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ohsocynical wrote:Do you want to hear something daft?
Recently I had a health scare. My immediate and only thought was regret for all the books I'd never get to read. I felt dreadful about it afterwards because family never got a look in.
Thankfully the health scare was a wrong diagnoses, but it was such a powerful feeling which hasn't left me that I'm making it top priority to re-read all the books I remember enjoying in the past as well as new novels by favourite authors. Plus political books when I can find them.
My latest find from Egham's Oxfam shop is Michael Heseltine's autobiography....I'm not keen on autobiographies because authors can be deceitful when writing about themselves but anything covering Maggies reign of terror is sure to be interesting.
My Christmas presents (requested because I wouldn't personally go on Amazon or pay these "people") were:-
22 Days in May - the birth of the Lib Dem - Conservative Coalition (David Laws)
The Orange Book - Reclaiming Liberalism (Edited by Paul Marshall & David Laws)
5 Days in May - the Coalition and Beyond (Andrew Adonis)
I'm reading them in that order.
You are brave. I am only going to read Heseltine so that I can hopefully find things to slag the Tories off. If it gets too painful I shall stop.
I have Tony Blair's autobiography and haven't been brave enough to open it yet.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
ohsocynical wrote:Do you want to hear something daft?
Recently I had a health scare. My immediate and only thought was regret for all the books I'd never get to read. I felt dreadful about it afterwards because family never got a look in.
Thankfully the health scare was a wrong diagnoses, but it was such a powerful feeling which hasn't left me that I'm making it top priority to re-read all the books I remember enjoying in the past as well as new novels by favourite authors. Plus political books when I can find them.
My latest find from Egham's Oxfam shop is Michael Heseltine's autobiography....I'm not keen on autobiographies because authors can be deceitful when writing about themselves but anything covering Maggies reign of terror is sure to be interesting.
My Christmas presents (requested because I wouldn't personally go on Amazon or pay these "people") were:-
22 Days in May - the birth of the Lib Dem - Conservative Coalition (David Laws)
The Orange Book - Reclaiming Liberalism (Edited by Paul Marshall & David Laws)
5 Days in May - the Coalition and Beyond (Andrew Adonis)
I'm reading them in that order.
You are brave. I am only going to read Heseltine so that I can hopefully find things to slag the Tories off. If it gets too painful I shall stop.
I have Tony Blair's autobiography and haven't been brave enough to open it yet.
Not brave OhSo - it's just I like to be able to quote factual things to my friends who just so happen to be rampant Tories (barring one of them)! (They don't really listen to me now but I feel better for ranting!). I've wanted those books for quite a while ...... but didn't expect to get them all at once!
Happy to be called a Labour Party Tribalist as I don't consider it as an insult in the grand scheme of things!
giselle97 wrote:
My Christmas presents (requested because I wouldn't personally go on Amazon or pay these "people") were:-
22 Days in May - the birth of the Lib Dem - Conservative Coalition (David Laws)
The Orange Book - Reclaiming Liberalism (Edited by Paul Marshall & David Laws)
5 Days in May - the Coalition and Beyond (Andrew Adonis)
I'm reading them in that order.
You are brave. I am only going to read Heseltine so that I can hopefully find things to slag the Tories off. If it gets too painful I shall stop.
I have Tony Blair's autobiography and haven't been brave enough to open it yet.
Not brave OhSo - it's just I like to be able to quote factual things to my friends who just so happen to be rampant Tories (barring one of them)! (They don't really listen to me now but I feel better for ranting!). I've wanted those books for quite a while ...... but didn't expect to get them all at once!
That's a good idea. You never know. One day you may win them over.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
giselle97 wrote:Is there something particularly special about this awful Windows 8.1 which requires constant bleeding updating?
That's twice today I'm expected to re-boot.
It's truly awful. I've just downloaded Win 8.1. A few things are marginally better but it's still crap. Might be alright for phones but not for computers.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Windows 10 is launched either later this year or early next year , they aren't having a '9' . Supposed to be a return to something more user friendly and has Skype built in ...
Toby Latimer wrote:Windows 10 is launched either later this year or early next year , they aren't having a '9' . Supposed to be a return to something more user friendly and has Skype built in ...
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
Sod that for a game of soldiers.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Toby Latimer wrote:Windows 10 is launched either later this year or early next year , they aren't having a '9' . Supposed to be a return to something more user friendly and has Skype built in ...
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound 13m13 minutes ago
Matthew Richardson, UKIP political secretary, boasted that Party represents "hundreds of thousands of bigots" in Britain. See Sunday Times
@RebeccaRiots might be able to use this when she's doorstepping. When someone says they're voting for UKIP she could ask if they mind being labelled a 'Bigot'.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Sickening. And put off by May because she knew he was dying. And that woman who was supposed to head the inquiry. Hung around for six months which brought him and his family time. I bet the old boy network has never been busier.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Toby Latimer wrote:Windows 10 is launched either later this year or early next year , they aren't having a '9' . Supposed to be a return to something more user friendly and has Skype built in ...
