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Students seeking to avoid left-wing homilies delivered in classroom lectures by making use of distance education might be in for an unpleasant surprise, as we have noted before.
Indeed, as veteran Washington correspondent John Gizzi reports, the largest distance learning facility in the United States—Phoenix University—was started by a former college professor—John Sperling—who dabbled in politics for most of his nine decades on the planet.
To be sure, at least an internet search of databases that maintain such information shows no political abuse on the part of Phoenix University instructors. Nonetheless, its founder's history is worthy of note.
"To some, it wasn't clear why they were going on strike but it was fun," one of Sperling's colleagues at the time remembers.
Sperling is one of a trio of billionaires who contribute enormously to "527" organizations such as the groups active in the last election mostly on behalf of Democratic standard bearer John Kerry, Gizzi notes in the Capital Research Center's July issue of Foundation Watch. The other two plutocrats are George Soros and Peter B. Lewis.
Sperling's rise to prominence in America has been nothing short of meteoric. After an abusive childhood, during which Sperling struggled with severe dyslexia, Sperling became a merchant marine. With the money he saved while in the merchant marines he was able to put himself through school at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He subsequently earned his master's degree in English history before moving on to earn his PhD from Kings College at Cambridge University.
After a stint as a professor, he eventually grew bored with academia. He left to organize the Apollo Group, which is a NASDAQ-traded Internet corporation which earned $1 billion in revenue in 2004. After rising to financial success through the Apollo Group, he went on to take up unusual ventures, most famously the online for-profit University of Phoenix.
Sperling is currently dumping much of his money—over $50 million—into anti-aging research. His other financial ventures include donating millions of dollars to cloning research. Despite outrage from groups such as the Humane Society, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Sperling envisions fully automated pet cloning factories in the future. Cloning piques Sperling's interest because of his desire to clone his pet dog Missy.
Now 84, Sperling was introduced to marijuana while undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer almost 50 years ago and has since been a strong supporter of the use of the drug for medicinal purpose, and has likewise donated large sums to causes which support the drug's legalization.
Christine Inauen [pictured] is a rising sophomore at the Catholic University of America. She is currently an intern for Accuracy in Academia.
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However, the majority of us have spent the whole year overeating. And Christmas isn't just one day, when you think about the three to four weeks of Christmas parties, social gatherings and excess food that happens at this time of the year. Research actually shows that the average person puts on about 2kgs over this time and never loses it.
As a rough guide, one standard drink = 1 shot of a spirit = 1 standard glass of wine = approx 1/2 pint of beer.


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Gigantic Journalistic Investigation Begins Ripping Mask off Bank Secrecy
While Mitt Romney may be fading from view in the wake of his defeat on November 6, the issue of tax havens is definitely not following suit.
Via the Tax Justice Network, I've just learned of a massive, multi-national joint investigation into secrecy jurisdictions by three very heavy hitters, the Guardian, BBC Panorama, and the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Though they are starting out with the United Kingdom and the seriously understudied situation in the British Virgin Islands, ICIJ has announced that this is just the start of a multi-year investigative project and that there are "many more countries to come in the next 12 months." Further, according to ICIJ, the investigation involves literally "dozens of jurisdictions and in collaboration with dozens of media partners and freelance journalists around the world" (emphasis in original).
As I write this, the first and second articles (Nov. 25 and 26) in the Guardian's series rank number two and number one in the "most viewed" articles in the last 24 hours. One of the most amazing articles discusses the use of "nominee" directors, people who pretend to be a company or foundation's directors in order to hide the true ownership from authorities. Incredibly, these nominee directors frequently do not know the companies they are supposedly responsible for; they just know that they are getting paid for the use of their names. Be sure to check out the BBC undercover film linked from this Guardian article.
The tremendous scope of the journalistic investigation begs the question: where is government on this? Part of the answer is that government is way behind the curve. In 1999, the British government claimed to have stamped out a nominee sham colorfully named the "Sark Lark," for the tiny Channel Island of Sark where the nominees lived. However, it turns out that the perpetrators of the Sark Lark have simply moved all over the world to continue their scam; the BBC caught up with one former Sark resident in Mauritius.
The other part of the answer is that much of these activities are, in the immortal title of David Cay Johnston's book, "perfectly legal." It appears that in many cases governments do not make the effort to sift the illegal from the legal activities.
But let's not forget: tax havens cost the middle class worldwide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax revenue that they have to make up. The evidence is mounting that they are a central piece of the world financial system. Fundamental reform is necessary and a massive journalistic effort like this one will help produce the outrage to make it possible. I'm looking forward to more fruits of this investigation.
Cross-posted at Angry Bear.
Posted by Kenneth Thomas at 7:15:00 AM
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radii November 27, 2012 at 4:02 PM
reddit linked this post - thanks for putting this out there
Kenneth Thomas of Geotgetown. The same institution where the traitorous patriot act was penned. Written before 9/11 in anticipation of Project for a New American Century.
FYI Do. Thomas our money is none of your business. Go to your North Korean communist utopia and cry to Kim.
Kenneth Thomas November 28, 2012 at 3:04 AM
Except for the fact that I'm at Missouri-St. Louis and not Georgetown, I guess you've got me pegged.
But perhaps you'd be happier in a country that doesn't have taxation?
Yes a government that doesn't blow up 3000 of it's own citizens then enact a law where the president can blow off the head of anyone he doesn't deem worthy would be a good start.
But please pay tribute to the Rothschild's banking ponzi scheme. Then you can smile when your children die on some Arab oil field knowing you did all you could. It just wasn't good enough.
This is an off-topic query. What do you think about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)?
Don't know much about it, but your query has spurred me to start looking. As it happens, Mike the Mad Biologist (http://mikethemadbiologist.com/)had a link to this intro to MMT (http://arlissbunny.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/modern-monetary-theory-vs-the-fiscal-cliff/) today. Interesting stuff!
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The percentages of unauthorised and authorised absences for 2017/18 are given below.
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Should your child be absent from school for any reason, we ask that you notify one of the school administrators before 8.50am. If we have not been informed of an absence by a parent/carer by 9.30am then we will ring home to get confirmation. Please note that any verbal messages from children are not acceptable. Unexplained absences will be categorised as unauthorised.
Any child arriving after 9.00am will be marked late. Any child arriving very late could be marked as absent for the morning session.
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It is also important to note that arriving at school on time is crucial. Persistent lateness is also identified and support offered, either from the school, EWO or other professionals. If children are regularly collected late from school, (after 3.15) they may be booked into After School Club and parents will be charged for this.
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Our policy applies to all children registered at this school and is available to parents/carers of children via the school website.
Children who are persistently late or absent will fall behind in their learning. Children who are absent from school frequently develop large gaps in their learning which impact negatively on their progress and their ability to be able to meet age related expectations. A child whose attendance drops to 90% each year will, over their time in primary school, have missed two full terms of learning.
Although this policy will focus on the detrimental effect that poor attendance has on academic outcomes, we believe that there are many other ways in which a child's social, emotional, and physical development are also negatively affected.
Quite simply if your child misses school, they miss out!
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Improve childrens' levels of attainment by ensuring high levels of attendance and punctuality.
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Create an ethos in which good attendance and punctuality is recognised as the norm and is valued by school.
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Ensure that procedures are in place to monitor attendance and act as soon as levels of attendance are a cause for concern.
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The Education Welfare Officer should support the school in achieving good levels of attendance by working with families who are struggling to achieve this.
A parent has to ask for permission from the Head of School to take a child out of school during term time. This request is made by competing a 'Request for Leave of Absence in Term Time in Exceptional Circumstances' form, which is available from the school office.
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The head teacher has refused the request but the absence occurs anyway; or
A child has not returned by the agreed date with no satisfactory explanation.
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On a daily basis absence and reasons for absence are monitored. Parents should always call the school office to report this before the start of the school day (8.50am). Reasons are updated onto SIMS and the Head of School is advised of all absences.
Admin staff will check the attendance level of each child who is absent and monitor using this traffic light system.
Attendance of 96% + is considered to be very good.
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This will be highlighted in the attendance book and the Head of School will contact parents to discuss the reasons for absence and any support that may be required.
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Ravens can bury reeling Steelers with a win in Pittsburgh
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson looks to pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Dec. 4, 2021 8:14 AM PT
BALTIMORE (8-3) at PITTSBURGH (5-5-1)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS
BETTING LINE: Ravens by 4, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
AGAINST THE SPREAD: Baltimore 4-7; Pittsburgh 4-7.
SERIES RECORD: Steelers lead 30-24.
LAST MEETING: Steelers beat Ravens 19-14 on Dec. 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh.
LAST WEEK: Ravens beat Browns 16-10; Steelers lost to Bengals 41-10.
RAVENS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (2), PASS (13), SCORING (15).
RAVENS DEFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (2), PASS (32), SCORING (9).
STEELERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (28), PASS (15), SCORING (22).
STEELERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH (28), PASS (12), SCORING (23).
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Ravens minus-7; Steelers minus-4.
RAVENS PLAYER TO WATCH: T Alejandro Villanueva is in his first season with the Ravens after playing for Pittsburgh from 2014-20. He's had his struggles with Baltimore, and protecting the passer has been an issue for the Ravens in general.
STEELERS PLAYER TO WATCH: RB Najee Harris has become an afterthought over the last two weeks (20 carries, 61 yards) after being a driving force behind a five-game unbeaten streak that thrust Pittsburgh back into contention (121 carries, 461 yards).
KEY MATCHUP: Pittsburgh's porous defensive line and the NFL's 28th-ranked run defense against Baltimore QB Lamar Jackson. The Steelers have allowed a staggering 180.5 yards per game on the ground over the last four weeks.
KEY INJURIES: Raven: DT Calais Campbell (concussion) missed last weekend's game against Cleveland and was limited at practice this week. … LB Patrick Queen (ribs) and CB Jimmy Smith (neck) were also limited. … TE Nick Boyle (knee), C Bradley Bozeman (shin laceration), WR Devin Duvernay (thigh), OL Patrick Mekari (ankle) and fullback Patrick Ricard (foot/thigh) missed practice time. … The Ravens have had significant injury problems since before the season started, but WRs Marquise Brown and Sammy Watkins appear healthy now, so Jackson should have his top targets available. ... Steelers CB Joe Haden will miss his third straight game due to a sprained foot. ... LB T.J. Watt went into the COVID-19 protocol on Monday but was activated on Saturday and is expected to play. ... LB Rob Spillane (knee) is out, further depleting an already thin linebacking corps. ... TE Pat Freiermuth went into the concussion protocol last Sunday but is likely to play after practicing during the week.
SERIES NOTES: The longtime AFC North rivals have fought to a draw over the last nine seasons, splitting their last 18 regular-season meetings. ... The Steelers swept the series in 2020, while the Ravens took both games in 2019. ... This is only Baltimore QB Jackson's third start against Pittsburgh. He engineered an overtime win at Heinz Field in 2019 and committed four turnovers (two fumbles, two interceptions) in a home loss in November 2020. ... Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is 15-10 against Baltimore, though his QB rating when facing the Ravens (85.3) is considerably lower than his career average (93.8).
STATS AND STUFF: This is the 30th all-time coaching matchup between Baltimore's John Harbaugh and Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin, the third-most frequent coaching showdown in NFL history. They have a ways to go to catch the leaders. Hall of Famers Curly Lambeau and George Halas met 49 times while coaching Green Bay and Chicago. ... The Ravens have won 12 of their past 13 December games. The one loss was last year's game at Pittsburgh when Baltimore was dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak and Jackson didn't play. … The Ravens are 6-1 in games decided by eight points or fewer this season. … Mark Andrews became the fifth TE in NFL history to eclipse 200 receptions, 2,800 yards receiving and 25 receiving TDs in the first four seasons of his career. The others were Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowski and Kellen Winslow. … Jackson threw a career-high four interceptions last weekend. He's only had one other game with three — a win at Pittsburgh in 2019. ... The Steelers are riding a three-game winless streak (0-2-1) and likely would see any shot at winning the AFC North vanish with a loss. ... Roethlisberger will move into a tie with former Chargers and Colts QB Phil Rivers for seventh in most games played by a quarterback (244). Roethlisberger moved past Rivers last week for fifth in pass completions (5,298). ... The last time Pittsburgh finished outside the top 20 in yards allowed was 1991. The Steelers are in danger of ending that streak this season barring a stunning turnaround.
FANTASY TIP: Steelers WR Diontae Johnson has been the one constant in Pittsburgh's up-and-down passing offense. He's on pace to shatter his career highs in both receptions and yards and is facing the NFL's worst pass defense.
Thiago Almada has returned for his second season with Atlanta United after his whirlwind campaign in Qatar that ended with him winning the World Cup with Argentina
Seattle Kraken rookie All-Star Matty Beniers will miss the team's final two games before the All-Star break after taking a big hit from Vancouver's Tyler Myers earlier this week
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remains in the NFL's concussion protocol and will not participate in the 2023 Pro Bowl, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press


