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@PhilipCJames@mas.to

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PhilipCJames, to random
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Iain Dale & James O'Brien much exercised by interview with Tzipi Hotovely, Israel's ambassador to the UK and a right-wing colleague of Likud's PM, Netanyahu:

"Gaza has an underground tunnel city ... that Hamas has built... every school, every mosque, every second house has access to those tunnels..."

Dale: "that is an argument for flattening the whole of Gaza,..."

Outrageous exaggeration, - Israel plans to destroy only every second house.

(13'15")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKwDJP9nka0

PhilipCJames, to random
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Why haven't we heard this before?

It turns out that we've known since 2012 that the global imposition of in the world's response to the crisis imposed by the financial crash of 2008 was justified by an economics paper based on a spreadsheet that contained a couple of coding errors.

If the knew this, why have they continued to sanctimoniously impose their flawed ideology on the UK for the last decade?

Cos it suits them...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001r1s4

PhilipCJames,
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@Vonskinnback

The paper was not written by a student but by two eminent professors of the Dismal Science - Economics.

It was the student who, on finding that he couldn't replicate their findings from the data pestered them until they released to him their actual spreadsheet and in checking it he uncovered the erroneous calculations of the means that led to their false conclusions (which is of course the essence of the Scientific Method).

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

Nick Ferrari on complains that the Met Police are inviting transfer passengers at London airports to report instances of Israeli war crimes committed in Gaza (for reporting onward to the ).

Ferrari then plays again another of Netanyahu's shills blaming Hamas for the IDF's incessant killing of civilians (and Israeli hostages held) in Gaza.

Just cos your enemy presents you with human shields does not mean that you, regularly, have to strike them down.

Sickening.

PhilipCJames, to random
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Still believe there is Glory in War?

Perhaps what Netanyahu's Israel 'Defence' Force is doing in the Gaza Strip, which is resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians - most of them women and children, isn't War, Glorious or otherwise?

In which case, what should it be called?

#IDF #GazaCeasefireNow
#C4News #LBC #Newsnight

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

Apparently Biden is pushing for $24 billion in (mostly) military aid for Ukraine to defend itself from Vladimir Putin's invasion. USA spend around $850 billion on defence.

The Republican Party's opposition to President Biden's support for Ukraine makes one wonder which Republic the GOP represents?

The United States of America?

Or the Russian Federation?

PhilipCJames,
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@xs4me2

As any KC would point out - always know the answer before you ask the question...

newsthump, to random
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Rudolph relieved as all the other reindeer find someone else to pick on after Santa invests in new Tesla Cybertruck https://newsthump.com/2023/12/13/rudolph-relieved-as-all-the-other-reindeer-find-someone-else-to-pick-on-after-santa-invests-in-new-tesla-cybertruck/

PhilipCJames,
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@newsthump

The Tesla Cybertruck inspires in me the belief that Leon Musk skimped on the number of 3D-CAD pixels used to create it...

It's just so low resolution.

PhilipCJames,
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@nuncio @newsthump

Can't imagine a world in which Leon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck corners the market (well, I doubt it could corner anything else)...?

Think of a world in which every front garden includes a discarded refrigerator. You certainly couldn't fit one in a Tesla Sibertruk to take it to the dump.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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48 years ago today

Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / garage rock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.

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PhilipCJames,
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@historyofpunkrock

Ye Ghods! It only seems like yesterday. Must get around to listening to it...

PhilipCJames, to random
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A question for those 'Hang 'Em High' Tories who want to see the Death Penalty return for those convicted of the unlawful killing of another person, what criminal sanction do they think should be meted out to an individual who presides over the unlawful killing of up to 230,000 individuals by his mishandling of a pandemic?

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And no, I do not think any circumstances justify the return of capital punishment.

PhilipCJames, to greece
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is now debating what is the definition of a Safe Country for the return of antiquities?

I'm confused... So is NOT a Safe Country for the purposes of deporting marble statues but is a Safe Country for the deportation of actual living human beings?

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PhilipCJames, to random
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Why,, when I goggle about making a complaint to Microsoft about its software do I get directed to a page on which Microsoft attempts to sell me Microsoft Teams to handle customer complaints?

cstross, to random
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Oh wow, Techdirt digs the dirt on Dilbert Stark's lawsuit against Media Matters. And they don't think much of it!

" ... kudos to Elon. This really takes stupid SLAPP suits to incredible new levels. I didn’t think you’d be able to find a lawyer who would file a lawsuit so stupid, that makes you look this ridiculous, but you did it."

