elijah
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18 minutes ago, Rebel Saviour said:
Yes, they did. Can you believe it? So disgusting.
https://www.thelocal.it/20200303/italian-ministers-furious-at-french-coronavirus-pizza-joke
A French television channel apologised to Italy on Tuesday for airing a mock advert for "corona pizza" in which a coughing chef hacks green phlegm onto Italy's national dish.
Fucking vile. And more shocking is that France is going through the same dreadfulness, like all of Europe.
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14 minutes ago, Butter9 said:
It's in the news here that London is going to go into Shut Down mode this Friday 20th March .
Military and police are being deployed . 40 tubes stations will be closed as well as most stores .
Supermarkets will stay open for only certain hours and will be guarded by police .
So Boris finally woke up?
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3 minutes ago, XXL said:
You're absolutely right
The lockdown terms here in Italy will be extended well beyond the original set date of April 3, it is not official yet but they're hinting at it
In the past 24 hours alone we've had 600 new deaths. The number of positive cases stands at 36,000
Some virologists and epidemiologists say that there are several strains of this COVID19. The strain that hit China is different than the strain that affected countries like Italy, Spain and Iran where the contagion seems to advance much more quickly and the death rate is significantly higher. Same for other European countries
I ve read about the strains. All I can say is God help us all.
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By the way, China has the best PR and EU - the worst. It was today - from an interview of the commission president, that I found out that EU send a lot of materials, masks - tonnes actually, to China in January. China gave back the help she received this month. However no one bothered to inform the Europeans that the EU was active since the get go.
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1 hour ago, karbatal said:
Btw the EU has released a document about Russian bots spreading fake information to undermine EU. Please fact check everything, don't share false information.
I have been saying this for years. The total devastation in EU is great for Putin and his horrible human hating regime. He is spewing venom against Europe for 10 years at least.
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45 minutes ago, XXL said:
Still they did a lot more than the UK and the US governments and much earlier on, those two countries in particular are catching up only now because the number of cases is spiralling up
Pre-emptive measures are the best. Europe was closing all its internal and external borders, while orange potato was boasting about imposing a travel ban on travel from Europe bar the only two countries that are not part of Schengen, i.e. the UK and the Republic of Ireland, as if those two countries weren't IN Europe but part of an imaginary unknown continent
You are right on all. However I am heartbroken at what is happening in Europe. I actually stopped following the numbers in Italy and Spain because I thought the tide was changing, but it’s like an avalanche of death... So much negative news since 2001 for EU. However I am sure we would overcome this hopefully stronger and more united.
Boris is a fucking nightmare with all this brexit blackmail. Dumb is the fucking worst thing for the whole world (apart from Saudi, North Korea and Russia) and especially Europe and human decency in general. He has to be tried for trying to steal the vaccine from Germany. That was a fucking low even for a piece of shit like this fucking bitch.
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1 minute ago, karbatal said:
We really didn't take this seriously. To be fair, this is a first in 100 years and the 1919 flu was amidst a war.
This is going to be very dramatic in terms of deaths. I hope we can contain this and every ill person gets treatment.
I see that stupid Johnson's has changed the strategy. May all deaths provoked by his stupidity be on his conscience forever.
Hope you are wrong on the deaths. But its so devastating what is happening in Spain and Italy. Its tragic here too, we have under 100 people diagnosed (but the actual infected are much much MUCH more) and already 3 deaths... Yes I know its much much more tragic right now in Italy and Spain, but when you take in account how small our population is, we are not better off. Hope the warm weather kills this evil off SOMEHOW. I pray for that!!!
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1 hour ago, XXL said:
And the UK and US governments once again distinguished themselves for all the wrong reasons. They squandered it the most, rethoric, ignorant talk and endless backtracking and going round in circles rather than taking the entire thing seriously from the get go
Unfortunately, I think all of Europe didn't take it seriously from the get go. Well, after this, I think EU would have a thorough plan what to do. I actually think that now, after the initial shock, the EU and the member states are doing the best they could in this tragic situation. 2020 has been a bitch sofar, not only to Madonna for her health issues, but to all of Europe...
