Making the news today....

[GarethM]

That strangely sounds like a decent argument for all tap water to contain birth control and then heavily tax bottled water.

 

If you can afford the bottled water you can have a kid.

[Mesterh]

China may be making some news later on today.

 

Nancy Pelosi: US House Speaker set to arrive in Taiwan amid escalating tensions

NEWS.SKY.COM

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The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia has taken off from Kuala Lumpur. It...

 

The world's top two polluting counties feel the need to have a bun fight. It doesn't look like global environmental problems are high on their list of things to sort out.

 

[GarethM]

Pelosi and Brandon probably just think they're going out for a meal and got the reservations mixed up.

[peds]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Pelosi and Brandon probably just think they're going out for a meal and got the reservations mixed up.

High-brow comedy right here. Real top-drawer wit.

[GarethM]

Sarcasm maybe the lowest form of wit, doesn't make it any less funny or depressingly true about the leaders of the "Free" world.

 

You could even say "In God we trust".

Edited August 2, 2022 by GarethM

[trigger_andy]

6 hours ago, Retired Climber said:

Maybe those who have been spending time contemplating rioting and generally feeling sorry for themselves should have done a bit of overtime and bought some BP shares. 

100%
 

Plenty time to whine and winge but soon disappear when it’s time to put the graft in to actually provide for their families. Always complaining, always asking for yet another hand out. 
 

Eggs will be along soon enough to be their shining White Knight no doubt. 🙄

[eggsarascal]

41 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

100%
 

Plenty time to whine and winge but soon disappear when it’s time to put the graft in to actually provide for their families. Always complaining, always asking for yet another hand out. 
 

Eggs will be along soon enough to be their shining White Knight no doubt. 🙄

Not at all, I've always said hard graft pays and I have no time for the feral, feckless and long term useless.

 

It's more your interpretation of what I type rather than what I actually type.

 

Apart from the few times I've used the NHS I can't think of any time I've taken out of the system that I've paid into for most of my working life, no child benefits, nothing.

 

What I do realise is there are people less fortunate than me.

[trigger_andy]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Not at all, I've always said hard graft pays and I have no time for the feral, feckless and long term useless.

 

It's more your interpretation of what I type rather than what I actually type.

 

Apart from the few times I've used the NHS I can't think of any time I've taken out of the system that I've paid into for most of my working life, no child benefits, nothing.

 

What I do realise is there are people less fortunate than me.

Those less fortunate than you Eggs have an endless stream of “benefits” thrown at them. If they can’t make this windfall work then they are an abject failure at life and any dependents need to be taken into care, dependants are not a cash cow. We’d soon see a real step change in attitude then. 

[eggsarascal]

38 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Those less fortunate than you Eggs have an endless stream of “benefits” thrown at them. If they can’t make this windfall work then they are an abject failure at life and any dependents need to be taken into care, dependants are not a cash cow. We’d soon see a real step change in attitude then. 

You want to worry more about those above us taking pounds out of our pockets rather than those 'below' us.

[sime42]

7 hours ago, openspaceman said:

In fact it only needs us 2 billion wealthiest to perish as  we are behind 90% of the pollution.

A crucial but rather inconvenient fact that's often overlooked, ignored or even disputed.