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/21/congrats-to-elon-musk-i-didnt-think-you-had-it-in-you-to-file-a-lawsuit-this-stupid-but-you-crazy-bastard-you-did-it/

PhilipCJames,
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@cstross @Lazarou @Dhmspector

WTF is Dilbert Stark? was my first thought. I thought it might pertain to a syndicated cartoon featuring the business antics of Iron Man...

PhilipCJames, to random
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What impact will the age of the two leading contenders for the 2024 election to the US Presidency have on the future of America and the World? What would be the reaction to the death of POTUS 47 in office?

If POTUS 47 is Joe Biden, the reaction would be sorrow and sympathy.

If POTUS 47 is Donald Trump, America and the World would breathe a deep sigh of relief.

PhilipCJames,
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@anathema_device

Ah, but are they batshit-crazy?

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

Woke up wondering what is the foulest, most disgusting thing Nigel Farage can be forced to eat on I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE?

How about getting Nigel Farage to eat his own words...

PhilipCJames, to random
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I hope there was a disclaimer on this paper: "No pedestrian was harmed during the making of this study"...


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214140520300359?via%3Dihub

PhilipCJames, to random
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Christian Zionists? Wtaf?!

You learn summat new every day...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/john-hagee-hitler-israel-rally-christian-zionist/

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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To "agree... would have required that Labour recognise the existence of the SNP and the democratic will of the people of Scotland that made that party the third largest group in parliament. The Labour leadership was clear: it would happily tolerate the deaths of innocent people, children, and babies rather than recognise that the SNP could be right on any issue."

"Political depravity rarely reaches these depths."

@RichardJMurphy hits the target.

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/11/16/the-crisis-of-acceptability-for-uk-democracy-might-now-have-arrived/

PhilipCJames,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious @fkamiah17 @Roadwarrior29

The irony about the Nastiz' insistence we have to use the First Past The Post electoral system is that we now have a Second Past The Post Prime Minister.


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PhilipCJames, to random
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's Nick Ferrari doesn't like David Cameron. Nick is harping on about how Lord Cameron of Huggahoodie (has HOLAC approved his elevation?) once referred to Gaza as "a prison camp."

That's wrong; prison camps hold those convicted of crimes. Perhaps better to call Gaza an Israeli concentration camp, where Palestinians are punished collectively be they guilty or innocent. Can Palestinians leave Gaza? Emigrate? Move elsewhere in Israel/Palestine?

Gaza is "a prison camp."

anathema_device, to random
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So, beside the KKK logo, shitty design, and disgusting company owner, here's another reason not to buy one of these stupid vehicles

Tesla Will Sue for $50K If You Try to Resell Your Cybertruck in the First Year

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sue-cybertruck-buyers-they-resell-in-first-year-2023-11

PhilipCJames,
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@anathema_device

First I've heard of Leon Musk's "subscription-based model" for the self-drive software installed in his Sibertruk - does that mean it crashes if your subscription lapses during your journey?

PhilipCJames, to random
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PRIVATE EYE magazine's take on the horrific attacks by Hamas and Netanyahu's genocidal revenge attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza (from three weeks ago).

And their latest issue, a response to the many subscribers who wrote to complain they found the truth depicted in the first cover somehow offensive.

#GazaCeasefireNow!

The front cover of Private Eye 1610: Headline: Special Non-Offensive cover. The image is of four adorable Labrador puppies. The puppy of the left is yapping and the speech bubble reads Humanitarian paws, anyone? A pun on the phrase humanitarian pause, obviously. The sub-headline reads Inside: Private Eye is going to the dogs.

MichaelEMann, to random
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"New study warns climate is warming even faster than some think" by @andrewfreedman for @axios
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/climate-change-warming-james-hansen?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

PhilipCJames,
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@MichaelEMann @andrewfreedman @axios

Yep. Climate Change Denialists endlessly cry that Climate Change Models Are Wrong. Probably they are right - a model is not the real thing, it always makes assumptions, ignores certain factors and lower order effects for ease of calculation, etc etc.

But the skeptics and deniers never contemplate the possibility that Climate Change Models may be too conservative not too sensationalist in their predictions of global warming and its impact.

petergleick, to random
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Why yes, this is a real article...

"What a third world war would mean for investors"

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/30/what-a-third-world-war-would-mean-for-investors

Actual headline from an Economist article: What a third world war would mean for investors, with a photo of missiles being launched from a field.

PhilipCJames,
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@petergleick

"Homo Sapiens Sapiens - the first species to ever drive itself extinct 'because it made sound economic sense'..."

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