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Q: Entity framework code first, delete childs by updating parent As entity framework states, "Code first", here we go with the code first...
public class BaseModel
{
    [Key]
    public Guid Id { get; set; }
    public DateTime DateCreated { get; set; }
    public DateTime DateChanged { get; set; }

    public BaseModel()
    {
        this.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
        this.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
        this.DateChanged = DateTime.Now;
    }
}

public class Association: BaseModel
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Type { get; set; }

    public virtual List<Rule> Rules { get; set; }

    public Association()
        : base()
    {
    }
}

public class Rule: BaseModel
{
    [ForeignKey("Association")]
    public Guid AssociationId { get; set; }

    //[Required]
    public virtual Association Association { get; set; }

    //[Required]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string Expression { get; set; }

    public virtual List<Action> Actions { get; set; }

    public Rule()
        : base()
    {
    }
}

public class Action: BaseModel
{
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string ActionType { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("Rule")]
    public Guid RuleId { get; set; }

    public virtual Rule Rule { get; set; }

    public int Order { get; set; }

    public Action()
        : base()
    {
    }
}

So these are my four model classes that are using entity framework code first.
Each inherit from the baseclass, so they all have an Id Guid as Primary Key.
An Association has a list of rules. (Rule has FK to Association)
A Rule as has a list of actions.  (Action has FK to Rule)
What I would like to do is only change and save the most upwards class = Association.
For example when deleting a rule, I would like this code to work:
 public ActionResult DeleteRule(Guid assId, Guid ruleId)
    {
        Association ass = this.DataContext.Associations.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Id == assId);
        ass.Rules.RemoveAll(r => r.Id == ruleId);

        this.DataContext.SaveChanges();

        return RedirectToAction("Index");
    }

On the context.savechanges this is giving me this error:
'The operation failed: The relationship could not be changed because one or more of the foreign-key properties is non-nullable. When a change is made to a relationship, the related foreign-key property is set to a null value. If the foreign-key does not support null values, a new relationship must be defined, the foreign-key property must be assigned another non-null value, or the unrelated object must be deleted.'
This error also occurs when deleting an action.
Is there a way to change the most upper (Association) object  AND ONLY changing things to this Association.
I DO NOT want to say context.Rules.remove(...) or context.actions.remove(...)
here's the source: http://server.thomasgielissen.be/files/mvctesting.zip
you need VS2012, all nuget packages are included in zip and you should be able to build and run the project.
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Greetz,
Thomas

