OwlFancier posted:

As some day it may happen that a scapegoat must be found,
I've got a little list, I've got a little list.
Of counterrevolution'ries who are often in the Graun.
And whose work is frankly piss, I've got them on the list.

There's those whose resignations could replace a metronome,
Whose letters of departure had a sycophantic tone,
Yet now they complain constantly of ev'ry past concern.
A shame they didn't feel the need to mention it in term.
At least their many articles elucidate this twist.
I'm sure they'll not be missed, they'd none of them be missed.

He's got 'em on the list, he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed, they'll none of them be missed.

There's the people who re-run elections 'till their choice prevails,
The drat-ed centr-ists! I've got them on the list!
And what about the people who think that democracy;
Means “disenfranchise anyone who doesn't vote for me”.
Whose disdain for the membership personifies disgrace,
The reciprocity of which must be perceptible from space.
Ensure your criticism of their actions misses home,
Because the most important part of argument is tone.
But don't let use of simile articulate your wish,
We can only copy tories, all those others are dismissed.

You may put 'em on the list, you may put 'em on the list,
And they'd none of 'em be missed, they'd none of them be missed.

The worst are those who think equality begins with wealth,
Democratic socialists! I've got them on the list!
We wouldn't want to win any election with ideas,
That suggest the wealthy's owings might perhaps be in arrears,
We mustn't spend on infrastructure that could have any use,
Nor the myth of nation'l credit cards attempt to disabuse.
It's better to continue like it's nineteen ninety four,
And try to find an ersatz Tony Blair to take the floor,
I'm sure that we'll win them back with “soft left” Owen Smith
Because otherwise we're stuck, with that bearded Bolshevist.

He'll put us on a list, he'll put us on a list,
Like a bloody Stalinist, a bloody Stalinist.

Vitamin P posted:

You are vastly underestimating the efficacy of the UK drug market. It may be garbage but by gently caress they'll get it to you, often alongside a pizza you didn't order.

ultrabindu posted:

Is Sturgeon really going to push for independence 2.0?

Alchenar posted:

Ok so 50 years ago MI5 may have surveilled hard left groups which were obvious candidates for infiltration by the Soviet Union. What's your actual point and how does it relate to the modern context?

e: an obviously real threat given that we know that in this same period MI6 had been infiltrated by the Soviet Union.

Foxtrot_13 posted:

These are not paranoid fantasies in a Jeffery Archer novel, the USSR and it's client states were actively trying to ferment a Communist revolution in this country

HJB posted:

Pistol_Pete posted:

Old people are more of an economically exploitative class, like landlords (poo poo, a lot of them ARE landlords), cynically and maliciously sucking wealth out of the young to make their useless, wrinkly old lives even more comfy and luxurious. Fighting back against them is no more than legitimate self-defense.

In fact, I'd be in favour of a Purge style scenario where, one night a year, it's legal to break into houses and, if you manage to kill the owners, you get to keep the house. THAT'D solve the housing crisis, by god!

Pesmerga posted:

Well, it's not really a case of people buying something that they know is an imitation, it's that you're paying over the odds for a knock-off that could potentially be unsafe. For example: -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35075642


Counterfeits can actually be quite problematic, whether we're talking about cosmetics containing arsenic, products with electrical defects, fake medicines etc.

Zephro posted:

It was one of the Mafia's first lines of business and apparently is something they're still involved in. There was a programme on Radio 4 months ago, in the aftermath of the horse-meat scandal, that was looking at adulteration of food and I seem to remember them claiming that most of the olive oil you buy at supermarkets has been cut with other, cheaper oils in shady circumstances before being sold to the big buyers.

OwlFancier posted:

Terrorists are wrong but you have to respect them for doing what they believe in.

Darth Walrus posted:

No, no, those are freedom fighters.

OwlFancier posted:

No more money to the Eurocrats! Except whenever we want to leave the country!

tooterfish posted:

So are you if you think the "dozens of armed men" part of the headline isn't misleading and deliberately alarmist though.

