Preparedness for when

mardatha

They're all mad GB.
But I'm all right.

[Deleted User]

Can we still wear our Pinnies and Colanders and is it appropriate attire to retain the rolling pins and safety pins?

Possession

Resistance is useless.

craigywv

LYNN, my tin hat colander is pastel pink and I have matching pinnie I would stand out in shtf scenario will need to camouflage it abit. dull and sad looking today here I want SUNSHINE AND LIGHT iscream from my kitchen..................................lack of it is affecting me.................stumbles off in search of sanity

VJsmum

Can I ask for opinion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

Cos if anything looks like The SHTF That does

mardatha

Yep VJsmum that certainly does.

Frugalsod

VJsmum wrote: »

Can I ask for opinion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

Cos if anything looks like The SHTF That does

It is the most appalling pact ever. It completely surrenders sovereignty to corporations, who will then be unaccountable. It was written by the corporation lobbyists so will be perfect for their clients.

nuatha

VJsmum wrote: »

Can I ask for opinion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

Cos if anything looks like The SHTF That does

There goes the (admittedly lower than I'd like) controls on genetically modified food. The introduction of software patents, so far not really implemented in the EU as copyright is deemed to offer sufficient protection.
I suspect the biggest issue would be reducing standards to a lowest common denominator rather than attempting to harmonise standards upwards - though that is purely speculation on my part.
And if the UK votes to leave the EU then our access to first world markets will be right up the creek.

I can see whereFrugalsod is coming from, but most trade treaties since the '70s have included clauses for some form of “investor-state dispute settlement” mechanism and these rarely seem to lead to corporations getting laws over turned or re-written (the standard lobbying process is obviously effective enough).

I'd have more concerns if I was in Canada or if the UK votes to leave the EU, the situation reminds me of what happened to Commonwealth economies when the UK joined the EU.

Nargleblast

Well, it seems we're screwed whatever happens.

I think I'll do a Marvin the Paranoid Android and sit in the corner and rust away......

GreyQueen

thriftwizard wrote: »

Not the microfibre - the mice would be furious...

Double funny - d'you remember that the mice were found to be secretly running the universe?

Unfunny time; another banker has leapt to his death, the 3rd one from JP Morgan alone.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/third-jpmorgan-banker-jumps-his-death-hong-kong-said-be-33-year-old-fx-trad

Something very odd is going on.................:(