Reggie29 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Apparently if someone is a convicted felon, they cannot enter the US military, yet they can become Commander-in-chief? Contradiction reigns supreme. I've also noticed some have posted that Joe Biden is a liar, so what does that make Trump after he and his lawyer made false business expense claims in lieu of "hush money" payments to a prostitute? Thankfully being an observer and not required to participate in the election. Personally, if I were I wouldn't vote for either of them. Got to love American justice and politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slave to zep Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Anyone seen this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 2 hours ago, slave to zep said: Anyone seen this? Yeah, a while ago, one of the best covers I have ever seen of Zep. I reckon it's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 On 7/2/2024 at 11:54 AM, redrum said: I just deleted about 80 pages of attachments here as I had reached maximum space and couldn't post any more pics or links. Took a while to figure out what was going on. Yeah, I'm in the middle of that process myself. It's going to take me a while as I amassed over one hundred pages. Crikey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 25 minutes ago, Strider said: Yeah, I'm in the middle of that process myself. It's going to take me a while as I amassed over one hundred pages. Crikey! Actually didn't take too long for 80 pages. It was nice to see the red bar disappear and the 'choose file' reappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 19 hours ago, rm2551 said: Yeah, a while ago, one of the best covers I have ever seen of Zep. I reckon it's brilliant. Band and video are great, but vocals are terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, slave to zep said: Band and video are great, but vocals are terrible! Each to their own. I thought she was pretty good. Fit the vibe of the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 5 hours ago, rm2551 said: Each to their own. I thought she was pretty good. Fit the vibe of the whole thing. She sounded flat to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 New Labor Gov. voted in in the old country. Good luck Chilli and co. I hope this is not a case of meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Given the old boss included the likes of Boris the clown, I assume it's somewhat welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 hours ago, rm2551 said: New Labor Gov. voted in in the old country. Good luck Chilli and co. I hope this is not a case of meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Given the old boss included the likes of Boris the clown, I assume it's somewhat welcome. Yes. Better the Devil you know??? Yes a landslide but Labour didn't get my vote. We voted for our favourite colour and choice of relaxation. Green . See what happens but nice to give the Tory wankers a good stuffing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john morrison Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 last time around the contestants were magic grandpa ( corbyn for those living beyond shores of the uk ) and boris johnson . never in the history of democracy / voting have two more useless twats been presented to the public ( and I include biden v trump 1 & 2 ) . this time we had sunak and starmer ....... who knows what either of them stand for . voter turn out is low . get this in previous election corbyn got 30% of the vote . johnson was bit higher but johnson ended up with an 80 seat majority . this latest election starmer polled approx 1% more of the public vote than corbyn but starmer gets a whopping 250 seat majority ...... go figure . almost done . starmer notwithstanding achieving the largest majority ever in the uk actually only polled ( it was a low turnout ) approximately 20% of those eligible to vote . in other words the public couldnt be bothered . but one piece of good news . I live in scotland . the vile scottish nationalist party were trounced . collapsed from 47 seats to 9 . there you have it readers ... politics , meaningful democratic politics , imho , is largely a thing of the past . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, john morrison said: last time around the contestants were magic grandpa ( corbyn for those living beyond shores of the uk ) and boris johnson . never in the history of democracy / voting have two more useless twats been presented to the public ( and I include biden v trump 1 & 2 ) . this time we had sunak and starmer ....... who knows what either of them stand for . voter turn out is low . get this in previous election corbyn got 30% of the vote . johnson was bit higher but johnson ended up with an 80 seat majority . this latest election starmer polled approx 1% more of the public vote than corbyn but starmer gets a whopping 250 seat majority ...... go figure . almost done . starmer notwithstanding achieving the largest majority ever in the uk actually only polled ( it was a low turnout ) approximately 20% of those eligible to vote . in other words the public couldnt be bothered . but one piece of good news . I live in scotland . the vile scottish nationalist party were trounced . collapsed from 47 seats to 9 . there you have it readers ... politics , meaningful democratic politics , imho , is largely a thing of the past . Voter turnout was 60%. Labour Total seats 412 Change +211 Total votes 9,704,655 Share 33.7% Share change +1.6 Conservative Total seats 121 Change -251 Total votes 6,827,311 Share 23.7% Share change -19.9 Liberal Democrat Total seats 72 Change +64 Total votes 3,519,199 Share 12.2% Share change +0.7 Scottish National Party Total seats 9 Change -39 Total votes 724,758 Share 2.5% Share change -1.4 Sinn Fein Total seats 7 Change 0 Total votes 210,891 Share 0.7% Share change +0.1 Independent Total seats 6 Change +6 Total votes 564,243 Share 2.0% Share change +1.4 Reform UK Total seats 5 Change +5 Total votes 4,117,221 Share 14.3% Share change +12.3 Democratic Unionist Party Total seats 5 Change -3 Total votes 172,058 Share 0.6% Share change -0.2 Green Total seats 4 Change +3 Total votes 1,943,265 Share 6.7% Share change +4.0 Plaid Cymru Total seats 4 Change +2 Total votes 194,811 Share 0.7% Share change +0.2 Social Democratic & Labour Party Total seats 2 Change 0 Total votes 86,861 Share 0.3% Share