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The State of the Labour Party

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so, we've recently had local elections across the uk on may 6.. mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the hartlepool by-election.. labour did pretty well in wales, the snp did well in scotland, and the conservatives killed it in england.. hartlepool, a city that's been labour for 50 years, voted in the tory candidate.

hartlepool voted for brexit in 2016 (70%) and the labour leader, keir starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a labour candidate who is a kent-born remainer.

labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.. it is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.. labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.. and ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.. there has been much labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but i'd be surprised if anything is learned.

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What does a hard left Corbynite stand for - the erasure of Israel to 'liberate Palestine'; trans-women allowed to use the ladies' toilets and compete in women's sports; £20 minimum wage; reparations to be paid to people alive today who are keen to cash in on the suffering and misery of long-dead people; underage children to be allowed puberty-blockers and hormones; the UK to dismantle its nuclear stockpile; the UK and The West not to kill ISIS/Al-Qaeda terrorists even if possible to safely and clinically do so; systemic racism to be fought and The Patriarchy to be dismantled … I'm sure you get the idea.

what a trendy metropolitan supporter of Starmer please ? - I don't know, because I don't know what Starmer himself stands for.

And is there a group in the middle of these ? - yes, but increasing numbers of this group are switching to voting Tory, lol.

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The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg's masterpiece

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i first saw this film when i was 11. i'm not gonna lie, the prosthetic make up on jeff goldblum used when he was becoming a fly/man mashup kinda scared me.. it's a film that i own and have seen many times.

out of all the cronenberg films i've seen, this one definitely stands out for me.

i think it's cronenberg's masterpiece.. the plot is as follows: scientist seth brundle is trying to make teleportation possible, and meets a female journalist (ronnie quaife) who is keen to get the scoop.

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I first saw this film when I was 11. I'm not gonna lie, the prosthetic make up on Jeff Goldblum used when he was becoming a fly/man mashup kinda scared me.

It's a film that I own and have seen many times. Out of all the Cronenberg films I've seen, this one definitely stands out for me. I think it's Cronenberg's masterpiece.

The plot is as follows: scientist Seth Brundle is trying to make teleportation possible, and meets a female journalist (Ronnie Quaife) who is keen to get the scoop. They fall in love when Brundle agrees to let her document his work. A fly gets in one of the teleportation pods as Brundle is trying to become the first human to be teleported. Brundle and fly get fused at the genetic level ('BrundleFly') and the scientist gradually changes physically and mentally, with horrific results.

Cronenberg initially trained as a doctor before dropping out of his medicine degree to pursue his passion of film making. A lot of Cronenberg's early films have body horror in them, and The Fly (1986) is no different. I haven't seen the original Fly film (the 50s one) but this 80s remake/reimagining gave Cronenberg a chance to take the body horror to the next level.

Several scenes stand out: particularly the arm wrestle scene, and the confrontation between a degraded Brundle and editor Stathis Borans (Ronnie's boss), with Brundle vomiting powerful enzymes on parts of Borans's body, similar to the feeding mechanism of flies.

The acting of Goldblum (Brundle) and Geena Davies (Ronnie) is fantastic. They really sell you the idea of a young couple in love because, well, at the time they were a young real life couple.

I highly recommend this film. You'll need a strong stomach to watch it, but it's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Jw7maERgk

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400 Rockets Hit Israel

by minimus in

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israel retaliated and some are accusing israel of an “act of terrorism”.

evidently these rockets are trying to get to tel aviv but the dome is getting overwhelmed.. i wonder if the usa and other nations will come to israel’s defense..

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It is true, of course, that the Palestinians never had an independent country. For 400 years (1517-1917) Palestine was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Prior to that, it was always under the rule of some other Middle East power - yes, this was basically my point.

When pro-Palestinian people talk about 'occupation', I agree when they're referring to Israel's audacious land grabs in the West Bank (stealing Palestinian land). Trouble is, the same people also talk about 'occupation' when referring to the existence of Israel as a legitimate country, with the implication that the entire state of Israel is one big land grab from Palestinians. And this is not true, because Palestinians never had an independent country of their own.

