From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   ### - russia rather predictably NOT agreeing to a full ceasefire only   
   confirming traders fears, the psychological $3,000 barrier shattered and   
   nothing out there to reassure them that things will soon be back to   
   normal, markets will likely start falling as trading slows and inflation   
   rises...   
      
   meanwhile, in the uk, we see the major political movement directly   
   responsible for originally creating the welfare system after the 2nd ww,   
   the labour party, the party of the working man: pulling £5 BILLION out of   
   the health care system that directly supports the sick and disabled   
   particularly, and sending that money along with £10 billion MORE public   
   money to support ukraine??   
      
   mainly because we can't get the money from anywhere else hah! the rich   
   wont accept being taxed so all that's left is to ROB the absolute poor of   
   the absolute minimum they were allowed to have! coz make no mistake, there   
   was never anything 'extra' included in their payments, plus they've been   
   paring-away at the 'value' of those benefits for years until even a small   
   increase in fuel costs means people actually often going without heat,   
   electricity or food, or not able to afford their baby's milk powder!   
      
   and because by design, and after 14 years of tory rule, they were all   
   literally living below the breadline anyway! disability payments had   
   already been cut several times during that time and crippled people made   
   to jump through humiliating and degrading hoops (similar to army-type   
   medical examinations) every 18 months testing to see just how disabled   
   they were, fail that test by even one point in 14 and you lost everything!   
   - people died of neglect! 100's killed themselves out of despair! but all   
   that was hushed-up and went deliberately unreported...   
      
   and now they're gonna squeeze them YET AGAIN, to raise money for weapons??   
      
   fuck me, this really IS a world full of war-mongering, knuckle-dragging,   
   morons!   
      
   i eman, how did we ever even get THIS far?????   
      
   fucks knows! sheer luck maybe!   
      
   it certainly wasn't because we're peaceful and smart i'll tell ya that   
   much LOL !   
      
   imho, they should ALL be given a cannabis medical license and forced to   
   fuckin' smoke it lol !   
      
   having a bad day pal? well get a gram of 'this' down yer neck mate - it's   
   the law! :D   
      
   (paraphrased bill hicks heh)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)