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  • >will constantly moan about muslim grooming gangs (in england) There have been Muslim grooming gangs in Glasgow recently, as we know from the Operation Cerrar cover-up. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 14th Jun 2020 7:12pm)
  • It's remarkable the number of pro-eugenics style classist comments you see people posting when they are talking about the intelligence of white working class people, especially the comments about rangers fans. If similar comments were made about other protected minorities it could be considered hate speech. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 14th Jun 2020 7:16pm)
  • In 2016 a large group of asylum seekers were found to be grooming young girls. Instead of warning the public the government kept it buried for 4 years, they gave some excuse for not publicizing it, but it's possibly for the same reasons as other grooming gangs were covered-up in England, they are more concerned about right-wing groups dog whistling than warning the public. [https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5215881/police-scotland-glasgow-grooming-gang-secret/](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5215881/police-scotland-glasgow-grooming-gang-secret/) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 14th Jun 2020 7:45pm)
  • Yes, you are right, the investigation might still be on-going. But if the cases have been concluded then it is probably in the public interest that non-sensitive information about the case is in the public domain. There might be more of their victims who have not come forward yet. Like we saw with the Jimmy Saville case it was only once some cases were widely publicised that other victims had the confidence to come forward. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 14th Jun 2020 10:12pm)
  • They Cops haven't actually said the cases have been concluded: >Cops say 19 members were reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal, but its unknown how many were convicted. This might be interpreted that the investigations are still ongoing: >Asked why Operation Cerrar was not made public, a police source said: "We need to be very clear that we always carefully consider when and what information to release in relation to ongoing investigations to protect vulnerable victims and the integrity of the inquiry." [https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5215881/police-scotland-glasgow-grooming-gang-secret/](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5215881/police-scotland-glasgow-grooming-gang-secret/) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 15th Jun 2020 6:58pm)
  • It might be true, but without evidence the cynic in me thinks it might not be true, as we saw with Jussie Smollett there are people out there who will false-flag to garner sympathy. If I was going to a protest like that I would at least have a voice recorder app on my phone to record what people were saying, even better have some inconspicuous cameras recording that people won't notice. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 15th Jun 2020 7:20pm)
  • One Shove by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 17th Jun 2020 10:03pm)
  • > lawful protest All outdoor gatherings of more than 8 people are currently unlawful. Unless there were 8 or less protesters? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 17th Jun 2020 11:53pm)
  • Police Scotland need to invest in some water cannons. All outdoor groups over 8 are currently illegal, if they don't disperse when warned then soak them. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 18th Jun 2020 12:19am)
  • All protests in Scotland are currently unlawful, if there are more than 8 people. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 18th Jun 2020 12:32am)
  • If you don't post hashtag or change a profile picture in support of BLM it means you are in the KKK. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 19th Jun 2020 8:08pm)
  • I know someone who was struggling with public speaking, they spoke to their GP and they were prescribed a low dose of propranolol. It slows down your heart beat but has no psychological effects, so you don't get any of the symptoms of performance anxiety like a red face or shaky hand etc. The person I know only took it a few times as they got used to public speaking, then stopped taking it and none of the symptoms of performance anxiety came back. It's a prescription drug so you have to go trough your GP, there are some rare side effects but it's non-addictive. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 19th Jun 2020 10:52pm)
  • Not posting a BLM hashtag is LITERALLY equivalent to a cross burning. There is NO way they can recover. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 20th Jun 2020 12:00am)
  • 'Football risk supporters' are trying to have a scrap, the police want to check if they are tooled up. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 20th Jun 2020 6:37pm)
  • It's interesting how the virus seems to be on the retreat in most places around the world, but the spread seems to be worsening in some countries like Brazil and India. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 21st Jun 2020 1:09pm)
  • In another case of people copying Americans, I'm hearing rumors that people are trying to setup a Govanhill Autonomous Zone (GAZ) modeled on Seattle's CHAZ. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 21st Jun 2020 1:21pm)
  • I was out doing some Parkour and overheard someone talking about it, the person looked like The Electric Scarecrow. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 21st Jun 2020 6:50pm)
  • South Africa is worsening also. People are starting to act like the pandemic is over, but that's far from the case. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 21st Jun 2020 9:21pm)
  • Does anyone know of any video evidence of the racism that went on in the last week? I've seen this grainy two second video of a guy in the shorts, it might be a salute or it might be a wave to a mate, (I've see people take videos Sturgeon out of context when she's waving with her arm straight), you can't clearly see it's him saying rule Britannia, the footage is so grainy you can't really see his face so it might be a false-flag. [https://twitter.com/\_\_CalMc/status/1273307615318196225](https://twitter.com/__CalMc/status/1273307615318196225) This woman has some evidence, which is the shorts guy again at the top left, the guy at the bottom right is a photo from 2014. [https://twitter.com/megz0wandrum/status/1274272597706973184/photo/1](https://twitter.com/megz0wandrum/status/1274272597706973184/photo/1) The video of shorts man is the only one I can find that might be racist, there are some videos people are saying show some racism but they are just of white guys standing around not actually doing anything racist, that is kind of racist in itself as people are presuming they are racist because they are white. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 12:35am)
  • My eyes are open, what video evidence is there apart from Shorts Man? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 9:50am)
  • The only evidence seems to be shorts man. Shorts man briefly flips what might have been a roman salute and all of them are labeled as Nazis. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 10:19am)
  • I'm not saying nothing happened, I'm just looking for video evidence of something happening. Shorts Man is the only potential evidence I can find so far. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 10:29am)
  • It's a bit racist that stereotype formation and generalizations seem to only be allowed when talking about working class white people. Stereotyping Rangers fans seems to be especially trendy, but almost all other groups are off limits. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 12:27pm)
  • Open your eyes Tovarish, the evidence is out there. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 12:41pm)
  • The Japanese have hardly any public waste bins yet public areas are spotless. They have enough gumption to take their litter home with them and dispose of it. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 3:01pm)
  • >Apparently saying people who use parks should keep them nice AWAY TAE FUCK YA DIRTY LIBERTARIAN!!! That's the cooncils job. /s by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 26th Jun 2020 1:29pm)
  • I read in the news there are meant to be more pro-statchew vs anti-statchew protests this weekend, could be related? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 26th Jun 2020 1:41pm)
  • what's wrong with Sarwar? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 26th Jun 2020 8:50pm)
  • >The suspect was an asylum seeker who went on a rampage after complaining about the hotel meals served to him during the Covid-19 pandemic. The knifeman, who was from Sudan, had threatened violence against other refugees and complained he was ‘very hungry’ in recent days after being re-housed in the hotel, an activist told the Telegraph. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/26/glasgow-stabbing-armed-police-reportedly-seen-storming-hotel/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/26/glasgow-stabbing-armed-police-reportedly-seen-storming-hotel/) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 26th Jun 2020 9:20pm)
  • I honestly don't know enough about him to have an opinion on him. But he does seems to have been lucky enough to have been brought up with privilege. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 26th Jun 2020 11:59pm)
  • I think they were cuffing everyone in the hotel until they could get them outside and establish that they weren't a threat. When there is an active incident like this it is better safe than sorry. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 27th Jun 2020 12:09am)
  • Some papers still have stories up saying that there are three dead... by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 27th Jun 2020 12:56am)
  • The hotel owners are probably getting paid a fortune to house them, so even if they have to redecorate every room they will make money. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 28th Jun 2020 9:58pm)
  • I usually just use a ball gag. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 12:47am)
  • Good to read the Brass Monkey are taking the wooden boards down from their windows, with all these premises getting boarded up at the start of the lock-down I think some people were expecting a zombie apocalypse. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 3:29pm)
  • or go to Pripyat and shag a tree. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 3:47pm)
  • Wee Tam and the troops are hot-boxing in the railway tunnel. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 9:23pm)
  • It got bought by the Church of Scientology. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 6th Jul 2020 12:17am)
  • Castlemilk is 'up and coming'. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 6th Jul 2020 10:09am)
  • Protestant inception. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 6th Jul 2020 9:12pm)
