Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, Mark J said:

This might perk you up JD. It's a shame though as it would have generated (get it?) a canny few jobs.
 

Clean energy mission blow as Hornsea 4 windfarm cancelled

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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In a blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, a company cancels a huge windfarm off Yorkshire.

 

I mentioned that a few days ago Mark and most of the jobs would not have been UK guys. 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, Mark J said:

AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The AfD came second in Germany's February elections and has a record number of seats in the new parliament.

 

Not like you to be quoting the BBC Mark. 
Or alternatively it’s a way of silencing a growing opposition. 
20% of the population supports them so hardly a bunch of nutters. Let democracy have its way Mark or is it ok to ban it if it goes against your own views or ideology 🤷‍♂️

[Mark J]

8 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Not like you to be quoting the BBC Mark. 
Or alternatively it’s a way of silencing a growing opposition. 
20% of the population supports them so hardly a bunch of nutters. Let democracy have its way Mark or is it ok to ban it if it goes against your own views or ideology 🤷‍♂️

Grow up. 
 

 

[Johnsond]

15 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Grow up. 
 

 

🤷‍♂️you on the bloody sauce lad 

[peds]

Golf Course Living Linked To Higher Parkinson’s Risk?

WWW.PSYCHIATRIST.COM

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Incidental exposure to pesticides can elevate the risk of Parkinson’s disease for anyone living near a golf course.

 

People living within a mile of a golf course had more than twice the odds of Parkinson’s disease. The risk remained higher for people living up to three miles away but fades after that. Pesticides, including neurotoxins, used to keep fairways and greens well groomed, have been linked to Parkinson's.

 

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I am shocked!

 

 

[sime42]

Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV and first American pope?

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Pope Leo XIV has supported his predecessor and focus will turn on whether he continues Church reforms.

 

He sounds promising at least. I was concerned that he might be a Tango disciple but it seems not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steven P]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV and first American pope?

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Pope Leo XIV has supported his predecessor and focus will turn on whether he continues Church reforms.

 

He sounds promising at least. I was concerned that he might be a Tango disciple but it seems not.

 

Sounds like he has his own mind as far as these things go - an organisation as large as his has a certain momentum so I am not expecting him to suddenly make massive changes but small and steady slight alterations. Which is a benefit I think, far less inclined as politicians to follow the 'will of the people' and act rashly, to ensure being elected again, but in it for the long term

[Steven P]

Second comment, I saw the news last night of him being offered to the crowds below and to a person, every one of the crowd had their phone videoing rather than living for the moment... almost as if they'd forgotten that moment was covered on every TV channel, every angle, in far better quality than their Nokia will ever record. Just hit record on the VCR and job done.

 

 

[sime42]

We seem to live our lives vicariously through our phones these days. I was at a VE Day event the other day and there was a Spitfire and Hurricane fly by. I looked around and almost everyone in the big crowd had their phones pointed at the sky. I got mine out to do the same but quickly realised that what I could see on the little screen was crap compared to looking directly at the sky with my eyes, and what was the point in recording it for posterity? It'll just be an underwhelming video of a little aeroplane for ever afterwards.

 

[sime42]

2 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

Sounds like he has his own mind as far as these things go - an organisation as large as his has a certain momentum so I am not expecting him to suddenly make massive changes but small and steady slight alterations. Which is a benefit I think, far less inclined as politicians to follow the 'will of the people' and act rashly, to ensure being elected again, but in it for the long term

 

Quite. That momentum you speak of is a double edged sword. From a positive aspect it means that the organisation is much less susceptible to the dangers of Populism. The Pope and the Potus couldn't be much more different in that respect.