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Krugman railing against austerity again today.... http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/0...n-in-authority/ He'd earlier noted... http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/0...e-here-we-come/

"You feed a couple of kangaroo testicles to a glamour model and you get a Bafta." -Ant McPartlin

Sad to hear about rocket fire since the floatilla attack. Fingers crossed the militants in Gaza have the good sense to let this play out rather than intensifying the rocket attacks further after the most recent killings.

Im citing it because it worked. duh! as for 'wanting' something that'll take longer and cause more hardship, thats nonsense. nobody wants it least of all me (or even those making the decisions) but imo (and those making the decision) its necessary as its been proven to work unlike your fancy dan plan to spend more in the hope that'll it'll drag us out of depression/recession. what happens if it doesnt actually drag us out of recession hmmmm? more debt - more shit Quite frankly the last govs financial planning was a shambles so i would have no truck with the figures they trotted out to support such an argument. Do you also think Ashley should sell Carroll, Taylor, Guttierez, Collocini etc to ensure the financial stability of Newcastle?

The IFS looked at the gap between the deficit and proposed cuts/tax rises. The difference was huge for all parties, but was biggest for the Tories. £53bn per year short by 2014/2015. They're pinning their hopes on recovery more than any other party, but stimulating the economy much less.....it'll be lucky to manage a lazy lob on.

Well then he would have lost his teeth and they'd have been supping cider in the park 15 years ago and his kids wouldn't be the healthy intelligent people they are with good prospects.

People often glaze over when hearing how many hundreds of billions are needed.... The IFS says this about the national debt..... The official debt on the balance sheet when divided by household is £30,000. PFI which isn't on the accounts yet will add £5,000 per household. Public sector pensions represent an additional unfunded liability of £30,000 per household. The next four years as budgeted is going to require another £25,000 of borrowing per household. That's a total of £90,000 of national debt per household. How does that compare with your house?

You've also got to remember that the Lib Dems and Labour both had higher tax increasses planned than the Tories. So however painful it's going to be, it's going to be more painful for the less well off than it is for the people that can afford it.

To put it another way, if the typical household outspent its means like the government's doing, it would be spending more than £26,800 with an income of £20,500. What if the 27k was spent on a life saving operation? That was supposed to counter CT, not support him. AFAIC borrowing £6k in a year on a £20k income isn't particularly unmanageable once you bounce out of recession....that's the ONLY way to recover.....the problem is deep cuts are going to prolong the recession and fuck us all over.

To put it another way, if the typical household outspent its means like the government's doing, it would be spending more than £26,800 with an income of £20,500.

Couldn't find the youtube thread so I'll call this a short film. Quite interesting.

http://www.juancole.com/2010/06/tel-aviv-p...ndemnation.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/10237268.stm Sorry FCUM, but I can't wait for the day Fergie goes and it all falls apart.

Jewish <> Israeli http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3899915,00.html Good on 'em. In other news, the stream of acts refusing to perform there is becoming a flood, much to the chagrin of promoters.... http://www.juancole.com/2010/06/israel-nam...-terrorist.html But the Israeli Navy ae still killing people... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10252229.stm

but, but ......... they have a 5 year plan !!! Wonderful line in the current "True Faith" describing Ashley's five year plans being like a "fat lass always promising to go on a diet - the start date constantly gets moved back!" Fuckers stole my line: http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?...mp;#entry739323

My nephew just turned three and has no interest really, but every time i go around I still take 5 packets of World Cup stickers and make him sit there while I put them in his album. Sick of getting Mascherano. I'm 31 soon.

I think that's the best thing about a place like this. Some people might ignore subjects unless they feel versed in them to a professional standard, but if I find a topic interesting I'll always google it and try to get involved, even if i have no clue (more often than not) cos that's how you learn more about it. I've learned shitloads from the sites I'd never otherwise visit unless it was to counter someone or other on here. To be fair to him, CT is one of the few posters willing to admit he's not sure about something and I don't think the threads where he's a lone WUM ever spiral into the bunfights previous wum's have descended to.

Is this the one that's opened where the French restaurant used to be? Walked past last week after leaving TGI Fridays

John Stewart said Charles Krauthammer has a deadened soul the other night. Pure evil.

"Somers Town and A Room For Romeo Brass have been dropped from the schedule and will be shown at a later date." http://faq.external.bbc.co.uk/questions/te...rc=interstitial For I'm In A Sodding Rock And Roll Band?

SATURDAY 5TH JUNE SOMERS TOWN 11.45pm BBC2 A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS 1.05am BBC2 This shane meadows double bill isn't showing up in my tv listings but it says it's on on a few websites. If anyone knows when they're on I'd appreciate it.

It reminds me of Thirteen Days when Kevin Costner is imploring the jet pilots to not get shot at due to the precariousness of the Cuban Missile situation.....the difference being Israel's soldiers seem to be told to shoot the shit out of the boats.

I can't wait to watch the majority of the world cup over there...