Bijou Drains
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During both the first period of the 1940 agreement (February 11, 1940, to February 11, 1941) and the second (February 11, 1941, until the Pact was broken), Germany received:
1,600,000 tons of grain
900,000 tons of oil
200,000 tons of cotton
140,000 tons of manganese
200,000 tons of phosphates
20,000 tons of chrome ore
18,000 tons of rubber
100,000 tons of soybeans
500,000 tons of iron ore
300,000 tons of scrap metal and pig iron
2,000 kilograms of platinumNo doubt the Putin loving True Scotsman would have at least supported Hitler’s oppression of gay people.
“I don’t profess to have a “permanent” solution to this or any other problem of capitalism and neither do you”
The Socialist Party have never proposed a solution to the problems of capitalism, because they don’t exist.
Our planet and it’s people are on the edge of obliteration through pollution, global warming, nuclear war, not to mention international and civil way, a global food and energy crisis and ongoing poverty, whilst the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, yet you believe that it’s worthwhile to come up with a put forward but futile adjustments to the condition of things.
Socialism is based on a underpinning knowledge of the nature of capitalistic society, a practical analysis of the reasons why we are on the edge of obliteration and reasonable and well argued solutions to crisis we face. If you don’t want to face up to the hard miles that are needed to help the working class break free from their ideological blinkers, that’s your choice. But to impugn those of us who are working hard to take on that difficult task makes you complicit in the crisis that we face.
The “cost of living crisis” you speak about is actually a “likelihood of existence crisis”. If we don’t (you included) start acting to change the economic system that has produced the crisis, then we may as well kiss our lives and our children and our children’s children’s lives away.
The fact that you have engaged with us and have considered some of the arguments we have put forward, indicates that you have an interest in being part of the solution. We need active and considered people like you to join us in the struggle, why not be part of that work, rather than criticise us?
Our Caledonian correspondent appears to be very interested in figures of authority, men in uniform and masturbation. I’m not suggesting that there is a link, but………………
No Doubt the unions have taken the view that the right wing press would have a field day if they didn’t postpone the strikes. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valour
To be fair, ex comrade Marratty put loads of work into youtube sites and other audio visual activities and got stymied on lots of occasions.
I think that a coordinated approach such as a campaigns week where members can work together across electronic media in a cooperative way would be a better approach to this.
I often use the Have Your Say section of the BBC News site, which often stimulates decent discussion, but wich often gets swamped because I am the only one supporting Socialism.
Having three or four members (or more) agreeing to come on line at the same time and concentrate on an agreed group of forums, news sites, social media sites all at the same time, supporting each others comments, adding to the comments, giving each other up votes etc. could be a very succefful strategy.
Thank you so much for your insightful political discourse, your delightful bons mots and for sharing your sparkling intellect (sarcasm alert, sarcasm alert)
Perhaps you should invest some money on a rail ticket that takes you further north than Watford.
Or even more challenging answer the political arguments that challenge your reformist agenda
You clearly don’t “know nothing about me” to quote a phrase, if you think that your puerile comments hit a nerve.
I’m just thrilled to see that you’re as ignorant about culture and geography as you are about politics.
But I suppose it’s better for you to take the Boris Johnson “throw a dead cat on the table” and distract the discussion, rather than discuss your increasingly exposed political position.
Yes Lizzie45, everyone north of Watford spends their time in the pub, apart, of course, from when they’re cleaning out the pigeon loft, exercising their whippets, making black pudding and saying “whey aye pet”
I wonder if you would be as comfortable stereotyping disabled people or people of colour in such a lazy way.
“You know nothing about me”
Well, I know you prefer to dish out distracting insults and obfuscation rather than addressing the arguments.
It also appears that you have not travelled north of Potters Bar.
I know from your postings that you think reforms are worthwhile, despite the evidence.
I can assume that you have no answer to my point that the current fuel emergency is a result of supply side issues and that the actions you suggest will not address this, other wise you would have countered this contention.
I can also assume that your similar silence about the changes to welfare, human rights, etc offered by the Irish state without the need of campaigns you suggest, is for the same reason.
Also, based on your previous posts about former members, I strongly suspect that you were either a member of the SPGB or that you knew the party well at some point in the 1980s – 90s.
I would surmise that this did not end well.
I am however, at a loss to understand, given that you know the SPGBs view on reforms, quite why you would start a post publicising the event you support.
One last thing, if I am correct that you are of a similar vintage to myself, I always feel that using things like LMFAO, LOL, etc. when you reach our age, is a bit like when your granny said things like “groovy” back in the 1960s, you know, just a little bit uncomfortable.
