And let them know that I am Machiavell,admired most by those that hate me most,I count religion but a childish toy,and hold there is no sin but ignorance. From the prologue to The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke
What’s man still needed for? The end of simplification is annihilation. All those behavioural control mechanisms on the web, digitised shopping and banking features as well as accommodation bookings, car rental and delivery of food are aiming at the separation of the digital mind from the physical body. Mankind is losing control. On the contrary, s more…
There was a window of opportunity where foreign intervention in Syria would have been a good idea, i.e. before it became a Sectarian blood feud. That window has now long since passed. I fear its going to turn out like the Balkans did, which isn't good for Europe, Russia...or Israel! more…
I just blogged over the way on Boggart Blog that an American singer, Lauryn hill, had been ordered by a judge to undergo counselling because she repeated a "Conspiracy Theory" in saying the music industry was corrupt.
Yes people need to wake up to what is going on. more…
No but it occurred to me many years ago that our need of them is simple, we need (some of) the stuff their companies make.
Their need of us is twofold, they need us to man the production lines, farms, offices, drive the trucks or sail the ships and they need us to buy their stuff.
They are impervious to having anything near a holistic view of these kind of things, simply because the Right is always right... right?
And to criticise US foreign military operations, no matter how horrific the civilian toll may be, is to place oneself firmly on their ever-growing list of terror suspects, ripe to receive a state snoop more…
Assassination attempt? Really? I'll have to research that.
When Ken Loach was on Question Time a few weeks ago he said what we need is a UKIP of the left. He's right, we need to boot out the old political elite and get rid of all these tossers with their PPE degrees who've never held down a job in the real world. more…
That's the thing about shameless unabashed greed - there's just no end to it.
Equally, there must be no end to our exposing their lies AS the lies they are.
Re' UKIP, you're probably right.
Farage needs to watch his back, one failed MI6 assassination attempt already.. more…
.. but what TF can we do about it old son?
Grow lettuce in our 3rd floor window flower boxes?
Think we need thinking outside said box before it's no frills baked beans on toast once a day for all.
( F*k that!) more…
The original purpose of the LCP was to let people die in peace and not be interfered with until the day they died even if death was imminent. The problems as described above lie with poor judgement, poor decision making and indecisiveness. If a person cannot give there consent then family should be consulted, they should be involved anyway. If you more…
Yes, it was Ranty as I intended because I get fed up of explaining that bad as the coalition were Labour were many many times worse on the economy and would make all the same mistakes again if they were in power now. Mr. Bollocks is about as economically literate at my two year old grandson, i.e. slightly smarter than Paul Krugman. Do you know the more…
I still think you are mistaken, Ian, and that did sound a teensy bit ranty, you know...
I'm pissed. Off to hear your benefits have been cut. I have had none for years, as my beloved wife, [insert string of superlatives and then double them] earns a lot, so I don't get any. more…
BTW Krugman's advcice back in 2008 was to cut interest rates to stimulate lending. So the governments, which were all running structural deficits (except for Germany) started lending out silly money at 0.5%. Bankers may be greedy and socipathic but they aren't stupid. They saw that governments needed to borrow money (i.e. sell bonds) every month to more…
Don't be silly. The Nobel prizes are political rewards and Krugman, who does not understand Keynesean economics because the moron thinks recovery is about borrowing and printing money to fund Labour style insane spending, is a cupid stunt.
It was listening to idiots like Krugman that got the world into this mess. We have to stop the wa more…
Still wrong, Ian. First we need to get production working, so we can make money, then we can get the debt down.
I keep pointing people towards Paul Krugman's book, "End This Depression Now", but like Gideon Osborne, they all know better than a Nobel Prize winning economist.
The old family run bookshop in our area was bought out by Waterstones years ago, now the Waterstones branch in town has gone.
But a member of the bookselling family runs a second hand bookstall on the flea market Thursdays and Sundays.
What next? Samizdat novels? more…
We have similar hypocrites in the UK. Look at the class warriors on the Labour front brench and ask them all how come they are mainly millionaires. more…
I have been off line for a while, back for now until the next big thing throws me off my equilibrium :D
This also concerns me. I feel that even Waterstones is unable to offer much more than the most popular type of reading. There are very few gems and your eally have to trawl to find them. more…
Good to see you, you don't seem to be around much these days.
I wonder how we will find new authors or books not heavily hyped by publishers in future. Browsing round a good bookshop used to be onle of life's little pleasures for me.
