Posts by Jeremy Andrew
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I'd wager that a significant proportion of the population think more of Mallard now than they did before.
That's because I'll wager a fair slice of the population has felt (and suppressed) the urge, at some time or another, to smack a politician upside the head.
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Her name will not be unfamiliar in protest and police circles.
Sue Bradford?
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__And Jeremy Andrew said:
Yup, that's what I linked to as well.
So I'm saying, SORRY.__
Actually I was going to call him on it as well, but you beat me to it. His use of the quote, missing the end of it, totally changed what Churchill was saying. Talk about taking a quote out of context.
No apologies necessary, It was deliberate (of course) I figured a fair ichunk of the readership here would recognise the quote immediately, and anyone who didn't, and thought it might bolster their argument would either follow the linky and feel silly, or recycle my abridgement and look silly.
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Does loving to cook for men make me a bad feminist?
Nope, the way to our hearts is through our stomachs :-). And with menus like that, the sisterhood might not be totally on board with the means, but they'll have to accept that the ends - men grovelling at your feet - must justify them.
I just came home from a delightful dinner out with my sweetie at En Q here in Hamtown. The service was friendly, the ambience refined but relaxed. But the food Mmmmmmmmmm. After the waitress took our orders, she popped back with little demitasse cups with a shot of creamy tomato soup, with a crouton, to spark up our palates - compliments of the chef. Then a cute little homebaked cupcake-sized mini-loaf of bread.
The entrees - I had the venison on spring greens, which was a nice wee salad. Mands had the warm goat cheese on poached pear with chorizo, which was amazing - creamy almost melted feta-y cheese on sweet pear slices with a zing of chorizo. I could have come up with the cheese and pear combo, but I never would have thought of including the spicy sausage, but that just made the dish.
After a decent pause for conversation, the mains came. I had the slow cooked lamb steaks on a potato mash with aubergine. They were delightful - I could have thrown my knife away they were so tender. They came with a tiny and delicious shepherd's pie which was very cute. The merlot that was the recommended match was indeed well matched.
Mandy's beef fillet on roasted baby potatoes with bacon and butter beans was similarly delicious, although she only let me have one bite of it...
We couldn't resist, we ordered dessert. The banoffie pie was the pick of the bunch - a deconstructed version with a toffee pie topped with a banana, topped with a blistered banana fritter and chantilly cream on the side. The 'decadent chocolate hazelnut pot with macaroon biscuit' was nice enough, but couldn't match the banoffie for yumminess, although it did come garnished with a pretty chocolate butterfly.
So now I'm at home, on the couch, working up the energy to pour myself a wee dram of my ill-gotten gains from the world cup slogan comp to top off a not perfect, but pretty-bloody-great meal. -
Capitalism is a great system, because it takes into account human nature. A quote from someone not necessarily smarter than, but definitely more successful than me.
I understand the math of capitalism, and how the few successes are so large they pay for all the failures and then some. But at any given moment, the majority of resources in a capitalist system are being pushed over a cliff by morons. This fascinates me. And it’s clearly the reason that humans rule the earth. We found a system to harness the power of stupid.
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Winston Churchill did NOT say that democracy was the worst form of government.
Here's what he actually said:
Yup, that's what I linked to as well.
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Doesn't anyone read Hobbes anymore?
Nope, we're Calvinists.
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Speaking of breakfast sausage...
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Even Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government
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Try Kids Programming Language. I haven't looked at it in any depth myself, but someone i know was saying nice things about it.