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I don't think I need to tell anyone this anymore, and I probably won't be online this weekend anyway, but if I get spoiled for HBP, I'm eating someone's face, capice? Right.

And on the same subject, stupid timing on all parts means that I can't actually pay for my Amazon order until Friday (payday), which means it probably won't get to me by Saturday, argh. So either Sunday, if whatever delivery service they use works on Sunday, or Monday, but obviously not at work, so I'll have to wait even longer. GAH!

Between that, assorted other financial worries, and a whole slew of friendship troubles, my stomach's been aching for days. I've stopped drinking coffee in the hopes that'll help, and also to avoid dehydrating myself even further in this INFERNAL HEATH. This is SCOTLAND, it's not supposed to be HOT! Eeeeevil yellow eye! *hiss, claw*

Random link of the day: Bill and Ted: The Musical. I love the internet.

And now for today's Big Brother babbling. Still squeeing over Craig and Anthony. Eugene still cute, and I got all "Awwww" over his reasons not to vote. He's so adorable! I want to feed him milk and cookies! Derek is growing on me more and more, especially after his recent analysis of the dynamics between the other guys in the house. And Kemal is getting more loveable by the day.

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Privatisation didn't even really happen here until Thatcher took control. It's not always the best way to handle things (it killed the coal industry dead, for example, and did bad things to the transport industry... oh, and it was handled really badly in the case of BT, resulting in a near-total monopoly until very recently).

Giving aid to NGOs is definitely the best way to go in dodgy countries, but there's the risk that the local governments just won't allow it (which sounds absurd, but if it's spun correctly it can sound decent to the local population, and effectively blackmails the West into just giving the government the money), or that local wars would make it difficult for outsiders to get in and do good.

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Privatisation didn't even really happen here until Thatcher took control. It's not always the best way to handle things (it killed the coal industry dead, for example, and did bad things to the transport industry... oh, and it was handled really badly in the case of BT, resulting in a near-total monopoly until very recently).

Heh, and don't forget the trains. :D Yeah, there were a bunch of hiccups in Belgium as well, which just adds to my wondering why, exactly, the West is so keen to force the Third World to privatise NOWNOWNOW.

which sounds absurd

Oh, I believe it, heh. (I don't know if I ever told you about how my parents, when they were just married, were supposed to go to Indonesia for six years to do develeopment work, and ended up having to come back after two weeks because the programme they were going to be part of got cancelled by the goverment. So yeah, I definitely believe it.)