6th Century Meccans were pagans, with a number of gods and deities, as well as there being significant Jewish and Christian communities. Indeed Allah is the name assosciated with the moon god, and chosen by early Muslims. Hence the significance of the cresent moon in Islam, and the phases of the moon in defining ramadan etc.
Following his conquest of Mecca, Mohammad smashed all the 300 pagan idols in the main square and expelled at the point of the sword all those who would not convert to Islam. The trouble in Islam is that IS are actually true to the original Islam.
Yes, and I'm clearly getting muddled, although actually that passage from John wouldn't on its own rule out polytheism.
I will do some more reading (when I get back, as next week is all about the Holocaust).
I told you the Samaritans were and are NOT polytheists!
To the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple is also a very interesting read about the religions of the Middle East. He explores all the areas which are now drenched in blood and the history and current state of Christianity in its ancestral home. Written some time ago. But very well worth reading.
At one point he finds a church in I think Eastern Turkey or possibly Syria where there are (were, I should say) a few worshippers still worshipping in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
6th Century Meccans were pagans, with a number of gods and deities, as well as there being significant Jewish and Christian communities. Indeed Allah is the name assosciated with the moon god, and chosen by early Muslims. Hence the significance of the cresent moon in Islam, and the phases of the moon in defining ramadan etc.
Following his conquest of Mecca, Mohammad smashed all the 300 pagan idols in the main square and expelled at the point of the sword all those who would not convert to Islam. The trouble in Islam is that IS are actually true to the original Islam.
Yes, and I'm clearly getting muddled, although actually that passage from John wouldn't on its own rule out polytheism.
I will do some more reading (when I get back, as next week is all about the Holocaust).
I told you the Samaritans were and are NOT polytheists!
Yes and I have accepted that. I was making a highly pedantic point about the passage from John, bearing in mind Roman soldiers who were legally obliged to be polytheistic are reported saying similar sorts of things.
6th Century Meccans were pagans, with a number of gods and deities, as well as there being significant Jewish and Christian communities. Indeed Allah is the name assosciated with the moon god, and chosen by early Muslims. Hence the significance of the cresent moon in Islam, and the phases of the moon in defining ramadan etc.
Following his conquest of Mecca, Mohammad smashed all the 300 pagan idols in the main square and expelled at the point of the sword all those who would not convert to Islam. The trouble in Islam is that IS are actually true to the original Islam.
Yes, and I'm clearly getting muddled, although actually that passage from John wouldn't on its own rule out polytheism.
I will do some more reading (when I get back, as next week is all about the Holocaust).
I told you the Samaritans were and are NOT polytheists!
Yes and I have accepted that. I was making a highly pedantic point about the passage from John, bearing in mind Roman soldiers who were legally obliged to be polytheistic are reported saying similar sorts of things.
Religious beliefs[edit]
* There is one God, YHWH, the same God recognized by the Hebrew prophets. * The Torah was given by God to Moses. * Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the one true sanctuary chosen by Israel's God. * Many Samaritans believe that at the end of days, the dead will be resurrected by Taheb, a restorer (possibly a prophet, some say Moses). * Paradise (heaven). * The priests are the interpreters of the law and the keepers of tradition; scholars are secondary to the priesthood. * The authority of post-Torah sections of the Tanakh, and classical Jewish rabbinical works (the Talmud, comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara) is rejected. * They have a significantly different version of the Ten Commandments (for example, their 10th commandment is about the sanctity of Mount Gerizim). * The Samaritans retained the Ancient Hebrew script, the High Priesthood, animal sacrifices, the eating of lambs at Passover, and the celebration of Aviv in spring as the New Year. Yom Teruah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei, is not considered a New Year as it is in Judaism. * The Samaritan Pentateuch differs from the Masoretic Text as well. Some differences are doctrinal: for example, the Samaritan Torah explicitly states that Mount Gerizim is "the place that God has chosen" for the Temple, as opposed to the Jewish Torah that refers to "the place that God will choose". Other differences are minor and seem more or less accidental.
I see the fool from the Vatican thinks this is a war but nothing to do with religion.
