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Why do socialists go bald? *MOD WARNING POST 70*

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  • #92
    Cobalt17
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭Cobalt17


    maestroamado wrote: »
    Both had unhappy stint in Health.
    It says a lot about both men, not able for lesser job but i want to be boss.
    Martin's stint was 20 years ago and he was not able to sort it.
    Varadker ducked out of it pretty quickly and i cannot remember the circumstances but the job wasn't done.

    Agreed, but I would have more trust in a trained doctor, spent 5 odd years in college plus additional years in a hospital, than a full time activist, especially given the current circumstances.


  • #93
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    I'll take that. I am not fully aware of what public services are council charged and what ones ones are Office of Public Works.


    Sufficeth to say that it's a public park open for all to enjoy. In fact I believe it's the largest one in Europe.
    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    I'm not a blogger. But why doesn't it count as a business if it generates thousands of Euros a month?
    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Because socialist states require high taxes, at the detriment of personal wealth. If you can’t see the relationship between socialism and taxes I’m afraid I can’t help you.

    I’ve no problem with social programs, I’ve an issue with the idea of the means of production and distribution being owned as a collective.
    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Socialism and Capitalism are economic models NOT political belief systems


    Mod - Take it to PM.

    You have already been asked to stop.

    Thread is nothing but bickering between you.

    Final Warning


  • #94
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Because socialist states require high taxes, at the detriment of personal wealth. If you can’t see the relationship between socialism and taxes I’m afraid I can’t help you.

    I’ve no problem with social programs, I’ve an issue with the idea of the means of production and distribution being owned as a collective.


    Then why are you railing against Socialism? Why didn't you phrase your thread as "Why do those who advocate that the means of production and distribution being owned as a collective go bald?" ?


    And what Socialist states that you talk of levy taxes on their citizens to the detriment of personal wealth? Give a few cogent examples of this Socialist taxation scourge.


    Give an example of where the average citizen is better off in a low tax, winner takes all, society with no social programs as opposed to the citizen who pays much higher taxes but has all manner of protections.


  • #95
    Central Services
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Central Services


    Big business owns most modern governments and politicians. Of whatever hue. Whether they identify by the out-dated, simplistic dichotomy of left/right or any other purported ideology.


  • #96
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Mod - Take it to PM.

    You have already been asked to stop.

    Thread is nothing but bickering between you.

    Final Warning


    Point taken.


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  • #97
    Cobalt17
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭Cobalt17


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Then why are you railing against Socialism? Why didn't you phrase your thread as "Why do those who advocate that the means of production and distribution being owned as a collective go bald?" ?


    And what Socialist states that you talk of levy taxes on their citizens to the detriment of personal wealth? Give a few cogent examples of this Socialist taxation scourge.


    Give an example of where the average citizen is better off in a low tax, winner takes all, society with no social programs as opposed to the citizen who pays much higher taxes but has all manner of protections.

    No, because what I think is good policy, you think is ****e and vice versa, there’s no point in engaging further.


  • #98
    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Agreed, but I would have more trust in a trained doctor, spent 5 odd years in college plus additional years in a hospital, than a full time activist, especially given the current circumstances.


    That's the kindof people we want in this country, personally i believe our whole political system is parochial and flawed, i am not a fan of either persons as i do not see real leadership qualities in either.
    The best example that i can think of is on the day we decided we not want McDowell be TD we voted in two boys from Kerry.
    We had a Doctor as health minister before but the HSE not want him as he knew too much...


  • #99
    StackSteevens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    maestroamado wrote: »
    Both had unhappy stint in Health.
    It says a lot about both men, not able for lesser job but i want to be boss.
    Martin's stint was 20 years ago and he was not able to sort it.
    Varadker ducked out of it pretty quickly and i cannot remember the circumstances but the job wasn't done.

    Not to worry because the exceptionally talented Louise O'Reilly will sort it all out when SF take over!

    In the interim, I'm secretly hoping that Eamon Ryan will insist on Catherine Martin getting the gig. Poor Simon Harris needs a break!


  • #100
    Cobalt17
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭Cobalt17


    StackSteevens wrote: »
    Not to worry because the exceptionally talented Louise O'Reilly will sort it all out when SF take over!

    In the interim, I'm secretly hoping that Eamon Ryan will insist on Catherine Martin getting the gig. Poor Simon Harris needs a break!

    Minister for Health has the same effect as the US president gig. Everyone who holds either position for 5 years, ages about 20.


  • #101
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    Michael D always had a lovely head of hair


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  • #102
    kanuseeme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭kanuseeme


    Das Reich wrote: »
    Mussolini was bald and short but at the same time had 6 children and younger lovers.

    Mussolini was a socialist, don't know if he had hair at that time, maybe it was a second reason to kick him out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOzezrUxAMk about 2 minutes in, most of his videos are entertaining.

    Lenin mentioned?


  • #103
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    kanuseeme wrote: »
    Mussolini was a socialist, don't know if he had hair at that time, maybe it was a second reason to kick him out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOzezrUxAMk about 2 minutes in, most of his videos are entertaining.

    Lenin mentioned?


    To get back to the inanity of the thread title....male baldness is a consequence of a genetic aberration passed on through the females of the bloodline. No medical or scientific studies have ever linked it to one's preference in economic modalities.


  • #104
    kanuseeme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭kanuseeme


    Anyone ever look?


