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That wasn't the scenario. The scenario was stopping at two kids, because you don't want or can't afford more than two.
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
That wasn't the scenario. The scenario was stopping at two kids, because you don't want or can't afford more than two.
"The world's richest man killing the world's poorest children" and bragging about it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"The world's richest man killing the world's poorest children" and bragging about it.
That's not a point that has been made in this conversation. Also, $35 is apparently not the minimum wage anywhere in the US...
Or do you mean they would increase it? Why to that level, and no they wouldn't. They don't want to pay everyone that much.
Or do you mean they would increase it? Why to that level, and no they wouldn't. They don't want to pay everyone that much.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
That's not a point that has been made in this conversation. Also, $35 is apparently not the minimum wage anywhere in the US...
Or do you mean they would increase it? Why to that level, and no they wouldn't. They don't want to pay everyone that much.
Or do you mean they would increase it? Why to that level, and no they wouldn't. They don't want to pay everyone that much.
NatWest pays Coutts to run its Share ISA funds and for the last three years they have uniformly failed to beat their benchmarks. I think we'd all cheer (especially NatWest ISA holders) if they were automated out of existence.
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NatWest pays Coutts to run its Share ISA funds and for the last three years they have uniformly failed to beat their benchmarks. I think we'd all cheer (especially NatWest ISA holders) if they were automated out of existence.
NatWest Share ISAs offer a choice of just 5 funds, all managed by no doubt highly-qualified and no doubt highly-paid Coutts bankers.
And not one of them has beaten their own benchmark for the last three years.
Tip for NatWest: use a tracker, and save the 0.55% Coutts are uselessly charging!
And not one of them has beaten their own benchmark for the last three years.
Tip for NatWest: use a tracker, and save the 0.55% Coutts are uselessly charging!
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
NatWest Share ISAs offer a choice of just 5 funds, all managed by no doubt highly-qualified and no doubt highly-paid Coutts bankers.
And not one of them has beaten their own benchmark for the last three years.
Tip for NatWest: use a tracker, and save the 0.55% Coutts are uselessly charging!
And not one of them has beaten their own benchmark for the last three years.
Tip for NatWest: use a tracker, and save the 0.55% Coutts are uselessly charging!
Told ya so.
There's no way these crooks left money in the company to be recovered. The first things they did were
a) get THEIR money out, and
b) stick it offshore.
Blatantly corrupt, they knew it was corrupt, and they should be in jail. In a national crisis this isn't just fraud, it's treason.
There's no way these crooks left money in the company to be recovered. The first things they did were
a) get THEIR money out, and
b) stick it offshore.
Blatantly corrupt, they knew it was corrupt, and they should be in jail. In a national crisis this isn't just fraud, it's treason.
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Told ya so.
There's no way these crooks left money in the company to be recovered. The first things they did were
a) get THEIR money out, and
b) stick it offshore.
Blatantly corrupt, they knew it was corrupt, and they should be in jail. In a national crisis this isn't just fraud, it's treason.
There's no way these crooks left money in the company to be recovered. The first things they did were
a) get THEIR money out, and
b) stick it offshore.
Blatantly corrupt, they knew it was corrupt, and they should be in jail. In a national crisis this isn't just fraud, it's treason.
Even for the Grauniad, that's one hell of a typo for "grovelling toady Infantino"
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even for the Grauniad, that's one hell of a typo for "grovelling toady Infantino"
The Nobel Prize committee must be well aware that if they ever were to give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize he would make them look completely ridiculous by invading somewhere within the next week.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Nobel Prize committee must be well aware that if they ever were to give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize he would make them look completely ridiculous by invading somewhere within the next week.
Meanwhile jail for the corruption. Jail for Johnson, Gove, Hancock, Mone, anyone who set up the corrupt VIP Lane and anyone who profitted from it.
They knew it was corrupt, that's why they hid it and why they denied it.
JAIL. NOW.
They knew it was corrupt, that's why they hid it and why they denied it.
JAIL. NOW.
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Meanwhile jail for the corruption. Jail for Johnson, Gove, Hancock, Mone, anyone who set up the corrupt VIP Lane and anyone who profitted from it.
They knew it was corrupt, that's why they hid it and why they denied it.
JAIL. NOW.
They knew it was corrupt, that's why they hid it and why they denied it.
