[Jaspersharpe]

Worst thing about that is the original decision of the CPS no to do anything about it.

[mrjonathanr]

That's the problem, not that an individual is racist. Bar observing that he was obviously comfortable behaving that way in front of other colleagues you cannot infer much about the institution. Most police would/will be disgusted by him. But the CPS??!

[slackline]

And 'gullible' has been removed from the English dictionary 

[slackline]

Sky News claim "repsonsible journalism" involves invasion of privacy[/i] 'hacking' into private emails "in the public interest"

Hopefully News Corp are going down the pan. 

[superfurrymonkey]

Judges rule that Tory NHS bill was in violation of 2010 manifesto.
http://eoin-clarke.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/wow-court-rules-that-tory-nhs-bill-was.html

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Non Sequitur season opens early as a Public Schoolboy "ruins the Boat Race"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rowing/17645929

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Unable to distinguish between "Good" and Evil"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17649521


At a Mass on Saturday, [Pope Benedict XVI] warned that mankind is "groping in the darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil".

I reckon I could give it a go:

Attempting to cheat people out of the right to live their lives with whom they chose - check

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/pope-denounces-gay-marraige_n_1334504.html

Atttempting to cheat women out of their right to have control over their own bodies - check

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/28/pope-benedict-delivers-abortion-message-to-pro-life-leaders/

Attempting to cheat justice by personally intervening to prevent the prosection of known paedophiles - check

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/24/children.childprotection

[dave]

Unable to distinguish between "Good" and Evil"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17649521


At a Mass on Saturday, [Pope Benedict XVI] warned that mankind is "groping in the darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil".

I reckon I could give it a go:

Attempting to cheat people out of the right to live their lives with whom they chose - check

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/pope-denounces-gay-marraige_n_1334504.html

Atttempting to cheat women out of their right to have control over their own bodies - check

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/28/pope-benedict-delivers-abortion-message-to-pro-life-leaders/

Attempting to cheat justice by personally intervening to prevent the prosection of known paedophiles - check

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/24/children.childprotection

Unbefuckinglievable.

[Oldmanmatt]

Amen and Hallelujah...
Yes I think I can tell good from evil.
Well... Right from wrong, anyway...

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Amen and Hallelujah...
Yes I think I can tell good from evil.
Well... Right from wrong, anyway...

How would you classify this then? Right. Wrong. Good. Or Evil?

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/oct/09/aids?cat=world&type=article


The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which HIV can pass - potentially exposing thousands of people to risk.
The church is making the claims across four continents despite a widespread scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to HIV.

[Oldmanmatt]

Wrong.
Simples.

Where do they come from, these idiots?
How can they look in a mirror?

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Work Harder, You Fucking Proles [1]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17655683

“The idea is to replace final-salary pensions, which have become too expensive for many private firms.”


Work Harder, You Fucking Proles [2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781

“The Centre for Economics and Business Research calls for all bank holidays to be scrapped”

[Jaspersharpe]

Work Harder, You Fucking Proles [1]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17655683

“The idea is to replace final-salary pensions, which have become too expensive for many private firms.”


Work Harder, You Fucking Proles [2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781

“The Centre for Economics and Business Research calls for all bank holidays to be scrapped”

Re the bank holiday thing. What a load of bollocks.

A fortnight ago the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, warned that GDP in the second quarter of this year might shrink owing to the number of bank holidays.

Which would prove what Mervyn? That people had a couple more days off. Not that fewer jobs were being created or businesses were failing etc etc. Jesus.. fucking.. christ.

As I get neither company pension nor paid holidays neither of these things affects me however I can still tell right from wrong. Bunch of cunts.

That public holiday comparison thing is also a load of shit & obviously meaningless as Americans get far fewer holidays than we do. Suppose that's the difference between "public" and "statutory minimum" or something?

[Oldmanmatt]

Speaking as a company Director... (read "self employed" ).
I am truly alarmed at the de-humanising, right wing, elitist crap; the current Government and cronies keep coming up with.

Peasants! Know your place!

And I'm supposed to agree with them, as a proponent of a free market.

I don't.

