Gemma not taking enforced retirement too well

AlmightyCushion · 18-12-2020 03:56PM

PhoneMain wrote: »

those Big Pharma people are so evil, making people live longer and healthier lives. they're so bad.

They're playing the long con. The longer they keep you alive, the more drugs and medication you need. If we all died at 40 big pharma would make less money. Evil fúckers making us live longer to feed their own greed.

ancapailldorcha · 18-12-2020 04:11PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

They're playing the long con. The longer they keep you alive, the more drugs and medication you need. If we all died at 40 big pharma would make less money. Evil fúckers making us live longer to feed their own greed.

Jokes asides, there is in theory at least a framework to hold them accountable. It's imperfection means that it's only partially effective but I don't see how unaccountable grifters are an improvement.

El Weirdo · 18-12-2020 04:15PM

Nokia6230i wrote: »

I see Dee wasn't at Andys court case today; she was too busy in Antrim pottering about the hosptial where the ambulances were lined up; live-streaming it all of course.......on site with no permission.......if I ever see someone live-streaming I'll go over & whip that phone out of their paw & suffer the legal consequences.

https://twitter.com/NHSCTrust/status/1339906529961631745

ohnonotgmail · 18-12-2020 04:18PM

Nice bit of shade in that tweet.

Eamon_ · 18-12-2020 04:20PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Why the big deal about being over capacity now?

Our health service is over capacity every flu season and no one cares.

AndyBoBandy · 18-12-2020 04:43PM

Looper

https://twitter.com/mnytrzz/status/1339898201990705152?s=21

dasdog · 18-12-2020 05:08PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Looper

Dee's supporters were comparing her to Maud Gonne during the week. I'm awaiting a reply after challenging that.

Sardonicat · 18-12-2020 05:56PM

dasdog wrote: »

Dee's supporters were comparing her to Maud Gonne during the week. I'm awaiting a reply after challenging that.

Dont think she'll be inspiring any great poetry from great poets any time soon.

Down by the Remembrance Gardens
Our heroine did stand
And from her lived streamed ranting
She earned herself a grand.....

No, not quite Yeats, is it?

PopePalpatine · 18-12-2020 06:08PM

dasdog wrote: »

Dee's supporters were comparing her to Maud Gonne during the week. I'm awaiting a reply after challenging that.

In fairness to them, they've got the "-aud" part right.

brightspark · 18-12-2020 07:00PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Dont think she'll be inspiring any great poetry from great poets any time soon.

Down by the Remembrance Gardens
Our heroine did stand
And from her lived streamed ranting
She earned herself a grand.....

No, not quite Yeats, is it?

"Earned"? that is pushing poetic licence to the limit.

Birneybau · 18-12-2020 07:15PM

brightspark wrote: »

"Earned"? that is pushing poetic licence to the limit.

Grifted wouldn't fit the meter

Be right back · 18-12-2020 07:49PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NHSCTrust/status/1339906529961631745

How is she able to travel to another jurisdiction with no consequence?

blueythebear · 18-12-2020 08:06PM

dasdog wrote: »

Dee's supporters were comparing her to Maud Gonne during the week. I'm awaiting a reply after challenging that.

You spelt "mad" wrong

Sardonicat · 18-12-2020 08:43PM

brightspark wrote: »

"Earned"? that is pushing poetic licence to the limit.

I'm trying to be romantic here!

ohnonotgmail · 18-12-2020 09:06PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

I'm trying to be romantic here!

Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

ShamNNspace · 18-12-2020 09:20PM

dasdog wrote: »

Dee's supporters were comparing her to Maud Gonne during the week. I'm awaiting a reply after challenging that.

Gone mad more like, a terrible beauty is born innit

doublejobbing 2 · 19-12-2020 01:11PM

Billy Mays wrote: »

You think most people with left wing views don't or never will work?

To go bac to this, here's a profile of the Stansted 15, a group of the wacky and weird who invaded the airport to stop 60 people being deported- 6 of whom were convicted of crimes including murder and, one I'm sure at least some of the protestors were particularly sympathetic to, child rape.

Nathan Clack, 30. Born in Newcastle but now a London activist.
Edward Thacker, 29. The son of a West End theatre director.
Benjamin Smoke, 27. A freelance journalist.
Nicholas Sigsworth, 29. Electronic musician with the stage name Klaus.
Helen Brewer, 29. A London artist and film-maker.
Emma Hughes, 38. Member of Switched On London, an energy campaign group.
May MacKeith, 33. From an activist family that leads immigration protests.
Jyotsna Ram, 33. Holds a PhD in planning and sustainable design.
Joseph McGahan, 35. The co-founder of Hempden, a hemp and CBD company.
Ruth Potts, 44. A lecturer in alternative economics and an anarchist baker.
Lyndsay Burtonshaw, 28. Works for Quakers In Britain.
Alistair Tamlit, 30. Member of Plane Stupid, a climate campaign group.
Laura Clayson, 28. Previously arrested for protesting against fracking.
Melanie Evans, 35. A climate activist

Of the 14 listed

- 7 appear to have no full time job beyond full time activist
- 3 are what I believe are today referred to as "creators"- self styled musicians, artists and so forth. If any of you watched Peep Show you will recall the perenially unemployed Jez was a musician- not a remotely talented or profit making musician, but a musician nonetheless.
- 1 holds a rather fancy sounding degree, but there is no indication thy actually work full time in that field.
- 1 works for Quakers in Britain. I'm going to hazard a guess they're a chugger.
- 1 is an entrepreneur of a company of unknown success
- 1, finally, is a lecturer who prpbably makes a nice few quid.

