Censorship

[JohnL]

Blah Blah Wrote:

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> LOL EDguy89.

>

> Just one correction. March the 4th is the big day

> for Trump. Apparently that is the real day of the

> inauguration when Trump will be restored to the

> Whitehouse aaaaaand.............

He's back

"The embittered former commander in chief, however, was locked in his false but damaging alternative reality, to which millions of his followers subscribe, that he was the victim of a massive election fraud effort."

Go CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/cpac-2021-trump-speech-american-democracy/index.html

[KidKruger]

Very sad to see his speech last night.

Sadder to see so many people supporting him, so fiercely.

[diable rouge]

He's not going to go away while his grifting Big Lie makes him so much money, most of the dosh raised for 'legal funds' will have ended up in his own coffers. The GOP have enabled this and continue to do so. Maybe their thinking is that Trump eventually ends up in court (now looking very likely)and that's a way of getting rid of him but without alienating his base, but even if that happened they've pretty much become unelectable...

[KidKruger]

Yeah I read that Cruz and Hawley (for example) suspect that Trump is likely to be in jail eventually , so they are well placed, as his cheerleaders, to assume the leadership of this particular bunch of cranks.

Also read that True made $1.6 billion during his presidency. Not sure how though, or whether that includes the leisure properties (because he's meant to have detached himself from those operations).

[JohnL]

Donations that came into Trump's campaign were considered by him as his (that isn't how it usually works)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/trump-raised-200m-from-false-election-claims-what-happens-to-the-money-now

That's only 100 million though

[Jules-and-Boo]

So, the vaccination doesn?t stop you getting COVId just makes you more resilient and doesn?t stop you carrying it or passing it on. If someone?s already had the virus and recovered then their natural immune system should be enough to fight any further infection?

[fishbiscuits]

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> So, the vaccination doesn?t stop you getting COVId

> just makes you more resilient and doesn?t stop you

> carrying it or passing it on. If someone?s already

> had the virus and recovered then their natural

> immune system should be enough to fight any

> further infection?

Nope...

You are much less likely to contract the virus (and therefore pass it on) with either vaccine. But if you do still catch it, like you say, you are more resilient to it and the chances of hospitalisation are dramatically reduced.

You still need a vaccine even if you've had Covid. It is currently thought that the immune response after recovering from Covid is in the region of 8 months.

[malumbu]

Sorry I carried out my own censorship today, a poster in the community notice board outside Sainsburys near the Plough. We have a right to decide about our own health. OK fair point. Coronavirus is less harmful than the flu, with a reference to the Daily Hate of all places. Not Nature or the Lancet but that beacon of truth the Mail (to be fair I've Googled and not found the article). Go and die of Covid by all means. But don't give it to me. It's not about protecting yourself, its about protecting me from you. You get it by taking risks, you kill me, manslaughter.

Just through it on the floor for others to read and hopefully walk over. Thanks for listening!

[TheCat]

malumbu Wrote:

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> Sorry I carried out my own censorship today, a

> poster in the community notice board outside

> Sainsburys near the Plough. We have a right to

> decide about our own health. OK fair point.

> Coronavirus is less harmful than the flu, with a

> reference to the Daily Hate of all places. Not

> Nature or the Lancet but that beacon of truth the

> Mail (to be fair I've Googled and not found the

> article). Go and die of Covid by all means. But

> don't give it to me. It's not about protecting

> yourself, its about protecting me from you. You

> get it by taking risks, you kill me,

> manslaughter.

>

> Just through it on the floor for others to read

> and hopefully walk over. Thanks for listening!

This is shocking Mal....I've lived in the area for 10 years...and that Sainsbury at the Plough is my local shop....I've never noticed a community notice board.....:)

[malumbu]

It's so communal/community there is no lock on it so you can put whatever c*ap you want on it, I'll be monitoring closely now that you are aware of it, may put a camera disguised as a nest box to spy on you.

[Seabag]

I heard (an actual adult) say that the cotton wool on the end of the testing stick for COVID isn?t actually cotton wool, it?s nanobots that get into your blood stream and they?re there to track you through the phone lines.

It?s all there this news apparently, but when asked why this wasn?t on the general news they scoffed. ?They?re all in on it too?

So there you go, I?ve shared this valuable news with you, don?t say you weren?t told 🤪

[Spartacus]

This is your last chance.

After this, there is no turning back.

You take the blue pill?the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.

You take the red pill?you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.

[Blah Blah]

What happens if you take both pills? Nirvana?

[Spartacus]

Blah Blah Wrote:

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> What happens if you take both pills? Nirvana?

Nope, the effects of the "blue" pill are hard to believe, but the "red" pill makes everything softer again... 😱

[Blah Blah]

This reminds me of the Caterpillar in Alice and Wonderland lol -

'One side will make you taller, the other side smaller' said the caterpillar.

'One side of what, the other side of what?' said Alice.

'Of the mushroooooom', and the caterpillar slithers away.

:D

[JohnL]

Spartacus Wrote:

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> This is your last chance.

> After this, there is no turning back.

>

> You take the blue pill?the story ends, you wake up

> in your bed and believe whatever you want to

> believe.

> You take the red pill?you stay in Wonderland, and

> I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

>

> Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing

> more.

I'll take no pill thanks :)

[malumbu]

I find that the drugs don't work. Damn, got an earworm now.....

[JohnL]

Oh. Beth Rigby's back on Sky News today after her 3 month leave of absence.

3 months of her not being heard, if not censorship :)

[diable rouge]

Seabag Wrote:

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> I heard (an actual adult) say that the cotton wool

> on the end of the testing stick for COVID isn?t

> actually cotton wool, it?s nanobots that get into

> your blood stream and they?re there to track you

> through the phone lines.

I raise your cotton wool nanobots...

[Blah Blah]

There are no words for that level of conspiracy nonsense lol

[fishbiscuits]

Blah Blah Wrote:

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> What happens if you take both pills? Nirvana?

A lifetime of quiet/loud/quiet/loud...

[JohnL]

BBC has cancelled Nish Kumar

Here's his response.

[????]

They should have cancelled him for not being remotely funny, which I thought is a prime requirement of a comedian. He, like that awful lot on the Last Leg, seem to think that shouting about how awful the tories are is somehow comedy gold. Beats me. Geoff Norcott, although not that funny himself, is the best bit of The Mash Report because he's not a 'progressive' lefty.

[TheCat]

???? Wrote:

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> They should have cancelled him for not being

> remotely funny, which I thought is a prime

> requirement of a comedian. He, like that awful lot

> on the Last Leg, seem to think that shouting about

> how awful the tories are is somehow comedy gold.

> Beats me. Geoff Norcott, although not that funny

> himself, is the best bit of The Mash Report

> because he's not a 'progressive' lefty.

Totally agree on the Last Leg...I really liked the show when it was all about the Paralympics, and the interplay between the three hosts was funny.....this carried on in its early days as a standalone comedy show.....then slowly it morphed to just be largely unsophisticated, self-adulating, one-sided rants, masquerading as comedy. I dont mind a few jokes at the expense of either sides of politics, and hopefully most people can have a laugh about the stereotypes....but when it just becomes 'I've just ranted against something a tory minister did or said, please give me whoops and cheers' it was time to switch off.....

There's a reason why on these shows the audience now react with cheers and applause instead of actual laughter....

[????]

They did also have a genuine clown on it once when Jeremy Corbyn guested