How does it feel now that the United Kingdom is about to join the list of failed states?
So, Peter: Venezuela, Haiti, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia...
How does it feel now that the United Kingdom is about to join the list of failed states? -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
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Well, they're likely to have a prime minister Rishi Sunak of Indian descent.
That's something. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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What, him being Indian specifically?
Can't see how that's all that much of a bonus. Him being a billionaire (or only almost; is it his wife that has the real money?) seems to me to be the more important characteristic of his: He's light-years distanced from the ordinary proles he's about to govern. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
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He is a son of immigrants, not white, and more moderate than Liz Truss.
That's showing a type of democracy that's being challenged in the US. But, you're right he's very wealthy. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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If the average refugee from a methadone clinic can look at tfg and find him relatable ...
This guy is plenty relatable to the average immigrant. -- Drew |
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Whew, that was close, but you seem to have scraped by...
...by the skin of your teeth. Seems I was misinformed as I wrote the above: Then it seemed BoJo was drifting on an open-faced prawn sandwich[1] en route to getting back into Number Ten. That really would have put you, at least in my eyes (and those of the world?), in with those failed states and all the other -- as someone memorably called them -- third-world shithole countries. --- [1]: The Swedish expression, "glida på en räkmacka", means just bumbling along and having everything you want handed to you. ~ Sailing the M/S Trust Fund propelled by all the spinning silver spoons stuck up your arse since birth, in Anglo-Saxon. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
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Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
So, Peter: Venezuela, Haiti, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia...
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- Oct. 23, 2022, 08:40:56 AM EDT
Well, they're likely to have a prime minister Rishi Sunak of Indian descent.
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- Oct. 23, 2022, 11:15:42 PM EDT
What, him being Indian specifically?
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- (2)
- Oct. 24, 2022, 07:15:28 AM EDT
He is a son of immigrants, not white, and more moderate than Liz Truss.
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- Oct. 24, 2022, 10:48:28 PM EDT
If the average refugee from a methadone clinic can look at tfg and find him relatable ...
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- Oct. 25, 2022, 12:29:21 AM EDT
Whew, that was close, but you seem to have scraped by...
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- Oct. 24, 2022, 07:26:46 AM EDT
<writes that one down>
-NT
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- Oct. 24, 2022, 09:18:33 AM EDT