All Amazon's 'suggestions' seem to be inferior imitations of a book from the last two or t more…
That was a fascinating read. I have sold stuff on line and but prefer face to face selling at festivals and fairs. The thing I purchase most is books. We only have one bookshop (Waterstones) in town now. WHSmith and the supermarkets sell very little of use. I reckon in the years to come you will be hard pressed to find anyone who has read anything more…
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by Uebersetzungsagentur [Visitor]
What’s man still needed for? The end of simplification is annihilation. All those behavioural control mechanisms on the web, digitised shopping and banking features as well as accommodation bookings, car rental and delivery of food are aiming at the separation of the digital mind from the physical body. Mankind is losing control. On the contrary, s more…
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There was a window of opportunity where foreign intervention in Syria would have been a good idea, i.e. before it became a Sectarian blood feud. That window has now long since passed. I fear its going to turn out like the Balkans did, which isn't good for Europe, Russia...or Israel! more…
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I just blogged over the way on Boggart Blog that an American singer, Lauryn hill, had been ordered by a judge to undergo counselling because she repeated a "Conspiracy Theory" in saying the music industry was corrupt.
Yes people need to wake up to what is going on. more…
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No but it occurred to me many years ago that our need of them is simple, we need (some of) the stuff their companies make.
Their need of us is twofold, they need us to man the production lines, farms, offices, drive the trucks or sail the ships and they need us to buy their stuff.
I'm amazed to find myself on the same side more…
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Don't you love his idea that the world needs him to make money so he can save us?
It never seems to occur to these turds that once they have all the money, they won't be able to sell anything. more…
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by MichaelStMark Pro
They are impervious to having anything near a holistic view of these kind of things, simply because the Right is always right... right?
And to criticise US foreign military operations, no matter how horrific the civilian toll may be, is to place oneself firmly on their ever-growing list of terror suspects, ripe to receive a state snoop more…
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It looks that way at the moment more…
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Assassination attempt? Really? I'll have to research that.
When Ken Loach was on Question Time a few weeks ago he said what we need is a UKIP of the left. He's right, we need to boot out the old political elite and get rid of all these tossers with their PPE degrees who've never held down a job in the real world. more…
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by MichaelStMark Pro
That's the thing about shameless unabashed greed - there's just no end to it.
Equally, there must be no end to our exposing their lies AS the lies they are.
Re' UKIP, you're probably right.
Farage needs to watch his back, one failed MI6 assassination attempt already.. more…
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.. but what TF can we do about it old son?
Grow lettuce in our 3rd floor window flower boxes?
Think we need thinking outside said box before it's no frills baked beans on toast once a day for all.
( F*k that!) more…
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The original purpose of the LCP was to let people die in peace and not be interfered with until the day they died even if death was imminent. The problems as described above lie with poor judgement, poor decision making and indecisiveness. If a person cannot give there consent then family should be consulted, they should be involved anyway. If you more…
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Yes, it was Ranty as I intended because I get fed up of explaining that bad as the coalition were Labour were many many times worse on the economy and would make all the same mistakes again if they were in power now. Mr. Bollocks is about as economically literate at my two year old grandson, i.e. slightly smarter than Paul Krugman. Do you know the more…
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I still think you are mistaken, Ian, and that did sound a teensy bit ranty, you know...
I'm pissed. Off to hear your benefits have been cut. I have had none for years, as my beloved wife, [insert string of superlatives and then double them] earns a lot, so I don't get any. more…
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by ianrthorpe [Member]
BTW Krugman's advcice back in 2008 was to cut interest rates to stimulate lending. So the governments, which were all running structural deficits (except for Germany) started lending out silly money at 0.5%. Bankers may be greedy and socipathic but they aren't stupid. They saw that governments needed to borrow money (i.e. sell bonds) every month to more…
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by ianrthorpe [Member]
Don't be silly. The Nobel prizes are political rewards and Krugman, who does not understand Keynesean economics because the moron thinks recovery is about borrowing and printing money to fund Labour style insane spending, is a cupid stunt.
It was listening to idiots like Krugman that got the world into this mess. We have to stop the wa more…
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by The_Walrus Pro
"First we need to get that debt down."
Still wrong, Ian. First we need to get production working, so we can make money, then we can get the debt down.
I keep pointing people towards Paul Krugman's book, "End This Depression Now", but like Gideon Osborne, they all know better than a Nobel Prize winning economist.
more…
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... who send their kids to private school :D more…
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The old family run bookshop in our area was bought out by Waterstones years ago, now the Waterstones branch in town has gone.
But a member of the bookselling family runs a second hand bookstall on the flea market Thursdays and Sundays.
What next? Samizdat novels? more…
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by loveslifeloveschocolate [Member]
I have been off line for a while, back for now until the next big thing throws me off my equilibrium :D
This also concerns me. I feel that even Waterstones is unable to offer much more than the most popular type of reading. There are very few gems and your eally have to trawl to find them. more…
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by ianrthorpe [Member]
Good to see you, you don't seem to be around much these days.
I wonder how we will find new authors or books not heavily hyped by publishers in future. Browsing round a good bookshop used to be onle of life's little pleasures for me.
All Amazon's 'suggestions' seem to be inferior imitations of a book from the last two or t more…
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