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What has happened to movie villains?

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interesting video from the critical drinker.. his thesis is basically this: movie antagonists used to be well-written, but nowadays they suffer from poor writing and the shoehorning in of identity politics.. he makes an interesting comparison between darth vader and kylo ren.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrp7skzogk.

what do you think?.

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Interesting video from The Critical Drinker.

His thesis is basically this: movie antagonists used to be well-written, but nowadays they suffer from poor writing and the shoehorning in of identity politics.

He makes an interesting comparison between Darth Vader and Kylo Ren.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRP7SKzOgk

What do you think?

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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?

by minimus in

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or do you think trump actually won???

?.

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I'm ok with going along with Biden winning, although I don't know for sure.

Anyhoo, the postal vote system needs to be protected against fraud.

Trump is and always wull remain the loser he is no matter what - Trump actually won a presidential election.

Here's the real loser ...

Hillary Clinton - Wikipedia

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Do you still debate with JWs?

by punkofnice in

i was talking to an ex-jw.

not been out as long as i have.. cut a long story short, i came to realise that i can no longer be bothered to debate jws if (on the rare occasion), i have encountered them.. i think that because i am somewhere circling a nihilistic atheist it seems pointless.

i just don't have the energy because i rarely even think about jw related garbage.

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I don't think I can debate with JWs because they can't debate.

They don't value independent thinking. The Governing Body writes all their lines.

I've never tried to debate them and I don't feel the need to, TBH.

I think pointing them towards the ARC (child abuse issues) might be better.

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How to hug: a BBC guide

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there is now a guide from the bbc on how to hug, seeing as the uk government has now officially given us permission to indulge in this normal human behaviour.. yep.. a guide on how to hug.. not creepy, weird or orwellian at all, lol.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9587759/bbc-slammed-creepy-weird-guide-safer-hugging-pandemic.html.

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There is now a guide from the BBC on how to hug, seeing as the UK government has now officially given us permission to indulge in this normal human behaviour.

Yep.

A guide on how to hug.

Not creepy, weird or Orwellian at all, lol.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9587759/BBC-slammed-creepy-weird-guide-safer-hugging-pandemic.html

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Will You Still Wear A Mask Even If You Don’t Have To?

by minimus in

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it seems that some people just aren’t ready to put those masks aside even if they are fully vaccinated!

some can’t help but think their brains aren’t ready for “normal”..

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Will You Still Wear A Mask Even If You Don’t Have To? - no.

I hate wearing masks. June 21 is 'Freedom Day' and I'll not be wearing a mask from that point.

If Boris f**ks up, gives in to fear, and extends mask-wearing, I might indulge in civil disobedience. I'm quite poor, so I haven't made my mind up about this.

But, there will be plenty of people getting into mass civil disobedience. We have vaccines, so now we should be getting back to normal life.

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The State of the Labour Party

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, we've recently had local elections across the uk on may 6.. mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the hartlepool by-election.. labour did pretty well in wales, the snp did well in scotland, and the conservatives killed it in england.. hartlepool, a city that's been labour for 50 years, voted in the tory candidate.

hartlepool voted for brexit in 2016 (70%) and the labour leader, keir starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a labour candidate who is a kent-born remainer.

labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.. it is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.. labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.. and ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.. there has been much labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but i'd be surprised if anything is learned.

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So, we've recently had local elections across the UK on May 6.

Mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the Hartlepool by-election.

Labour did pretty well in Wales, the SNP did well in Scotland, and the Conservatives killed it in England.

Hartlepool, a city that's been Labour for 50 years, voted in the Tory candidate. Hartlepool voted for Brexit in 2016 (70%) and the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a Labour candidate who is a Kent-born Remainer.

Labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.

It is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.

Labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.

And ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.

There has been much Labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but I'd be surprised if anything is learned. Self-awareness isn't the dominant trait of either the hard-left Corbynites or the trendy metropolitan supporters of Starmer.

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David Webb accused of white privelege ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

… and the dude's black.

xd.

no, it's not a joke, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balig2jw7sa.

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… and the dude's black. XD

No, it's not a joke, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAlig2jW7SA