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nice work if you can get it, could have put up with the Pol Roger 1998

of course there will be human suffering due to greed, always has been. Some of these companies will use AI to develop more effective chemotherapy drugs. So we will be kept alive to prolong the suffering under our new masters

I took Steven's quote to mean - stop people leaving in the first place (leave from poor (e.g Mexico, Venezuela and travel to rich (US). Regardless of what SP meant - Trump has sorted that one thing, for now. Maybe only a temporary fix, but even the Earth is temporary over a long timespan.

sorry - your posts are normally coherent and intelligent, but you've lost me here. I was highlighting Trump's success at stopping illegals at the southern border. How many of those arriving at the border are from Denmark, UK, Australia, Singapore?

ok his parents are Born 27 July 1976 (age 49)[4] London, England[4]

need to work out how to stop people leaving in the first place - Trump has done this by making them realize there's no point leaving their home country to make their way to the southern border, because they will be removed immediately. Yes if the Democrats get in and decide to open the floodgates there will be, perhaps not half the world's poor, but as many as can make the journey. Tens of millions from south america alone. To address this thing besmirching Trump for associating with Epstein - all I've seen of Epstein's conviction is for soliciting sex with a minor - can you show us some news stories where you read about just how bad a child rapist Epstein was? I'm sure you said something like he raped 12 year olds? Have you actually read news reports that specifically mention the ages of girls and that he was prosecuted for raping them? So rather than constant accusations - how about compile your references? I don't know either way, but you seem to think you know the ins and outs (poor phrasing) of Epstein's crimes in great detail.

there's no reason some of our computer scientists can't continue to lead on AI we need both heavy industry and emerging technologies, obviously industry is more labour intesive, providing more jobs, but welding etc will become increasingly robotised. Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind[8] and Isomorphic Labs,[9][10][11] and a UK Government AI Adviser.[12] In 2024, Hassabis and John M. Jumper were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their AI research contributions for protein structure prediction.[13][14]

Trump promised to cut illegal immigration and he has. Half the worlds poor were streaming across the southern border. To constantly criticize Trump and not try to look for any positives is just mush. Even Trump's tariffs I can see where he's coming from. Changing away from cheap labour in foreign countries is ambitious, but not impossible. The UK is the same - we used to be shipbiulders for the world - then people discovered you could teach Philipinos to do it for less. All the imported cars on UK roads and mobile phones made in asia. To my mind its so important to develop and protect home grown industries that people should be made to accept we pay more for it. Sometimes even our own navy ships have been built abroad for the sake of saving. A big nuclear power station goes up and we can't do it ourselves. Trump isn't as bad as all the utter shite thats lead to our decline (over the last 100 years). We shouldn't need EDF to put up a nuclear powerstation. Nuclear engineering should be a GCSE at gunpoint

that is an interesting post - to grasp the whole history of the Arabs and the Jews back to before Jerusalem would take a while and give a better perspective. I know Jews throughout the world have faced pogroms, but during the Crusades europeans murdered plenty of Arabs. The history that is being written now - Netanyahu is a modern day crusader - slaughtering Arabs and stealing their land

No one would be saying genocide is too strong a term if it were all the Arab countries invading Israel and leveling all the residential buildings, killing tens if thousands. It's been a blockade for years. Israel dont own the sea around Gaza. If only the whole of europe and UK would send all their destroyers and carriers on the same path as Greta flotilla. Countries dont care enough, declaring war on Israel is almost declaring war on US. New York has 2 million Jews, many of whom made sure they donated enough to both parties. 2 of these boats and a few subs do some damage to Israeli air force. We just need to get hold of the keys

people let their dogs piss all over the street, maybe the protesters should have been on a lead

the pigs are at fault We Are All Plasticine Auction

it's AI - just idle stirring, was too feeble and selfish to gi on the march, a few posts is the best I can do to 'help'

too windy today thankfully

nice lot of creeper, kind on the eye

but there has to be a pattern - how many of our prime ministers and other political figures have been shot? Many of the shootings in US are done with legally obtained guns

No one has shot Tommy yet, those that want to are still waiting for their firearms applications to be processed

