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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yesterday's "apology" from PP was worded precisely as it shouldn't have been. "I'm sorry if ..." There simply is no justification for making the apology conditional. It is clear that had no-one felt bullied there would have been no complaint. Did she go through the apology with someone to get...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Don't remember seeing this Nevada case having been mentioned. Nevada judge denies request to halt state certification of election results https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/20/politics/nevada-election-results-republican-challenge/index.html
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Social media giants have such control! Twitter says it’s handing @POTUS account over to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day Twitter announced it will hand the @POTUS account over to President-elect Biden on Inauguration Day — even if President Trump refuses to concede...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Does Trump have any critical faculties? That is, can he make any assessments of the "information" swirling round him? Conservative media, Trump fooled by parody account of his sister So-called 'Betty Trump' is homophobic, transphobic, foul-mouthed and drinks Natty Daddy...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was still in my bed this morning and hadn't floated to the ceiling. Therefore I have proof I am being manipulated by the mysterious force of gravity. Magnetism hasn't affected me yet - but I can see it working on lots of things round me.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    For many reasons, much copper is recycled which keeps any requirement for "new" copper down. I think I remember that things like reduced water pipe thickness meant less demand for copper than would otherwise have been the case - even ignoring the poly-whatever pipes.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I thought it was my brain struggling. Glad to see I'm not the only one. :)
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    One Trump campaign adviser got something right! Rudy Giuliani and other key members of President Trump's outside legal team won't be attending today's meeting with two Michigan lawmakers because they've been exposed to the coronavirus, two sources familiar with the internal discussions tell...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    At last! Hope this the right Georgia? I don't see any mention of Tbilisi...
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Remember the UK's GPS? OneWeb satellite internet company is officially reborn The OneWeb satellite operator has formally emerged from bankruptcy. Ownership has transferred to a new company with its principal shareholders now being the UK government and the Indian conglomerate Bharti Global Ltd...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think optical fibre has so many advantages over copper, even if copper was stacked up in megatonnes and free, optical would be used.
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Put them in a cell together and see how they sort it out?
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Like Helen Chadwick? :)
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Priti off the hook? Anyone surprised? The "I didn't mean to" excuse. The people supporting her appear to (mostly) be those she would not have been in a position to bully. Hancock and other senior figures. Even the rest of the parliamentary tory party. The ones she would wish to impress and...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map through the Sun Belt. The win by Biden pads his Electoral College margin of victory...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Pearly gates time! Two Trump supporters die in a car accident. They arrive in heaven, and immediately, they met St. Peter, who instructs them that they can go through the Pearly Gates to speak to God, and ask him one question. The duo go through, and there before them is God himself. "God," one...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Super confusing - virtually impenetrable by foreign powers but wide open to all those listed? Does this mean Chavez is now a US citizen?
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Save Christmas (TM tory government) but there might be an itsy bitsy problem with turkeys, and chickens and ... Advice to poultry owners after avian flu prevention zone established A prevention zone to protect poultry and captive birds from a strain of avian flu has been...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If we accept that the Trump Recount Committee has got hold of some server(s), how many courts would accept evidence from them now? Isn't the usual procedure to take evidence somewhere and lock it away? Not investigated by the very people who seem to want a particular outcome.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They succumbed to pressure to certify after hours of sustained pressure. They succumbed to pressure by the White House to rescind their certification. How many more times will they flip? When a court determines they have no right to rescind certification? (I can't see there being nice clear...