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I think MAGAnuts still qualify as human, which makes them illegal to eat. I'm not saying they don't count - just that "Truth Social", as well as being misnamed, is not a broad church social media platform like Insta or TikTok (although TikTok will veer more to the insane too when it becomes owned by Trump's son and other oligarchs). So when you see a Trump post getting 26,000 likes, that's probably a large percentage of the users on the platform.

I think the full rhyme is Jack and Jill went up the hill Jack took a pound and a quarter Jill came down with half a crown They didn't go there for water.

You're right. I recognised him from Cheers, and when you look up the cast list the character is "George Wendt".

Ever tried decaf? My wife is like you, she goes truly silly on coffee (well that's her excuse anyway). However she loves the taste of a cappuccino, so she buys decaffeinated beans. I have decaf too for my night time coffee, even though I used to just have a normal one and it didn't seem to affect my sleep.

Consider though Peter, anyone who's "liked" or "retruthed" this has signed up to "Truth Social" to begin with, so it's not a cohort representative of the population.

Jack and Jill ____ up the hill, but I have no idea who that guy is.

I don't know if this merits a thread of its own, but I was pondering this the other day. Fairly randomly. So anyway I saw one of those "Slow down for wildlife" signs with a cute picture of a wallaby or something on it, which is fine, but this one also had the words "My life is just as important as yours." Now I call bullshit on that one, no wallaby's life is as important as a human's - but then I thought, can I justify that? It's all very well having an opinion but I should be able to back it up. This of course led to the thought that what IS the relative importance of various animal's lives? I think we can all agree that all animal life is not equally valuable. We will swat a mosquito or fly without thinking twice but we certainly wouldn't kill an elephant so casually. And viruses - we not only kill them but consider it good and right to develop a bioweapon against them to kill them in their trillions. And then there's the "what animal would you eat" scenario. Some vegans hold the view that we shouldn't eat any animal, to which I say, well if chooks and pigs didn't want to be eaten, they shouldn't have evolved to taste so delicious. But anyway, after considering my little flock of chickens for a while, and seeing that they truly are the stupidest creatures, I think the hierarchy has kind of crystallized in my mind a bit. My personal set of values for what animals I would kill and eat (even if you're just buying them from the supermarket, you're just outsourcing the killing) - is impacted by the following. Does the animal have a developed set of emotions? Ie does it display happiness, shame, loyalty, mournfulness, etc? (Without trying to anthromorphise!) This lets things like elephants, dogs and whales off my menu. Does the animal develop stable relationships and raise a small number of young with care? So most things which either mate for life or have fairly stable relationships. Eg penguins would not make it on my list. You could argue that sheep and cows also have a small number of young and raise them with care, but I don't think they develop stable relationships, if you've ever seen a bull or ram in action. Does the animal have a high level of intelligence? So again, whales, elephants, cockatoos and dogs are off the menu for me. It can be argued that pigs are as intelligent as dogs, I never said this method was foolproof, but they evolved as yummy bacon instead of man's best friend. Sucks for them. Does the animal resemble us? (some more than others!) I would not eat a gorilla, chimp or orangutan (and not just because of Planet of the Apes). And I'd find it hard to eat a smaller monkey as well. Even that little prick in Pirates of the Caribbean. So that's it really. Anything not on those list of features is pretty much fair game. Of course it has to taste nice and not be illegal as well. All this is subject to the caveat that my ethics are malleable when it comes to hunger. So if I'm literally in danger of starving, and Lassie has proved unreliable in getting help, she's in the pot. In terms of the sign, as far as I know wallabies don't make the cut on that list above, but even if they did, in my mind they're still not as important as a human. Even the animals that are high on the list are not as important as a human - we see that when a dog attacks people and is put down. So I will try really hard NOT to hit a wallaby on the road, but if it's unavoidable, I will not lose sleep over it. Now some biologist is going to tell me that scallops have a vibrant social life, and that chickens are the Einsteins of the bird world but just hide it REALLY well.

If you can't see the blindingly obvious parallels between Hitler and Trump, don't talk about learning from history.

They're reintroducing qubits in quantum computing.

The over horizon radar system we just sold to Canada.

I think GON is getting confused and thinking Trump/Hitler are good things.

I'm a bit confused. Which election are they "losing him"?

Good negotiating Jerry!

You're right! Which is why Trump's actions can be predicted by learning from Hitler.

Excellent, I'll start up the "Earth is flat debate continues" thread, because I don't think that one is quite settled either.

This is the most misnamed thread ever. The reason is, it's not a debate. The science is settled. Only a few misguided/supported by the fossil fuel industry clowns still try to deny it, and they have about as much credibility as cult leaders who "calculate" that the world is ending in 2000 / 2012 whenever. Everyone's allowed their own opinion but don't confuse it with fact. The magical thinking that climate change isn't real is like the "medical" practice of blood-letting - it has no basis in reality and is a harm-causing alternative to proper treatment of the problem.

Kind retards - love it. I might slip that on one day and see if anyone notices.

Wasn't it because she left the seat off?

He'd prefer the head mistress by the sounds of it.

I doubt it. Chances are he thinks Trump is just a greedy sociopath (like most people think) but for the sake of his country he's building a cordial relationship.

Well at least Albo hasn't: -given him a $400m plane -given him a state visit -fired or even moved KRudd

You made your bed, now lie in it.

A young priest was about to give his first sermon and was very nervous about forgetting what to say. "Don't worry," said an older priest, "I'll hide behind the alter and whisper what to say!" So the service starts and the young priest stands there tongue tied. "Say 'Jesus made atonement for the people'!" Whispered the old priest. "Jesus made toe ointment for the people!" Blurted the young bloke. "Ah, you silly beggar, you've spoilt it all!" Muttered the old priest. "And then the silly bugger spilled it all!"

Interesting first name. Sounds like a laxative drink. "Blocked up? Have a Prunella!"

Hope you washed your hands before posting, Jerry..