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Thebratdragon

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Dragon, LGBTQIA advocate, defender and member.

Wargamer, Roleplayer, board gamer, reader of books and seeker of knowledge.

Sense of Humour active, you are warned.
Loves Independence, hates Alba and its white wing

¡No Pasarán!

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purplepadma, to random
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I couldn’t hold out! I broached my Stephen King book and I don’t want to do anything except read more!

Thebratdragon,
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@purplepadma bad girl, go to your sofa and read immediately.

SubtleBlade, to random
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Why is calling a now and what happens next? - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/22/why-is-rishi-sunak-calling-a-general-election-now-and-what-happens-next

Thebratdragon,
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@SubtleBlade good inflation figures, terrible news from po enquiry, avoids palestine as a country recognition calls etc.

See also losing flagship anti protest bill in high court and further rwanda disasters.

And his own party is circling with daggers.

It was jump or be pushed, so ye jumped to shit on all the backstabbers who won't retain seats.

AnthonyFStevens, to random
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

IT'S ON!

4th July - Lest we forget

Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis, Scandals, Cover ups.

Enough is Enough! It's time for change.

Vote 🌹 ❎️ 🗳

Thebratdragon,
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@AnthonyFStevens no.

If the only candidate that can unseat a tory is labour, vote labour, otherwise anyone but.

If you can avoid the following 3, do so.

Reform
Tory
Labour

tompearce49, to random
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So it's to be 4th July. Let the countdown to the long-awaited and earnestly desired annihilation of the Tory Party commence.

Thebratdragon,
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@tompearce49 excellent GE announced the same day that the Daily Mail says that all Britains should have 3 days fresh water and food due to the sheer incompetence of the current gov in dealing with anything vaguely unexpected.

theplaguedoc, to random

Just listened to John Cage's 4'33".

Perfect.

No notes.

Thebratdragon,
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@theplaguedoc as a celebrated composer at the time on hearing it said, I look forwards to his longer works.

danirabbit, (edited ) to random
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omfg nothing is more satisfying than consistent rules and patterns istg shit is so good 😮‍💨

Thebratdragon,
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@danirabbit all I can say is to everyone making language comparisons....

Look up how danish numbers work.

DrALJONES, to random
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1

Opinion

On apartheid Israel

When apartheid South Africa came under growing international pressure at the UN, the General Assembly initiated boycotts.

It suspended South Africa, stripping it of its Member State rights & privileges.

The apartheid regime "could no longer be seated, speak or vote at the General Assembly & other UN organs.

"Apartheid South Africa changed course because it became a pariah & isolated regime"

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/20/ostracising-israel-at-the-un-should-be-a-priority

....2..

Thebratdragon,
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@DrALJONES biggest ally and sanction breaker of the SA sanctions, Israel....

RickiTarr, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

Thebratdragon,
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@sennoma @RickiTarr Polis like people who talk to them, innocent and normal people want to get as far away as possible, so they want to know why you want to be chatty.

Thebratdragon,
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@sennoma @RickiTarr the, sometimes the perp tries to insinuate themselves into theinvestigation, is not actually a TV trope. It really happens, especially if they think they were clever and not getting the attention they are after.

This is one (of many) reasons polis are so guarded with information.

Thebratdragon,
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@RickiTarr they do and they are. ND people who have that level of recall cause them all kinds of trouble.

Thebratdragon,
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@Lazarou @Sophie @RickiTarr unless you are seriously a suspect, what they want from you in an interview is information.

Which is why all the tricks to elicit unprompted information like leaving long silences etc. People like to fill silennces especially if nervous or scared etc.

alanferrier, to random
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Fixed that for you, New Statesman.

Fun fact: England is the only country in the world to have fully privatised its water and sewerage systems.

Via the Financial Times: "Scotland—which has its own state-owned water company—massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia."

Thebratdragon,
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@Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier just let the investors and shareholders wear the loss, that is what capital8sm is about right?

Thebratdragon,
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@Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier it is a private business owned by private investors and private shareholders, so its rescue has to come from the private sector, or let it go bankrupt.

Thebratdragon,
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@Wen @JimmyB @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier they can sue the shell company left behind and its board of directors and shareholders. Or those lenders can take the hit.

NO TAXPAYER bail out, they knew what they were buying into.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier Directors are liable for losses by the company.

And those poor helpless pension funds that have been extracting inflated dividends for years, without caring how they were obtained get a reality check on how capitalism actually works.

There can be no Nationalising the debts of companies that privatised their profits.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier so reward pension funds for chasing profit without care for the people whose money they are playing with. The fund should be held liable

Thebratdragon,
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@Wen @JimmyB @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier

no, a deliberate plan, the investors bet that the gov would bail them out if the company failed, so their was no risk only reward.

Privatised profits, nationalised losses.

The tory/capitalist way.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier how?

those innocent 'pensions' were invested with open eyes by the pension holders. you never hear them scream when their pension goes up from a fund doing well, but oh boy the screams from it going down.

Pension funds are a ponzi scheme.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier yes they are, they said to a bloke in a suit, here is my money, you increase it and cream off some for yourself.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier And we are back to privatising pensions, so that the state pension can be kept lower, and more money can run through the city.

Most people do not know what their pensions invest in, because they devolved investing it as easier. But pension funds must bear the risks as well as the rewards.

Sorry that is a harsh truth.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier like the famed Daily Mirror pension scheme that Robert Maxwell liked so much.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier

which is what successive UK govs have been elected to follow.

Me I am a socialist, I object to invested pensions on principle, I believe the state pension should be a fully living amount, that you can top up by choice and by your own risk with a private one.

This pension issue is not new and is a chasm that govs have been ignoring for years, look at the post office pension hole info.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier except that the bail out protects the richest, and the poorest would still get screwed.

Thebratdragon,
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@JimmyB @Wen @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @alanferrier protecting the investors from the losses of their investment is a bail out.

as for dads. Mine was a farm herdsman who had to retire due to ill health at 60, the only reason he could was that by luck, his last job had been with the GLC and he got the superannuation pension. Otherwise he would have got the barest minimum and nothing from 30 years of other employers.

You want screwed...

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Tuesday. We are back home in Yorkshire after a long day driving yesterday. Looks like it might rain which comes as a surprise after the great weather we had up north.

I hope you all have a perfect day today. Remember to have fun, no matter what you are up to. Stay safe.

Today's random photo is from last week in Buckpool. It makes me wonder what happened to the cyclists!

Thebratdragon,
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@NormanDunbar @RosePuckey as a dragon, I have a self damp proofing cave, very useful.

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