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If only 28, we're on 317 now and still counting!Originally posted by AtW View PostWhat happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Combined with the ultimate BorisOriginally posted by SueEllen View Post
"The real hero of Jaws is the mayor. A gigantic fish is eating all your constituents and he decides to keep the beaches open. OK, in that instance he was actually wrong. But in principle, we need more politicians like the Mayor. We are often the only obstacle against all the nonsense which is really a massive conspiracy against the taxpayer."
Line that up against his PM speech in 3rd Feb and how we have since handled the whole pandemic, in true USA/Brazil fashion.Comment
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Assuming a "US Billion" and not UK (who knows, with these thieves in power?)Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
+ Just taking Serco (22 bn)
that's a cost of 69,400,630 pounds per day of the pandemic so far - spent with them. Not to mention that I think we only pulled them into the frame in June.
"Because the PHE is not fit for purpose" - it might be, with 69 mil a day.
"There's no such thing as public money it's taxpayers money" - or in this case,
now Non taxpayers money, in Monaco etc.Comment
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On a more serious point. Drama's first purpose was to inform in a democracy, i.e. Greek Tragedy, which is the root of all western drama. In an extreme and mainly illiterate democracy such as Athens, i.e. every vote was a referendum, Tragedy give the audience much to ponder about. Usually set in a mythical past but on a contemporary theme it brought home to the audience the consequences of their decisions. Usually extreme behaviour brought down the central character, such as Antigone and her fight with king Creon. Really its about how much the state has a right to interfere in private life, oikios v polis.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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It was actually a bloody good film - I watched it in March and it could be thought of as The Dummy's Guide to Pandemics...Originally posted by NigelJK View Post"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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If you like that film - I highly recommend the book "The Hot Zone" nonfiction book by Richard Preston , which this film borrows heavily from.Comment
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Imagine if Hancock had watched Zombie Apocalypse , UK would have bought shotguns and cans of food.Comment
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