Posts by gandalfcn

Happy 'Freedom Day': Stats suggest many in England don't want it or think it's a terrible idea

Re: SNAFU

“Johnson referred to the Telegraph as “my real boss” and was extremely concerned about the reaction of the right-wing press ….."

Re: SNAFU

"We're a nation of very selfish people." We didn't used to be, it seemed to start on the 4th May 1979 and the introduction of MeMeMe.

Re: SNAFU

In the UK it seems that if it's not illegal then it must be compulsory. Same with the USA.

Re: SNAFU

"But what's the "right" date, though? The longer the country stays locked down the more economic and psychological harm is done, this has to be a balancing act." Wrong. U-turns and lies cause far more economic and psychological harm.

Re: SNAFU

The big problem is that Bojo doesn't give a gnat's fart.

Re: SNAFU

“Johnson referred to the Telegraph as “my real boss” and was extremely concerned about the reaction of the right-wing press ….. “He then basically reverted and said, actually the whole thing was a disaster, we should never have done it, I was right in February, we should basically just ignore it and just let the thing wash through the country and not destroy the economy and move on,” he said.

Cummings said Johnson had repeatedly ignored the advice of his chief scientific and medical advisers.

A Number 10 spokesperson told the BBC: “Since the start of the pandemic, the prime minister has taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice.“

Re: Well?

It definitely isn't a /redditor, No fucks, dumb or ass

Dutch Queen, robot involved in opening of 3D-printed bridge in red-light district

Quite. But apparently the British monarchy is just an offshoot of German principalities! FFS.

Also, Prince Philip was Greek Orthodox and therefore, according to AC, was Catholic, meaning Roman Catholic, if you read the claims.

This is why I object to the term "Catholic", often arrogantly used without the C being capitalised, instead of the more correct Roman Catholic. Many RCs, being arrogant tw&ts beleive the Eastern Orthodox chirches are "Catholic" (read Roman Catholic).

Total bollocks.

"are not Roman Catholic but Orthodox Catholic, definitely not Protestant." i.e. definitely Catholic in the context of Roman Catholicism.

The Russian Orthodox Church is part of Eastern Orthodoxy, i.e not Roman Catholic.

Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy are not the same.

We may as well say the UK is RC by your definition as the Monarchy is High Church, which is sort of feminist Roman Catholicism/

Whilst the UK, for example may have imported a couple of nasty foreigners, as the Gammon say, the British monarchy goes back rather a long way, even before that nasty Norman Viking Bill the Bastard Conker.

"despite most royal families being Catholic" "offshoots of German princedoms". So you seem to want your cake and eat it.

All the extant major long running royal families are for logical historic reasons not Roman Catholic. They were either formed when Roman Catholicism claimed to be totally omnipotent or strengthened because of the arrogance of RCs

Fancy a quick bonk springs to mind.

Re: Either or

Indeed, But said hypocritical people are very frequent partakers of many shades of sex and drugs.

"Tony Anatrella, an 80-year-old Catholic priest and former Vatican adviser who campaigned against same-sex marriage and gay priests is facing trial for telling gay men he could cure them with sex."

Matt Gaetz, Trump

"A Republican state Sen. Tom Whatley, of Alabama, was caught browsing transgender porn online, just a week after he voted in favor of a bill that attacks transgender minors’ access to lifesaving health care"

"Paul Edward “Acton” Bowen, an evangelical pastor from Alabama who was sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for sex crimes will spend the rest of his life behind bars after the Alabama Supreme Court refused to review his case ..... pleading guilty to 28 counts of sexual abuse involving victims as young as 13.

And lots, lots more.

Re: ROTM

Did you know that the silly snarl words sheeple and sheople were invented by the traditional woke cancel culture aka godbotherers. Which is ironic as said people self identify as sheep!

Baaaa, baaaa, feed my sheep.

Re: Junkie bridge

Indeed. For example the only really dangerous thing about marijuana is the law. I know that is different but it is an indication.

Trials carried out in many countries have proved that decriminalising or helping addicts with free drugs work. Does religion have a part to play in this?

"Most royal families are Catholic" Really? Liechtenstein? Belgium? Sweden? UK? Denmark? Norway? The Tsars weren't RC either.

Malaysian Police crush crypto-mining kit to punish electricity thieves

Re: Looks good but probably ineffective

"Looks good but probably ineffective" Hmm. Like some peoples' brains?

