Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August 2017

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 6:44 am

Morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... olice-logo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Centrelink accused of threatening people using letters with police logo
Letters under the heading ‘Taskforce Integrity’ warn welfare recipients against providing false information to collect payments

"Last year just 0.018% of those receiving payments were investigated for fraud, while 996 cases were referred to prosecutors and just 29 cases resulted in indictable charges, according to Acoss."

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:52 am

Bit quiet this morning innit?

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 10:44 am

Good morfternoon.

According to the BBC News travel correspondent, there are already problems at EU holiday destination airports re passport control etc (on leaving the country). Long queues, delays and missed 'planes.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:03 am

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The visually impaired refugee with a world class degree and a gin and sushi habit.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:07 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40828176" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PC used dead child's name to join activists, documents show

A policeman who used a dead child's identity to infiltrate a protest group in the 1970s was thrown out when his cover was blown, police documents show.
The officer, who has since died, used the name Rick Gibson to join Liverpool-based activist group Big Flame.

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HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:16 am

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fa ... y-10929834" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Family of girl, 8, with rare disease struggling to pay electricity bill for equipment to keep her alive

This is where,similar to dialysis an arrangement the thickshit Duncan Smith had never heard of and bemoaned as byzantium,when he left the DWP printed as possible assistance in guidance,either a capping of utility bills by company encouragement/extending of eligibility or NHS payment towards,would be useful.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:29 am

PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

According to the BBC News travel correspondent, there are already problems at EU holiday destination airports re passport control etc (on leaving the country). Long queues, delays and missed 'planes.

That will make the government even more popular.......

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:30 am

Even got rental.on 'phone paid for communication purposes.eg.when you fuck up and "lose a line"(of blood not returning to poor sod you are supposedly helping).Only happened once,It didn't happen again.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:42 am

And necessary adaptions of course.we kept the overhead lamp and shelves.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:48 am

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-educ ... d-training" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not all PhD supervisors are natural mentors – some need training

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:50 am

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... hing-grows" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

End of families gathering round the TV as binge watching grows
Eight in 10 UK adults use streaming services such as BBC iPlayer or Netflix, says Ofcom, with 35% watching several episodes of a show once a week

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:55 am

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ael-police" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Israeli police confirm Netanyahu is suspect in fraud investigation

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:57 am

HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ael-police

Israeli police confirm Netanyahu is suspect in fraud investigation

Couldn't happen to a nicer man.

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 12:01 pm

Morning.

I hadn't read this when I made my comments yesterday, so it was it bit strange to find someone articulating (far more successfully than me!) what I was trying to say:

https://theconversation.com/brexit-and- ... ture-81860" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Originalism is also an abandonment of judgement and responsibility. Politicians – government ministers and the Labour opposition – are behaving as if they have no choice but to give effect to a mandate enshrined and encoded in the referendum result regardless of whether there is any clarity as to the original intent of voters or of the consequences of implementing such an intention.

It’s time for politicians to drop the originalist pretence of keeping faith with the country. They should instead do the one thing the British system of parliamentary democracy is supposed to do – empower the representatives of the people to make decisions and to be accountable for them.

Hopefully that's what will begin to happen when the repeal bill goes before Parliament. But delaying the debate over what leaving the EU actually means for so long has left precious little time to affect whatever parliament decides it meant by it.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 12:40 pm

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People across the Nation are encouraged to try something different - Saturday August 5th is National Be Naked Day, so join in and spend some time naked to find out what it is really like.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 12:40 pm

I misread that as bake naked day.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 12:44 pm

http://press.labour.org.uk/post/1638243 ... d-publicly" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Labour Press
DCMS should stand up to the Treasury and publicly assure us the FOBTs review has not been shelved

(Fixed odds betting terminals)

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 12:57 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... university" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No more heavy loads: experts develop greener, lighter washing machine
Nottingham Trent University team says replacing concrete with plastic container to fill with water could slash carbon emissions

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:04 pm

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... eg-pickers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

“The perception from overseas is we are xenophobic, we’re racist, and the pound has plummeted too. We’ve gone with Brexit and that makes us look unfriendly.” Those are the words of John Hardman, director of Hops Labour Solutions, which supplies about 12,000 workers a year to food-growers. He reckons that when it comes to “food-picking jobs in agriculture – which means everything from strawberries to brussels sprouts”, there is currently a Brexit-related shortfall of about 20%, which chimes with recent surveys by the National Farmers Union.

