@CounsellingSam No, in my sixth year now and each year I seem to be getting worse, losing more of my identity and any quality of life I had. Tried so many different things and nothing makes me any better. Worrying times
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Outer Hebrides; that awful vexatious woman after settlement money
The fund-raising appeal by Bernera Community Association to help fight legal action raised by American Claire Kellerman has resulted in an “incredible” response and now sits at £177,000.
The story of how legal aid was stupidly granted to Kellerman has attracted worldwide attention and raised questions as to how it could have been granted in the first place.
[Some idiot's head should surely roll. Ed]
Kellerman raised the action after her dog was refused entry to the community-run cafe.
She first attempted to sue, wrongly, Bernera Community Trust, but when it was pointed out that the cafe was run by the Association and not the Trust she was allowed to transfer the action over, while still seemingly eligible for legal aid. Meanwhile, the Trust were still faced with legal fees of £7,000.
However, it has resulted in a positive outcome, the tremendous response for the Association’s fund-raising appeal.
Messages of support have arrived from people throughout the country and from right around the world, and we have received donations from people who simply want to see our community centre remain open.
In a statement today (Monday), they said: “Over the past two weeks, we have been completely overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity shown to us. Every donation, every message and every word of encouragement has helped remind us just how important this facility is to the community and how many people want to see it continue.
“To everyone who has donated, shared our appeal and offered words of encouragement or simply taken the time to think of us - thank you.
Mehdi Hassan: "Which country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons? It's not Iran, it's Israel... Which country in the Middle East attacked six countries last year? It wasn't Iran, it was Israel."
The problem is Israel, not Iran
Imagine for a moment that Iran dropped multiple bombs on an American elementary school and killed nearly 200 children.
Then imagine Iran killed the single most beloved leader in the United States, and most of his family.
Then bombed a random wedding.
Then tried to negotiate.
If you find yourself asking why isn’t the world doing something to stop the genocide in Gaza and you have not spoken up, they are taking your silence as approval. Whether you’ve 2 or 2 million followers speak up FFS!
Silence is complicity.
Was it an ‘honest error’ to give contracts worth hundreds of millions to Doug Barrowman:
• without competitive tender
• with a huge built in mark up
• whose company, formed 2 days before, had no experience in the market
• in return for unusable PPE
Funnelling taxpayers’ money to your friends, donors & other cronies is called ‘corruption’ everywhere outside Westminster.
Behind every problem is a disgustingly rich greedy bastard trying to make even more profit.
Housing, Healthcare, Energy, Food.
It's always the same problem.
You have every right to know what your government is doing, and they have no right to know what you are doing.
That is why they are called public servants and we are called private citizens.
Instead, the relationship has been inverted. The state hides behind secrecy, classified files, and redactions while demanding total visibility into your finances, communications, movement, and behavior.
A society where the rulers live in privacy while the population lives under surveillance is the very definition of tyranny.
Corbyn was an MP for 32 years until he was elected Labour leader in 2015.
Number of accusations in the media of antisemitism from 1983-2015 = 0
Number of accusations in the media of antisemitism from 2015-19 = 11,251
Media Lens on how the establishment is revisiting its smear campaign, this time against the Greens, to stop a leftwinger from reaching power: https://t.co/GeO2h68KoY
🇺🇸BREAKING: Someone placed a $920 million crude oil short at 3:40 AM.
70 minutes later Axios reported the US and Iran were close to a deal.
Oil dropped 12%.
The trade made $125 million in profit.
Minutes after that Iran launched the “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” and oil surged 8%.
$760 million placed before Trump’s last announcement.
$920 million placed before this one.
Every major announcement in this war has been front-run by someone who knew it was coming.
What kind of war is this?
This is more like a trading desk with an army.
Never stop connecting the dots.
Everyone in this picture has accepted "donations" from Israel lobbyists.
Everyone in this picture supports selling arms to Israel.
Everyone in this picture refuses to acknowledge that Israel has committed a single war crime, let alone genocide.
Draw your own conclusions.
During the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Göring gave an interview to psychologist Gustave Gilbert and said:
“Of course the people don’t want war. Why would some poor farmer want to risk his life in a war when the best he can hope for is to come back to his farm in one piece?
Naturally, people don’t want war. No one wants war in Russia, England, America — not even in Germany. That’s obvious.
But in the end, it’s the leaders of a country who determine policy. And it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it’s a democracy, a communist state, a parliament, or a fascist dictatorship.”
Gilbert objected:
“But there is one difference in a democracy — the people have a voice through their elected representatives.”
To which Göring replied:
“That’s all well and good, but whether the people have a voice or not, they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
— Nuremberg Diary, April 18, 1946
Doesn’t it sound familiar?