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  2. On 9/24/2021 at 3:58 PM, riggerrob said:

    Is Europe suffering from shortages of gasoline, diesel, natural gas, electricity, etc.?

    Not quite. There is plenty of energy but we are having problems moving it around to where it is needed. 
    At the moment Britain and mainland Europe are suffering from a lack of HGV tanker drivers with the correct credentials to move hazardous cargo such as petrol (gasoline) diesel and LPG.

    Sadly this has caused a lot of lemmings to go out and panic buy as much petrol and diesel as they can cram in their tanks which has caused a short term fuel shortage. By this time next week the petrol stations will have had more deliveries and lots of people won't need to fill their tanks as they will still be full from the panic buying and the fuel shortage will be gone.

    To compound this problem there has been a fire in Kent at the National Grid site where the powerline between UK and France is situated. This has caused a spike in wholesale electricity prices which has caused a lot of of the smaller players to go bust because of the business  model they were operating under.

    As far as cold weather brought on by global warming. This is just not true.

    Last week we were seeing temperatures as high as 24 deg C which is about 6 Deg C above the normal temperature for this time of the year.  It is a bit cooler this week with cold fronts bringing rain in from the Atlantic but since this is the first rain we have had for about 3 weeks it is quite welcome.

    And when I say it is cooler this week than previous weeks or months. I have changed my shorts for a pair of jeans but we are still not ready to switch the heating on.  
     

    I see the original poster presented a short (inaccurate) sentence about the fuel problems in Europe at the moment then went on a rant about possible blackouts in California so maybe the title of this thread is a bit misleading and should be about energy production in CA if that is what he really want to talk about. 

     

  5. 8 hours ago, billvon said:

    Nope.  Although I am sure he will try that angle to shirk responsibility for his crimes.

    If he is facing jail time he might not want anyone highlighting his past role as an informant. I believe there is a phrase "Snitches get stitches" . 

  6. · Edited by ScottishJohn

    7 hours ago, ryoder said:

    I'm not too keen on this advancement:

    China rolls out anal swab coronavirus tests, saying it’s more accurate than throat method

    The UK Government (and others) have been testing the waste water in sewage to get early warning to local outbreaks. Less invasive but same science. I suppose once you find a local spike then you test individuals by whatever method deemed best. 

    If I had to go and get tested then I would rather get the mouth or nose swab rather than stick my arse out the car window to get probed. 

    Forgot the links

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sewage-signals-early-warning-of-coronavirus-outbreaks

     

    MIT explaining how it works

     

  7. Trump's lawyer Joe diGenova said Krebs should be 'executed'

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9003843/Trumps-campaign-lawyer-says-fired-cybersecurity-chief-Chris-Krebs-executed.html

    'He should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot'

    Is this acceptable (outside North Korea) ? Should the FBI be going and knocking on diGenova's front door?

    I'm having a hard time trying to understand why reasonably educated people are falling for Trumps lies. I assume you wave to have some intellect and education to be a lawyer these days but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

    or maybe he hasn't fallen for the lies but has  a vested interest in perpetuating the lies. either way it's very sad to see America acting like this.

     

     

  11. 18 hours ago, kallend said:

    What? 

     

    Didn't they say we wouldn't hear any more about it after November 

     
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    Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says WH aiming to have 100 million doses of Coronavirus vaccine ready to go by end of October. Says goal is to make the the most vulnerable and highest risk people are vaccinated in that first group. Says up to 300 million doses would be ready in Jan.
     
     

  14. This is a recent Trump tweet.  I don't know what to say about it. 

     

    We have claimed, for Electoral Vote purposes, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (which won’t allow legal observers) the State of Georgia, and the State of North Carolina, each one of which has a BIG Trump lead. Additionally, we hereby claim the State of Michigan if, in fact,.....

  16. · Edited by ScottishJohn

    18 minutes ago, kallend said:

    The Sun page 3 was better prior to 2015

    For some unknown reason (to me) , while we do have standards for televised news programs there are no standards for "Newspapers". That's why we have rags such as the Sun, The Daily Express and the Daily mail. Surprisingly Rupert Murdoch owns both the Sun and the Times.

    The Times used to be a newspaper with credibility and was the polar opposite of the Sun but I cannot vouch for the Times now as I stopped reading it when Rupert bought it. Plus it's behind a firewall

  17. 22 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

    I'll bite. It's a play on the Fox News slogan of the past. "We report, you decide". At the time they were claiming to be the only real objective cable news service available. I believe they eventually dropped it when it became such an obvious lie that it was the butt of jokes.

    We don't have Fox news here. We have standards.

  18. 12 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

    You've been bitten by the search engine preconception machine. My headlines when I entered that search (copied from your email) into Bing (which I never use) included the following:

     

    This is fun.

    I get.

    How QAnon uses religion to lure unsuspecting Christians

    Navy Seal who killed bin Laden slams Qanon theory that Bidens had a SEAL Team 6 killed

    Georgia's Loeffler and QAnon-supporting candidate set event

    How QAnon is spreading unproven theories through the suburbs

     

  19. 51 minutes ago, Coreece said:

    Just curious, would universal healthcare over there foot the bill for Europeans that were treated in the US?

    In the UK you would usually  take out some sort of travel insurance to cover you for medical emergencies in the USA (or other parts of the world).  As far as I know you are not forced to take out travel insurance before travelling to the USA but it is recommended.

    In Europe you would get an E111 card that allows people in the European union to receive reciprocal health care  in other EU countries although there could be some costs depending on the country but these would be minimal.

    John

  20.  

    Just listened to a few snippets of the leader of the free world having an interview with Mark Levin. Now, it would be easy for me to just label Trump bat shit crazy so I thought I would just do a quick check to see if there is a massive big valve up north (Canada ?) that someone is using to divert water away from California. I have done a quick search on google and DuckDuckgo but have found nothing about a large valve that takes a day to turn.

    Does anyone know where it is ?

    Or is he just bat shit crazy

  21. Top Trump health aide warns of armed insurrection and accuses the CDC of sedition

    The Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary of public affairs, Michael Caputo, accused the CDC’s top scientists of “sedition” over their coronavirus pandemic response while warning that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection.

    Among the claims made during the stream is that the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had a “resistance unit” to plot how to attack the president, that Joe Biden would refuse to concede the election, and that Trump supporters should prepare for an armed left-wing insurrection.

    "When Donald Trump refuses to stand down at the inauguration, the shooting will begin… If you carry guns, buy ammunition, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s going to be hard to get.”

    "Remember the Trump supporter who was shot and killed? That was a drill.”  

    While Caputo, who was made the department’s spokesperson in April, didn’t offer any evidence he may have access to that support his claims, they echo the sentiments of Mr Trump, who has said there is a “deep state” was slowing trials for a coronavirus vaccine.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/caputo-virus.html

     

     

    This is nothing short of inciting violence.


      

  23. · Edited by ScottishJohn

    17 hours ago, billvon said:

    So the trials will have to continue until we can demonstrate a vaccine that is both effective and safe.  

    Putin has taken the vaccine and declared that there are no side effects

     

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  24. 9 hours ago, Coreece said:

    So far the USPS said that the ones in Portland were vandalized and are being replaced with boxes that are more secure.

    I'd guess that this happens regularly, it's just that people notice it now since it's a hot issue.  Kind of like when you learn a new word and start seeing it pop up everywhere.

    Don't you  find it odd that it's happening in so many states at the same time. Do you think they will put the replacement mail boxes in place before or after the election. 

    Looking at America from the outside it IS looking more like  a Banana Republic each day.

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