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Drokk, that's good.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/15/riz-ahmed-typecast-as-a-terrorist

Interesting article on the farcical nature of security and the grinding effect it has on even the relatively privileged when their face isn't the right colour.

S'all just a joke mate, relax. Bit of an injoke really so maybe a bit harsh - and realise it's not a joke for you but there's the rub.

There is this series in 2000AD called Absalom, I think you might see more themes there, just like Grey Suit. Can't think who writes it at the moment, but there's a character who was raised from an early age by a sinister organisation with ties to the authorities to commit acts of violence.

Forgot all about this for months, enjoyable hour or so pouring over all the sketches again

Binged the end of FARGO.

That was brilliant. And a while slew of references to other Coen brothers movies too (I'd spotted a few in the incidental music but the Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona and No Country For Old Men bits were great to twig).

Did that last week myself - absolutely brilliant stuff. Luke Wilson was great and (shockingly) so was Kirsten Dunst, though I did want to slap her so many times.

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Brilliant little thriller/horror. Kind of a slasher movie in its way. Not scary so much as explosively tense, and a very well made 92 minutes with an interesting little twist in the set-up due to a deaf protagonist.

I go away for a few days and now I have a lot of TRUTH to catch up on. Capitals certainly required.

Tis all a bit sad. A friend of mine was convinced that a lass at his uni was a CIA sleeper agent. And then that he'd seen black vans outside his house. All because he's a self-purported communist. But really he's just a rebellious pseudo-politico who has a tendency towards massive paranoia, and the weed wasn't helping with that.

So... best just to try and chill out while you can. They're not out to get you. The scary truth is that you probably don't even register.

I think we just won Legendary Politics Bingo

I think almost exclusively 'web' is used as a metaphor for complex structures built around separate nodes, rather than their sticky or non-sticky nature. As rather famously illustrated by the WWW. No need for sophistry

Think the point there might be getting lost

The standard iPhone 7 will cost £60 more than its predecessor. The price in dollars hasn't risen.

I'm going to be honest with you, I think you lost all of us from word one. I'd take it easy pal

"Lefties"

Why don't we go around saying "Righties"?

Because it would be bloody childish and sound incredibly silly.

So you think a devalued pound is a good thing then Tankie?