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The Guardian sold out to corporate interests a long time ago.

So how would you explain the fact that hardware is still in demand?

> Any level headed person, forget a politician, would want to experiment first, see the results, gauge and then expand selectively. That is common sense.

> I guess when you are a dictator ish government and you rule the country with an iron first, the institutions of the state stop being anything and simply become rubber stamps.

The precautionary principle. I've noticed this is ever-more fiercely applied to anything involving protection of the environment, but never, ever applied to protection of national ethnicities and culture in Western countries - where the mere mention of latter invites being cancelled.

If there's one thing the government will protect more jealously than pretty much anything else, it's their monopoly on violence, and preventing the government dipping its beak comes a close second.

Here's hoping they avoid death by IMF.

It's going to be interesting to see how well that spirit holds up when the temperature is below zero, and the German economy is bankrupt.

Surely Alastair Campbell would never lie /s

'The first casualty of war is truth'.

> ~90% vaccination rate

And all deaths within 28 days of a positive test are 'covid deaths', even if they got run over by a bus or actually died of cancer.

Of my neighbours, colleagues and family, those that took the vaccine are those that are also getting ill with covid over, and over again.

It's been a while since I'd visited! Always amusing.

I just don't want it to involve React

Well indeed, but they say you should take this before you start drinking! An hour or two before you want to stop, perhaps.

The only possible upside to this is that the poor Sri Lankans will breathe a little more easily for a while - I remember that the pollution in Colombo was pretty appalling (not that that's their fault). I really feel for them, as in my experience SL had some pretty drastic poverty in parts to begin with.

Surely the whole point of drinking is not to have the alcohol break down more quickly?