Sir Bandelot

Totally unrelated, yup. The last time there was one here was in 2008. I intend to stay up for this one and try and get some pictures. I believe totality occurs at 3 or 4 am. Unfortunately skies are not looking too hopeful at the moment.

Really? How do you know, because you saw it on You Tube? Now there's a reliable source

This shows that exposing secrets is not a crime in itself. If the media can do it, the state can do it, he can do it.

"Finally Assange gave up." Sounds like he did the right thing then. If she says no and he doesn't stop, that would be harrasement. Otherwise, can you blame a guy for trying? Or is even trying to pick someone up a crime

Let me put it this way, from what I know about computers and the internet these days, I'd have to see it with my own eyes to believe it. Otherwise you can pretty much assume its just another fake

Looks fake to me

Especially, if it is your fault.

My comment in this thread was posted before that other thread was made. Also, at no point do I express any joy in it. It is merely an observation. I feel it to be completely valid in this case. Simply put, if you screw around things can often come back to haunt you. That is the message

Yeah but who wants to allow unbonded strangers into their home? How about this, families should take care of their own seniors. To encourage it, the government gives a tax break similar to child tax credit, like a seniors tax credit. There would have to be some mechanism of proof that the senior is being cared for by the person claiming the credit.

That is fine with me. Then I want the government off my back too. People are paying more and more to the government all the time, and getting less and less. Cut a fair deal. Corporations and banks should stop whining too, for the government gravy train all the while they choke on excess food stuffed in their big mouths. These officials elected into government seem primarily interested in supporting the rich. Ordinary people need to protect what's theres. That's where the power struggle lies, and it has ever been thus.

The public is already overtaxed, and the money is being used for things that tax was never meant to pay for. If anything it should be used to improve conditions of the common weal. Education should be subsidied with the peoples money, if anything should be subsidied at all, which is debateable.

Ever consider that your "facts and reality" is nothing more than what you've been indoctrinated to accept. No, probably not. You are not an outside of the box thinker. Just another card carrying member of the party. Here is your leash. put around neck, and wag tail, and you will be fed a nice snack Because the handover of billions of public money to the wealthy elite and their big business, to prop up their failures, they who buried their profits into their own bank accounts, gave the workers no increase but layoffs, and then gave themelves bonuses as a reward, is quite acceptable to people like you.

Conservatism (Latin: conservare, "to preserve") is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to the way things were. The first established use of the term in a political context was by François-René de Chateaubriand in 1819, following the French Revolution. The term has since been used to describe a wide range of views. Seymour Martin Lipset wrote that liberals and conservatives "typically do not take alternative positions on issues of equality and freedom. Instead, each side appeals to one or the other core values, as liberals stress egalitarianism‘s primacy and the social injustice that flows from unfettered individualism, while conservatives enshrine individual freedom and the social need for mobility and achievement as values "endangered" by the collectivism inherent in liberal nostrums." Political science often credits the Irish politician Edmund Burke (who served in the British House of Commons and opposed the French Revolution) with many of the ideas now called conservative. According to Hailsham, a former chairman of the British Conservative Party, "Conservatism is not so much a philosophy as an attitude, a constant force, performing a timeless function in the development of a free society, and corresponding to a deep and permanent requirement of human nature itself." - me - me - me

Yeah sure you paid your own way, through student loans and it helped to produce the fine individual you are now. Let's see how well you'll do when the fee triples. Care to pay three times the amount of your loans? At higher interest. "Oh hlah blah, ideology..." Yeah, cutbacks... Too bad you still don't get it. It has nothing to do with the fee for education. That problem is only an example. What's this all about, and what did that British bloke really mean? Rather than spoon feed you information that you will only regurgitate, I will use the socratic method to help enlighten you on what the problem really is.

Why does it always have to come down to a comparison with the nazis?

Ok then Worng! I see Harper and the neo-Liberals doing everything they can to destroy my comfortable conservative world. So now me and Greenthumb are going to smoke a joint... and not share with any of you!