I have to say that I find it disappointing, to put it mildly, how feeble the Pope is in speaking up about the persecution of Christians in their homelands, indeed in the region in which it was born. If the Pope won't speak up for Syrian Christians who will?
I can't help feeling that his predecessor, for all his faults, would have been more robust about the threats which Christians face.
FPT It is worth noting that the sanctions available to the EU against Poland in relation to this matter are set out in Article 7 TEU. These are surrounded with a thicket of different qualified majorities etc and in at least 1 case requires unanimity of the European Council of which Poland is of course a member. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:12012M007
The bite after all this faff is the potential suspension of Poland's voting rights in the Ministers in Council. Not exactly sending the tanks in.
The irony of the unelected EU Commission acting as the arbiter and protector of democratic rights is hard to miss.
Judges are not elected. Are you suggesting that they should be?
In america they are, I think.
At the state level, it is split between states which elect and those which appoint:
At the federal level, most judges are appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the US Senate, although magistrates and bankruptcy judges are nominated by lower courts rather than the Admininstration:
Miss Cyclefree, the Pope's an idiot. When the Hebdo killing occurred he said if someone insulted his mother, he'd punch them in the face [or similar].
We need people willing to call a spade a spade.
Wasn't it Roy Hattersley who famously said 'you should never be afraid to call racism for what it is. Where I come from we always call a spade a spade.'
For some reason it didn't go down as well as he had expected with his largely Afro-Carribean audience...
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
What is the significance of Mount Gerizim? That is, for what reason is it so important to them?
Wiki says:
The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Israel. The major issue between Rabbinical Jews (Jews who follow post-exile rabbinical interpretations of Judaism, who are the vast majority of Jews today) and Samaritans has always been the location of the chosen place to worship God; Jerusalem according to the Jewish faith or Mount Gerizim according to the Samaritan faith.[5]
Joshua, of course, successfully led the Israelites into Canaan after Moses' death.
To the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple is also a very interesting read about the religions of the Middle East. He explores all the areas which are now drenched in blood and the history and current state of Christianity in its ancestral home. Written some time ago. But very well worth reading.
At one point he finds a church in I think Eastern Turkey or possibly Syria where there are (were, I should say) a few worshippers still worshipping in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
Certainly there used to be Aramaic churches in Iraq prior to the Gulf Wars
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Indeed; also the Catalan independence parties have gone backwards in the last two general elections (December and last month), so it's by no means clear there is a majority.
The plan - clearly - is to provoke a response by Madrid, that gets mild Catalan nationalists (who want more powers but not independence) on board with the independence minded lot.
I don't know if it will be a success or not. I would be very surprised if it got off the ground without a referendum.
The plan - from about a year ago - was for the government in Madrid to say "of course, you can have a referendum on independence, but first we must amend the constitution to allow such a vote." The new constitution would then take four or five years, and then Catalonia could have an independence referendum in c. 2023.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
@DavidL: he fears embarrassment about how little tax this supposed billionaire actually pays.
Yes, Hilary will start with the "Millionaire Donald Trump" stuff again which was v effective in needling him.
To be honest I think the approving comment about Russia and the hacking today are a bigger error.
I suspect his tax return is complicated. Trump would be the kind of candidate who could present tax efficiency as a virtue. But if there are all sorts of special tax vehicles and aggressive tax avoidance schemes it will give plenty of scope for journalists to investigate and opponents to challenge. This keeps public attention on his tax affairs, which he probably doesn't want if he's claiming to represent Mr and Mrs Middle America, who are struggling to make rent each month. The point of releasing your tax return is to say you have done it and no-one will then be interested in it.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
I suspect a lot of it is because other candidates fear their financial backers pulling out if they are mired in controversy.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
He got a 6 point bounce compared with Romney's 4 point one, and his lead is bigger than what Romney ever managed to get.
Lets see what Hillary can do, last time Obama got a 2 point bounce.
Romney got a bigger bounce from the first debate then the convention, in 2012 Bill Clinton's speech provided much of Obama's bounce. Personally I expect Trump and Hillary to be neck and neck by the beginning of next week
To the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple is also a very interesting read about the religions of the Middle East. He explores all the areas which are now drenched in blood and the history and current state of Christianity in its ancestral home. Written some time ago. But very well worth reading.
