Greg Tingey

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  Paul Agree that "conservatism" - which has many positive points { See H MacMillan / E Heath, etc ) has been abandoned for a version of C19th High-toryism ... that kept them out of office, approx. 1846 - 74. Can...
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  North Korea See also: "Who Steals my Purse" by John Brunner. Unfortunately, I don't think it would work, now, as NK would immediately go all-out war, even if China & they were advised in advance. H @ 1081 Unfortunately, there...
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  Kardashev Just looked at that WaPo article { Sorry, Charlie, but it is necessary reading } "Holding your nose" &/or "being virtuous" is utterly useless, if Trump / Hitler/ Musso / Boney / Caesar is actually "elected" into power, isn't...
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  David L @ 1021 "all these details" ... are part of why DJT is still NOT IN JAIL ... For 6-7 years now, everyone has been saying that Trump "couldn't possibly do that" - or - it's against the law/constitution...
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  For the USA-ians ... How true & how dangerous is this? - "Fire at will" of Federal employees by a Trump ( or anyone ) administration so as to get a "packed" partisan Civil Service?...
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  Charlie Very apposite - see today's issue of "Private Eye" for the relaxations just promulgated on Parliamentary Expenses, etc. What a surprise that wasn't....
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  SFR NO Religion has ALWAY & FOREVER been used as a supposed "trump card" { Pun intended! } against ethics, the rule of law, and science. ... Rbt Prior Also no! - think about rioting in India, when cows are...
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  News (1): Transmitting now { 09.21: 27/11/2023 } on BBC R4 Start the week - Space - the Human Story Interviewer, astronaut, cosmologist, novelist. Will be available on "Listen Again" from about 10.30 News (2): Christian arseholes fucking up medicine...
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  Really horrid future idea A "Third Party" - like the supposed "No Labels" group really competes in 2024 { Backed by heavily-laundered & plausibly-deniable "R" money, natch.... The election is too close to call, even with the Electoral College votes...
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  Smashing everything up - continued - even iof it's tory councils & their vote gets trashed ... because ... then, Labour will have to scrape up the mess - & raise taxes. It's clearly deliberate. Paul Thanks, I think .......
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  Charlie Aside from the Scientific American op-ed I'm currently drafting - err ... You WILL let us know when it publishes, won't you? Rbt Prior @ 919 See also my query @ 903??...
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  Charlie Altering it, only very slightly ... Yes, Jeremy Corbyn Greg T is a millionaire -- strictly on paper, and entirely due to inflation in the London housing market. Hint: My father bought this house in 1948 for £2750 -...
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  Lest we forget the saying from the classics - that - Hubris is always followed by Nemesis kiloseven Except that QR codes DO NOT WORK on my phone ... though I've been told that, now, one needs an appropriate "phone...
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  H @ 856 Already under-way here. The vile fascist, P. Theil is doing this with our NHS data....
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  Rbt Prior Several Someones powerful wanted Brexit for their own reasons - MONEY, lots & lots of MONEY. The poster-boy for this is Grease-Smaug, of course, but also rich arseholes like Bamford ( of "JCB" ) the Barclays, P Theil,...
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  Especially for EC - from today's Grauniad: The more the government’s authority shrinks, however, the more it acts as if it has a huge mandate. It seeks to crush or ignore opposition in ways that previous, much more popular administrations...
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  Oops, I forgot ... Dublin W.T.F? Religion? Racism? IRA? or what?...
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  EC @ 812 Specifics, please? And, most importantly, how many of those still work, after protests & examination? MOST importantly: the defendant is not allowed to see the evidence, and held in secret? - I would have thought an ECHR...
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  anonemouse To which, may I add ... The revived & renamed "British Union of Fascists" peripherally around the outer lunatic fringes of Brit politics in the 1950's & 60's - usually based on open racism against people who were not...
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  H @ 798 Thanks for that. AIUI ... some other birds are showing also tendencies towards evolving into predators? The example I was quoted was Parus major - the Great Tit (!) EC @ 799 cough Blank sneering is not...
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  Rbt Prior I'm old enough to remember ration cards - I was born in 1946 ..... Things steadily improved through the 1950's but seemed to slow down, thereafter. The early 70's were not good, but it all started to improve...
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  H @ 780 So, you are saying that the conventional Birds of Prey are a classic example of convergent evolution? Falcons aren't closely related to hawks, eagles, or other raptors. Are the remainder closely related, or they also separately-evolved lineages?...
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  kiloseven That reminds me ... Is "L Mc M B " well or able? She's been very "quiet" of late - has she been struck with Covid, long, or otherwise? I do hope not, as I think we all want...
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  Charlie @ 748 The real problem is dealing with the open fascism that has publicly erupted, in the USA, as a result of DJT, whether or not he is in jail, or not, or even alive. (!)...
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  EC The USA cannot ignore Ascencion Island ... Also, a betrayal of that size, would shift power in NATO & elsewhere, wouldn't it? I could easily trigger not only a real drive to re-enter the EU, but get Britain &...
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  Geoff Hart Well - most "protestant" churches take Matthew V v 17-18 very seriously. I know that the "Anglican" church says that the "old" testament is still scripture..... Uncle Stinky Oh FUCKING Bloody HELL! Just-in-time for Rish! to become a...
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  P H-K ANY option that does not vote the "R's" in is preferable, given their tendency to fascism & oppression of women (etc )...
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  Charlie Ah, the Spiro Agnew option? Didn't work last time, did it?...
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  Pigeon Yes. But, in my downstairs entrance-hall I have a mini-bank of 5 original 1908 brass switches, fed through a double conduit from the intermediate hall floor, above. Having worked out how to earth/ground said switches ... { lead a...
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  H I'm not sure that quoting Kurt Vonnegut is ever a good idea? John S I was 11 during the "IGY" & yes it wasn't just the USA, either. Yet again: "I want my future back!" Technology could & should...