Park Life

I always take the clear blue water on these things ie people should have access to the medicine they need regardless of cost (I'm talking about life or death scenarios obviously not pearl work at the dentist or summat). I also find these types of articles always dig up extreme scenarios where you have to use doublethink just as you don't feel like a bad person. Drugs companies are charging too much for instance to the American system, in some cases the same drug costs x10 times as much as in Europe.

People need to say what they really think for this thread to kick off.

I reckon he's become addicted to losing money or has become mentally ill.

I was hoping it would be a bit more complex than that.

This will be interesting.

Thanks.

I used to be like that and tbh preferred it that way. Now I seem to be able to drink endlessly unless I switch to shorts that is.

It can't be that there are no bids for the players, cause rumour has it there are at least 3 offers on the table for Bassong, Martins and Smith. And I read somewhere today a bid for Beye is imminent.

The 'Malaysians' were just mates of Llambiarse apparently.

Relevance? As it happens, Ben Goldacre must be the antithesis of just about everything you stand for Parky. Never heard of him tbh. Just trying to broaden the debate as the thread title is clearly a ridiculous and will never happen. If any Govt in the UK is deemed to kill the NHS they will be out of power for two decades or more. Unthinkable in political circles. He's a critical thinker and conspiracy debunker amongst other things, quite well known in my field. He has a well known blog called Bad Science and has recently written a book by the same name, to some critical acclaim. I'd seriously recommend you read it, it may make you view the world a bit more critically and change your view on crop circles. I don't think anyone, including Chez, has advocated the complete destruction of the NHS or envisions this will happen any time soon. But some of us can see things can't go on as they are indefinitely, and that sooner rather than later there will have to be changes to healthcare funding and provision. It's simply inevitable. Strangely (you know how life works) I was pointed to the site this very day by a friend. Will order the book. Our ratio of dependancy will be the best in Europe apparently and the doomsayers reg the NHS and supporting an aging population might be on the wrong track (young working immigrants coming into the UK is a factor apparently). However there needs to be a review on how we want the NHS to work in the future I agree with you and Chez on this. Keep and open mind on the crop circles fella....Well till 2012 at least. edit @ Renton Only found the site today.

Have a nose around here. http://www.badscience.net/2008/09/the-medi...-everyday-life/

Relevance? As it happens, Ben Goldacre must be the antithesis of just about everything you stand for Parky. Never heard of him tbh. Just trying to broaden the debate as the thread title is clearly a ridiculous and will never happen. If any Govt in the UK is deemed to kill the NHS they will be out of power for two decades or more. Unthinkable in political circles.

Ben Goldacre The Guardian Monday September 1 2008 When you’ve been working with bullshit for as long as I have, you start to spot recurring themes: quacks and the pharmaceutical industry use the exact same tricks to sell their pills, everybody loves a “science bit” – even if it’s wrong – and when people introduce pseudoscience into any explanation, it’s usually because there’s something else they’re trying desperately not to talk about. But my favourite is this: alternative therapists, the media, and the drug industry all conspire to sell us reductionist, bio-medical explanations for problems that might more sensibly and constructively be thought of as social, political, or personal. And this medicalisation of everyday life isn’t done to us; in fact, we eat it up. In 2007 the British Medical Journal published a large, well-conducted, randomised controlled trial, performed at lots of different locations, run by publicly funded scientists, that delivered a strikingly positive result: it showed that one treatment could significantly improve children’s antisocial behaviour. The treatment was entirely safe, and the study was even accompanied by a very compelling cost-effectiveness analysis. Did this story get reported as front-page news in the Daily Mail, natural home of miracle cures (and sinister hidden scares)? Was it followed up on the health pages, with an accompanying photo feature, describing one child’s miraculous recovery, and an interview with an attractive happy mother with whom we could all identify? No. This story was unanimously ignored by the entire British news media, despite their preoccupation with antisocial behaviour, school performance and miracle cures, for one very simple reason: the research was not about a pill. It was about a cheap, practical parenting programme.

Life is tragic enough without losing faith in the ability of alcohol to change perceptions. *Shudders*

I throw a few shots in if I feel it coming on.

Eriksson holds Notts County talks "Eriksson managed Manchester City for one season in 2007/08 Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks with Notts County about becoming director of football, BBC Radio Nottingham understands. The Magpies, who have recently been taken over by a Middle-Eastern consortium, are refusing to confirm or deny the reports. Earlier newspaper reports had linked Eriksson with the club's manager role. The 61-year-old, who spent five years in charge of England, was sacked as coach of Mexico in April. BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Slater said: "Claims that Notts are to appoint Eriksson as manager are wide off the mark. "It is far more likely Eriksson will be brought in as director of football." The former Manchester City manager is not the only high-profile name to be linked with the job. Slater added: "My understanding is that Eriksson is not the first high-profile personality to be linked with the newly created post as director of football. "Former England manager Glenn Hoddle has also been in the frame." Following Eriksson's dismissal in Mexico, he had been linked with a return to the Premier League." Why don't we ever do summat sensible like this??

With me it all depends on the mood I'm in. Sometimes I need to drink a lot to relax, other times a few is fine. Nothing beats that first hit of a cold beer at 7 in the evening. In Hamburg a lot of the blokes don't really drink at all ( 1 or 2 bottles) and then they'll order some nonsense like tea or coffee or a juice drink....I will never understand that. On the other hand when I first moved here, I understood how much I was a victim of the drink culture in England and it saddened me a bit.

Fuck knows what this is all about...... "Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley hits back20 July 2009 | By Adam Fraser | Notes & Insights | Rumour | Soccer Popular content Mike Ashley, owner of English soccer club Newcastle United, has hit back in the controversy surrounding his personal loan to JJB Sports director David Jones. His company, Sports Direct, has sent a letter to the Financial Services Authority showing that Jones was a director of JJB at the time he received the UK£1.5 million amount. Jones has previously claimed that the loan came before he was involved in JJB, despite Ashley’s insistence it was after his involvement. The letter sent to the FSA, signed by both parties, appears to confirm the accuracy of Ashley’s statement. “All I want is for Jones to correct the statement and set the record straight so we can get on with our lives,“ said the Newcastle owner. However, Jones continues to deny the claims. “David was presented with this letter at a meeting on other issues, he was compelled to sign on the spot and was not given time to consider it properly and was not given a copy,“ said his spokesman. “It is clear that this loan was initiated before he became a director. That evidence is available to the authorities.“ Ashley, who was hit by a major blow last week as Sports Direct’s annual profits were cut by more than 90 per cent, lent Jones the money to invest in a technology business majority-owned by his family, but the personal loan has attracted criticism. According to JJB, Jones will repay the money as soon as possible to, “avoid further distraction for the company and its business.“ “The board believes that he is the right person to lead the company through the next phase of the restructuring and to turn around its sports retail business,“ the company added last week."

Totally. He's proved to be quite the comeback kid. But when you are doing the bidding of the evil empire comebacks are commonplace I should imagine.

I reckon they've got about 10p in the bank.

The Germans keep asking me why I drink so fast.

Do you think you'll ever grasp the difference between fiction and reality? Rhetorical question btw You moody cow.