goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
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.
MaxK
- 09 Apr 2014 07:51
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MaxK
- 09 Apr 2014 08:05
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goldfinger
- 09 Apr 2014 08:21
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Yep but what about the paying back of this £40 grand that she got away with.
Its not over yet for the government.
MaxK
- 09 Apr 2014 08:29
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Indeed gf, and where is Inspector Knacker of the yard?
fraud is fraud, or at least it is in the outside world.
goldfinger
- 09 Apr 2014 08:45
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Yes well said.
We want our money back as tax payers.
And thats the VERY LEAST............................
anyone hear on SKY NEWS last night how Camorons own web site that receives these 100,000 signed petitions that have to be heard in the House of commons kept deleting the one I put up here on this thread yesterday with well over 100,000 signatures.
Is Camoron playing God now??????????????
Milliband should attack him immediatly on this alone in PMQs today.
Its a farce if he gets away with it, dont forget the petition called for her to be prosecuted.
Fred1new
- 09 Apr 2014 09:27
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Right a job is done, but if she has "fiddle" the books, the money should be paid back and allow her to move on.
I think she price paid the price of her vanity!
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Are any of you fed up with the BBC coverage of th Pistoriius Trial.
I have never watched so much Aljaserra and RT.
Interessting contrast though.
GF,
Better luck in the market today.
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Cynic,
Are you advertising a tight arse?
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cynic
- 09 Apr 2014 09:37
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only when picking up the soap when in the company of some :-)
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maria miller
what natural justice dictates and what is set by her peers are clearly at more than at considerable variance
it highlights why MPs are clearly incapable of policing themselves, not least because I gather that the lay members of the committee aren't even allowed to vote
ptholden
- 09 Apr 2014 09:38
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Good luck with that one Exec!
Haystack
- 09 Apr 2014 11:19
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Update - Labour lead at 4
by YouGov in Politics
Wed April 9, 2014 6 a.m. BST
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 8th April - Con 33%, Lab 37%, LD 10%, UKIP 13%;
MaxK
- 09 Apr 2014 13:31
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Wonga payday loan ad banned for implying 5853% rate was 'irrelevant'
Rob Williams Author Biography
Wednesday 09 April 2014
A television advert for the payday loans company Wonga has been banned for implying the 5853% interest rate was "irrelevant".
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) agreed with 31 complainants who claimed the ad confused viewers about the applicable interest rate on a Wonga loan, implied that the representative APR was irrelevant to a short-term loan and was irresponsible because it encouraged consumers to disregard the representative APR and thereby trivialised the decision to take out a short-term loan.
The advert featured a conversation between two puppets, who said: "Right, we're going to explain the costs of a Wonga short-term loan.
"Some people think they will pay thousands of per cent of interest. They won't of course - that's just the way annual rates are calculated. Say you borrowed £150 for 18 days, it would cost you £33.49."
more:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/wonga-payday-loan-ad-banned-for-implying-5853-rate-was-irrelevant-9247960.html
ExecLine
- 09 Apr 2014 13:34
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doodlebug4
- 09 Apr 2014 13:48
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Reeva's mother was warned about the picture and evidently wanted it to be shown so that Pistorius had to look at it. I agree with you ExecLine about all the time wasting going on so that Pistorius can regain his composure.
Fred1new
- 09 Apr 2014 13:51
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Apologies,
A bit late like the PM.
But I was told by haze that all was going as planned!
Fred1new
- 09 Apr 2014 13:52
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Mind he was up all night!
PS.
Did you pay for that banquet?
ExecLine
- 09 Apr 2014 14:14
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Old News back from 2006. Is it still valid? Is it already happening on here?
Human species 'may split in two'
Different human sub-species predicted by Dr Oliver Curry
Humanity may split into an elite and an underclass, says Dr Curry
Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.
People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.
The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.
Race 'ironed out'
But in the nearer future, humans will evolve in 1,000 years into giants between 6ft and 7ft tall, he predicts, while life-spans will have extended to 120 years, Dr Curry claims.
Physical appearance, driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility, will improve, he says, while men will exhibit symmetrical facial features, look athletic, and have squarer jaws, deeper voices and bigger penises.
Women, on the other hand, will develop lighter, smooth, hairless skin, large clear eyes, pert breasts, glossy hair, and even features, he adds. Racial differences will be ironed out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race of coffee-coloured people.
However, Dr Curry warns, in 10,000 years time humans may have paid a genetic price for relying on technology.
Spoiled by gadgets designed to meet their every need, they could come to resemble domesticated animals.
Receding chins
Social skills, such as communicating and interacting with others, could be lost, along with emotions such as love, sympathy, trust and respect. People would become less able to care for others, or perform in teams.
Physically, they would start to appear more juvenile. Chins would recede, as a result of having to chew less on processed food.
There could also be health problems caused by reliance on medicine, resulting in weak immune systems. Preventing deaths would also help to preserve the genetic defects that cause cancer.
Further into the future, sexual selection - being choosy about one's partner - was likely to create more and more genetic inequality, said Dr Curry.
The logical outcome would be two sub-species, "gracile" and "robust" humans similar to the Eloi and Morlocks foretold by HG Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine.
"While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along with each other, said Dr Curry.
He carried out the report for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.
MaxK
- 09 Apr 2014 14:32
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The morlocks are here already, just look at the inmates in the house of commons.
Haystack
- 09 Apr 2014 14:47
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When you said 'here', I thought the reference was to some of the occupants of this BB.
Fred1new
- 09 Apr 2014 16:54
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Haze,
Do you consider yourself a sub species?
Perhaps ready for extinction!