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[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37800212

Local officials are now to observe all weddings in Chechnya to stop "inappropriate behaviour" (such as the bride dancing). Guess this is what happens when some Islamic regions no longer have any other religions to concentrate on persecuting. They simply turn on those of their own who are having too much fun.

[Steve Moss]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37800212

Local officials are now to observe all weddings in Chechnya to stop "inappropriate behaviour" (such as the bride dancing). Guess this is what happens when some Islamic regions no longer have any other religions to concentrate on persecuting. They simply turn on those of their own who are having too much fun.

I have a great idea! Let's import more of these people with extreme views and hope they can transform our society to be just as soulless. That's what I call progress!

[Norbert Rassragr]

Every religion has it's 'fun police'. We had the Puritans in the 17th Century who banned Christmas, and then effed off to what's now the USA so they can be miserable and worry about people smiling and persecute happy people and native Americans. The Victorians had a similar po-faced morality, though they also indulged in child prostitution and mixed opium with strong alcohol on the sly. Then we had the prohibition nonsense in the USA in the 1920's and 30's.

And that's just 2 two 'Christian' countries. It is probably the same in Hindu communities, Buddhist communities, Taoist communities at one time or another.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

Every religion has it's 'fun police'. We had the Puritans in the 17th Century who banned Christmas, and then effed off to what's now the USA so they can be miserable and worry about people smiling and persecute happy people and native Americans. The Victorians had a similar po-faced morality, though they also indulged in child prostitution and mixed opium with strong alcohol on the sly. Then we had the prohibition nonsense in the USA in the 1920's and 30's.

And that's just 2 two 'Christian' countries. It is probably the same in Hindu communities, Buddhist communities, Taoist communities at one time or another.

Good to see you were at the protest, practising what you preach. Christ what a joke.

[Norbert Rassragr]

You willing to pay for me going up there then since I'm on a minimum wage job with little security? Nice to see you going for the snidy little jibe as usual. I bet you really feel the big man with your insults, your bitter remarks about so many people from behind your keyboard. If Cov stay up this season you can give the abuse to me face to face at the Ricoh.

[speeeeeeedie]

I had the pleasure of a quick trip to blighty this week. I flew into Heathrow so the news that the 3rd runway was approved was very timely.

From what I heard and read up it looks like one one those deals that was decided regardless of contrary evidence.

The economic impacts are varied, and an already crowded part of the county will get even worse.

I reckon that there are better options but I doubt that they'll be explored.

[yoda]

I had the pleasure of a quick trip to blighty this week. I flew into Heathrow so the news that the 3rd runway was approved was very timely.

From what I heard and read up it looks like one one those deals that was decided regardless of contrary evidence.

The economic impacts are varied, and an already crowded part of the county will get even worse.

I reckon that there are better options but I doubt that they'll be explored.

Manston is an option that has net even been considered.

The real solution is Boris island

[Audax]

Chicago CUBS WIN THE WORLD SERIES! They last won it in 1903 or something. That is some long time. Longest drought of any team.

That little Cubbie emblem is cute, btw, I'm glad Chicago won but I was for Cleveland. Cleveland won it around 1948. This game 7 tonight was very good. Indians gave it all. Cubs were a team of destiny imo, but they had to work for it and won it in extra innings.

[Husky]

If there's one thing I miss about Blighty it's a good old Guy Fawkes night.

Though it seems to have turned into the 'million mask march' these days . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07jt7B8oXf8

It's interesting what this report states at 1:40 about 'powers to forcibly remove people's face coverings'. Isn't that a 'humans rights breach'?

[Baz]

If there's one thing I miss about Blighty it's a good old Guy Fawkes night.

Though it seems to have turned into the 'million mask march' these days . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07jt7B8oXf8

It's interesting what this report states at 1:40 about 'powers to forcibly remove people's face coverings'. Isn't that a 'humans rights breach'?

Never heard of this march.

I don't disagree with forcibly removing people's masks if they are causing/ or attempting criminal acts, or endangering the safety of others (like setting off fireworks in the middle of the group).

[Husky]

Never heard of this march.

I don't disagree with forcibly removing people's masks if they are causing/ or attempting criminal acts, or endangering the safety of others (like setting off fireworks in the middle of the group).

I think it's been going a few years. I'm not sure if it's largely kept out of the 'mainstream media' but it's also a thing in other countries too. Little did Guido know that 400 years later his face would be world famous and he'd be regarded as somewhat of a hero to many.

As for forcibly removing face coverings, I wonder how that would work in a religious context. Surely you can't have one rule for one and one for another in certain situations. Or can you?

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

Bunch of cretinous idiots if you ask me. Reminds me of "Protest Song" on A Bit of Fry and Laurie. A bunch of moronic ingrates moaning about a system that they wouldn't have the intelligence or dynamism to improve upon if you gave them a thousand years to do it. Its ridiculously easy to criticise but I never see a single constructive improvement suggested in any format around these anarchist marches.

All it seems to be is a dangerous crowd carrying out criminal behaviour. I mean look at some of the arrest stats from this year, 3 for carrying a blade/offensive weapon and 14 for drugs. What a horrible bunch. Not only are they costing the taxpayer a fortune in policing costs every year, most of them are probably on the dole as well so cost us the rest of the year too. Maybe they should spend more time trying to better themselves rather than buying their stupid, gimmicky masks and making idiotic, nonsensical signs ("death to the monarchy" brandished by a 40-year old dole-dosser from Wales referenced in one article).

