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.

Big boy's scalectrix - Formula E to use Qualcomm technologies in electric cars

i doubt if i would agree with many articles in the gurniad, but the above is absolutely spot on .....

as it happens, syria looks to be defusing with even the russians openly taking assad to task etc etc ..... fat chance, but in the light of this latest scare, just perhaps we could see some changes in security council protocols (if that's the right word) - but i'm afraid pigs far more likely to fly

Maxk,.

Thanks for the reference to Guardian article.

It points to the thorn in all UN negotiations and especially those in M.E..

I C+P to (GAZA)

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I just wonder, if what Russia has "proposed" and seemingly getting "support" for, from USA, may be the beginning of the unfolding of the "Assad regime".

I don't see Obama as a "war monger" and there does not seem to be a real wish in the USA for military actions of any kind at the moment.

But it would be reasonable to look at the rules of engagement and decision making at the UN.. Especially with the "coming of age" of other countries other than the BIG FIVE.

Cynic,

Post 29139

Do I see signs of improvement, even maturity?


8-)

i hope not!
by the way, please can you revisit your last post and edit it so it makes sense - hard as that may be for you to do :-)

Most members of trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party would NOT vote Labour if a general election were held this week, according to a YouGov analysis on the eve of Ed Miliband’s speech to the Trades Union Congress

What do we think?

Birmingham Metropolitan College Bans Muslim Students From Wearing Veils, Niqabs For Security Reasons
Lucy Sherriff   |   10 Sep 2013
Students have been banned from wearing religious veils to college after a principal ruled pupils' faces must be visible for security reasons.

Birmingham Metropolitan College in Sutton Coldfield, has told its Muslim students they are not allowed to wear niqabs, a veil which covers everything bar the eyes, so they are "easily identifiable at all times". Muslim girls at the school, which has around 9,000 teenage students, have branded the decision "disgusting", according to the Birmingham Mail.

One 17-year-old, who is now looking for another college to study at, told the regional paper: "It is a personal choice and I find it absolutely shocking that this has been brought in at a college in Birmingham city centre when the city is so multicultural and so many of the students are Muslim.

"It upsets me that we are being discriminated against.

"I don’t think my niqab prevents me from studying or communicating with anyone - I’ve never had any problems in the city before."

Waseem Zaffar, chair of Birmingham's social cohesion and community safety committee said he was "hugely concerned":

The college's principal and chief executive Dame Christine Braddock said the policy was enforced to safeguard students: "We have a very robust Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy at Birmingham Metropolitan College but we are committed to ensuring that students are provided with a safe and welcoming learning environment whilst studying with us.

“To ensure that safeguarding is a priority, we have developed our policy alongside student views to ensure we keep them safe.

“This needs individuals to be easily identifiable at all times when they are on college premises and this includes the removal of hoodies, hats, caps and veils so that faces are visible.

“All prospective and progressing students, as well as staff, have been advised of the policy, which will mean everyone allowed on the premises can understand and know each other in a safe environment.”

The college's website states: "We will promote equality in all that we do.

"We respect and value protected characteristics in race, religion and belief, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socio economic status and age. We will strive vigorously to remove conditions which place people at a disadvantage and will actively combat discrimination."

In 2006 it was reported Muslim medical students were barred from wearing veils in order to "help aid good communications between trainee doctors and patients.

The AOL quick Poll 67% agree with the ban. Seem's a no brainer to me , for fufk sake all you can see are their eyes

the niquab is not a religious obligation, though many believe it is ..... the koran merely states that women must dress decorously .... however, given the grossly subservient position of women in most muslim households (i'm sure that is still so even in uk), it is the husband who determines whether or not a niquab should be worn

in this instance, the college has a clear and stated policy on facial visibility (what about big, bushy beards?), and it is a (prospective) student's choice whether or not they will wish to be bound by these rules

similar (but different) dress rules will be applied if someone wants to study at a madrassa or yeshiva

Did you see the person that set fire to the class room? " yes they had two eye's and were dressed from head to foot in black "

In the US, you can get a driving licence like this

Check out the height on the driving licence - 6 foot 3 inches.

It must be very easy to claim someone else was driving your car at the time of the alleged offence. You could also swear blind you didn't see the pedestrian you just knocked over!

That can't be real its a joke car licence

Presumably wearing that and @6' 3" - it would have to be a convertible!

George Osborne has held his nerve

Charlie Mullins suggests that under the chancellor's stewardship we might just see the economy return to full health.

Sultaana Freeman, a Muslim, had testified that a state order requesting that she remove her veil -- a hijab, which covers all of her face except her eyes -- infringed upon her right to observe her religion, to which she converted in 1997.

Freeman initially was allowed to wear a veil in her driver's license photograph, as she was allowed to do for a license she got while living in Illinois, but was asked to retake the photo to show her face. When she refused, the state revoked her license.

Here's one for the album

Skinny,

If you think it the truth and think his record good have a look at below and also compound it.

Also, check debt levels.

"The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2013, up from 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, according to revised figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The figures mean that the economy has now recouped almost half of its total 7.2% contraction during the 2008-09 recession, with output remaining 3.3% below its pre-recession peak."

Hays,

Your last image reminds me of the Masonic Lodge on party night with everybody wearing their medallions and rolled up trousers.

Are you a member of any lodge?