Thursday 6th September 2018
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Crace, reporting --
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... rant-at-un" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Lovely piece, on remarkable teachers + —
“”“Betsy DeVos is trying to get the Fed government to pay for GUNS for teachers,” my grandma texted me recently. “How insane is that?”
I shared with her that secretary of education DeVos, who would begrudge dollars to public schools and predatory-loan forgiveness to defrauded college students, reportedly owns ten yachts. Someone recently untied one of them, valued at $40 million, from an Ohio dock, setting it adrift on Lake Erie.
“Too bad she wasn’t in it,” Grandma texted back.
The privatization DeVos seeks at the federal level began in my home state years ago. School districts sued the state in 1999 and 2010 for failing to provide adequate funding, the Kansas supreme court repeatedly ruled in their favor, and legislators refused to comply – a constitutional crisis that Democrats and moderate Republicans have fought to resolve by ousting conservative representatives.
Those who profit from the dismantling of public schools do so not just with tax dollars funneled into private school vouchers but with their control over information and ideas. One of the most overlooked threats to democracy is classroom curricula shaped by private interests for their own political, ideological and financial benefit.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... rah-smarsh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“”“Betsy DeVos is trying to get the Fed government to pay for GUNS for teachers,” my grandma texted me recently. “How insane is that?”
I shared with her that secretary of education DeVos, who would begrudge dollars to public schools and predatory-loan forgiveness to defrauded college students, reportedly owns ten yachts. Someone recently untied one of them, valued at $40 million, from an Ohio dock, setting it adrift on Lake Erie.
“Too bad she wasn’t in it,” Grandma texted back.
The privatization DeVos seeks at the federal level began in my home state years ago. School districts sued the state in 1999 and 2010 for failing to provide adequate funding, the Kansas supreme court repeatedly ruled in their favor, and legislators refused to comply – a constitutional crisis that Democrats and moderate Republicans have fought to resolve by ousting conservative representatives.
Those who profit from the dismantling of public schools do so not just with tax dollars funneled into private school vouchers but with their control over information and ideas. One of the most overlooked threats to democracy is classroom curricula shaped by private interests for their own political, ideological and financial benefit.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... rah-smarsh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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That's really very goodfrog222 wrote:Crace, reporting --
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... rant-at-un" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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The very opposite of what should happen - nailed on recession otherwise.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Brexit: Government will have to make cuts if UK crashes out of EU with no deal, Philip Hammond admits https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 26046.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
Maybe he ought to talk to Alistair Darling about what he did to mitigate the banking crisis.
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Most of countryside now devoid of hedgehogs, study finds
Most of countryside now devoid of hedgehogs, study finds
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frog222 wrote:Mmmm! My favourite Likudnik.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Joan Ryan facing a vote of no confidence this evening in Enfield
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‘It’s packed to the rafters at Joan Ryan’s CLP vote of no confidence in Enfield North.
Several loud and aggressive people waving Israeli flags outside the front door shouting “If you vote against Joan Ryan then you are an anti semite”.’
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@joseph_finlay
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I gather Joan Ryan has lost the no confidence vote 95 votes to 92.
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I gather Joan Ryan has lost the no confidence vote 95 votes to 92.
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Not in the habit of kidnapping hedgehogs but I couldn't resist.
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If I were a hedgehog I'd look just like that as I just found a massive juicy slug under my kitchen sponge.
We rescued one when I was a kid that we found at the edge of the road looking a bit worse for wear. It made a remarkable recovery and provided considerable amusement as our stupid cats never learned that trying to bat it around with their paws caused them pain. We were told releasing it near where we found it was best, but as that was between a road and a railway line we decided to take it out into the countryside. Harry, he was called. We weren't very imaginative in the Seventies.
Sorry, I thought Question Time might be back on due to parliament being back but it's not so I'm at a bit of a loose end.
We rescued one when I was a kid that we found at the edge of the road looking a bit worse for wear. It made a remarkable recovery and provided considerable amusement as our stupid cats never learned that trying to bat it around with their paws caused them pain. We were told releasing it near where we found it was best, but as that was between a road and a railway line we decided to take it out into the countryside. Harry, he was called. We weren't very imaginative in the Seventies.
Sorry, I thought Question Time might be back on due to parliament being back but it's not so I'm at a bit of a loose end.
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https://www.housenameplate.co.uk/blog/b ... ouse-name/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
How to change your house name
"If your house already has a number, on a street, you can name it without telling anyone"
Didn't realise so easy."Curtsyton" it is.
How to change your house name
"If your house already has a number, on a street, you can name it without telling anyone"
Didn't realise so easy."Curtsyton" it is.
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I meant a hedgehog by the way, we didn't rescue a slug.
As for my present slug visitor I'm just going to leave it alone, I think it's asleep and that sponge should have been chucked out ages ago as it's falling to bits. But being a single bloke I like to make things like kitchen sponges last about 10 years.
As for my present slug visitor I'm just going to leave it alone, I think it's asleep and that sponge should have been chucked out ages ago as it's falling to bits. But being a single bloke I like to make things like kitchen sponges last about 10 years.
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@sky
Work out the anagram,if you haven't been following my what to call my (our) home self discussion.
Work out the anagram,if you haven't been following my what to call my (our) home self discussion.
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You have a sponge,luxury.I haven't even got a functional oven.
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More can't be arsed on the arduous DIY task of changing an amp.Far too dangerous.
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I'd blow myself up and Curtsyton with it.
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Think it gave up on the vaping lark.
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You mean this place?
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Yeah because you've not bothered to get it fixed. I bet it's either the fuse or the switch, both of which you could replace for a couple of quid you skinflint.HindleA wrote:I haven't even got a functional oven.
Anyway I feel we are moving away from politics here.
Do you think Jeremy Corbyn could fix his own oven?
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No my (our)house.I say our despite now being only me.
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Has he got an oven.If so what type.Depends what is wrong with it.I think he could certainly fix my oven,I think your slug could,after his fag.
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It's the fuse,but for some reason linked with extension behind the main part of oven,I could take it apart and replace,the difficult bit being putting back on correctly,it would be upside down or something.
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Did your slug vote for Brexit?
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It took me twelve years to put the bathroom door back on its hinges,or more correctly a helpful painter and decorator who also fixed the guttering.
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Oh I see, the best I could do was 'Scrunty to' which I'm 100% sure is wrong.
If indeed "Curtsyton" was what I was meant to be looking at you cryptic bastard.
As for this place, it could do with a new name and a bit of redecoration.
Maybe some dancing girls.
If indeed "Curtsyton" was what I was meant to be looking at you cryptic bastard.
As for this place, it could do with a new name and a bit of redecoration.
Maybe some dancing girls.
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Anyway you offer of help,mysteriously slipped your mind as you took pictures of me falling asleep mid crossword solving
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Torycunts
Not subtle but fair
Not subtle but fair
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On second thoughts they might if worked out think that an invitation.
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Why don't I ask it?HindleA wrote:Did your slug vote for Brexit?
Just wait there for a minute while I....
Fuck me it's vanished, it was there about an hour ago and now it's gone.
I'm still going to use the sponge.
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It's so obvious now I know the answer.HindleA wrote:Torycunts
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I don't know about you Hindle but I'm off to post nonsense elsewhere.
Meet me in Music and we can leave these people alone.
Meet me in Music and we can leave these people alone.