13 Oct, 2023 9:24 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 13th October 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3629
Re: Friday 13th October 2023
Anyone else read Dave Eggers' The Every? Terrifyingly plausible.
- Sun 08 Oct, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October 2023
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4229
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October 2023
Indeed sorry to hear about Ephemerid - best wishes to her.
- Thu 05 Oct, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th October 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2762
Re: Thursday 5th October 2023
From TC2 yesterday. Hey Sky are you off to New Order on Saturday? The cheapest standing tickets were £75, so no, absolutely not. My plans for Saturday are to delude myself into thinking that Scotland have a chance of beating Ireland in the Rugby World Cup, watching it with a friend who also support...
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Gillian Gilbert - was "dating" (wikipedia) Stephen Morris of New Order - aot Morrissey of the Smiths
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Morris's girlfriend Gillian Gilbert, and she was invited to join the band in early October 1980 as keyboardist and guitarist. Her first live performance with the band occurred at The Squat in Manchester on 25 October 1980.[11][12] (from wikipedia)
Was there. In a band. (But not the No Names)
Was there. In a band. (But not the No Names)
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Hey Sky are you off to New Order on Saturday?
Am suddently seized by a compulsion to see them.
Am suddently seized by a compulsion to see them.
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Just had a quick boogie to this:
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Youth is SO wasted on the young
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Morissey was clearly at the time (and more clearly subsequently so) little more than a miserable ****
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Was it? that's not how I remember it.
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
(and I was always of the opinion that he was one)
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
always a miserable ****
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
(while rocking against racism etc)
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
was there ever a time we just had fun?
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Probably a bad example (see The Circle; The Every) but anyone retaining a soul of some descrption may recognise something of what I'm struggling to say
- Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5524
Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023
A musical observation of the sign of the times
earlier:
now:
Just saying.
earlier:
now:
Just saying.
- Mon 02 Oct, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 2nd October 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2827
Re: Monday 2nd October 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -says-poet
Anyone here feeling this "war on nature"? Deeply disturbing.
Anyone here feeling this "war on nature"? Deeply disturbing.
- Mon 18 Sep, 2023 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 18th September 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2405
Re: Monday 18th September 2023
Crow Crag? The Penrith Tearooms?From AK yesterday; Cumbria is a big place, you know. Where exactly are you?
And what WAS the name of the pub (of don't threaten me with a dead fish at me fame)
- Fri 15 Sep, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 15th September 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1686
- Sun 10 Sep, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6058
Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
(Despite their pets?)Sky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Sun 10 Sep, 2023 12:34 am As for PorFavor, she has a Maine Coon cat which means I'm picking cat hair off everything now that I'm home.
In my experience it's good to meet people from this forum.
- Sat 09 Sep, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6058
Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
On other matters I heard that Swedish Eurovision winner in a supermarket the other day, and thought for a moment it was just a crap Abba song I'd never heard before ....
Cha cha cha cha cha cha CHA!
Cha cha cha cha cha cha CHA!
- Sat 09 Sep, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6058
Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
Evening all. Have been on holiday, got distracted by work and other things, and can't entirely deal with what's going on in the world, so have even less to contribute than normal. However, I was interested to see this on Open Science https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0306312718772086 which as...
- Thu 31 Aug, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 31st August 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2384
Re: Thursday 31st August 2023
Going back to August 9th (distraction distraction) both walking up hills and getting wasted are popular Clanger pastimes. Everything in moderation (including moderation).
- Wed 09 Aug, 2023 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 9th August 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5534
Re: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Humanity - where has it gone?
- Wed 09 Aug, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 9th August 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5534