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Whingers' corner
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AtomKraft » Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:46 pm
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boac/ Admin 2.
I don't care what Plum posted. You shouldn't delete it or ban him.
You left wing types are always in favour of control and...
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I think on that note it is a good time to close Whingers' Corner.
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Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:01 pm
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Well it happened.
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admin » Sat Jun 25, 2016 2:49 am
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For many of our UK residents and ex-pats BREXIT is probably one of the most momentous events to have taken place in decades. I suspect there will be...
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IIRC in the USA the most highly recommended treatment for COVID was a bleach enema.
The nations of Niue has a population of about 1,650, do you...
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Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:43 am
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Rules for this forum
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admin2 » Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:17 pm
This is how it is to be for now in this forum:
All members signed up and agreed to the following when they joined:
“You agree not to post any...
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Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:17 pm
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Chaos in USA
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barkingmad » Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:18 pm
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About 3,000 deaths recorded after 9/11 and look where that took us?
These statistics put that casualty count into perspective, or maybe not....
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Agreed about Switzerland.
Adopting their model for referenda would be a good start.
The problem is not with the representative systems, but with the...
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Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:29 pm
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Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:16 pm
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Chaos in Spain
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OFSO » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:44 pm
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The Catalan politicians have been in prison since October 2017, no charges brought against them.
Sanchez, the new socialist Prime Minister of Spain,...
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That's the plan, true. But locals don't get on the housing ladder buying the villas and houses in tourist areas....
...which these days are bought...
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Last post by tango15
Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:16 am
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Chaos in Canada
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ian16th » Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:19 pm
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Anyone else seen this?
Shouldn't NATO have a say?
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So this is who wants to be Canada’s next PM?
Replacing Koknee Groper with friends of Epstein’s girlfriend/procurer.
Mark Carney...
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Last post by Dushan
Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:49 am
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Chaos in Scotland.
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Magnus » Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:17 pm
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Well, why not?
Fish senior now faces 14 charges, 13 of which are sexual in nature. In the meantime, he has, after being expelled from the SNP,...
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Don't think there is any connection, but..........
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jan 14, 2025 8:21 pm
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A grave mistake
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EA01 » Sat Oct 07, 2023 8:23 am
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No doubt a harsh etaliation is in store for Hamas.....
Yom Kippur stared Oct 6th 1973, todays festivities 7th Oct 2023....Hamas will have a lot of...
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That’s not an “if”, it’s a “when”.
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Last post by Dushan
Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:35 pm
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WTF is happening in the UK?
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AtomKraft » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:56 am
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People I speak to hold normal opinions- but feel unable to express them.
Folk shrug, they don't understand what's happening, but they are sure it's...
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Tulip has resigned
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jan 14, 2025 5:06 pm
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:47 am
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Admin, I know that you closed down the Markle bashing thread but we think under current circumstances the situation should be able to be debated here...
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Following the rejection by the authorities of the Riviera Orchard name it is thought that she may rename it 'With Love. Meghan'. Hope that they will...
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Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:52 pm
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Chaos in Germany
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OFSO » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:43 pm
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Man drives truck into open-air cafe in Munster today killing two and injuring twenty. Shoots himself. Police tell public not to jump to conclusions...
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Having spent nearly 40 years based in Germany, Devon is on The Island .
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Sun Jan 12, 2025 11:43 pm
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What part does religion play in the divide?
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John Hill » Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:31 pm
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What part does religion play in the divide between those known as conservatives and those known as lefties?
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I am an agnostic also. I am ordained in the Church of the Latter Day Dude, which comedic ally follows almost a Buddhist stance.
I do tend to follow...
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Last post by G~Man
Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:55 am
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New Zealand
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Karearea » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:26 am
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Man shot dead as police respond to west Auckland Countdown attack
1:37 video
Prime Minister says Auckland knife terrorist was violent...
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I wonder if the sentence will fit the severity of this crime.
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Last post by FD2
Wed Jan 01, 2025 4:39 am
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Coronabollocks..
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AtomKraft » Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:19 pm
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As we watch our self inflicted descent into economic disaster, courtesy of the latest gift from China, does it never occur to anyone to panic a bit...
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Why is the woman in the lower picture sitting on the results of her research?
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Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:21 am
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Chaos in France
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OFSO » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:25 am
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Our cleaner's daughter, a very competent and organised teenager, lives in Bordeaux where she is a much-in-demand au pair, running several families...
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Ever tactful, Mr Diplomacy:
... In the aftermath of the disaster, French president Emmanuel Macron caused controversy with his response to hecklers...
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Sun Dec 22, 2024 7:08 pm
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Third World Countries..
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John Hill » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:32 pm
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I was amused by a poster on another topic saying that after visiting a Third World Country how grateful he was having been born American and living...
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Time to put yet another 'rightie v leftie' thread to bed.
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Last post by admin2
Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:45 pm
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Vanuatu Earthquake.
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EA01 » Tue Dec 17, 2024 11:44 am
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A biggish one....7.3 on the Richter, 30 km east of and 57km deep from Port Vila.
I'm finding it a little sobering as some of the buildings I've seen...
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When in 2004 tsunami hit Thailand US Navy was there within days providing humanitarian aid while UN aid workers waited a month for their air...
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Last post by Dushan
Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:22 am
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Shaky Simmering Syria
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probes » Sun Dec 01, 2024 1:25 pm
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Does anybody have an (educated :-? ) opinion on what's actually going on there? In the lines of who's 'good' and who's 'bad'? I mean, anything's...
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From Times of India: IDF's 60+ Missile Attack In Five-Hours Rock Syria: Military Sites Hit, Troops Ravage Roads
Couldn't comment on the message,...
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Last post by probes
Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:10 am
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Australia
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Karearea » Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:45 pm
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Guardian: Sydney stabbing: seven people dead, including attacker shot by police at Bondi Junction shopping centre
Six people have been killed and...
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed all seven individuals who had consumed a cocktail at the Warick Resort and became sick have now been transferred...
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Last post by Karearea
Sun Dec 15, 2024 6:37 pm
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Chaos in Oireland.
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barkingmad » Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:33 am
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Forgive me but for those amongst us interested in European issues I wondered whether it was time we kept half an eye on what’s happening on the...
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So Diageo had forgotten that Christmas was on its way and didn't instruct Guinness to brew some extra litres. Funny, isn't it that a company that was...
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Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:03 pm
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Chaos in South Korea
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Dushan » Tue Dec 03, 2024 2:50 pm
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Oh, Oh, could the fat one be on the move?
South Korea declares martial law for first time in 50 years over North Korea threat
South Korea...
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Somebody somewhere said the dominoes are falling - but not in the same direction.
I wonder. Did putin's Kyiv in 3 days trigger a chain of (bad)...
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Last post by probes
Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:27 am
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Last post by EA01
Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:19 am
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Grumpy's echo chamber
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Dushan » Tue Nov 26, 2024 6:54 pm
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FYI Grumpy we have had a right wing government of three parties in New Zealand for a year now.
Well, of course you do. After Jacinda's extreme...
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Meant late term abortion not late school abortion…the joys of typing from a mobile device.
I would note that the vast majority of cases (because...
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Last post by llondel
Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:00 pm
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Petition to call a General Election
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ricardian » Sun Nov 24, 2024 11:12 pm
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Latest petition, very popular
Location of signatories
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There was one in 2019 which got over 5 million signatures, didn’t make any difference either and no I didn’t sign it :ymdevil:
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Thu Nov 28, 2024 9:11 pm
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Tue Nov 19, 2024 5:41 pm
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