Hard News: London's Burning
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
That’s White HART Lane, deer.
Yes dear.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Pffft. My wind-up radio has a built in torch. And it's waterproof. Ready? I'm going disaster hunting for the halibut.
When the revolution comes, my survival kit is "not driving a European car".
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Woah. That’s some deep shit right there.
Really deep shit is my telescope cant see through all the clouds that have donned the skys for since I got it like.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
Then it works like a really powerful magnifying glass.
It's called a microscope Ben. ;-)
The other way to make things look small is to stand a long way away. -
BenWilson, in reply to
It's called a microscope Ben. ;-)
I expect a bit more than x8 from anything claiming to be a microscope. My toy one as a kid did x300. Perhaps it's a miniscope?
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
But, as I said, I tend to agree with your analysis. Throw in climate change – a challenge to which democratic governments in market economies are struggling to rise – and there’s any amount of evidence that things can’t continue as they have been.
Sure, but things never do. The world is constantly changing around you, and windy op-ed columns about the latest existential crisis de jour end up wrapping the same fish and chips as yesterday's page three boobs. Don't know: Perhaps I'm just intellectually pessimistic, but pragmatically optimistic about the human capacity for muddling through. A little epistemological modesty on the part of the commentariat doesn't hurt either. Or something. :)
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
Perhaps it’s a miniscope?
Or a Macroscope
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giovanni tiso, in reply to
but pragmatically optimistic about the human capacity for muddling through.
Sure, if you look around at the financial markets or at the state of social services in this or most other developed nations, we are muddling through just splendidly, aren't we?
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Woah. That’s some deep shit right there.
I believe this to be deeper.
Quote "It's like a giant magnifying glass, pretty much". No, you don't say?
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BenWilson, in reply to
Except when there actually is an existential crisis. But I hope you're right and this particular one can be muddled through - personally I think where we are now is because of 40 years of muddling through having basically no plan for the end of our resources. In fact, it's from having no long term socioeconomic plan of any kind other than two diametrically opposing and wildly hopeful visions - either "the market will save us with its golden hand" or "the government will save us by honoring the social contract". I think we're learning right now that neither one can save us. What could save us is a fucking plan.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
I believe this to be deeper.
I believe his next video will be "How to clean crap off a lens with burned fingers"
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Hebe, in reply to
You're nothing in Christcrunch if ya don't have a solar cellphone charger and a generator.
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Wind-up torches are great! Is it possible to get them without sirens in, though? My one has given me a number of bad moments when I've accidentally turned that on. While stumbling out to the long-drop in the middle of an earthquake-ridden night is not a time one wishes to be unexpectedly holding a siren. And TBH I wonder when *would* be a good time!
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Incredibly impressed with this piece from the Herald's editor of news.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10744282
A key point is the weakening of the ability to be socially mobile by getting an education and the lack of focus on unemployment.
and I was absolutely horrified by this statistic
"There are 400-odd unemployed people for every job advertised in Tottenham, many of those part-time shop or cleaning work for minimum wage."
Be good to hear more about the key planks of a happy, cohesive social democracy and how we need to retain them in NZ. Couple of boot camps'll fix it, right? F"@£$ off.
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Carol Stewart, in reply to
Wind-up torches are great! Is it possible to get them without sirens in, though?
We have some great little wind-up torches made by Quechua (no sirens). They were bought overseas though - don't know if they are available in NZ.
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There are 400-odd unemployed people for every job advertised in Tottenham
That's kinda misleading though. If you live in a London suburb, you don't have to work there - tubes and buses, that sort of thing. The poor areas of London aren't that way because of an absolute lack of jobs (like a rust belt town in the states) - they're the places where you can get cheap housing.
The real problem is that there are a whole lot of people who aren't able to get and keep any sort of job anywhere - education, socialisation, employer prejudice, etc.
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I have a 10-LED spotlight-type torch, which has both wind-upcharging and a rechargable battery. When Mitre gets them back on special (normally $99 - got for less than half price) I'll buy another one for the van...no sirens! Doesnt recharge your phone, or act as a radio - but then, I've got the van for that sort of stuff.
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Just texted Radio NZ as follows: Please get Muriel Newman off the radio before I hurl it out the window.
(relevance to this thread: Newman was blaming unruly youth problems on the anti-smacking legislation).
Serves me right for listening to The Panel. Infuriating much. -
Sacha, in reply to
Be good to hear more about the key planks of a happy, cohesive social democracy and how we need to retain them in NZ.
An opposition could capitalise on the publicity, you'd think..
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giovanni tiso, in reply to
I think we're learning right now that neither one can save us
Glad to have you on board. I have some literature.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
Incredibly impressed with this piece from the Herald's editor of news.
And I am totally unimpressed with the mindless, idiotic ramblings in the comments.
"Where does one find a future? There are 400-odd unemployed people for every job advertised in Tottenham."
So why do people stay there? Presumably only because they are supported by welfare which removes incentive to train for and find a job.
Yeah, right. I had a "conversation" with some "bright young thing" a few years back about the famine in Ethiopia, her solution was "why don't they just get on a plane and go somewhere else?" She then went on about those evil immigrants taking all our jobs. Go figure.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
And I am totally unimpressed with the mindless, idiotic ramblings in the comments.
And that particular commenter is a well-known capital-L Libertarian who's usually quite reasoned with his comments too.
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Sacha, in reply to
I have some literature
teeworthy in some circles
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Posted by a friend:
Dear Mr. Murdoch,
We've all been feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure.
Per our agreement, the money deposited into the bank hole - though quite sufficient for two night's worth of the ol' firely sparkly neglects to take into account a minor issue.
We would like to discuss re-negotiating a few small terms of our slapping hands and shaky-shaky of a few nights ago.
Specifically, the issue of bonding some of the younger participants droogs out of jail lest they miss testing for their A-level qualifications.
We look forward to your reply. You'll find one or more of us waiting for one of your agents at the Korova milkbar.
Remember, initiative comes to thems that wait. And pays again.
Ta,
Alex
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BenWilson, in reply to
Glad to have you on board. I have some literature.
What? No personality test?
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