https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10143199/NJ-professor-says-got-motherf-s-talking-white-people.html

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An open Group where anything can be discussed by anybody, as long as you are polite, respect others opinions, and behave !!!
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https://news.sky.com/story/government-accelerates-planning-for-collapse-of-big-energy-supplier-bulb-12453948
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Grrh. π‘ How can this be allowed?
The madman that murdered those two sisters Bibaa and Nicole was allowed to sit with his back to the judge today, feet up on chair. The total disrespect. Like the killer of Millie Dowler and other young women, who never came up from his cell to hear his sentence, also the hook handed terrorist, and many others. Sorry but they should be dragged up and made to hear their fate and also face the family members and hear whatever they might want to say to these monsters.
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Still on the recycling theme, this map shows where to take used medicine blister packs if you so felt inclined -
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https://news.sky.com/story/amazon-more-than-one-million-uk-households-may-have-fallen-victim-to-brushing-scam-12446228
Never heard of this before. It's scary what people dream up.
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Anybody get stressed about Christmas Dinner ? Read this from a Sheffield butchers .
Iβve pinched this, but itβs fab!!
Pattersonβs Butchers Sheffield
πJust in case anyone is stressing about Christmas Day..............! π
Here's my top tip
πChristmas Dinner....
I have concluded that the inevitable stress of Christmas dinner is created by adverts, supermarkets and TV chefs...
It's a Sunday dinner for goodness sake!!!
The only difference is that you are allowed to open a bottle of wine before you open the kitchen curtains. π·π·π·
πWe do it quite happily 51 weeks of the year but can we the consumers be trusted to manage by ourselves on one day of the year...apparently not!
Here goes...π
1. Turkey... It's a big fecking chicken that's all, 20 minutes per lb plus 20 minutes at 180 degrees - jobs a good un! Get yourselves a meat thermometer Β£3 off the Internet poke it in the offending bird if it says 75 degrees or over its cooked!ππΌ
2. Stuffing - regardless of what Jamie Oliver says you do NOT need 2lbs of shoulder of pork, onions breadcrumbs,pine nuts and a shit load of fresh herbs to make stuffing....( no fecking wonder he's bankrupt if thats what he spends to make stuffing!)π
What you need is Paxo and a kettle!! If you wanna liven it up squeeze 3 sausages out of their skins and mix that in with your Paxo before cooking π.
3. Gravy - Jamie Oliver is copping for this one aswell....
Bisto Jamie.... All you need is Bisto!
I ( nor anyone else I know) has got time on Christmas Eve to piss about roasting chicken wings and vegetables, adding stock and flour,cooking it for another half hour, mashing it all up with a potato masher and then straining the whole sorry mess to make gravy π π π
4. Vegetables...π Never mind faffing round shredding sprouts and frying them with bacon and chestnuts to make them more palatable... If you don't like them don't buy and cook the fecking things!! If your family only eats frozen peas then that's good enough!
5. Roast potatoes... Yes I par boil mine then roast them in goose fat but Aunt Bessie also does the same π.
6. Trimmings /Christmas pudding and the like.... Aldi or Lidl!
(oh and while we're on the subject of pudding- if birds custard is what your family likes on the wretched thing then that's fine - you do not need brandy butter /rum sauce etc or anything else that costs a fecking fortune and takes 2 hours to make!)
7. Family....
Children.. Feed the little blighters first separately, if they only want turkey with tomato sauce - fine leave em to it, it doesn't matter. Once they are fed bugger them off to play with their Christmas presents so that YOU can enjoy your dinner in Peace!
Adults... Anyone that can manage to get their sorry arse to your dinner table is also capable of helping to serve up/ sort the kids out/ clear the table /wash up /dry up etc.
And Finally.....
NO ONE.... And I mean no one APART FROM THE COOK IS ALLOWED TO GET PISSED AND FALL ASLEEP BEFORE THE WASHING UP IS DONE!!!