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
I'll have it in that case. I've masses of memory [It's a fairly new Vaio] so it should be okay. And since it died and I had to do a fix, it's even emptier.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Sickening. And put off by May because she knew he was dying. And that woman who was supposed to head the inquiry. Hung around for six months which brought him and his family time. I bet the old boy network has never been busier.
While I was wearing my tin-foil hat, I had this thought that maybe the two chairs who were appointed were so appointed because they knew they would be challenged and then have to stand down.
A bit Machiavellian but if you want to delay something there's no better way than to appoint someone who then has to stand down...and then another...
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
On the same subject...I wonder whether Bernard Ingham can now reveal who it was that he asked whether there was any truth in the rumours which he then didn't do anything about.
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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Sickening. And put off by May because she knew he was dying. And that woman who was supposed to head the inquiry. Hung around for six months which brought him and his family time. I bet the old boy network has never been busier.
While I was wearing my tin-foil hat, I had this thought that maybe the two chairs who were appointed were so appointed because they knew they would be challenged and then have to stand down.
A bit Machiavellian but if you want to delay something there's no better way than to appoint someone who then has to stand down...and then another...
You can bet your boots that's exactly why they were chosen. Clear as day now.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
So the press now exploding ukippery in time for election (so saving tory arse) whilst at same time biging up the Greens & left leaning parties to split Labour.
Why, just why
So the press now exploding ukippery in time for election (so saving tory arse) whilst at same time biging up the Greens & left leaning parties to split Labour.
Why, just why
Actually hammering UKIP on the NHS is good for Labour. The Tory core vote doesn't give a toss about the NHS.
A City barrister hired by Ukip to keep “bad stuff” out of the media, bespectacled Mr Richardson, 34, explosively compared the NHS – cherished by millions as Britain’s greatest post-war achievement – to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
Toby Latimer wrote:Windows 10 is launched either later this year or early next year , they aren't having a '9' . Supposed to be a return to something more user friendly and has Skype built in ...
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
Sod that for a game of soldiers.
Looks like it will be
Interesting. I'll wait and see how others get on with it first, as I'm very happy with Windows 7, but that is an unusually positive step from Microsoft.
So the press now exploding ukippery in time for election (so saving tory arse) whilst at same time biging up the Greens & left leaning parties to split Labour.
Why, just why
That's a good observation.
I've compressed it a bit, and posted it on Twitter. It's quieter on there now, so I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow as well.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
ohsocynical wrote:
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
Sod that for a game of soldiers.
Looks like it will be
Interesting. I'll wait and see how others get on with it first, as I'm very happy with Windows 7, but that is an unusually positive step from Microsoft.
Every other Windows release is good, the others are garbage:
3.1 - good
98 - garbage
98se - good
ME - garbage
XP - good
Vista - garbage
7 - good
8/8.1 - garbage
10 - good?
So the press now exploding ukippery in time for election (so saving tory arse) whilst at same time biging up the Greens & left leaning parties to split Labour.
Why, just why
That's a good observation.
I've compressed it a bit, and posted it on Twitter. It's quieter on there now, so I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow as well.
FoxinParliament @Foxinparliament 60m60 minutes ago
We're very excited by new policy for wildlife Labour is to announce soon. Only voting Labour will make it happen.
AngryAsWell wrote:Papers on a roll tonight
Top Tory forced to grovel after being caught sending racist and sexist emails http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/to ... ar_twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It sounds ... well I can't really find the right word for it at present. But he seems to think he can just say sorry - bit of a slip up there - and it will all be forgotten. Surely he can't think he can send out stuff like that to colleagues and residents and use his council email to do so ... and stay in his position? Surely not?
On the emails storm, Cllr Batty said: “I am very sorry for sharing the contents of these messages. They are completely inappropriate and it was a terrible error of judgment on my behalf.
“I hope my apology will be accepted by both my constituents and the wider public.”
He insisted: “I do not believe in racism or sexism in any form."
AngryAsWell wrote:Papers on a roll tonight
Top Tory forced to grovel after being caught sending racist and sexist emails http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/to ... ar_twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It sounds ... well I can't really find the right word for it at present. But he seems to think he can just say sorry - bit of a slip up there - and it will all be forgotten. Surely he can't think he can send out stuff like that to colleagues and residents and use his council email to do so ... and stay in his position? Surely not?
On the emails storm, Cllr Batty said: “I am very sorry for sharing the contents of these messages. They are completely inappropriate and it was a terrible error of judgment on my behalf.
“I hope my apology will be accepted by both my constituents and the wider public.”
He insisted: “I do not believe in racism or sexism in any form."
He sounds like they always sound: the apology is just a ritual, meaning nothing, because they haven't done anything to apologise for, except that he's got the token bit about racism and sexism wrong. Very strange wording: you're supposed to claim that you're not a racist nor a sexist, despite using extreme racist and sexist language, but this guy has stated that he doesn't believe in racism or sexism, which can only mean that he doesn't believe they exist. So what has he done that's wrong, then?