Pesmerga posted:

Hope you're feeling OK, and that it heals soon.

In other news, in between articles decrying fiction writers writing about anything other than their own, direct, personal experiences, and the 'zero hours contracts are awesome, honest' opinion pieces, we now have this too (which mysteriously has not been opened for comments).

Cerv posted:

no-one takes an actual bladed knife to a wedding. all sgian dubhs are just props

Guavanaut posted:

How do they cut the cake?

Tesseraction posted:

When I google my name it just replies with "you died alone" and then turns my computer off.

Guavanaut posted:

If you steal a Reliant Robin can you get done for both car theft and motorcycle theft?

Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

DesperateDan, can we trade lives? That sounds like heaven and I can't afford several acres of woodland just yet.

For what it's worth I do exercise, I eat well and am generally in pretty good shape, but when the only reward is the vague fluffy knowledge that it's good for you, the only way I can be bothered to make the effort is if I can condense it into 15-20 min bursts, tops. Weights and chin up bar etc at home, and quick blasts of sprint training instead of marathons.

TomViolence posted:

A&E departments need to offer more competitive services so that today's freewheeling, modern, connected, injured and dying people can shop around for the emergency care service that suits them best.

Kurtofan posted:

Has Jeremy won

kingturnip posted:

I met with a parent during the holiday because she was stressing about choosing a secondary school for her child and she said (I paraphrase):


Some parents now believe that the school you choose for your child at 10/11 will determine whether your child grows up unemployed or not.
I mean, I empathise, because that must be a poo poo mindframe to have, but it's kind of bonkers that we've let things get that way.

Hoops posted:

I actually just went back through the OP links and I'm sorry it turns out I'm absolutely wrong about this, so never mind, disregard. Don't know why I thought I'd seen it so many times.

Edit: also found out that Guavanaut does the OP every month. Good effort from you.

TinTower posted:

Of all of the stuff said in the room and this is what the media pick up on…

UnquietDream posted:

On a completely divergent point. Bloody hell was Cardiff busy today, I'd expected some crowds for the City of the Unexpected but that was frankly absurd. I hope whoever organised that learns a few lessons for the future (their messaging solution for telling people about events did not seem to actually work) and does another one because on a technical level the whole thing was quite impressive.

Zephro posted:

I've often wondered what foreign TV news does when they're reporting on Britain and want some stereotypical sound effects. Do they use a Kinks track? A few bars of Rule Britannia? Some hurdy-gurdy music?

TinTower posted:

The Lib Dems will protect your Japanese animes and cartoon porn. ()

quote:

“in 2010 a man was sent a pornographic video purporting to be of a tiger and a woman engaging in a sex act but which turned out to be a man dressed as a tiger – a fact that was only uncovered in the courtroom”

Pesmerga posted:

Brexit is going to happen. Once Article 50 is triggered, that's it, and most of the EU is quite happy to see it happen.

forkboy84 posted:

the desire for us to leave as swiftly as possible has hit strong in the rest of the EU. They don't want us, & they want to make leaving as unpleasant as possible to discourage others who might think about leaving like Poland's current government.

forkboy84 posted:

We've been the awkward bastards of Europe since almost day one. But, I wasn't saying they are happy that we voted to leave because that's terrible for everyone, but now we have voted to leave they just want to get the inevitable over with quickly and in a manner which discourages other nations who are voting in Eurosceptic parties in large numbers from following us. Even in the unlikely event our next government wants to defy the referendum result, there's huge questions & uncertainties about how the next Tory government would react. Better to just yank the plaster off and get it over with than slowly dragging it out over years from their perspective.

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Not even that, he just got some cigarettes and tore them up

Guavanaut posted:

Excuse me sir I think you'll find that this sticker that says "fighting for white rights" is not racist because it contains no reference to any race.
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