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Leggsy posted:It's not just the equalities convener. A whole slate of TERFs just got elected to the NEC including Neale Hanvey MP. Who was suspended for a cup of tea's length for anti-Semitism. Which side of the power struggle is which? I assume Professional grouper Alex Salmond is on the pro-TERF side? Or is the whole situation more complicated than that? Edit: Page snipe. Lara Catt will pay the cat tax. https://imgur.com/gallery/AzhAigq The Question IRL fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Red Oktober posted:They don’t speak English, so we’re either assuming that Helen speaks a variety of different languages to find out who they are voting for, or they’re enthusiastically just saying “Labour, yes, Labour” while giving the thumbs up like a Borat sketch. You do get people who will literally do the "Yes, Labour" nodding and thumbs up thing (Source: personally canvassing for Labour), so it's not impossible it really happened. That she brings it up as a supposed "issue" though is itself very telling aside from the possibility it is still likely bullshit.
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Angepain posted:Foxbasher's view is the puberty blockers case is bad news, I assume he's well-informed about this sort of thing: It's also something more likely to benefit people assigned male at birth, because 15/16 in some cases is early enough to catch vocal changes, but too late for most of a female puberty.
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The Question IRL posted:Which side of the power struggle is which? I assume Professional grouper Alex Salmond is on the pro-TERF side? I'd define it more that the TERFs are on Salmond's side.
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The Question IRL posted:Which side of the power struggle is which? I assume Professional grouper Alex Salmond is on the pro-TERF side? Salmond is on the same side as the terfs although I don't know if he actually has any particular view on trans issues basically the anti-Sturgeon snp faction is a vague unholy alliance of a) terfs and transphobes b) people who support Alex Salmond c) people who think the SNP is going too slow on independence d) people who still read wings over scotland e) people who use the word "woke" as a perjorative. not all of them are necessarily in all camps but they generally seem fine working with each other
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Red Oktober posted:They don’t speak English, so we’re either assuming that Helen speaks a variety of different languages to find out who they are voting for, or they’re enthusiastically just saying “Labour, yes, Labour” while giving the thumbs up like a Borat sketch. They were probably all wearing Hezbollah t shirts
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Comrade Fakename posted:This is extremely trivial, but here's one of the stupidest Guardian columns in a while: My favourite part was how she apparently tried to get her kids to appreciate Beavis and Butthead, which is completely irrelevant and alien to anyone who didn't grow up during the rise of MTV and might as well hail from three centuries ago.
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Looking up this dude's accounts, theres three directors of his company, him, his wife and presumably his brother. They shared 200k in dividends last year. They weren't struggling in Europe, they were thriving but just had to try and take a little more.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Looking up this dude's accounts, theres three directors of his company, him, his wife and presumably his brother. They shared 200k in dividends last year. They weren't struggling in Europe, they were thriving but just had to try and take a little more. The slogan of the capitalist, innit? "Always got to have more"
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I thought it was "private profits, public losses"
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jfc https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1333437792605630466?s=20
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Comrade Fakename posted:This is extremely trivial, but here's one of the stupidest Guardian columns in a while: Where do they get their opinions from? Upp is so gentle and untaxing, but thought-provoking. And the old guy is like my dad was - in both appearance and general not-serious grumpiness. Fishing / Debenhams chat: I think one of the issues with fishing is that it tends to be clustered in a 'whole community will be affected' manner in a way that Debenhams isn't (other than in the general malaise on the High St way). I was at a Welsh Labour policy forum a couple of years ago and this was one of the things brought up - and one of the very few areas of Wales not to vote for brexit - the mussels industry in North Wales where much of the fresh mussels 'harvest' goes to France, daily. The view was that post brexit, this industry would be completely killed off within about 6 weeks of brexit taking effect because fresh mussels aren't very fresh once they've been sitting in customs for a few days! (And are likely poisonous to eat by then!) Re Debenhams - when I go to Newport (Wales) on the bus (not been since March), after an hour or more on a bus, I normally dive straight into Debenhams which opens onto the bus station to use their loo. The thought of having to find another loo in a big hurry is not appealing! (I can hear you now - ok boomer. I'll have you know I'm nearly an Xer). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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I will always seize an opportunity to pay the cat tax for someone else.
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Dead Goon posted:Didn't think there were any left-wing newspapers in the UK. Is the morning star still going?
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Convex posted:Is the morning star still going? https://morningstaronline.co.uk/ There is another one beginning with W which name I can't remember - more tabloid. It was put together by Corbyn supporters 3-4 years ago. It did have a print edition but seems the big newsagents (or their distributors) kept mucking up deliveries. I've looked at it online once or twice, but the name just escapes me for now. The Word: https://thewordmedia.org/ Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Dead Goon posted:Didn't think there were any left-wing newspapers in the UK. The Daily Mail is a left-wing newspaper to that oval office.
