Thursday 20th March 2025

[refitman]

Morning all.

[Frog222]

Morning refit

First lol of the day --
" Putin loves hockey. He plays it himself. (His clearly terrified opponents let him score at will.) "



Tesla's P/E ratio is still around 120, while Ford is c.6 , but it's stock now up again --235 !

[refitman]

Look, just because austerity hasn't worked before, doesn't mean it won't work now

[refitman]

[Frog222]

Look, just because austerity hasn't worked before, doesn't mean it won't work now

One barber-surgeon to his colleague, over a corpse --

" We obviously didn't bleed him enough ..."

[refitman]

More revelations from the archives


(The number of people not getting the joke, in the replies )

[Frog222]

Forget Reeves, this is the second bit of refit's post above --




"""Jaws drop as the administration’s chief enforcer, the world’s richest man, informs the terminally credulous Joe Rogan that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”

How, people reasonably ask, did it come to this?

At the superficial level, as Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has eloquently explained, we’re witnessing a putsch by a billionaire class that now views democracy merely as an impediment to its further accrual of wealth and power. Collectively, the ultra-wealthy have looked at democratic institutions and concluded "one of us has gotta go, and it's not gonna be me."

But how exactly did Silicon Valley billionaires, the online far-right, Christian Nationalists, oil tycoons and libertarians all end up reading from the same page? According to Quinn Slobodian, a professor of international history at Boston University, the answer lies within the mainstream ideology that has, since the 1970s, been reshaping Western governments and the global economy: the school of neoliberalism. """

[Frog222]

Oonagh ‪@okeating.bsky.social‬ on the Hoover thread
" The replies to this prove that any social media platform finds its Facebook level eventually. "

[refitman]

I don't think this is going to help the share price

[Sky'sGoneOut]

If anyone wants to add their name to this feel free.

https://campaigns.scope.org.uk/page/165 ... id=website

Also, would you look at that, a Labour man of honour.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

I'll be giving QT a miss tonight, there's 3 right wingers on including Fraser Nelson who propagandised for the disability benefit cuts and I really can't face having to sit and listen to his shit. In fact I should say 4 right wingers because Steve Reed will be defending those cuts for Labour.

So yeah I'm not putting myself through that.

Plus Scotland have a Nations League play off this evening which will hopefully be a more enjoyable viewing experience (though probably not).

[Frog222]

I looked up Richard Bacon, byeurck !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_B ... 8%20months.

[Frog222]

Meanwhile on the MSM and 'Philosophy' Front --

" Good morning Mr Hitler, when did you first get the inspiration for your Great Work ? "

[Frog222]

Will check the article later, if someone doesn't get there first ----

[Frog222]

Sources

'Britain is dependent on US weapons. We now face a terrible choice,' Matt Oliver, The Telegraph, 10th March 2025
'Europe forced to examine future in which US switches off its weapons,' Charles Glover, Sylvia Pfeiffer, Lucy Fisher & Richard Milne, Financial Times, 11the March 2025
'How Washington owns the UK’s nukes', Jake Wallis Simons, Politico, 30th April 2015
'How dependent are Europe's militaries on the US?', France24, 10th March 2025
'UK defence shortfalls and Europe's reliance on US pose terrifying risk, expert warns,' Claire Sadler, bfbs Forces News, 27th February 2025
'Britain forced to salvage old jets and vehicles for peace mission in Ukraine', Mark Nicol, Daily Mail, 5th March 2025
'HMS Vanguard finally sails from Devonport after refit lasting more than 7 years', Navy Lookout, 10th May 2023
'How Britain’s nuclear weapons are reliant on the US', CND, https://cnduk.org/wp-content/uploads/...



Long live that Special Relationship !

[Frog222]

Russian media much enjoyed Putin being online on TV and deliberately keeping Trump waiting

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Well that cheered me up. Scotland get a ludicrous penalty after Scott McTominay fouls a defender, the Greeks pummel us for the entire second half, and we come away with a victory. Hurrah!

[Sky'sGoneOut]

This is actually beginning to get interesting. I realise I keep banging on about these disability benefit cuts but the reaction has been fascinating. Apart from an ever shrinking puddle of ardent Starmerites and the Telegraph nobody seems happy and there's genuine anger from left and right. Hodges might be a prick but to give him his due he understands the system and realised pretty quickly what the consequences were going to be (which is more than can be said for some purporting to be on the left) .

[Sky'sGoneOut]

What isn't helping however is some of those who initially welcomed Starmer (I was one of them much to my eternal regret) but who've come out against the cuts are getting horrendous abuse from elements of the left online. The likes of Otto English and Supertanski for example. The latter of whom has had to protect her posts on Twitter it's been so bad.

What the fuck is that supposed to achieve? Are people not allowed to alter their views as circumstances change? How does being a cunt to people who've shown a willingness to criticise this government help in any way? In fact why do these dickheads not go to the Scope forum and abuse all the disabled folk there who voted for Starmer's Labour in the vain hope for something better? Because they're no different. Go on, do it you Spartist pricks and see how you get on. Yeah we all knew Starmer and those around him weren't to be trusted but it was either him or the Tories after Corbyn led Labour to a historic defeat. It was that simple. Unless you were in a safe Labour constituency and had the luxury to vote with your conscience there was no choice.

So by all means you fine warriors for socialism, have at it, attack and abuse the heretics, tell them I told you so, but don't pretend to be doing it on behalf of me or anyone like me who are going to suffer because of these cuts, because if I met you in real life I'd punch you square in the fucking face you stupid, self centred cunts.


(Apologies for the extra sweariness, it's made me quite angry).

[AnatolyKasparov]

On that at least, I agree with you. Though this rather strange intolerance towards people who change their minds isn't confined to the hard left tbf.

Shame you didn't do the QT review tonight, it might have been (even) more interesting than usual.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

On that at least, I agree with you. Though this rather strange intolerance towards people who change their minds isn't confined to the hard left tbf.

Shame you didn't do the QT review tonight, it might have been (even) more interesting than usual.

Shame you haven’t had the decency to apologise.