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There's no way this will stay inside Syria's borders. Especially not once the jihadis reach the Israeli border, unless Hezbollah intercept them first.

There's an Avaaz petition now. http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/We_dont_accept_this_Let_us_keep_our_seeds_EU signed Signed and shared on Facebook. I understand the desire for uniform regulation across the EU, but this is taking things a step too far as there doesn't appear to be a balance between t...

Not been around for a while, heard about this on the (ahem) grapevine, so came over to see if it had reached here yet. Should've known better :lol: Anyway... Looks like Monsanto et al at it again. I also wonder if this is linked (loosely) with the neonicotinides, especially if all we end up with are...

"Chthonic hors d'hoeurves" - mmmmm - sounds yummy. The golden rule is pretty universal: http://www.teachingvalues.com/goldenrule.html Definitely predates Christianity. http://cthulhuwho1.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/south-park-meets-cthulhu-06.jpg Unforeseen consequences of deepwater drill...

Almost as good as the pagan 'an it harms none do as ye will'. Which was first coined by Aliester Crowley and comes from "The Book of The Law." It was incorporated into Gardnerian Wicca by his friend Gerald Gardner when they decided it might be a fun idea to create a female-centric earth s...

I started doing the NEF's "happiness index" quiz I did that one. Some questions are odd and there's no 'it depends' answers. However: Your personal Happy Planet Index(HPI) is 73.5. Impressive. This is above the world average of 46, but still below the target of 83, which r...

Too late!

And the results are disastrous.

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

RGR, Have you looked at the peak oil "problem" using computational fluid dynamics to model flows through the fields to the pump to make the system more efficient and mitigate any problems, so we can transition away from oil based transportation? Would the models be helped by including gas...

RGR, Have you looked at the peak oil "problem" using computational fluid dynamics to model flows through the fields to the pump to make the system more efficient and mitigate any problems, so we can transition away from oil based transportation? Would the models be helped by including gas-...

Thats precisely my problem, its obsession with ethics and values. Im glad to I spent my money on a 8 week course on how to grow food which was completely vocational orientated rather than waste my money on a permaculture course which drones on about ethics and values. That says a lot about your cha...

maudibe wrote:Johnny2Mad...

You will probably sympathise with my track on youtube....

http://www.youtube.com/user/RezStudio#p/u/3/Z3PtpsWUlc0

Turn it up loud!

Nice! Metallica meets Zodiac Mindwarp

What are you using for video editing?

jonny2mad wrote: the survivors will be likely mighty tough personally as a neo-barbarian I'm hoping we end up looking more Klingon.

You mean something that looks like Bill Bailey with a Cornish Pastie welded to its forehead and a tan?

RenewableCandy wrote:When it's poor, Ireland comes and bothers us. And can you blame it?

No.

I do wonder though, how the Irish economy would have faired if they had retained the Punt tied to Sterling instead of adopting the Euro. I don't think it would've changed much at all, but would it have been worse?

Ireland is an important trading partner and if it collapses it does us no favours. Could you expand on that? I don't understand why the UK MSM went mad about an imaginary chance of the UK contributing to a Greek bail-out, and their blanket support for becoming involved in an Irish bail-out. Ireland...

What I don't understand is why "as yet undiscovered" oil is included in the forecasts, as that really is the realm of fantasy.