draculina

Sorry, SHR, the facts are what they are. The nutjob was a Nazi who who was jailed for murder.

Jo Cox’s death has frightened a lot of people in the public realm. That is a fact. The online trolls who threaten to rape and murder are the equivalent of stalkers.

er Gin is not an MP. Sorry to correct you. A bravfe woman, though. Oh yes. And a very…[Read more]

I am not a healthcare expert. I know little about it. But I do read and I do observe, like everyone else.

Drac, those two charts are meaningless.

One covers healthcare in 2019-20 fgs!

The other uses terms like a healthcare index and and a healthcare exp. index which don’t mean anything to most people. What are they? It doesn’t break down into…[Read more]

I don’t claim to be a health care expert. I know a little, not much.

But I read what I can and try to make an opinion like everyone else.

Drac, those two charts are meaningless.

One covers healthcare in 2019-20 fgs!

The other uses terms like a healthcare index and and a healthcare exp. index which don’t mean anything to most people. What are…[Read more]

will of the people my bum, Pete.

36% of the electorate voted to leave. 36% – NOT the will of the people.

Of those voting to leave, many wanted to curb immigration, while others wanted to extend the pool of immigration.

Many wanted to wrap themselves inside the Union Jack even if it led to poverty. Others not so sure. Many voted to leave, but…[Read more]

will of the people my bum lol

what made this an exceptional case was the constitutional significance of defining the powers of executive privilege. Threats of rape or murder, threats to stalk online bullying are all unacceptable.

Despite these, she went all the way and won.

Jo Cox was a VIP too. Didn’t protect her. Her brutal killing has made a…[Read more]

ahem, Reason.

Ministers didn’t exactly want to defend this heroine. When the Daily Mail launched an abusive attack on Court Judges, the Justice (?) Secretary said nothing until she was reminded that she had a certain job to do, no matter what her political opinions were.

It’s just that the case was unusually important – it could be the most…[Read more]

The guys who threatened murder and rape sure picked on the wrong woman.

She had initiated what was proving to be one of the most important cases of constitutional law for a long time. That meant she had the judges and (reluctantly) the govt on her side. Threats to rape and murder became threats to subvert the operation of the law at the highest…[Read more]

Democracy is the ultimate form of satisfaction. If people are satisfied with their childhoods and past, they feel no reason to have more power on anyone but themselves. They see words as amazing in communicating anything, regardless of what it is that they want to tell people. People feel optimistic that people care about what they think, and that…[Read more]

ahoy, Reason!! Where did your get that definition from, and is it complete?

The definitions in my Pearson’s Dictionary are 1. an aggressive attack or refutation of the opinions of principles of another; 2. the art or practice of disputation or controversy.

The OED – longer and the standard –  says much the same, stressing the intellectual…[Read more]

If you’re suffering from something very serious, they have to treat you.

That’s true in most places, perhaps everywhere, though I wouldn’t fancy the chances of good treatment in a hospital in Aleppo.

It’s because medicine is supposed to be about compassion, not charity.

Something called the Hippocratic Oath?

From what I gather, health care…[Read more]

If you’re suffering from something very serious, they have to treat you.

That’s true in most places, perhaps everywhere, though I wouldn’t fancy the chances of good treatment in a hospital in Aleppo.

It’s because medicine is supposed to be about compassion, not charity.

From what I gather, health care will make hardly a dent in the NHS…[Read more]

look up the meaning of polemic, Reason.

Drac engages in polemic, not bullying; we can be pretty rough with each other in the polemic.

Bullying is different.

I think the only time I complained about bullying concerned the relentless attacks made on me when my dad was dying, and then died. That was a hard time.

I have no idea whether your…[Read more]

look up the meaning of polemic, Reason.

Drac engages in polemic, sometiems others do.

Bullying is different.

I think the only time I complained about bullying concerned the relentless attacks made on me when my dad was dying, and then died. That was a hard time.

I have no idea whether your parents are alive, Reason. If they are, then when…[Read more]

Ww2 could have been avoided if so people didn’t sympathize with Nazis. It’s a whole different matter that it was the Nazis who sympathized with Hitler’s viewpoint that people are stupid and enabled him, and Hitler enabled the Nazis to do bad things, and the Nazis enabled Hitler to take over the world. It was a depression and demoralization filled…[Read more]

When there are holes in morals, there’s a demoralization crisis where no one really feels like earning money or helping themselves or others. When someone keeps hitting puzzle pieces at me, I give the puzzle after it’s put together to people. If they feel paranoid and didn’t want someone to figure something out, then don’t hit puzzle pieces at me…[Read more]

a friendship (not JC) under threat

The black and red flags are the flags of anarcho-snydicalism. Also of anarcho-communism.

Both groups hate and despise the Communists. The Communists hate and despise both groups.

Anarcho-syndicalists are a breed all of their own, advocating sabotage, and have a long tradition ion the USA (through the legendary IWW).

Anarchist-communists  are…[Read more]

The black and red flags are the flags of anarcho-snydicalism. Also of anarcho-communism.

Both groups hate and despise the Communists. The Communists hate and despise both groups.

Anarcho-syndicalists are a breed all of their own, advocating sabotage, and have a long tradition ion the USA (through the legendary IWW).

Anarchist-communists  are…[Read more]

You’re just repeating yourself.

I’ve no idea how I’ve contradicted myself. (If I have , then I have. I do like Walt Whitman lol) If it’s important, then I’ll either explain or admit fault somewhere along the line. I do make mistakes. Don’t you???

The ‘uneducated/educated’ divide is too simple. I know Cambridge-educated people who voted…[Read more]

Then you’ll notice that the Bank is predicting that the mini-boom is likely to run out pretty soon. It was apparently caused by people dipping into their savings. There has been a  significant fall in savings in recent months. Cars are selling very well, I believe, though car-sellers are expecting the demand to collapse as rising producer…[Read more]