Rant over π
πMerry Christmas!π
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is anyone watching this?
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As the budget is being read (Edited)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59067915
And the death toll in the UK from Covid reaches more than 140,000This discussion is now closed.
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Neighbour complaint (Edited)
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/gardener-warned-police-over-obscene-21901500.amp
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The budget [ someone had to mention it]
My first impression is that inflation is up by 4% but pensions only up 3.1 %, and we won't get that until next April - so not too good.
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Predict the score - Preston North End v Liverpool
Another Carabao cup tie to predict between Preston from the Championship and Liverpool from the Premier League. Get predictions in by 7pm.Good luck
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Panorama: Coca Colaβs 100 billion bottle problem
Did anyone watch this show on Mon night, or now on BBC iPlayer?
The pollution that this company has created since turning to plastic is really depressing,
and not just in Coca Cola bottles but other soft drinks they churn out. Even more sad when
you see the poorest families in Uganda collecting and returning to recycle for about 4p a day
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Predict the score - Arsenal v Leeds
Tonight's match is from the Carabao Cup. It could go to extra time and penalties but your prediction is for the score at full time. You have until 7pm.
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A game about "inspirational Women" has been banned because.........
it does not respect all genders.
Yes the trans activist and non-binary nutters have got their way again. The birthing body, chest feeding cervix owners have been cancelled.
https://www.gbnews.uk/gb-views/mercy-muroki-brands-oxfam-spineless-for-removing-inspirational-women-game-for-not-respecting-all-genders/147071 -
Young babies/children (mainly girls of course) are being sold in Afghanistan (by men/fathers of course) to make ends meet as so many people are starving. God help them where they end up. However it may help if the men didnβt keep making their poor wives pregnant . What a world we live in.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10127261/Londons-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-comes-force.html
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I did something last night at home I've not done since 2013...I got absolutely RAT-ARSED on Irish Cream Liqueur! I had 1/2 a bottle, drank from a large mug & drank it as if it was tea! I was well blotted, blokey was killing himself laughing and I have no hang-over!
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Did anyone get battered by Storm Ciara in Birmingham City Centre recently? Hubby and I had booked into a hotel for a business meeting but I hate meetings that go on for hours so he went, brave lad he is, and I just went out to the Birmingham Grand Central for a bit of shopping. I got absolutely SOAKED through and loved it! I love storms! Couldn't see where I was going because of buckets of water in my eyes! Got back to our hotel room freezing cold with my shopping bag as wet as I was!
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Lest we forget (Edited)
Powerful.. Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day.
An hour later (without any help) he produced this..
ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING
One thousand men are walking, Walking side by side Singing songs from home, The spirit as their guide, they walk toward the light milord, they walk towards the sun, they smoke and laugh and smile together, no foes to outrun, these men live on forever in the hearts of those they saved, a nation truly grateful for the path of peace they paved, they march as friends and comrades but they do not march for war, step closer to salvation, a tranquil steady corps the meadows lit with golden beams, a beacon for the brave, the emerald grass untrampled, a reward for what they gave, they dream of those they left behind and know they dream of them
forever in those poppy fields, there walks one thousand men.
Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14)
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Predict the score - Manchester United v Liverpool
This weeks Super Sunday match comes from Old Trafford. Get your predictions in by 4pm.
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Forgive me if this question has already been brought up. I donβt log in every day.
Iβve just received my October energy bill and my contract ends next month with the new fixed price contract more than doubled in price. With the variable option being much cheaper.
Martin Lewis says not to bother with looking to switch to another energy provider.
Iβm with Octopus.
Do I choose the expensive fixed rate option or go with the variable rate in the hope of prices easing later?
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Premier Leagues biggest mystery
How has Norwich City manager Daniel Farke kept his job for so long?
Today's 7-0 defeat at Chelsea was their 19th match in a row without a win. 17 defeats and 2 draws. -
Assisted dying - the new Parliamentary bill
Dignity in Dying believes that 84% of us support the right to assistance in achieving a dignified death, when desperate to end one's own suffering. How large a proportion of SL users agrees, I wonder?
