Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

stop being tiresome findus :-)

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Daily Mail website to be given ‘Moral Panic button’ 9/09/2013


The world’s most visited news website, Mail Online, is to be fitted with a special panic button that readers can use to express their sense of moral outrage. Clicking the button will automatically notify the relevant authorities that Daily Mail readers are upset and that ‘something must be done’.

The decision follows concern that regular readers are being exposed to a constant diet of threats to the social order, celebrity cellulite and Melanie Phillips columns, something that could leave them seriously traumatised unless they have access to immediate help.

‘A panic button is a welcome addition to the site,’ said psychologist Dr Raj Persaud. ‘Without it readers may repress their feelings of moral outrage, which, according to a recent Mail report, could cause cancer.’

Clicking the button quickly redirects readers to a special relaxation page featuring soothing images from the 1950s when the world was a much safer place, people could leave their doors unlocked and children had respect for their elders.

The button will also activate a simple drop-down menu of easy option responses for Mail readers to put in the comments section including: ‘We’re all going to hell in a handcart’, ‘It’s political correctness gone mad,’ and, ‘This is all the fault of the BBC/Europe/gypsies/illegal immigrants/the 1960s/Russell Brand/all of the above.’

The decision has been welcomed by campaigners although many would like things taken a stage further. ‘A Moral Panic button is good for regular Daily Mail readers but many people stumble across the site by accident,’ said celebrity activist Hugh Grant. ‘People of a sensitive liberal disposition may be innocently searching the internet for hummus recipes when they inadvertently find themselves exposed to hard core Daily Mail content. We either need some sort of opt-out filter or, at the very least, a Liberal Outrage button as well.’

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre rejected calls for an additional panic button for liberals. ‘Nowadays the the vast majority of people coming to our website are politically correct Guardian readers looking for something to get upset about. But these people don’t need a special button to register their outrage; they can do what they normally do and go and complain about it on Twitter.’

gf
The figures released are down more than expected. The previous month's figures were higher than expected. The figures are also provisional and will probably be adjusted. It is the trend that matters and that is excellent news.

As usual G/F is mealy stating the facts.. Unlike some "Con" party voters/sympathisers on here.

It's the summer so as usual unemployment is "temporarily" down... So what's new? Nothing!

Everything the "Con " artists have done since 2010 has been geared to the 2015 General Election.

LOL........

John Mann MP‏@JohnMannMP
George Osborne is dancing round the corner 'we have turned' shame about the lamp post that is still there.

can we change the record for a while, and perhaps discuss something important but still economy linked?

what's the view re HS2?
who is telling the story that is closer to the truth?

TORY BOYS..... bad breaking news for you...........


John Mann MP‏@JohnMannMP
Can it be true that the Tory no 1 donor Spencer is about to concede over libor rigging? If so a major disaster for Cameron and Osborne........ends

More to come, this is massive news.

City Broker ICAP Braced For £70m Libor DealBroking firm headed by ex-Tory treasurer Michael Spencer is in talks to pay roughly £70m in Libor fines, Sky News understands

http://news.sky.com/story/1139274/city-broker-icap-braced-for-70m-libor-deal

or on an international front ......

the vote on syria in congress is almost certain to be a close run thing, though it is almost undoubtedly true that few participants will actually be driven by moral considerations

if obama gets a narrow approval for his proposal for "limited action", do the members here think that is sufficient endorsement?

whether or not un produces at least a majority vote for action (or not), is another matter entirely

Stop trying to change the subject Cynic.. Just because your loosing -):

i have nothing to lose .... unlike some guys here, i am not obsessed with the vagaries of the day to day domestic political polls and suchlike, with which i am heartily bored .... and yes, i do recognise you are just having a little tease, you naughty boy :-)

I am happy with Obama attacking Syria without the backing of Congress. He has the authority to do it anyway. I am also happy for Cameron to join in with no parliament backing. Cameron can do it without parliament as well.

He has the authority to do it anyway
does he?
even without the support of congress if the vote goes against him?

Haystack - I also read read that (Obama) somewhere last week.

Obama can use the 90 days permission to engage in hostilities without permission. No other president has asked previously. Had our parliament voted for an attack, I don't think he would have put it to a vote.

Skinny read what about Obama please?.

“The War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives the president the power to commit troops anywhere he likes for 90 days.”

That he doesn't need the backing of congress .