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How can such a nauseatingly boring radio station generate 21 pages of discussion?

Enough of this thread ffs.

I read all of Donald Trump's tweets and he is definitely not stupid. I have also just watched several hours of mainstream media news about him, something I don't normally do because unlike others I have a brain and like to learn things for myself instead of it being snipped, twisted and interpreted for me by people with a vested interest in misrepresenting the truth. I was absolutely gobsmacked by the amount of bullshit they were coming out with about Trump. Calm the hell down, people. I actually expect him to be a very good president and he's the best president we could hope for if our hope is for a world without yet more wars.

Link for more gloss Oh wow that's amazing. Are they going to blow up the tower of refuge and conister rock then? Looking at that picture, why would anyone want to spend money to visit such a boring place? It has no charm or artistic or cultural merit. It would be like visiting a warehouse allotment.

The second Independence Day film. Thought it would be rubbish but it was quite good. 8/10.

Not too dodgy. Lol

Not "astronomy" unless you're an alien looking at this planet from afar, but interesting science nonetheless: Flawed analysis casts doubt on years of evolutionary research October 25, 2016 However, new research by scientists at the University of Reading suggests the history of the planet's biodiversity may have been more dynamic than recently suggested, with bursts of new species appearing, along with crashes and more stable periods. The new study, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution by Dr Manabu Sakamoto and Dr Chris Venditti, from Reading, and Professor Michael Benton, from Bristol, says a technique used to 'correct' records of diversity in fossils is actually giving misleading results. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-10-flawed-analysis-years-evolutionary.html What does it all mean???? Does this mean the Cambrian Explosion might not have happened or am o reading too much into it?

But your trail of sock puppets has got very warm. Mmm hmmm. The nurse will be along in a minute with your paranoia medicine. It'll just make you feel a little sleeeeeeeeepyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..............

My popcorn is going cold.......

It was a pretty straight forward question as clearly only a complete idiot would try and do something like a campaign like that covertly by PM, and then try to start a some weird thread about it when the mods know their email and IP details. So I wondered whether you thought that such a person was clearly a massive idiot too? I mean he'd have to be a real shit for brains really wouldn't he? It really wasn't a straight forward question. It was a loaded question but I'll answer your question this way: I certainly wouldn't do it because I think it would be stupid if I did it. I can't speak for ManxTaxPayer and his technology know how.

Sigh. Drama queens. The forum has been taken over by the Facebook drama queen squad.

Also, anyone who has posted here for a while knows both moderators have never made any secret of having previously sought public office. Both moderators are fairly open about who they are as well, with one even using his real name as his username. So there's hardly a big revelation occurring in this thread. The whole thread is a bit of a melodrama. We all know two of them have run for public office, we've all known this for years. It's no big revelation.

I think for someone who seems frightened of being exposed for what he posts on here and who claims to be persistently victimized by the mods the sender of that PM certainly has no qualms about trying to expose (in an indirect way) the identify of people who are mods on here. Therefore, that person is clearly a complete fucking idiot. Would you agree llap that someone who operates in such an illogical and inconsistent way whilst claiming they are being persecuted is obviously a complete fucking idiot when the mods have access to his email and IP details? Are you trying to insinuate something? I have nothing to do with ManxTaxPayer. Believe it or not but not everyone here is the same person FFS.

I guess ManxTaxPayer's point is that 40% having made political bids is proof of bias, but I'd say even 0% would come with the same level of bias. If you take even a completely random sample of five or ten or a hundred people then you'll have political bias. It's human nature.

I actually don't. I've got bigger things to worry about that the contents of some PM sent by an anonymous stranger to other anonymous strangers.

Seriously though I don't really care. It was obvious from the start what the result of the experiment would be even before I knew (and I still don't entirely know) what the experiment was.

I have a new experiment. Everyone who received a PM, forward me a copy.

i actually never received a PM. I think that invalidates your entire "experiment" here.

No doubt it means this forum needs a proper gay dating mini forum. In this day and age there's no reason they should feel the need to do it all via private message.

I don't know why. Chinahand is an intellectual lightweight.

You're welcome.

A) I'm certainly not stupid B) I'm really not bitter, except about my tax money being wasted. I'm more than happy to call into Coffee Exchange tomorrow or even to the Manx Radio studio and have you explain to me why I'm wrong over a cup of coffee. You just let me know when to be there and I'll be there. Seriously, there's no bitterness about my view on this. My view is entirely based on being a fiscal conservative and a belief in free market capitalism. If you want to prove me wrong, feel free. Let's get rid of the Airport too. And the bus service. And the swimming pools. And everything else government supports where it isn't making a profit. Yeh, arguing the most extreme examples of cuts definitely counts as an argument against reasonable cuts to things that should be commercial. I can see a lot of foresight and self awareness went into your username.