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Jacques Riverain

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Pas de messages privés stp. Sauf si tu veux me donner des thunes ! MMT depuis 2009. Haltérophile à l'ancienne. J'aime les chats.

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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
EU neoliberals doing what they do.. "Specifically, the countries want to spend more on defence and innovative businesses, and less on subsidising farmers and poorer regions, the Financial Times reported." nltimes.nl/2026/09/29/n...
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Netherlands joins Germany in EU budget overhaul demands
The Netherlands and four other countries have joined Germany’s demand that the European Union cut “hundreds of billions” in planned spending, or they will not support the bloc’s next seven-year budget...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just initiate a job guarantee you neoliberal numpty. 'Matching' people to employers is just a silly idea paying employers to take on employees. Do a JG and they'll soon be competing for employees, as the economy develops. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor
John Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This man brushing a crow suddenly stops, but the bird gives the brush back as it wants more. Original post
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More of the BBC's daily economics lies. If Burnham and co listen to this rubbish from the IMF (they will) then they're fools (they are). Do the IMF say the same to Japan? Not much, because Japan has proven their ideology wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget
Higher energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East and climate change could hit growth.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No BBC, the "difference between tax receipts and govt spending" is not 'borrowing'. Stop spreading this uneducated lie. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Unexpected UK borrowing surge adds to pre-Budget pressure on chancellor
Borrowing was higher than expected in August as inflation piles pressure on the government ahead of the Budget.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Smash the Nazis.
British Commando 'Red' Burgess gives a straight left to a Nazi diplomat who was too free with his hands and mouth: 'You stinking Nazi - I'll smash the daylights out o' you! From Commando comic, 1976.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How is it that I can't remember my own mobile phone number at times, but can still rattle off my parents' and grandparents' old landline numbers from 47 years ago?
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Westminster thickos meets the BBC 'economics' thickos to produce this misinformation. Imagining govUK 'borrows' its spending source. In reality treasury/BoE has the power to drive down bond yields... See next post: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as borrowing costs surge
The PM said his government would be "grounded in fiscal responsibility" as he faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Even conservative Winston Churchill understood that 'money cost' is nonsense. From his 1929 book: 'The World's Crisis: The Aftermath: "A requisition, for instance, for a half-million houses would not have seemed more difficult to comply with than those we were already in process of executing...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Prosecutor on Mangione case says: ""There can be no celebrity in assassination.." ..."Thompson's family "has been grieving for two years". "We live in a civilised society. We do not commit murder.” But is denying care for profit, to millions who pay insurance premiums, 'civilised'?
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sad News: "As of now, I'm trying to live out whatever might be left of my life in as fun a way as I possibly can.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lucy Davis: The Office actress says she has 'incurable' cancer
Davis, who played receptionist Dawn in the UK sitcom, says the cancer has spread and it's "too late for chemo".
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
These two brainless simpletons are a danger to child health. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots
The American Academy of Pediatrics calls the recommendation on measles, mumps and rubella shots "dangerous".
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Imperialism driven by threats (and lies). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An AI walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "I'll have what everyone's having."The bartender looks around at the empty bar and says, "You sure? Because that would be nothing."The AI replies: ...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
See if you can solve these word patterns. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...
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Can you work out which word fits into each group? - BBC Bitesize
Test your ability to spot the links between words with this BBC Bitesize challenge.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Then there are women who can't help but to comment on something by telling us all about the infinitely greater sacrifices made by women. Give it a rest.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The 50,000 who arrived in Ceuta yesterday, which is really north Africa, have mostly left. Spain moans that 'it was ours in the 16thC..' Yes, because the Portuguese (45,000 invaders) took it from Berbers and later united with Spain under Phillip II. Colonialism. You know, like Gibraltar.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Uneducated people who think the government spends 'income taxes'. And it will applauded, because the majority of the country also think this is what happens. Blind leading the blind. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax
The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Burnham thinks youth unemployment is solved by 'training'. It's Thatcher talk. Vocational training is a good thing, the university route expansion has failed, but the article (below) itself throws up clues. With firms complaining about not being able to offer a tiny minimum wage to young workers...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A bird defalcated on my almost-dry washing. Right on the sleeve of a t-shirt. I should have hung them o the line instead of the drying rack!
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yeah...I bought another packet of biscuits where they're cracked all the way down. For shit's sake!
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is what happens when profit-making entities are put in charge of vital public services: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ex-Southern Water boss charged over alleged plan to manipulate water tests
Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of trying to save the firm millions in penalties.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
DNB denk 'internationaal investeerders' de oplossing zijn voor huurwoningen. Jaren 80 1,8% bbp in de woningbouw, nu maar 0,1%. Wat is er gebeurd tussen toen en nu? Oh ja, de euro en ingebouwde begrotingsregel. Waanidee dat private sector investeert in sociale voorzieningen. nos.nl/artikel/2623...
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De Nederlandsche Bank: grote investeringen nodig voor bouw huurwoningen
Volgens DNB moet het investeringsklimaat flink worden verbeterd om de bouw van huurwoningen aan te zwengelen.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
De EU richt zich op markten en reageert op wat het bedrijfsleven wilt. 'Nudge theory' om het bedrijfsleven ertoe aan te zetten 'beter te investeren' en 'groener te worden'. Het uiteindelijke doel van het kapitalisme is winst, en alles wat dat in de weg staat is ongewenst. nos.nl/artikel/2623...
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Wisselende reacties op EU-klimaatplannen: van 'zwarte dag' tot 'realistischer'
In het bedrijfsleven overheerst voorzichtig optimisme, terwijl milieuorganisaties vernietigend zijn over Hoekstra's hervorming van het klimaatbeleid.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fuggerei in Germany. Conceived in 1516 to house the poor (under moral conditions). The rent hasn't altered in 500 years. It costs 1 Rhenish guilder (€0.08) per year! It's about 9 times more expensive to visit the museum there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuggerei
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Fuggerei - Wikipedia
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Robert/Tony/c @robert111.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza” www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...
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Trump's "Board of Peace" and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the "New Gaza"
The US and Israeli backed 'Board of Peace' pushes to sideline UNRWA and reshape the future of Palestinian refugees
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My cat: 'Ah, I'll drink some water..' Me: I'll refresh your bowl since you're actually drinking for a change.' My cat: 'Nah, don't want it now.' Every single time.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Reeves backs Burnham to become next prime minister" Another poison chalice. And this: "Reeves emphasised the importance of the next leader sticking to her fiscal rules...the public must be left in no doubt about the party's commitment to fiscal discipline." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rachel Reeves backs Andy Burnham for prime minister
The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thermometer here just hit 40°C (with 51% humidity). I have no A/C, but use of sun canopies and blinds has my house at a comparably cooler 26°C.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Streeting says he 'backs' Burnham. Poison chalice that one. Brnham will have the right-wing of the party 'rallying round' making sure he sticks to the main script. Probably won't be that much of a struggle.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Semi-slavernij en uitbuiting door rijkerds. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
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Filipijnen: tijdelijke stop op au pairs naar Nederland
De Filipijnse overheid doet onderzoek naar "gemelde problemen" rond Filipijnse au pairs in Nederland. Totdat dat onderzoek is afgerond, worden visumaanvragen van Filipijnse au pairs niet in behandelin...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Sir 1990s neoliberal cretin is back with an 'essay' about how Labour isn#t being neoliberal enough. Not rolling out the red carpet for 'business'. Raising minimum wages. This economic dunce is most of the reason why the party is where it is now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour has 'no coherent plan' for country, says former PM Blair
The ex-Labour PM says Sir Keir Starmer's government is in the "wrong position" ahead of the next election.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I'm a harp! No you're not. So I'm a lyre then?
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
There have been reports in several American media outlets alleging coordinated incidents of rape and sexual torture carried out on October 7th against Israeli civilians. No one who cares about human rights or condemns such things
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
« Les pays exportateurs se défendent en expliquant qu'aucun risque d'utilisation de ce type de logiciels à des fins de surveillance n'a pour le moment été identifié. » Alors pourquoi légiférer si c'est si inoffensif ? Ils l'utilisent probablement eux-mêmes. www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20...
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L'UE exporte des logiciels espions à des pays qui violent les droits humains, selon un rapport de HRW
L'Europe se retrouve dans le viseur de Human Rights Watch (HRW). Dans son rapport, l'ONG accuse l'Union européenne (UE) exporte des logiciels espions vers des pays qui violent les droits humains. Le…
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
BBC misinforming the public again about how govt spends. Still peddling the obsolete line that the govt 'borrows' from the private-sector and also 'spends taxes'. Not a single mention of this being discretionary economic policy with self-imposed rules. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK borrowing costs hit highest for 18 years as uncertainty over PM continuess
The possibility of a change of leadership in the UK has unsettled some investors and sent bond yields higher.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Salted or unsalted peanuts?
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Nothing appears more surprizing to those,

who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers. When we enquire by what means this wonder is effected, we shall find, that, as FORCE is always on the side of the governed, the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. It is therefore, on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular.

—DAVID HUME
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"Suspended Labour MP Diane Abbott said: “Keir Starmer is very unpopular. But it is the policies that drive that unpopularity. Simply changing the leader without changing the policies will not avert disaster in 2029.” Add to that his neoliberal chancellor. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/quit...
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Quit or Labour will die, MPs and unions tell Starmer
QUIT now or Labour will die, Sir Keir Starmer was told by his own MPs today as disastrous local election results rolled in from across Britain.Leading figures on the left called for swift change in Do...
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Latest: Perfidious Albion Ref: 1,124 Lab: 714 LD: 693 Con: 618 Green: 360 Ind: 117 Scotland: SNP: 55 LD: 5 Con: 4 Lab: 3 Scot Green: 2 Ref: 0 Cymru: Plaid C: 43 Ref: 34 Lab: 9 Con: 7 Green: 2 LD: 1
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Labour right is riddled with Israeli money: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbo...
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Bob Vylan EXPOSES UK Government Minister
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
More govt ignorance: "There have been reports that the plan has been held up over disagreements within government about how to fund it, as well as how to fund existing defence plans." No, it's about choosing where to put resources, the funding is always there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Former Nato chief to say UK's national security 'in peril'
Lord George Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary, will use a speech to accuse
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Inside the deranged, genocidal Israel madhouse: youtu.be/hLQbPCvV8W8
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Abby Martin Went To Israel. IT'S WORSE Than You Think
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A fair summing-up. Iranian Science Minister Hossein Simai Sarraf said: "...US and Israel belong to the "stone age". "A civilised country, a civilised government never targets institutions of knowledge, laboratories or research centres." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iran reports new attacks on Bushehr nuclear plant, sparking IAEA warning
The International Atomic Energy Agency urges restraint to avoid a nuclear accident at Iran's Bushehr plant.
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I just went to throw something in the bin and saw a man walking a cat on a leash!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?
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Jacques Riverain @jacquesriverain.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I like good news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Suffolk woman reunited with dog stolen in Essex eight years later
Rebecca Harvey says it was an emotional moment when she was reunited with Flora.
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MMT101.ORG @learnmmt101.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
5. It’s not your money the government needs - it’s your resources: the materials to build those hospitals and bridges, the energy capacity, the infrastructure, and the human labour required to make it all function.
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