Paul
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10 hours ago, Geiger83 said:
Taurus and Virgo (me) match very well if you know what I mean
well, I'll be in Germany in September
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Im a Taurus...
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On 2/5/2020 at 8:54 PM, Butter9 said:
I think you have to be careful anywhere now in the world .
Confirmed cases ( Not including people who are being held for observations )
Japan 33
Thailand 25
Singapore 24
Germany 12
France 6
Australia 13
China 24,387
Canada 4
Hong Kong 18
S. Korea 18
USA 11
UK 2
It's pretty surreal here with everybody wearing face masks and carrying hand sanitiser with some restaurants and resorts turning away Chinese Tourists .
It was reported in the news that the situation would improve sometime after march / April . Otherwise god knows what will happen to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo .
Im going to Singapore and Japan in April. Hope it all gets sorted out soon.
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1 hour ago, Jazzy Jan said:
Bernie all the way. I love him, love his policies and passion. A true alternative to the status quo of "Republicans lite " . Far too many politicians today talk of being " in the middle" which is not much different to the corporate politicians and press that truly run things.
All true, but that, unfortunately, is why he wont ever be able to win the election proper. He's seen as too much of a risk for most americans. We saw that in Australia - all Bill Shortens policies were sound and sensible, but too many people got scared.
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12 hours ago, runa said:
Sanders has one big problem, though: he is way toooooo old.
This. Not being ageist, but in all liklihood he wont go two terms, and so probably will have no time to actually achieve any of the things he's promising. Would be interesting to know who he's thinking of for a running mate...
12 hours ago, elijah said:Pete is so well spoken, well balanced, intelligent, clever etc. that he probably wont be nominated, which is pitty. US under Pete could do so much good in the world.
This.
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36 minutes ago, I Don’t Search I Find said:
No surprise but Trump’s dim followers are going ballistic on Twitter and Facebook saying Pelosi lacks morals and that she’s a bully!
So are they saying that lacking morals and being a bully is a bad thing??? So hard to know what trump supporters think....
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4 hours ago, Kurt420 said:
Idk why he has a hard time connecting with the black community. I'm hoping it's just that they're not really familiar with him yet.
I hope so too. Maybe a lot of people are still hooked on Biden just because he's associated with Obama (although clearly not in Iowa!), so maybe once there is a clear candidate that's not Biden, everyone will get behind them. I don't much about US primaries - do they get the same kind of turn-out as the election proper? Or do a lot of people not really care about primaries and just wait til November?
(PS: if some one can actually explain how these 'caucuses' work???)
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Pete FTW! I’ve always been team Pete. Not only is he the best looking (
) but he seems the most inspiring. Reminds me a lot of JFK. so happy he has won Iowa and now hopefully others will see he is a real hope to get rid of trump.
but apparently the blacks won’t vote for him. Why?
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I need someone to explain all this to me. The Australian government has been saying in the past few days that we are not withdrawing the australian troops that are in iraq because we need to "stay the course" - I can't even remember why we are there (Oh! was it WMDs?), but Im pretty sure the reason was not to have a war with iran? Is Iran supporting ISIS? Is Russia supporting Iran? I'm a bit worried as I have friends that live in Oman, Qatar and UAE, including airline crew that routinely fly over Iran. I hope Iran knows that most people in 'the west' dont want war. (Im not a big fan of sanctions either). What's the solution?
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6 minutes ago, lasky said:
Finally, some legit credit and recognition! Dark Ballet or Batuka should be included as well...
correct. both were at least top 10 of the year.
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1 hour ago, horn said:
First class had the most carbon footprint
??? this is for planes, not trains. And rates like this are only averaged over many flights, not a single flight (or train) that is already going anyway.
But I accept your general point - if people must travel by plane or train, getting rid of premium classes would mean able to move the same number of people with less flights/carriages, and reduce emissions. Or at least, w should force people to pay for their emissions (so long as the money is used for genuine offsets, which in most cases is not the case).
but isn't DB already pretty low emission energy?
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8 minutes ago, Kurt420 said:
The economy is doing well under Trump because Obama set him up for success. I can't begin to imagine the state of this country if Trump had been handed the mess Bush left behind. The economy stayed on a pretty steady incline during the entire Obama presidency. Trump should bow at Obama's feet (where he belongs) because "the economy" is the only jewel in "his" crown.
It's funny because I never hated Trump before this. His rotten, selfish attitude was perfect for reality TV....I found him quite funny actually. Too bad he didn't stay in his own lane. Politics isn't (well, wasn't) the place for that type of nonsense.
Agreed. As an economist, I can say that nearly all of Trumps policies are bad for the economy, so anything going well is because of other factors, and without Trump things would probably be even better.
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Just now, Kurt420 said:
Yes, I definitely simplified it with my comment in regard to Bill Clinton BUT imo, he should've never had the opportunity to lie under oath about it because he should've never been questioned to begin with.....well, not by anyone besides Hillary perhaps.
It's very funny to see the Republicans join in absolute solidarity over a man that has done nothing but lie since he's been in office. Funny how doing a "shake down" of sorts of a president of a foreign country in hopes to have them meddle in our election is somehow seen as the "right" thing to do. Shows how low we've plummeted.