At one point he finds a church in I think Eastern Turkey or possibly Syria where there are (were, I should say) a few worshippers still worshipping in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
Certainly there used to be Aramaic churches in Iraq prior to the Gulf Wars
Sadly at least one of the Aramaic villages in Syria was captured by AQ linked fighters with predictable results:
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
I was born in Newent. That was the only reason I asked. So we're neither of us 'proper' Foresters!
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
I was born in Newent. That was the only reason I asked.
It's a pretty little town. Used to pass through as part of my commute into Cheltenham. Mind you, pretty much all the towns are pretty, bar the three Forest ones - and even they can be picturesque in places.
As you say, Forest folk regard us with a certain amount of suspicion. We're 'posh'.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
Wasn't Tolkien inspired by the Forest of Dean? It certainly feels remote.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
Wasn't Tolkien inspired by the Forest of Dean? It certainly feels remote.
JK Rowling certainly was. That's why she set the first big set piece of the last Harry Potter there, although she was deliberately vague about which part (the film was shot near Clearwell).
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
I was born in Newent. That was the only reason I asked.
It's a pretty little town. Used to pass through as part of my commute into Cheltenham. Mind you, pretty much all the towns are pretty, bar the three Forest ones - and even they can be picturesque in places.
As you say, Forest folk regard us with a certain amount of suspicion. We're 'posh'.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
Wasn't Tolkien inspired by the Forest of Dean? It certainly feels remote.
Yes, there's a view that he was influenced by the work he did in and around Lydney in the late twenties. There's a well known local landmark called the Puzzlewood that's particularly associated with Tolkien.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
So Dr Fox, what first attracted you to Owen '£25.1 billion extra to the NHS' Smith?
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
I wish I could agree. And it wouldn't be hard to have a more plausible policy line or better leadership skills than Jez. I also really want him to do well.
But if he's to make it to the top he's got to pick his words more carefully. Remember IDS and that absolutely stupid comment about shooting Tony Blair? Three weeks later, he was gone.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
Wasn't Tolkien inspired by the Forest of Dean? It certainly feels remote.
You could say Owen Smith is François Hollande without the charisma.
Wouldn't that basically make him Francois Hollande? Who let it not be forgotten did beat an incumbent French president for the first time in however many years?
Edit - on checking, since Giscard's defeat in 1981.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Just west of the Forest proper. Walk my dogs there every day. I'm about six miles from Coleford if that helps.
Wasn't Tolkien inspired by the Forest of Dean? It certainly feels remote.
Substantially (and topically) it seems he was largely inspired by his experience on the Somme:
For those PB military history buffs who haven't seen it, could I recommend "The Some from both sidesof the wire" as a fascinating and rarely seen exploration of infantry war at tactical level, and its developments on both sides over the battle:
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
So Dr Fox, what first attracted you to Owen '£25.1 billion extra to the NHS' Smith?
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
But as a speaker Owen moves as a Mesolithic Boulder.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
To be honest I think the approving comment about Russia and the hacking today are a bigger error.
Why? If Hillary tries to make refighting the Cold War a priority rather than tackling Islamist terrorism she will walk straight into Trump's trap.
Do you think encouraging Russia will play well with the Republican base?
Remember that aside during his conference speech when he spoke about defending the LGBTQ community - "As a Republican it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said."
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
In November he claimed he knew Putin very well.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
In November he claimed he knew Putin very well.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
Trump, like most supposedly 'transformative' candidates, is actually a lot more regular than many people think, because they discount the times they are, in fact, perfectly like other politicians.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
In November he claimed he knew Putin very well.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
Trump, like most supposedly 'transformative' candidates, is actually a lot more regular than many people think, because they discount the times they are, in fact, perfectly like other politicians.
Trump is transformative for challenging the sacred cows of American politics, but as you say, in other respects he's a regular politician, albeit one who is demonstrating many campaigning innovations for the social media age.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
In November he claimed he knew Putin very well.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
Trump, like most supposedly 'transformative' candidates, is actually a lot more regular than many people think, because they discount the times they are, in fact, perfectly like other politicians.
