But more than meets the eye

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/virginia-giuffre-suicide-dead-aged-41

On a drug dealer

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/million-pound-home-seized-8m-31490303

https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/cuckoo-tracking-project/updates-our-cuckoos

https://youtu.be/6xCNV0Viw1M?si=0loNVs8hvwb_Boxs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9veln890ejo

These are pills for my dog. She gets a skin allergy in the summer. She has one pill per day divided into half in the morning and half in the evening.
In the morning I give her half the pill wrapped in a bit of cold meat. This week its liver sausage. I then starve her all day as my sister visits so we can have dinner together.
She has been volunteering to give the dog the other half pill hidden in her bowl of dog food. I would've just put the pill on top, pushed it in a bit and covered it. So the dog should eat it in the first mouthfull.
But she told me yesterday that she crushes the pill into powder and sprinkles it over the dog food before giving it one more mix to hide it.

I was watching the launch of Blue Origin on CNN earlier. It had the first all female crew. The presenter was talking to an Aerospace Analyst.
His name, Miles O'Brien.

From a post on X

Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson

"Putin indiscriminately butchers more Ukrainian civilians, killing and injuring 100 in Kyiv including children. And what is his reward under the latest peace proposals?

1. The right to keep sovereign Ukrainian territory he has taken by violence and in breach of international law.

2. The right to control Ukraine’s destiny by forbidding Nato membership

3. The lifting of sanctions against Russia

4. An economic partnership with America.

5. The chance to rebuild his armed forces for the next attack in a few short years’ time.

As for Ukraine - what do they get after three years of heroic resistance against a brutal and unprovoked invasion? What is their reward for the appalling sacrifices they have made - for the sake, as they have endlessly been told, of freedom and democracy around the world?

Apart from the right to share their natural resources with the United States they get nothing.

What is there in this deal that can realistically stop a third Russian invasion? Nothing.

If we are to prevent more atrocities by Putin then we must have a long term, credible and above all properly funded security guarantee for Ukraine - a guarantee issued by the UK, the US and all western allies."

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To create your Drag Queen Name, take your Granny's first name and the last dessert / biscuit / chocolate treat you ate.

Go!

The nationalities of criminals will be published in future. [ BBC News ]
Never understood why there was any objection to this up till now?

Twin sister talking simultaneously. Amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKDM0GFn2M8

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/21/bitter-easter-truth-why-has-chocolate-become-so-expensive?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

If there wasn't enough trouble in this world!

ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-uk-state-visit-parliament-mps-peers-b2736679.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

MPs and peers call for Trump to be blocked from addressing parliament during UK visit?

Why?

As champions of democracy surely we can have no objection to Trump addressing Parliament.

All our MPs could watch, and say nothing.
Perhaps add in a few shots of our peerage fast asleep...

Your thoughts?

From 2018, it’s aged well

Excuse the bad language

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdYKELDU/

Without the racism

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/pope-francis-has-died-the-vatican-says-12890455

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/elon-musk-says-hell-be-spending-less-time-at-doge-amid-tesla-protests_uk_680875f3e4b0deaad5270da2

https://youtu.be/0WTrMuZOZvM?si=wxzyTUVHteUtBY5c

80 year old protestor arrested

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdYWN4oA/

Sieg Heil mein Führer !

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-nazi-germany-in-scathing-analysis/ar-AA1Dnime?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a86d66d7c0c9405f9261382dd3248ff2&ei=51

Trumpski is scheduled to visit our wonderful country, meet the King, PM and address our democratic Parliament. It would be much more in the realms of sanity to invite Vladimir Putin, a man of great experience, power and intelligence, than that dictatorial, nutty, vandalising old tosspot. IMO its disgusting.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/mps-are-trying-to-block-donald-trump-from-addressing-parliament/ar-AA1DjOcP?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7011156b9cb744758b21d08db710b214&ei=45

Facebook just presented me with this - Carole King, Aretha Franklin and the elegant, sophisticated Obamas compared to the crude, greedy lout in charge now. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1860916141427719 See the comment below it, from someone who has to live with it (though given the power of the US, we all do).

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdYpoC2E/

January 6th offenders

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/jan-6-rioters-pardoned-criminal-records-sex-crimes-death

Promising and hopefully progressive.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/impeach-remove-us-gripped-by-mass-protests-against-trump/ar-AA1DgcSS?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5ca711eeb5cc403db991631796af4cad&ei=9

Strange but [truly] exciting?

Trumpski is scheduled to visit our wonderful country, meet the King, PM and address our democratic Parliament. It would be much more in the realms of sanity to invite Vladimir Putin, a man of great experience, power and intelligence, than that dictatorial, nutty, vandalising old tosspot. IMO its disgusting.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/mps-are-trying-to-block-donald-trump-from-addressing-parliament/ar-AA1DjOcP?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7011156b9cb744758b21d08db710b214&ei=45

When Zelenskyy visited Washington, he was berated by Vance for being disrespectful for not wearing a suit, as was being worn by Trump, Vance et al.