A: I you want to fix this issue, you should store your relations through junction tables. I don't think that you can achieve what you need, with this model.
However if you put a junction table(or entity) between your entities, you can easily remove child objects and update parent object.
For example, put a junction entity between Association and Rule:
public class AssociationRule: BaseModel
{
    public Guid AssociationId { get; set; }
    public Guid RuleId { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("AssociationId")]
    public virtual Association Association { get; set; }
    [ForeignKey("RuleId")]
    public virtual Rule Rule { get; set; }

    public Association()
        : base()
    {
    }
}

Now, you can easily remove any rule from any association:
public ActionResult DeleteRule(Guid assId, Guid ruleId)
{
    AssociationRule assr = this.DataContext
        .AssociationRuless
        .FirstOrDefault(ar => ar.AssociationId == assId && ar.RuleId == ruleId);

    this.DataContext.AssociationRules.Remove(assr);
    this.DataContext.SaveChanges();

    return RedirectToAction("Index");
}

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READ The Waterproof Bible (2010) Online Free. ReadOnlineNovel.com - Free Reading Epub, Pdf.
About book: Weird! But very good. I really enjoyed the various elements of the story and how they all came together. In themselves, they could all easily be separate novels but you never feel like you're not getting enough detail to keep the book going.It felt like it took a while to get going, staying deliberately cryptic a little too long. Despite that, I really enjoyed the book and read it pretty quickly - a sure sign I'm engaged. Lewis - "Why do bad things happen to good people?"God - "Because it makes a good story."Andrew Kaufman has succeeded in creating a literary classic with this one. Magic realism at its very best, The Waterproof Bible is a quirky, whimsical story dealing with the oddest mix of characters you will ever read about, who all intersect each others' lives in one way or another over the course of a few days.You have Rebecca, an extraordinarily ordinary woman who involuntarily broadcasts her emotions onto others. When she's happy, everyone can feel her happiness, when she's sad, everyone can feel her sadness, and when she's scared, everyone can feel her fear - however, she's found a way to trap and store her emotions in personal objects and storing them at Unit 207, E.Z. Self-Storage, which left her capable of lying to people about her real feelings and hiding them from everyone, including those who actually cared. An incident with a tap left on flooded some of her boxes (premonition of the larger flood that will occur later in the book?), forcing her to throw them out and with them her emotional attachment to the people concerned with these objects.There's Lewis, Rebecca's brother-in-law, who has just lost his wife and decided to flee the city rather than cope with the situation, but ended up meeting a woman who claims to be God.Then there's Aby, a frog humanoid who left the water in search of her estranged mother on dry land. One important fact about Aby is that she's an Aquatic - Aquatics are those who believe and follow the Aquaticism religion - (don't worry, Kaufman goes into great depth explaining the basics of the religion to us). There's also Margaret, Aby's mother and she owns (sort of) a hotel and does not want to go back to Aquaticism.Finally, there's Stewart, Rebecca's husband, who left her three years prior and is now building a boat while he waits for his wife to make the final call.Each one of these characters have one thing in common - they are all waiting for that one moment when lightning strikes, so their feeling of loss diminishes. Rebecca loses her emotions when her sister dies, Lewis loses his senses when his wife dies, Stewart loses his wife as their relationship dies, Margaret loses her family and home as her religion dies, and Aby loses her mother as her beliefs die. In one intersecting moment, they all meet and miracles happen.This book, or shall I say 'bible', is full of visuals, metaphors, allegory and all other forms of imagery. It is satiric, yet biblical - at the same time it is a love story that is cliché-free. From floods, to moments of enlightenment, to a meeting with God, to blindness, to thunderstorms and saving lives, this book will take you on an exciting journey of self-discovery and awakening. You will be left bewildered by the end of it, with so much happening but very little explanation to any of it. Yet, that's the beauty of this novel, the unexplainable is what makes it so fascinating.Call it a case study on the search for the true meaning of life, a serious discussion of God, faith, and religion, a light comic romp, or a love story. Whatever it is, it will get to you. It will make you question life, connect with these characters at some level and take a deeper look within yourself. But it will also make you sit with a smile on your face while you read it, chuckling at all the funny bits as you appreciate Kaufman's originality and wit.My favourite line in the book was: "The only difference between a happy ending and a sad ending is where you decide the story ends."So Kaufman writes, and so we should all believe.
Loved the characters. Again, funny, smart and poignant all rolled into one lovely book.
A little bizarre but an enjoyable read.


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The Fiend vs Randy Orton Reportedly Set for Royal Rumble in Another Gimmick Match
By Phillipa Mariee
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Randy Orton did the unthinkable at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs when he set The Fiend alight and left him to burn in the center of the ring.
This was one of the most shocking moments of the year, and unsurprisingly, The Fiend hasn't been seen since.
Last night on Raw, Alexa Bliss was looking to join her long time friend and requested that The Viper set her on fire as well, but the episode ended on a cliffhanger.
WWE has a lot of things in motion. We were told that another Bray Wyatt's Fiend vs Randy Orton gimmick match IS happening at the Royal Rumble. As for all the other matches planned? They COULD just give them all away on television leading to Jan 31st, right? Yes, yes they could.
— Steve Carrier of Ringside News (@steve_carrier) December 29, 2020
RingSideNews is now reporting that this storyline is set to lead to another gimmick match between The Viper and The Fiend at the Royal Rumble next month.
Randy Orton and The Fiend have only had one match against each other in the past, but Orton has a history with Bray Wyatt after setting the Wyatt Family Compound alight back in 2017.
Orton was briefly a member of The Wyatt Family and even helped to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships alongside Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt.
Over the past few weeks, Alexa Bliss has taken over the role of The Fiend and WWE has handed Bliss her own "playground", but after the cliffhanger-ending to this week's episode of Raw, it's unknown what the future holds for Bliss and The Fiend.


