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Why would you buy a Rolf Harris painting as an investment, even before he was outed as a beast. He's a poo poo painter.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:04
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Who the gently caress spends the majority of their life savings one loving painting. She could have used that money for a deposit on a house in Easton.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:08
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I found out today that my brother in law's mother in law bought two Rolf originals as 'investments'.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:08
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Don't buy art.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:11
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People consciously look for work by artists who are old enough that they're likely to die in the next few years knowing that there's pretty much an instant 25% bump in their value when the artist shuffles off. This is a perfectly valid thing to do and not blitheringly stupid at all.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:35
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I like to buy art that I will put on my walls
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Jul 4, 2014 21:35
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JFairfax posted:I like to buy art that I will put on my walls Walls are for the bourgeoisie
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Jul 4, 2014 22:23
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People pay a surprising amount for serial killer's artwork. Not sure the going rate for child rapists, though.
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Jul 4, 2014 23:08
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keep punching joe posted:Why would you buy a Rolf Harris painting as an investment, even before he was outed as a beast. He's a poo poo painter. He would have been death of the year if he had managed to die before he was caught.
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Jul 4, 2014 23:13
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JFairfax posted:I like to buy art that I will put on my walls Me too. It increases the property value 
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Jul 4, 2014 23:15
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Tortuga posted:He would have been death of the year if he had managed to die before he was caught. Have you forgotten Bob crow already?
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Jul 4, 2014 23:25
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Zero Gravitas posted:Have you forgotten Bob crow already? Yeah, did he paint the Queen too? Technically Harris would have had to have died in 2012 for it to have been before his name was ruined, if he had done that woman would have been quids in.
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Jul 4, 2014 23:31
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Tortuga posted:Yeah, did he paint the Queen too? I thought he was picked up in March 2013? If he'd died in February he'd be competing with Nelson Mandela and Thatcher.
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Jul 4, 2014 23:36
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Tortuga posted:Yeah, did he paint the Queen too? Nah. Imagine if Saville had done paintings. All the poo poo about him came out after his death. Dying before the poo poo comes out doesn't stop you from owning a necrophile playground-enthusiast's impressionism.
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Jul 5, 2014 00:20
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Crashbee posted:I thought he was picked up in March 2013? If he'd died in February he'd be competing with Nelson Mandela and Thatcher. He was interviewed late 2012, most people knew it to be him but he put a lot of money into gagging the press. Like superinjunctions these things always end up online. Speaking of which, I heard murmurings of the supposed lost dossier turning up online in some form but have yet to see any evidence.
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Jul 5, 2014 00:37
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There was three copies of the dossier produced - one copy given to the Leon Brittain (big mistake), one copy was kept by the MP (Was destroyed by his widow after his death as it was to sensitive to keep in the house), and the final copy was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions. There is no news about where this third copy now resides. Also the details of the dossier were known and was covered by a few of the papers at the time. Here is another story showing how instances like elm were all covered up, and highlighting how it does seem what so far has been hinted at is probably as small part of a massive problem. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10944652/Tory-MP-allegedly-found-with-child-porn-in-1980s-faced-no-charges-police-told.html The child protection officer whose revelations caused the Operation Fernbridge to be set up has gone on record to say he has identified over 40 MP's or members of the Lords who are possibly involved and need investigating. If that's true its no wonder the parties are trying to hush it up as it will destroy them. That's why we need a Public inquiry as there is to much to lose for those in power. ukle fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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Jul 5, 2014 07:07
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 Getting busy in Leeds…
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Jul 5, 2014 09:07
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ukle posted:That's why we need a Public inquiry as there is to much to lose for those in power. The problem is who do you get to lead that inquiry? Imagine the worst-case scenario - that there really are 40 MPs (from across all parties) directly involved in this. The Westminster village is small enough that literally anyone in a position to investigate - Parliament, the judiciary, the Police - will have senior members whose careers will almost certainly have been influenced by at least one of these people, even if they weren't themselves directly involved. Who can you appoint that you'll be certain will have clean hands? How do you get people within that village to testify? It would have to be in the back of their minds that if they take down one, how many are still left to gently caress them up? This is the sort of poo poo our much-vaunted Free Press are meant to be involved in but of course the state of libel laws in the country means they find it much easier to investigate the genitals of reality TV stars than challenging anyone with any actual power. The only thing I can think of is getting Europol or maybe the Gardai or FBI involved to run the investigation - but holy poo poo if that isn't an entirely different can of worms.
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Jul 5, 2014 09:29
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The problem is who do you get to lead that inquiry? Someone with integrity from outside the Westminster village. Someone with a reputation for getting the job done, whatever. Someone with a proven track record in politics who isn't afraid of making waves. 
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Jul 5, 2014 10:16
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The problem is who do you get to lead that inquiry? A judge from Scotland or NI. Either of those police forces could investigate.
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Jul 5, 2014 10:47
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twoot posted:A judge from Scotland or NI. Either of those police forces could investigate. The accusations of paedophilia date back well before power was devolved to Scotland so there is every chance senior Scottish power brokers were involved or that senior Scottish officials owe their position to pedos. The Northern Irish establishment is involved in so much dirty business dating back to the troubles it is arguable there's more dirt on them than any potential paedophile.
