It would be nice if the United States had historically similarly affirmed sovereignty in Latin America: Venezuela, Chile, and Cuba - it would be nice, but the urgent issue here is that Russia has amassed 120,000 soldiers and plenty of military hardware on Ukraine's border.
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Ukraine - Nato - US crisis
by mikeflood indon't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....
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Inland Empire (2006) - David Lynch's last movie
by LoveUniHateExams inso, i bought lynch's final film inland empire (2006) a few weeks ago.
it's a very interesting movie.
there's lots about it i like, and stuff i don't like.. for starters, it's runtime 180 mins.
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So, I bought Lynch's final film Inland Empire (2006) a few weeks ago.
It's a very interesting movie. There's lots about it I like, and stuff I don't like.
For starters, it's runtime 180 mins. That's 3 hours, lol. There is surely some stuff that could be trimmed from it. In particular I'm thinking about 4 or 5 scenes featuring anthropomorphic rabbits - people in rabbit costumes - that has nothing to do with the plot, as far as I can work out.. They say kinda arbitrary lines that sometimes don't even naturally follow each other, and one rabbit's lines typically has canned laughter. I'm a Lynch fan, but even I rolled my eyes at this.
But I love the way this film makes me feel. I often have anxiety dreams - one that keeps repeating itself is me, as a college/uni student, and I'm worrying about handing assignments in on time or I'm behind the rest of the class. It's silly really because I did well at uni. And this film kinda made me feel a bit like that, and when it ended I kinda relaxed and realised it's just a film, like when I wake up from by sleep.
I also think Laura Dern's performance is fantastic - she plays an actress called Nikki Grace who wins the part of Susan Blue in a fictional film called On High In Blue Tomorrows, so she has to play two parts, essentially. She should have won some kind of award for it, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YYOJiJg8Y
Have any of you seen this film? What did you think of it?
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Ukraine - Nato - US crisis
by mikeflood indon't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....
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Vladimir Putin is a dangerous guy - a strongman who stole Crimea and invaded Donbas, Ukraine in 2014.
He's currently demanding that an independent sovereign country, Ukraine, not join NATO.
Well, Putin can fuck right off with that nonsense.
Let Ukraine decide for themselves if they want to be part of NATO or not.
Don't invade Ukraine, Putin, you c**t.
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Disgusting behaviour.
Any reasonable person can see this is a big no-no - you shouldn't recruit people via condolences messages.
What the f is wrong with these people? Jesus Christ!
The only good thing that can come from this is that people will see the Watchtower religion for what it is.
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Boris Johnson must resign
by LoveUniHateExams inon may 20, 2020, boris johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the downing street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.. at the time the uk was under a harsh covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
the prime minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at pmqs was that he thought it was a work event.
as excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.. boris johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.. his private secretary should go, too..
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I looked at the news and it seemed like someone was drip feeding the leaks deliberately - it could be Dominic Cummings who did the leaking.
He considers Boris an enemy after Boris sacked him in November 2020.
It seems to be Cummings' mission to bring Boris down and get Rishi Sunak in power.
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I just turned 75 and here is a giant steaming pile of my "Wisdumb"
by Terry inbirthday wisdom magnum opus.
i was born 2 years after the end of wwii.. everything was in black and white.. harry truman was president.. mahatma gandhi was the spiritual leader of india.. .
by the time i was 5, a new-fangled invention called television.
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Happy birthday, Terry!
Hope you had a good one
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Boris Johnson must resign
by LoveUniHateExams inon may 20, 2020, boris johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the downing street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.. at the time the uk was under a harsh covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
the prime minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at pmqs was that he thought it was a work event.
as excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.. boris johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.. his private secretary should go, too..
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They show that they don't actually believe all the lockdowns are genuinely necessary. They do them because they like the power and control -
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Tennis Controversy in Australia
by smiddy3 inapr 20, 2020. novak djokovic sparks a backlash after publicly opposing the covid-19 vaccine.
he says: “personally, i am opposed to vaccination, and i wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.”.
asked by sky news australia anchor danica de giorgio why djokovic was granted the visa in the first place, the home affairs minister said: “they’re entirely separate processes”.. “to gain entry to australia you need both – you actually need the visa, which is determined quite separately, and then you have to meet the entry requirements,” she said.. “i know that people are putting the two issues together, but the visa application process and the granting of a visa is very separate to the additional entry requirements that every traveller needs to meet to be able to enter australia.”.
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But he can't come out and say he is anti-vaxx - well, he could.
He could just declare himself to be anti-vaxx and accept any consequences. I'd have more respect for him if he did. Kinda like when Muhammad Ali refused induction, knowing it would derail his career. But Djokovic wants to have it both ways - he's obviously anti-vaccine but still wants to play in Australia.
Unless he has a change of heart and gets the vaccine things aren't gonna go well for him ...
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Boris Johnson must resign
by LoveUniHateExams inon may 20, 2020, boris johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the downing street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.. at the time the uk was under a harsh covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
the prime minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at pmqs was that he thought it was a work event.
as excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.. boris johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.. his private secretary should go, too..
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On May 20, 2020, Boris Johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the Downing Street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.
At the time the UK was under a harsh Covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
The Prime Minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at PMQs was that he thought it was a work event.
As excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.
Boris Johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.
His private secretary should go, too.
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Tennis Controversy in Australia
by smiddy3 inapr 20, 2020. novak djokovic sparks a backlash after publicly opposing the covid-19 vaccine.
he says: “personally, i am opposed to vaccination, and i wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.”.
asked by sky news australia anchor danica de giorgio why djokovic was granted the visa in the first place, the home affairs minister said: “they’re entirely separate processes”.. “to gain entry to australia you need both – you actually need the visa, which is determined quite separately, and then you have to meet the entry requirements,” she said.. “i know that people are putting the two issues together, but the visa application process and the granting of a visa is very separate to the additional entry requirements that every traveller needs to meet to be able to enter australia.”.
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Djokovich says he was not aware of the positive test when he accepted his award and was around kids. He only found out afterwards. But he did break COVID rules when he was interviewed the next day - if he had Covid, he should have been isolating for 14 days as per Serbia's rules, not playing street tennis in Belgrade without a mask. I think he's kinda bang to rights on this, lol.
Worse, Novak, or his agent, chose the No option in answer to the question, 'are you planning to travel, or have you travelled, anywhere in the last 14 days before your trip to Australia?' Beneath the question there is a warning that giving false info is an offence and may lead to a penalty. Novak, or his agent, could be in trouble over this.
TBH, I can't quite work Novak Djokovic out. Is he a sensible, intelligent guy who has legitimate reservations and criticisms of the Covid vaccine, or is he just an anti-vax nutcase?