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[Junkenstein]

Right, there does seem to be more in regards to digital property, wills and obligations to the dead, I'll write something up later if anyone cares.

Daily HA HA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23832607

Young people should be required to turn out at the first election in which they have the right to vote, the IPPR think tank has said.

The plans, to be set out in a forthcoming report, involve a small fine for young people deciding not to vote at their first election.

They would also offer first-time voters who did not back any political party a "none of the above" option.

This is the best plan I've seen to date to get mass numbers of spoiled ballot papers. If anyone ever forces/d me to vote it's the only reasonable option. It would be interesting to see this go through to watch the resulting headlines about youth hating democracy.

[Reginald Ret]

Right, there does seem to be more in regards to digital property, wills and obligations to the dead, I'll write something up later if anyone cares.

Daily HA HA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23832607

Young people should be required to turn out at the first election in which they have the right to vote, the IPPR think tank has said.

The plans, to be set out in a forthcoming report, involve a small fine for young people deciding not to vote at their first election.

They would also offer first-time voters who did not back any political party a "none of the above" option.

This is the best plan I've seen to date to get mass numbers of spoiled ballot papers. If anyone ever forces/d me to vote it's the only reasonable option. It would be interesting to see this go through to watch the resulting headlines about youth hating democracy.

I do like a "none of the above" option.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Right, there does seem to be more in regards to digital property, wills and obligations to the dead, I'll write something up later if anyone cares.

Daily HA HA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23832607

Young people should be required to turn out at the first election in which they have the right to vote, the IPPR think tank has said.

The plans, to be set out in a forthcoming report, involve a small fine for young people deciding not to vote at their first election.

They would also offer first-time voters who did not back any political party a "none of the above" option.

This is the best plan I've seen to date to get mass numbers of spoiled ballot papers. If anyone ever forces/d me to vote it's the only reasonable option. It would be interesting to see this go through to watch the resulting headlines about youth hating democracy.

I do like a "none of the above" option.

Especially if it wins by landslide majority. 

[Junkenstein]

Right, there does seem to be more in regards to digital property, wills and obligations to the dead, I'll write something up later if anyone cares.

Daily HA HA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23832607

Young people should be required to turn out at the first election in which they have the right to vote, the IPPR think tank has said.

The plans, to be set out in a forthcoming report, involve a small fine for young people deciding not to vote at their first election.

They would also offer first-time voters who did not back any political party a "none of the above" option.

This is the best plan I've seen to date to get mass numbers of spoiled ballot papers. If anyone ever forces/d me to vote it's the only reasonable option. It would be interesting to see this go through to watch the resulting headlines about youth hating democracy.

I do like a "none of the above" option.

I can say with a degree of confidence that the option for "None of the above" will never make it into UK politics. I'd bet money I don't have on that.

[Junkenstein]

A good view on the bullshit around Gibraltar of late:
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/whats-cooking-on-the-rock

Since January, senior members of Spain's ruling People's Party have had to bat away allegations that their members benefited directly and illegally from the creation of the housing bubble and its eventual crash. While the case is still in the courts, the party's ex-treasurer has admitted to keeping a separate set of books documenting cash kickbacks paid to cabinet members by construction companies. The government has so far refused to stand down, but it's not unthinkable that an international media outcry could force its hand.

This doesn't really suit the interests of the troika of organisations who have leant Spain a shit-ton of money – the IMF, the EC and the ECB – or the balance sheets of Spanish companies such as Telefonica or Banco Santander, who are understandably nervous about the prospect of a third party winning an open general election and tearing up current debt agreements. So what better time for a big story involving warships to invoke some national pride? For a scandal-ridden government of a crisis-hit country, Gibraltar presents the perfect high-profile political news story to turn on whenever it needs to deflect attention from more serious issues.

[Junkenstein]

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-battle-of-soton-mine

Spanish miners fend off Police with homemade rocket launchers.

Points for ingenuity and creativity.

[EK WAFFLR]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/8207015/Austrian-man-convicted-for-yodelling-while-Muslim-neighbours-prayed.html

STOP THE YODELIFICATION OF EUROPE.

[Telarus]

NYPD Secretly Designated Entire Mosques As Terrorism Organizations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/nypd-spying-mosques_n_3827567.html

[LMNO]

NYPD Secretly Designated Entire Mosques As Terrorism Organizations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/nypd-spying-mosques_n_3827567.html

TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.

[Cain]

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[The Good Reverend Roger]

NYPD Secretly Designated Entire Mosques As Terrorism Organizations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/nypd-spying-mosques_n_3827567.html

TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.

Like I said, we're immune to rage, and therefore we just keep being horrible because we can't remember how to be anything else.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yeah.  That was under the NYPD Police Intel/CIA partnership, which I believe had one John Brennan heavily involved.

Good thing the innocent have nothing to fear from US antiterrorism laws.

The innocent have to fear everything.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

NYPD Secretly Designated Entire Mosques As Terrorism Organizations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/nypd-spying-mosques_n_3827567.html

SURPRISE!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR LOLOLOLOL

[LMNO]

NYPD Secretly Designated Entire Mosques As Terrorism Organizations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/nypd-spying-mosques_n_3827567.html

TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.

Like I said, we're immune to rage, and therefore we just keep being horrible because we can't remember how to be anything else.

Yeah.  That was under the NYPD Police Intel/CIA partnership, which I believe had one John Brennan heavily involved.

Good thing the innocent have nothing to fear from US antiterrorism laws.

The innocent have to fear everything.

I sense a new rant is in the works.