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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Someone just linked me to this and I'm surprised I didn't hear it from this thread first. even if that wasn't a DM link you still couldn't pay me enough to click it
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My heating oil quote is over 3x what I paid last time (a week after covid started and prices were rock bottom). Almost £1 a litre more. Starting to dislike this Putin chap.
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sassassin posted:My heating oil quote is over 3x what I paid last time (a week after covid started and prices were rock bottom). Almost £1 a litre more. The price went insane before the invasion, before the troop build up even.
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Mar 16, 2022 17:47
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"Do Not Putin Chap" will appear as a warning on all spray insulation cans
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Mar 16, 2022 17:49
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Time to protect your oil tanks. Neighbours back home got a delivery of oil last week, and a few days later found out some fucker siphoned some during the night.
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Mar 16, 2022 17:51
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My mother's probably glad she managed to sell her house finally in November. That was all oil-fired hot water, central heating etc. I guess I should check what sort of heating is in the house she's put in an offer on subject to woodworm report!
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happyhippy posted:Time to protect your oil tanks. Neighbours back home got a delivery of oil last week, and a few days later found out some fucker siphoned some during the night. That happens all the time in Dublin, even with tanks I wouldnt have thought were remotely accessible. Glad I'm not on an oil tank, those price shocks seem a lot more severe. I'll just rely on spray-foaming all of my orifices to retain body heat instead
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Barry Foster posted:It's necessary, because it's kicking back against the enormous ignorance regarding western involvement in the rise of pretty much all of the west's boogeymen, who - if you were to take the mainstream narratives at face value - all popped out out of nowhere, like some sort of evil aristotelian spontaneous generation, and hate us for "our freedoms", etc., rather than complicated, murky and frankly incredibly mucky international realpolitiking. Nor should it be surprising that a very large percentage of said realpolitiking was done, inevitably, by the world's imperial centre (the US) and its satellites, which certainly throughout the 20th century had (and to a lesser extent, still has) enormously more soft and hard power to actually Make Things Happen (Usually Bad). Do you really think that most readers in this thread aren't aware that the Iranian PM was deposed in a CIA -backed coup in '53, which led to a repressive regime and in turn the revolution of '79 which installed the current government, and further, the extent of Western interventionism and imperialism which gave rise to numerous situations like this? In the specific case of Iran, Iran has never been a colony, and the current government has been place in some form for 43 years. If they are still doing bad stuff, then it's on them. Yes, the west gave rise to the conditions that allowed those men (and it is men) to take power, but it did not make them exercise that power in the way that they have since done. And even if we are all aware of it, it feels to me like it is often used to somehow absolve these countries of their misdeeds, as if their responsibility for their own actions is reduced. It might be going too far to say that it is almost like a very subtle form of racism, that the way that they behave is due to Western influences, and they wouldn't have done so without it because they don't have sufficient agency. Julio Cruz posted:even if that wasn't a DM link you still couldn't pay me enough to click it
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Something I've realised recently is that people need to realise that there's a difference between examining why history happens, and wanting history to flow one way or another. This is essentially the difference between historical materialism and idealism. Sure, Iran could turn into a liberal democracy tomorrow, and I could hope that's true. But it's not going to - the current government is under no incentive to do so and is secure in its power as a theocracy. But we can examine the reasons why the Iranian government reacts the way it does - sanctions, past coups, etc. This isn't to rob them of agency but to explain why governments - even the US - rarely act with agency but are driven by past forces.
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therattle posted:Do you really think that most readers in this thread aren't aware that the Iranian PM was deposed in a CIA -backed coup in '53, which led to a repressive regime and in turn the revolution of '79 which installed the current government, and further, the extent of Western interventionism and imperialism which gave rise to numerous situations like this? Historically this thread has had many lurkers.
