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andrewducker) wrote2012-05-12 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2012-05-12 12:00 pm
Interesting Links for 12-05-2012
- How London got lumbered with a $14.5Billion Olympic Games that it never really wanted
- Will the ways that people make money out of their websites have to change?
- SpaceX announces deal to shuttle tourists to private space stations. Sadly, no prices yet.
- How the left won the Culture Wars and the right won the Economy Wars (and the world got more liberal)
- The 9 year-old girl who' kicking ass as a mixex martial artist.
- 9 Mother's Day Cards From Your Favorite Super-Heroes. (I love the Victor Von Doom one)
- Mothers who take time out of work to look after children to get full pension
- Sonic weapon will be deployed in London during Olympics
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My parents have been really worried I'd suffer in retirement because I've taken time out to be a Dad and my part time public sector pension won't be enough.
They didn't believe me when I said it wouldn't matter, but then very few people believed Steve would pull it off.
Parents who take time out, or indeed anyone that takes time out, will now not suffer, because contribution based benefits are pretty much going now. It was a good idea back in 1943, but it never really worked properly.
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Culture/Economy Wars: the Conservatives in the 80s were economically liberal but socially conservative. Fine to make loadsamoney but not to spend it on gay porn, for instance.