  • The article says he is 32, but he looks like he might be in his early forties. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 8th Jul 2020 8:16pm)
  • Many hospitality businesses in the city is probably on the brink of going out of business. They probably can't afford to employ slackers, when there are so many people looking for work that would work harder. In normal times they might tolerate a slow worker when there are fast colleagues who can pick up their slack, but that's probably not a luxury they can afford these days. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 15th Jul 2020 3:44pm)
  • The clap? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 19th Jul 2020 11:22pm)
  • Same nasaly and whiny way of speaking. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 22nd Jul 2020 1:02am)
  • More Denisovans, More Neanderthals, More Ghosts by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 25th Jul 2020 8:47pm)
  • People with recent Irish ancestry who live outside of Ireland seem to be prouder of Ireland than the Irish, especially Americans, some of them make such a big deal about having ancestors from there 5 generations back. I've been to Dublin a few times and probably saw less Ireland flags than I see in Glasgow. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 25th Jul 2020 8:57pm)
  • Hopefully they're demolishing it. Joke of a stadium, need binoculars to see the pitch from some seats. No football stadium should ever have a running track around it, the new West Ham stadium is said to be just as bad. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 29th Jul 2020 3:16pm)
  • It's not just the UK that has people like this, Australia has them too, they call them 'bogans'. Is this behavior due to socioeconomics? Is it genetic? Is it partially both or is it something else? Who knows the real answer... by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 31st Jul 2020 7:21pm)
  • DELETED Why the down votes? Are people not allowed to critique even if things if they happened a long time ago? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 31st Jul 2020 9:26pm)
  • You better watch out, in a progressive 21st century Scotland people can get easily get done done for 'stirring up hate'. Scottish enlightenment figures must be spinning in their graves at current hate crime legislation, perhaps their spinning could be harnessed as some form of renewable energy, build come kind of generator round David Hume's grave to harness the power of his spinning. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 31st Jul 2020 9:31pm)
  • It means where most of the UKIPers are. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 2nd Aug 2020 11:48am)
  • DELETED A lot of people who don't wear masks have a pseudo-illness. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 10th Aug 2020 10:54pm)
  • I've heard some people say that all the Victorian tenements in Glasgow are now much older than how many years they were designed to last. Meaning that they are now extremely expensive to maintain, in the coming years many of them might have to be demolished and replaced. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 15th Aug 2020 12:40pm)
  • The Scottish government are planning on introducing legislation to give local authorities more powers to stop flats being rented on short term letting sites like Airbnb, will be interesting to see what effect that will have on the housing market. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 15th Aug 2020 8:42pm)
  • Don't do drugs. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 15th Aug 2020 8:45pm)
  • Interesting, judging by the number of flats on airbnb in Glasgow that isn't being enforced. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 15th Aug 2020 10:59pm)
  • There are more Polish speakers in Scotland than Gaelic speakers so it's a bit racist that Gaelic get so much more government funding than Polish. Gaelic is a foreign language in Scotland as it was brought here around the 5th century by Irish invaders, before that people spoke Pictish which is Scotland's native tongue. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 2nd Sep 2020 8:58pm)
  • People don't really hate Gaelic, they hate nationalist weapons who have weaponised Gaelic and the Scots 'language' for political purposes. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 2nd Sep 2020 9:01pm)
  • My posts in English are also in Pictish because I identify they are in Pictish, just like how people who communicate in English believe they are actually communicating in Scots just because they believe they're are communicating in Scots and it's offensive to questions that it's not Scots. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 12:32am)
  • I can't understand what you just wrote, are you typing in Scots? Look I can speak Scots too: 'Yer a bawbag whalloper' Scots is a totally different language because a few ye, yers and bawbags are added here and there. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 10:45am)
  • Some conspiracy about Bill Gates and vaccines. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 6th Sep 2020 4:51pm)
  • Under the SOAC you have to leave no trace after making a camp fire. Having a camp fire which leaves scorch marks on the ground isn't leaving no trace so that's illegal. The legal options are to use a gas stove or a raised fire pit like found at the link below. [https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUCHDECO-Portable-Outdoor-Camping-Fire/dp/B083Q6BW44](https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUCHDECO-Portable-Outdoor-Camping-Fire/dp/B083Q6BW44) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 8th Sep 2020 3:45pm)