change -0.1 Alliance Party Total seats 1 Change 0 Total votes 117,191 Share 0.4% Share change 0.0 Ulster Unionist Party Total seats 1 Change +1 Total votes 94,779 Share 0.3% Share change 0.0 Traditional Unionist Voice Total seats 1 Change +1 Total votes 48,685 Share 0.2% Share change +0.2 Workers Party of Britain Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 210,194 Share 0.7% Share change +0.7 Social Democratic Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 33,811 Share 0.1% Share change +0.1 The Yorkshire Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 17,227 Share 0.1% Share change 0.0 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 12,562 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Alba Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 11,784 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Rejoin EU Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 9,245 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 People Before Profit Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 8,438 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Aontú Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 7,466 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Heritage Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,597 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 UK Independence Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,530 Share 0.0% Share change -0.1 Liberal Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,375 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Monster Raving Loony Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,814 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Christian Peoples Alliance Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,604 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Scottish Family Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,425 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 English Democrats Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,182 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Party of Women Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,077 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Socialist Labour Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 3,609 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Hampshire Independents Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 2,872 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Communist Party of Britain Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 2,622 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Climate Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 1,967 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Others Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 107,499 Share 0.1% Share change 0.0 Change compared with 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 hours ago, JTM said: Voter turnout was 60%. Labour Total seats 412 Change +211 Total votes 9,704,655 Share 33.7% Share change +1.6 Conservative Total seats 121 Change -251 Total votes 6,827,311 Share 23.7% Share change -19.9 Liberal Democrat Total seats 72 Change +64 Total votes 3,519,199 Share 12.2% Share change +0.7 Scottish National Party Total seats 9 Change -39 Total votes 724,758 Share 2.5% Share change -1.4 Sinn Fein Total seats 7 Change 0 Total votes 210,891 Share 0.7% Share change +0.1 Independent Total seats 6 Change +6 Total votes 564,243 Share 2.0% Share change +1.4 Reform UK Total seats 5 Change +5 Total votes 4,117,221 Share 14.3% Share change +12.3 Democratic Unionist Party Total seats 5 Change -3 Total votes 172,058 Share 0.6% Share change -0.2 Green Total seats 4 Change +3 Total votes 1,943,265 Share 6.7% Share change +4.0 Plaid Cymru Total seats 4 Change +2 Total votes 194,811 Share 0.7% Share change +0.2 Social Democratic & Labour Party Total seats 2 Change 0 Total votes 86,861 Share 0.3% Share change -0.1 Alliance Party Total seats 1 Change 0 Total votes 117,191 Share 0.4% Share change 0.0 Ulster Unionist Party Total seats 1 Change +1 Total votes 94,779 Share 0.3% Share change 0.0 Traditional Unionist Voice Total seats 1 Change +1 Total votes 48,685 Share 0.2% Share change +0.2 Workers Party of Britain Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 210,194 Share 0.7% Share change +0.7 Social Democratic Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 33,811 Share 0.1% Share change +0.1 The Yorkshire Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 17,227 Share 0.1% Share change 0.0 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 12,562 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Alba Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 11,784 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Rejoin EU Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 9,245 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 People Before Profit Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 8,438 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Aontú Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 7,466 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Heritage Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,597 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 UK Independence Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,530 Share 0.0% Share change -0.1 Liberal Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 6,375 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Monster Raving Loony Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,814 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Christian Peoples Alliance Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,604 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Scottish Family Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,425 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 English Democrats Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,182 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Party of Women Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 5,077 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Socialist Labour Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 3,609 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Hampshire Independents Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 2,872 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Communist Party of Britain Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 2,622 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Climate Party Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 1,967 Share 0.0% Share change 0.0 Others Total seats 0 Change 0 Total votes 107,499 Share 0.1% Share change 0.0 Change compared with 2019 And they say our 2 party system is wacko. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 10 minutes ago, slave to zep said: Forever young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 hours ago, redrum said: And they say our 2 party system is wacko. 😄 Crazy isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I thought voting was compulsory in the old country. Fuck me, is it only compulsory here? I've always thought that's an incredibly good thing. You can still go to the booth and write "fuck off cunts" for all anyone cares, but you go, and decide at the booth. Everyone. No exceptions. There is a lot to be said about how that basic rule keeps the electorate somewhat centred, and not "special interests" winning when there is an otherwise completely apathetic electorate - which can be really dangerous. I'm glad it's compulsory, and I'm glad it's based on the English parliamentary system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 2 hours ago, rm2551 said: I thought voting was compulsory in the old country. Fuck me, is it only compulsory here? I've always thought that's an incredibly good thing. You can still go to the booth and write "fuck off cunts" for all anyone cares, but you go, and decide at the booth. Everyone. No exceptions. There is a lot to be said about how that basic rule keeps the electorate somewhat centred, and not "special interests" winning when there is an otherwise completely apathetic electorate - which can be really dangerous. I'm glad it's compulsory, and I'm glad it's based on the English parliamentary system. Not compulsory here man. The amount of Illegal people here it would be impossible to do. You have to have photographic evidence and say your address and that's it. Also, as many people here can't even speak let alone read English, a cross is sufficient to vote. Large Towns and Cities, especially in areas where English is a second Language (mainly in the North) certain South Asian communities just send anyone, as a beard and a Hijab are commonplace and no one would be any the wiser. Mrs CP reckons that when she drives into Manchester, she avoids certain boroughs as most Asians either can't drive or have never passed their driving test or used a dodgy examiner who happens to frequent the same Mosque or Temple or is related to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 9 hours ago, chillumpuffer said: Not compulsory here man. The amount of Illegal people here it would be impossible to do. You have to have photographic evidence and say your address and that's it. Also, as many people here can't even speak let alone read English, a cross is sufficient to vote. Large Towns and Cities, especially in areas where English is a second Language (mainly in the North) certain South Asian communities just send anyone, as a beard and a Hijab are commonplace and no one would be any the wiser. Mrs CP reckons that when she drives into Manchester, she avoids certain boroughs as most Asians either can't drive or have never passed their driving test or used a dodgy examiner who happens to frequent the same Mosque or Temple or is related to them. Fuck me. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the luck of our geography is one of the fundamental reasons we avoid so much shit. Maybe you guys should have left your prisoners there Chilli, and the rest of you relocated here. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Just listening to No Quarter from 3/3/75 & I'm just amazed by the piano work. I know I've listened to this one before, but don't remember it being this great... 🎹 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 6 hours ago, rm2551 said: Fuck me. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the luck of our geography is one of the fundamental reasons we avoid so much shit. Maybe you guys should have left your prisoners there Chilli, and the rest of you relocated here. 🤣 This Country, whilst I don't mind people who come here to work hard and contribute, is being overrun with Illegals. There are certain no-go areas where gang culture is rife and lawless. Of course we have British gangs but generally it's " non white", for want of a better phrase, that have completely dominated parts of this Country. I live in a very rural traditional area. It's safe, friendly and wonderful. However, I feel very unsafe when I go into Manchester. English is the main second Language. Large groups of (mainly) men intimidate you. All foreign. Sometimes you feel unwelcome and don't get me started on London. I've said this before. One of our regrets is that we didn't stay in Australia when we had the chance, although it would have been hard to get residency. I love the Australians. Your outlook on life, your love of sport and fair dinkum. Some of my favourite films are from down under and I have to say we never met an unfriendly Aussie when we were there. Oh and at least you get a summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 26 minutes ago, chillumpuffer said: This Country, whilst I don't mind people who come here to work hard and contribute, is being overrun with Illegals. There are certain no-go areas where gang culture is rife and lawless. Of course we have British gangs but generally it's " non white", for want of a better phrase, that have completely dominated parts of this Country. I live in a very rural traditional area. It's safe, friendly and wonderful. However, I feel very unsafe when I go into Manchester. English is the main second Language. Large groups of (mainly) men intimidate you. All foreign. Sometimes you feel unwelcome and don't get me started on London. I've said this before. One of our regrets is that we didn't stay in Australia when we had the chance, although it would have been hard to get residency. I love the Australians. Your outlook on life, your love of sport and fair dinkum. Some of my favourite films are from down under and I have to say we never met an unfriendly Aussie when we were there. Oh and at least you get a summer. Never too late to change your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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