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Bulgaria today declared state of emergency, followed Italy by closing all establishment apart from food shops and pharmacies. Travel to/from the countries with the outbreak is to be allowed on exclusive grounds and would follow 14 days mandatory quarantine. Draconian fines and prison up to 5 years for breaking the quarantine. All businesses are advised to allow work from home, if possible. The officially counted cases are 31 at this minute. 8 new today, but 3 days ago they were 4.
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9 hours ago, XXL said:
Proactive Vs Reactive
Bravo
So true
It's all about that. In many respects. As Madonna says "I'm going to channel light"
People undervalue the power of collective consciousness, which doesn't necessarily mean going to a religious building and recite prayers. Our minds and our spirit have the greatest power. Thinking the worst only attracts and materializes the worst and the same goes for its total opposite
Beautifullly said. Hopefully this virus dies down naturally in the summer. There hasn’t been such a year where I couldn’t wait till it’s late June. Hope the cases get less and less and it’s contained and the sick are cured. I managed to reschedule my Rome and Napoli stay to early September. I pray it’s behind us at that time
Thinking of u 2 
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4 cases reported in Bulgaria sofar. They might be much more. They do extensive testing now. I was planning to go to Napoli and Rome next month. Of course, I m not going. Hopefully this dies down with all the measures taken and with the coming of spring...
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Biden doesnt seem inspirational. Hope I am wrong. Dumb has to go. I can not stand another 4 years of him dividing the west and sucking up to autocrats and madmen.
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17 hours ago, Ciccone's Cheeks said:
^Basically with you. LEAST of it seems to be his sexuality which is amazing (tho STILL think come GE middle US and esp the south would still get nutty crazed abt it even today). Less than 10 yrs ago would've been the MOST of it and disqualifying. His biggest 'issues' (and they're huge) are NO AA support. Second, kind of sorta is his age but the former waay bigger issue than the latter. He's getting overwhelming white educated esp. soccer suburban swingy voting Moms etc...and some overall crossover (but ur toast w/out or min. AA/ Hispanic support)! He and Amy are possibly the BEST most sane, non divisive, 'fresh' candidates who'd likely unify the party. Gotta say tho much as Bernie is kind of a horrifying nominee, I loathe Warren. Worst. Esp. her last few debates. Raging, grating entitled c**t. She's like the Ted Cruz of 2016. Bernie at least day 1 (40 yrs ago to the present day) is the SAME grumpy old man. I find him waay more authentic but 0 doubt internal #s the DNC is seeing (ESP for state/local and down ballots) must be dire w/ Bernie on top of the ticket
I HATE what Trump did to the GOP and much as what the f'king squad to the Dems. Both exhausting, extreme, circus sh!t shows!
But Amy doesnt come off as a sympathetic person, especially in her interaction with Pete. Seems kind of evil and obviouslly jelous, because he chips off her base. As for Bernie, if he miraculouslly gets elected (hope & pray he does if he is the nominee), he will be sabotaged left and right by the republicans and democrats and probably wont deliver 1/100 of what he has promised. That would probably hurt the dems.
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6 hours ago, Paul said:
He has the most delegates in the bag, but won’t be enough for nomination. Convention will see everyone else get behind either Biden or (because he’ll give money to people) Bloomberg. I’d be happy with a Biden presidency - in the SC debate he’s the only one that seemed like an adult.
I d like a Budigieg presidency. Bernie would be interesting, but the big money would go out of their way to sabotage him.
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15 hours ago, Ciccone's Cheeks said:
Spot on. Thing w/ Pete (main 'issue') is there's just this overall disconnect w/ his demeanor, style etc...(more than 'the harm' lol he did to blacks in South Bend) not totally untrue but blown out of proportion. Not 'fake news' but basically as bad. It's seriously FABRICATED news. Pete has a dorky silicone valley Starbucks latte loving CEO demeanor. I 'get' why Biden STILL has that connection as much as he's plummeting. It's not just being Obamas VP. It's tone, style verbal and non verbal. What Bloomberg did was waay worse in NYC (only JUST apologized a year ago! lol) and yet he's rapidly stacking up major black endorsements and gaining major ground w/ them! Again, it's his machinery (A+ list team, operation, data, ground game, outreach etc..) Pete and the rest CANNOT compete and that's okay because Trump needs to get crushed and you need a ruthle$$ Rottweiler. This isn't about ideology or 'revolutions' it's getting the Trump syndicate FLUSHED fast and hard.
