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I didn't really mean "Women, eh?", or dare to say it out loud in my house.

I have never read the Suicide Squad. I've heard it's good. For the uninitiated, it's an off the books government military op which recruits super-villains to do dirty, risky work. They often die, and don't come back. The series was the graveyard for many a minor character. I wonder if there's anything to make of the Joker not being in the group shot. Is he going to be the antagonist? And yes, Margot Robbie. Wonderful looking girl, but fails the age formula* * That there formula:- x = own age y = youngest age you can date, or in this case, just lust after, without looking like a dirty old perv. x/2 + 7 = y

I think there is nowt wrong with celebrating the virtues of other posters. It's a shame when someone gets left off, such as dear bTripz (who I think I had a hand in re-branding) who has consistently been a top muppet over the years. As you've evidently taken the hump (women, eh? ) at previous descriptions (my own included) allow me to take a conciliatory second stab. I like the way you try to keep the peace. Fighting a rising tide, but I like it regardless.

I am trying to be constructive and positive. That's why even the jabs in that missive were light left-handers

Electoral system which means that the popular vote rarely squares with the number of seats. It's one of the reasons that your vote is largely meaningless outside of 150 or so marginals. Those places decide the balance of power.

Nah, just shown yourself up again. Can you lend me three grand please? You make that every day, right?* * sorry, doing the Verbal "simple assumption" thing concerning the seriousness with which you treat comments on the Independent. EDIT: That's $3000 USD, so just under £2K sterling ta.

(drum roll) I like all three of those names. My daughter has one of them as a first name.

Or on SaintsWeb until Verbal tells someone they are/someone else is. I mean, what the actual fúck? Where did that come from?

Wow, after the top 4 big influential thinkers there's a real drop off in cordiality. And thinking

Bwa-ha-ha. Verbal reading the Independent's comments section as part of his research. Tell us, did you work out how to make $3000 per day from home?

Ah, how could I neglect Super Michael, Young Poster of the Lounge atm? Just like KRG. tbh, you're both knocking it out of the park with some of your posts. Your styles complement each other. KRG is heart-on-his-sleeve and responsive. Your stuff is more considered these days. The pair of you demonstrate wisdom beyond your years. Bone up though, boys. SaintAndy666-Zilla-Shoggoth (as-he-shall-be-known) will rise from the depths of his education, get a job he'll batter, leaving plenty of free time to destroy the likes of you, me, and everyone else on this forum. No apologies for Japanese monster movie or Lovecraftian references. These are the end times, so take the praise while it comes. In three or four years, when SaintAndy666-Zilla-Shoggoth (as-he-shall-be-known) has a job which pays him uber-cash for minimal SaintAndy666-Zilla-Shoggoth (as-he-shall-be-known) effort, we is all doomed, people. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Yeah, of course, Tokyo. I had a whole bit on how I admired you and UJ for usually slinking off to a corner when I go on one of my regular rants about landlords, but then I had a better idea. I wondered what if I just omit the pair of them? Which will be first to bítch? Now I know. Telling, Tokes, telling.

I thought the LU party conference was a decent enough day, if somewhat afflicted by all the usual problems one sees when the Left tries to organise, including many of the Life of Brian scenarios you mention. At no stage could I ever hope to be an apologist for such a broad spectrum of views from the political left. Things started badly. Before any last minute agenda items could even be started, there were people wanting to change the format of the conference itself. Then followed a series of last minute inclusions to the agenda, none of which really helped to get things moving. We didn't get close to getting all the way through the agenda, and too much stuff ended up going to committee. Throughout, a group previously affiliated with LU but which had recently taken the hump with the party, shamelessly abstained on almost every motion, including one in which the party was trying to take a position on child trafficking. Far too much time was wasted on internal party discipline, and how that would work moving forward, following a couple of acrimonious disputes up North. I can tell you all this, because you can watch it yourself. I haven't been pushing Left Unity on here one iota. There's no point; they are standing in around three seats, I believe. It is what it is. Personally, I prefer the transparent approach. People have no illusions, can differ wildly one some points yet find common ground on others. I've met and seen some very intelligent people through my dealings with LU. I'm not sure why some members of LU suggesting ISIS as a progressive force is such big news. Wasn't our own government saying exactly that when they were called the Free Syrian Army, the plucky Rebels fighting Assad's evil empire? Hague was in there like swimwear. Thanks for the video. I remember it now. F**king shambles.

