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Yeah. The regular players who understand the stock market have been shorting it like crazy which inevitably drives the price down even further for retail investors, i.e. Trump supporters who...

This is interesting. I always assumed that you needed unanimous consent from the jury for a conviction but I did jury service a couple of months ago and it turns out you don't. Our jury was split...

I think that's actually pretty common, we save our true vitriol for our siblings. In the UK I tend to associate this with the left (though the right is showing it more at the moment). Labour...

It's not so much that there has to be an election but rather, if the leading coalition loses it's majority, they can't pass anything so everything just shuts down. It's kind of like what you've got...

The lettuce was Liz Truss. But Boris certainly qualifies as some kind legume. I'm thinking turnip.

There's been a variety of reason but the theme is Netanyahu's hold on power being VERY tenuous...

Their theoretical cycle is pretty reasonable at four years (same as the UK) but they've had a crazy time recently. Mainly because Netanyahu keeps having to scramble to hold onto his position because...

Sadly I suspect not. I think the groups that form the coalition will double down. Some of them actively want this and, for others, its politically expedient to just go along with it. My hope is...

There's been lots of protesting and lots of reporting on it over here so this may be a "side of the pond" thing. There were protests this last weekend. Interestingly some of the loudest voices have...

I haven't looked at your posts but a couple of general tips:-
1. Did you post in the right sub forum? One example you gave (going out of scope) should be posted in the main VB6 forum because it's a...

I have done no such thing, quite the opposite in fact. I have explicitly gone out of my way to say that I was not doing that. Multiple times. Way back in post 218, before any of the latest to and...

I don't feel it's "proper". No generalisation is ever truly "proper" if you're seeking clarity. What I do think is that such generalisations are often (almost always in fact) "acceptable". As you...

Then you're not making an incidental generalisation for linguistic simplicity. You're making a deliberate generalisation that arbitrarily lumps a subset of people together.

Like I said, by that...

I don't think it's valid no matter which side is saying it. You can't get to collective punishment without traveling through collective blame on the way. When we couch this in terms of "the...

Yeah but we don't have to worry about web sites hassling us to accept all biscuits so that's a win for blighty.

I was under 18 when I was last balanced. 18 is the legal age to drink in the UK. This may be causative.

I think it might tank if he starts divesting regardless of the rate he does so. He made a lot of noise about the value of his properties hinging on his brand value and I think most folks would agree...

Your argument is ironclad. How could I have missed it?!

It's not currently being traded so the value is... whatever Trump (and the other shareholders) say it's worth. Once it becomes publicly traded the value will be whatever people are willing to pay...

Not sure if this was before or after your post but it looks like Mike Johnson, at least, has got your back.

I didn't expect to find myself saying this but Mike Johnson actually seems to be acting...

Now there I'm with you 100%. The only nuance I'd add is that I'd like to hear some loud voices saying the same to Hamas. I feel like those Israel's actions have caused those voices to recede and we...

Is it the need for aid you're questioning or the method of delivery. I'd disagree with you either way but for different reasons.

I think the people of Gaza definitely need aid right now and...

I think what Shaggy was referring to is basically the extreme end of Zionism. I'm going to try and be careful with my wording here because they tend to mean different things to different people. ...

We're getting into nuance rather than substance here and I agree with your main thrust but:-
I disagree. I think some (a very small some in my opinion... but I'm less than sure about that, ymmv)...

I don't think anyone is doing that though. Well, some people are but they're in the minority and usually not acting in good faith - this particular legislator may fall into that category, I don't...

I don't have a problem with people of religion making decisions that become enacted as law. I don't have a problem with people of religion basing those decisions on the moral code they derive from...

This also probably ought to be in the utilities or code bank section but since the discussion's moved on I won't move it. That said, @Gaouser, once the forum problems are sorted you should really...

Well only one person has died so this doesn't even qualify as a mass killing. Thoughts and Prayers'll sort it right out.

It's a really good question.

I have one friend who's fond of pointing out that the very concept of passports, visas etc doesn't imbue you with the right to move around, that right is (or should...

Yeah, that's a better choice of phrase than mine.

I'm not sure how accurate the picture we're getting over here is but some of the measures do seem needlessly cruel. E.g. putting razor wire under the surface of the Rio Grande so that people would...

It's not so much that people point out the errors and I think most religious people have enough of a sense of humour to have fun with it. It's that some people tend to then use it as a platform to...

Yeah. Like I said, I think the bible (and religions as a whole) tend to carry an overwhelmingly positive message but it's quite easy (and unfair) to catch them out with some gotcha questions. It...

Me too... but they were never the same after Ozzy left.

Asking as a genuine question rather than a gotcha: do they really though? The reason I ask is that I used to work with someone who was part...

I agree. In a similar vein there are some of the more crackpot Republicans calling for cessations, national divorces etc but it feels like it's performative rather than a genuine agenda.

It feels...

I've got a lot of respect for religion but I've always thought it was weird when people try to argue it as science. They don't need to share the same problem space for both to be valid.

Anyway, I...

All issues worthy of discussion, but the bargaining chip being used to fight that "battle" involves withholding the employment of public sector workers. You seem unwilling to engage with that beyond...

I think you only get the ability when you reach a certain post count and/or reputation. A lot of the forum features are limited like that.

Assuming PAYE (which us the vast majority of people) your taxes for the current year are based on last year's earnings. Of course, that can mean you pay too much or too little in the current year...

So you're fine with workers having their employment suspended without notice as a bargaining chip for government parties. This in no way changes my former opinion of your analogy expressing...

Wow, that was an obscure poster. I don't think we've seen Ident post in years! How are you doing?