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The General Musings of Falkie2013 (George Senda, The Guy From Pittsburgh)

Started by heater, December 19, 2013, 09:37:40 PM

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Quote from: Who on July 25, 2015, 09:20:28 AM
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What in the actual fuck, dude.  I thought they were going to take the fat ones first.  Oh, wait, that was the cannibalistic alien invaders.

You can come back out from under your desk Senda.  The coast to-coast is clear.

SredniVashtar

Quote from: DigitalPigSnuggler on July 25, 2015, 09:16:14 AM
Think of any pub in Yorkshire during happy hour.

There's no such thing as happy hour in Yorkshire. They still have to pay, even it happens to be cheaper. The thought of having to dig into their jeans for anything makes them flatter than a cat owned by Senda.

The two most beautiful words for a Yorkshireman? Free Bar.

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on July 25, 2015, 09:10:44 AM
I think you're in the top ten five coolest blokes on this site buddy.

Right back at ya, buddy!

Out of curiosity, do you think the BBC is left leaning?

chefist

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:22:19 AM
Maybe you're right.  I recall the photos of Bush looking like a chimp.  A poster here had a picture of FLOTUS and Dr. Zira recently.  Both efforts are funny to some but ultimately pretty stupid. 

All of it distracts us from the corporatists who actually run the show, I guess.

It's really crony capitalism...alliance of government and big business...that is why each party points the finger at the other, disguises the fact they are in collusion...

Quote from: chefist on July 25, 2015, 09:25:12 AM
It's really crony capitalism...alliance of government and big business...that is why each party points the finger at the other, disguises the fact they are in collusion...

Well, both sides do have their true believers though (Steve King, Bachmann, Cruz... The left has their own, I guess, but I don't know who I'd list.)


SredniVashtar

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:24:53 AM
Out of curiosity, do you think the BBC is left leaning?

The party in power always thinks of the BBC as working for the opposition. It's part of the deal and forms part of the bunker mentality that governments get into after a while when things start to go wrong for them. They do try to be impartial but you tend to notice that journalists that leave the BBC tend to go into areas that are more liberal than conservative. The BBC is a huge bureaucracy and it is hard to define something as complex as that in one particular way. A lot of left-wingers would say that the BBC is so stuffed with posh boys and girls that the idea of any real left-wing agenda is laughable, which is a fair point. Maybe soft-left, but not much more than that.

chefist

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:32:29 AM
Well, both sides do have their true believers though (Steve King, Bachmann, Cruz... The left has their own, I guess, but I don't know who I'd list.)

Actually those are just the fringe elements that actually serve to stoke the fires of resentment against the other side...the left has Alan Grayson, Maxine Waters, DeBlasio, etc) However, Sanders and DeBlasio are really Neo-Progressive Socialists which is adding some concern to the power structure and to whom to back, Clinton or Sanders...

I think that is how NPR is regarded here in the states.  Under Bush, I recall some actual effort to "deliberalize" it.  Ah, politics... Gotta loathe it.

chefist

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:41:28 AM
I think that is how NPR is regarded here in the states.  Under Bush, I recall some actual effort to "deliberalize" it.  Ah, politics... Gotta loathe it.

I didn't hear that one about NPR...Dick Durbin wanted to bring back  the "Fairness Doctrine" so basically it would kill conservative talk AM radio...but if that came back NPR would be destroyed too...

Who

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:41:28 AM
I think that is how NPR is regarded here in the states.  Under Bush, I recall some actual effort to "deliberalize" it.  Ah, politics... Gotta loathe it.

NPR and PBS are regarded as liberal, along with the news organizations of ABC, NBC and CBS.  Fox News, on the other hand, is "fair and balanced."  No bloviating on Fox, you know.  Mr. Murdoch wouldn't stand for it.  :o

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: SredniVashtar on July 25, 2015, 09:23:57 AM
There's no such thing as happy hour in Yorkshire. They still have to pay, even it happens to be cheaper. The thought of having to dig into their jeans for anything makes them flatter than a cat owned by Senda.

