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Post by Moose on Apr 19, 2018 18:19:03 GMT
Yeah well, it's the chemtrail and other conspiracy idiots, not to mention the racists, who bother me.
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Post by tangent on Apr 19, 2018 18:29:55 GMT
To be clear, erekose doesn't support them, he regards them as idiots too.
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Post by Moose on Apr 19, 2018 18:52:47 GMT
Um, from some of the things he's posted, no, he doesn't. But I suppose i should not discuss him in his absence.
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Post by juju on Apr 19, 2018 19:20:57 GMT
I have a chemtrail/flat earther friend. Or should I say 'had'- I had to unfriend her on Facebook because some of the more outlandish conspiracy theory stuff was coming from some really far right or ultra religious sources.
She's a hippy type so I don't know if she just doesn't bother checking her sources, or just doesn't care.
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Post by tangent on Dec 4, 2018 22:42:49 GMT
Back on the Brexit track, I'm astonished, dismayed and bewildered how messy this has become. Today, the government lost three votes, one of which was on contempt of Parliament. Does this mean Parliament will lurch from side to side until everyone loses their heads or does it mean remaining in the EU is inevitable?
Labour wants to defeat Teresa May and hold a general election or, failing that, another referendum. This is not the time to be loyal to the Conservative party because the conservatives couldn't possibly have made a worse mess.
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Post by JoeP on Dec 4, 2018 23:02:40 GMT
Does this mean Parliament will lurch from side to side until everyone loses their heads or does it mean remaining in the EU is inevitable? I suspect we are doomed to many years of not being in, not being out, and the two sides arguing and arguing in circles. Remaining in the EU isn't an option unless the Brexiteers are thoroughly defeated. And admit it.
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Post by Moose on Dec 4, 2018 23:51:01 GMT
Give it long enough and most of them will die. Well give it long enough and ALL of them will die but you know what I mean.
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Post by kingedmund on Dec 12, 2018 18:29:06 GMT
Things always work themselves out. You’ll be okay. A little mess here. A little mess there. Here a mess there a mess. 😝
That’s the way the world works with people.
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Post by Moose on Dec 13, 2018 21:16:16 GMT
Well here's the thing, sometimes they DON'T work out
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Post by tangent on Dec 13, 2018 21:36:49 GMT
Things always work themselves out. It didn't work out for the Roman Empire... or the slave trade. If the plethora of used satellite bits collide and cause a chain reaction, space travel will not be possible for the next 300 or 400 years, possibly longer. If global warming exceeds 5°C, it will take the earth an estimated 3/4 billion years to get back to where we are today. That's the way it is with people.
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Post by spaceflower on Dec 15, 2018 10:48:09 GMT
Was there never any discussion about Northern Ireland before the referendum? It seem to be a big obstacle. What do the brexiteers who want a "hard brexit" or "no deal" want, a hard border between Northern Ireland and Eire? Have they forgotten "the Troubles"?
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Post by JoeP on Dec 15, 2018 12:04:11 GMT
There was not. But in the interests of balance, there was never any discussion about any of the consequences.
Hard Brexiteers aren't thinking about Northern Ireland at all, or Ireland, or Scotland. They're only thinking about Brussels.
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 15, 2018 18:39:28 GMT
To many it was just "Keep the foreigners out, taking away our jobs!" even though that's not what it ever would have been!
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Post by tangent on Dec 16, 2018 15:56:54 GMT
There was a discussion about Scotland breaking away from the union and rejoining the EU, which many of us thought was a serious possibility. (And also London breaking away but that was never a serious consideration.) But I think Northern Ireland was an after thought.
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Post by kingedmund on Dec 27, 2018 5:41:11 GMT
Things always work themselves out. It didn't work out for the Roman Empire... or the slave trade. If the plethora of used satellite bits collide and cause a chain reaction, space travel will not be possible for the next 300 or 400 years, possibly longer. If global warming exceeds 5°C, it will take the earth an estimated 3/4 billion years to get back to where we are today. That's the way it is with people. The world kept going. And here we are! Empires rise and fall and things work out. I am not losing sleep over anything I will keep on going like the energizer bunny and make changes as rules change.
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