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 Mr_Gristle  In the land of Whelk Eaters 04 Aug 17 12.48pm |
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Anyone thinking that the issues in Venezuela are solely to do with Maduro's lack of competence is laughably naïve. He is indeed part of the problem, but Venezuela's biggest problem is that interests from outside the country want to install a client regime to further their own strategic interests. (And make $$$ from those massive oil reserves and revenues, which most assuredly would be wasted on enhancing the lives of average people.) See also: Ukraine, Syria, Libya Edited by Mr_Gristle (04 Aug 2017 12.49pm)
Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune) |
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| Helmet46 Croydon 04 Aug 17 1.29pm |
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Originally posted by hedgehog50
No, you would try the same socialist economics which have been seen to fail time and time again. You missed the smiley then!!!!!
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 Hrolf The Ganger 04 Aug 17 1.33pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Read the first 3 paragraphs of his post. That isn't a swerve. Ganesh on a pedalo! Yer not very good at this. Still everyone has to have their turn I suppose.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 04 Aug 17 4.33pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
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 Scucca Ely 04 Aug 17 5.07pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Its gone pretty "quite" on the right,hasn't it? 1.Putin...he certainly has shown "another way of doing politics" and f..ing up a country in the process 2.Saudi Arabia....dictatorship only being criticised by certain posters if they are of the left 3.Belarus.....Evil dictator for years...never enters the minds of certain posters on here 4. Poland/Hungary.Dodgy right wing nationalist regimes.. 5.Turkey.Good top see Trump cosying up recently to the authoritarian right wing nationalist leader of the land which jails more journalists than any other (or nearly any other). Lovely Jubbly
Edited by legaleagle (03 Aug 2017 8.30pm)
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 04 Aug 17 5.18pm |
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Don't feed the trolls etc.
"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" |
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 04 Aug 17 7.27pm |
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Originally posted by Helmet46
You missed the smiley then!!!!! Apologies!
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 04 Aug 17 10.20pm |
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Thoughts?
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 04 Aug 17 10.37pm |
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"Venezuela continues to descend into crisis, but the problem is not too much socialism - it’s not enough, a leading member of the Socialist Party says."
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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| Stirlingsays 05 Aug 17 3.11am |
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Originally posted by hedgehog50
"Venezuela continues to descend into crisis, but the problem is not too much socialism - it’s not enough, a leading member of the Socialist Party says." When people are emotionally invested in ideas, evidence becomes a tool that only has relevance when it supports a view they hold. We are animals. We feel before we think. Emotion drives our actions. Hopefully there are enough amongst us who examine our thoughts but ultimately what you see is that people rationalise their thoughts and actions to fit their emotional response. It's true of the right or the left or of anyone but the above is a good example of it. 'if the poison doesn't work, what you need is more poison'......yeah, only if you are trying to kill the patient. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Aug 2017 8.02am)
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 05 Aug 17 10.59am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
When people are emotionally invested in ideas, evidence becomes a tool that only has relevance when it supports a view they hold. We are animals. We feel before we think. Emotion drives our actions. Hopefully there are enough amongst us who examine our thoughts but ultimately what you see is that people rationalise their thoughts and actions to fit their emotional response. It's true of the right or the left or of anyone but the above is a good example of it. 'if the poison doesn't work, what you need is more poison'......yeah, only if you are trying to kill the patient. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Aug 2017 8.02am) Some more background.
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| legaleagle 05 Aug 17 11.04am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
When people are emotionally invested in ideas, evidence becomes a tool that only has relevance when it supports a view they hold. We are animals. We feel before we think. Emotion drives our actions. Hopefully there are enough amongst us who examine our thoughts but ultimately what you see is that people rationalise their thoughts and actions to fit their emotional response. It's true of the right or the left or of anyone but the above is a good example of it. 'if the poison doesn't work, what you need is more poison'......yeah, only if you are trying to kill the patient. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Aug 2017 8.02am) Anti immigrant sentiment is a good example of that.The more the poison of blaming the "other" for their ills doesn't improve the believer's life,they more they rely on more of the same poison to satiate their feelings of unhappiness
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