It is amazing how wilfully blind people after to Trump's foibles. I get liking Trump, that's ok, but flat out stating he's doing the opposite of what he has done is seriously throwing me for a loop.
One thing which I find seriously refreshing about Trump is that he stands his ground when attacked by innuendo and forces his opponents to make a substantive argument instead. The stuff about Russia is a perfect example of this. A traditional candidate would treat this as a campaign gaffe that needs to be covered up, but Trump doubles down and makes the other side explain why xyz is supposed to be disqualifying.
In November he claimed he knew Putin very well.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
Maybe he stands his own ground and asks his chauffeur to perform the u-turns?
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
Miss Cyclefree, the Pope's an idiot. When the Hebdo killing occurred he said if someone insulted his mother, he'd punch them in the face [or similar].
We need people willing to call a spade a spade.
Wasn't it Roy Hattersley who famously said 'you should never be afraid to call racism for what it is. Where I come from we always call a spade a spade.'
For some reason it didn't go down as well as he had expected with his largely Afro-Carribean audience...
Roy Hattersley was one of those cowards who refused to stand up for free speech when the fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie. Far too keen to appease his constituents. Willing to call out racism but not violent bullying or censorship or calls for murder, apparently.
There is a direct link between the appeasement then to the killings of cartoonists last year. The lesson the Islamists learnt all too well was that violence - or its threat - worked on lily-livered so-called bloody liberals.
Jack Straw can be added to the Hall of Shame on this. As can the Pope for his stupid remark last year.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
Quick question for an ardent Kipper... How would you vote at a snap GE if Labour were calling for a second EU referendum?
Not an ardent Kipper - if Labour calls for a second EU referendum a lot of Wales and North England will have UKIP MPs on election night...
There are few times when you look at Corbyn and think he's the best option Labour has. Then someone else goes for the London vote and you think REALLY. Do you really know that little about your voters...
Welcome back. I think they've a long way to go. They've yet to have any polling that indicates majority support for secession and they're unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from anyone bar Sturgeon.
Thanks. You're right no majority. I saw reference to a poll on zero hedge with figures of 48% pro independence vs 43% against. But if any region is to leave I would expect the Basques to be first.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
I think those voters think Obama has been the worst kind of foreign policy President, seeing him as apologizing to the world for America. I think they would welcome a President who they think will stand up for naked US interests and who will proudly proclaim American pride, regardless of whether that President has a cozy relationship with Putin or any other tinpot dictator. And I do think that that is how they would view Trump.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
To abuse a quote from Steve Jobs, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them."
Once the taboo is broken, the argument will not be favourable to those who think it's a good idea to refight the Cold War. Especially when Hillary's record after the red reset button (with the mistranslated label) is so poor.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
To abuse a quote from Steve Jobs, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them."
Once the taboo is broken, the argument will not be favourable to those who think it's a good idea to refight the Cold War. Especially when Hillary's record after the red reset button (with the mistranslated label) is so poor.
What do they think of a guy who claims to know someone really well a few months ago then claims to not know them today?
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
To abuse a quote from Steve Jobs, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them."
Once the taboo is broken, the argument will not be favourable to those who think it's a good idea to refight the Cold War. Especially when Hillary's record after the red reset button (with the mistranslated label) is so poor.
What do they think of a guy who claims to know someone really well a few months ago then claims to not know them today?
His original claim that he 'got to know him well because we were both on 60 Minutes' was obviously an embellishment at the time and was one of the moments when Carly Fiorina got the better of him in the debates. I would interpret Trump's original comment to mean simply that he learnt about what makes Putin tick, with the idea that they met being left to the imagination of the listener.
''Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia. ''
the progressive obsession with Putin again misses the point completely.
Nobody likes Putin, but how many priests' throats is he slitting? How many children is he mowing down in France? How many innocent westerners is he shooting? how much indiscriminate hatred is he spreading around the world? How many Russian orthodox churches have preachers urging violence upon gullible young men?
Putin is not our friend, not by a country mile. But right now he cannot threaten us like an enemy that for decades has been welcomed with open arms by the left.
Did someone mention "tinpot dictators"? Well Erdogan is showing how tinpot dictators get firmly established.
