The man in the dock
was picking his nose like fury,
rolled it into little balls
and flicked it at the jury.
Gargamel
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel init is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .
self-fulfilling prophecy.
precipitation.
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Will the Brexit Trigger ever be pulled?
by Slidin Fast insince david cameron has bowed out, his successor is not going to pull the article 50 trigger any time soon.
we don’t even have a successor yet.. bojo looked sheepish and chastened at having won the leave vote, i don’t think he really believed he would win.
he was at best flying a flag of convenience in heading up the brexit camp, was his heart really in it?.
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Gargamel
"Eh?...just about everyone says the public made their choice and it will be respected including David Cameron.
Article 50 will be triggered, it is democracy.
We just don't know who and when."
But there's the rub. Triggering it could make the current meltdown look like a pop-gun. I'm not so sure who would want that legacy.
Britain and the EU are currently playing a game of brinkmanship. Although the uncertainties are bad for the UK, they are bad for Europe too - and other countries. It's not good for it to rumble on, but it's difficult to see an alternative.
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Will the Brexit Trigger ever be pulled?
by Slidin Fast insince david cameron has bowed out, his successor is not going to pull the article 50 trigger any time soon.
we don’t even have a successor yet.. bojo looked sheepish and chastened at having won the leave vote, i don’t think he really believed he would win.
he was at best flying a flag of convenience in heading up the brexit camp, was his heart really in it?.
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In spite of the public posturing, I reckon that people are doing a lot of talking behind the scenes about how to wriggle out of Brexit.
There will be scapegoats - those who are not able to save their arses and their faces at the same time - the ones regarded as more expendable.
My greatest concern is that as the politicians fudge, a new champion of the extreme right will emerge (Farage?). He would probably trigger Article 50 but the new isolation wouldn't be the Promised Land, it would more likely be a slow descent into pre-war Germany.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue inhow did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
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Gargamel
:) I know. Before polling day, everyone must have an IQ test. Whatever a person's score would be the number of points his/her vote would be worth. Not only would this ensure intelligent government, it would also be a good incentive to subsidise education for people who are more likely to vote for the government.
It would save a lot of salamanders too.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue inhow did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
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Gargamel
Many people's "research" consists of skimming through a highly-opinionated tabloid newspaper whose owner has a history of jumping into bed with right-wing governments.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue inhow did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?
and with only a simple majority required?
in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
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Gargamel
Although huge swathes of the British electorate don't take the trouble to inform themselves, it's also true that polarised media coverage hampers such attempts anyway. But what is the alternative? We once had a society where only male land-owners above 35? could vote. Before that it was even worse. Gradually, more and more people were allowed a vote; there would have been revolution if, having made massive sacrifices in wars, the ordinary person had no say in who ran the country.
To make a basic IQ test to determine who can vote would be a slippery slope back to the dark ages.
Leaving the EU could cause me even bigger financial problems than those I have already, but that is what the people want and I must find a way around that. I also believe it is a massive blunder ideologically speaking, but my visions are different from the majority.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel init is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .
self-fulfilling prophecy.
precipitation.
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Spare ... Child
'Spare the rod, spoil the child,'
smiled the suited man
behind his Bible,
leering,
peering
through bottle-bottom glasses.
Congregation nodded, staring,
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel init is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .
self-fulfilling prophecy.
precipitation.
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[no more roast beef]atop white cliffs of Dover
lemmings admire view
long jump to freedom
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Serena Williams provocative with Beyoncé.
by 2+2=5 inanyone seen sister williams working her assests on the latest beyonce video?
what's the go, surely she is not a declared jw?.
she needs some serious council from jehovah, and i'm guessing bro sammy herd wouldn't mind being on that little committee.. the song is called "sorry".
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Gargamel
I can't vouch for this, but the poster was a respected JWR member.
It appears that the Williams sisters, although still religious, walked away from being active JWs many years ago. It was a childhood thing that became redundant for them in early adulthood.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel init is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .
self-fulfilling prophecy.
precipitation.
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[tightrope walker]
equilibrium
delicately unbalanced
chips on both shoulders