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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostOne step closer to a Norsefire government in the UK, fun to watch.
This seems like the Enabling Act v2.0"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostScheduling the Queens Speech for October 15th. Means a shutdown of parliament until then and reduces the chances of the opposition stopping anything happening Brexit-wise.
And that they all need to stop hiding behind party loyalties or, in the case of Corbyn, refusing to take any kind of stand.
Time to stand up and be counted."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostI guess on the other side of the coin, it means the anti No Deal MPs have a very clear deadline to pass legislation now.
And that they all need to stop hiding behind party loyalties or, in the case of Corbyn, refusing to take any kind of stand.
Time to stand up and be counted.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostPity we weren't up against someone like Corbyn in 1921, probably would have given us the north sea.Turning millions into thousands
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It’s over , Brexit is going to happen,if they somehow held another referendum tomorrow or next few months result would be the same, leaves margin of victory would prob increase.
It’s going to be nasty for us, and we are not ready
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostAny good recent graphic novel recommendations for someone who grew up on Maus, sandman, V for Vendetta etc.?
The Boys (recently an amazon prime series)
Y: The last man (again, think it's gonna be a film/tv show soon)
From Hell (another Moore effort, really dark and powerful stuff)
That's all top of my head but I'm not as recent as I'd like to be.
Honestly, injustice: gods among us can be aqquired from your friendly neighbourhood pirateship and is a huge ongoing saga of Superman sliding into tyranny after the death of Lois Lane.
It's fucking great.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by mdoug View PostHave a request, where can one watch the entirety of this years all Ireland final again?
Expected it to be on rte player, but it is not. Struggling to find
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostIt’s over , Brexit is going to happen,if they somehow held another referendum tomorrow or next few months result would be the same, leaves margin of victory would prob increase.
It’s going to be nasty for us, and we are not ready
I suspect a big Yes majority.
Their stock of influence, respect and soft power is at an all-time low. I fully recognise that Brexit is one of the dumbest things ever voted for but they now need to own the unicorn-free consequences.
Does that make me pro-Brexit?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by mdoug View PostHave a request, where can one watch the entirety of this years all Ireland final again?
Expected it to be on rte player, but it is not. Struggling to find
Only analysts for the teams have access to a One Drive where footage of all matches is available. Dublin don't upload their footage to it, but the rest of the teams do.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostI wonder what the result would be if the EU27 had a "should the UK leave the EU?" referendum.
I suspect a big Yes majority.
Their stock of influence, respect and soft power is at an all-time low. I fully recognise that Brexit is one of the dumbest things ever voted for but they now need to own the unicorn-free consequences.
Does that make me pro-Brexit?
I do wonder though if this is all part of the plan. Force the VONC, get an extension for the GE, win a majority, fuck off the DUP and BXP, put border in the Irish sea, brexit delivered.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostAnyone who thinks a yes vote would get in again hasn't been really paying attention imo. The old farts will be outvoted this time .
Need to somehow get a 2nd ref
Spent some time in leafy posh Tumbridge Wells last week.
The level of political apathy and ignorance among otherwise well read folks was pretty jarring.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostYou BBV'd 'er Maj
It's done.
Only possible concession is to re constitute the backstop as the same thing but NI only and expires on the result of a referendum in 2024 that would ask if they want to stay in the backstop (for another 5 years maybe ) or leave with the inevitable border poll to follow.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostOK now we need to hold firm
Only possible concession is to re constitute the backstop as the same thing but NI only and expires on the result of a referendum in 2024 that would ask if they want to stay in the backstop (for another 5 years maybe ) or leave with the inevitable border poll to follow."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by nicnicnic View PostOn the vaping death media hysteria.
It took them a few weeks to jump on this but fuck me you can see the money an scope the anti vape PR lobby have at their disposal and how desperate they are in reality to frame public perception to discredit vaping.
The cases are related to to street bought THC oil.
https://cei.org/blog/lung-disease-ou...ket-not-vaping
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostArlene won't accept anything that's NI only.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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On the back os strewls graphic novel requests..
I've an idea for a new one
In 2020, theworldBritain is in turmoil, with theUnited StatesUnion fractured as a result ofprolongedsecond civil wara No Deal Brexit and apandemic of the "St. Mary's Virus"shortage of medicines, food and fuel. The United Kingdom is ruled as a fascist[7]police state by theNorsefireConservative Party, under the all-powerfulHigh ChancellorPrime MinisterAdam Sutler. Boris Johnson
However, in the midst of all this chaos,one man known only by the name VParliament dares to stand up to the government and is are labelled as a terrorist traitors.
Pity it’s such a stupid plot. People would never believe it. Oh well...People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostArlene won't accept anything that's NI only.