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Home » Uncategorized » Tempting Fate
Tempting Fate 270
This is the third time I have posted that there is a temporary hiatus in blogging but nothing to worry about, and subsequently ended up in hospital. Just discharged from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after losing an unexpected argument with a piece of agricultural machinery. Between Eden Festival and that, I have missed the most fascinating fortnight in politics this year. Next time I have a break I shall put up a post asking you to worry a lot, then hopefully nothing will happen.
270 thoughts on "Tempting Fate"
N_ June 17, 2018 at 02:30
@Paul Barbara
"The EDL and Z**nists have often had joint demos."
But was the timing of Tommy Robinson's arrest to do with the Chabloz case? While the Z__nists in the guise of the CAA were openly involved in the latter, the answer may be "no".
Paul Barbara June 17, 2018 at 10:13
@ N_ June 17, 2018 at 02:30
I really don'r have a clue on that one.
Brianfujisan June 17, 2018 at 06:33
Which Comments
Baron June 17, 2018 at 08:12
Get well, young sir, the country cannot do without you.
Sharp Ears June 17, 2018 at 08:56
Are you going to be 'Marred' today?. I'm not.
The producer's tweet – On #marr tomorrow: the Prime Minister @theresa_may, the Shadow Foreign Secretary @EmilyThornberry. The news review comes from @NickFerrariLBC and @pollytoynbee. Rupert Everett talks about Oscar Wilde and we have #marrmusic from @flo_tweet. Tune in 9am. BBC1.
Oh dear! Scraping the barrel.
Marr went to Chequers to speak to Our Dear Leader. Did she invite him to stay for lunch?
Andyoldlabour June 17, 2018 at 10:26
I cannot watch the Marr show any more, I just end up shouting at the screen.
D_Majestic June 17, 2018 at 10:37
Take heart-you are not alone!
Rhys Jaggar June 17, 2018 at 11:31
Just realise he is an MI6 plant. Then you would not expect him to be anything but dishonorable.
quasi_verbatim June 17, 2018 at 09:08
With Macintosh gone, is there anything left in Scotland worth preserving, or burning?
Yes, there is Quisling. Quisling is a Privy Councellor and as such is constrained, dedicated, to the preservation of the status quo — and no status quo is more desirable and worthy of preservation than Quisling's status quo. That lady's not for burning.
Dr. Ip June 17, 2018 at 10:18
Hey Nonny!
for our Nonny Anon1
who loves to spout and shout his rage on the page –
will this rattle his cage?
or will the drip drip drip
of his own venom rip apart his soul(?)
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey nonny, nonny.
Sing no more ditties, sing no more
Of dumps so dull and heavy.
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy.
Into hey, nonny, nonny.
"To one thing constant never"
Obviously in Shakespeare's day there were no football teams.
Oh yes, football was there:
Football. An allusion to this once highly popular game occurs in "Comedy of Errors" (ii. i). Dromio of Ephesus asks:
"Am I so round with you as you with me,
That like a football you do spurn me thus?
If I last in this service, you must case me in leather."
In "King Lear" (i. 4), Kent calls Oswald "a base football player."
According to Strutt, it does not appear among the popular exercises before the reign of Edward III; and then, in 1349, it was prohibited by a piablic edict because it impeded the progress of archery. The danger, however, attending this pastime occasioned James I to say: "From this Court I debarre all rough and violent exercises, as the football, meeter for laming than making able the users thereof."
Occasionally the rustic boys made use of a blown bladder, without the covering of leather, by way of a football, putting beans and horse-beans inside, which made a rattling noise as it was kicked about. Barclay, in his "Ship of Fools" (1508) thus graphically describes it:
"Howe in the winter, when men kill the fat swine,
They get the bladder and blow it great and thin,
With many beans or peason put within:
It ratleth, soundeth, and shineth clere and fayre,
While it is thrown and caste up in the ayre,
Eche one contendeth and hath a great delite
With foote and with hande the bladder for to smite;
If it fall to grounde, they lifte it up agayne.
This wise to labour they count it for no payne."
Shrovetide was the great season for football matches; and at a comparatively recent period it was played in Derby, Nottingham, Kingston-upon-Thames, etc.
And there were plenty of other interesting games, many with gambling involved.
Backgammon. The old name for this game was "Tables," as in "Love's Labour's Lost" (v. 2):
"This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice."
Barley-break. This game, called also the "Last Couple in Hell," which is alluded to in the "Two Noble Kinsmen," (iv. 3).
Billiards… the billiard-table was square, having only three pockets for the balls to run in, situated on one of the sides — that is, at each corner, and the third between them.
Bowls. The small ball, now called the jack, at which the players aim, was sometimes termed the "mistress." In "Troilus and Cressida " (iii. 2), Pandarus says: "So, so; rub on, and kiss the mistress."
And many many more…
I got all this wonderful information from: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/sportshakespeare.html
Nevermind, Duke of Doggerland June 17, 2018 at 13:54
Football is very old and not a European sport.
"Since Europe has dominated the football kingdom for so long a time, most people tend to assume that Europe is football's origination place, while the ancient relics and records in China challenge this saying and provide solid prove: China is the real hometown of football.
Though without written record of its origination date, football was first mentioned in Bielu, the first classified catalog book in ancient China. The author Liu Xiang stated in this book: "According to legend, Cuju(football) was first created by Emperor Huangdi who lived over 5000 years ago to train his armies". To verify this saying, scientists carried out research in Shang Xi Province, Shanxi Province and Yellow River areas haunted by Emperor Huangdi, and they found many round stone balls there, thus prove the truth of this saying. Another Book of Liu Xiang composed during Western Han Dynasty (202BC-9AD)– Intrigues of the Warring States (《战国策》) can prove that football has been popularized as early as 2300 year ago in The State of Qi , today's Linzi City, Shandong Province"
For more on the subject of training ancient soldiers by playing football, feel free to peruse this link.
http://www.absolutechinatours.com/china-travel/chinese-ancient-football-cuju.html
That's very nice, I like it. But I'd prefer knowing that cuju was actually like today's footie, feet only. Most ancient versions of football include the hand, and are more like rugby.
"football was there"
I said football teams. The objects of men's unwavering devotion.
Jo June 18, 2018 at 01:15
Don't be sexist! Some ladies out here are just as devoted.
@ MJ June 17, 2018 at 13:58
Some men; others have more sense!
The Football Association was set up in 1986, at a meeting set up by Masons with already existing football clubs, to hammer out rules: 'THE HISTORY OF THE FA': http://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/history
The Football Association, English football's governing body, was formed in 1863. 'Organised football' or 'football as we know it' dates from that time.
Ebenezer Morley, a London solicitor who formed Barnes FC in 1862, could be called the 'father' of The Association. He wasn't a public school man but old boys from several public schools joined his club and there were 'feverish' disputes about the way the game should be played.
Morley wrote to Bell's Life, a popular newspaper, suggesting that football should have a set of rules in the same way that the MCC had them for cricket. His letter led to the first historic meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern in Great Queen Street, near to where Holborn tube station is now.
The FA was formed there on 26 October 1863, a Monday evening. The captains, secretaries and other representatives of a dozen London and suburban clubs playing their own versions of football met "for the purpose of forming an Association with the object of establishing a definite code of rules for the regulation of the game".
The clubs represented were: Barnes, War Office*, Crusaders, Forest (Leytonstone), No Names (Kilburn), Crystal Palace**, Blackheath, Kensington School, Perceval House (Blackheath), Surbiton, Blackheath Proprietory School and Charterhouse……'
Just three years later, another 'Spectator Sport', public hangings, ceased.
Was their perhaps foreknowledge (Masons claim to have 'Second Sight'); they also have a nice Intel Agenncy in the form of their members being in all important government departments and business associations, so could have been privy to secret plans.
Or maybe the new Football Association didn't want a competitor for the peoples' attention – there's money to be made from football! (though obviously nothing like the amounts now, but perhaps the Masons realised the potential.
If the commoners could be enthralled by this new 'Opium of the masses', it would suit their secret shenanigans to a 'T'.
Judith Mckenzie June 17, 2018 at 11:09
Aww poor you. Hoping you make a speedy recovery, been missing your blogs.
Good morning, friends.
My copy of Michael Gove's book Celsius 7/7 has now arrived. I opened it at a random page, and this is what I read: "I__ael's tragedy is that it stands so often alone. Our tragedy is that we will not stand with it, embracing the values that will most effectively safeguard the West's future."
So Gove wants to put "standing with" a nuclear-armed national socialist regime and "embracing" its values at the centre of British and western policy.
Embracing its what? Its values? So…extreme racist hatred, mass murder, theft, ethnic cleansing, humiliation of the majority considered "inferior", locking them up in concentration camps and killing them when they resist, calling them names that suggest they're subhuman, helping and cultivating political "friends" who assist their foul cause, and slandering opponents in a psychotic projective fashion.
Is this man in Broadmoor? Nope. He's in the cabinet.
"The inspiration for the book came from George Weidenfeld", he writes. Weidenfeld published it. That's the first time I've heard a moneybags Z__nist publisher called an "inspiration". SLUUURRRPPP! Gove deserves not the order of the brown tongue, but the order of the brown tongue, chin, and neck.
Gove may well have promotion ahead of him.
Has he praised the eugenicist Francis Galton at all? His one-time adviser (and alleged gay lover) Dominic Cummings certainly has.
If Gove makes it to prime minister, or deputy PM with a big department, or foreign secretary, or chancellor of the exchequer, I won't be at all surprised if he brings Cummings back. These guys will make David Cameron (who called Cummings a "psychopath") look like Corbynites.
One of Gove's 'ministers (? what do they do for £107k pa?) has replied to a friend who had asked him to support a ban on the UK supplying weapons to Israel. In his reply (obviously a gov.uk pro forma) he referred to these exports as 'goods'. DEFRA is obviously a nest of pro Israel vipers.
Quote from the reply.
'The Government does not issue export licences where there is a clear risk that the goods might be used for internal repression, in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law, or where the export would provoke or prolong conflict.'
They are loathsome.
This is what they screw from the taxpayers.
APPENDIX 4 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8276/CBP-8276.pdf
BRIEFING PAPER
Number 08276, 29 March 2018
Members' pay and expenses and ministerial salaries 2017/18
[ MOD: Kindly stick to a simple handle ]
Gove the new Irving?
