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I have managed to avoid Amazon - mostly - this year. Annoying, though, when products are cheaper on Amazon than through the company's own site.

What a sensible way of spending NHS money: NHS to enlist 'sensible' celebrities to persuade people to take coronavirus vaccine Exclusive: People who are ‘known and loved’ will front campaign amid fears of low take-up...

And Trump isn't a billionaire? (I admit there are many questions over his true worth but claimed worth has often been several billion.)

Thank goodness some companies are doing reasonably well: (Reuters) - British recruiting firm SThree Plc on Monday projected annual profit to be slightly above market expectations on improved hiring in the United States and Germany, with a high demand for professionals in life sciences and...

Just why? We can't marry: 5. Weddings, civil partnerships, and funerals Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies will not be permitted to take place except where one of those getting married is seriously ill and not expected to recover (‘deathbed wedding’). These weddings are limited to 6...

(CNN)The Wisconsin Elections Commission said Monday that if President Donald Trump's campaign wants a recount of the razor-thin presidential race in the state, it will need to pay $7.9 million upfront. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/wisconsin-recount-estimated-cost/index.html

Didn't get what he was willing to pay for?

I am very easily amused: Joe Biden gains votes in Wisconsin county after Trump-ordered recount Milwaukee recount, which cost Trump campaign $3m, boosts Democratic president-elect days before state must certify result A recount in Wisconsin’s largest county demanded by President Donald Trump’s...

36 minutes ago: Transition Live Updates: Appeals Court Rejects Trump Election Challenge in Pennsylvania The ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was a complete repudiation of President Trump’s effort to halt Pennsylvania’s certification process. Mr. Trump committed to leave the White...

EU is making changes - which could easily see us left behind: European Parliament Votes to Support Right to Repair Friday November 27, 2020 9:00 am PST by Hartley Charlton The European Parliament has this week voted to support the recommendations of the EU Committee on the Internal Market and...

Hushing up of thermonuclear weapons something like 10,000 years ago in, roughly, Pakistan? Hiding of pictures of the Large Hadron Collider in ancient Sanskrit texts? Gigantic ultra-secret USA military aircraft with lots of lights on them so everyone can see them? And those are just some of...

Which is all the result of McDonald's products. They sell vast quantities of, for example, McDonald’s Chocolate Shake. These are thick shakes. But no-one gets that is not a description of their viscosity but the impact they have on the brains of those who consume them. :) That, and Trump's...

Trump supporters have to watch repeatedly. I have great sympathy. Actually understanding what he utters can take a lot of covfefe.

Why anyone would trust what ministers say, I have no idea. Much of it is proved in time to have been meaningless, misleading, wrong, or outright deception. Even when legislation is put forward, it all too often doesn't do quite what is claimed. Report casts doubt on UK pledge to prevent...

Always a barrel of laughs... And always the end result! But isn't much of an answer.

No wonder he is running out of money. :) Video of Biden's speech is available on just about every news media site which has the capability. That includes many non-USA sites. Very little need for people to view it on YouTube.

From what I remember of what I have read, which is probably getting rather too close to nothing :) , we potentially have a vast number of A-Z vaccine doses, but only a relatively small number of P and M vaccine doses. I am wondering what the impact would be of having two doses (as I think they...

I'd be laughing were it not all so awful: A donor has sued a pro-Trump group for $2.5 million over “empty promises” after he says it failed to prove voter fraud in the presidential election. Fred Eshelman sued Houston-based True the Vote Inc., which promised to “investigate, litigate and...

As expected: Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI over Russian contacts Trump expected to pardon several key aides before he departs

Back into "no surprises there": Brexit talks: Joe Biden says UK and Ireland must not have hard border US president-elect’s renewed call for Good Friday peace deal to be honoured could complicate Britain’s negotiations with EU...