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Jeez, come back to the football thread, Mikec needs you.

Thanks

tim "milky" farron is talking about the gays again. apparently he doesn't like them after all. fuck off tim.

he's a god botherer before he's anything i spose.

Yes (don't ask why) and this is proving to be difficult, considering this is only the 10th

What an arsehole.

Curiously, I was about to post the same...

Me too! Just a brilliant read. Dolphins win.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/russian-man-believed-to-be-drunk-smashes-stolen-tank-into-supermarket

14 minutes of Germaine Greer

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2018/01/bst_20180111_0833.mp3

on

American Liberalism, Hilary, Oprah -having sex you don't want, Trump -he knows what he is doing, #MeToo, pathological sex, waiting for the feminist revolution, "hitting on women", re-defining rape, "most men think women who are groaning in pain are groaning in extasy"

Sometimes I ignore people when I get the impression there is a subtext to what they say and it flies miles over my head. Sorry. You are welcome to ask again with more explanation!

Dry January is where people don't drink any alcohol for the entire month of January. Are you doing that?

Some amazing lines in this. Hateful stuff. And the comments... My god. Why do I get sucked in to reading this?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5255553/Cyclist-Ford-spark-road-rage-London-near-miss.html

"Cyclists are a menace to other road users and produce the most greenhouse gases..."

Umm... uh, whut?!

I think they may have us confused with cows on bicycles? :)

I liked why the cyclist don't show his face They don't really seem to understand how a helmet cam works

Local news is underrated

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/15819612.Yobs__rocket_ends_up_stuck_in_ornamental_Spiderman_s_bum/

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This is presumably based on the reasoning that cyclists slow down drivers (by menacing them?) and their cars become less efficient, producing higher emissions as a result.

It's revealing that those who are causing the pollution have at least moved on from denial to anger, maybe they'll eventually reach acceptance.

moved on from denial to anger, maybe they'll eventually reach acceptance

Which leads to the Dark Side...

Acceptance is sadly beyond most of the commenters on there.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

'They look like cattle in a mad way, but cattle on bikes' [/partridge]

"So we are pursuing policies to make Britain a world leader in tackling the abuse of animals." from Mays environment speech.

Loled at this, from the team with fox hunting in the manifesto.

Just no-one mention 'Badgers'.

They've dropped the fox hunting pledge if you weren't aware. So despite what we all think of the Tories at least that's never going to be made legal again.

So we've reached a happy compromise where it's illegal, but they do it anyway and no-one gets prosecuted. Marvellous.

Eh, you never know. They might crack down on hunters. I think it'd be a vote winner especially with younger people, and they're scrabbling to claw back any support they can to ensure the party doesn't die with their 60-year-old membership.

It would be a good tactic. Those who are pro-hunting probably aren't going to go and vote Labour if they crack down but it may gain them votes from the other side.