Sajid Javid says his phone was "stolen by moped thieves". Did he leave it with a rent boy?
Have MI5 managed to get his ministerial red box back?
No moped thief would successfully mug David Davis or Paddy Ashdown!
Well there you have it the US, will do just about anything to protect the Little Satan, that is Israel.
"Other diplomatic sources told Reuters that the withdrawal was "not a question of if but of when."
I wonder if Nikki Haley had a smile on her face when she said this.
"When the council passes more than 70 resolutions against Israel, a country with a strong human rights record."
http://thehill.com/policy/international/392418-us-expected-to-withdraw-from-un-human-rights-council-report
They pulled out of the Paris climate change agreement, pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement. If they do pull out of the UN human rights council, then they should be expelled from the UN.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot another thing which does not apply to the US – the ICC at the Hague. George W Bush signed something which says that the US do not recognise the ICC.
The US is a rogue state and it supports other rogue states such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.
So there's no Brexit Dividend, as spun by the PM Theresa May. The PM hinted the Brexit Dividend would be ploughed back into the NHS, however in reality the money will come from either substantial tax rises or increased borrowing, probably from both in my opinion.
The ONS, the IFS, and several other bodies have all said that Brexit will cost the country's economy billions on top of the Divorce bill.
http://archive.is/Kef2O
'French special forces on the ground in Yemen: Le Figaro':
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-france/french-special-forces-on-the-ground-in-yemen-le-figaro-idUSKBN1JC099
That completes the FUKUS group of War Criminals assisting the genocide going on in Yemen.
jazza June 17, 2018 at 13:10
not in my name – criminals the lot of them
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/06/15/un-rejects-plan-for-ceasefire-in-yemen-port/
who is the uk government supporting – obviously not the british?
Our government is fully complicit in carrying out war crimes.
I hope this news doesn't go down well in France, Macron is getting too big for his boots.
bj June 17, 2018 at 19:18
Didn't Macron recently kiss the great reformer of giant wealth MBS's back end?
I caught Farage on LBC earlier. He and some of his listeners/followers seem to think Theresa is working up to another election in October.
– her apology for Grenfell, the so called NHS funding boost, supporting the upskirting bill, etc
PS One of her MPs, Wollaston is not convinced.
Sarah Wollaston MPVerified account 3 hours ago
The Brexit dividend tosh was expected but treats the public as fools. Sad to see Govt slide to populist arguments rather than evidence on such an important issue. This will make it harder to have a rational debate about the 'who & how' of funding & sharing this fairly.
3.4% average increase is for NHS England only. I welcome the uplift but this will not deliver as planned without attention to and uplifts for public health (prevention), social care, workforce training & capital/transformation budgets
Sarah Wollaston MP15 hours ago
Credit too for repeatedly presenting the evidence on the need for NHS funding uplift to @TheKingsFund @HealthFdn @NuffieldTrust House of Lords & Commons select committees @TheBMA @rcgp @RCNconnects @AoMRC & many others. Now for a calm analysis of the figures
https://twitter.com/sarahwollaston
selling RBS shares to her fav. City banks and institutions two weeks ago, now this ruse under the disguise of the NHS's 70 year anniversary, as if she cares, of a raise just above inflation, it does not take some carpet bagger like Farrage, who is still quiet happily living on EU benefits/appanage's, to predict an extension to his windfall via a GE.
It might come earlier if she thinks we are all on holiday, but an autumn date is almost assured.
Michael McNulty June 17, 2018 at 17:32
I think the promise of more cash for the NHS will likely come through when much of its services are in private hands. Running it down as an excuse to sell it off is one thing but the vultures who are after it want a fresh corpse not a picked-clean skeleton. Any extra money promised now will satisfy investors who know it's there for dividends not treatments.
If the Tories starved the NHS now but then funded it once in private hands not even Andrew Marr dare try and spin that one as good news. They have to put funds into it soon I would have thought.
What's going on? June 17, 2018 at 23:28
I expect there will be a GE in Dec/Jan, but I doubt that May will be PM by then. I expect her to throw the DUP under a bus at the end of this month and she will have to soldier on with a minority government. The cruddy EU deal she brings before parliament in October is likely to be voted out by the opposition and JRM's ERG. In that scenario May would fall and be replaced (JRM? Gove?). Expect a bloodbath Tory leadership election. The new minority government announces it is going with a no deal Brexit. Pound plummets, markets spin wildly. GE, hung parliament, coalition of moderates, 2nd referendum, remain wins 75% of the vote. Job done.
One of Mr Musk's Tesla cars has burst into flames in LA. Nobody was injured.
'Tesla says its electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than fuel-powered cars.'
Not in this case as it happens.
Tesla on fire: UK director Michael Morris' car bursts into flames.
Ultimately, Musk could earn up to $55.8 billion in stock and awards, if Tesla's market cap reaches $650 billion. It is currently around $52 billion. Musk will receive no other compensation for his work at Tesla outside this plan.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/tesla-shareholders-approve-elon-musks-multibilion-dollar-compensation-plan.html
I wonder how the stats of similar incidents in other cars compare.
No irony. No hypocrisy. Is BAE 'avin a larf?
From Mark Curtis
BAE Systems wishes Muslims Eid al-Fitr. Which is thoughtful given that its equipment is helping to massacre them in several countries.
https://twitter.com/markcurtis30/status/1007990959018315776
Tesla will probably go bust soon. Those who are now saying that driverless cars are the future will soon say "don't we all laugh at what we used to think?" Then they will move on to channelling whatever the next load of bullsh*t is.
People are mentioning October as the month of the next general election. October is also a useful month for an enormous financial crash.
There could be an election in any month. There is no problem holding one in July or December. The way the pundits all say that a summer election hasn't happened before, or it hasn't happened since Gladstone or whatever, and then they MAKE UP REASONS to "explain" why that means it won't happen, is the sheerest follow-the-crowd nonsense. Frankly I wouldn't wipe my arse on such commentary. They'd be well-advised not place bets on horses. Imagine if a horse with "T" in its name hadn't won the Derby since 1963, eh?
The Tory NHS crap does seem to suggest that an election can't be far off. The Tories fought to stop the NHS coming into existence. They hate the NHS. They hate the idea that chavs, single mothers, scumsucking unemployed council tenants, people who blow their noses onto their mushy peas, etc., can go to a HOSPITAL and get treated for FREE if they get bronchitis or whatever. They hate it – and I mean HATE it. So will people buy the new Tory line about how NHSy the party of the posh is? YES, I imagine so. It will have been focus grouped, won't it?
Believe me, they will NOT want a prolongation of the embarrassment they've been suffering since the election they called last year. They are NOT going to wing this one. Of course there is the possibility that they actually want to hand over to Labour for a while, but I doubt it. I strongly doubt it. That's not the way it's looking, not with this NHS line they've adopted.
Therefore before an election there could be a move against the Labour party. There could be a much bigger blow than there has been so far. In actual fact the Labour party has no anti-J__ish factions whatsoever and I doubt that anyone is going to stop voting for them because they believe otherwise. Here I exclude some of those few Z__nists who were associated with Labour until the tribal call went out and the tribal line was promulgated that the party isn't subservient enough. But none of that is the point. The point is that if you get 70 or 100 or more Labour MPs joining a new party, then the next Tory PM could get as big a majority as Thatcher got in 1983 or bigger. They can SAY they are leaving because of anti-Semitism. They can say it's because they think Penny Mordaunt has got a lovely pair of knockers. They can say it's because the mayor of London has been too tardy in introducing special toilets for transvestites at railway stations. They can say any old sh*t. What matters is stabbing Labour in the back and whether they'll get twice as much money in their brown paper envelopes if the Labour voteshare drops below 27%.
PS Not particularly related to the above, but Michael Gove is a member of the European Research Group. Just thought I would mention that. I've recently encountered a couple of people who were surprised.
I forgot to mention upskirting in my rant. So Theresa May is now climbing onto the bandwagon, as if she's a suffragette or something, and the "Independent" are running a headline saying she has "vowed" to do something about this obnoxious behaviour by smartphone users.
It could already be prosecuted under the law against abusive behaviour. The Home Office, CPS, and Justice Department could sort that out within about five minutes.
All the vows, and the statements by Tory politicians on the telly as they "stand up for decency", are simply government grandstanding. They are turning to their advantage an unexpected story about some silly old bastard of a Tory MP who probably doesn't even READ the private members' bills he objects to and who PROBABLY OBJECTS TO THEM ALL ON THE SECRET BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT so as not to waste "serious people's" time.
Sounds to me as though he had the "object to private members' bills" job, that's all. Sure, it probably gives some purpose to the man's life, but I don't believe for one moment that he invented the job for himself.
If Theresa May cares about upskirting attacks on women, it's bloody funny that the government she leads didn't TAKE THE BILL OVER and introduce it to the Commons as one of its own, isn't it?
Has any journalist made that point? Has any member of the press lobby asked her? Or is there the usual conspiracy of silence about just what a bunch of cynical creeps politicians and their pals called journalists are?
What's with all the puritanism in England?
Can't be just a detractor.
Tories spend £20bn more on NHS indeed. More government money to Big Pharma. More backhanders for medics, for top managers at hospitals and health boards!
"If you're ill – as most of the population are – the Tories will make you better again! The Tories love you. Vote Tory. Corbyn just wants to blow you up and then stroke his beard at the mosque. The Tories want to give your mum the operation she needs. The Tories care."
Will it work? Probably!
It never fails to annoy me, just how naive most people are in respect of the "health system" and the moneygrabbing scumbag medics who lie through their teeth all the time, a hundred or more times a day, as soon as look at you, to maximise their profits during the short periods they spend in hospitals etc. swanning about pretending they've got doctorates, in between holidays in resort hotels in Dubai etc., where they mix with their own type and talk of bracelets and yachts and any old shit that's expensive.