Though one does wonder why, given the infamous exploits of British tourists to mainland Europe, they ever thought anything else.

So, so proud of my country.....

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:06 pm

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv ... t-13435437" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Families of Hillsborough victims look set to miss out on public funding ahead of prosecutions

CPS still looking at issue but guidelines suggest no Government money will be available to support families

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:08 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... ns-company" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Student debt: What is going on with the Student Loans Company?

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:33 pm

Flynn and Russia envoy Kislyak discussed 'simple things'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40836456" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:56 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New union aims to overhaul self-employed workers' rights
Scheme to focus on freelancers’ issues such as late payments, with ambitions to eventually offer ‘bread funds’ for sick pay

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 1:58 pm

HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... ns-company

Student debt: What is going on with the Student Loans Company?

Too many loans, too many terms and conditions. Loans taken out before 1998 were handed over to Thesis in 2008 because Student Loans Company was struggling to cope with volume even then. With loans replacing maintenance grants and retrospective changes to terms and conditions in 2015, the complexity and volume just grows and grows. And it's not as if it's just one loan arrangement with each student. Most students will have 3 or 4 individual loans, with differing repayment structures if taken out over a change period. Then there's the move from DD to payroll for deductions, with, presumably, some students with loans spanning both methods. No one really asks about the financial cost of this enormous and complex administrative process or who ultimately pays for it but at a guess I would say the cost is most likely exorbitant and the ultimate payer will be us via the taxman.

As a sidebar, back in 1991, my university fees were paid by my local council, a much simpler process although I did have a worrying moment when I got a message saying my fees hadn't been paid. When I spoke to the admin assistant it transpired they had been there all along but they had been looking under the wrong council because of a mistaken assumption based on the inclusion of the city of Bath in my address. Simpler times.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 2:01 pm

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv ... s-13435894" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Revealed: Liverpool suffering crisis of homeless asylum seekers

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 2:03 pm

Jeez,didn't realise the different loans thing.

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 3:15 pm

HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... ns-company

Student debt: What is going on with the Student Loans Company?

Can it make retrospective changes?
It already has.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 4:48 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lifetime Isa proving popular as young savers rush to snap them up

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 6:51 pm

HindleA wrote:Jeez,didn't realise the different loans thing.

Hi. I just got back and have now found this. It's from 2010 but it's still a useful guide to the history of student funding as it covers maintenance grants/loans as well as tuition fees. When you include maintenance, you realise how many different loan arrangements there have been, with only the first couple of years, 1990/1991 or so no longer applicable to anyone at all because of the 25 year lifespan. New loans have a 30 year lifespan, so even if you stopped making new loans tomorrow, student loans are going to be with us for a long time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ... olved.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Grants, loans and tuition fees: a timeline of how university funding has evolved

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 7:02 pm

BTW has anyone seen anything about Labour refusing to agree to "pairing" arrangements when Parliament resumes?

Post by **refitman** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 7:07 pm

Willow904 wrote:BTW has anyone seen anything about Labour refusing to agree to "pairing" arrangements when Parliament resumes?

Only in the Kipper and the Express.

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 7:23 pm

refitman wrote:
Willow904 wrote:BTW has anyone seen anything about Labour refusing to agree to "pairing" arrangements when Parliament resumes?
Only in the Kipper and the Express.

The Express froze on me.

