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by Paul
January 3rd, 2024, 8:15 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

Claudine Gay, has decided to resign apparently.  Good article in The Atlantic, “When Truth Comes From Terrible People” by Tom Nichols. Required reading for some people who can’t distinguish between the message and the messenger!! It has the useful quote, (don’t forget those “s!): “Look, there is a ...
by Paul
January 2nd, 2024, 9:46 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400366

Re: Stupid question of the day

Has there ever been a bad pantomime?

Oh, no, there hasn’t!
by Paul
January 2nd, 2024, 9:43 pm
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

The Maher video was serious in part and funny in part. It’s worrying if people can’t tell which is which!!

(And the funny parts were also often serious. But not the other way around!)
by Paul
January 2nd, 2024, 11:51 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

We don't have a common sense of humour. 
Tell me about it!
"used as an ironic acknowledgment of one's familiarity with a difficult or unpleasant situation or experience described by someone else."
by Paul
January 2nd, 2024, 11:12 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

We don't have a common sense of humour. 
Tell me about it!
by Paul
December 31st, 2023, 8:52 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

Barrel 1: Shockingly, I have no control over the FSU.

Barrel 2: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
by Paul
December 29th, 2023, 6:18 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

I made the statement right at the start that “I don’t have a dog in this fight,” and my views on this terrible situation have remained private.
by Paul
December 28th, 2023, 9:55 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: UK going to the dogs
Replies: 5150
Views: 584847

Re: UK going to the dogs

I’d always thought 95% of people were lazy. I was close!
by Paul
December 25th, 2023, 7:08 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

M, the saying goes, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” You seem to advocate hiring a John Deere excavator!
by Paul
December 25th, 2023, 6:59 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Merry Christmas
Replies: 86
Views: 13536

Re: Merry Christmas

Mele Kalikimaka!
by Paul
December 24th, 2023, 1:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Nouvelles de France
Replies: 2490
Views: 181880

Re: Nouvelles de France

They took bureaucracy to a new level with the Domesday Book.
by Paul
December 24th, 2023, 5:27 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Nouvelles de France
Replies: 2490
Views: 181880

Re: Nouvelles de France

‘The affected workers showed “clinical signs of vomiting and/or diarrhoea”.’ Am not sure a medical degree was necessary for that conclusion.
by Paul
December 24th, 2023, 5:21 am
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Hyperinflation
Replies: 104
Views: 41842

Re: Hyperinflation

How grocery prices are making us miserable: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... en/676901/

I paid $19 for a box of cereal, not even family size, and milk!!!
by Paul
December 24th, 2023, 5:16 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

Good article on Gay’s plagiarism: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ds/676948/

Am looking forward to hearing the defence.
by Paul
December 22nd, 2023, 12:43 pm
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com
Replies: 569
Views: 134281

Re: FSU, Toby Young, Eugenics & Wilmott.com

FSU Year-end round-up We thought it worth pausing to reflect on what we’ve achieved this year, starting with our legal victories. When Anna Thomas was fired from the Civil Service for raising the alarm about politically controversial workplace messaging involving Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gende...