@lisa

You are a fucking idiot.

Just fuck off.

@thane16

Rough Trade is probably the most famous label in punk and post-punk.

Already done.

Apparently there is an effort to get this to Christmas No 1. While I don’t imagine for one second that this will be permitted to succeed, I endorse approve of this effort:

@thane16

Also, the electoral college was chosen at the insistence of slave owning states, to protect their interests.

@blenkinsopthebrave

Cummings is an amoral lying fascist, Milne an amoral lying communist, Adonis something of a has-been but trustworthy and with an intact moral compass.

Hope that helps.

Edit: For clarity, I am using the F and C words in their correct sense, not as hyperbole.

@thane16

Further to the note upthread about anti-semitic tropes, this epic thread is a handy explainer. It is very much from the PoV of a alienated former Labour-supporting Jew, but really the tropes are universal and used by hard left and hard right alike. You should follow Sara Gibbs she is very funny and outstanding (and sometimes…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

I am not remotely interested in engaging with your witless sophistry.

Just fuck off please.

@pedant

did Jewish families move accounts off-shore or was this a deliberate ranting?

It’s a classic anti-semitic trope, and a favourite of the anti-semitic left. All Jews are rich, innit? (‘Rootless cosmopolitan”, although a slur more commonly associated with Nazis was, in fact, nicked from Stalin.)

2016 referendum: 48/52 and as a matter of law…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Is this it?

@blenkinsopthebrave

Alas, the teaser is region-locked.

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@blenkinsopthebrave

That’s more or less right, but that is more a function of our broken electoral system than anything else. Each seat is won only on simple majority (the most votes) – there is no requirement for an absolute majority (more votes than all others combine, as in France) and no proportionality (as in practically everywhere else).…[Read more]

This.

@thane16

You just mention that last one to trigger me, didn’t you?

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@cathannabel
Oh shit, that’s awful. There really are no adequate words to bring solace, especially at this time of year when every pain is amplified by contrast.

All I have is solidarity and the warmest thoughts I can muster.

Half of Roxette, Marie Frederiksson, has died – apparently after a long illness.

@thane16

I’ll just leave this here, from 2016…

Hmm. Something odd happening with that link – scroll down to post 50140

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Is this the sound of the homeland calling, @thane16 Snr?