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by tinyclanger2
Tue 26 Dec, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

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
by tinyclanger2
Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023

Then again, some disciplines give "rational" such negative, self-serving definitions, no wonder we're confused.
by tinyclanger2
Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

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.
by tinyclanger2
Tue 26 Dec, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023

Fair point.
by tinyclanger2
Tue 26 Dec, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023

Unbelievable
by tinyclanger2
Mon 25 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023

In celebration of the above, I am wearing sequins.
by tinyclanger2
Mon 25 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

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...
by tinyclanger2
Mon 25 Dec, 2023 6:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023
Replies: 39
Views: 3611

Re: Christmas week 23-29 December 2023

Merry Christmas nesters.
by tinyclanger2
Sat 16 Dec, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2023
Replies: 30
Views: 2475

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.
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 7:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

Re: Thursday 14th December 2023

History always repeats - because humanity doesn't pay attention to that fact
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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?
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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.
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

Re: Thursday 14th December 2023

Whether it's in France or Hungary or whatever it doesn't matter.

It's happening.
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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...
by tinyclanger2
Thu 14 Dec, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th December 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 2257

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...
by tinyclanger2
Sun 03 Dec, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
Replies: 34
Views: 2401

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.
by tinyclanger2
Sun 03 Dec, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023
Replies: 34
Views: 2401

Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December 2023

Whenever I think of MT I think of Elvis Costello
by tinyclanger2
Fri 13 Oct, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 13th October 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 3335

Re: Friday 13th October 2023

Anyone else read Dave Eggers' The Every? Terrifyingly plausible.
by tinyclanger2
Sun 08 Oct, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 4050

Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th October 2023

Indeed sorry to hear about Ephemerid - best wishes to her.
by tinyclanger2
Thu 05 Oct, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 5th October 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 2653

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...
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

Gillian Gilbert - was "dating" (wikipedia) Stephen Morris of New Order - aot Morrissey of the Smiths
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

refitman wrote: Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:10 pm Oh dear, never mind

Well that's promising.
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

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)
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

Hey Sky are you off to New Order on Saturday?
Am suddently seized by a compulsion to see them.
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

Just had a quick boogie to this:
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

Youth is SO wasted on the young

by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

Morissey was clearly at the time (and more clearly subsequently so) little more than a miserable ****
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:57 pm
tinyclanger2 wrote: Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:54 pm was there ever a time we just had fun?
Yes, it was horrid :)
Was it? that's not how I remember it.
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

(and I was always of the opinion that he was one)
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023


always a miserable ****
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

(while rocking against racism etc)
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

was there ever a time we just had fun?
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

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
by tinyclanger2
Wed 04 Oct, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Replies: 33
Views: 5005

Re: Wednesday 4th October 2023

A musical observation of the sign of the times

earlier:
now:

Just saying.
by tinyclanger2
Mon 02 Oct, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 2nd October 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 2735

Re: Monday 2nd October 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -says-poet

Anyone here feeling this "war on nature"? Deeply disturbing.
by tinyclanger2
Mon 18 Sep, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 18th September 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 2306

Re: Monday 18th September 2023

From AK yesterday; Cumbria is a big place, you know. Where exactly are you?
Crow Crag? The Penrith Tearooms?
And what WAS the name of the pub (of don't threaten me with a dead fish at me fame)
by tinyclanger2
Fri 15 Sep, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 15th September 2023
Replies: 9
Views: 1569

Re: Friday 15th September 2023

refitman wrote: Fri 15 Sep, 2023 7:57 am Morning all.

🎶Happy birthday to me🎶
OH! Happy Birthday!
:dance: :dance: :dance:
by tinyclanger2
Sun 10 Sep, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
Replies: 34
Views: 5825

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023

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.
(Despite their pets?)
by tinyclanger2
Sat 09 Sep, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
Replies: 34
Views: 5825

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!
by tinyclanger2
Sat 09 Sep, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th September 2023
Replies: 34
Views: 5825

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...
by tinyclanger2
Thu 31 Aug, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 31st August 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 2297

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).
by tinyclanger2
Wed 09 Aug, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 5393

Re: Wednesday 9th August 2023

Humanity - where has it gone?
by tinyclanger2
Wed 09 Aug, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 5393

Re: Wednesday 9th August 2023

frog222 wrote: Wed 09 Aug, 2023 12:08 pm NHS graphic

Of what? sorry am trying to understand but the apparent lack of units leaves me perplexed.
Am sure it's me - because that's life these days, right?
by tinyclanger2
Fri 07 Jul, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 7th July 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1306

Re: Friday 7th July 2023

It's sickening.
by tinyclanger2
Fri 07 Jul, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 7th July 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1306

Re: Friday 7th July 2023

I'd be the first to admit I'm not massive on kids - but in a world that is increasingly awful this is one of the most obnoxious and profoundly depressing things I have seen: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/07/robert-jenrick-has-cartoon-murals-painted-over-at-childrens-asylum-centre Robe...
by tinyclanger2
Sun 25 Jun, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
Replies: 52
Views: 4544

Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023

I did read it!