Those who do (of whom I'm one) might want to sign this letter to the PM, seeking adequate Parliamentary time for discussion of the new bill in the House of Commons: https://action.dignityindying.org.uk/page/92231/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=fb_share&utm_source=fb_share&fbclid=IwAR3a-4zclYV6OYxWnntSAYmD5yfPQkAn_ttSi64br6vjYSHI-oIxU37ZG2w -
Predict the score - Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City
Tonight's Saturday Night Football from the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
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Does anyone have an email address for EDF electricity to complain to "higher authorities?" Need meter change due to fault. Not turning up, not phoning back and I am fed up.
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Predict the score - Arsenal v Aston Villa
It's Friday Night Football in the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck
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Johnson's βhigh-skill, high-wageβ economy. A fantasy?
Boris Johnson claims his government are aiming for a βhigh-skill, high-wageβ economy, but is that really feasible?
I was prompted to write having stumbled across this article from the Australian Times. It's always interesting, and often unnerving, to read how us Brits are seen by foreign eyes. Johnson's ideal, it would seem, will require such fundamental changes in benefits and the way work works that it might just remain a pipe dream.
https://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/why-boris-johnsons-plans-for-a-high-wage-economy-require-a-major-shift-in-the-way-british-business-works/ -
Reactions to Covid booster jab
Heard today of 5 people I know all had bad after affects from their booster jab.
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Predict the score - West Ham United v Genk
Tonight is the turn of teams in the Europa League group stages. Get your predictions in by 7.30pm.
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How does my thermostat tell the boiler what to do ? - there are no wires connecting them and my friend was told she could remove it from the passage and just put it in any room.
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A step further from spiked drinks πͺ
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-58977839
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Predict the score - Chelsea v Malmo
Another Champions League match. Get your predictions in by 7.30.
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Good news story - no fine to pay
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/18/motorist-fined-number-plate-t-shirt
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Predict the score - Atletico Madrid v Liverpool
Tonight it's the group stage of the Champions League. Get your predictions in by 7.30.
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There are a group of people, members of the Woke community, who are employed as Sensitivity Readers. I don't know how many there are.
Their job is to read all new novels looking for reasons to be offended and call it out. One of their rules is an author should only be permitted to write about their own "lived experience".
They also read older novels and say why they should be cancelled. One was a novel promoted by Oprah Winfrey. The Sensitivity Readers group wanted it cancelled because the author is a white American woman and the novels main character is a Mexican immigrant woman. They said she shouldn't be writing about a Mexican Immigrant as it was not her own "lived experience". -
News Flash from the English Coastguard.
The Royal Navy intercepted three boatloads of people off the Kent coast this morning.
This placed the Navy in a rather awkward position, as the boats were not heading to, but rather away from Kent and towards France.
Another surprise was that the boats weren't loaded with migrants as expected, but with British Senior Citizens.
Their claim was they were trying to get to Calais so as to be able to return to the UK as migrants and therefore be entitled to substantially more benefits than they currently receive as legitimate British Pensioners.
The Navy it is believed, gave them food, water and extra fuel and assisted them on their journey.
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Predict the score - Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Tonight's Monday Night Football is a London derby. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck.
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Any Simon & Garfunkel fans? (Edited)
What a pair, like the Everly Brothers. On iplayer now 2 older programmes βThe Harmony Gameβ with them discussing their hits, and also βConcert in Central Park β. Now both 80!! I introduced their music to one of the young girls I childminded - Alex - and when she went to Uni she took the hits CD I bought her as a present. She then ended up introducing her flat mates to their sound and they went out buying CDs/records for themselves. She also got into Paul Simon solos and had a discreet tattoo of βYou can call me Alβ. Weβre still in touch, sheβs now a mum herself. π₯°
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I don't usually get emotional but......
(I hope this link works)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwNzQhjcHE