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Are You Afraid of Contracting The Covid Virus?

by minimus in

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thankfully my best friend who got this terrible malady is doing well after being in the hospital for more than two months!

i see some people who are still petrified over this virus.

they are still virtual prisoners in their own homes.

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No, I'm not afraid of contracting covid. I wash my hands frequently and wear a washable face mask in supermarkets.

Here in the UK, lockdown has f**ked the economy.

We need to get children back to school next month, and sack any teachers who refuse to do their job.

NHS staff have been brilliant throughout the crisis. However, they don't deserve a pay rise because of the huge losses of hours and jobs in the private sector (NHS staff work in the public sector).

Life is never risk-free. We don't ban cars and buses because some people die in road accidents.

We must get back to some kind of normality.

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Using gods name

by Gorbatchov in

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i've never thought about it before, but isn't it some sort of blasphemy and extremism to use a god's name in the official name of your religion?.

g..

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I'm not sure it's blasphemy.

Extremism? - yeah, maybe.

JWs always shove God's name down people's throats, and they're extremist in some ways.

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New York City...OMG What Is Happening??

by minimus in

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look at the new york post online today and watch the videos of mayhem and destruction to the city with fires all over manhattan.

the police vehicles are being destroyed and torched and the rioting just goes on and on.. i regularly went to nyc sometimes once a month for years.

now, who on earth would want to go to this hellhole??.

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Isn’t unemployment and lack of money a huge factor? - unfortunately, I'm unemployed and don't have much money.

Can I smash shop windows and loot stuff?

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It's Shark Week on TV ... anybody watching the shows?

by RubaDub in

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with the virus thing going on, there's more tv time here in the rub a dub household.. watching jaws for the 20th time still is fun.

then all the killer stingray, whales and other sea creatures is interesting.. we watched moby's dick last night.

it's an old classic like jaws.

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Here's a good little video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRmexiPYnu4

Generally speaking, a shark has one of three forms

Lamnid - these sharks have conical-shape noses, tails with equal-sized lobes, and heavy bodies. They swim with a distinctive stiff manner. Their body temperature is higher than the surrounding water, making these animals efficient swimmers in cooler waters. The Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is a typical example.

Carcharhinid - these sharks have blunt, flat noses and tails with a longer upper tail fin. This long upper tail fin drives the head downward, whilst the broad, flat nose acts like an aquaplane, keeping the head up and allowing the shark to swim through the water. These sharks often have flexible bodies and can twist and turn to chase prey. The Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a good example.

And Benthic (bottom-dwelling types) - these forms are typically sluggish in comparison to the above types. These species often have the ability to pump water over their gills, allowing them to rest on the bottom and breathe. The Great White cannot do this - it must keep swimming in order to breathe. The Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) is a good example of a bottom-dwelling species.

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Out Of All TV Shows Over The Years Which Were Your Favorites?

by minimus in

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the sopranos was my number one show.

to me it was the best series ever.

for a good laugh, i still enjoy the beverly hillbillies reruns.

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I'm a Limey from Englandland, so for me it's ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KE0njnZXyY

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It's Shark Week on TV ... anybody watching the shows?

by RubaDub in

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with the virus thing going on, there's more tv time here in the rub a dub household.. watching jaws for the 20th time still is fun.

then all the killer stingray, whales and other sea creatures is interesting.. we watched moby's dick last night.

it's an old classic like jaws.

LoveUniHateExams

Jaws is a great movie.

I never tire of watching it.

I'm still surprised it had a PG-13 certificate in theatres and is rated 12 here in the UK (viewers must be aged 12 or older to legally view the movie).

The following scene, featuring the shark attacking and devouring Quint, is horrific (and well done).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLP0QQPqFw

In my opinion, Jaws should be an R-rated movie.

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Black people attacking whites in the US

by JoenB75 in

i see a lot of shocking videos on social media about gangs of blacks attacking white people.

how big is the problem really and what is done about it?.

