dburx.bsky.social
Londoner. Was Montrealer. Also Italian. Commercial Banker. Citizen of leisure. Trying to make jokes and find light humour. Quarreler. Can't be pigeonholed.
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It's a good way to win meetings; less good at influencing politics.
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A critical point for building houses: people must be convinced the new estate will be beautiful and of high build quality, with GP, schools, thought of. Brutalist box towers won't work.
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Iran's leadership is even more geriatric than the US's, and that has bad consequences for them and everyone.
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That will happen not so much as loners, but when gangs step in to protect their community, like Mafia or IRA or UDF. Then we have a one-nation breakdown.
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The woman only or the husband too? It can't be solely her fault.
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Agreed, it should be an obvious one for Labour to get done.
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At the very upper end - think mgmt trying to take shareholder or pship assets - there is a legitimacy to non-compete clauses, of 6 months, but should be a total ban for all others, of any duration. 3 mths is too much for a simple delivery worker.
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I wonder if there is a money angle; if the gigantic trust funds could be partially moved out of the US to provide a level of legal protection against seizure.
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Reforming ECHR needs to happen at some point - it's not sacred text, its aging, and judges have made, over time, interpretations that legislatures should be able to change. We have the danger of an unamendable written basic law.
Completely different to "leaving" it, which is silly.
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I suspect its less personalities than the fact the Brits have got something on him.
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Google's basic problem is it doesn't work, except for Maps, plus people are annoyed at the advertising gone too far.
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That, plus a logic to strike first, massively, unless you're very confident in air defences.
We're looking at a breakdown of MAD, plus proliferation every where.
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Its the sort of thing any normal opposition party, not the Dems in other words, would have said for years.
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His reluctance to cross that particular line of civilised behaviour would reflect self interest.
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No kings/fascists works cause the Dems are not Kings or fascists, whereas for incompetence and senility, the comparison is less favourable shall we say
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Yes, the Dems are fundamentally conservative in that they defend the status quo ante and are not a party that can, these days, articulate a change agenda.
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To think we make fun of Alexander for naming multiple cities after himself
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The next stage is armed gangs, IRA, or Mafia, or what have you, that will take shots at the law and create no go areas. The Mafia were less successful, since the fascist state was prepared to use worse violence. That's one unknown.
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It looks like Trump is not in favour of war, but would go for a punishment beating. Typical bully behaviour.
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Yes, it's changed - the parents have to supervise homework. I had homework, adopting a minimalist approach, which of course got me into trouble, but gradually learned to plan. Now with parents supervising the young kid seems to expect supervision - a negative for independence & resilience later
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What if the Tax and Immigration authorities also use AI though...(a) everyone else gets into trouble & (b) maybe this guy gets off scott-free
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I'm sure that's possibly - probably is - true, and reflects admirably on the troops.
But in any other country big or small, through fear or enthusiasm, it never happens; the leadership is not that useless. The unattentive leadership allowed the space for the slow-walking signals.
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Also funny that Luxembourg, Andorra, San Marino apparently have National day parades with military that look more coherent than this one, marchers that look pleased to be there, and more significant crowds
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Yes, like when they sneer at the Trooping of the Colour (since that and they are in the news); it's nihilistic: they have nothing to replace it with.
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Name is the clue tip: at the 'Reviewing Stand' the leaders are supposed to stand up. Like, on your feet.
The lack of decorum of the layabout leadership on the podium leads direct to the slouching camouflage shuffle of the marchers.
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Simpler to assume they will try and make Iran into a ruined state, bombing everything, than to imagine informal trade-offs of the "no oil infrastructure bombing for no closure of the straights" variety.
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That's great, except Macrons presence usually foretells disaster ahead, sadly.
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Rejoin will be serious when a Tory leader endorses it, probably in the distant future long after DC, let alone the minnows of the present leadership, are long forgotten. One side can't do it.
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These messages bring to mind those in the 'Three Body Problem' novel series, and developing countries can only draw one conclusion: they must get a bomb and delivery mechanism or be wiped out.
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While it would be hilarious if the 3rd amendment is what saves America, the downside would be putting up with serious takes about the genius of the founders, Gods plan, etc.
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I bet @atomicanalyst.bsky.social would know about preparations for the "what if" a bomb goes off with no attribution? I'm pretty sure there was thought on this topic in the 80s alongside miniaturisation.
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Both give increased speed but are better in habitually sunny and warm countries, assuming one has to walk out across the tarmack.
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Let's hope its not projection.
One grave danger has always been a smuggled nuclear bomb goes off, in a city, and no one claims responsibility or can be definitely linked to it.
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Yes, but it was obvious to essentially any traveller in Iran, like myself, even c 20 years ago the population was restive and the regime had only the payroll vote. Imagine having any gov't for decades. 'Tips' or 'bribes' were essential. There hasn't been any spirit to sustain any ethic.
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There's a message here for KSA and Eqypt, possibly even Turkey, maybe mobilise your army before it's too late?
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And compared to the French, Spanish and Italian equivalents; the loss of Empire being a role in the political psychology.
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Yes, agreed. I'm sure the Mayor will react to the recent graffiti, which has been shocking in the morning, and that will give people confidence. The current gov't, in London or nationally, are not tolerant of crime; they won't fit the stereotype leftist the stunt is aimed at.
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Don't know if it's a stunt, but the graffiti on the central line is serious these days, and efforts to clean it up welcome. People cleaning it may, of course, have an agenda. Cleaning it will get them an earned hearing. Not that the current gov't will have any silly-left sympathies with vandals
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Might there not be an introductory chapter on Jim Crow's suppression during the cold war, as a lead up?
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Nice thread. Its a good case of the law following reality. No one thinks Gibraltar has been British for centuries due to the respect of their majesties for the sanctity of treaties.
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Yea although it depends on Iran's military being able to respond. No sign of it yet. And arguments to the effect they are holding back for some reason strike me as wrong. The regime has no popular support at home, even if many will rally while under attack.
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I wonder what EU law would have prevented it?
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NHS cuts are pedestrian-level unpopular. With Kemi, its sure to be something you can't imagine, like specifically closing a neo-natal hospital