I haven't been here for years, since US politics was only fairly fvcked up, dropped in just to say I sincerely hope it starts to get straightened out soon.
Not overly optimistic though.
(And yes, I know we have our own issues over here...)
It appears to have been a surprise to more people than I would have expected.
But as my expectations are increasingly out of step with reality, I am being surprised more than I expect also.
I realise that I am late to this party, but I feel I should point out that it was not just the dumb ****s that voted leave; at least 3 people I work with who are university educated, well-paid professionals voted leave and have told me that they did so partially as a protest vote, not expecting...
In light of the new bill from the messiah, interesting reading on the BBC website regarding healthcare in US, UK, France & Singapore:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8201711.stm
Not much apparently. Cleaners give much better value, who'd have thunk?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8410489.stm
Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, a study suggests.
The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital...
From my old mates the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8347409.stm
A survey says that eight out of ten Russians feel that the Soviet Union rocked.*
And most people think free market capitalism sucks.
*Poles seem to think differently, Ukrainians don't.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8321967.stm
A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes.
The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid...
Ok, shooting from the hip here...
The thought occurs to me that we might have the reverse scenario that we do with Social Workers (as they are known in the UK) - people who have taken up a vocational profession to help people and children who are struggling to cope with life and its...
I know a lad (in the UK) who was refused employment in our military because they were concerned about his "violent tendencies". Somehow I thought that would have been useful... Shows what I knows.
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