Then thet stuffed it all into containers and exported it for recycling.

Re: Ecological vandalism

I note the deniers of reality downvoted you. Sad people.

Re: Ecological vandalism

Bless.

Nice place Miri and seems the boyos want to keep it that way. Seems more and more govs are clamping down on these criminals.

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Re: Britney Spears is a good local girl

Only in "Murica.

Who would have thought it from a loony Briney loving con man.

Re: Britney Spears is a good local girl

Well she is a loony drug addict and alcoholic.

Re: Britney Spears is a good local girl

" if you've got a talented kid " You mean a Disney creation that iked flashing he ladybits to all and sundry as often as possible. An alcoholic drug addict to boot.

Britney's problems are - see above.

Total recall: Amazon faces legal action from US consumer protection group over hazardous goods

Re: All the items named were being sold by third-party sellers.

I know, but the point needs making that the UK has never been as good as some claim. Especialy with a clown as PM.

Re: Amazon said "customer safety is a top priority"

Just like governments and other big outfits when the wheels fall off. The sad thing is the punters believe them.

Re: Expired products also a problem

Being disabled I bought two electronic items via Amazon as it was easier for me. Both faulty so I now use. local retailers. This entails help from others but that is no problem, it just means a bit of a wait.

Amazon;s insidious marketing is also disgusting.

Re: All the items named were being sold by third-party sellers.

You mean like British cars?

Wanted: State-backed bandits planning cyberattacks on US infrastructure. Reward: $10m

Which begs the question. How much funding has the USA put into cyberattacks on other countries infrastructure etc?

Xiaomi parties like a winner after coming second on world smartphone sales charts

Re: "hires 5,000 engineers"

Many if the most successful "Western" industries have and had very significant state input even Trumpistan. As I have said for years neither capitalism nor socialism have worked but a mix of the two always seems to. And the most recent proof of that is the PRC.

Re: "hires 5,000 engineers"

Correction. Inside the state-owned enterprise sector there is a thriving market economy. You are about 40 years out of date.

Re: "hires 5,000 engineers"

I know this will come as a big surprise to you but people do actually change jobs (even in Japan) and there are rather a lot of people in China, nearly 1.5 bn. So 5,000 new or moving is no big deal.

Re: I would like to buy a phone made by free range workers paid living wage at very least

"I love companies .... ). They are simply emulating government and governments are voted in by the electorate so maybe the electorate is the real problem.

Was that supposed to be comedy?

Re: The plan

Amd it all started off with Maggie who, allegedly, was a proud patriot and did everything for her country and not for her wealthy mates.

Euro space boffins hatch comms satellite hijack plan to save Earth from extinction

Re: Well

It would be difficult to treat it worse.

Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China

Re: Bejing is just the Federal government

"I think that most HK people want what was promised in the 1984 Joint Declaration". Not sure about most. A lot definitely. Also, what did HMG do to protect HK? Not a lot really, yet it now seems very vocal. Perfidious Albion springs to mind. know many ethnic Chinese Guangdonghua speakers who just want to make enough money to live a reasonably comfortable life, and these are people who have also spent a lot of time on the Mainland and speak reasonable Putonghua as well.

It is currently very trendy to knock Beijing yet when ones looks at India for example, crickets for doing basically the same as Beijing.

Lust look at AGW. The ORC is a world leader in R&D and implementation of nuclear, wind and solar and is ding far, far more than most countries and yet one never hears about that in the western media, just anti-Beijing propaganda.

Beijing is by no means perfect but It is rather sad that so called democracies are incapable of honesty.

Back in '84I was on a ship approaching Zhanjiang (Tsamkong). We tried calling in Putonghua and English but received not a peep on response. After a couple of hours of this we tried Guangdonghua. Bingo! I subsequently ascertained that whilst Putonghua may be the language of government local dialects flourished everywhere.

NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

And no ego driven prima donna billionaires involved.

Annoyed US regulator warns it might knock SpaceX's shiny new Texas tower down

Interestingly, on a planet far from here, I was superciliously advised on the 11th July that Musk and Branson were heroes for taking the first steps towards space travel. I was taken somewhat aback by this, so I asked the kiddies if they had ever heard of Sputnik, Gagarin, the Apollo programme etc. And you know what? I am still waiting for an answer.

