Apech

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  1. The Brexit Thread

    from the Telegraph:
  2. The Brexit Thread

    Patrick and Chang - watch and enjoy:
  3. The Brexit Thread

    More importantly: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/22/uri-geller-promises-to-stop-brexit-using-telepathy
  4. The Brexit Thread

    London is a strong Remain area so I don't see that as a surprise. Also given 48% of people voted remain why is it unlikely that 4 million sign an online petition?
  5. The Brexit Thread

    This is what my ex-MP (from when I lived in England) has to say on the idea of revoking Art. 50. ... he is Labour.
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  8. The Brexit Thread

    https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-22/eu-leaders-want-rid-of-brexit-poison/
  9. The Brexit Thread

    I don't see any reason to suppose that mass islamic immigration will continue, unless of course you mean that the birth rate in existing British muslims is such that their percentage of the population will grow. Which seems likely - although projections assume current levels of growth even though it is well known that it is affluence which reduces the rate at which people have children. There is a vacuum of course as Christianity is dying. But I think this is simply because people see no reason to believe in God, science tells them no and their own eyes reveal no evidence of divine providence at work. As to the 'nancification' of the western male - well we have always had gay men, many of whom have been gifted geniuses (e.g. Alan Turing) and otherwise formed a kind of fringe group in society which was tacitly accepted by the church and the aristocracy. Of course there was a great deal of public discontent when it came to the fore - as in the Oscar Wilde trails - but this was really a way of shaming someone you didn't like. But overall I don't see anything new in there being effeminate men - what is new is the implied preference for feminised men - as if it is somehow morally superior and the that awful expression 'toxic masculinity'. I think the divisions at the House of Commons denote that we are divided as a nation and not along the old left/right axis. Both parties are split but held together by habit and individual self interest. It's a battleground and if it were not the affect on us would be quite interesting to see how it is worked out - which it will have to one way or another.
  10. The Brexit Thread

    And what in your opinion would be the final solution?
  11. very advanced energy practice

    orgasm at a distance
  12. The Brexit Thread

    makes you wonder why Gove, Johnson, Davies et al didn't step up to the mark ... or maybe they are the quislings.
  13. The Brexit Thread

    yes its a US billion = thousand million ...
  14. The Brexit Thread

    he'd probably be excluded from the house for a period. the use of terms like 'liar' are considered unparliamentary - its a bit like our no personal insult moderation rule - its a matter of keeping debate civil. The usual way round is to use weasel words like 'the Prime minister may have mistakenly mislead the house' or the famous one of being 'economical with the truth'. It was probably PMQs or the emergency debate on Brexit. last night Theresa may gave a special press conference - at which I think she originally was going to resign - but in the end she just blamed everyone else, mostly the MPs for it all going wrong. She has a certain dogged persistence I will give her that - but she certainly doesn't have a flexible mind, the kind that finds creative ways out of a crisis. we're f***ed, as I keep saying, which ever way this goes Britain is looking bad to the world.
  15. The Brexit Thread

    They are now saying May's deal will go back to the house and the choice will be her deal or no deal. So the pressure is on Corbyn I guess.
  16. very advanced energy practice

    Its very odd that what is a legitimate harmonisation technique devolves to characterising the subject as a female 'victim'. The opposite of harmony. This kind of thing does seem to attract manipulative people. I'm not saying it won't work in some way - but for your own sake watch your intent.
  17. The Brexit Thread

    Well, well, well. House of Commons votes out May's deal, votes out no deal in any circumstances, May asks for extension of Art. 50 till June and Tusk says you can only have extension if you vote through May's deal. No May's deal. No no-deal. No extension past march 29. I guess May will attempt to get her deal through again even though the Speaker has said she can't put it forward - and if this doesn't work revoke Art. 50. We're f***ed well and truly.
  18. Story of Atlantis Part 1 - Ice Age and Deluge

    Its not really that remote (you mentioned 90 miles - but I have read that it has also been discovered in Asia Minor.) We know that neolithic peoples traded in valuable materials, especially those useful for tools quite widely. All it takes is a barter system, boats and people willing to travel. And not necessarily vastly long distances but just to various trading points - so no need for advanced maritime technology as you put it. You are right that there has been a very limited view of the capacities of pre-historic cultures - although this is now changed/changing - because of the archeological evidence. the whole Atlantis thing - needs just that - hard evidence and not speculation IMO.
  19. The Brexit Thread

    For Chang and Patrick ....
  20. Story of Atlantis Part 1 - Ice Age and Deluge

    An obsidian in the hand is worth two in the bush. I think its an Apple iObsidian.
  21. The Brexit Thread

    WTF is going on, he asked - not expecting an answer.
  22. Story of Atlantis Part 1 - Ice Age and Deluge

    Nothing in this is 'advanced' its just that the mesolithic cultures were capable of more than we originally gave them credit for.
  23. New here -excited

    Welcome and enjoy your stay at DBs.