Bijou Drains

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  • in reply to: labour theory of value questioned #188872
    Bijou Drains
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    Great reply, Robin. I have added another with a few more links.

    in reply to: Anti-Trump Protests #188866
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    Seems strange that Trumps should imply that those who complain about should return to  “the totally broken and crime-infested places from which the came from”, considering how much he complained about what was going on in the USA before he was President and the fact that the Wikipedia entry on his mother states:

    ” Mary Anne MacLeod was born in a Pebble dash Croft house owned by her father since 1895 in Tong on the Isle of Lewis. Local Historians and genealogists  have described properties in this community at the time as “indescribably filthy” and characterised by “human wretchedness”.

    in reply to: Facebook Money #188587
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    Presumably because of its electronic format it would make a fairly obvious target for anyone trying to destabilise currencies and or effectively forge large amounts of money. Although I’m sure the good people at Facebook will assure us that the encryption system is beyond hacking, there is always a smarter geek just around the corner, or tucked away in North Korea.

    in reply to: Facebook Money #188585
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    Interesting to see what governmental responses are to this in terms of money laundering. There have been raids on Bureaux de Changes across the UK this week and currency exchange is reported as being a key weakness in combating money laundering.

    It would seem that this service would be one which might be targeted by money launderers. Of course Facebook wouldn’t wish to profit from any of this, Facebook has such a strong ethical base to its operation, with Nick Clegg as head of global affairs, who could doubt their honesty and reliability?

    in reply to: Facebook Money #188574
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    ” the first money in the world that is not backed by a sovereign or a sovereign state”

    The author clearly has not read up on the history of money, merchant backed promissory notes in 11th Century China, being just on example of money that wasn’t backed by the sovereign or the state,

    in reply to: Marxism according to the BBC #188556
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    L Bird mate, it was a joke 😆

    in reply to: Marxism according to the BBC #188538
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    Just struck me Birdy boy, this whole hatred of Engles, it isn’t [art of that Manchester Liverpool thing, is it?

    in reply to: Did Joan of Arc have a brain tumour? #188388
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    The difficulty with weed is that the active element is difficult to judge. More potent strains have been marketed over the last few years.

     

    To make an analogy there is a big difference between the impact of drinking a couple of pints of 1970’s mild ale and drinking half a bottle of turps. Both are alcohol, but the impact is very different.

    in reply to: Did Joan of Arc have a brain tumour? #188369
    Bijou Drains
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    I would advise that your friend seeks medical help, or at least some form of support from professional/mental health/self help bodies. Psychotic episodes (which you appear to be describing) seldom end well and can lead to very serious long term mental health issues. I would have thought it is unlikely to be a brain tumour. I would also investigate if has a history of illicit drug use, this may also be a factor.

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    in reply to: Anti-Trump Protests #188292
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    “They only stayed for one drink after as they had to go to work the next morning.”

    Lightweights!

    in reply to: Marx and Buddhism #188291
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    The fact that the author thinks Margate is in Holland leads me to question the level of research he has actually carried out!

    It’s a bit like the poem about Scotland that Boris has got himself in trouble with, which talks about refortifying Hadrian’s Wall (which is entirely in England, by the way). It is a bit worrying that a former foreign secretary hasn’t got the basic geographical facts right about the country he lives in.

    in reply to: Anti-received knowledge #188272
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    I find taking the piss out of them works quite well.

    Ridicule the fact that they take an anti science stance whilst happily using their science based iPhones and web sites.

    Call them hypocrites who denounce science but reach for the medicine cabinet as soon as they get a cough or a cold.

    Ask them why they don’t trust conventional science but are happy to rely on it when they are being thrust through the air at hundreds of miles an hour in aircraft that rely on the findings of that science.

    The problem with these types of fuck wits is that they cherry pick the science they disregard. They will denounce vaccination but if they get cancer or another serious health condition they are quick to return to conventional medicine.

    A good technique borrowed from work carried out with people who have paranoid personality issues is reality testing. Test out acknowledged facts that you and they both share and then develop the themes.

    In line with this I ask them about the mechanics of their so called conspiracy theories. If the conspiracy theory involves all palaeontologists, all of the people working in medical research, all of the people in all of the areas of science they think are being manipulated it is a conspiracy involving a considerable proportion of the world’s population, how do all of those people get involved in such a wide spread conspiracy, who pays them and coordinates them, and also if there are that many people involved it’s not really a conspiracy, is it.

    Also if these all powerful sources are involved in such a wide spread conspiracy, how come they don’t have the power to shut down the kind of pissy little websites run by a spotty loner in some god forsaken mid west town, which is usually the source of these conspiracy theories.

    If you really want to screw with their minds tell them that all of these conspiracy theories are being created as a smoke screen for the real conspiracy and then tap your nose in a knowing fashion.

    in reply to: Our Euroelection campaign #187534
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    Advertised right next to a picture of a Twin necked Gibson EDS 1275. The “coolest guitar in rock” right next to the “coolest party in politics”. What’s the odds of that.

    in reply to: Our Euroelection campaign #186596
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    lovely big ballot paper to scrawl on!

    in reply to: Our Euroelection campaign #186369
    Bijou Drains
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    To get an idea of how far the Green Party would compromise its principles given the offer of ministerial Jaguars and the slightest sniff of  power, have a look at what the Green Party in Ireland did when they went into coalition with Fianna Fail.

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