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theres a silver lining there, for sure.

its odd, you know. america is always at the forefront of armaments dealing and covert overthrow of foreign democracies and meddling in other peoples politics. but when it comes to actually initiating a singular huge mess that risks enveloping the world in flames, its always the europeans. leaving out imperial japan for the moment.

from damn silly things in the balkans to deutschland uber alles to putins attempts to re-create the USSR, it always seems to be the europeans that are their own worst enemies.

this is odd to me, because socially the europeans are absolutely light years ahead of us here in the states with respect to devising governments that take care of their citizens. its just they cant get along with each other.

whats up with that?

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Pseudo-science, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Loads of Bull / Re: God, aliens and Nick Pope.

Last post by zorkan - September 08, 2024, 03:02:21 PM

Now becoming mainstream politics with Trump the latest to promise he will open up the unseen alien files.

https://theconversation.com/belief-in-alien-visits-to-earth-is-spiralling-out-of-control-heres-why-thats-so-dangerous-237789

If I was able to, I'd be voting for him. I want to see the files.

As reported in the very reliable Daily Star, which has never been known to report false information.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-vows-release-alien-33601000

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Politics / Re: So about Brexit?

Last post by Tank - September 08, 2024, 03:01:15 PM

Quote from: billy rubin on September 07, 2024, 07:50:01 PMso whats the image in the rear view mirror?

Not as bad as the naysayers expected not as good as enthusiasts said. Frankley Covid took the headlines and there was a definite 'don't blame Brexit' for anything and everything that was going wrong.Basically trying trying to stop the panic mongers on both sides getting the dominant voice.

Quotedid it do what it was supposed to do?

Difficult to tell as we didn't really have any specific aims/actions to meet so we can't tell if we met them or missed them.

Quoteare you better off?

Variable. Small businesses that had a large fraction of their business in the EU either importing and/or exporting have been well and truly fucked.

Quotewhat happens next?

New broom, Stamer, is doing a passable job of mending fences. There is a lot going on in Europe at the moment with extreme right wing agendas and frankly I'm pleased we are not taking part in that as a country.

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Politics / Re: Fake News.

Last post by zorkan - September 08, 2024, 02:07:02 PM

Does this mean our brains are hard-wired for fake news?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190905-how-our-brains-get-overloaded-by-the-21st-century

Too much news means we just skim read and don't verify.

Here's some of my own:

Christianity is based on the bible.
Aliens are visiting our planet.
We are all Africans.
The moon landings had nothing to do with the Cold War.
Darwinism explains how life exists.
Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare.
History is based on real events.

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Politics / Re: So about Brexit?

Last post by billy rubin - September 07, 2024, 07:50:01 PM

so whats the image in the rear view mirror?

did it do what it was supposed to do?

are you better off?

what happens next?

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Politics / Re: UK General Election 2024

Last post by Tank - September 07, 2024, 12:38:38 PM

Quote from: billy rubin on September 07, 2024, 10:37:00 AMyes

but the issue of medical problems is serious. ectopic pregancies and chemotherapy

Agreed. I would consider these medical issues in the first place and not even an abortion issue as such.

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Politics / Re: UK General Election 2024

Last post by The Magic Pudding.. - September 07, 2024, 11:48:12 AM

What's to be done?

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Politics / Re: UK General Election 2024

Last post by billy rubin - September 07, 2024, 10:37:00 AM

yes

but the issue of medical problems is serious. ectopic pregancies and chemotherapy

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