A weekly open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss almost anything* you like.
* Weekly Netiquette Reminders:
US Secretary of State John Kerry says prospects are good for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Given that a conspiracy exists if there is a likely alternative meaning, then this is a conspiracy. The prospects for peace are no better now than they have been for a long time.
The welfare state is unaffordable, George Osborne will tell MPs this week, and permanent cuts will be required to make the public finances “sustainable”.
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I was just thinking this very thought myself:
TONY Abbott says the government does not have an ‘endless supply of money’ to prop up businesses like Qantas or Holden, warning the companies must operate profitably if they want to survive. . . .
Perhaps I am not alone, but normally I think I can see what is in front of me. And I have some photos to conclude the case. Right? Of course it is a species perception. Dexter and Hannah may apprehend something else, more often than not in ways more acutely than I do. It was Hannah that sensed the snake and had it in her mouth before tossing it away. It was a small snake and I couldn’t see any snake bites. So I might have to keep her on the lead – at least for summer.
Perhaps I am not alone, but normally I think I can see what is in front of me. And I have some photos to conclude the case. Right? Of course it is a species perception. Dexter and Hannah may apprehend something else, more often than not in ways more acutely than I do. It was Hannah that sensed the snake and had it in her mouth before tossing it away. It was a small snake and I couldn’t see any snake bites. So I might have to keep her on the lead – at least for summer.
Kris2 has called me ‘cunt’ repeatedly in the last few hours and said, repeatedly, that I only ‘pretend’ to mourn Mandela.
I offered to settle for an apology and fifty thousand dollars but he refused even the first part of this.
I therefore intend to bankrupt him in a court action he cannot win.
He was banned for life, and unwise to come back.
I will print everything he writes in from now on.
There will be a lot of money in it.
A new government appointment provides a chilling insight into its priorities.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website 5th December 2013
You want to appoint a new chairman for Natural England, the government body responsible for protecting nature.
Do you look for:
a. someone with a background in ecology and a track record of interest in the natural world?
Or
b. someone with a background in accountancy, investment banking and house building? And a track record of making large donations to the Conservative party?