All half of them are after is the chance to have a bit of a jolly and cause some trouble. This, the 2011 riots, UAF, Momentum, just the general left-wing rent-a-mob arseing about. I'd be more than happy to leave them to it if, like I said, the taxpayer didn't get a whopping bill every time.

[Paul]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/11/virgin-care-700m-contract-200-nhs-social-care-services-bath-somerset

....and I helped Branson on his way to this by buying his records mail order! I was only 16 though.

[yoda]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/11/virgin-care-700m-contract-200-nhs-social-care-services-bath-somerset

....and I helped Branson on his way to this by buying his records mail order! I was only 16 though.

I thought Branson was a self confessed socialist,

maybe I missed out the word champagne

[Paul]

😀

[JAL]

Why who was doing that? My argument is for the elimination of superiority. As I've said in a previous post, UK manufacturing has seen enormous job losses in the last 50 years because in most cases it was no longer profitable, or put another way financial outgoings were exceeding incomings. Which is pretty much the same situation as the public sector during that time, outgoings exceed incomings, the government spent more than it made in taxes. Except instead of enormous job losses, successive governments opted for enormous borrowing and subsequently enormous debt instead.

Now the government finally is trying to balance the books and the public sector is up in arms. Well that's fair enough, I expect the manufacturing sector was when this first started happening to them, but it happened anyway because the money man in the private sector is the business owner who through sheer pragmatism needs to be ruthless (its his livelihood at stake). The direct money man in the public sector is the government, but the ultimate money man is the taxpayer. And that's the big difference, governments aren't ruthless because its not their money, and taxpayers aren't ruthless because they either don't join the dots and realise its their money (helpfully dissuaded from the notion by people like Jim) or because its relatively only a bit of each person's wage that they're losing.

So instead of widespread redundancies at the first sign of financial unviability, you get decades of ignoring the financial unviability and when that's no longer an option, widespread redundancies. So when the junior doctors are waving placards saying "save YOUR nhs" and the Guardian is having a meltdown and George Osborne is being branded the anti-Christ, and the quiet majority are still voting for the Conservatives, it might be worth the doctors etc figuring out why and being a bit more realistic and open to compromise.

Hasn't the bank of England stated that quantative easing is to slowly coming to an end, if so, then the savers are going to "cop for it" if the money stops going round as well as.

For me the UK has to sell it's goods around the world and bring the money in quickly if it's to survive. This has to be the primary objective right now.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/37962741

The real force of hatred in the world (hint: it's not Trump) murdering scores more of a type of Islam that slightly differs from theirs.

The attack isn't even in the top 10 most read stories on the BBC website. It really is terrifying. All anyone wants to do in western politics is bother themselves with a slightly comedic numpty US businessman. Whilst pretty much weekly butchering of every minority Sunni extremists can get their hands on just goes unnoticed in the background. Is this deliberate? Who knows.

[Audax]

7.8 earthquake in New Zealand.

That is huge, anything that starts getting up in those numbers is gigantic and I've seen some pictures of destruction.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37967178

[ultrablue]

A very timely cartoon from the guardian.

[dave birch]

7.8 earthquake in New Zealand.

That is huge, anything that starts getting up in those numbers is gigantic and I've seen some pictures of destruction.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37967178

I was in Wellington when that hit!

From fast asleep to being flat out on the floor in seconds. The Mrs must have a bruise from where I hit her to wake her and tell her to get down below the level of the bed. We spent the next few hours in the street,(which apparently is not the best thing to do, you are safer indoors.

Wellington, this morning 15/11 (maybe 7-8 hours ago) was still like a ghost town, many buildings and businesses still closed, it was also raining heavily and was very windy (typical Wellington).

Even when we were in the airport on our way home, there were severe shocks that made the building shake, to the extent that people stopped and waited to see if it got any worse.

It was an eventful weekend for us. We went for a birthday weekend for my Mrs. We thought of Christchurch, but had been there before so we chose Wellington.

The first night the hotel (Sofitel Wellington) was crawling with US agents. It turned out John Kerry (US secretary of State) was staying there. Yeah, great story for us and then he checked out and later it began to shake.

Anyway, I can highly recommend the Sofitel, great safe place, great staff, great food, beds like clouds

[Husky]

https://www.rt.com/news/367049-athens-police-obama-protest/

The worst President ever is loved everywhere.

[Amo]

A very timely cartoon from the guardian.

Meanwhile, the beetle is stuck pushing someone else's @#/?, while the caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly and flies away to freedom.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

A very timely cartoon from the guardian.

Didn't realise the Guardian was aimed at the 7-11 range these days. Get 'em while they're young eh.

I think they missed off one of stupid beetle's friends shooting 49 other creepy-crawlies halfway through that dance.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37991798?client=ms-android-samsung

I wonder if the Nigerian version of The Sensible Caterpillar and the Stupid Beetle has 14 million people needing humamitarian assistance on the next slide thanks to the behaviour of some strangers that the Guardian goes to enormous lengths to pretend don't exist.

[Baz]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37991798?client=ms-android-samsung

I wonder if the Nigerian version of The Sensible Caterpillar and the Stupid Beetle has 14 million people needing humamitarian assistance on the next slide thanks to the behaviour of some strangers that the Guardian goes to enormous lengths to pretend don't exist.

Its more likely that the beetle or his stranger friends be attacked or murdered by the caterpillar.