The threat of an emerging islamist Turkey far outweighs anything from Russia. But of course, the left don;t want you to see that. It's the ultimate foreign policy 'look squirrel'
Trump, meanwhile, speaking at a press conference in Florida, raised the stakes again, as he urged Russia to hack into and release Clinton’s emails from the personal server she used while she was secretary of state.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” he said.
“I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That will be next.”
The Republican nominee added: “They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted ... I hope they do ... because you’d see some beauties there.” (The guardian)
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
So Dr Fox, what first attracted you to Owen '£25.1 billion extra to the NHS' Smith?
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
Yes it is even more than the Brexiteers promised! ;-)
While Jezza spouts placard slogans and platitudes, and the losing trio last summer could not lay out a sense of future direction for Labour, at least Smith is attempting to outline a future, albeit one that is not to everyones taste.
Did someone mention "tinpot dictators"? Well Erdogan is showing how tinpot dictators get firmly established.
The threat of an emerging islamist Turkey far outweighs anything from Russia. But of course, the left don;t want you to see that. It's the ultimate foreign policy 'look squirrel'
The left welcomed Islam with open arms because Christianity was the biggest impediment to the establishment of their gramascian new world order and the Muslims were exploited for votes and so they were able to claim that Christianity was just one religion among many (multiculturalism) and it helped their aim of disestablishing Christianity and driving it from the public sphere.
Unforturtunately having taken the trojan horse within their city the left have lost control of it and discovered those within it regard them as useful idiots.
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
So far four polls have shown double digit leads and the possibility of a Tory land slide 100 seat majority, but the seats the Tories need to take for that to happen include both Newport seats and Bishop Auckland, whilst the North East and Wakes are trending towards the Tories in the long term how likely is they will gain these seats?!
A think we need an analysis in why it is unlikely they will win a 100 seat majority considering the ones they would need to gain and as a poster said yesterday considering the different demographics of the urban vs. Rural seats.
No party will win a 100 seat Majority again Discuss.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
So Dr Fox, what first attracted you to Owen '£25.1 billion extra to the NHS' Smith?
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
Yes it is even more than the Brexiteers promised! ;-)
While Jezza spouts placard slogans and platitudes, and the losing trio last summer could not lay out a sense of future direction for Labour, at least Smith is attempting to outline a future, albeit one that is not to everyones taste.
I'd have liked it more if he'd promised to increase basic income tax rates. I have no ideological issue with a big state, but you have to widen the tax base to sustain it.
The Democrats new line is to try to link Trump to Putin. Pretty desperate I would imagine but for the MSM pumping this for all it's worth.
And liable to badly backfire. Liberals hate Putin because he has repudiated western progressiven/social liberalism and replaced it with the values of Russian Orthodox Christianity and pride in all things Russian.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
Yes, I am sure 70 year old Republican voters are desperate for a president who is friendly with Russia.
To abuse a quote from Steve Jobs, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them."
Once the taboo is broken, the argument will not be favourable to those who think it's a good idea to refight the Cold War. Especially when Hillary's record after the red reset button (with the mistranslated label) is so poor.
There is a problem with trying to re-fight the cold war with old enemies.
A. Russia is not a Superpower anymore, but a Great Power. B. Russia is not a Communist country, but a conservative-capitalist one.
It is difficult ideologically to explain to conservatives why a country with a 10% flat tax and a church in every business, should be their enemy.
Putin has implemented in Russia all the policies the Republican party has ever espoused and dreamed of. That's why most republicans are jealous of Russia's policies and leaders.
If you want a new cold war try an islamist power, Turkey is readily available and already hostile.
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
So I presume you're not too impressed with either Clinton or Trump, then?
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
So I presume you're not too impressed with either Clinton or Trump, then?
If I were American I'd abstain. They're both terrible candidates - mediocre is far too kind.
So far four polls have shown double digit leads and the possibility of a Tory land slide 100 seat majority, but the seats the Tories need to take for that to happen include both Newport seats and Bishop Auckland, whilst the North East and Wakes are trending towards the Tories in the long term how likely is they will gain these seats?!
A think we need an analysis in why it is unlikely they will win a 100 seat majority considering the ones they would need to gain and as a poster said yesterday considering the different demographics of the urban vs. Rural seats.
