Posts by Bart Janssen
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How did we miss Drugcheat? My partner pointed it out.
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Twatcock doesn’t make it to WOTD?
Good call. It does now.
I used the word twatcock at a journal club and then had to explain the reasoning behind it (it was fairly obvious what it meant:)).
Anyway the student LOVED it and declared her intent to use it in future. I think that's a PAS success story :).
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In its early days the TPP seemed to be a cooperative agreement between some countries. Its intent seemed to be pretty much to work out the things that would be mutually beneficial and do those. Where issues would benefit one party and harm the other they were set aside from the agreement (mostly).
But now we are dealing with the US and the whole agreement seems to be about giving the US benefits, while the US gives away as little as they possibly can. That is pretty much standard business practice in the US and very much old school diplomacy. The idea that you could share a benefit is alien, the idea that you could give away anything more than you absolutely have to is abhorent. If their share is 99% and our share is 1% they argue that we should be grateful for the 1% and go sit back in our seats.
I see no reason to even talk to people like that. However, this government is used to that kind of bargaining and are aware that if they manage things right then the 1% they get will go to their campaign contributors and it will be all good for them personally. That the rest of the country will be harmed is of no importance.
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to Russell Brown,
I use “groovy” quite a lot …
When you are sober?????
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The Colorado example is really interesting. At some point we will certainly shift to legalise and tax and regulate marijuana and probably other drugs. It may take time but it will happen, simply because prohibition does not work well for societies. Prohibition does of course work very well for criminals.
When it does happen we can only hope that the legislators will look at how other places have managed the process of legalisation and learn from what worked and what did not. The transition will need to be managed properly to avoid doing unecessary harm.
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Up Front: Whimsy Is an Extra 5 Cents a Word, in reply to Emma Hart,
Don't be silly you made me look up that ages ago ... Do you think I'd be silly enough to ... Oh god no...
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to Sacha,
caring is another matter
worth noting the proximity to his own electorate
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And surprisingly there is nothing in this post that I needed to google or fear to google. Yes I did notice that tweet.
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texting while I was shaving my legs
So who did you feel the need to text at that moment????
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But it was and is perfectly possible to go there for quite legitimate reasons.
We bought a lot of our hydroponics equipment there for our research on branching in petunia.
I understand the police have a responsibility to enforce all laws. But I can't help but feel that the effort that went into this case could have been better spent on other things.