Is the story premature? Are we just saying Labour haven't come to an arrangement yet? Or is it a confirmed strategy? I can't tell.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 8:52 pm

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HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:09 pm

There must be a reason why the majority of my shirts have the second from top button missing.I can knly think that I don't usually button the top one and I have a habit of twiddling (not an euphemism)to make loose and/or more strain on them in continually tucking shirt in.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:16 pm

Zips lin trainer/jacket tops l with me last about half an hour with me before I start cursing them.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:24 pm

http://thehill.com/policy/international ... orth-korea" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UN Security Council unanimously approves new sanctions on North Korea

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:26 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

NHS trust sent cancer patient adverts for private clinic

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:32 pm

http://www.health.org.uk/newsletter/do- ... re-funding" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do we know what we want? Understanding public perceptions of social care funding

One of the biggest issues in social care policymaking is that policy makers often assume the public are further advanced in this debate than they are. Public understanding of social care is limited

when is it continuing health care provided by the NHS? When is it social care? People tend to assume that public services are far more joined up than they actually are. It’s often only when they start to need care and support that they realise that social care isn’t NHS care.Sometimes even people working in the health and social care system don’t understand where NHS care finishes and social care begins.

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:34 pm

HindleA wrote:There must be a reason why the majority of my shirts have the second from top button missing.I can knly think that I don't usually button the top one and I have a habit of twiddling (not an euphemism)to make loose and/or more strain on them in continually tucking shirt in.

https://www.mrporter.com/daily/you-aske ... shirt/2208" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Undoing just the top button on a dress shirt when going tieless often looks uptight, not terribly relaxed. This is particularly the case if you can see any strain on the fabric around the second button. It wants to be undone.
However, undoing more than two buttons to expose too much skin begins to look a little like a Lothario. Where’s your gold medallion?
Ergo, two buttons is the sweet spot.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:49 pm

Disgusting result.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:53 pm

Agreed.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 9:55 pm

Repeated drug cheat winner,if anybody doesn't realise/know.

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 10:24 pm

Goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:03 pm

I'd never seen (or if so, not noticed) the mural in the U.N building. Found this (old link) & elsewhere something I abandoned when it turned out to be an analysis of how it contains freemasonry/illuminati themes.
It is fairly disturbing though (imho) , hope it doesn't influence the decision making processes too much, or cause them to lose sleep (for wrong reasons)

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tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sat 05 Aug, 2017 11:16 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rns-tories" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

“The reason people vote for Corbyn is they feel there is something romantic and noble about voting Labour. We have to have a noble and romantic message, too.

It's not just the red rose, then?

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sun 06 Aug, 2017 12:09 am

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... r-eu-chief" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Britain will be committing economic suicide unless it is prepared to compromise to reach a comprehensive Brexit deal, a former head of the European Commission has warned."

However, he said a “historic compromise” would eventually be reached because the Europe-wide economic consequences of failure had been heavily underestimated.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sun 06 Aug, 2017 10:16 am

http://press.labour.org.uk/post/1638589 ... ck-hole-in" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Labour Press
Revealed: Weak Tory govt leaves £3bn black hole in public finances over summer

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sun 06 Aug, 2017 10:29 am

US

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... e-bill/910" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.disabilityintegrationact.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Senator Schumer (D-NY) introduced the Disability Integration Act! This legislation (S.910) is intended to assure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions.

This ground-breaking legislation establishes statutory civil rights language – comparable to the ADA – which requires public entities and Long Term Service and Supports insurance providers to change their policies, provide community-based services first, and offer HCBS to people currently in instutions.

"This bill prohibits states or local governments that provide institutional placements for individuals with disabilities who need long-term assistance with daily living activities or health-related tasks, and prohibits insurance providers that fund such long-term services, from denying community-based services that would enable such individuals to live in the community and lead an independent life.

States, local governments, or insurance providers may not discriminate against such individuals in the provision of community-based services by: (1) imposing prohibited eligibility criteria, cost caps, waiting lists, or payment structures; (2) failing to provide a specific community-based service; or (3) requiring an individual to receive a service in a congregate or disability-specific setting."

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sun 06 Aug, 2017 10:53 am

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-con ... e-bill/188" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit or non-profit or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including individuals employed in agriculture, to be paid at lower than minimum wages).

Prescribes requirements for a three-year phase-out of all certificates.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal authority and requirements for the issuance of such certificates three years after enactment of this Act. Requires revocation of any certificates remaining at that time.

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HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sun 06 Aug, 2017 11:06 am

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... SApp_Other" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Outrage at eviction company advert calling tenants ‘household pests’

PTO