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Morning all. Drizzle here also. But what do we expect? That is pretty much typical Christmas weather!

Ah, the inevitable edit. That's where the substance might be, if indeed there is any. Is that it now Dave mate, or is there more yet to come? Yes, I realise exactly how much plastic is in a car. Also plastic based adhesive and sealant. Cars are literally glued together these days, there's hundreds of meters of it. If you think that EVs are going to save the planet then you need to re-evaluate your religion I suggest. Anyway, you've entirely missed the point of this sub-discussion as normal. Disclaimer. I have no military service record.

His choice of very much background music adds to the calmness as well.

This one's a little more spicy. How many people here would "live work" like that?

I think you're being slightly generous towards the right wing anti-woke mincer there. His pushing of the green agenda feels more like a means to an end, making a fortune, rather than motivated by altruism. Much like Trump, I don't believe he does anything for the good of humanity or the planet. Or anyone but himself. There's no denying his drive and determination and general business accumin though. Worth noting that his profits are partly derived from the exploitation of his workers, and others. It will be interesting to see how the conflict between ICE and BEV plays out. My guess is that he'll switch to fossil fuel powered vehicles if the pressure from Trump's other friends is too great. No doubt he'll still be very successful in that; a lot of the technologies and processes used by Tesla are ground breaking, way ahead of the other major auto manufacturers. Or, he'll continue on his current trajectory with electric cars and the oil barons will be forced to concentrate their efforts into making yet more filthy plastic that we don't need. Disclaimer. I have no military service record. Elon Musk's Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more WWW.BBC.CO.UK Musk's firm backed the government's green stance, despite its maverick chief executive's social media attacks.

Not forgetting the, (same?), billionaire guy is also trying to buy a seat at our table. Reform UK's new treasurer Nick Candy reveals he spoke to Elon Musk this morning NEWS.SKY.COM Billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy, who is married to Holly Valance, has renounced his Conservative Party membership to... As an aside, there's that Holly Valance name cropping up again. Neighbours has a lot to answer for.

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Proper butchers sausages. Pork and Chilli, Pork, Spring Onion and Ginger, and Lamb and Apricot.

Very good. Shame he looks depressingly like a kid!

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So they're saying that Assad may have fled the country already. Where do we reckon he'll go, Russia, Iran? Or a hole in the ground like Gaddafi?

Dave mate, you're boring! What is your weird little fixation with Stephen P's military background? It really doesn't matter. You're killing this, your own, thread here. Time to let it go now, move on. Share your thoughts on something relevant to the thread subject instead. Syria situation, this storm, the murder of that US insurance CEO, Romania, there's plenty to go at currently. The reopening of the Notre-Dame. The French have done a cracking job to get that sorted in just five years. The craftsmanship and skills involved is amazing. What do you think? Notre Dame: How Paris's cathedral was restored after fire WWW.BBC.CO.UK Paris's Gothic cathedral has been painstakingly returned to its former glory. Here's how it was done.

There we go

No idea, other than more chaos and carnage. I don't know who likes Syria and who doesn't. I think they're friends with Iran, presumably that makes them not friends of Israel. Though if Islamist rebels take over then that's bad for Israel maybe. We need that handy little diagram that I found a while back, the one showing the allegiances between all the different countries and groups in the region.

Is it show and tell time then? This is mine. I'm not convinced on the accuracy though, a few of the questions were a bit weird; non of the answers resonated with me at all. This is interesting too, but again, not really a surprise. Kamala Harris isn't actually a Red at all.

This might help anyone who is confused about their political orientation. Daily Starmer. The Political Compass WWW.POLITICALCOMPASS.ORG A typology of political opinions plotted on 2 dimensions: economic and social.

You joke but:-

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I've often thought along similar lines myself. I think the huge amount of effort and money that's gone into space, (literally), over the years would have been far better spent on conserving this once fabulous planet of ours. (Granted, there have been plenty of great technological spin-offs along the way.) I suspect I'm going out on a limb here but I've never really seen the allure of space, it just doesn't excite me. I've no desire to go to some lifeless, inhospitable rock in the middle of nowhere to try and exist on artificial everything. Musk and his pals are very welcome to stay there if they make it. We've got, or at least did have, everything we could ever desire on this nice little cosy Earth. There's untold scientific research potential in the complexity of the myriad of lifeforms in the natural world around us. We'd do better to learn from it before it's too late I reckon. As you were.

Yeah, it's been hard to imagine what's supposed to be coming our way this evening. How's it looking out there in the west @peds? Are you still there?!