No party will win a 100 seat Majority again Discuss.
Bishop Auckland would only require a small movement from Labour to UKIP for the Tories to sneak down the middle... Given UKIP + the conservatives only had 49% of the 2015 vote between them and 57% in County Durham as a whole voted LEAVE, I think its a possible Tory win..
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
So I presume you're not too impressed with either Clinton or Trump, then?
If I were American I'd abstain. They're both terrible candidates - mediocre is far too kind.
Tbh I don't think I could ever abstain in any election. My family always told me it's always better to vote, even if it's for the lesser evil. In this case, I'd vote for Hilary, who I regard as the lesser evil. Trump's rhetoric - particularly towards women and minorities - scares me. As well as his attitude towards Russia.
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
You lived in the Forest?
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
From Owen Smith's speech today, or at lest the bits that I caught, there was a concrete and costed plan for what a Labour government would do. Implausible and unappealling to the PB baby-eaters maybe, but there is at least a plan.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
So Dr Fox, what first attracted you to Owen '£25.1 billion extra to the NHS' Smith?
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
Yes it is even more than the Brexiteers promised! ;-)
While Jezza spouts placard slogans and platitudes, and the losing trio last summer could not lay out a sense of future direction for Labour, at least Smith is attempting to outline a future, albeit one that is not to everyones taste.
I'd have liked it more if he'd promised to increase basic income tax rates. I have no ideological issue with a big state, but you have to widen the tax base to sustain it.
He did propose a £13.5 billion in new taxes to pay for it. An unusually brave decision for a politician!
Trump, meanwhile, speaking at a press conference in Florida, raised the stakes again, as he urged Russia to hack into and release Clinton’s emails from the personal server she used while she was secretary of state.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” he said.
“I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That will be next.”
The Republican nominee added: “They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted ... I hope they do ... because you’d see some beauties there.” (The guardian)
I'm going to make a prediction.
Since I believe that Russia hacked Hillary's server years ago and already has all the stuff, they will release them all, along with the rest of the DNC stuff, as an October surprise. And Trump knows it.
That is if Obama and Hillary doesn't give them something in exchange.
I think we have entered into a bidding war between the Democrats and the Republicans as to who will give most to the russians in exchange for those emails.
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
So I presume you're not too impressed with either Clinton or Trump, then?
If I were American I'd abstain. They're both terrible candidates - mediocre is far too kind.
Tbh I don't think I could ever abstain in any election. My family always told me it's always better to vote, even if it's for the lesser evil. In this case, I'd vote for Hilary, who I regard as the lesser evil. Trump's rhetoric - particularly towards women and minorities - scares me. As well as his attitude towards Russia.
Oh OK, put a gun to my head, I'll vote Johnson. Russia doesn't bother me particularly. Turkey does.
As if it's only the Left who are concerned about Putin. Believe it or not, you can be concerned about many things at the same time. You can want to end Islamic Terror, dislike what's going on in Turkey (I personally hoped that the military coup would succeed) and be concerned about Russia as well.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
"Mediocre" is one of the greatest understatements of all time.
So I presume you're not too impressed with either Clinton or Trump, then?
If I were American I'd abstain. They're both terrible candidates - mediocre is far too kind.
Tbh I don't think I could ever abstain in any election. My family always told me it's always better to vote, even if it's for the lesser evil. In this case, I'd vote for Hilary, who I regard as the lesser evil. Trump's rhetoric - particularly towards women and minorities - scares me. As well as his attitude towards Russia.
Oh OK, put a gun to my head, I'll vote Johnson. Russia doesn't bother me particularly. Turkey does.
I kind of see a vote for Johnson or Stein as a wasted vote. Unless it really didn't bother you who becomes President out of Clinton or Trump.
The campaign to boot Trump until he is crippled is only just starting. Whats more, many in his own party are going to be doing the lifting.
Sad news from France regarding events yesterday. According to news reports French authorities were searching for one of the attackers because they had been warned by an external Intelligence service that he was on the verge of making an attack. Apparently there was a picture but no supporting info. So the French had the guy's face but had to try to match it up.
If this is verified, there is a fair educated guess at the source and method of acquiring the information but it was just really unlucky that a little additional fragment wasn't there.