I am not in the USA, but I follow the candidates and I prefer Pete BY A MILE and not because he is gay. I dont even feel like he is the gay candidate. Its more that he reminds me of Obama, because he is clever, educated, soft spoken and intelligent. I m tired of MORONS like Trump who emphasises a word 5 times so that people believe him, cause he is a known liar and that repetition should be something like a witchcraft. He is a fucking dimwit but in a way genius in manipulating. By the way his relationship with the press is a total copy paste of the Nazi-press relationship in Germany in 1920-1930 (Nazi program, point 23. We demand legal opposition to known lies and their promulgation through the press. ) Fucking disturbing. So to have a clever person, who knows couple of languages and can talk charmingly and is gay is indeed a dream come true. But I would take any candidate of the Dems really, any. Dump has killed the USA-EU relationship and has attacked EU non stop. We need a dem president who is intelligent enough to see in a bigger distance and to know that the west needs a unity, especially in the growing influence of China and others.
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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.
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20 minutes ago, XXL said:
I missed it
sorry
Anyway much to Farage dismay Scandinavia is still a part of Europe
EU - officially without Norway, in practice Norway is more a member than UK ever was
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2 minutes ago, karbatal said:
Of course they will blame the EU for everything, as those Eton mongs have done for decades, supported by the tabloids.
The EU is not responsible for your low wages, your skyrocketing prices, your absurdly high cost of living, your lost empire and your deindustrialization.
Good luck.
Exactly!!!! They will milk the EU card till the end, even over the cliff!!! I m sick of it! Good luck indeed. They will need it.
Farage is a lying, manipulative, revolting excuse of a man.
EU should STICK together and give UK either the Norways option (with paying much more than they did till now) OR no option at all. UK should strive to make a "great, marvellous" deed with Trump and the ex colonies.
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3 hours ago, Paul said:
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?
Isn't most of the western forces in Iraq since the Iraq war? I think they are, still "helping" building local police, arm forces etc. Iran is NOT supporting ISIS, actually ISIS is very anti Iran. Why? Most muslims are sunni muslims (ISIS, Saudis, Turkey, Egypt) while Iran is shia. There are shia muslims in all states around the Persian gulf (Iran has been a huge empire since the time of ancient Greece) seen as Irans fifth columns. The big dispute over there is between Iran and Saudi Arabia (in Yemen too for example) and its under Saudis influence that ISIS was formed (ISIS is ultra conservative muslim sect believing everything must be like it was in the Mohamed time - 7th century like Saudi Wahabism and Salafism). Russia is very friendly and close to Iran, I dont know if it is supporting it right now, I guess yes, since Putin wants to end the dominance of the West.
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6 hours ago, karbatal said:
We were warned 30 years ago but nobody took notice. We're being warned now and still some powerful people deny all this.
True. And if the predictions are true, it’s gonna get much harder to reverse the effect as the days pass by without doing nothing.
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Its heartbreaking. I saw horrible, horrible pictures. Animals dead... People... Is it really true that 0.5 milliard animals have died????? If that is true, its an absolutely Armagedon. Unfortunately I think it has something to do with global warming, we are not doing enough. No-one does, but especially Asia, China and India to be more specific... Something must be done, there are no words to describe how many precious lives have been put to the end. Not only people, but so many animals.... I ve read that thanks to global warming half of Thailand is expected to be under water till 2050. I think it was Washington Post. Its... indescribable.
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Seems like the album is managing to appear on this year best lp lists. Its quite an achievement having in mind how little attention it got. Quality matters.
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7 minutes ago, juliebean said:
I love this performance why delete it?
Cause Madonna has a great new PR agency :).
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15 hours ago, Alejandrogr said:
What about this pic? Some people say it's from the Idsif music video
she looks glorious here
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WTF. The Euro was just postponed for a year.