The Political Thread

[Frank]

Well I Guess we need something tangible to look at to keep us afraid seeing as how all these "terrorists" seem to be all but invisible...

You do realise that placing the word terrorist within parentheses triggers a subversion-bot at GCHQ, don't you? You're not paranoid, Shark, they really are all out to get you.

[The Legendary Shark]

I refuse to be afraid of my own government.

[Frank]

I refuse to be afraid of my own government.

That's the truly scary thing though, isn't it; they are just us. A colleague of mine's wife is standing for the SNP in the local council elections and it's odd seeing someone's individual personality being first co-opted, then entirely consumed by the discourse of party politics.

If the ruling classes were all drawn from a homogenous group of public school boys or were seven foot lizards wearing Ken Livingstone suits it'd be easy to out them in the media (like Mike Donovan) and restore the rule of the people- but they are the people.

If you or I were to go down the same route, we'd find ourselves talking that same nonsense talk that means you don't give your opponent an easy soundbite to attack, making tiny concessions, taking pragmatic decisions, and telling ourselves that once we've got a hand on the levers of power- then's the time to really start making a difference. 

And by that point you are for all intents and purposes one of them.

[M.I.K.]

Four legs good, two legs bad.

[Bat King]

Four legs, two legs and two wings good. Two legs bad.

[Frank]

Dozen limbs, bat wings, pterodon head/tail and a fucking scythe-wielding skeleton weirdly stickin' oot yer torso BAD

[johnnystress]

sigh

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/military-aircraft-get-bogged-down-in-turfcutting-spy-games-3095262.html

[M.I.K.]

sigh

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/military-aircraft-get-bogged-down-in-turfcutting-spy-games-3095262.html

There's a name for folk who spy on people on bogs...

[johnnystress]

There's a name for folk who spy on people on bogs...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2006749/Man-hides-portable-toilet-Hanuman-Yoga-Festival.html

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/deep-inside-the-chain-pub-piss-dungeon

[JayzusB.Christ]

Dozen limbs, bat wings, pterodon head/tail and a fucking scythe-wielding skeleton weirdly stickin' oot yer torso BAD

That was a great scene. I wish it would actually still of would have of actually have had actually would of still have of had happened.

[Frank]

Dozen limbs, bat wings, pterodon head/tail and a fucking scythe-wielding skeleton weirdly stickin' oot yer torso BAD

That was a great scene. I wish it would actually still of would have of actually have had actually would of still have of had happened.

Yup. Wagner and Ezquerra can do whatever they fucking-well please and I'll lap it up, but when they do decide to put a lid on Johnny Alpha's career, I'll be hugely impressed if they can come up with anything as moving and consistent with the character and the themes of the strip.

Back on topic; what's the point of a Parliamentary committee finding that Rupert Murdoch's a very naughty boy if that only results in him being given the equivalent of a public school de-bagging? Oh yeah, and that was supposed to read 'pteranodon', above.

[Goaty]

It's London Lord Mayor voting today, no report on virus of Chaos yet?

(sorry as I post it in wrong thread first, wish they fix the edit!)

[Frank]

Went into the booth today, looked at the list of candidates: two Labour (previous administration, which left Scotland's smallest local authority with an inexplicable £9 million black hole in the finances); two SNP (current incumbents, who seem more interested in blaming Labour for everything than coming up with any solutions); No Independents, not even a fucking Lib-Dem for the disillusioned protest voter.

Reader, I voted Tory.

There's about as much chance of David Cameron's man getting a seat at the big table as Alex Salmond winning a beauty contest (former mining country, reflexively socialist), but it still felt wrong.

On the plus side, the Single Transferable Vote ballot system made ranking Bob Tory as my number one (and only) choice- instead of ranking them all 1-5, in order of preference- at least made me feel more as if I was registering a genuine protest, rather than endorsing the candidacy of some cunt who'd shut the library and slash services to the elderly.

[Colin MacNeil]

Political bias at the BBC? Surely not?

I hope this linky thing works!

http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/4911-questions-over-bbc-scotlands-election-figure-claims#comment-152910

If it can happen in Scotland, it can happen in the rest of the UK. The implications affect us all.

[Frank]

Political bias at the BBC? Surely not?

I hope this linky thing works!

http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/4911-questions-over-bbc-scotlands-election-figure-claims#comment-152910

If it can happen in Scotland, it can happen in the rest of the UK. The implications affect us all.

Pacific Quay might as well have a red star and minaret on the roof, but Salmond's shown he's more than capable of doing whatever's necessary to secure favourable media coverage from equally influential quarters.

Don't you have Dark Judges to draw, MacNeil?