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People born the 60s and 70s(me) won't have a state pension imo, let alone a smaller one. I am in this boat too, and very much of the same opinion. As for private pensions, we have seen some countries nationalize them in one way or another - Argentina, Hungary and I believe now Poland. Could it happ...

A good job it is. Having a monarcy does reduce the power that undesirable power mongers like Tony Blair and Geo- sorry Gideon Osborne might otherwise have. There are many republics controlled by dictators. Is that what you want? So, you think it's ok to suppress political debate using the law under...

Found this link on Ran Prieur's website and I found it very interesting. In the article, an alternative to the "collapse" scenario popularly accepted about Easter Island is suggested. The article proposes the theory that rats may have been the real cause of the environmental destruction an...

I'm sure the UK Government is little better - maybe even worse.
Just read this - apparently, campaigning for a republic could be technically illegal...
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013 ... e-ministry

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-0 ... red-hitler

I wonder how much this has been designed to try to silence people who are asking questions about Fukushima?

Not just underground movements.

I recently read that the Kremlin has just bought a shipment of old fashioned typewriters.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... leaks.html

I've just read a review of the film on TakiMag, you could say from the other side of the political spectrum http://takimag.com/article/elysium_neill_blomkamp_fools_the_critics_again_steve_sailer#axzz2bz03jNv8 Haven't seen any of Blomkamp's films so I can't comment on the premise of the review that t...

I'm with the Nationwide. Everything that you would expect from a bank - chequebook, debit card and online. At least with a mutual the members get a vote (which they never seem to use) every year where they can approve or disapprove the remuneration of the directors, and even, in theory, eject them f...

Apparently it cost around £70 million to clear knotweed from the London Olympic's site

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137550209 ... -cockroach

I wonder how long before it creeps back?

A very interesting article. While I have no plans of rolling up my trouser leg any time soon, I do think that the old Fraternal / Friendly societies may contain some lessons and ideas for the formation of new welfare systems as the well of the state dries up. One of the commenters on Greer's blog no...

Instead, I'm going to learn how to produce exotic fungi by feeding them waste materials such as cardboard and coffee grindings, and then I'll try to make money by teaching other people how to do it. Let us know how you get on - I've tried growing oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds but with no succe...

What's this "we". I second that. Please don't presume to speak for me. My ancestors worked down the mines or were domestic servants. My grandparents died without having owned a square inch of land. They were not robbers. As for the subject of immigration - or migration as the media classe...

Apparently sea kale is one of the few truly indigenous vegetables of the British Isles

http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants ... s/sea_kale

Can't say I've ever tried it myself

I once visited Dungeness (to see the place where Derek Jarman had lived) and it is indeed a very strange place, although strangely beautiful. http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/derek_jarman_garden_prospect_cottage_dungeness With only a few years to live, the proximity of the nuclear power station obv...