@TobyLatimer - thanks Toby for that news about Windows 10. Agree with others that it is unusual if I can upgrade in due course to 10 for free. Shall wait and see. In the meantime my self-built ancient desktop with XP Pro is sitting in the other room waiting for a new monitor if I decide to buy one!
Happy to be called a Labour Party Tribalist as I don't consider it as an insult in the grand scheme of things!
Mike Gapes MP retweeted
Iain @Iain_33 1h1 hour ago
Amjad Bashir was booked to go on 5Live tonight but Conservative Central Office have pulled him from the appearance, @CCHQPress why?
Mike Gapes MP retweeted
Iain @Iain_33 1h1 hour ago
Amjad Bashir was booked to go on 5Live tonight but Conservative Central Office have pulled him from the appearance, @CCHQPress why?
Maybe they thought that he might get asked why he defected from the Tories to UKIP in the first place...
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
Mike Gapes MP retweeted
Iain @Iain_33 1h1 hour ago
Amjad Bashir was booked to go on 5Live tonight but Conservative Central Office have pulled him from the appearance, @CCHQPress why?
Maybe they thought that he might get asked why he defected from the Tories to UKIP in the first place...
They might have asked why, if immigrants are so bad, why were his family using illegal ones in their restaurant?
This is mostly him saying Labour should not be so mealy mouthed about fracking - they've drawn up much tighter regulations that would have to be met - and should just come out and say it shouldn't happen - and gives the reasons why.
If they did that ... and then this wildlife protection policy they've said they are about to announce was a good un ... that would make my January and many other months and years to come.
Maybe they thought that he might get asked why he defected from the Tories to UKIP in the first place...
They might have asked why, if immigrants are so bad, why were his family using illegal ones in their restaurant?
I can't wait for the next IT students creative app to be produced ... it will probably be fantasy UKIP / Tory football - with them kicking different players across the pitch to each other.
Oh look, OGRFPG's web filter is even more useless than we first thought:
The adult content filters being rolled out by some internet providers under a scheme championed by David Cameron are blocking the websites of businesses and charities and are a “distraction” for parents seeking to protect children from online pornography, claim campaigners.
...
A website discussing the legalisation of cannabis found itself blocked, as did several small wine dealers, said Pam Cowburn of the transparency campaign Open Rights Group. Last year research by the group found that 54 registered charities had their websites blocked by one or another of the filters.
Several were offering support and services to young people escaping abuse or alcohol dependency. One such charity, Alcohol Support, based in Aberdeen, called it a “big brother” approach.
ohsocynical wrote:
If it's not free they can stuff it. I paid for MS Office a few years ago, and then found out I'd have to buy it all over again for Win 8.
I'll have it in that case. I've masses of memory [It's a fairly new Vaio] so it should be okay. And since it died and I had to do a fix, it's even emptier.
Do check, before installing it, that any applications you normally use (and especially any you rely on) will continue to work with Windows 10.
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
refitman wrote:Oh look, OGRFPG's web filter is even more useless than we first thought:
The adult content filters being rolled out by some internet providers under a scheme championed by David Cameron are blocking the websites of businesses and charities and are a “distraction” for parents seeking to protect children from online pornography, claim campaigners.
...
A website discussing the legalisation of cannabis found itself blocked, as did several small wine dealers, said Pam Cowburn of the transparency campaign Open Rights Group. Last year research by the group found that 54 registered charities had their websites blocked by one or another of the filters.
Several were offering support and services to young people escaping abuse or alcohol dependency. One such charity, Alcohol Support, based in Aberdeen, called it a “big brother” approach.
Echoes of the historic safe-search programme that stopped users from searching for Wessex, Essex, Sussex, sextant, sexton, or other words containing 'sex' – and caused a major headache when geography, Earls of, and so on were the subjects schoolchildren were supposed to be researching on the internet...
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
refitman wrote:Oh look, OGRFPG's web filter is even more useless than we first thought:
The adult content filters being rolled out by some internet providers under a scheme championed by David Cameron are blocking the websites of businesses and charities and are a “distraction” for parents seeking to protect children from online pornography, claim campaigners.
...
A website discussing the legalisation of cannabis found itself blocked, as did several small wine dealers, said Pam Cowburn of the transparency campaign Open Rights Group. Last year research by the group found that 54 registered charities had their websites blocked by one or another of the filters.
Several were offering support and services to young people escaping abuse or alcohol dependency. One such charity, Alcohol Support, based in Aberdeen, called it a “big brother” approach.
Echoes of the historic safe-search programme that stopped users from searching for Wessex, Essex, Sussex, sextant, sexton, or other words containing 'sex' – and caused a major headache when geography, Earls of, and so on were the subjects schoolchildren were supposed to be researching on the internet...
The most stunning thing about Sky rolling theirs out by default is it is designed to filter everything that might be considered dubious for a 13 year old.
What is life like in a Sky Broadband household? All pink fluffy kittens and unicorns?
Actually scratch the unicorns, related to horses and they can be real bastards.
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