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5 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

 

Why? the movie sucked.

No, because it's a subtitled film, and everyone knows Trump does'nt read  

14 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

Well reading the latest reports on this fruitcake ,it seems he hated muslims Jews , aliens from outer space  who were controlling the govt ,also they were sacrificing babies ,the list goes on ,

lets face it this guy was not right ,wing ,left wing or any wing ,but a complete nut job.

" He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and racist vitriol. Peter Neumann, a senior fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College London, described the screed as a “do-it-yourself set of beliefs” that is increasingly common among violent far-right extremists."

Despite his incoherence, the 43-year-old tapped into an increasingly widespread vein of conspiracy theories originating in the United States, including many by QAnon, and woven into other specifically German themes.

12 minutes ago, CG1 Blue said:

So having been a member and contributor to the EU for 40+ years, you think the UK should be treated worse than Canada who have never contributed? How does that make any sense? 

2 hours ago, vogie said:

We don't care what the EU says, we have made our position very clear, it is up to them whether they want to negotiate or dictate, our new man is not Olly Robbins.

The Army will not investigate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who testified in the president’s impeachment investigation, the service’s top civilian said Friday.

34 minutes ago, vogie said:

You keep saying the EUs position remains the same, well that just goes to show how apathetic they are. Parliament changed two months ago, we don't have to dance to the EUs tune anymore, parliament is strong, gone are the changeling MPs.

Yes one of the partners have left the dance floor because they are sick of dancing with people that only has two left feet, they are looking for a partner who can waltz, they are sick of the twist.

The EU needs to stop dictating before any progress can be made, if Barnier is incapable of running the show, maybe they should get a negotiator with less arrogance and who is more caple of being civil, remember all the snide remarks coming from Barnier and Verhofstadt, maybe it is payback time, karma can be a cruel mistress.

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-dialog-united-kingdom-european-union-relationship-history-brexit/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

John Kelly defends Vindman: 'He did exactly what we teach them to

“He did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave,” Kelly told the audience at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. “He went and told his boss what he just heard.”

Trump followers would actually prefer to live under an authoritarian regime ( Trump - elected by a minority : " I have absolute right to do what I want with D.O.J" 12/29/2017)

7 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

From what I saw on TV I wouldn't believe one word of Vindman's testimony.

I tend to trust and believe anyone Trump labels a "liar"

1 hour ago, Monomial said:

 

This is another way of saying it is not actually a safety precaution, but instead an attempt at protectionism to grant European farmers preferential treatment. If the concern were actually about safety, they wouldn't care about how the safety standards were met. If a chlorine rinse can remove the bacteria to the point where it is undetectable, and there is no danger from the chlorine, then there is qualitatively no difference between the 2 birds.

 

If this were a safety issue, rather than banning a process (like chlorinating), they would specify standards that needed to be met and allow farmers to find the optimal way to achieve them.  But fairness and competition has never been what the EU is about. They are much more concerned about the platonic ideals, placing themselves in the role of philosopher kings who alone have the wisdom to decide what is good for everyone.

 

If this were actually about "food safety concerns" then the EU could identify the specific safety concerns that need to be tested for in order to import, and not simply place a blanket ban a process that renders the chickens just as safe as their own, but cheaper.

 

But, if we leave aside the question of the chlorine, how does the chicken meat taste?

" 'They spend 95 per cent of their time sitting on the litter, a mixture of pine shavings and faecal matter from that flock and prior flocks.'

He said 1,000 of the 30,000 chickens he raised every six weeks would die before they reached maturity. Many become infected on the underside of their chest because of contact with the litter."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4742712/Why-chickens-washed-chlorine.html

" A regular chicken spends most of her life on the move. A factory farmed chicken often spends most of her life on the floor. Their fast-growth genetics puts significant strain on their heart, lungs, and immune systems, and can cause harmful leg deformity and injury. In addition to being harmful to the animals, the muscle disorders that cause constant pain for chickens when they’re alive also degrade the quality of their meat after slaughter. Known in the industry as “woody breast,” “deep pectoral myopathy,” and “white striping,”

Meat impacted by these disorders has less protein, and even more shockingly: it can have up to 224% more fat.

19 minutes ago, Crazy Alex said:

How does that prove Vindman's bosses all think he's a patriot?

So it's common in the US military to receive medals and other distinctions when you are not considered a patriot ?