JAIL. NOW.
I'm less concerned about why she is still in the House of Lords than I am about why she isn't in jail yet.
Along with everyone else involved in the corrupt VIP PPE Lane.
Along with everyone else involved in the corrupt VIP PPE Lane.
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm less concerned about why she is still in the House of Lords than I am about why she isn't in jail yet.
Along with everyone else involved in the corrupt VIP PPE Lane.
Along with everyone else involved in the corrupt VIP PPE Lane.
You mean my plug-in hybrid won't really do over 706mpg? Who knew??
More to the point, who ever thought this was a sensible way of calculating fuel consumption??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More to the point, who ever thought this was a sensible way of calculating fuel consumption??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You mean my plug-in hybrid won't really do over 706mpg? Who knew??
More to the point, who ever thought this was a sensible way of calculating fuel consumption??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More to the point, who ever thought this was a sensible way of calculating fuel consumption??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well that didn't take long. £90bn of tax cuts abandoned after just a year.
It's almost as though Reform are a bunch of bullshitting chancers with broken promises. God knows what it would be like if they were in Government and had to actually live up to their promises!
It's almost as though Reform are a bunch of bullshitting chancers with broken promises. God knows what it would be like if they were in Government and had to actually live up to their promises!
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Well that didn't take long. £90bn of tax cuts abandoned after just a year.
It's almost as though Reform are a bunch of bullshitting chancers with broken promises. God knows what it would be like if they were in Government and had to actually live up to their promises!
It's almost as though Reform are a bunch of bullshitting chancers with broken promises. God knows what it would be like if they were in Government and had to actually live up to their promises!
Feels like a good time to remember this one
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Feels like a good time to remember this one
Again, a low bar.
Ebola is more popular than Trump.
Ebola is more popular than Trump.
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Again, a low bar.
Ebola is more popular than Trump.
Ebola is more popular than Trump.
Is it because anyone competent thinks he's an asshole?
And he's such a small, weak man that he can't cope with anyone willing to tell him when he's being an asshole?
And he's such a small, weak man that he can't cope with anyone willing to tell him when he's being an asshole?
August 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is it because anyone competent thinks he's an asshole?
And he's such a small, weak man that he can't cope with anyone willing to tell him when he's being an asshole?
And he's such a small, weak man that he can't cope with anyone willing to tell him when he's being an asshole?
This sort of thing? Technically I suppose they're real medals, but when they've been awarded by your Mum or yourself it must dilute the glory somewhat.
August 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This sort of thing? Technically I suppose they're real medals, but when they've been awarded by your Mum or yourself it must dilute the glory somewhat.
You might want to re-read your Constitution.
Just as non-citizens have to obey US laws, those laws apply to them too.
Just as non-citizens have to obey US laws, those laws apply to them too.
July 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
You might want to re-read your Constitution.
Just as non-citizens have to obey US laws, those laws apply to them too.
Just as non-citizens have to obey US laws, those laws apply to them too.
But after all this time I only just found out that this was real!!
July 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
But after all this time I only just found out that this was real!!
Very sad to hear that Tom Lehrer has died.
Very shocked to read on Wikipedia and after all these years that Poisoning Pigeons in the Park was REAL!
Very shocked to read on Wikipedia and after all these years that Poisoning Pigeons in the Park was REAL!
![In 2013, Lehrer recalled the studio session for "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", which referred to the practice of controlling pigeons in Boston with strychnine-treated corn:[43]
The copyist arrived at the last minute with the parts and passed them out to the band... And there was no title on it, and there was no lyrics. And so they ran through it, "What a pleasant little waltz".... And the engineer said, "'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,' take one," and the piano player said, "What?" and literally fell off the stool.[44]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6qzf3s47t52r6j3tfunhwyrc/bafkreibyxx6ix64f3wnipwkck45dux5d27euxgjjmza54dlaiducy6diye@jpeg)
July 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Very sad to hear that Tom Lehrer has died.
Very shocked to read on Wikipedia and after all these years that Poisoning Pigeons in the Park was REAL!
Very shocked to read on Wikipedia and after all these years that Poisoning Pigeons in the Park was REAL!
"Guess our minds must be TOO highly trained, Majikthise"
June 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Guess our minds must be TOO highly trained, Majikthise"