@mxtthxw I think youβll find his first wife was killed by a drunken French chauffeur. Had she, like her bodyguard, worn a seatbelt, she may have survived. This conspiracy nonsense is just that, nonsense.
Thatβs the gallbladder gone! Keyhole surgery leaves you looking like youβve been in a knife fight and lost! Superglue, not stitches! They say the scars will be all but invisible. I really donβt care either way, itβs gone and canβt cause anymore pain! π€
@CatherineFlick gosh that sounds horrific! π³ Hope she and her child are doing well now. And thank you, Iβll continue at home with the lady whoβs been by my side for over 50 years.
Voices: Keir Starmer has pledged to βstop the chaosβ β but can he βstop the boatsβ? - The Independent
https://apple.news/ArMlB03iMSuu_kZh_nRiBrg. Look, itβs that simple even I could βstop the boatsβ. Make a safe way for these desperate people to actually apply. It really isnβt rocket science. The Tory βplanβ is evil and xenophobic.
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
@RickiTarr The U.K. where the NHS is (still; just about) free at the point of use, so having major surgery doesnβt mean having to sell all your worldly goods, including your home and a kidney, to pay your medical bills. Actual socialism in action.
Fighting an invisible illness: The curse of Long COVID. By Milanda Rout
"Exhaustion, erratic heartbeat, brain fog, pain: women aged 31 to 45 are contracting Long COVID in greater numbers than any other part of the population. Why?"
"Of the 850,000 people who are long-term sick, fully half say they have depression or anxiety," said Sunak in such a manner today that these were not real illnesses.
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"It would be wrong to sit back and accept this growing trend."
@Geri Iβve witnessed, first hand, the utter devastation mental ill health can cause. For this utterly shameful PM to suggest poor mental health is not to be taken seriously is a measure of just how unfit he is to hold any public office let alone the office of Prime Minister. The sooner this bunch of kleptocrats are gone the better. Albeit that Starmer is a Thatcherite, itβd be a start to get rid of the far right wing!
I condemn Iranian attack on Israel but v worried PM is pitching us into war alongside an Israeli Govt which has breached international law & escalated tensions by bombing Iranian embassy. If UK serious about de-escalation, it must call for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in Gaza
@CarolineLucas@TheSwiv We no longer live in a functioning democracy. Since the utterly self serving Johnson, who should never have been anywhere near political power, weβve had a succession of Prime Ministers foisted upon us. Each worse than the predecessor. As for that utterly deluded tramp Truss, she is even less able than Johnson was!
