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How many contributors are Marxists or Post Marxists?

I saw the post asking for Daily Mail readers ( http://www.theanswerb.../Question1157367.html ) and thought that while we are "at it" the left wing gangsters might also make a public...
12:30 Wed 01st Aug 201226 answers, last by FredPuli43 02:23 Sat 04th Aug 2012
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Is the belief in the equivalence of beliefs a definition of evil?

Materialism has led to the postmodern idea that all beliefs are equivalent, being rooted in culture, myth etc. According to this strand of philosophy there is no method of verifying any belief. If all...
09:25 Thu 19th Jul 201272 answers, last by mibn2cweus 00:07 Sat 04th Aug 2012
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Jobless Totals Down

The latest Labour Market Summary is out: http://www.ons.gov.uk...une-2012/podcast.html Unemployment is down again. Hooray. But there are still 2.61 million out of work. The recovery would be much...
20:39 Wed 18th Jul 2012
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Arctic Sea Ice - Record Low During June

This year has seen the "laziest jet stream" on record which has brought the rain southwards. http://www.350resourc...science-explains-why/ It has also seen record lows in Arctic sea ice....
20:03 Mon 16th Jul 20123 answers, last by boxtops 20:38 Mon 16th Jul 2012
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Barclays: What sort of crisis is it?

Barclays operated a Derivatives Market to profit from part of the £554 TRILLION being invested as hedges against the LIBOR. From 2005 Barclays cheated investors out of billions by rigging the...
22:52 Wed 04th Jul 201232 answers, last by bazwillrun 11:16 Fri 06th Jul 2012
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Do we know enough to know what it all means?

Meaning is a succession of events directed at a particular outcome. Say "now" - when is/was that word? A word is a succession of events. The challenge I set the contributors to this thread...
15:32 Mon 02nd Jul 201245 answers, last by jomifl 14:03 Thu 05th Jul 2012
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Practical advice on how to prepare for a Euro-Catastrophe?

The recent RBS debacle show what can happen when banks go wrong. If there were a major default by Spain or perhaps even if Greece decided it couldn't/wouldn't pay there would be a few days or weeks of...
18:13 Tue 26th Jun 201215 answers, last by em10 15:03 Wed 27th Jun 2012
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Is Anti-Racism a form of Racism?

About 15 years ago I was at a civic "do" and talking to a businessman who had emigrated from Asia about employment in Croydon. I mentioned that although South London was becoming equal...
16:36 Mon 25th Jun 201243 answers, last by anotheoldgit 16:58 Wed 27th Jun 2012
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Do you think that the lack of science in Parliament is a lack of love of the truth?

See http://pol-check.blog...ce-in-parliament.html Is this due to lack of love and respect for truth? Should government be a game of social advantage between barristers and teachers?...
09:49 Mon 18th Jun 20125 answers, last by boxtops 11:15 Tue 19th Jun 2012
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Did the South East and East of England always speak English?

Generations of English people have been told that the Anglo-Saxons invaded, wiping out the Welsh and changing the people of Britain forever. We now know from genetic studies that the Anglo-Saxons...
10:07 Wed 06th Jun 201226 answers, last by Mosaic 12:24 Sat 09th Jun 2012
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Is Voting Labour Really an Addiction?

"It is truly astonishing that with the past sixty five years of political history the voters cannot see that Labour is like an addiction, its policy of overspending on the Public Sector,...
11:15 Fri 01st Jun 201228 answers, last by Johnysid 11:31 Thu 07th Jun 2012
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How much immigration can we take?

What is the maximum survivable rate of migration into the UK? According to the ONS 50% of our population growth is due to migration and 25% due to immediate offspring of migrants. Global warming,...
10:01 Fri 01st Jun 201216 answers, last by Johnysid 11:57 Sat 02nd Jun 2012
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Doctors and Public Sector Pensions

Doctors say they are going to strike over pensions: http://blogs.telegrap...need-a-reality-check/ How many people think that £50,000+ per annum as a pension, financed by tax from largely private...
19:51 Wed 30th May 20124 answers, last by I.Don No 14:53 Thu 31st May 2012
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87000 Racist Children?

There have been a series of reports of racism in schools. The most recent is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18155255 Are children evil or is the term "racist" being used...
12:14 Wed 23rd May 201216 answers, last by Duncer 22:27 Fri 22nd Jun 2012
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If we ignore House of Lords Reform will we lose our democracy?

"The worst problem with the suggested changes is that members are elected for 15 years. Our current democracy works in a negative fashion, we turf out parties that offend us every 5 years. An...
13:01 Thu 26th Apr 201217 answers, last by A2zcrack 22:18 Sat 27th Jun 2015

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