The two most beautiful words for a Yorkshireman? Free Bar.


Tha's nowt but a scraggy dog thee.

Can we do this?  Can we keep this up and hijack this thread completely and smother it with the pillow of politics? 

A lad can dream, yes?  My nefarious plot is revealed!  We will hold this thread hostage unless you give us (long evil pause)...  One MILLION dollars!

Who

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 10:00:00 AM
Can we do this?  Can we keep this up and hijack this thread completely and smother it with the pillow of politics? 

A lad can dream, yes?  My nefarious plot is revealed!  We will hold this thread hostage unless you give us (long evil pause)...  One MILLION dollars!

Politics . . . Falkie . . . Politics . . . Falkie . . . ugh.  Maybe we could change the topic of this thread to philately?

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: West of the Rockies on July 25, 2015, 09:24:53 AM
Right back at ya, buddy!

Out of curiosity, do you think the BBC is left leaning?


Traditionally each side of the political divide claims the Beeb is partial to their opposition. I don't know if you're getting it over there but the Labour party after it's ritual humiliation at the last General election are soon to vote for a replacement leader. Among the candidates is what some might see as a 'traditional' Labour stalwart, a bloke called Jeremy Coburn. Quite left leaning and unashamedly so. At least he's sticking his colours to the mast and believes in what he stands for. Tony Bliar has come out and said that any Labour party members who vote for Coburn is effectively heartless. Bliar has been roundly condemned by his own former deputy, John 'Two Jags' Prescott. The Beeb has been rounded on by some as being biased against Coburn and being a mouthpiece for the Blair aficionados. Either way, the BBC can't win.

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: Who on July 25, 2015, 10:02:06 AM
Politics . . . Falkie . . . Politics . . . Falkie . . . ugh.  Maybe we could change the topic of this thread to philately?


Yeah, but 1 million $? That's nearly five quid in proper money.

chefist

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on July 25, 2015, 10:05:30 AM

Traditionally each side of the political divide claims the Beeb is partial to their opposition. I don't know if you're getting it over there but the Labour party after it's ritual humiliation at the last General election are soon to vote for a replacement leader. Among the candidates is what some might see as a 'traditional' Labour stalwart, a bloke called Jeremy Coburn. Quite left leaning and unashamedly so. At least he's sticking his colours tot he mast and believes in what he stands for. Tony Bliar has come out and said that any Labour party members who vote for Coburn is effectively heartless. Bliar has been roundly condemned by his own former deputy, John 'Two Jags' Prescott. The Beeb has been rounded on by some as being biased against Coburn and being a mouthpiece for the Blair aficionados. Either way, the BBC can't win.

That's a big difference between the British Parliament and the US Congress...leadership almost never changes here, that is why you can lose both the House and Senate like the Dems, and keep the same leadership...the power is deeply entrenched...

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: chefist on July 25, 2015, 10:10:22 AM
That's a big difference between the British Parliament and the US Congress...leadership almost never changes here, that is why you can lose both the House and Senate like the Dems, and keep the same leadership...the power is deeply entrenched...


Thatcher was ousted by her own party before her tenure was out. Replaced by John Major who in turn was replaced by Ian Duncan Smith and then William Hague. Blair's predecessor was a respected and honourable man called John Smith; a Scot who was more of a man than Blair could dream to be. His passing was genuinely a very sad day in British politics in my opinion, no matter who you're allegiances lay with. Politics ultimately ends in failure, leaders especially fall the furthest, it's just that over here we tend not to be blindly loyal, and as far as the MP's are concerned will smell blood months in advance.

chefist

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on July 25, 2015, 10:17:38 AM

Thatcher was ousted by her own party before her tenure was out. Replaced by John Major who in turn was replaced by Ian Duncan Smith and then William Hague. Blair's predecessor was a respected and honourable man called John Smith; a Scot who was more of a man than Blair could dream to be. His passing was genuinely a very sad day in British politics in my opinion, no matter who you're allegiances lay with. Politics ultimately ends in failure, leaders especially fall the furthest, it's just that over here we tend not to be blindly loyal, and as far as the MP's are concerned will smell blood months in advance.

