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Not politics but this, to someone who has been obsessed with mosaics over a long period, looks amazing. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/10/stunning-dark-ages-mosaic-found-at-roman-villa-in-cotswolds" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And of course Sue Oosthuizen i...

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Sky'sGoneOut wrote:I made some lentil and carrot soup earlier with cumin and smoked parika, no parsnip unfortunately.

At some point I really must get round to inventing a miniature wind turbine you can strap to your backside because after that soup I'm pretty sure I could power a small town.

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More Californians died from COVID-19 on Tuesday than any other day, the latest milestone in an accelerating pandemic that is infecting and hospitalizing residents at levels far eclipsing any seen before. --- Nearly 1,400 Californians have died from COVID-19 in the last 14 days. Since the pandemic b...

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" Angela Merkel has said the major obstacle to a Brexit deal is not access to British fishing waters but future regulatory standards in the UK, adding that she expects the talks to continue for days to come. " https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/09/brexit-evolution-clause-is-big...

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PorFavor, supper is lentils, parsnips, one carrot with pasta.
Go straight to the mince pies if you want, that's fine.

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Willow904 wrote:Probably shouldn't give up the day job.

I guess Tory party headquarters has determined Johnson's nonsensical performances work well enough keeping the Tory party in leadership.

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Johnson the usual blustering nonsense at PMQs, complete with a half assed "Islington" jibe at Starmer. (our PM sold his former house just last year - it was in........Islington) Conservative party's website Build Back Better. https://www.conservatives.com/" onclick="window.open(...

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Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political o...

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A BBC presenter "corrected" Angela Eagle earlier when she suggested Boris Johnson's 'oven ready deal' was anything but. "Oh, 'oven ready' referred to the withdrawal agreement" was the presenter's (rather aggressive) reproof. Quite how an agreed and completed deal is 'oven ready'...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Second vaccine recipient was apparently one William Shakespeare - 2B or not 2B, you might almost say.

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https://www.ipcc.ch/ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The coronavirus pandemic has brought immense disruption to our world, destroying lives and livelihoods. But it is also reminding us that there are some challenges we cannot tackle alone. Limiting the spread of the virus has required...

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It's really quite amazing, the vaccine being good to go. I'm impressed.

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hot diggity

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Goodnight, everyone.
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...death is not the only important negative consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It has become increasingly clear that many patients, even those with mild cases, may go on to develop lasting symptoms that can have disabling consequences for those affected. These patients, the so-called ‘long hauler...

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Goodnight, everyone.
I'm freezing.
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haggling over 85p for over 10 minutes
"I'll give you all my coinage - over 2 quid - on the condition you'll leave immediately"

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PorFavor wrote:Blazing sun? Remind me - what's that?

California

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UK vows to outdo other economies with 68% emissions cuts by 2030 Boris Johnson promises to go further and faster by setting target of 68% reduction in annual carbon emissions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/uk-vows-outdo-other-major-economies-emissions-cuts-by-2030" onclick...

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Loved Sky's post on sharing food with unpleasant Tory ministers who don't deserve it. Sky's kindness is an example for us all.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Nice to see you back from your break.

thank you!

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avoiding getting caught alone with kids like Patel helped me make it to adulthood

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Nice to see you back from your break. "We’re all broken. This is the First Noble Truth in Buddhism: everyone’s broken. If you take these two words seriously, as I did not at the time, then you know that our brokenness doesn’t need fixing. It needs company. I used to think that being an adult m...

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Goodnight, everyone.
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tinyclanger2 wrote:Where's PfY these days?

chemistry lessons

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and the new press secretary for the PM in on
I've got chocolate to eat, books to read

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god help me
the government today
took good news and tortured it lied about it disgraced themselves
deliberate ugliness partisanship childishness

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Being cautious is the best thing you can do this Christmas The government’s ambiguous Covid advice has pushed decisions on to individuals. For all our sakes, safety must come first Prof Devi Sridhar https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/02/cautious-christmas-covid" onclick="w...

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England records 372 further Covid hospital deaths - highest daily total in second wave --- This is the highest daily total for hospital deaths announced by NHS England in the second wave of the pandemic. The previous highest figure was 361 on 11 November. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2...

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Well she's a big Trump fan, so that figures. I saw messages from Hancock, Rees-Mogg and Fabricant telling the same lies as Dorries childish, foolish people in positions of great responsibility deliberately offensive at a time of life-threatening peril tens of thousands of people dead in the country...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes So now József Szájer (Orban's favourite politician) is in the news, worth revisiting this event with him, Andrew Neil, David Goodhart and Douglas Murray at the Hungarian Embassy two years ago. https://london.mfa.gov.hu/eng/news/szazadveg-spectator-konferencia-a-magyar-nagyko...

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US accents are different from what I'm used to hearing here at home.

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https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1334097120324952067" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://twitter.com/i/status/1333919015174098950" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; [youtube]jLi-Yo6IucQ[/youtube] https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/12/01/battleground-...

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Seriously, I couldn't have made a bigger mess of this thread I tried! I'm laughing at myself. Please see the humour of my jangled thoughts posted between your grown-up conversation. You're all staying on topic and I'm a sad ranting person maybe not okay in herself at the moment.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Gone quiet here again?

I managed posting some things but they're not particularly political
thank you all for your continued patience with me
I've been particularly difficult
there's gaps where people used to be in my life

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It hurts

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We've all be affected by CV19 already, I know that. I'm interested in how people and their societies recover or not from or get altered irrevocably or not from plagues. without HindleA helping me with Constance the spoons don't get washed much these days there's probably postal workers trapped in th...

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Any wit I have was helped along by HindleA's conversation. Privilege, resources can protect some from infection and death during major pandemics but it's not for sure. Plagues kill large numbers of individual people in a relatively short period of time. There's the tragedy of people gone leaving the...

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Where's Constance?

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I'm overflowing with tinned goods but it's the fresh stuff - salad from Spain etc - that will be affected most, the things you can't stock up on. The vet's have had a poster up for the last couple of years explaining the process for taking a pet to the EU after we leave, just in case we crashed out...

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"We are so nearly out of our captivity, we can see the sunlit upland pastures ahead... but if we try to jump the fence now, we will tangle ourselves in the last barbed wire, writes PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON We can't blow it now. We can’t just throw it all away – not when freedom is in sight...

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Travel to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein will change from 1 January 2021. Things you may need to do before you go include: check your passport get travel insurance that covers your healthcare check you have the right driving documents organise pet travel - contact your vet at...

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