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Forde report: I'm trying to analyse spreadsheets (work ones not my own creations) and my brain is fried. Is there a 2 word summary? Corbyn vindicated / damned? Why am I up the top again? Nothing for weeks and now this is my 3rd in 3-4 days. Anyway: Roman Empire in Year 193 looks a lot like UK 2022. Roman Empire January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest bidder, offers 300 million sesterces for the throne. Roman governors Clodius Albinus (Britannia) and Pescennius Niger (Syria) claim, with support of their troops, the imperial throne. April 14 – Lucius Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor by his troops at Carnuntum, in Pannonia Superior (Balkans). He marches with his army to Rome. June 1 – Septimius Severus enters the capital, and has Julianus put to death. He replaces the Praetorian Guard with a 15,000-man force from the Danubian legions, and gains control of the Roman Empire, beginning the Severan dynasty. Battle of Cyzicus and Battle of Nicaea (Asia Minor): Septimius Severus defeats the army under Pescennius. In Britain, Clodius Albinus allies with Septimius Severus, and accepts the title of Caesar. British tribes take advantage of the disorder in the Empire, and damage Hadrian's Wall. Extensive repairs to the defence work is carried out by the legionaries. Counterfeiting workshops begin to appear throughout the Roman Empire. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Jul 19, 2022 |
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I'm not a million miles from you and it's 33C and full-on sun here and no rain drops on the forecast at all. The Unholy Trinity of poo poo South Wales towns.
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Summers here Suns out Carling in hand Simple as
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Is there a 2 word summary? Mods Knew
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OwlFancier posted:bloody southerners stealing our rain Is there still rumblings about building a super aqueduct to channel water from the moist north to the parched south?
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The moment at 2m35s where Hancock shuts off the callers mic made me really angry, what a complete oval office
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Gambrinus posted:The Unholy Trinity of poo poo South Wales towns. Yes. Heavy brexit support and not the sort of place English Pensioners fetch up to live out their mortal lives which is why I have no time for people blaming the Welsh support for brexit on English Pensioners. (I live in an area which voted remain and has a fairly large contingent of English Pensioners).
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Forde report: Depends which side youre on but both apparently
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Forde report: Corbyn vindicated, centrists twisting themselves into knots in an attempt to make it not so.
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In Carmarthenshire I've had cloud all day, some stiff breezes, a few short showers and one distant bit of thunder. Still pretty hot though. House didn't cool at all during the night so it had a big head start on things compared to yesterday.
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London is currently a couple of degrees hotter than Cairo. It was as much as 5C hotter earlier!
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sassassin posted:In Carmarthenshire I've had cloud all day, some stiff breezes, a few short showers and one distant bit of thunder. It was beautifully chilly last night so I had my bedroom window open until 5am.16°c out, I was so happy. Not so much now where I'm sat in the living room in underwear & t-shirt with the curtains closed. Have to keep moving on the couch because my body temp is warming the spot I'm sat on too much to be comfortable lol. Humidity over 65%, little breeze, netweather.tv says that it feels like 30°c which is far too much for my tastes. Just waiting for the rain to come on now so I can just stand in it while it lasts
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:London is currently a couple of degrees hotter than Cairo. It was as much as 5C hotter earlier! To be fair Texas Fort Worth tops out at 44-45C every day this week. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Jul 19, 2022 |
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Did you even read my post? I didn't say that some people don't abuse the term. Are you saying we always have to stop using terms whenever any nutter starts using them wrong? Trump didn't invent the term and Trump doesn't own the concept. I don't think many people would take it to mean what Trump implies in any other context and I suspect Johnson used the term more as a dog whistle to the faux "anti-establishment" ethos of the pro-brexit crowd rather than some kind of mad anti-semitic conspiracy. I'm saying that when Trump ranted about the shadowy globalist deep state his followers knew exactly what he meant (see for reference: Unite the Right rally). When Johnson follows Trump's rhetoric, it's blindingly obvious what he's angling for, and it's not "state institutions may have a life of their own". I don't understand why you are giving him the benefit of the doubt when the right-wing press is already importing all the other talking points from the USA that come with the territory. The constant lying of the government, the violating of political norms… it's Trumpism. Boris Johnson is going a Trump. And when looked at in that context, "deep state" cannot have any other meaning.
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Snap, he's got a little freezer pack under the tile to keep it chilled. 
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I'm not a million miles from you and it's 33C and full-on sun here and no rain drops on the forecast at all. I'm near the coast by Llantwit, we've even had a spot of rain. It's cooler outside than in now, and as humid as a very humid thing. Lightning maps has strikes happening over mid-Wales right now, but its just overcast here.
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Cardiff has been getting pretty solid rain now for a while, it's lovely Thunders all gone though which is a shame
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Antigravitas posted:I'm saying that when Trump ranted about the shadowy globalist deep state his followers knew exactly what he meant (see for reference: Unite the Right rally). When Johnson follows Trump's rhetoric, it's blindingly obvious what he's angling for, and it's not "state institutions may have a life of their own". I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt. It's just a fact that the anti-establishment bent to the Brexit crowd isn't exactly the same as Qanon conspiracy theories, even if it's promoted by Johnson and the right wing media in similar ways. When the Mail ran the "enemies of the people" headline about judges it wasn't promoting a conspiracy theory but that doesn't mean it isn't massively irresponsible and dangerous of them to do it. I don't think getting hysterical about a passing use of a phrase is going to do anything to stop them either.
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Mega Comrade posted:
I spent far too long trying to figure out this cat's anatomy before reading your caption
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Aipsh posted:
It likes a pie and a pint, precious
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Badenoch out. She was the most popular among the frothing membership lol Telegraph comment sections about to spontaneously combust. Get ready for PM Liz 'Literally Unable To Work Out How To Exit A Simply Designed Room' Truss. Lol. Lmao.
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Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds Who knew?
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My daughters new nursery school has just sent out an email to the parents of everyone starting in September... And not bcc'd anyone, so we now have the email addresses, first and last names of the parents of every kid at the nursery. How are organisations still doing this?!
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Chinese Gordon posted:Badenoch out. She was the most popular among the frothing membership lol Yeah it will be Truss probably, Badenoch supporters aren't going to be keen on Mordaunt what with her moderate stances and all that. 
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1965917 posted:Anti-Corbyn Labour officials covertly diverted election funds away from winnable seats, Forde report finds Big Kieth Knew
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The Perfect Element posted:My daughters new nursery school has just sent out an email to the parents of everyone starting in September... And not bcc'd anyone, so we now have the email addresses, first and last names of the parents of every kid at the nursery. I'm sure it's not best practice, but unless you were planning on giving the other parents a pseudonym it's not like you wouldn't know in a couple of months anyway. You're gonna be trapped in the Whatsapp group from hell with most of them.
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gently caress me, is anyone else following this Extinction Rebellion thing on twitter? They've smashed the windows at News UK, every loving comment is some smug prick saying the same drat thing. "vandalised glass creates more energy waste & pollution, checkmate libs  "Do people not see that the country is on fire right now?
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1965917 posted:gently caress me, is anyone else following this Extinction Rebellion thing on twitter? if they had any kind of imagination etc etc
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Sunak 119 Mordaunt 92 Truss 86 Badenoch 59 So Truss needs 33 of Badenoch's votes to guarantee making the member vote, seems pretty likely giving they're both the loving psycho type
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