Saturday, 18 May 2013
Remember everyone, we're winning in Afganistan
And what a victory it is
I for one, am proud to know that 441 British soldiers have given their lives and 1,579 their limbs to support a government that just voted down a law banning marital abuse.
They also want to lower the marriageable age below 16, shut down womens shelters and maintain 4 wives per man.
I'm glad Team Army are so sure that the Taliban are beaten, because it looks like Afghan MPs are hedging their bets
I for one, am proud to know that 441 British soldiers have given their lives and 1,579 their limbs to support a government that just voted down a law banning marital abuse.
They also want to lower the marriageable age below 16, shut down womens shelters and maintain 4 wives per man.
I'm glad Team Army are so sure that the Taliban are beaten, because it looks like Afghan MPs are hedging their bets
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Raise the ****ing tax thresold you fool!
A measured call to raise the Tax, NI and Employers NI thresholds to £12,304.50 (ish)
Why that?
Thats a 37.5hr week on minimum wage.
The low paid worker is a put upon fellow.
He gets up, he goes to work, and friday afternoon, the taxman bends him over his desk and rogers him senseless.
Day one.
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day two
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day three
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day four
Well, here he starts getting shafted.
He only has 1.11hours of untaxed pay left.
6.31*1.11 = £7.02
He burns through his entire stock of NIed but untaxed
6.31*5.86*0.88 = £32.52
And starts to face his full tax liability
6.31*0.53*0.68 = £2.26
Total = £41.81
Day five
Let the Rogering begin
6.31*7.5*0.68 = £32.17
What incentive does he have to do a five day week? Or even a fourth day?
Take away £6.50 for a train ticket and £3 for a Tesco/Greggs meal deal, and he earns £3.24 per hour.
No wonder the benefits scroungers are laughing at him.
Increasing the tax threshold to take the lowest paid out of the tax system, would put £1,119.68 directly in to the hands of the strivers (and all workers), £2239.36 in to the hands of couples.
Assuming there are 15mn workers, it would cost £16,725,200,000.
Cheap in the grand scale of things, and EVERYONE* benefits because everyone gets a £1100 tax cut.
Throw in an increase in the ENI Threshold (another £8bn) and everybody* wins
That puts Conservatives firmly on the side of the worker, where we need to be.
Its easy to understand.
"Why should I vote Tory"
"Look at your payslip. Labour want to take YOUR hard earned money from you, and then make you beg on your knees for it back, begging for tax credits, begging for housing benefit. Thats wrong, its your money"
* People who dont work dont count, most probably cant
Why that?
Thats a 37.5hr week on minimum wage.
The low paid worker is a put upon fellow.
He gets up, he goes to work, and friday afternoon, the taxman bends him over his desk and rogers him senseless.
Day one.
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day two
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day three
He earns 6.31*7.5 = 47.33
Day four
Well, here he starts getting shafted.
He only has 1.11hours of untaxed pay left.
6.31*1.11 = £7.02
He burns through his entire stock of NIed but untaxed
6.31*5.86*0.88 = £32.52
And starts to face his full tax liability
6.31*0.53*0.68 = £2.26
Total = £41.81
Day five
Let the Rogering begin
6.31*7.5*0.68 = £32.17
What incentive does he have to do a five day week? Or even a fourth day?
Take away £6.50 for a train ticket and £3 for a Tesco/Greggs meal deal, and he earns £3.24 per hour.
No wonder the benefits scroungers are laughing at him.
Increasing the tax threshold to take the lowest paid out of the tax system, would put £1,119.68 directly in to the hands of the strivers (and all workers), £2239.36 in to the hands of couples.
Assuming there are 15mn workers, it would cost £16,725,200,000.
Cheap in the grand scale of things, and EVERYONE* benefits because everyone gets a £1100 tax cut.
Throw in an increase in the ENI Threshold (another £8bn) and everybody* wins
That puts Conservatives firmly on the side of the worker, where we need to be.
Its easy to understand.
