Steven P

As opposed to the President bestie of Epstein?

Diverging from the POTUS thread.... because there is nothing going on over there today at all.... This has always confused me, how being called 'woke' is a bad thing. "This person over there cares about other people, the imbecile, all normal people, like me, don't care, why should we" to me is not a healthy society. Nothing in the definition about positive discrimination, or negative discrimination whichever way you look at it. Take people on their merits based on all being equal. However the 'woke' being used as an insult I think stems from people answering back and saying 'so what'... to which the BS merchants such as ... well anyone on GB news it appears... are trying to justify themselves "no it is not abut respecting all people, it is more than that"... when the definition... as above.. it is. They have a great problem accepting that all people can thrive in society based on their strengths, and go to great lengths to subjugate some, to keep them down with insults, to sell an agenda that all people are worthy, just some are more worthy than others. Anyway, back to the US, anything good happening over there today?

DEI... that's a new one... is that added when people jump back in and say, yes, compassion is not a bad thing. I am not sure however how you earn compassion, a desire for equality and with a non-racist view of the world.

Wise words.

woke: aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality: I don't think that is a problem for me. However my mornings post has nothing to do with that.

Bigging up The Rapist! Love it,

... 5 hours later for a headline to update us on a news story, but isn't really creating a spark for a discussion. I left you a post to comment as is your way, quite happy to read your contrary discussion to what I say (as is also your way).

For Tate, he was under house arrest which is like in the UK being remanded in custody.... which they only do if the police are pretty sure they'll secure a conviction or are sure the accused will abscond, run away. Since Tate is a massive egotist, I think running away and hiding isn't a consideration... so the police there I think are pretty sure of a strong case against him. Reading into his past and allegations against him, to be accused of rape once is perhaps bad luck, but to have 35 accusations of rape against you (including children)... suggests to me that there is something in there. Not really a man any human could defend.... lawyers will but their ethics will be driven by money.

Apart from the fuel I try to give my small machines a run every month or so, the ones that are not heavily used won't have an effect on lifespan to all purposes, and the ones I use all the time are used at least once a month anyway. Then empty the fuel (actually, usually half a tank in the first, emptied into the 2nd and so on). Had a few second hand machines, never used for years that take a bit of work to start up, I find this helps.

I'm looking at it as a sluice gate on the left. To the right appears to be a dug channel maintaining a level - water take off, to the left the stream drops. Could be a mill race, canal water or something... and the dug channel could be quite lengthy to get a head of water if required to drive machinery further on. On the right the channel has filled over time and on the left with the active stream the water has kept that channel open.

Wow - are you trying to defend another alleged rapist?

I'd be guessing that the settings are to comply with the worst case - softwoods. Else the stove manufacturer would need to ensure compliance works with either and a variable setting of primary air - which I don't think they could do.

There is a bloke round this way too, has been moved on after a few years and the site cleared... about 10 days work for 6 men (£1k a day?+ plus kit, waste disposal etc) clearing the site. Started out as just a few bags of stuff here and there till it was too much and the environment people got involved. You'd be surprised how much waste a site can hold!

I'd be digressing but would be intrigued to know anyone who feeds themselves through hunting (perhaps with some wild plant collection thrown in) anything more than 50% of the time in the UK. Sure the odd deer, some rabbits, birds but to do it for any more than a nice to have every now and then?

All I can see there is "500 million+ members"... speaking of members, Morning!

Thanks. About doubled? That's a huge jump.

I don't have guns but am curious what the costs were before? Second question, have they been increased year after year or is this the first increase in ages? The figures above sound a lot for a check that the doctors note is valid, a quick call and some paperwork... but were they a lot last time the prices were increased too?

Nice!

"Is that some kind of joke" The deal in Gaza is of course the one put forward and negotiated by Qatar along the framework put forward by Biden and his team

and the more you click on a type of news story, the more of similar types of news stories gets delivered to you. So for example, click on a negative news story about an immigrant, there is a good chance that the next similar story will be shown to you also. And so it spirals into a pit of despair. It is easy to see how they get suckered into believing the world is a bad place.

The moon? Didn't you know there is a secret alien base there on the dark side, the communicate with the lizards on earth and whichever world order you think controls it. Be surprised if the landers lived very long... Weird to be talking of Musk and lizards on the same sentence? It would be quite good to do some more moon exploring, is there a plan in the near future to put a manned base there? The article said the rockets are good for 10 round trips so must be something planned?

Anyone notice in the last couple of hours this thread had turned on itself again. Wonder why? So what else is making the news apart from racism? Well, the miners are slowly being extracted, I think above comments, lots of 'meat' available but... there must also a way in to feed them that the authorities haven't mentioned Gaza ceasefire to start in 19th January - good news on here for a change, perhaps... and maybe hopeful they can make it stick for a while... wonder if the shake up in Syria encouraged this to speed along? TikTok is being banned in the US, so that's my second source of income knackered, dancing about the house to the sounds of a thousand Kylie classics. Perhaps this is a good thing also. Final interesting news, not really news more an interest piece, The Netherlands are offering a tax break, 27% of your salary is not taxed for immigrants to there, sorry, ex-pats, I think there is a difference. Anyway, back to the squabbling

Ahh, but this thread is the POTUS thread so Trump is fair game. As far as I can tell Starmer has never been found guilty of anything by a jury or court of law... again the defence of "Yeah but there are other bad guys so this ones crimes don't count any more". Trump is not a good guy no matter how many others you bring into the discussion. (You'll have to link to the website you are referring to by the way, it didn't pop up on Ask Jeves earlier)

It's probably being confused by the Bestie-Elect Musks wee baggies. (however as a defence that is a pretty shit one "So he is a Rapist but hey look - cocaine! That will absolve him") Edity.... Actually, Musk might be searching every couch and chair next week hoping for his next score - and what is better than it being free, paid for by 'the opposition'

Ooooh, cannot stand your poster by hero being made fun off can you without adding comment to defend him? Why is it that you find this white rapist so adorable?