Oh, so segregation is a terrible thing except for when it is completely different and within our cultural norms. You could argue that both sexes are deliberately disadvantaged in a single sex school system, depending on what your outcomes are. You're a case in point. You didn't get your preference; it wasn't your choice. Depending on what you wanted out of a mixed school, you may have been deliberately disadvantaged. And adulthood is the end of deliberate segregation, is it? Tell me then, why don't we have a leggy ample-chested blonde as our number nine? That's adult segregation, that is. Sack the board. As I said before, white fright backed up with easily defeatable sh!te. You're losing your sh!t over a rally that took place over a few hours, producing a post so incoherent and in conflict with itself, that your second paragraph is pretty much destroyed by your opener. The reality is that there are often reasons to segregate, from sport, to education that nobody has complained about before, and are being described as different now. Worst case scenario is that somehow these people were coerced into separating on gender lines. Having been to my fair share of lefty meetings, I'd say it's probably more likely to be something suggested out of respect for those that care about those sort of things, and carried because people either liked the idea or didn't give a toss either way.

If you've already got an Android tablet, one of those OTG (on the go) cables and a PS3 pad, you really are good to go, and that would be my recommendation. I've seen purpose-built tablets such as the one that Jonnyboy linked and I'm never really tempted. I'd sooner take Sony's R&D on the PS3 pad than whatever some hybrid manufacturer is aiming for. Works very well for SNES stuff. For older stuff, you can get things like USB Competition Pro joysticks. That would sort you for the vast majority of Amiga and C64 games, and especially Sensible Soccer.

I've got home, and played some Mario Kart 8 200cc. Lordy, it's fast. It's being treated in this house as if it is something that has been dropped by the gods and requires proper contemplation. The blurb reckons braking is crucial, but is it, I wonder? Can I just drift earlier and avoid the brake? Such questions either end with one of the most glorious rushes in gaming or getting fished out of the mire by Lakitu,] A big fair play to ms pap though, who was staring at the new Mario Kart 8 with fascination. She enquired about having a game, but wanted to play 100cc. After a bit of a pep talk from myself (basically "fk it, Ginge. We're going to make you play 200cc at some point. Might as well learn now"), she came first in her inaugural 200cc race. Beginner's luck, I say. But she's stuck with it. 200cc or nothing in chez pap. Eek.

As shurlock points out, it's not really a party thing. As he doesn't point out, I reckon it's more of a white fright thing. We've got countless examples of segregation in our own society that is practiced with the best of intentions. Many independent or religious schools segregate because they believe that a single sex classroom offers less distraction for the messages they are trying to convey. Incidentally, that's the reason Christian charismatic churches love it too, except that is more about control than education. I don't think I have EVER seen you moan about segregated schools. Why, when people segregate to show a bit of respect to your fellow Britons' traditions, is that such a problem when segregated schools, a much longer and arguably more damaging form of segregation, are okay?

Charismatic churches, particularly those that insist that everyone can be a leader and that they should all recruit n people. Be especially wary of churches that use cellular structures to achieve rapid growth.

I disagree, whelk. When a course advertises itself as "questions about life?" and ends with you speaking in tongues and giving 10% of your income to a God flavoured pyramid scheme, that is sinister enough for me. Mileage may vary, of course

Arf. If you want to see sinister same sex segregation, go on an Alpha course.

And yet, you're ostensibly allowing the election to be defined by Russell Brand's involvement here. And C List? The dude has appeared in Hollywood movies and was married to Katy Perry for a bit. That's at least B list, I reckon.

Do you really want to pay for the internal squabbles associated with large, corporate entities? I know I don't. The experience from the US is bloody awful. Wildly varying rates, and drug companies that would rather manage conditions than seek outright cures. Personally, I think it is immoral to make any money from sick people, and I view any attempt at privatisation with suspicion. This is all foot in the door stuff right now. What happens when we really let the private sector in?

Moan when he says voting is pointless. Moan when he says vote Labour. Moan, moan, bloody moan.

Very conspiratorial, bletch. I approve.