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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    There's the leadership, the majority (50% + 1), and then there's "The opposition"? Meaning the minority? It's a numbers joke? the largest party is the government the second largest party is the opposition Unlike the US we have multiple parties Alliance Party Conservative Party GOVERNMENT...
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    U.S. Army recruiting goal short nearly 20,000 soldiers. Other branches down too.

    up date Hundreds of bodies and other remains hidden in Detroit funeral homes https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/27/fune-o27.html Decomposing bodies and cremated remains found at unlicensed funeral home, NY cops say Read more at...
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    U.S. Army recruiting goal short nearly 20,000 soldiers. Other branches down too.

    there an american crematorium which had hundreds of corpses "stored" around its land More than 100 bodies have been discovered around a crematorium in the US state of Georgia by bewildered investigators trying to understand what they are calling the most ghoulish mystery they have ever...
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    Some like Microsoft (Windows). Others prefer Apple (Unix). Ever try Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, or ... ) ?

    my first was a "Dragon 32" and ran on audio tapes closely fallowed by an Acorn Electron and a Commodore 64 all were equally useless. My first "real" computer was a home build (I didnt build it) if memory serves it had two hard drives 1x 1Gb and 1x2Gb it would do the internet on dial up but was...
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    multiple calls now for a general election - but one current Conservative MP says that his party wouldnt get enough seats to form the opposition!
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    U.S. Army recruiting goal short nearly 20,000 soldiers. Other branches down too.

    no metal hip (which wouldn't have fit in the can). I've been wondering since 199 apparently crematoria have quite the side line in scrap metal (hips knees gold crowns) pace makers have to be removed pre cremation due to the explosion risk
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    Some like Microsoft (Windows). Others prefer Apple (Unix). Ever try Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, or ... ) ?

    All I ask is that when I turn it on it works after that everything is negotiable My Cell phone runs on Android and Im very happy with that also
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    Boris is being tipped for return!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any one know how you apply for asylum in Russia?
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    U.S. Army recruiting goal short nearly 20,000 soldiers. Other branches down too.

    coffins here are seldom if ever metal (and certainly wouldnt be for a cremation. We tend to use veneered ply /solid timber for top end coffins. I have even seen wickerwork coffins. (the "no funeral places use a carboard coffin)) Again I have no idea how it is done on your side but here...
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    U.S. Army recruiting goal short nearly 20,000 soldiers. Other branches down too.

    people here are moving away from funerals - expensive over lavish displays of mawkish grief. I suspect that this is in large part down to covid when funerals were not permitted.** there are several companies who when you die some one contacts them they call around pick up the corpse cremate it...
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    the out going home secretary had the shortest time in office of any home secretary in about 70 years! Remember that Truss appointed these people chancellor and home secretary) as being the best she had to advance her aims for the country The talk is that if she doesnt pull something out of...
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    The lowdown on the ~$1 $Billion Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation jury award - where does free speech end, & criminal liability begin?

    are you suggesting that innocent men never get tried or convicted? this was as I recall a civil suit if you can find a lawyer willing to take your money you can sue for almost anything after that it is down to convincing a group of people too stupid to avoid jury service. the (alleged) I have...
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    getting worse by the hour! there was a Fracking bill (fracking is generally unpopular) the government said it was a "confidence issue" meaning that any conservative who voted against it was politically finished as far as the conservative party goes. This is extremely unusual pretty much...
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    And apparently (news is still sketchy) one of Liz Truss' senior advisors is "suspended" currently no reason given
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    A short journey into the debacle that is the current UK government

    The home secretary (third most important post after the PM and chancellor) has now resigned the PM says its due to a "breach of the ministerial code" The former home secretary says that she has severe concerns as to the direction the government is moving. So did she jump or was she pushed?
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    $$ Taxes $$ What's right?

    Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are totally different type 1 is an autoimmune disorder which usually occurs in childhood type 2 is largely (but not exclusively) a life style disease which occurs in middle age. all of my maternal relatives had type 2 by the time that they died as did my paternal...
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    The lowdown on the ~$1 $Billion Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation jury award - where does free speech end, & criminal liability begin?

    As I laid out above I disagree. Certainly it was vile and hurtful but I dont agree that it was actionable (if it was illegal why is MTG and may others not in court?) but the court has ruled and any disagreement with it is moot
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    $$ Taxes $$ What's right?

    There is such a pump but currently the NHS only gives them to type 1 diabetics (usually to younger people who may not be able to control their diabetes). I usually have no problem balancing how much to eat and how much insulin to take for my activity level. In my summer forays into work it can...
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    The best way to Administer CitizenVoice - Topic Drift, Disputes, and

    Speaking as some one who has been perma banned from more boards than I care to remember having posts deleted is a minor irritation but the one thing that I cannot stand and will not tolerate is having the content of my posts changed (in a way that changes the intended meaning). First occasion...
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