Really kinda time for people in this country to regain their dignity.
Return to Moscow. Lose again.
Here's Eva Bartlett on Toronto's Al Quds Day, straightening out the 'Rebel':
'Addressing The Rebel's Distorted and Lying Report on The Toronto (2018) Al Quds Day Protest':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK6aYnlGvS4&feature=youtu.be
And here is a good picture showing how big the London Al Quds march was (you'd never know it from the biased, minimalist 'coverage' on the MSM): http://inminds.co.uk/article.php?id=10806
The plan to destroy Trump, British weaponry destroys Yemen & SNP walks out at PMQs (E623)
We talk to Trump's reported pick for ambassador to the EU, Ted Malloch, who believes the establishment is still trying to destroy Trump. We go to Yemen's capital to speak to journalist Hussain Albukhaiti about what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Former Home Office Minister Norman Baker joins us to review this week's news. Plus, we review this week's PMQs!
https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/429952-destroy-trump-yemen-crisis/
Malloch seems to have problems with the actualities or is all of this a set up?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/trumps-likely-eu-ambassador-ted-malloch-made-false-statements-bank-loans-bankruptcy-a7610346.html
FBI questions Ted Malloch, Trump campaign figure and Farage ally
American once touted as possible ambassador to EU tells of being detained at Boston airport and subpoenaed by Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia inquiry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/fbi-questions-ted-malloch-trump-campaign-figure-and-farage-ally
From that Guardian piece – 'In a statement sent to the Guardian, Malloch, who described himself as a policy wonk and defender of Trump, said the FBI also asked him about his relationship with Roger Stone, the Republican strategist, and whether he had ever visited the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has resided for nearly six years.'
Stone was on the BBC today on the Parliament Channel in the C Span programme. 1hr 15 in
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b735d0/washington-journal-17062018#
This is an expanding collection of declassified government documents on UK foreign policy. It includes: original government documents and transcripts, mainly from the National Archives in London; articles by Mark that analyse these declassified files; and online articles that cover such files.
What do these files and articles reveal?
These files highlight a range of British foreign policies since 1945, notably the UK involvement in coups, wars, covert operations, human rights abuses, arms exports, propaganda operations, and support for repressive regimes. They highlight much of the true nature of the UK's role in the world, and especially reveal the actual interests and priorities of UK policy-makers – Prime Ministers, Ministers, ambassadors and civil servants. Click on the countries and themes below to view the files and articles.
http://markcurtis.info/uk-declassified-documents/
followed by a list of countries. Israel/Palestine is there. http://markcurtis.info/2018/01/22/israel-palestine-declassified/
Uzbekistan – soon to be added
An excellent cache and a good source of reference.
Dennis Revell June 18, 2018 at 06:59
Interesting. The modus operandi never change. Just always hidden from the at least in the past more moral, more innocent British public – as the PTB try to hide them now – we need a Julian Assange immortalised in Cyborg form. Pity we didn't have such throughout the genesis of the British and other European empires.
Also interesting is how things seem to sometimes go almost full circle – Vanessa Beeley's British diplomat dad "mentioned in dispatches" so to speak, when he was Ambassador to Egypt, in the Yemen and Aden 1962-5 archive. I wonder how she got on with him?!?
Is it any wonder that Iran and other countries hate us and the US so much, when you read snippets like this from that report.
"Quotes a 'British specialist in Iranian affairs' saying: 'They [Savak] are extremely
efficient and certainly as brutal as any secret police in the area'."
That was from 1974, when Iran and the shah were the major recipients of arms sales and military help from the UK. We were instrumental in the training of the Savak – Iranian secret police – who tortured thousands and executed hundreds.
I hate "us" too.
And for the same reasons as the Shah-Savak thing and the COUNTLESS other lesser and greater instances in MANY countries around the World that "we" have afflicted.
Churchill, old racist War-loving, War-monger that he was, was even more delightedly effusive about the bloodthirsty brutality of the al Saud family in Saudi Arabia, and in 1922 when he was Colonial Secretary, he increased the UK's yearly stipend to that odious family from 60,000 to 100,000 pounds a year – and that was in the days when a few hundred quid would buy you a very nice large house. He described Ibn Saud's Wahhabis as "intolerant, well-armed and bloodthirsty", continuing: "My admiration for him was deep, because of his unfailing loyalty to us".
Better known perhaps are his later utterances about the genocidal famines in India which he was the DIRECT and absolute cause of – he being warned by some of the braver of his own advisors of the consequences of HIS policies: "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine is their fault for breeding like rabbits", making a side-note somewhere on his reply: "Why hasn't Ghandi died yet?"
https://www.facebook.com/KJVids/videos/1422382044482746/
@bj
"What's with all the puritanism in England? Can't be just a detractor."
What do you mean, "England"? Upkilting is frowned on too! If you know anyone who might take a photo up a Scotsman's kilt, you should advise them to think twice. I don't recommend it, even with a ruggedised camera.
Unless of course the Scotsman gives his prior permission. Or he's only obeying orders. (Click here.)
It's not puritanism. Women should be able to go about without getting harassed. So should Scotsmen. In fact, so should transvestites. Indeed so should transvestite Scotswomen.
I think what happened with this story is that it got mileage because the press love the topic of looking up women's skirts: all those photos of Hollywood actresses and other US stars getting out of limousines etc. Where would half the media be without shots of young women's upper thighs and their cleavage underneath their clothes? Advertising space rises in price whenever there are photos of Britney Spears getting out of a car. Sure, the "stars" get paid for providing such "services" (an occupation for which I believe there is a name), so it's not the same as a woman who gets harassed in this way without her permission. But editors don't care about that distinction. They don't care about the consequences of their actions. They know damn well that "monkey see, monkey do", but they're too coked up to use that as premise from which to derive any conclusions. Even (or especially?) if they went to Oxford or Cambridge.
"Dirty old bastard Tory MP doesn't mind it being legal to take photos up women's skirts" worked fine as a hook.
Then the government came in, pushing the same message they're selling with the latest NHS story: Tories care. The indications are that there will be an election by the end of the year in which a hard-Brexit Tory party will win a landslide. They don't give a toss if the troubles restart in Ireland. That would be a commercial opportunity: rake-offs from contracts to supply surveillance equipment.
"Women should be able to go about without getting harassed. "
No dispute there.
but I thought upskirting was a voluntary act. Saw images of Marilyn Monroe, so.
I may have missed something (no pun intended).
I haven't deemed the subject highly relevant among world affairs.
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Dimblebore Major to leave QT at the end of the year. Good riddance.
Who next? Groan. Same old. Same old. It's a tired format.
Strange timing for the announcement? 10pm on a Sunday..
Dimbleby to leave Question Time
'Potential successors
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark recently revealed she would be interested in taking over the role and would "throw her hat in the ring" when Dimbleby stepped down.
Other suggested contenders include John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Jeremy Vine and Nick Robinson.
It is not known how much Dimbleby is paid for his role because Question Time is made by an independent production company, meaning his salary did not appear in last year's list of top paid BBC stars.
Recent reports in the Telegraph speculated that he was paid £450,000 per annum by the corporation.'
Israeli ministers approve bill to ban filming of certain IDF actions: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-approve-bill-criminalizing-filming-idf-soldiers-despite-ag-opposition/
Shouldn't the footage of the killing of a Palestinian medic be an exemplary illustration of a most moral act?
Something doesn't wash.
It's not an issue to discuss. Israel doesn't want their crimes filmed.
I came across this protest in France… very touching performance protest.. there is an faceB version in good focus so not sure why this one is blurry..but one can get the point –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjJbUOla1Y
bj…a better video..it was in the comments ffs –
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uFbdC5ltvG7qiLV73XPvYJW_drfe_cYU/view
I think I have finally solved the Brexit-Trump-Pentalega psy-op. Could it be that they want something to blame on Russia so they can start military action in Ukraine?
Here's a wee dawn Chior Haiku Sharp Ears – By Me –
The Orchestral Birds
Melodiously Singing
A Welcome To Dawn
I loved reading your account of being on the Irish coast.. Weaving of the Tides..Prancing Birds.. what a soothing description..Sounds like it really energized Both your spirits.. It really took me there. Cheers indeed
I know what you mean about the Long Drive..Twice this year I've been a few hours on that road..the last time fror Dumfries March the Effin bus was down THIRTY MILES AN HOUR on the Motorway hills..
Keep up with the Digs
P.S. Hope the German's Performance improves
@bj – The upskirting that the bill was meant to ban (or still is, if it was rescued somehow – I haven't been following the story much) is the involuntary kind, not like Marilyn Monroe but when some idiot male drops some coins on a tube train, pretends to need the torch on his smartphone to find them, and uses its camera to take photos up a woman passenger's dress without asking. I haven't read the bill but I think it's anti-harassment not pro "decency".
Theresa May has a very low popularity rating and her government is perceived to be absolutely crap at Brexit. I think we have to go back to Eden and Macmillan to find rivals for that level of perceived incompetence. Thatcher was evil and her governments deliberately smashed the country up, but I never heard anyone call her (or for that matter Blair) incompetent. As well as "vowing" to ban upskirting, May also said shortly before last Christmas that she would introduce a bill to ban puppy farms. Dunno whether any white paper or bill has come out yet. The measure is welcome and I hope it becomes law as fast as possible even if the motivation is cynical. Nice when a government does something right, same as when Labour banned foxhunting.
'Breaking: US Coalition bombs Syrian Army troops in east Syria':
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-us-coalition-bombs-syrian-army-troops-in-east-syria/
There is no confirmation or details yet, but it looks like once again the Yanks are protecting their precious proxy mercenary headchoppers, whilst illegally occupying Syrian territory.