I see no reason a free market should require the subjugation of people, or lead to privilege (as in "private law") and elite status for the few.

Bring back Democracy!
 

[Jaspersharpe]

Speaking as a company Director... (read "self employed" ).
I am truly alarmed at the de-humanising, right wing, elitist crap; the current Government and cronies keep coming up with.

That's my status too.

It's part of the great con. They wheel out these proposals as having the support of "business leaders" (e.g. the reduction of the 50p rate) when what they actually mean is a few extremely rich people who contribute to their party funding.

When you look past the bullshit the actual policies do nothing for small businesses but help massively profitable large companies and wealthy individuals. We hear loads about how great the reduction in Corporation Tax is supposed to be for business but companies only pay the full rate of CT if they make profits (that's net profit after every trick you can pull to reduce it) of over £1.5m.

The Small companies rate remains at 20% with no reduction likely in the future while things that directly affect small companies such as Employers NI (increased by 1% last year making it more costly to employ people) and the Annual Investment Allowance (cut from £100k to £25k thereby shafting those wanting to invest in machinery etc) are made worse.

Being a proponent of business and the free market now means opposing most Tory policy because that certainly is not what they're supporting. Interestingly this has always been the case (feather the nests of the few while dressing it up as being the party of business/economic sense) but people still fall for it. The great con.

[jamiev]

Speaking as a company Director... (read "self employed" ).
I am truly alarmed at the de-humanising, right wing, elitist crap; the current Government and cronies keep coming up with.

That's my status too.

It's part of the great con. They wheel out these proposals as having the support of "business leaders" (e.g. the reduction of the 50p rate) when what they actually mean is a few extremely rich people who contribute to their party funding.

When you look past the bullshit the actual policies do nothing for small businesses but help massively profitable large companies and wealthy individuals. We hear loads about how great the reduction in Corporation Tax is supposed to be for business but companies only pay the full rate of CT if they make profits (that's net profit after every trick you can pull to reduce it) of over £1.5m.

The Small companies rate remains at 20% with no reduction likely in the future while things that directly affect small companies such as Employers NI (increased by 1% last year making it more costly to employ people) and the Annual Investment Allowance (cut from £100k to £25k thereby shafting those wanting to invest in machinery etc) are made worse.

Being a proponent of business and the free market now means opposing most Tory policy because that certainly is not what they're supporting. Interestingly this has always been the case (feather the nests of the few while dressing it up as being the party of business/economic sense) but people still fall for it. The great con.

^^^ well said both. Totally agree.

[Jaspersharpe]

Pissed up having just watched The Masters at Augusta, suddenly it seems like a good idea to steal something.........

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-04-09/masters-patron-charged-theft-bunker-sand

Baker, who was drinking heavily at the time of the incident, was unsuccessful at getting any of the sand in his cup.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

What would they do if "just a few people took it into their heads to disrupt the Olympics"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17666920

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Whisper this one loud!

[Or shout it quiet. Or something]

Hurrah! for Boris Johnson

https://twitter.com/#!/guardian/status/190488065133903872


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/christian-anti-gay-ads-buses

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

This charity donations capping thing mularkey.

What's Gideon and Dave, Dave "Call me Dave" 's problem with genuine donations ex-tax to charity?

Shouldn't they just be strengthening the Revenue to clamp down on bogus uses of thi…


Ah.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17687124


Terrifying ordeal?

What a wuss.

Kids today, eh? In my day we used to send them out of the trenches to clear minefields. (etc.)

[Jaspersharpe]

Filth.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/12/hillsborough-battle-orgreave

[slackline]

Stuck up 

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

“sack the money grabbing old witches and make them pay back every penny they earned ”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-17705776

Politics is a bit closer to the knuckle in Scotland than in England, isn't it?

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

This could be bad news for some of us if, say, Sting [or Bonio] get wind of this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1088838

blogger and tweeter – Olly Cromwell – was found guilty on Friday, 13th April, simply for swearing at a Bexley, London, councillor in a Twitter message.
 
The prosecution alleged he called a senior Bexley councillor a ‘cunt’ and are seeking a custodial sentence of 45 days for each letter of the word.