  • Interesting point, the SOAC allows you to dig holes in the ground to shit in, so I wonder if you're allowed to cut turf out, have a fire in the hole, then cover it with turf again. It would leave the same result as digging a hole for a shit would have, but it's probably not allowed. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 8th Sep 2020 4:24pm)
  • All these countries are spending millions developing different apps, it would be far too efficient to pool their resources and develop one. There is a slightly different app for Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales and Gibraltar. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 10th Sep 2020 6:33pm)
  • Is that the Maryhill Tesco? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 15th Sep 2020 8:33pm)
  • It probably shouldn't be advertised but a quicker way of getting through locks than using an angle grinder is to use a ramset: [https://youtu.be/jG2muodjgAo](https://youtu.be/jG2muodjgAo) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 15th Sep 2020 11:29pm)
  • DELETED No no no!!! You're not meant to go against the narrative that only Tories cause damage to society!!! Drug addicts, begging gangs, grooming gangs and gangsta rapper gangs are good for society. Tories are the only problem not them. People only do crime because Tories made them do it. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 15th Sep 2020 11:36pm)
  • Didn't they find recently that if doctors just prescribed heroin there was a massive reduction in crime, junkies didn't need to steal to fund their habits. It's much cheaper to prescribe heroin to junkies, but that might have unfortunate side effects like encouraging heroin addiction. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 15th Sep 2020 11:42pm)
  • Nikki Nats here: TORIES BAAAAAD!!!!!!! by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 16th Sep 2020 12:15am)
  • I thought this conviction was a strange one, he was convicted for getting filmed speaking to women in public. Whilst the behavior might be construed as a bit creepy, since when was it illegal to speak to strangers? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 18th Sep 2020 3:48pm)
  • I could be wrong but I don't think it is illegal to try to chat someone up, lots more people in bars and nightclubs would be getting done for chatting people up if it was illegal, unless he said something sexually explicit or did it continually when it might be considered stalking then it might be illegal. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 18th Sep 2020 6:29pm)
  • Approaching many people on an industrial scale like what these PUA do probably shouldn't be allowed, but they'd probably have to create a new law to ban it. At the same time they could ban these 'charity muggers' or 'chuggers' as they similarly approach people on an industrial scale but with different intent obviously, but they're also extremely annoying. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 19th Sep 2020 9:47am)
  • A lot of modern buildings have simple clunky glass and/or cladding exterior without any intricate details. They say it's now too expensive to make intricate stone buildings like the city chambers, and there aren't many tradespeople who with the skills to make stone features, but you would thing with modern technology they would be able to have machines that that automate the process of making stylish stone exteriors so that is more economical. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 19th Sep 2020 9:54pm)
  • I don't know if it's true but I heard someone say that there was only enough money to save the Central Station Hotel or the St Enoch Station Hotel, as they were both in need of expensive restoration. The Central Station Hotel got picked for restoration, there was no money at the time to restore the St Enoch Hotel so it got demolished instead. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 21st Sep 2020 1:10pm)
  • I think some foreign students almost have to stay in student halls, as they have to put an address down on visa application, they need to book student halls so they have an address to put down. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 27th Sep 2020 2:09am)
  • They started listening to Stormzy and became gangsta rappers. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 7th Oct 2020 2:19pm)
  • Nicolás Maduro or Kim Jong-un. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 7th Oct 2020 7:42pm)
  • OMG that is so racist! by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 9th Oct 2020 12:18am)
  • Paradoxical bigotry. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 9th Oct 2020 12:18pm)
  • So that's where my car is. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 10th Oct 2020 7:43pm)
  • I wonder if Derek Mackay has been kicked off the panel yet. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 10th Oct 2020 7:49pm)
  • They could tarmac over the city union line and turn it into a cycle path from Pollokshields to Dennistoun with on/off ramps in between. At least if they turn it into a cycle track it kind of preserves it with the possibility of turning it back into a railway in future. They're meant to be building flats on the Blackfriars car park, so that puts an end to Glasgow crossrail. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 16th Oct 2020 11:08pm)
