Monday, March 02, 2020
20%? - Is That All? - I Find That Incredibly Low Figure Difficult To Believe.
One in five people who go to university would be financially better off if they had not, study finds. DT.
Blogger: loss of earnings when at university; expensive studies which create debt; courses without hope of putting post-grads into employment; too many graduates chasing too few jobs; poor preparation for work; dilution of the value of degrees - all contribute.
When I advised young people on careers, I told them only to go to university if they loved a particular area of study or if the degree was necessary for a carefully planned future.
Embarking vaguely on a course 'just to have a degree' is plain silly.
Getting into work with 'A' levels - if at all possible - will give three/four years of extra earnings, no likelihood of debt and established on-the-job experience.
Taking on an Open University course concurrent to this is the surely the better way.
So He Agrees With Me, Then, The Nazis Were Leftists.
Corbyn’s brother blasted after comparing Greta Thunberg to Nazis in shock rant. Express.
The Two Inalienable Rules of TV Comedy Are Precisely The Same As The Two TV Rules of Drama.
Rule Two: every drama and every comedy which goes on too long - automatically morphs into a soap.
Sunday, March 01, 2020
Congratulations To England Women.
Well done after a poor start in the tournament.
Merry St David's Day!
Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdiːð ˈɡʊi̯l ˈdɛ.wi ˈsant]) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since the canonisation of David in the 12th century (by Pope Callixtus II), though it is not a national holiday in the UK.
Traditional festivities include wearing daffodils and leeks, recognised symbols of Wales and Saint David respectively, eating traditional Welsh food including cawl and Welsh rarebit, and women wearing traditional Welsh dress. An increasing number of cities and towns across Wales including Cardiff, Swansea and Aberystwyth also put on parades throughout the day Wiki.
Ultimately, Only God's View Is Important.
RT Kendall explains why God’s opinion is the only one that matter.
Wicked Anti-Semitism.
Jews depicted as insects, Aalst carnival, Belgium
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Endeavour? - No Thanks!
Last weekend, I watched an ongoing episode of Endeavour. I may stop watching anything that regularly has convoluted, impossible, logic-free programmes.
A shootout at the OK Chorale, Venice, was about four steps too far. Phew!
I followed up by watching the brilliant ITV short series, Flesh and Blood. Although one or two areas might have stretched credulity a little, it depended more on an intelligent plot, brilliant acting and a cunning twist or two than that which was simply unbelievable.
The old Frost, Sweeney and The Bill knew how to do things which were credible.
Multi-convoluted is a real turnoff.
LESS IS MORE!
Casilla.
Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has been suspended for eight games and fined £60,000 after being found guilty of racially abusing Charlton’s Jonathan Leko.
Casilla, 33, has vehemently denied the charge throughout proceedings, but an independent regulatory commission found the breach proven.
Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casillas has been found guilty of racially abusing Charlton’s Jonathan Leko.
The Spaniard has also been ordered to attend face-to-face education.
Blogger: this charge has been 'proven' using the 'balance of probabilities principle'.
Customarily, 'beyond reasonable doubt' should apply.
Was this case really settled on the basis of one man's word against another's? It shrieks of injustice to me as a former Chairman of Magistrates.
Maybe there was confirmatory evidence which I have not seen reported. I certainly hope so.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Trade Negotiations With EU - Game-Changer!
"What we have now is the UK Government who basically does not want a comprehensive agreement with the EU, and I fear it is taking some time for the EU to realise that is a game-changer."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been clamouring for a new trade agreement mimicking the commercial deal Brussels struck with Canada in 2017 after seven years of negotiations.
Ms González Durántez continued: "A Canada-style deal is a basic, what we call a bare-bone deal. Express.
Blogger: Maybe, just maybe, Boris is approaching the talks with real intent. When did an English PM last take no rubbish from Brussels - if ever? Even Margaret Thatcher's approach was pretty patchy! Don't get too excited yet, but ...
Four Faces of The Left - But They Can Overlap.
Some are kind and gentle people who are often do-gooders, wiffly-waffly sorts who live with head in the clouds. Their beliefs are based on wishful thinking and an absence of understanding of the structure of society. Sadly, too many of these are Christians.
Others come from homes which have been Labour/socialist since Adam was a lad. Their roots in what Labour used to be 70+ years ago are a sort of family tradition. These will vote right of centre but never Tory. Ironically, these are the self-same voters who ensured a Tory victory when they saw through Corbyn and co and a significant proportion did vote for Boris!
The most sinister are the self-identified 'true socialists': dogmatic, intolerant, marxist, embittered, hate-filled ideologues. Quite prepared to kill and destroy democracy. So hard line their bile is extreme. They are destructive apparatchiks who recognise the social damage they do and continue to do it anyway.
The most recent group, also found in all Greens and most Lib Dems are the extreme liberals. These are the equivalent of the US Democrats. Objectionable and immoral - they actually despise Christianity as much as do the marxists. Socially these are incredibly dangerous people who will not respond to logic. (See recent piece on postmodernism.)
They too are only prepared to accept the democratic voice if it aligns with their own opinions.
All four groups: have learned nothing from History and are thus condemned to repeat the mistakes thereof. Almost all believe that "taxing the rich 'til the pips squeak" would actually work but in essence, they are so filled with scorn for the rich they cannot see the consequences of their 'thinking'. Punishing the rich is actually the most important part of their 'logic'. This is known as 'the politics of envy'.
Balance is lacking. They are incapable of learning a thing from all the failed economies where their ideas have been applied from Albania to Venezuela - and scores of others, to boot.
Balance is lacking. They are incapable of learning a thing from all the failed economies where their ideas have been applied from Albania to Venezuela - and scores of others, to boot.
You will find that 'the magic money tree' is seemingly part of their belief system.
So very many, whether middle class or working class, manage their household budgets immaculately but fail to see that a similar approach must be taken nationally.
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