Buyer of $28m Blue Origin space ticket has a scheduling conflict – so this teen will go instead

I'd rather not talk about the experiences I had at that age, I'd get banned.

OK, you're paying data charges in the EU, but you can still roam free in, er, Iceland

Re: Roaming Charges ?

"UK had far more deaths than other countries"

No it hasnt. As an absolute number we are 7th".

Regardless that means that out of 222 countries the UK had more cases than most, in fact 7th out of 222 means nearly all. i.e "far more deaths than other countries""

The same for total deaths.

As for total deaths per 1 mn , the UK is 20th, i.e "far more deaths than other countries""

Tests per million - 10th. That is good.

i have been watching the "worldometers.info/coronavirus" for quite a wie, which is why I know the facts and why you don't.

So you lied. Again.

an interesting fact is that Indonesia and its people were sensible, they wore masks, social distanced and kept travel to the barest minimum. The Eid arrived Mid May and the Indonesians did a Brit. "I R have rights". Off with the masks and social distancing, millions travelling all over the country. Newed on say more?

Re: Roaming Charges ?

"To be honest I dont read the mail " Realy? funny that all your views just happen to coincide wtih the bs that the Mail/Express spews out.

I repeat

"You should try it. I do and get downvoted, as do others. Maybe you should stop lying and stop downvoting facts."

Re: Roaming Charges ?

T"There is nothing disingenuous about my question as he is stating his preference for the EU " There you go again. Lying. Stating facts may be construed by moronic Brexiteers as such but in the real world it is simply stating facts. That you refuse to accept such facts does not mean I have a preference for anything, it means you refuse to accept facts.

If Brexiteers stopped lying about how superior and world beating the UK is in every respect, honest people would have no need to tell you the facts, would we.

The problem is that you have a preference - to believe lies.

I would have preferred it if the UK had stayed in the UK, yes, but my stating facts is separate from that, it is just that I do not like liars.

UK govt draws a blank over vaccine certification app – no really, the report is half-empty

Re: Here in the EU...

Grant Shapps dishonest? Shirley Knott!

Re: Here in the EU...

You come across as an extremely ignorant and bigoted creature. I am currently a resident of a "foreign" country but I paid taxes etc to HMG for many years, even when not resident,

Maybe you should utilise the mental care part of the NHS.

Re: Here in the EU...

Bless!

NHS contracts for document storage, digitisation three years after paperless deadline

A somewhat unbalanced piece, and that is being kind. Especially when dealing with a bigoted "Kipper.

Re: Ha

Bless, Why not stick to the topic rather than going elsewhere?

As Europe hopes to double its share of global chip production, Intel comes along with $20bn, plans for fabs

Re: Cost assertions don't make sense

Most countries tax "perks" and to evade the tax on them is illegal as The Former Guy knew and is now facing the music for. Perks are disguised earnings and I suspect what you are telling us only a small part of the truth.

a company car is a perk, unless your car is part of your work. Sadly some people can't work out the difference, or pretended they couldn't. i.e. tax evasion and avoidance.

If the high earners paid more into the pot rather then use tax havens, claim non-dom etc., and all companies did the same then there would be less incentive for the government to tax lower earners. Sadly no government kept in power by media controlled by the culprits will ever do that.

Years ago when I was employed by a UK company but working outside the UK I received a modest tax deduction. Modest. What benefits did I receive? Healthcare was vis company insurance for example. But I was happy to pay for what I didn't benefit from as I had benefited in the past to some extent from what others had paid. Those that live full time in the UK and evade/avoid tax are basically scum, aren't they.

Re: Cost assertions don't make sense

Correct. The main producers are the RoK and Taiwan, both high cost countries, a fact of which most commenters see blissfully unaware.

also may commenters seem to believe "the East" means the PRC. Just read the comments.

Having lived and worked in the region for a long time I know that efficiency is the main factor. A prime example is shipbuilding. Japan and the RoK are still major shipbuilders, Taiwan slightly less so. Closer to home, The EU has major shipbuilders. The UK doesn't. How is it that these high cost countries can do what the UK can't. efficiency. Jim Venus proved the UK can do it if there is a political will, but then that vanished. End of.

Rather a lot of money is being invested in the EU auto industry as well as high tech, with a few crumbs to the UK. See above.

Re: Fab Tastic news for the EU & UK

Wake me up when you start posting reality.