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Jul 5, 2014 11:03
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ReV VAdAUL posted:The accusations of paedophilia date back well before power was devolved to Scotland so there is every chance senior Scottish power brokers were involved or that senior Scottish officials owe their position to pedos. The Northern Irish establishment is involved in so much dirty business dating back to the troubles it is arguable there's more dirt on them than any potential paedophile. If they don't want the embarrassment of going outside of our borders for assistance then NI or Scotland are probably as far removed as we can get, both with no shortage of people who would take great enjoyment in making GBS threads all over Westminster by turning out these skeletons. I bet we won't get an inquiry set up before the election anyway. Neither Labour or Tory wants "X questioned" in the papers during the campaign.
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Jul 5, 2014 11:22
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twoot posted:If they don't want the embarrassment of going outside of our borders for assistance then NI or Scotland are probably as far removed as we can get, both with no shortage of people who would take great enjoyment in making GBS threads all over Westminster by turning out these skeletons. Aside from other concerns about potential paedophile influence and everyone having some kind of blackmailable event in their past I'm just not sure there are many members of the Scottish/NI establishment who are keen to do that. Only the "right" kind of people tend to get promoted in any kind of bureaucracy and boat rockers are never the "right" kind of people. I definitely agree we wont get an inquiry before the election though.
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Jul 5, 2014 11:36
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ukle posted:If that's true its no wonder the parties are trying to hush it up as it will destroy them. Is there any evidence of any party trying to hush anything up? goddamnedtwisto posted:The only thing I can think of is getting Europol or maybe the Gardai or FBI involved to run the investigation - but holy poo poo if that isn't an entirely different can of worms. I think the Garda have their hands full when it comes to abuse investigations. They aren't going to ask a foreign police service to investigate the highest levels of government (even a government of the past). The closest it will come, and even this I doubt, will be to have a former police chief from a commonwealth country (Canada, Australia or New Zealand) oversee the investigation, which will be done by a non-Met English or Welsh police service.
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Jul 5, 2014 11:45
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kingturnip posted:Someone with integrity from outside the Westminster village. California Electricity Crisis
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Jul 5, 2014 11:45
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tdrules posted:California Electricity Crisis That was (mostly) before his time and in fact was a big factor in his election. Also Arnie probably isn't the best person to be investigating sexual indiscretions.
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Jul 5, 2014 11:47
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Also Arnie probably isn't the best person to be investigating sexual indiscretions. To be fair to Arnie, what he did wasn't illegal, only incredibly stupid.
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Jul 5, 2014 14:24
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There's an interesting thread over by here regarding paedophila in the British Establishment http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,43079.0.html
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Jul 5, 2014 14:55
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The nuggets that live two doors down have started their third bonfire of the week burning construction waste. This time with added explosions (including ejecting flaming material across their "garden") as they appear to have included either aerosol cans or gas bottles in the burn. This is a regular occurence, and I've found more than one scorch mark on my lawn from embers being carried by the wind, and found remnants of burnt household waste sitting on the grass too. This is the hyper aggressive family of black cab drivers, so I'm not going to go confront them as I value my front teeth. What is it with these arseholes, a skip costs about £150 for a fortnight, it's not expensive.
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Jul 5, 2014 15:38
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Can't you complain to the council? If you have documentation and video footage that might be enough to get them to act, especially if your neighbours are using the fires to dispose of hazardous waste illegally.
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Jul 5, 2014 15:47
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LemonDrizzle posted:Can't you complain to the council? If you have documentation and video footage that might be enough to get them to act, especially if your neighbours are using the fires to dispose of hazardous waste illegally. I made a complaint last year about the same problem, the council never followed it up.
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Jul 5, 2014 15:56
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TinTower posted:
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Jul 5, 2014 16:04
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Why is the tour in Leeds? Might aswell be in loving Milton Keynes.
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Jul 5, 2014 17:04
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I don't know, first time I've been to Leeds that I can remember and it's pretty nice. Having a good risotto and pale ale at the Brewery Tap - seems to be loads of other good places to eat and drink too
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Jul 5, 2014 17:47
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Fluo posted:Why is the tour in Leeds? Might aswell be in loving Milton Keynes. Whats so bad about Leeds?
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Jul 5, 2014 18:09
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ReV VAdAUL posted:Whats so bad about Leeds?
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Jul 5, 2014 19:22
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Kegluneq posted:It's oop North and therefore inaccessible to civilised human beings (I think Fluo is a Londoner). Don't worry, the Tour De France shall be passing through such civilised outposts as Cambridge and even entering London itself. Usefully, closing every important road around City Airport on a Monday, including every single one I need to use...
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Jul 5, 2014 20:15
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Brovine posted:Don't worry, the Tour De France shall be passing through such civilised outposts as Cambridge and even entering London itself. Sorry 
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Kegluneq posted:It's oop North and therefore inaccessible to civilised human beings (I think Fluo is a Londoner). I think he's in Bristol actually. But still southern so wrong about everything.
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