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Not So Fast posted:Something I've realised recently is that people need to realise that there's a difference between examining why history happens, and wanting history to flow one way or another. This is essentially the difference between historical materialism and idealism. Yeah one of the side effects of the US helping their pet faction take power, is that the leaders and assets of other factions are now destroyed. This tends to change history, which doesn't follow some moral path of progress, it follows material conditions.
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If a US backed coup can't change history in a meaningful way then I'm not sure what the proles are meant to do to change it. Thoughts and prayers.
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Brendan Rodgers posted:If a US backed coup can't change history in a meaningful way then I'm not sure what the proles are meant to do to change it. Thoughts and prayers. You ok, hun? <3 (FB comment for those who are not familiar. Often follows 'thoughts and prayers' comments with praying hands and heart emojis.)
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Just doing the maths on my utility bills from next month. Jan 2020 monthly cost ~£55, current is ~£80, next month it will be ~£120. I can afford to swallow that but I wonder how many people just don't realise how much they're going to be hit...
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Fck nu Labour, they just lie.quote:A new political consensus source: https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/15/russia-uk-mps-warned-londongrad-boris-johnson-bradshaw-byrne/
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Mar 16, 2022 23:08
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My energy bill is still in limbo because of my provider going bust and the change over to the new provider. All I know is my credit balance has vanished and somehow theres a bill to pay for the company that went under. I expect when the dust settles I'm in for a shock.
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happyhippy posted:Time to protect your oil tanks. Neighbours back home got a delivery of oil last week, and a few days later found out some fucker siphoned some during the night. Rumours sweeping Belfast of people following oil tanker lorries to watch where they deliver to houses and then swiping it
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Fck nu Labour, they just lie. My MP, everyone I can't believe I campaigned for him He was (and is) opposed to everything I hold dear
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Mar 16, 2022 23:23
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What a stupid oval office. At least the article eye rolls for a paragraph.
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The 'pro-Putin' corbynite "we should investigate Russian money in 2014, years before anyone cared, not because it is specifically Russian but because it is a corrupting influence." The 'anti-Putin' pragmatist "more dog tails, Igor, thpthpthpthp."
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I was wrong to say Monbiot was "a good lad" or anything of the sort. I apologise to the thread. He's a stupid propagandist oval office. https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1503758826461409287?s=20&t=nevz0b8kOlN2VaDfqWo59w Anybody writing "There's a war going on, here's why that makes the Left bad and wrong" is a straight up propagandist or worm-brained idiot. No exceptions.
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Pablo Bluth posted:Just doing the maths on my utility bills from next month. Jan 2020 monthly cost ~£55, current is ~£80, next month it will be ~£120. I can afford to swallow that but I wonder how many people just don't realise how much they're going to be hit... According to bulb, my monthly minimum has gone from £40 to £113, but they always do this after winter because they have the memory of a loving goldfish and forget how much credit we build up over the summer. E: Actually it occurs to me that a lot of people will only notice when they get to autumn and suddenly notice they've built up zero credit over the summer. Until then it'll be mostly poor people on key meters who are affected and as always, nobody'll notice until the middle class is affected. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Mar 16, 2022 |
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WhatEvil posted:I was wrong to say Monbiot was "a good lad" or anything of the sort. I apologise to the thread. He's a stupid propagandist oval office. Monbiot and others like Paul Mason seem to be taking this as an opportunity to attack their old posting rivals. Nuclear war could happen and Oz Katerji would get one last jab in at Owen Jones.
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WhatEvil posted:I was wrong to say Monbiot was "a good lad" or anything of the sort. I apologise to the thread. He's a stupid propagandist oval office.
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Pablo Bluth posted:The left who blame the war on nothing more than NATO expansion are propogandists or worm-brained idiots and should be criticised. Do you think there are many actual leftists who do that?
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WhatEvil posted:Do you think there are many actual leftists who do that? I've seen a few in the wild posting comments on FB threads.
