Loz

The latest in American government stupidness: The White House has told federal employees and contractors that they're not allowed to read classified federal documents posted to WikiLeaks unless they have the proper security clearance. Quick! Shut the stable door...!

Santerme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Plus he is a suspect in a rape case A case that has already been dropped once, but picked up again because of political pressure. A case that Assange has tried to meet Swedish prosecutors in regards to and they have refused. The Swedish police and the UK police both apparently know exactly where Assange is - he is not on the run or in hiding from the law. The Swedes have made a lot of noise but, until today, have refused to actually issue the necessary paperwork or arrest warrant. This 'case' has a unpleasant whiff to it. I expected a whole lot better from the Swedes. Their liberalism seems to have been easily bought. > And having worked in Govt service for twenty three years I know the value of maintaining confidentiality on issues. Anyone who has seen 'Yes, Minister' would know who exactly benefits from a lot of that 'value'. I've worked with a number of government departments over the years and a lot of the secrecy is habitual and unnecessary. Yes, there is a lot that needs/must to be kept secret, but there is a lot of arse-covering too. Note to the Americans: if something is so important that it needs to be kept classified, don't give 3 million people routine access to it. This is the problem with making everything secret - what is actually sensitive gets mixed up with all the dross and no one has control over it all.

He's a smart guy. From what I've read, the info on Wikileaks has been sifted through to remove any stuff that may endanger life or be too 'dangerous to know' and the US knows this. A few months ago, he released a heavily encrypted file called 'insurance'. No one knows what is in it, but he has let it be known that a key will be forthcoming if anything 'happens' to Assange.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah I know, I was trying to wind you up. Well... it worked. Ngggggh. >:D< (At last he gets to use that smiley for it's true purpose.)

zeban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More tax than they need to? Errr no it's the tax > they should be paying. No it's not. As far as I know, PG pays the tax that the rules say he should pay. If you don't like the rules, then fine, tell the government to change them. But don't blame PG and the like for playing the game within them.

Nope Brendan, just questioning why Zeban thought he had to be born in Scandinavia to live and work there. I thought that was obvious.

I'm with DJKQ - The Winner Takes It All. Fairly amazing when you think that two of them were divorcing at the time and one wrote the song and the other sang it.

zeban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More tax than they need to? Errr no it's the tax > they should be paying. And we're not talking a few > quid here. > > I wish I'd been born in Scandinavia- I'd be happy > to pay more tax if it means I work less hours, get > better services, free education, and a more equal > and happier society. I don't want to sound like the 'well if you like it so much...' brigade, but you don't need to be born in Scandinavia to live there and enjoy that system.

Had some post, but two expected parcels are not to be seen.

I'm doing my best rain dance. *Tappity*

Well, only if you think paying more tax that you need to is sanity. Next they'll be marching into Sainsburys and demanding to pay for both items in a BOGOF special.

Tog in Sox - thank you for bringing sanity to this debate. I couldn't have said it better.

Maybe. But unarmed, man is a bit of a wuss.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And from the disrespect to > women there seem to be a lot of Liam Gallagher > disciples out there. > That's all we need round here - another bloke fishing for a shag...

The thread in question referred to the councillor as female, so I didn't ever think they meant you!

I have a newish build house (St Francis Estate) and I can't find the stopcock anywhere. There is one in the ground outside the house but nothing I can find inside. Has anyone on the estate found theirs?

England/UK needs to either make a stand or just accept that FIFA is a corrupt organisation and they are part of it. Pull out of the next WC in protest and hopefully convince a couple of other heavyweights like France and Germany to do the same). Otherwise FIFA will never change. Anything else is just hot air and FIFA will cover it all up, with the occasional sacrificial lamb when the evidence is too overwhelming.

He seems to be hoping the coalition will self-destruct without him having to do anything. That does not look like happening, so he's now actually going to have to step up with policies and ideas, but unfortunately all Labours current policies are so close to the coalitions as to be the same. That means if he puts a good policy forward, the coalition can just nick it. Unless he puts some ideological distance between Labour and the coalition, this will be an ongoing problem. And, unless he starts shaping the direction of the Labour party soon, then they won't be in a position to challenge at the next election. At the moment the polls look ok, but that is just coalition backlash which won't hold itself without some work on his part. Unfortunately for Labour, there's not much else in the leaders cupboard.

If you have Sky TV, Sky BB is pretty good and fairly cheap. I pay ?7.50 for an 8meg line with unlimited downloads.

I must admit, giving it to a alcohol-avoiding country seems almost inspired. Not sure that ever crossed their minds though.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yah beat me Kel. > > Shhh u werent meant to tell anyone about that ;-) > :-$ > Sorry, mistress... ::o

LM - Do wot Kel said. That "green arrow light thingy" is Scroll Lock and should go away when you hit the button marked... Scroll Lock! And, if you've not worked it out, don't clean the keyboard when the computer is on....

Yah beat me Kel.

I must admit, I'm with Jezza here.

Labour is trying to attract votes by bringing a Waitrose to the local area? By 'eck, times have changed...