So there you have it. Of 14 listed protestors

- 7 appear to be unemployed
- 3 are artistes of unknown, probably minimal profitability
- 1 is a chugger
- 1 is possibly an eternal student
- 1, at most 2, are relatively successful earners

Somewhere between 7 and 12 of this group aged between 27 and 44, are unemployed, semi employed or working jobs nobody of their age should still be working at.

Says it all really.

Annasopra · 19-12-2020 01:15PM

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

To go bac to this, here's a profile of the Stansted 15, a group of the wacky and weird who invaded the airport to stop 60 people being deported- 6 of whom were convicted of crimes including murder and, one I'm sure at least some of the protestors were particularly sympathetic to, child rape.

Of the 14 listed

- 7 appear to have no full time job beyond full time activist
- 3 are what I believe are today referred to as "creators"- self styled musicians, artists and so forth. If any of you watched Peep Show you will recall the perenially unemployed Jez was a musician- not a remotely talented or profit making musician, but a musician nonetheless.
- 1 holds a rather fancy sounding degree, but there is no indication thy actually work full time in that field.
- 1 works for Quakers in Britain. I'm going to hazard a guess they're a chugger.
- 1 is an entrepreneur of a company of unknown success
- 1, finally, is a lecturer who prpbably makes a nice few quid.

So there you have it. Of 14 listed protestors

- 7 appear to be unemployed
- 3 are artistes of unknown, probably minimal profitability
- 1 is a chugger
- 1 is possibly an eternal student
- 1, at most 2, are relatively successful earners

Somewhere between 7 and 12 of this group aged between 27 and 44, are unemployed, semi employed or working jobs nobody of their age should still be working at.

Says it all really.

It says nothing. Because someone says they are an activist doesnt mean they are unemployed. All I see here is your assumptions and judgement.

Eric Cartman · 19-12-2020 01:17PM

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

It says nothing. Because someone says they are an activist doesnt mean they are unemployed. All I see here is your assumptions and judgement.

If someone is listing their title as ‘activist’ the safe assumption is that they are unemployed as thats it in 95% of cases

Birneybau · 19-12-2020 02:37PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

If someone is listing their title as ‘activist’ the safe assumption is that they are unemployed as thats it in 95% of cases

Do you think Gemma or Grand Torino's crew have jobs? They don't have the wherewithal to refer to themselves as activists but by jaysus, they're some motley crew, guarantee you 90% receiving disability or some other form of social welfare.

2 can play this game.

But if they weren't white, I'm sure you'd have something to say Eric, right?

19-12-2020 02:41PM

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

To go bac to this, here's a profile of the Stansted 15, a group of the wacky and weird who invaded the airport to stop 60 people being deported- 6 of whom were convicted of crimes including murder and, one I'm sure at least some of the protestors were particularly sympathetic to, child rape.

Ruth Potts, 44. A lecturer in alternative economics and an anarchist baker.

padd b1975 · 19-12-2020 04:40PM

MontgomeryClift wrote: »

Anarchist baker-refuses to follow recipes.

super_furry · 19-12-2020 04:54PM

F*ck you I won't measure my recipe!
F*ck you I won't measure my recipe!
F*ck you I won't measure my recipe!
F*ck you I won't measure my recipe!
Ahhhhhhh!
Mother****er!

NovemberWren · 19-12-2020 07:10PM

@doublejobbing2. at the moment firms are being closed by ...... the group-load. Did most of these firms have bank loans? And have their bank loans been fully paid back? Someone should publish a paper outlining these considerations.

By... the group-load then, will they all magically start-up again? Will the banks speckle magical money (again?) to them? The pious and pompous employees will continue to pay their mortgages.... with, basically, some bank's money?

And those same 'workers' will continue to sneer at very many customers.

Wot-ever about activists. In this financial scamdemic the problem is: Banks.

BnB · 19-12-2020 07:39PM

@NovemberWren:; the kids left the shower on again....... of course colgate and cotton buds... why not;;.... charcoal when you burnt
sasuages in the frying scam.....

:hitherto..... 26
0k each...... there pie herring Board you like the funky one and all the best hon night for the rest well..... :;

NovemberWren · 19-12-2020 10:14PM

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Penfailed · 19-12-2020 10:26PM

This thread appears to have gone full hatstand.

TheBMG · 20-12-2020 08:55AM

BnB wrote: »

@NovemberWren:; the kids left the shower on again....... of course colgate and cotton buds... why not;;.... charcoal when you burnt
sasuages in the frying scam.....

:hitherto..... 26
0k each...... there pie herring Board you like the funky one and all the best hon night for the rest well..... :;

Purple monkey dishwasher

HeidiHeidi · 20-12-2020 09:34AM

Penfailed wrote: »

This thread appears to have gone full hatstand.

Post of the day for me

Made me properly LOL!

machiavellianme · 20-12-2020 09:40AM

PhoneMain wrote: »

those Big Pharma people are so evil, making people live longer and healthier lives. they're so bad.

Hardly healthier if you're relying on artificial means in the body?
Though I'm not complaining, hopefully I see at least 2 centuries.

You could always put on the the old tin foil hat and say that it suits Pharma that we live longer as it's more years of buying their products, especially in old age when you need them most...

Gemma not taking enforced retirement too well

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