These bandwidth wasting arguments of yours are mere distraction do not even touch on the point of the real problem, which is indicated in the OP. "(We) plan to carry on campaigning. This isn't a single issue. We all know this is bigger than just student fees - this is ideological. The government is attacking the working classes." "I think people are aware of how tuition fees, Education Maintenance Allowance, and other cuts are tied-in together." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11965694

Justice comes eventually, real justice, given enough time and space. Son of Bernie Madoff dead in apparent suicide NEW YORK — Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's son was found dead of an apparent suicide Saturday on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, according to a law enforcement official. Mark Madoff, 46, was found in his apartment in Manhattan's fashionable SoHo district, according to the official. His body was found hanging from a dog leash that had been fashioned into a noose and strung over a pipe in the ceiling of his living room. "Mark was an innocent victim of his father's monstrous crime." Martin Flumenbaum, an attorney representing Mark said. What goes around, comes around. Oroboro

So what, who takes you seriously? Harper invoked the memory of John Lennon in order to increase his personal popularity. That may be his right to do so, anyone who knows what John Lennon cared about would have called Mr. Harper a hypocrit and a liar for claiming some kind of kinship with John Lennon. Vis a vis, mandaTORY sentencing. "In a famous act of dissension, Lennon wrote and performed a song for imprisoned poet John Sinclair, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving two joints to an undercover narc in 1969. Lennon sings: It ain't fair, John Sinclair In the stir for breathing air Won't you care for John Sinclair? In the stir for breathing air Let him be, set him free Let him be like you and me They gave him ten for two What else can the Judges do?" Seems very appropos, Mr. Harper. If Lennon were alive, he would say the same things about you.

Part of the reason the health care system is so expensive has nothing to do with the health care system itself. Liability is one of the most significant factors. Even when it comes to things like equipment acquisition, liability plays a major part in raising the cost. Equipment manufacturers need to do rigorous testing to meet safety standards and get approval from organizations like Health Canada and the FDA in United States. The potential for litigation and lawsuits have driven up the cost of goods and also the cost for insurance. Professional medical associations must charge higher membership fees in order to offset potential legal costs. This in turn forces medical staff to demand a higher salary. It is one reason why hospitals today are actually corporations, with board of directors and a legal advisory team that plays an important role. All information is carefully examined and vetted before it goes out through the public relations department. All of this is done to avoid the implication of liability. It's part of the nasty game we play in our society, and I believe it's the same problem whether there is a national health system or not.

Protesters Attack Royals LONDON — Angry protesters in London have attacked a car containing Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. An Associated Press photographer saw demonstrators kick the car in Regent Street, in the heart of London's shopping district. Protesters cracked a window and hit the Rolls Royce with paint, the BBC reported. The car then drove off. The fun never stops. But despite all this, the parliament went ahead and voted to allow the tuition fees to go up anyway, by 300%. That's demockracy in action for ya. Now this might start getting realy good. Better make some popcorn

Well gee, in retrospect he would have done well to have played that tune at the CPC party...

There have been violent scenes as tens of thousands of people protested against plans to treble tuition fees and cut university funding in England. The level of anger and the swiftness of the violence seemed to have caught everyone by surprise. Demonstrators stormed a building in Westminster housing the Conservative Party headquarters, smashed windows and got on to the roof. Outside, a crowd of thousands surged as placards and banners were set on fire and missiles were thrown. As demonstrators crowded around the building, some masked and hooded, the mood began to turn ugly. Missiles began flying towards the large plate glass windows, with only a thin line of police, with metal truncheons raised, guarding the building's entrance. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, they were slowly but relentlessly hemmed against the front of the building. Once inside the building, demonstrators wearing police hats danced on tables. A protester ripped a security camera from the ceiling and danced in triumph, slogans were spray-painted on walls. As protesters surged, a succession of windows were smashed and then demonstrators flooded into the building entrance. Security guards scattered and the handful of police inside were completely overrun. A few yards away, in surreal calm, guests carried on eating in the adjacent Pizza Express. At one point, a fire extinguisher was reported to have been thrown from the roof. London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "I am appalled that a small minority have today shamefully abused their right to protest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11726822 Politicians are lying, and the students know the truth. They gave away the peoples money to banks, corporations and the big oil companies. Now is the time for all people to finally say "enough". If the system will not reform itself through peaceful means, it will be forcibly "reformed".