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    Election Day(s) Thread.

    I haven't been here for years, since US politics was only fairly fvcked up, dropped in just to say I sincerely hope it starts to get straightened out soon. Not overly optimistic though. (And yes, I know we have our own issues over here...)
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    Brexit

    It appears to have been a surprise to more people than I would have expected. But as my expectations are increasingly out of step with reality, I am being surprised more than I expect also.
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    Brexit

    I realise that I am late to this party, but I feel I should point out that it was not just the dumb ****s that voted leave; at least 3 people I work with who are university educated, well-paid professionals voted leave and have told me that they did so partially as a protest vote, not expecting...
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    Trump's Presidency 2017 - 2021

    Just decided to drop in somewhere I've not been for a few years - I've missed the US political circus these last 8 years.
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    Time to Start Another Healthcare Argument?

    So you're all in favour of the chosen one's plans then?
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    Time to Start Another Healthcare Argument?

    In light of the new bill from the messiah, interesting reading on the BBC website regarding healthcare in US, UK, France & Singapore: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8201711.stm
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    What Are Bankers Worth?

    Not much apparently. Cleaners give much better value, who'd have thunk? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8410489.stm Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, a study suggests. The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital...
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    War Has Begun

    Are you suggesting that you don't?
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    8 out of 10 Russkies preferred Communism

    I was including Americans in the most people thing.
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    8 out of 10 Russkies preferred Communism

    From my old mates the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8347409.stm A survey says that eight out of ten Russians feel that the Soviet Union rocked.* And most people think free market capitalism sucks. *Poles seem to think differently, Ukrainians don't.
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    Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize!

    What I want to know is when Obama is going to address literacy issues in the US populace?
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    Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8321967.stm A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid...
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    Toke up, hippies!

    I do like the fact that most posts in the pot threads are one liners. First post was crap though.
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    The Hitler vs. Coulter Quiz

    Obama is Stalin, surely?
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    The Hitler vs. Coulter Quiz

    10 - I reversed my initial reaction, seemed to work quite well..
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    Just a few bad apples?

    Ok, shooting from the hip here... The thought occurs to me that we might have the reverse scenario that we do with Social Workers (as they are known in the UK) - people who have taken up a vocational profession to help people and children who are struggling to cope with life and its...
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    US Military: Faggots bad, neo-nazis we'll take...

    I know a lad (in the UK) who was refused employment in our military because they were concerned about his "violent tendencies". Somehow I thought that would have been useful... Shows what I knows.
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    Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize!

    I'm glad to hear that you don't play golf in any serious way, that would be so uncool.
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    Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize!

    What, it was 75%? Or was it 25%...?
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    Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize!

    I think we should get rid of all weapons, nuclear or otherwise. Please send my $1,000,000 via PayPal.