When Vance is in India, meeting the Indian Prime Minister Modi, will he (Vance) be wearing a khadi kurta so that he doesn't appear disrespectful to the Indian peoples?

https://www.postalley.org/2025/04/20/gentler-time-when-a-rookie-teacher-was-tossed-into-a-brooklyn-school/

The US is lawless

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdYUMpLJ/

On the 23rd of March, 15 people - paramedics, civil defence workers and a UN official were killed by the Israeli military because the vehicles could not be identified as they had their lights off.

See for yourself what IDF truth is...

That Trump cheated to win the election


https://youtu.be/SwJu7toxzKg?si=rLmHYCYUYF-OAFD9

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7l123zy5o

So tell me this is not a genocide. And we can’t claim we didn’t know.

I have not seen any signs of Clive for several months now, he must have either left the forum or is sadly no longer with us.

https://www.adoptionuk.org/news/significant-cut-in-government-funding-for-adopted-and-kinship-children

How heartless and how wrong.

Should the price of eggs and milk decide who runs a country?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/breaking-vladimir-putin-orders-russia-to-stop-fighting-in-ukraine-in-bombshell-move-from-kremlin/ar-AA1DeopT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=cd3b35e162754a719331fa6c394b55b4&ei=7

There is a case to be made for higher levies on imports.

America needs to rebuild its industrial base, it can’t always be reliant on its main geopolitical adversary for a vast range of tech and consumer goods, and it needs to bring production back onshore.

Former President Joe Biden was trying to do all that with his huge range of subsidies, especially for microchips, and now Trump is pursuing the same goals, but with tariffs as the main tool instead.

It has become the new consensus in American economic policy, and, whoever is in charge, it is likely to stay in place.

The rest of the world will just have to get used to it.

The trouble is, the tariffs have been poorly planned, and badly executed.

They should have been announced a long way in advance so that companies had the time to reconfigure their supply chains.

For example, iPhones.

If it will take Apple until 2028 to build the necessary manufacturing capacity in the US, why not wait until then before the tariff is introduced?

If it will triple the cost of an iPhone, why not phase the tariff in gradually so that the market has time to adjust?

Perhaps most of all, talk to industries first to figure out what the impact might be instead of raising the tariffs overnight, and then suspending them after some frantic lobbying from a series of bewildered chief executives.

It remains to be seen whether Apple can build the factories it will need in the US.

As an insurance policy, at least, it will have to try. It can’t risk going through another week with huge tariffs hanging over it.

VACANCY.

Horse whisperer needed for stable genius.

https://animalequality.org.uk/campaign/ban-force-feeding/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=paid&utm_content=LG+-+Image+2+-+goose&utm_campaign=01%2F08%2F24_GH_AEUK_Acquisizione+%28Leads%29&utm_id=120209366310810358&utm_term=120216324271520358&fbclid=IwY2xjawJvt05leHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqxgcLam_hgEeycHxlZFU3S6oh5btig_RlIA-Xa3PpWJgIKVkecaLrGpds7Zp3RaJs7Aim2A_aem_UY0C-zr6nf8jOV6rPXntCA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250411-why-icelanders-are-happier-than-ever

Trump says U.S. might have to ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine-Russia peace talks.

Might this suggest the war couldn't be resolved in 24 hours?

[ and recognition there wasn't any easy money in it for "deal" makers...]

In the 20th century, the youngest person executed in the United States was George Stinney Jr. At just 14 years old, he was executed in the electric chair. From the day of his trial until his execution, the young man held a Bible in his hands, constantly proclaiming his innocence.

Stinney was charged with murdering two white girls. One victim was 11-year-old Betty and the other was 7-year-old Mary. Their bodies were found near their own homes. During the trial, all the jurors were white and the proceedings lasted only two hours. Just 10 minutes into the trial, the death sentence was handed down. Stinney's parents were threatened with death and were not allowed to give their son any comfort in the courtroom. They were subsequently forced to leave their town.

George Stinney spent 81 days in prison before his death and was never allowed to see his parents during that time. He was held in solitary confinement about 50 miles from his hometown. His execution was carried out by applying 5,380 volts of electricity.

Seventy years after his death, a South Carolina judge has proven George Stinney innocent. The two girls had been killed by a beam weighing more than 40 pounds, which would have been impossible for 14-year-old Stinney to lift, let alone use to inflict lethal blows. The entire case against him was fabricated, and Stinney was targeted simply because he was black.

This tragic story later inspired Stephen King to write his novel "The Green Mile." It is often said that people in the past were more humane, but that is a blatant lie. People were cruel then, just as they are now. The only difference is that before, cruelty was hidden, whereas now it is exposed for everyone to see.

(This article has been copied from Quora)

After seeing that 705 illegals crossed the channel on Tuesday, I was wondering what happens to all those dinghies and outboard engines??.
Are they recycled, sent beck to France to be used again??.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3LglFtw5_5g?feature=shared