1. mrtrench

    Biden attempting to tackle international tax avoidance

    I'm sure you'll get lots of likes for this. I've not said it will be the "end of times" and I'm actually supportive of it. I tried to give a balanced picture of who will win and who will lose. If Group A benefits then there must be a Group B that loses. I know you like to imagine that Group...
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    Biden attempting to tackle international tax avoidance

    Biden is proposing: 1. Companies pay tax proportional to sales in each country 2. First world countries agree a minimum level of corporation tax. Winners: - Small companies which will become more competitive if huge companies pay more tax. - Public services and/or personal tax rates in the...
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    If SISU cared.

    I'm partly to blame but this thread has spiraled way off topic. Ann wanted female double-barreled names and we're offering males and made up names. Please try to keep faithful to Ann's intentions.
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    If SISU cared.

    That's not his real name.
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    Your Portfolio

    Most people who work in the gig economy are happy with it. If you Google you can see surveys showing 80% + satisfaction with the work. That's why they don't leave.
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    Dan Bartlett

    I'm sure you're right. I expect the Management team had a meeting to discuss who they should sign as filler for the U23 squad who would never make the first team. I bet that's the way they operate all the time: looking for ways to spend money that will never pay back.
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    Your Portfolio

    Robotics is going to be huge, IMO, over the next decade. A good way to hedge your bets is to buy a fund. There are two exchange traded funds, RBOT and RBTX which, despite the odd blip, have been rising steadily since they started. They are currently not at peaks so if I had some money I'd buy...
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    The Godden injury

    I'd prefer if he ran and chased in a more rational way.
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    Bristol City (H)

    I never said he'd lost the dressing room either.
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    Bristol City (H)

    That's no way to motivate a team. Compare that to Robing's comment that our senior players organised themselves to discuss after the QPR debacle.
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    Bristol City (H)

    The 1940s were many things... but they weren't dull.
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    Bristol City (H)

    City goals are like buses...
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    Bristol City (H)

    Good pen that
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    Bristol City (H)

    Cannot see Brizzle being as poor again second half. Hope we don't come to regret those misses.
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    Bristol City (H)

    Sam's getting crucified
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    Bristol City (H)

    Godden had to score there
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    Bristol City (H)

    Great start. Cannot help thinking we'd be two up if that overhead kick McFadz wasted had fallen to Max.
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    School Protests

    I have his hair presently. Why? Did he have them also? I'd love some originals. I have faux Ho Chi Minh posters from when we were in Viet Nam and some Czech children's comics (with full on propaganda going on).
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    School Protests

    It's hard to fit in, isn't it? I've never felt comfortable in Middle Class company, even though I am now myself. I often wonder what I'd be like if I'd had wealthy parents.
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    If SISU cared.

    In my first programming job, the sign on to the mainframe was made up of the first letter of your first name and the first three of the surname. I was ANAL and a girl in my team was called Claire Ackerman. How we laughed...