Elon Musk via video at the rally “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” don't make a drama out of a crisis

some have blocked Mark J, some have blocked Johnsond - there must exist on the web a Venn diagram showing the intersection - members who have blocked both.

reminds me of when Anne Widdecombe said Michael Howard had 'something of the night about him' The putdown—in her own words, a character assassination[16]—was seen as an attack on Howard's personality, and played into contemporary views that he had "a ruthless streak",[8] was "stern and sinister", abrasive, forbidding and remote. Contemporary reactions Widdecombe's colleagues had other interpretations. To Emily Blatch, it indicated that Howard's character was "not as it seems".[31] Oppenheim admired the "well-crafted" soundbite, saying she "carried it off brilliantly. She turned herself from being a fringe middle-ranking politician, whom no one had very much time for and who was considered a right-wing weirdo, into being a chat show character, with something to her."[31] Howard's response was to go "hopping mad".[31] Conservative MP Jerry Hayes suggested that Widdecombe's phrase "struck a chord" with the public; he also wrote approvingly of the subsequent sketch by impressionist Rory Bremner, in which the latter compared Howard to Dracula.[

I stand by what I said back in July - every little helps

if insults are 1 to 10 with 1 harmless and 10 the worst, maybe that can be given a score of 6.5

I wasn't impressed by Charlie Kirk's performance at the Oxford Union - too much up Trump's arse. And that bit in support of the Jan 6 mob. However that snippet in the link you posted where he's talking to Ben Shapiro shows Kirk in a different light - in that one as he asked about ethnic cleansing claims in Gaza you could see he was obviously a supporter of Israel, but not someone who felt Israel should just be allowed to do anything in Gaza. Maybe the wealthy jewish donors were trying to use him as a mouthpiece, and he was pushing back.

I bought some playchip for a large play area - bloke had certification and they perform a drop test on the chip seemed to me impact attenuation was more of a concern than splinters, he was feeding tree trunks into the chipper and straight into my truck, nice and fresh cut, so it didn't rot down for years Woodchips for play areas should be "Play Grade" and certified to meet the British Standard BS EN 1177 (or equivalent European standard) for safety surfacing. This certification ensures the woodchips have been tested to guarantee they are safe, free from contaminants, and provide impact attenuation to protect children from falls. You should look for products explicitly labeled as "Play Grade" or "Play Safe" and ensure they conform to BS EN 1177.

so if Christian values and principles are what made America such a strong economy, how do you explain the rise of the Chinese economy? China now have a greater share of the EV market than Tesla in europe In August 2025, China-based BYD captured a 1.1% market share in the European Union's new car registrations, while Tesla held 0.7%. My view is that it is not Christian values or principles that have built the US economy, but hardworking inventors and entrepreneurs Henry Ford Alexander Graham Bell Larry Page (google) Musk (SpaceX, Paypal , Tesla) Steve Jobs Jeff Bezos Samuel Morse (telgraph) Thomas Edison (phonograph, light bulb) while some may have been driven by faith (Christian principles and values), it's hard to know what percentage. At least some of them were athiests Steve Jobs had a lifelong spiritual journey marked by an adoption of Zen Buddhism following a trip to India, which heavily influenced his philosophy of simplicity and focus, though he remained interested in other beliefs and was known to express uncertainty about the afterlife. He was not deeply religious in a conventional sense but was a practitioner of Zen Buddhism and was interested in the spiritual teachings of figures like Neem Karoli Baba. Larry Page was not raised with a particular religion, despite his mother having a Jewish background. He was raised in a secular home where his father's belief that technology was a form of religion was more influential than any established faith. Elon Musk describes his religious identity as a "cultural Christian", while also stating that he follows the "religion of curiosity". He has also identified himself as "Jewish by association" and has spoken about attending a Jewish preschool. While not a formal member of any religious institution, he has expressed appreciation for Christian traditions and philosophy. Jeff Bezos does not publicly identify with any particular religion and has not discussed his religious beliefs in public. While his father's family was Baptist, Bezos himself has not publicly shared his own religious views.