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Rabbi Burns
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15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - The Germans (naturally... · 0 replies · +1 points
Labour? Oh please, they're all at it. Cast your mind back to before 1997. Tory sleaze paved the way for the Labour landslide. But politicians being politicians, it was only a matter of time before Blair and his bunch went down the same road.
Watch the (new) Tories and LibDems feather their nests at the electorate's expense. As the Germans say: Plus ça change, plus c’est pareil.
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - WE'RE BACK! · 0 replies · +1 points
Good to see ATW back again! Like all here I was a bit concerned....
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - B-B-B-BUILD... · 0 replies · +1 points
It's a lad named Torres, sí?
My mistake. I don't follow football. I know it's a wonderful game requiring true athleticism and skill, but I'm more of a mountaineer and hill-walker myself.
You could have lied though. I'd have been none the wiser :)
If I put my real picture up, it would turn the milk sour and close the site in minutes.
Shit, my man! Never, ever do yourself down like that—not even if it's the truth :)
Always allow others to be your harshest critics. (They're usually better at it.)
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - I'm in the queue, EU! · 0 replies · +1 points
I bought up the entire stock when my local Lidl offered "traditional" light-bulbs at give-away prices just before the EU "ban" came into effect. That was some time ago. So far, I've used only one as a replacement, which I suppose is a testament to the durability of the old bulbs.
I reckon chez Burns is set up for at least a decade of cheap 'n' cheerful lighting.
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - The Lame Stream Media ... · 1 reply · +1 points
I'm in full agreement with you here. Granted, you've cited abuse of journalistic "privilege" in the MSM that suits your pro-GOP leanings. But nothing wrong with that.
It works for the other side as well. For too long journos of all persuasions have called the shots and tried to punch above their weight—please forgive the mixed metaphors. We, the public, lapped it up because it seemed to us that they were privy to information/secrets/scandal that mere mortals could not access. Reuters, whom you reference and rightly so, were both giants among men and oracles. We seldom questioned how they knew more about the world than we did.
What fools we were. The blogosphere (god bless it) has bust open the inner sanctum. We see how empty it was all along—hey, no ark of the covenant. We see how the prestidigitators (indulge me, okay) loaded the deck.
As Roger Daltrey sang: We won't get fooled again. And as Howard Jones added: Things can only get better.
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - ..and you are the father! · 0 replies · +1 points
However relevent (whatever that means)
To be honest, I don't believe it means anything.
It's a small circulation North London daily serving a niche Leftist market.
I used to take it during my sojourn in the Netherlands, so it may enjoy a readership slightly larger than you suggest.
Jaz,
I don't want to appear paranoid - but, er, have a couple of my posts disappeared?
Never forget that even paranoids may have enemies.
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - ..and you are the father! · 0 replies · +1 points
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - Good For The Jews? · 0 replies · +1 points
I know that as a monarchist you'd much rather that Israel were a kingdom.
Tell you what, I'll have a word with some influential friends of mine in Tel Aviv. Between them they could make Bibi king.
(That last was for Mahons' amusement.)
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - Good For The Jews? · 0 replies · +1 points
It's by far the most democratic country in what is otherwise largely a sea of repressive Arab dictatorships.
Sorry, but that's a little like saying my wife is a virgin because compared to her friends she's only slept with one or two men.
15 years ago @ A Tangled Web - LET THEM OUT OF GITMO ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I do wish you wouldn't include me in your generalisations. I'm British and don't hate "the people". In fact I don't hate anybody. Should I?
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