Here it's not blind loyalty, it's the almighty dollar! If you don't support leadership, you will not have the backing of the party for your re-election or any of your pork barrel projects back home...

Who

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on July 25, 2015, 10:08:07 AM

Yeah, but 1 million $? That's nearly five quid in proper money.

Speaking of proper money, aren't you glad the UK didn't adopt the Euro?

Quote from: Who on July 25, 2015, 10:02:06 AM
Maybe we could change the topic of this thread to philately?

How about tramp stamps instead of postage stamps?  This one is a favorite:


Who

Quote from: DigitalPigSnuggler on July 25, 2015, 10:26:59 AM
How about tramp stamps instead of postage stamps?  This one is a favorite:



I believe I saw that one walking around Walmart?  Or was it Kathy's Korner?

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: chefist on July 25, 2015, 10:20:19 AM
Here it's not blind loyalty, it's the almighty dollar! If you don't support leadership, you will not have the backing of the party for your re-election or any of your pork barrel projects back home...

You should consider what we have here now; caps on the amount that any one donor can give to a party or individual candidate. Of course it doesn't eliminate the pay back the donors ultimately angle for with their lobbyists, but it's now more transparent.

Upshot is the super rich will still get richer, and the not so very rich (as in 90% of the population) will pay for the rest. The Daily Mail is a wonderful example of hypocrisy; It's lauded by (among others) Alex Jones, as the pillar of journalistic propriety; Hmmm, well, it's current owner a certain Lord Rothermere is a non domiciled Brit, meaning he resides in France but pays what little tax he deigns to part with via an offshore tax haven through various 'foundations' and tax dodges. The front page of the DM frequently runs front page splashes attacking 'scrounging' people who cost the tax payer!

Rothermere's ancestor in the 30's supported Hitler.

I don't know... Looks kinda Goofy to me.

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: Who on July 25, 2015, 10:23:22 AM
Speaking of proper money, aren't you glad the UK didn't adopt the Euro?


Oh, more than you could possibly know! It was a very lucky escape.

Quote from: Yorkshire pud on July 25, 2015, 08:46:25 AM

Yeah; but Senda can't work out that although they may close the offices at 3.00, the staff are probably still working until 5.30. All that pesky administration that is generated by thieving cunts such as Senda...

I thought people who worked just showed up, went to sleep until a customer read the notice and woke them up, then went home to nap when there were no more chances of a customer showing up.  Isn't that all there is to it?

Quote from: chefist on July 25, 2015, 09:25:12 AM
It's really crony capitalism...alliance of government and big business...that is why each party points the finger at the other, disguises the fact they are in collusion...

Can you imagine if Trump ran for president?  It would be all that wrapped into one figurehead.  Oh wait...

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: Georgie For President 2216 on July 25, 2015, 11:28:06 AM
I thought people who worked just showed up, went to sleep until a customer read the notice and woke them up, then went home to nap when there were no more chances of a customer showing up.  Isn't that all there is to it?

Yes; by and large for anyone who gets up for work (in my case at 5.30am) it's a doddle. Just turn up, and wait around, just clock watching until a few (usually more than ten) hours later, and do that every day until the wages get paid into the bank account. Easy peezy, no effort at all! I don't know how I and millions of others get away with it.  This 'work' shit was over sold when I left school. No effort at all. Loads of naps too.

Yorkshire pud

Quote from: Georgie For President 2216 on July 25, 2015, 11:36:09 AM
Can you imagine if Trump ran for president?  It would be all that wrapped into one figurehead.  Oh wait...

It would be hilarious if someone similar was elected in this country who had been touted as a successor to Cameron with equally hilarious hair to Trump; but it'll never happen, nope...no sirrreeee.




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