Cummings and Boris have no interest in anything except winning a majority asap.Turning millions into thousands
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DUP getting shafted would be a lovely consolation price
Loved this line about Arlene from marina Hyde in the guardian “Arlene Foster, who still has all the warmth of the matriarch of a remote farm who retains the passports of her labourers”
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostDUP getting shafted would be a lovely consolation price
Loved this line about Arlene from marina Hyde in the guardian “Arlene Foster, who still has all the warmth of the matriarch of a remote farm who retains the passports of her labourers”Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by FeetMagic View PostFor the vapers here, did ye notice health benefits after switching over? I've been vaping for 4 months or so now from 12/day approx but I personally don't feel they're that much less harmful as I never experienced the transition you get when going cold turkey.
Spitting blood into tissues, inhaler non stop
Early stages, of COPD
Doctor said next step tank on back job
I threw her cigs in fire very late at night when all shops were closed gave her my spare ecig menthol 18 mg told stfu within one hour she told me ill never smoke again
Vaping 4 yrs. Inhaler dropped after 2 weeks, cough gone more or less month later.
Now, walks prob 5 kms a, day, 2 trips to lanza a, year
. Absolutely amazing difference
Detests even the smell now.Her sky-ness
© 5starpool
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Poor Liz ,having to meet mogg today and all while this nasty business with prince Andy is getting aired. and more shit about Mountbatten too
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Originally posted by FeetMagic View PostFor the vapers here, did ye notice health benefits after switching over? I've been vaping for 4 months or so now from 12/day approx but I personally don't feel they're that much less harmful as I never experienced the transition you get when going cold turkey.
I had never attempted to quit at any stage, but the ashtrays in the mornings were starting to bother me as was waking up during the night to smoke.
My youngest brother got me a kit in 2012. At the time I was still playing some online poker and basically eating cigarettes. Over a year I'd reach for the vape with increasing regularity, to the point where I stopped smoking completely the day after my 46th birthday.
Six year this week.
Health wise.
My local used be a 200 yard uphill walk and I went from gasping for breath when reaching the pub to breathing with ease over that time of weening.
I had a full medical 6 months after I stopped completely and my lung capacity was deemed normal. 18 months before I'd say i was heading for serious respiratory issues.
The other major health benefit was dental. I'd always brushed my teeth regular but was so embarrassed about them I'd stopped dental visits years before. My gums were destroyed from smoking.
At the time i started vaping it was a real issue, I had to visit a dentist and he was able to simply twist two wisdom teeth out without using any tools. It took 4 sessions with the hygienist to clean my teeth.
I've had some work done since (few crowns) but still have my teeth and gums are in good shape. I'd guess I was 6-12 months from losing the lot.
A younger relatively light smoker isn't going to have the benefits I have had from vaping and is probably better off trying to just quit.
If you can't then my opinion is vaping is the better alternative then going back smoking ciggs.
I'll never stop vaping but would have never quit cigarettes. I've said this before, fuck knows I could grow and extra head in 20 years as a result of vaping. The difference is I'd probably have been dead in twenty years without vaping.
More importantly if I do get another twenty the quality of life I'll have, opposed to what it would have been will be remarkably better.
I know this from the last 6 years. If I dropped dead in the morning, my brother getting me that initial kit has improved my quality of life in the past six years more than if I had won the lottery at that time.Last edited by nicnicnic; 29-08-19, 03:03.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostTransmetropolitan fits well in the current political clime
The Boys (recently an amazon prime series)
Y: The last man (again, think it's gonna be a film/tv show soon)
From Hell (another Moore effort, really dark and powerful stuff)
That's all top of my head but I'm not as recent as I'd like to be.
Honestly, injustice: gods among us can be aqquired from your friendly neighbourhood pirateship and is a huge ongoing saga of Superman sliding into tyranny after the death of Lois Lane.
It's fucking great.
Sabrina and The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir Hopefully he'll enjoy them and won't have thrown them before I get a chance to read themTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostI came across a beautiful version of Only You today that sounds kind of like a lullaby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKzWnjmiWYk
Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostAny good recommendations for hotels in London, preferably somewhere in/around Brixton but can go further a field if it's a good spot?
Originally posted by nicnicnic View PostPurely anecdotal. I smoked from a very early age, 40-60 a day when I was introduced to vaping.
I had never attempted to quit at any stage, but the ashtrays in the mornings were starting to bother me as was waking up during the night to smoke.
My youngest brother got me a kit in 2012. At the time I was still playing some online poker and basically eating cigarettes. Over a year I'd reach for the vape with increasing regularity, to the point where I stopped smoking completely the day after my 46th birthday.
Six year this week.
Health wise.
