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Will be interesting to see what effect that has on May...

:lol: Um, why?!

Wait, so is it Katie Hopkins or someone else?

Remarkable to see the gloves come off in the PC stakes at the moment mind you. I think I always had this impression that not saying things like that was legally enforced; very much does seem to be a social thing though. I can see why people think it's liberating to shake it off, but can also see why BAME people are concerned!

Holy fucking wow. Edit - wait, is that a parody?

Fucking hell Glad I missed the 80s...

I wonder which way he voted in the referendum. I notice Abi Wilkinson getting a barb in there though. She penned an article in the Guardian about the suffering caused by the laughing emoji with tears that is used on Twitter. I mention that because it disqualifies her from having an opinion on anything else whatsoever.

This guy sounds like a monumental fuckwit. So much so that I'm a bit surprised that this sort of thing hasn't happened to him previously.

I'm shrugging off quite a lot of the whole Trump presidency given that I feel that this was an unavoidable end point, albeit an undesirable one. These things don't just happen and the established order set the scene for it. Like the effects of climate change, I'd say the whole thing was unavoidable with the mindset that has dominated Western thinking for the past few decades. However, I do think that it will shake more people into thinking that actually, we need better solutions. I think Trump might be the great evil that unites the lower and middle classes around a common cause again, if the left can get its game face on and drop the divisive rhetoric. EDIT - along with Brexit here, hopefully.

I wouldn't worry too much on the climate denial front - we're going to start seeing some very clear indications of it in due course and they're probably unavoidable now anyway. Probably time we accepted our fate on that one.

Yep, that'll be about the size of it. Although this is really just corporate lobbying taken to its natural conclusion I guess. Keeping it in the family.

Quitting his business interests after all: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-leaving-business-interests Presumably handed over to family though.

I was reluctant to start any because I'm not gifted at swearing but now that we're done with that, I'll try to be more proactive about it

Yeah that's interesting, his reference to similar trends in the US. "Born to die for the state" sums it up.

Now you're getting it.

I've checked further and he does have a timestamp of an article with the same name pre-dating the published article as proof. Although those can be modified. I doubt we'll ever know for sure, but the article itself was bizarre in my view given that it asserts all of this 'brainwashing' took place and that the guy then just snaps out of it seemingly at will. Agree with you on the newspaper front. The MSM have a lot to answer for. Don't let Gloom catch you criticising them though

Gonna stick with the 2-1 scoreline. They'll smell blood after our extra time fiasco with Hull and that might make them assertive. If they are, we should be able to pull them apart.

Masterful play by your office. Leave it late so that you likely already have plans, but they've still technically invited you, so you can't be overtly aggrieved about it.

Well that's encouraging then, I can continue to vote for unelectable left wing populism without feeling guilty about it.

Judging by the wastefulness of our shooting towards the end of the match (where it became noticeably worse), I think tiredness and fatigue had a lot to do with it.

Serious question then - if a GE was called now, would we all have to vote Tory in order to avoid splitting the non-insane vote?

Will that be a loss to us? Genuine question, I don't think I've seen a great deal to suggest Cathro is all that really, but I'm open to being told otherwise. He didn't seem to help McClaren much.

I'm staggered that there are still people in this day and age who are this regressive about sex... other than radical feminists, and the religious, actually. Yeah come to think of it I can see where this is coming from.

I know no one watches the videos we all post to each other, but this is a good one on why 'bad' Muslims commit terrorist atrocities. It basically supports Renton and toonotl whilst also acknowledging outside factors and so may be useful context for HF - I'm not saying this is the be all and end all of the argument, just that it adds a layer of potential understanding to the issue. The basic premise is that devout Muslims are far less likely to commit terrorist atrocities, because they are already leading good lives. Non-devout Muslims who have lived a life of sin are far more likely to do so (and it mentions that the guys who attacked the WTC frequently visited strip clubs and so on) in order to cleanse themselves of their sins. I watch quite a lot of videos by this guy, he has an interesting and non-Guardian perspective. His sources are listed in a link under the video.