  • It's funny when people create a false dichotomy and blame left wingers or right wingers for an issue. The far-left Maxist government in China puts drug dealers to death and prosecutes people if they fail a drugs test (even if they don't have drugs on them). by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 7:38pm)
  • iT Is nOt rEaL SoCiAlIsM by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 8:07pm)
  • >Alternating caps, also known as studly caps or sticky caps (where "caps" is short for capital letters), is a form of text notation in which the capitalization of letters varies by some pattern, or arbitrarily (often also omitting spaces between words and occasionally some letters), such as "aLtErNaTiNg cApS" or "sTiCKycApS". It is typically used online to convey a mocking tone. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating\_caps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_caps) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 8:15pm)
  • The Nazis were crazy for drugs, crystal meth was really popular with the general population of the Third Reich and people in the military were even given it on a large scale. It is said that Hitler used to take a daily shot of cocaine and opiates. [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/07/518986612/author-says-hitler-was-blitzed-on-cocaine-and-opiates-during-the-war](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/07/518986612/author-says-hitler-was-blitzed-on-cocaine-and-opiates-during-the-war) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 10:16pm)
  • Lots of people from a high socioeconomic status become drug addicts, a lot of it is down to personality type, some people just get addicted to things very easily. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 10:26pm)
  • yeah at the bottom right of the sticker in OP's photo it says "stop bzdurom", googling that term shows it is some kind of right wing Polish group. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 18th Oct 2020 10:36pm)
  • They must have used the same graphic designer that designed the Partick Thistle mascot. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 22nd Oct 2020 8:50pm)
  • Adriel was born in Scotland, so that makes him just as Scottish as anyone else. All Boer Farmers born in South Africa are just as South African as anyone else? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sat 31st Oct 2020 1:00am)
  • A lot of red tape seems to be there just to keep a consultant/lawyer/accountant in a job. If things were streamlined and made easy you wouldn't need to pay someone to do it. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 2nd Nov 2020 9:45pm)
  • >In the Depression-blighted East End, unemployed men were reported to be addicted to methylated spirits. Mixtures of meths and cheap red wine were known as "Jake" or "Johnny Jump Up". [https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSEA10](https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSEA10) by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 8th Nov 2020 12:28am)
  • He thanked Rishi Sunaki, paying a compliment to a Tory makes someone a Tory by default, or at least makes them 'Tory Adjacent'. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 18th Nov 2020 8:14pm)
  • Yes paying a Tory a compliment literally makes you a card carrying member of the Tory party through upholding Tory supremacy from Tory Adjacency. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 19th Nov 2020 12:24am)
  • I wonder if that includes delivery cyclists. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 26th Nov 2020 6:01pm)
  • When you are out and about just wear a necklace which has a copy of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo hanging off it so us woke folk can recognize you as one of us. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 11th Dec 2020 9:56pm)
  • People should be careful what they wish for, having areas that are a little bit shite keeps the rent prices down meaning accommodation is more affordable for working class people, if Govanhill was perfectly clean all the yuppies might move in and gentrify the place leading to rent and property prices skyrocketing. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 16th Dec 2020 11:00am)
  • Were people in Govanhill not involved in the recent 'Operation Cerrar' child abuse investigation? Full details about that operation still haven't been released like the identities of the people convicted, perhaps it's because the investigation is still on-going. It's weird when you see politicians influencing the police not to publish details of crimes out of a misplaced fear of 'fuelling the far-right', does that mean they also keep details of far-right crime under-wraps out of fear of 'fueling the far-left'? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 18th Dec 2020 2:02pm)
  • wow, your comment got a lot of likes, it must have been posted somewhere else. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 20th Dec 2020 10:07pm)
  • Council tax is a very similar concept to 'domestic rates' the origin of which goes back centuries. To replace domestic rates the Tories tried to bring in a flat-rate per-capita tax not linked to properties prices (the poll tax) but it didn't go down very well. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 25th Dec 2020 12:23pm)
  • I didn't realize this until a couple of years ago, they could do away with council tax in the country and just have all the money come from other means of general taxation. You probably already know but other people might be interested that Glasgow City Council spent around £2.6bn in 2019/2020, they took in around £1bn in fees and the other £1.6bn came from the central government grant (£1.3bn) and council tax (£300m). by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 25th Dec 2020 8:00pm)