My local used be a 200 yard uphill walk and I went from gasping for breath when reaching the pub to breathing with ease over that time of weening.
I had a full medical 6 months after I stopped completely and my lung capacity was deemed normal. 18 months before I'd say i was heading for serious respiratory issues.
The other major health benefit was dental. I'd always brushed my teeth regular but was so embarrassed about them I'd stopped dental visits years before. My gums were destroyed from smoking.
At the time i started vaping it was a real issue, I had to visit a dentist and he was able to simply twist two wisdom teeth out without using any tools. It took 4 sessions with the hygienist to clean my teeth.
I've had some work done since (few crowns) but still have my teeth and gums are in good shape. I'd guess I was 6-12 months from losing the lot.
A younger relatively light smoker isn't going to have the benefits I have had from vaping and is probably better off trying to just quit.
If you can't then my opinion is vaping is the better alternative then going back smoking ciggs.
I'll never stop vaping but would have never quit cigarettes. I've said this before, fuck knows I could grow and extra head in 20 years as a result of vaping. The difference is I'd probably have been dead in twenty years without vaping.
More importantly if I do get another twenty the quality of life I'll have, opposed to what it would have been will be remarkably better.
I know this from the last 6 years. If I dropped dead in the morning, my brother getting me that initial kit has improved my quality of life in the past six years more than if I had won the lottery at that time.
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People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjHZ-t2CPSI
sadly, it means nothing.
no one cares, nothing matters, what's on the telly?
I did have a polite chat about this with a very nice British lady on holidays.
She expressed the (very common) opinion that voters had voted to leave and that the UK should just get on with it.
I agreed.
I did wonder did those voters also vote to make themselves poorer and degrade the opportunities and quality of life for their children. I also wondered what percentage of those voting knew the difference between the EU Council and the Commission. She didn't.
She agreed the consequences are all negative. But also strongly believed they have to go through with it as it is 'the will of the people'.
I agreed.
I suspect BoJo is fully aware of this too!"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Postsadly, it means nothing.
no one cares, nothing matters, what's on the telly?
I'm still saddened that there isn't even a hint of a good arson-spree or riot from the student population. Not even a sit-in.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostAfter the September intake, about 90% of students at university will be people who weren't entitled to vote in the referendum. There should by now be a huge movement fighting against what is being taken from them. And it would be a key movement as the tag 'remoaner' can't really be thrown at them.
I'm still saddened that there isn't even a hint of a good arson-spree or riot from the student population. Not even a sit-in."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostArlene is out of moves, her contract with Tories is up for renewal and she is of little or no use to him anymore. In the very unlikely event that he is given and decides to push through a deal an offer like that he won't need DUP votes to get it through.
Cummings and Boris have no interest in anything except winning a majority asap."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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My vaping story is almost identical to nicnicnic's. After 23 years of cigarettes (I only started on them when I was 21), and having gotten up to 40 a day for the last few years, I had my last ones in 2014. Many thanks to Satnav for recommending some devices at the time.
After 5 years of vaping decided to try giving them up. Off them for 3 months now and pretty sure I'm done with it. Have to say it's properly addictive stuff, the only thing I've ever had similar withdrawal symptoms from was methamphetamine. Alcohol is child's play in comparison.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostAfter the September intake, about 90% of students at university will be people who weren't entitled to vote in the referendum. There should by now be a huge movement fighting against what is being taken from them. And it would be a key movement as the tag 'remoaner' can't really be thrown at them.
I'm still saddened that there isn't even a hint of a good arson-spree or riot from the student population. Not even a sit-in.
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Rainforest - Amazon
Papers - Panama
Embezzlement - Red Cross in Haiti
Privacy invasion - FB
War Crimes - Saudi/ Yemen
Annexing - Hong Kong
etc etc etc etc
And thats without touching Trump/Brexit/Duterte/Putin.
The average western person is cowed into subservience without even knowing it.
I include myself in this. I was talking to a friend about hong kong protests if such a thing might happen in the UK.
The thoughts of mass civil disobedience is something I think most, including me, would be hesitant to do if it interfered with work / college etc.
A nice march is planned on Saturday. It won't work. But we are all afraid to lose 'whats mine'People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostAny standouts in the O'Brien wine sale?
I'd say with the way GBP is going, a spin up to JW Nicholson is by far the best option than the bs 'sales' that go on down here."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostIf you are outraged all the time, you find it very hard to get outraged at a proper issue.
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Government suspends democracy but Tories say theres nothing to see here , shure be grand
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Pritti Patel says I'm going to stop immigrants coming from Callais, new brexit rules dontcha know
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Black kids can buy knives shock horror
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Have you been missold PPILast edited by Strewelpeter; 29-08-19, 12:06.Turning millions into thousands
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