"Why should I vote Tory"
"Look at your payslip. Labour want to take YOUR hard earned money from you, and then make you beg on your knees for it back, begging for tax credits, begging for housing benefit. Thats wrong, its your money"
* People who dont work dont count, most probably cant
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Speak in haste, look like a total c**t at leisure
TrT is doing a bit of research on chemical warfare in Syria.
As always, start on wikipedia, that was things can only get better....
Thats right, France has promised a massive and blistering response.
So, everyone grab your popcorn and get SkyNews on, this should be exciting, France are going to give Asad a massive blister.....
As always, start on wikipedia, that was things can only get better....
with France in particular promising a "massive and blistering" response
Thats right, France has promised a massive and blistering response.
So, everyone grab your popcorn and get SkyNews on, this should be exciting, France are going to give Asad a massive blister.....
Thursday, 25 April 2013
How not to run a business
Send (email) someone a 10% off coupon that lasts a week the day after they order a years worth of shaving supplies.
I might just not shop there again.
I might just not shop there again.
Greeks want the Colonels back?
The Good Doctor cautions them
Random arrests, torture and arbitrary justice.
They didnt leave when the Colonels left. They didnt arrive with them either.
A quick google paints a picture of torture being routine. The police simply arrest a bystander and beat a confession or an accusation out of him
"This, of course, was a regime characterised by random arrests, torture and arbitrary justice, yet a significant number of people are prepared to accept that in return for stability, personal safety and prosperity. It goes without saying that. a military dictatorship would be incompatible with EU membership."
Random arrests, torture and arbitrary justice.
They didnt leave when the Colonels left. They didnt arrive with them either.
A quick google paints a picture of torture being routine. The police simply arrest a bystander and beat a confession or an accusation out of him
Monday, 15 April 2013
Things that are shit volume 94
Treet Razorblades.
I'd have got a better save with a plastic spoon!
No wonder the beard is so popular in pakistan!
I'd have got a better save with a plastic spoon!
No wonder the beard is so popular in pakistan!
Sunday, 14 April 2013
The Book Depository
TrT had a falling out with Amazon some months ago, when he order some books.
I believe it was books 8-13 of a long running series.
Books 9-13 duly arrived, book 8 did not.
Book 8 would be dispatched shortly I was told. Then it would be dispatched at the end of the week, then month, then the following month, then it was on order, then it just fell off my order history.
No email, no phone call, no, we're sorry, here, have a second hand copy for free.
Just, falls of my order history.
So, as you can imagine, I was seriously fucked off.
But, I maintain a stock of unread books so, by the time I finished book seven, I had The Wheel of Time and the TrueBlood series, so I started TWOT.
But, book seven of TWOT has just been cracked open.
So, I'm kinda pissed off that I've read seven large books before Amazon sacked up and sent me a book they promised to deliver.
So, a quick google for the title, gets a hit from "TheBookDepository.Co.Uk"
Place my order, just the one book, no delivery information, but what the hell.
By the end of the week, there it was, on my doormat.
Its a smaller form factor, definitely a "budget" print, but **** it, its the book I wanted, delivered.
So, fuck you amazon, you have been deleted from my favorites.
I believe it was books 8-13 of a long running series.
Books 9-13 duly arrived, book 8 did not.
Book 8 would be dispatched shortly I was told. Then it would be dispatched at the end of the week, then month, then the following month, then it was on order, then it just fell off my order history.
No email, no phone call, no, we're sorry, here, have a second hand copy for free.
Just, falls of my order history.
So, as you can imagine, I was seriously fucked off.
But, I maintain a stock of unread books so, by the time I finished book seven, I had The Wheel of Time and the TrueBlood series, so I started TWOT.
But, book seven of TWOT has just been cracked open.
So, I'm kinda pissed off that I've read seven large books before Amazon sacked up and sent me a book they promised to deliver.
So, a quick google for the title, gets a hit from "TheBookDepository.Co.Uk"
Place my order, just the one book, no delivery information, but what the hell.
By the end of the week, there it was, on my doormat.
Its a smaller form factor, definitely a "budget" print, but **** it, its the book I wanted, delivered.
So, fuck you amazon, you have been deleted from my favorites.
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