The Queen of Hearts has found a King in Trump.
Robyn June 18, 2018 at 04:03
For anyone missing discussion of the Skripals, Off Guardian has a good article (part one of a series, more to come) with interesting btl comments.
https://off-guardian.org/2018/06/16/joining-some-sots-on-the-skripal-case-part-1-an-official-story-that-doesnt-hold-water/
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WHAT HOMEBREWERS CAN EXPECT AT ANHC 5
by ashailer June 29, 2016 December 20, 2021
Grain and Grape's John Preston winning the inaugural Preston Award at last year's ANHC for his contribution to homebrewing
It's hard to believe it's already two years since the last Australian National Homebrewing Conference (ANHC) in Canberra. This time it's Adelaide's turn. Chris Thomas looks ahead at what to expect at ANHC 5 this October. For the full article, including Mitch Steele's Stone Ruination IPA recipe, buy the latest issue of Beer & Brewer.
For homebrew fans, there's nothing bigger or better on our shores than the Australian National Homebrewing Conference (ANHC). This year marks the fifth conference and the first time that it's been hosted in the city of churches.
The list of names featured at the ANHC in previous years is seriously world class. Speakers from international breweries have included John Keeling (Fuller's), Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River), Stu McKinlay (Yeastie Boys) and Matt Brynildson (Firestone Walker). Add in homebrewing legends like Randy Mosher, Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, and you're starting to get the picture.
This year, we welcome the head brewer from a brewery twice recognised by Beer Advocate as, "All-time top brewery on planet earth. The most popular and highest rated brewery – ever!" Welcome Mitch Steele from Stone Brewing Co., USA.
Also gracing our shores is Bert Van Hecke, new world Belgian brewing sensation (and baker!) at BOMBrewery. If you're wondering what 'BOM' stands for, it's Belgian Original Maltbakery. And that bakery bit means that Van Hecke buys in 'white' malt and bakes (roasts) all of the malt for his beers. That's fresh!
On a local level, we are always treated with some of Australia's finest talent and this year Brendan O'Sullivan (3 Ravens), Dereck Hales (Bad Shepherd), Red Proudfoot (Pirate Life) and Michael Leslie (Stone & Wood), as well as homebrew champion gone pro, Kev Hingston (Pact Beer Co.).
The three-day event includes a number of practical, educational and informative seminars, which are often paired with tastings. There is also a Gala Dinner where the Australian Amateur Brewer Championship (AABC) winners are announced. This is accompanied by a beer and food pairing dinner with beers brewed by some of Australia's best home brewers. Club Night celebrates the last night of the Australian National Homebrew Conference, where many of the country's brew clubs bring samples of their finest to share around.
Australian National Homebrewing Conference
Where: Adelaide Festival Centre
When: 13-15 October, 2016
Anhc.com.au
Mitch Steele, Stone Brewing Co.
The world is a better place after Mitch Steele learnt about, and then fell in love with, fermentation through an introductory winemaking class in the early 80s. Chris Thomas caught up with him for a chat in the lead up to the fifth ANHC.
After making wine for a few years, Mitch Steele moved to brewing at a little brew club in California. From there he moved onto behemoth Anheuser-Busch (AB) in Colorado (they're the ones who make Budweiser).
"My goal was to stay five years, then get back into craft brewing, but things went so well, I stayed 14 years," explains Steele.
"I was homebrewing a lot during this time and when the head brewer job opened at Stone, I was intrigued and applied. I already loved Stone's beers and their approach. Stone IPA and Stone Ruination IPA were favourites of mine."
Since joining Stone, the brewery has expanded its volume six-fold. Steele helped plan these changes in capacity, as well as the subsequent growth in brewing staff. His knowledge and experience has also increased analytical capabilities and skillsets in quality assurance and engineering.
"I think my experience at AB taught me about what tools a brewer needs to brew beer on a larger scale with consistent flavour and how to manage a larger brewing organisation with an emphasis on brewing process consistency and beer flavour consistency.
"It's important to all of us that when someone buys a bottle of Stone IPA, they get what they are expecting!"
And since joining Stone the beer list has also grown. No doubt, so has the smile on the face of their hop supplier given so many of their beers are heavy on hops.
"I think my passion and enthusiasm for the kinds of beers we brew at Stone is shown with the beers I've developed since I've been there," says Steele.
"I'm naturally curious and want to explore all things brewing when we come up with new beers. That can mean new hop varieties, new malts, new yeast strains, new processes and even historical brewing techniques and ingredients.
"I love taking an established beer style and twisting it just a bit to brew a beer that is unique, interesting and delicious."
Aside from Stone, Mitch Steele is also a celebrated author through his book IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale.
The history of IPA is extremely interesting, but so is the revival of the style. But why is this so?
"People are exploring bolder flavours in all kinds of foods and beer is no exception," explains Steele.
"Robust artisanal coffees, breads, cheeses and other foods have really gained in popularity since the 1980s. The days of bland Wonder Bread, canned coffee and American cheese are over. Beer has followed the same path and there are so many great hop varieties out there that there's a lot of flavour experiences one can get when exploring the IPA style."
WHILE IN AUSTRALIA
After visiting Melbourne and Sydney in 2015 when Stone began selling here in Australia, Steele was only too happy to return when invited.
"I'd love to come back and visit some more," he says.
"And it's a homebrewers' conference – these are always fun events, with very passionate and creative people attending!"
While his focus will be on the conference, where he will talk about IPA history, recipe development, and hops, he will also find time for to do what he does best with plans afoot for a collaborative brew.
THE SECRET TO IPA SUCCESS
Steele has the following advice about what to focus on to make a great IPA.
– Make your beer as dry in the finish as possible (sweetness kills hops)
– Don't be timid with hops
– Don't be afraid to take risks and use unconventional ingredients
Bert Van Hecke, BOMBrewing
As a maltbaker and brewer, Bert Van Hecke brings a new tradition to Belgian brewing. He explains his process of kilning his own malts in a modified coffee roaster, then brewing within 48 hours to ensure maximum freshness to Chris Thomas, ahead of his presentation at ANHC 5.
For centuries Belgium has been at the forefront of beer production and quality. It is famed for its Trappist breweries such as Chimay, Orval and Westmalle. Belgium is equally famous for lambics such as Kriek and reviving the wit style with Hoegaarden.
In more recent times, however, the brewing community has been split between tradition and new world as more modern techniques and ingredients have become available. Like the rest of the world, Europe has also been seduced by big punchy citrus hops of the US, while keeping an eye on the past.
Even on the modern side there is another faction.
"There is a modern wave: they can be split into the ones who start to make copies of American beers and others who are trying to bring influences into the classic beers they make," explains Van Hecke.
Beyond this, BOMBrewing pretty much differs from any other brewery in the world. And it's not because of the hops, the yeast or the water as we might expect – it's the malt.
Van Hecke plied his craft in a number of different breweries before taking the step to create his own unique brewery. He worked with Orval and Rodenbach to begin with before becoming cellar master at Boon Brewery and then brewmaster at Saint Bernardus. Van Hecke also did a stint with New Belgium Brewery (Fat Tire Amber Ale anyone?) in the US and another brewery in China. All of this prepared him to do something different.
"I learned from each place something important. But the place I learned the most is the big mass volume brewery I've helped with start-up. This brewery start-up was a constant question of: why are we boiling, why are we fermenting like this and not in a different way," he says.
It was in the US that Van Hecke developed a love affair with new world hops and his Total Loss Black IPA is a prime example of how he blends local and new world ingredients.
"This beer contains a lot of European hops, but the new world hops help a lot to boost some specific aroma," says Van Hecke.
But what about the yeast? Is it 'traditional' Belgian yeast?
"For my opinion there is not something like 'Belgian yeast'. Most of the important Belgian yeast has originated from Scotland…I am not such a fan of the phenolic and real bubble gum flavour that is considered as typical Belgian," he explains.
You're probably starting to see which side of the divide BOMBrewing sits. But back to the malt.
THE MALTBAKER
"I am, what I call, a maltbaker. I create specialty malts only for my own beers," he says.
And he's quite possibly the only craft brewer in the world doing this on a commercial level.
"I created the word 'maltbaker', so I guess I am the only one," he says. "The only people who can buy my malt are homebrewers."
Like many professional brewers, it all started with homebrewing and he is aware of the skills he picked up.
"My homebrewing background helped me a lot, still today! Why? As a homebrewer you work with the malts and the hops – you see, smell and feel what is happening. This is something that you are missing when you go into a commercial brewery. So having the background is a big advantage," he enthuses.
We look forward to learning more from Van Hecke at the ANHC. Until then, have a go at one of his old homebrew recipes.
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As Rob mentioned, as long you don't use it with full volume.
But normally you want do this.
I did it only one time: harsh heights.
Congratulations winners! That new Icon Mini looks great! Make sure you torture the thing in your review! I would love to see the abuse it can handle! Plan on giving these out as presents to some nephews!
Hope we see some really good reviews.
Looks like most of the new joiners were selected for reviews. Hoping to see some great detailed reviews soon.
Congrats winners. I see a lot of new names in there so "Welcome" and lets get the reviews in.
OMG 4 posts from all the winners combined... Seriously @ankerofficial , this is the best people for the job or reviewing?
I know you must have you reasons for choosing them, but to us hardworking forum members, it seems madness, and totally unfair. Like a thanks for your hardworking, but others who don't SEEM to input are getting the rewards instead.
Now to those wanting to judge... I removed myself from this long before any names were drawn. This is no jealousy thing, just voicing my thoughts and probably the thoughts of.others too scared to say, for fear of the couple who'll jump on this and have a go.
Congrats to the winners! I was hopeful I would get it, but I'm glad to see so many new names in the list!
I'm excited to read the reviews and am hopeful for a few more active members in the community!
So we will get many "lucker's reviews".
Hope these will make the community satisfy..
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Congratulations to the winners Hope you all got the surveys to fill out, and expect to get your mini in few more days.