  • #105
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Dont know why the fck Mussolini is being brought up as an eg of a bald wingnut. He was born into Socialist Royalty, named afrer famed Mexican socialist leader Benito Juarez.

    He styled Fasci Italiani di Combettimento off the Italian Socialist Party. His father being heavily in left wing politics.


    None of their economic policies were right wing in nature, likewise the Germans.

    Have you seen Dinesh D'Souza's Death of a Nation or his videos on PragerU (Youtube Channel)?


  • #106
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    To get back to the inanity of the thread title....male baldness is a consequence of a genetic aberration passed on through the females of the bloodline. No medical or scientific studies have ever linked it to one's preference in economic modalities.

    The thread is just a weak excuse to have a rant people who have hurt the OPs feelings, they don't really believe that baldness causes socialism. They got upset and called it childish when someone insulted capitalists.


  • #107
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,699 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    “Graduated from the school of hard knocks”
    “Works at full-time mad bastard”

    Works at Socialist World is another beauty.


  • #108
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Varadkar was a Doctor at a hospital for several years, but don’t let that get in your way.

    A couple of years as a junior doctor before he became a TD, which is also a proper job. I don't think Simon Harris has ever had a job outside of politics, but that's fine because politics is a proper job.


  • #109
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    kowloon wrote: »
    Have you seen Dinesh D'Souza's Death of a Nation or his videos on PragerU (Youtube Channel)?

    He thinks he’s a wit. He’s half right.


  • #110
    Cobalt17
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭Cobalt17


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    A couple of years as a junior doctor before he became a TD, which is also a proper job. I don't think Simon Harris has ever had a job outside of politics, but that's fine because politics is a proper job.

    Seven years is more than a couple.


  • #111
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,239 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    kowloon wrote: »
    Trump has no hair deficiency :D.

    It just isn't his hair.


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  • #112
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,327 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    They need extra cooling so their massive brains don't overheat.

    At least that's my excuse.


  • #113
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Are you short and bald?

    You're mixing me up with your aul wan.


  • #114
    Widdershins
    Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Testosterone deficiency?

    Being a bit tongue in cheek but that is the stereotyke Ive heard


  • #115
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Look at Paul Murphy, Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny etc. All of them are suffering from some form of male pattern baldness.

    There also all under 6 ft. Do these people simply have weak genetics?

    Mod Note:

    Cobalt17 and ShatterAlan, quit the back and forth bickering. Any issues with a post and report it.
    I am not being mean ...but leo ..trump??


  • #116
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Not a believer in Jesus.


  • #117
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Widdershins wrote: »
    Testosterone deficiency?

    Being a bit tongue in cheek but that is the stereotyke Ive heard


    No. Its a gene that makes the receptors in the hair follicle of men highly sensitive to testosterone.

    Their testosterone levels used to be thought to be high. But actually they are just normal but the receptors in that area are overly sensitive to the hormone due to the gene. It's genetics. Altering the testosterone levels won't do anything.

    Men with low testosterone levels can go bald also. The gene or several just makes the receptors hyper sensitive to any level of testosterone.

    Its nothing to do with the amount of testosterone circulating.

    They don't fully understand why the receptors do this ...but an enzyme is produced that turns testosterone into another substance that kills off hair follicles.

    But receptors on the face etc ...act differently. And so are unaffected.

    Its why testosterone as a hormone acts differently on diff parts of the body. The receptors have different levels of sensitivity and act differently etc.

    Its why altering testosterone levels has never worked. Its also why follicle grafts etc ...in my lay person's opinion will only work for a short time also until the hair follicles are killed in the same way.

    But people don't realize this about a hair graft because the gene starts killing off the follicle years before you actually get baldness. It makes the growing cycle shorter. But men don't realize because they cut their hair ages before the growing cycle of that hair stops and falls out.

    China has the least male baldness. They realized that chinese women can grow their hair really long quickly and have long growing cycles. Its harder to measure on men because of the tradition of shorts cuts on men. But the longer the growing cycle and the faster the hair grows the healthier the hair follicle is. Its thought that this is genetic.


  • #118
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    Seven years is more than a couple.

    He must have been double-jobbing then, because he became a TD in 2007. Regardless, does the fact that he spent some time working as a junior doctor make him any better at his job than if he had more or less gone straight into politics like Simon Harris, Micheal Martin or Paul Murphy? I would say it's irrelevant.


  • #119
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    He must have been double-jobbing then, because he became a TD in 2007. Regardless, does the fact that he spent some time working as a junior doctor make him any better at his job than if he had more or less gone straight into politics like Simon Harris, Micheal Martin or Paul Murphy? I would say it's irrelevant.

    Yes it probably does make him better ..but you have to admit Simon Harris , Micheal Martin and Paul Murphy etc ...its a very very low bar.


  • #120
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Yes it probably does make him better ..but you have to admit Simon Harris , Micheal Martin and Paul Murphy etc ...its a very very low bar.

    In what way does it make him better?

    They were just three examples - the Dáil is full of people who've never had careers outside of politics or political activism. Bertie Ahern - briefly worked as an accounts clerk before entering politics. Brian Cowen - may have worked as a solicitor for a year or two before inheriting his dead dad's seat. Enda Kenny - spent four years working as a primary school teacher before inheriting his dead dad's seat. Albert Reynolds is the only one I can think of who had any kind of meaningful career before politics (dance halls and dog food) and I don't think he was any better (or worse) than any of the other Taoisigh.


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  • #121
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    In what way does it make him better?

    It would have definitely helped him for the current situation.


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