I also don't understand the Republicans motivation in this. I thought before 2016 they hated him (and he hated them). This could be their chance to get rid of him and get back control of their party. Thought they would love it if Pence took over. I guess theyre only supporting him because the polls still have them in front for the next election.
But still, impeachment was never a good idea, as he'll be able to say he was 'cleared' and it was all a witch hunt. Better to just keep the issue hot with the public up to election. They need to make voters think they were duped into voting for Trump in 2016 because of interference and propaganda, and are being duped again in 2020 through Trump's own actions. Nothing changes people's minds more than feeling stupid for thinking something. But now, Trump voters will just feel vindicated, and be angry that the deomcrats tried to undo their vote.
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5 hours ago, runa said:
oh wow this thread
keep watching your netflix guys. At least some people are trying for you. They might not be perfect, but they try.
And you? What are you doing about it ?
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2 hours ago, Kurt420 said:
Now his name will ALWAYS be tied with "Clinton".
First because of the fluke 2016 election and now he'll sit alongside Bill for being one of the few presidents impeached.
I'm sure he and his cult just LOVE that.
And as usual, so much self projection in his Tweet. Fucking wimp. Since when are lies and collusion with a foreign government NOT reasons to be impeached?? Clinton got impeached for getting his dick sucked now THAT is a "terrible thing".
Clinton was impeached not for sexual acts, but for lying under oath about it. And in the end was not removed from office. So, sadly, lying under oath is OK. Now Trump just lies about everything...
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2 minutes ago, SheldonCooper said:
Is it true this will backfire and the angry republican public will steam forward and elect Trump in 2020?
Hillary will runSadly, the democrats have been all principle (and correct) on this, but have played the politics all wrong. THe senate will vote it down, and the whole thing will be used against the democrats in the election and not only will trump be returned, but democrats will lose the majority in the house. this is the sad state of america today
I want Pete Buttigieg to president. Can't we all get a vote??
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9 hours ago, LSD said:
I find it so alarming that a government could introduce a new law that creates a right to discriminate (both to actually discriminate in terms of employment etc, but also a right to say things that are offensive and hurtful). I thought government's were supposed to protect its people, not help in oppressing them....
I find it strange that ScoMo always bangs on about being a Christian - has he not read the * where all Jesus ever talks about is giving to the poor and helping the most needy in the community, and treating everyone (EVERYONE) with kindness. He certainly does not practice what he claims to believe.
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2 hours ago, bardo said:
i'm not really sure why this had to be so public or so messy. it's not like he's taylor swift fighting for her masters. putting aside my disappointment that madonna obviously didn't contribute a whole lot to my favorite part of the song, spooner clearly says that mirwais had a "clear concept, lyric, and melody" - so it seems like he cleaned up mirwais's english, which is more like translating than "co-writing," and was the demo singer. mirwais ended up giving the track to madonna, which is something he's done with his own songs in the past. it might be true that legally he had to get casey's permission in order to do that, but madonna's team was very generous to more than double their initial offer and 15% of the royalties. sorry it's not 1995, casey. record sales are in the toilet and madonna doesn't do well with streaming - so you're going after her touring revenue? if you're in it for the money, maybe work with taylor and not mirwais next time?
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9 minutes ago, Querelle said:
Isn't that the way Madonna claimed songwriting credits to many of her songs?
why selectively only quote half a sentence, to make a completely irrelevant point?
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7 hours ago, Plaything said:
So disappointed in Casey Spooner right now. I always respected him and loved Fischerspooner‘s work but to claim that it’s Madonna‘s fault in his insta post and then post the entire truth (that it’s basically Mirwais‘ fault) in his stories is such a shitty thing to do...I don’t know what to say. He basically confirmed that Madonna wasn’t aware of it and that he got offered money. Now he wants more because he is poor and Madonna is rich. Fuck him!
Indeed. Its clear he is just being greedy.
1. he admitted Mirwias had already written it, and he just changed some of the words to make it more 'american'. Now he pretends he wrote the whole thing!
2. the offer from M's people is very generous, given it was not a single (and the video was not on itunes), so the song itself has made little money. If they work through his actual contribution to the song, it woudl be less than what's offered.
3.the claim for a % of touring is ridiculous. That;s not how rights work when it comes to performing other people's song live. If there's a recording of the show that gets sold then thats different. Its clear he just wants cash, no matter what.
his lawyers obviously told him he had no chance of getting anything from suing, so he's just making some noise to try to get more money from trying to embarass Madonna.
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Haha Madame X is a time traveller!
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6 minutes ago, nightcutter said:
What would have to happen to get tighter gun control?
A mass shooting at a NRA conference?
A mass shooting at a Republican conference?
If a mass shooting at a school won't compel people to rethink gun laws what will?
A real president?
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6 minutes ago, jonski43 said:
What shocked me was that I didn't even get a news alert from the BBC for the first one. It's only when the second one happened that I got one.
It's like the first one wasn't newsworthy enough as it's so frequent.
Don't know what else to say.
It's true.
I go to Bali - everyone says "Oh be careful"
I go to Sri Lanka - everyone say "Oh that's so unsafe"
I go to Turkey - everyone says "I wouldnt go"
Even Europe - "stay away from large crowds"
But when I say Im going to the US, nobody bats an eyelid. It doesn't even register to most people any more.
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oh i better wear pants when i go out then.