  • Also wealth inequality was much higher and the rich didn't have to pay much tax, so the rich had loads of disposable money and it was cheap to hire tradesmen to build things. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 31st Dec 2020 12:33am)
  • DELETED A lot of wealth was also made by what were legal drug lords, they made vast sums of money growing opium in India and selling it to the Chinese. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 31st Dec 2020 10:51am)
  • DELETED I visited the Old Summer Palace in Beijing once and almost all the information signs had written "This building was restored in year 19\*\* after being burned down by Britain and France in 1860", they are still restoring parts of it to this day... Burning that down in the Opium wars was just a total act of vandalism. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 31st Dec 2020 12:23pm)
  • To stop these kind of unlawful assemblies during the pandemic the police should get one of those water cannon trucks and if the crowd doesn't disperse when warned spray them with cold water, they will soon go home if they are cold and wet. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 13th Jan 2021 4:00pm)
  • If people were genuinely too ill to wear a mask they would probably be too ill to go to a shop. Most of the people I see who are allegedly exempt from mask wearing for 'health reasons' just look like healthy but obstinate neds. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Thu 14th Jan 2021 5:46pm)
  • Just as weird as when people start a sentence "So," by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Fri 15th Jan 2021 7:28pm)
  • What does the person who speaks to him say? I tried turning up the volume and it sounds like they say "no people like you". Then later they say "go and check the gorbals lane". That is probably not what they said, just what it sounded like. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 18th Jan 2021 5:28pm)
  • Perhaps this was all a very clever marketing scheme to raise awareness about the machine. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Tue 19th Jan 2021 12:32am)
  • Is that a Qanon flag? Looks pink with a big Q on it. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 25th Jan 2021 8:28am)
  • Could be an idea to compare the figures to Edinburgh and adjust for population differences. I think I looked at the figures a few years ago and found that Edinburgh City Council spends a bit less on refuse collection than Glasgow even when adjusted for population, people say there is a lot less litter Edinburgh than Glasgow even though they spend less money collecting it. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Wed 24th Feb 2021 2:47pm)
  • St Johnston fans were also out celebrating when they won the cup recently, celtic fans were out when they won the league last year and this year protesting against Lennon, perhaps they shouldn't have restarted football until the pandemics was over as football fans can't be trusted not to form crowds. The police have been too lenient on illegal public gatherings, since the start of the pandemic there have been loads of big illegal gatherings where nobody was arrested or fined. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 5:22pm)
  • There have been many big illegal public gatherings since the pandemic began and the police have done nothing. Not one person arrested or fined at certain gatherings. They should have invested in some of those big water cannon trucks that are used to disperse crowds in other countries. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 5:42pm)
  • statue statue independence statue statue independence! by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 10:33pm)
  • It was literally Disraeli, Churchill and Thatcher dropping litter! by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 10:36pm)
  • There have been football fans from other clubs breaking covid rules this, but I think today might be the final straw. It wouldn't surprise me if the Scottish government just said no more football was allowed until at least July until everyone is vaccinated, as they can't risk having fans out celebrating like this. I'd be quite happy to see football suspended after today, we can let these rule breaking fans prolong our suffering by causing the lock-down to be extended. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 11:34pm)
  • I think the vast majority of the population would probably rather get out of lock-down earlier than let football continue. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Sun 7th Mar 2021 11:37pm)
  • It is impressive how quickly all the litter in George Square was cleaned up, lots of people are probably disappointed they couldn't go down and photograph it today. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 8th Mar 2021 8:45am)
  • People keep trying to conflate these people with the statue defenders without any evidence. There were a lot less of the statue guys and most of them looked middle aged, most of the people yesterday look really young like they were in their teens or early twenties. by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 8th Mar 2021 3:57pm)
  • People really have to bring in the Celtic/Rangers false dichotomy into everything, do Celtic fans eat flat sausages with red sauce and Rangers fans eat link sausages with brown sauce? by TobyYoungEugenicsCon (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:10pm)