Comments
To be honest I think the approving comment about Russia and the hacking today are a bigger error.
I misread it at first as twelve minutes, which seemed a little abrupt.
* There is one God, YHWH, the same God recognized by the Hebrew prophets.
* The Torah was given by God to Moses.
* Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the one true sanctuary chosen by Israel's God.
* Many Samaritans believe that at the end of days, the dead will be resurrected by Taheb, a restorer (possibly a prophet, some say Moses).
* Paradise (heaven).
* The priests are the interpreters of the law and the keepers of tradition; scholars are secondary to the priesthood.
* The authority of post-Torah sections of the Tanakh, and classical Jewish rabbinical works (the Talmud, comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara) is rejected.
* They have a significantly different version of the Ten Commandments (for example, their 10th commandment is about the sanctity of Mount Gerizim).
* The Samaritans retained the Ancient Hebrew script, the High Priesthood, animal sacrifices, the eating of lambs at Passover, and the celebration of Aviv in spring as the New Year. Yom Teruah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei, is not considered a New Year as it is in Judaism.
* The Samaritan Pentateuch differs from the Masoretic Text as well. Some differences are doctrinal: for example, the Samaritan Torah explicitly states that Mount Gerizim is "the place that God has chosen" for the Temple, as opposed to the Jewish Torah that refers to "the place that God will choose". Other differences are minor and seem more or less accidental.
So that was Ernie the Journey and Ernie the Final Journey.
What is the significance of Mount Gerizim? That is, for what reason is it so important to them?
I can't help feeling that his predecessor, for all his faults, would have been more robust about the threats which Christians face.
We need people willing to call a spade a spade.
Catexit next?
(Back after a long break!) :-)
Not much has happened in your absence
For some reason it didn't go down as well as he had expected with his largely Afro-Carribean audience...
The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Israel. The major issue between Rabbinical Jews (Jews who follow post-exile rabbinical interpretations of Judaism, who are the vast majority of Jews today) and Samaritans has always been the location of the chosen place to worship God; Jerusalem according to the Jewish faith or Mount Gerizim according to the Samaritan faith.[5]
Joshua, of course, successfully led the Israelites into Canaan after Moses' death.
The plan - clearly - is to provoke a response by Madrid, that gets mild Catalan nationalists (who want more powers but not independence) on board with the independence minded lot.
I don't know if it will be a success or not. I would be very surprised if it got off the ground without a referendum.
The plan - from about a year ago - was for the government in Madrid to say "of course, you can have a referendum on independence, but first we must amend the constitution to allow such a vote." The new constitution would then take four or five years, and then Catalonia could have an independence referendum in c. 2023.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/27/labour-party-worker-low-pay-zero-hours-owen-smith
When Xerox shut down their Mitcheldean factory in the early naughties, I taught some of the poor sods who were being made redundant. Not everyone is going to be able to become a software developer or a web designer. Digital skills revolution, my arse.
Trump is funding himself so dosent give a 4X.
Ps, that article shows Cooper's weakness - speaks about the problems but doesn't have any solutions. Cameron andOsborne were a bit that way too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415586/Syrian-rebels-attack-historic-Christian-village-residents-speak-language-Jesus.html
Beautiful place though.
As you say, Forest folk regard us with a certain amount of suspicion. We're 'posh'.
For all his faults, I am rather warming to him. He is streets ahead of Jezza.
As you say, seems a sensible timescale.
Jesting aside, it was a well pitched speech to his selectorate. He wasn't talking to the wider public, and as you say, at least there was a semblance of financial rigour to it.
But if he's to make it to the top he's got to pick his words more carefully. Remember IDS and that absolutely stupid comment about shooting Tony Blair? Three weeks later, he was gone.
Good to see you.
Edit - on checking, since Giscard's defeat in 1981.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/26/usa-set-to-import-british-beef-and-lamb-for-the-first-time-in-20/
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/how-jrr-tolkien-found-mordor-on-the-western-front.html?_r=0
For those PB military history buffs who haven't seen it, could I recommend "The Some from both sidesof the wire" as a fascinating and rarely seen exploration of infantry war at tactical level, and its developments on both sides over the battle:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lst9b/episodes/player
Oh.. Wait a minute.