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Or organising Stop the War protests. There's a genuine debate around NATO and general de-militarisation, but the moment Putin started a war, all discussion should be parked to avoid suggesting it in the slightest justifies any of Putin's actions (or even motivated him)
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WhatEvil posted:Do you think there are many actual leftists who do that? Surprisingly so, sadly, and not just tankies. I've had to mute and unfollow quite a few people over the past couple of weeks for having some very poo poo takes like that.
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Look at this thread. https://twitter.com/polinaivanovva/status/1504146157496418305 Putin is going full, bonafide, camps and purges fascism and the tories have key people at the height of power under his thumb and even if they weren't, they would be frothing to follow suit anyway. If this poo poo spreads the only thing stopping the UK landing fully on the wrong side of this is public opinion which is mercifully opposed to this right now and, as we all know, is absolutely not guaranteed to stay that way. It's not time to play "no true scotsman" and "which centrist oval office can get in the sea in which order". e: video if you prefer https://twitter.com/just_whatever/status/1504144895501557762 quote:I am convinced that such a natural and self-purification of society will only strengthen our county... jiggerypokery fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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Another banger https://twitter.com/soozuk/status/1504125223993495555
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jiggerypokery posted:It's not time to play "no true scotsman" and "which centrist oval office can get in the sea in which order". I don't really care what order they do it in so long as they do it tbqh Pablo Bluth posted:Or organising Stop the War protests. Sorry, if there's a discussion to be had then we can have it while the topic is newsworthy or we won't have it all because that's how the news cycle works. Acknowledging one thing that may have, amongst others, been part of Putin’s insane mental calculation that lead to him deciding to go to war in Ukraine in March, during the rasputitsa, is not justifying anything or defending anyone, we're not children, we should be able to talk about these things without taking childlike leaps of logic. Acknowledging the Red Scare & general Cold War lunacy that drove American foreign policy across the 3rd world isn't an attempt to justify them for getting involved in Vietnam. Acknowledging western imperialism in the Middle East & the preference for stable but insane monarchs over democratically elected officials isn't an attempt to justify 9/11.
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WhatEvil posted:Do you think there are many actual leftists who do that? I wouldn't call them actual leftists, but they do position themselves as leftists.
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Facebook is filling up with misleading/scam adverts from various firms (probably the same one in different names) for claiming tax rebates for WFH. Headlining you get £312 but you don't, if you get it it's 20% of £312 so £62.40. And these firms are advertising "no win no fee" and they'll take 36% as their fee 'if successful' with a minimum charge of £30+VAT (£36) or if you get less than that, they'll take the lot. So basically you'll get £26.40 instead of £62.40. I'm reporting them as scams when I see them, don't know if FB will do anything about it. Dread to think how many people are falling for it. And it's really riling up 'key workers' who think they're missing out on £00s.
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You're a drat good egg, Jaeluni
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Facebook is filling up with misleading/scam adverts from various firms (probably the same one in different names) for claiming tax rebates for WFH. Headlining you get £312 but you don't, if you get it it's 20% of £312 so £62.40. I've been banned from the comments of this company for pointing out their policies previously. Its also worth noting that they take control of all of your tax rebates, not just this one. If you let them get you this rebate they then get 36% of anything else in the future unless you specifically write to them terminating that relationship. Even so much as asking for a quote gives them this power if not explicitly rescinded. Might be worth mentioning to people you know, its incredibly underhanded.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Someone just linked me to this and I'm surprised I didn't hear it from this thread first. Many such cases E; to seriouspost for a second, I never liked Monbiot but I didn't think he'd go poster's brain, it's very funny though, always love to be vindicated in disliking someone. I can understand why some people are posting through it though, like, the last few years haven't been amazing and now this war occurs and upends an awful lot of received wisdom, plenty of people are casting about for Explanations. Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Mar 17, 2022 |
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quote:The 45-year-old patient had to have a new opening cut between his scrotum and his anus to urinate when the foam hardened and became 'anchored' in his penis. Just a little excerpt for your Thursday morning E: the daily mail has a fetish 
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Every time I read george monbiot's name I hear brian butterfield saying "bonbonbonbon"
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