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What feminists have said rape by immigrants is a necessary cost?! - in Germany a few years back, there were mass sexual assaults by immigrant gangs on ethnically-German women in towns and cities across Germany.

From what I remember, German feminists and other progressives tried to silence news of sexual assaults as they were coming through.

I can't remember everything about these incidences (it was a few years ago) but they are worth revisiting.

You get to see white western feminists' attitudes to immigrant brown men sexually assaulting white German women.

Then there was this video produced by Finnish authorities after a spate of sexual assaults by immigrants on Finnish women ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF5wNF-DgLM

Have Finnish people always responded to a rape crisis by music & dance? Lol

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Black people attacking whites in the US

by JoenB75 in

i see a lot of shocking videos on social media about gangs of blacks attacking white people.

how big is the problem really and what is done about it?.

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WE ARE ALL AFRICAN! - er, not sure about this.

Homo sapiens evolved in Africa, so my ancestors were African, if you go back tens of thousands of years.

But, different races of humans have evolved since then, largely in isolation.

I'm European. I live in England, a northern European country and natural home for people like me. Northern Europeans evolved in Europe.

Chinese people evolved in Asia.

Sub-Saharan Africans evolved in sub-Saharan Africa.

Some whites live in Australia, America and Africa because of European technology - ocean-going ships, etc.

Some black people live in the Caribbean and North America, also due to European technology - ocean-going ships, etc. It's not nice to say but David Starkey was correct: if it wasn't for slavery, there'd be no blacks in the Americas.

The races do differ in some aspects, e.g. Chinese people cannot digest milk because as adults, they don't produce the enzyme lactase. Other people - whites, blacks, Arabs, Jews - can and do drink milk.

It's not being intellectually honest to insist everyone alive to day are Africans.

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What Fun Things Have You Been Doing While In Lock-Down?

by Simon in

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so we've all been locked down and there's only so much netflix / prime / disney / hbo you can watch and computer games you can play.

what has everyone been doing to pass the time?.

when you're completely stuck inside and working from home it can get a bit boring staring at the same walls all day and then in the evening as well.

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I don't have internet access at home so when the public libraries closed I had to stop social media, FB, this forum, etc.

I did manage to save up enough money to buy myself a DVD player, so I've spent a lot of lockdown watching my collection of movies. (I have 110 films and I've seen 70 so far!).

I've also done some reading - I've read Salem's Lot, The Firm, The Whistler, Gray Mountain.

One thing I've managed to do is go out walking every day - whether that's sunbathing on a park bench or longer walking. I have to get out my flat, I'd have gone mad staying indoors all the time.

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Meet George Floyd

by cofty in

his murder was a crime and justice must be done, but it's sobering to learn more about the man who is being lionised by millions.

thanks as always to the courageous candace owens.. ....

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Good thread, Cofty.

First, the killing of GF was completely unacceptable, and the offending officers are rightly facing serious charges.

I, too, have issues with BLM.

TBH, I don't think they actually care about black lives ... because they only protest and lose their shit when the attacker is white. Black-on-black killings are sky-high in the US (and in the UK, too, I think) but BLM don't say a word.

BLM talk about reparations for slavery (something that happened centuries ago in the US and UK) but have nothing to say of modern slavery - in Mauritania, slavery was abolished only in 2007. Mauritanian society is stratified based on race, with the lighter-skinned Arabs and Berbers at the top and sub-Saharan blacks at the bottom of society, domestic servitude, etc. There are black Mauritanians alive today who are former slaves.

There are slave markets in Libya this past few years. Some sub-Saharan Africans are allowed to travel to Europe, providing they pay the people smugglers a price; others are sold into slavery.

Again, BLM have nothing to say about these matters.

It's far easier to topple some statue of some long-dead whitey who profited from the transatlantic slave trade.

Well done to Candace Owens for speaking out.

That woman is a marvel.