Today he claimed he didn't know Putin at all.
If that's standing your ground I'd hate to see if he did a U-turn.
Democrat liberals still cling to the idea that parogressivism/liberalism is self evidently the only way to run modern society and worse still that the majority concur.
They are in for a wake up call
There is a direct link between the appeasement then to the killings of cartoonists last year. The lesson the Islamists learnt all too well was that violence - or its threat - worked on lily-livered so-called bloody liberals.
Jack Straw can be added to the Hall of Shame on this. As can the Pope for his stupid remark last year.
There are few times when you look at Corbyn and think he's the best option Labour has. Then someone else goes for the London vote and you think REALLY. Do you really know that little about your voters...
BREAKING: #Turkey shuts down dozens of media organizations, including 45 newspapers, 16 TV stations. - @AP
Once the taboo is broken, the argument will not be favourable to those who think it's a good idea to refight the Cold War. Especially when Hillary's record after the red reset button (with the mistranslated label) is so poor.
German Police raid a Salafist mosque in Hildersheim
https://t.co/UkOh3ZLYSC https://t.co/BGuz3QO37P
the progressive obsession with Putin again misses the point completely.
Nobody likes Putin, but how many priests' throats is he slitting? How many children is he mowing down in France? How many innocent westerners is he shooting? how much indiscriminate hatred is he spreading around the world? How many Russian orthodox churches have preachers urging violence upon gullible young men?
Putin is not our friend, not by a country mile. But right now he cannot threaten us like an enemy that for decades has been welcomed with open arms by the left.
The threat of an emerging islamist Turkey far outweighs anything from Russia. But of course, the left don;t want you to see that. It's the ultimate foreign policy 'look squirrel'
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” he said.
“I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens. That will be next.”
The Republican nominee added: “They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted ... I hope they do ... because you’d see some beauties there.” (The guardian)
While Jezza spouts placard slogans and platitudes, and the losing trio last summer could not lay out a sense of future direction for Labour, at least Smith is attempting to outline a future, albeit one that is not to everyones taste.
Unforturtunately having taken the trojan horse within their city the left have lost control of it and discovered those within it regard them as useful idiots.
I keep on reading that Trump is good with voters, but he appears to have terrible ratings with several demographics in America. I don't believe either Clinton or Trump are 'good' with voters overall. Neither candidate is particular unifying: both seem like they would be fairly mediocre leaders and both are proving to be divisive figures. Outside of the 'Make America Great' people (who didn't seem to be singing that tune towards the end of the Bush presidency), it doesn't seem like many Americans are particularly enthused by this election or the candidates it offers.
A think we need an analysis in why it is unlikely they will win a 100 seat majority considering the ones they would need to gain and as a poster said yesterday considering the different demographics of the urban vs. Rural seats.
No party will win a 100 seat Majority again
Discuss.
A. Russia is not a Superpower anymore, but a Great Power.
B. Russia is not a Communist country, but a conservative-capitalist one.
It is difficult ideologically to explain to conservatives why a country with a 10% flat tax and a church in every business, should be their enemy.
Putin has implemented in Russia all the policies the Republican party has ever espoused and dreamed of.
That's why most republicans are jealous of Russia's policies and leaders.
If you want a new cold war try an islamist power, Turkey is readily available and already hostile.
Since Hillary promised us she only deleted 33,000 personal emails how can it be a national security issue if someone releases them?
Since I believe that Russia hacked Hillary's server years ago and already has all the stuff, they will release them all, along with the rest of the DNC stuff, as an October surprise.
And Trump knows it.
That is if Obama and Hillary doesn't give them something in exchange.
I think we have entered into a bidding war between the Democrats and the Republicans as to who will give most to the russians in exchange for those emails.
Sad news from France regarding events yesterday. According to news reports French authorities were searching for one of the attackers because they had been warned by an external Intelligence service that he was on the verge of making an attack. Apparently there was a picture but no supporting info. So the French had the guy's face but had to try to match it up.
If this is verified, there is a fair educated guess at the source and method of acquiring the information but it was just really unlucky that a little additional fragment wasn't there.