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Internships at start-ups offer unique advantages over their corporate counterparts. Interns often have more responsibility, are exposed to a wider range of business functions, and many receive more one-on-one mentoring than often takes place at large corporations.
Perhaps most important, many start-up interns work directly with, and learn from, company founders and executives. Start-up internships present unique challenges as well.
Like… working directly with, and learning from, company founders and executives.
You chose to intern at a start-up because of your adventurous, entrepreneurial spirit, right? Executives are just people, like everyone else, right?
In some ways you are correct. Start-up executives are just people. More than that, they're people who want to see interns succeed. In fact, they need their interns to succeed – and to contribute to the company's success – no room for dead weight in a start-up. In other ways, however, you'll need to adapt – fast – to thrive (or sometimes even to survive) as a start-up intern.
The average startup executive (caffeineus stressedoutus) is a harried creature typically under pressure that would crack a diamond. While facing cut-throat competition and working hard to keep the company afloat, they juggle many responsibilities – funding, technology, sales, customer service, PR… the list goes on.
Your communication with executives should keep this environment in mind. Save elaborate set-ups with funnel introductions for term papers. While professors love that stuff, start-up executives need quick delivery of important points. Concisely provide the pertinent information, and you're done. (But have supporting data at hand if asked for more detail).
Even when executives wear shorts to the office, buy drinks at company celebrations, or work the BBQ at lunch… they're still executives. Fit in, of course, but don't get too casual. Your mentors are not your buddies – at least not yet.
In the start-up environment, you are being evaluated all the time, in every situation. Start-ups can't afford hiring mistakes. They must move fast, so they often hire exceptional interns directly to permanent positions. Every move you make should represent you as a capable, dedicated professional – and a potential team member.
In school, you receive feedback and evaluation through tests and grades. It's great because your progress is calculated for you; results are provided on a regular basis. Start-up executives, however, are often too busy to review your projects every day, or even every week. You'll need to ramp up quickly, and work independently. That's not to say that you shouldn't expect feedback on your work. Rather, it means you may have to help create the opportunity to receive input from your start-up mentor.
Suggest a schedule of feedback meetings; perhaps half-hour bi-weekly discussions to chart your progress and review your assignments. Before each meeting, email an agenda to your mentor with the main discussion points. Bring your view of progress made on your assignments, and be prepared to discuss any roadblocks or issues encountered. If you've completed your assignments, ask for new ones – and have suggestions ready.
There may be times when your assignments are done, or stalled. As an intern you can't always just make up your own – and are left with free time. This is the perfect time to log into your Facebook account and check status updates, or discuss your latest exploits with friends on Twitter, right? Wrong!!
When you have free time, be productive. Perhaps outline a new project or value-add; learn something new from a co-worker; research and evaluate your industry and your company's competition. Unless social media is central to your internship – save it for your off time!
Interning directly with start-up executives presents a fantastic opportunity for your early career. Far more than the "go-fer" duties of your corporate intern counterparts, you're learning directly from dynamic entrepreneurs in a fast-paced environment. No doubt, the challenges you face will be daunting – and you too may feel like you've joined the "caffeineus stressedoutus" tribe.
But the rewards and the education are that much greater, too. That's why you chose to intern… at a start-up!