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Would really have been a shame if police had fired wildly into the crowd.

Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court

Not as if that would happen in America, of course...

Of course, such a thing could never happen here, especially not in January.

Yeah and our fascist president lives in Flor- oh ****.

You'd think a school called Hamline would be a turn off to the true believers to begin with.

US news headlines of the week include these two stories:

This week, a 6-year-old first grader shot his teacher in Virginia with his mother's firearm. He is among the youngest school shooters in US history. This is the 17th shooting involving a student under the age of 10 at a school since 1970.

And in other news, Moderna is considering raising the price of its COVID-19 vaccine by over 400 percent—from $26 per dose to between $110 and $130 per dose.

Until now, the vaccines have been purchased by the government and offered to Americans for free. But now that the federal government is backing away from distributing the vaccines, their makers are moving to the commercial market—with price adjustments.

Moderna CEO said of the 400 percent price hike: "I would think this type of pricing is consistent with the value.”

This is why I generally steer clear of the news.

In other words, if you want to live and be healthy, pay up.
Or we'll send a six-year-old to shoot you.

Honestly, in all seriousness, America should be hanging its head in shame right now. The limbo pole could not be on a lower notch and they still manage to get under it.

We want other things hanging from a pole.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...05750X22002169

Interesting study claims that capitalism actually created mass poverty until socialist movements and workers rights were established.

https://img.rasset.ie/001d355b-800.jpg

Bizarre clouds form in Turkish sky

^immediately had that association too :laughing:

boooooo

I tell you what, that movie has had me looking at clouds different. I'm on the lookout for anything sus.

Was that supposed to be a hank hill impression, or do you often start statements with "I tell you what,"?

Yeah...Hank Hill impression, let's go with that.

50+ years ago that would've been an almost unbelievable news story but mass shootings in the USA happen so frequently now, they've ceased to be unbelievable.

List of mass shootings in the United States

I mean 7 people is a pretty pathetic effort. There are gang members with ****ty aim who kill more than 7 people on accident.

^ Sounds like that pastor took a trip to Southeast Asia.

:shycouch:

And I had to look up "telescopic bog" to find out what it is.

And I'm glad that William Shatner is still above ground.

So what does "telescopic bog" mean? I tried googling it but I didn’t find anything.

Sulu might beg to differ :D

Sorry, I only have access to the front page image: I can't turn to page 11 to answer your question. Perhaps Psy-Fi can enlighten us:

Yeah, that's the only story I'm prepare to believe. I like old man Shatner because of his reaction to going up into space. Plus the whole thing was a good news story wasn't it: letting the commander of the Starship Enterprise actually be in space for 10 mins.

I can't turn to page 5 either, which is a pity because I'd like to know the playlist details of Hell's Karaoke.

When I looked it up, this is what I came up with...

9 Best Shooting Sticks for Rifles [Bipods, Tripods & Monopods

One of the models is a 'BOG' so I assumed it involved some type of shooting/hunting accident.

But when I checked The Star online, it appears that "telescopic bog" is a term for a type of urinal...

Horror as man crushed to death by falling urinal close to London's Trafalgar Square

Well researched, Psy-Fi ! Thanks.

Your second link is clearly the one we need to understand the "Telescopic Bog" story.
(At one time, "I'm going to the bog." was common, acceptable slang in the UK for "I'm going to the bathroom."
In a similar fashion, "Where's the bog?" was not a particularly unusual question, especially among men or boys. Girls, I think, preferred the more genteel slang, "the loo", which comes from the French L'eau. Did French people ask, "Where's the water?" Probably so, back when these things were new.)

I've heard "loo," "going to the loo," "where's the loo?" but I've never heard "bog."

And I'm British...

:shycouch:

Are you really, Psy-Fi ?! I didn't know that, though I remember you talking about your time in London: a pub on the Thames and a song about some London suburbs.

(You may notice that I've edited my post to explain a bit more a bout "the bog" - commonly used in the 60's. Clearly you've been hanging out with politer people than I did ;))

I grew up in an area that was full of cranberry bogs, so the word has very different connotation to me. :laughing:

Brit bongers be having tea and crumpets before they **** in a bog.

^ Absolutely, Batlord!

If cranberry bogs resemble this in any way, then we are at least on the same page, Janszoon:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/bog-...e-16387477.jpg

It's all about being a considerate villager and finding a discreet place to relieve yourself

Sort of. This is what they look like right before harvest:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...sachusetts.jpg

I saw these urinals that retract into the ground so they only come out during peak drunken street pee times.

First: is that an actual copy of the Daily Star? Because I knew they were bad, but my god, they used to report some news at least. Now it looks like they're the British equivalent of the Enquirer or the Weekly World News! You sure that's not just a joke front page? God I hope so.

Yeah, go to the bog is well known here. Mind you, in Ireland we have Peat bogs, which are basically marshes where turf grows, so, you know, could be either.
Can be both here. Also "Bog off!" and the famous BOGOFF (Buy One Get One For Free)!
Sometimes even literally.

All right, I have to say it - monkey business!

News Alert: Suspect arrested in case of tamarin monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo, police say


A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Dallas and charged in connection with the suspected theft of a pair of emperor tamarin monkeys that were recovered unharmed this week in an abandoned home a day after they vanished from the Dallas Zoo, police said.

Davion Irvin was arrested late Thursday night and charged with six counts of animal cruelty-non-livestock, Dallas Police said in a news release.

^ I fear the monkeys that he stole. ;)

Seriously, guy must have been bananas.

He let the chimps fall where they may.