Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[marnie]

We have happily ate lamb, feta, ace salads and pita bread for weeks on end when the weather is sound mate. Mrs R is a Greek lover. The weather, the people. and the cuisine. Me too.

One day a while back, I thought lobbing some mint in some yoghurt would be sound. Tsasiki apparently!

Garlic,cucumber,lemon juice and yogurt is all you need.Made these the other night ,they were fantastic.Had no ouzo,just put a drop of lager in.He was the winner of Masterchef over here.Never served them with rice,pasta for the missus and crusty bread for me.EYE CANDY for Mrs.R.So simple but delicious.He has hundreds of Greek food recipes.I followed this one exactly bar the ouzo and rice.ENJOY.Wrong thread and won't happen again Sorry.PUT THEM IN THE OVEN AND BAKE THEM UNCOOKED WITH THE SAUCE.

 

[Blues Harp]

Thing is, I am a terrible yard stick. I havnt been near anyone for months, for me, 2 meters is the minimum I would be near anyone if it was more than a few minutes.

I popped up my Mums earlier to give her a pressie for her birthday. My sister and her kids were there. They reckon they have all had it, (live in Cheltenham), stayed 5 minutes at 5 meters.

Its [Poor language removed], but there you go.

Same..except that its me who is the vulnerable one...but we will be venturing out as a couple soon..a nice summer day will see us on a "walk" along the canal near to our home..maybe a stop at a hostelry for lunch, and a reflection on what we have together after all this madness..

Take care and hopefully you and your good lady can enjoy the good times ahead.

 

[Tubey]

The world would be a better place without a lot of people. It's fair to say he would be on my list

It would just be a whole lot easier if they didn't exist in the first place

People like him only exist and gain power due to popular support.

Look to the underpinning reasons for people turning to them. It's the only way to combat extremism.

Bolsonaro is deeply unpleasant but ultimately he's an anti-establishment figurehead who plays to his audience as he knows the score.

 

[Blues Harp]

People like him only exist and gain power due to popular support.

Look to the underpinning reasons for people turning to them. It's the only way to combat extremism.

Bolsonaro is deeply unpleasant but ultimately he's an anti-establishment figurehead who plays to his audience as he knows the score.

So are Trump and Bozo anti-establishment, being "populist" leaders ?

 

[Tubey]

So are Trump and Bozo anti-establishment, being "populist" leaders ?

Trump for sure is. The very definition of one in fact. It's why Clinton - the dictionary definition of an establishment candidate - was the perfect opponent for him.

Johnson isn't really. It was more a Brexit vote and an anti Corbyn vote than voting actually for Johnson, if you get me. Generally, he's a reflection of the centre right nature of the country as a whole. Someone who benefited from circumstances to be pretty much the de facto choice as PM.

Johnson is also nowhere near as extreme right at Bolsonaro and Trump, mostly because UK politics doesn't go that far right in general. For example, the US Democrat party are closer to the Tories than Labour in many ways.

 

[coollino]

So are Trump and Bozo anti-establishment, being "populist" leaders ?

Trump was probably seen as anti establishment as he wasn't in politics.

Johnson isn't populist, but is an opportunist.

 

[Blues Harp]

Trump for sure is. The very definition of one in fact. It's why Clinton - the dictionary definition of an establishment candidate - was the perfect opponent for him.

Johnson isn't really. It was more a Brexit vote and an anti Corbyn vote than voting actually for Johnson, if you get me. Generally, he's a reflection of the centre right nature of the country as a whole. Someone who benefited from circumstances to be pretty much the de facto choice as PM.

Johnson is also nowhere near as extreme right at Bolsonaro and Trump, mostly because UK politics doesn't go that far right in general. For example, the US Democrat party are closer to the Tories than Labour in many ways.

Agree...but look at Bozo's cabinet... hard right Brexiteers who are there courtesy of an unelected official.. the opposite of those who voted for leaving the EU citing unelected Forens from Brussels...we are fecked mate...

 

[YoboCopter]

I dont know much about politics, but do you have to be brain dead to be a president/ prime minister

boris
Brazil one
Trump

all seem rather insane

 

[Tubey]

Agree...but look at Bozo's cabinet... hard right Brexiteers who are there courtesy of an unelected official.. the opposite of those who voted for leaving the EU citing unelected Forens from Brussels...we are fecked mate...

Oh Brexit was an anti establishment vote for sure - but Johnson and the current Tories are just a consequence and beneficiaries of that, rather than anti establishment themselves.

Basically a lot of people voted for Brexit as a thumb to the eye of "the elite" because they perceived things couldn't get much worse anyway. They were spectacularly wrong in that assessment of it but ah well, we'll see that play out over the next decade unfortunately.

But anyway, wrong thread for this discussion!

 

[Blues Harp]

Oh Brexit was an anti establishment vote for sure - but Johnson and the current Tories are just a consequence and beneficiaries of that, rather than anti establishment themselves.

Basically a lot of people voted for Brexit as a thumb to the eye of "the elite" because they perceived things couldn't get much worse anyway. They were spectacularly wrong in that assessment of it but ah well, we'll see that play out over the next decade unfortunately.

But anyway, wrong thread for this discussion!

Agreed... go to the scummy tories thread

 

[riddick]

Florida just announced they are bringing kids back to school next month. You know, the US state that looks like it's on fire with COVID cases? Yeah....awesome awesome news there...

 

[Rook]

when this was 1st floating around I didn't mention it, well it looks like its true and worse than inital reports as the mom was a RN and the stepdad was a PA. If this happened in my state I would dragged in by the state board and probably lose my licence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/florida-carsyn-davis-coronavirus/#comments-wrapper

so killing your daughter for insurance money and trump is a thing now I guess.

 

[treer]

This thread needs moderating.
Wishing death and illness on people is just wrong.

 

[Huyton Layne]

This thread needs moderating.
Wishing death and illness on people is just wrong.

If anything steps over what you think is the boundary then report it. Mods don't need to be in here 24/7, these threads can grow massively very quickly.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

This thread needs moderating.
Wishing death and illness on people is just wrong.

Bolsonaro has destroyed vast swathes of the Amazon, promoted racism and homophobia and has essentially condemned masses of people to a slow and painful death due to his handling of coronavirus. Would rather he spent the rest of his life in jail but I would shed no tear if he died. He’s a stain on humanity.