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Where do they get their opinions from? Upp is so gentle and untaxing, but thought-provoking. And the old guy is like my dad was - in both appearance and general not-serious grumpiness. It's literally that modern films get going right away and are just generally, you know, good, so she can't get her kids interested in old poo poo from the 40s. Because a 13 year old was very likely to take an interest in The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz otherwise.
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Since when have the nice Co-op crisps been £2.30 a bag? loving Brexit Britain
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Camrath posted:Christmas Fudge Released Missed the last trial of the new flavours so getting in on the ground floor for these - ordered myself a batch and then went back for more for Christmas gifts for some sweet-toothed relatives. Wasn't aware that the promo code was single-use-per-email so get your ducks in a row before pulling the trigger. Don't care though, financial sense overridden by a desire for chilli fudge. 
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god all this trans news is just absolutely grim isn't it Last night I couldn't sleep, thinking incessantly about the fact I've known I was trans since 18, now I'm 28 and I've done nothing about it out of fear of perception from the family etc etc and god I really have missed the boat haven't I lol maybe it's cowardly but part of me is somewhat glad I haven't because being yourself seems loving difficult in this climate
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Skeletome posted:god all this trans news is just absolutely grim isn't it That boat's not going anywhere without you, you haven't missed it.
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Skeletome posted:god all this trans news is just absolutely grim isn't it As someone who only made moves towards getting herself sorted r.e. transness when she was 28 2 years ago, it's never too late, I promise <3
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Skeletome posted:god all this trans news is just absolutely grim isn't it I'm 32 and have only allowed myself to realise I was Trans this January despite knowing more or less since I was 17 it's never too late to start allowing yourself to be yourself. Yeah I picked the worst year to start to transition but not doing it would have literally killed me this year when everything else started to go wrong and I had nothing else to hold on to.
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Bobstar posted:Things to drape on your visible top half, but only while the webcam is on. When the apocalypse started happening, I was very careful to get a headset instead of a webcam for just this reason 
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Skeletome posted:god all this trans news is just absolutely grim isn't it My sister transitioned at 31 and two years into it looks great and has literally never been happier.
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Sundayturks posted:Missed the last trial of the new flavours so getting in on the ground floor for these - ordered myself a batch and then went back for more for Christmas gifts for some sweet-toothed relatives. the chili fudge was rather firey. i ended up actually putting some of it in a chili, which worked out nicely
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justcola posted:whenever the BBC discusses Doctor Who they always say that people were watching from behind their sofa - how big are these cunts houses you can go behind a sofa?
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Guavanaut posted:I think I could just about get behind mine, but only because it's open frame and leans back, so the top is about 2" away from the wall and the bottom about 12" but I'm not going to try because I'm working from home by myself so knowing my luck I'd get stuck. I'd just appreciate your dedication to the classics.
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i always seem to miss the most interesting tidbits like the space force thing because i just can't engage with msm anymore, its a time suck and its babbling nonsense isn't it, makes me extremely agitated. anyone got any recommendations. opendemocracy? that any good?
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justcola posted:whenever the BBC discusses Doctor Who they always say that people were watching from behind their sofa - how big are these cunts houses you can go behind a sofa? Its interesting that the phrase is explicitly linked with doctor who in particular rather than just generally scary TV. With doctor who going back to the sixties I suppose it could be that the families with TVs were wealthier and had larger houses? But I think maybe also that the TV was a less dominant feature of the home at that point, both culturally and physically. So families might temporarily draw out a sofa into the centre of the room for the family to watch a particular show on a much smaller tv screen than today's larger ones that occupy pride of place in many lounges across the country. Or it could just be a handy saying.
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Gary Younge (one of the only Guardian journalists I could be hosed with) has a really interesting interview in The Hindu: The further you are from power, the more you see: Gary Younge. It's a shame he's left the Guardian because he had more insight on class and public opinion (especially vis a vis Brexit, Trump, etc) than anyone left there. This was a really good read and the whole thing is worth a look. Choice excerpt: quote:The other thing was the completely inadequate neo-liberal social democratic response. Hillary [Clinton] was the worst possible candidate you can put up against Trump. When somebody said ‘Make America Great Again’, she said, ‘America is great already’. But there were all these people in poverty, whose wages hadn’t increased in the last 40 years. And when she was asked how much she got paid, or why she took so much money from Goldman Sachs, she said because that’s what they offered.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Its interesting that the phrase is explicitly linked with doctor who in particular rather than just generally scary TV. With doctor who going back to the sixties I suppose it could be that the families with TVs were wealthier and had larger houses? But I think maybe also that the TV was a less dominant feature of the home at that point, both culturally and physically. So families might temporarily draw out a sofa into the centre of the room for the family to watch a particular show on a much smaller tv screen than today's larger ones that occupy pride of place in many lounges across the country. This was a 50s standard construction council house, so a bit larger than a Victorian terrace (twisto probably has the dimensions somewhere) but not a mansion. So I think it's just the layout of the time, and since boomers grew up with it it's a solid part of the culture and you're a snowflake antifa woke if you don't immediately drag your sofa out into the most inconvenient part of the room for moving around or having a coffee table or watching your massive flatscreen  .
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