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Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑11 Mar 2025, 07:24

Manuel wrote: ↑11 Mar 2025, 06:51

 

Agree to a point that it can be slightly amusing etc, but it's serious business and it's OK saying all that afar down under with a lovely little pension etc where what Trump does doesn't effect you, but it's not good for all the people that it is affecting. You clearly don't give a fuck about them, which is fair enough. Dog eat dog now days.

 

Not sure why you would assume any of that? What Trump does will affect all of us, because i have taken early retirement doesn't mean i have some kind of guaranteed pension as i don't. Im also not entitled to a government pension until i reach retirement age and I'm a good few years away from that! and it's not great, like the UK enough to survive on but little else.

The world will get over Trump, unless he really goes rogue and starts wars etc, Stock and Bond markets (that's where I'm invested for income) go up and go down, always have and always will, sometimes its dramatic and people panic and sell at distressed prices, history shows if you ride out these storms your always better off, no point trying to pick tops or bottoms, that's a mugs game and besides im not smart enough

We are also a looooooong way off panic mode and TBH even if we get there I'm not sure i will be doing a corporal Jones at any point...........baton down the hatches is more my style and ride it out, mind you one thing markets shocks has taught me is to always sit on enough cash to live on for at least 2 years, that should ride out most storms but no guarantees, but then dividends don't just dry up so not like that pot isn't still getting top ups along the way.

Manuel wrote: ↑11 Mar 2025, 06:51

 

Agree to a point that it can be slightly amusing etc, but it's serious business and it's OK saying all that afar down under with a lovely little pension etc where what Trump does doesn't effect you, but it's not good for all the people that it is affecting. You clearly don't give a fuck about them, which is fair enough. Dog eat dog now days.

Not sure why you would assume any of that? What Trump does will affect all of us, because i have taken early retirement doesn't mean i have some kind of guaranteed pension as i don't. Im also not entitled to a government pension until i reach retirement age and I'm a good few years away from that! and it's not great, like the UK enough to survive on but little else.

The world will get over Trump, unless he really goes rogue and starts wars etc, Stock and Bond markets (that's where I'm invested for income) go up and go down, always have and always will, sometimes its dramatic and people panic and sell at distressed prices, history shows if you ride out these storms your always better off, no point trying to pick tops or bottoms, that's a mugs game and besides im not smart enough

We are also a looooooong way off panic mode and TBH even if we get there I'm not sure i will be doing a corporal Jones at any point...........baton down the hatches is more my style and ride it out, mind you one thing markets shocks has taught me is to always sit on enough cash to live on for at least 2 years, that should ride out most storms but no guarantees, but then dividends don't just dry up so not like that pot isn't still getting top ups along the way.

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑11 Mar 2025, 06:06 Say what you want about the orange man, but he has put the fun back into politics

The football season is fast turning into a bore fest, so each morning i look at the news sites to see what his latest antics, tweets or rants are!

Love the way he just doesn't give a fuck, even though i may not agree with everything he's doing, it's certainly a change, couple of Canadian expats i know though who are normally pretty easy going, rational and mild mannered yet just the mention of his name has steam coming out their ears, they hate the cսnt with a passion.....

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 19:40

In the meantime, i would expect both sides of Politics in your neck of the woods to go all out to show how far they will go to protect Canada and resist all things the orange man throws your way, fully expect to see him on the news trolling and calling Carney the new Governor

ironsofcanada wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 14:08

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 07:30 Canada replaces one davos sock puppet for yet another

But wait 113,00 members voted for him.


(One of aspects of the American system I prefer to ours (collective ours).)

Yeah but its not like this new bloke has won the popular vote, its Trudeau and his party choosing a new leader, so was always going to be someone of this ilk, don't you have elections that need to be had before the end of the year? See what the average Canadian thinks of him then i suppose!

In the meantime, i would expect both sides of Politics in your neck of the woods to go all out to show how far they will go to protect Canada and resist all things the orange man throws your way, fully expect to see him on the news trolling and calling Carney the new Governor

Nurse Ratched" wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 16:31

riosleftsock wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 13:34 I missed the replies as I don't look on here as much any more.

Male circumcision was originally carried out as an essential hygiene practice in hot countries that had poor or no sanitation systems where fresh water was anything but.  It has its medical uses in a small number of cases today but a case could be made for banning it outside of medical necessity.  It has zero effect on the male's ability to enjoy sex in later life.

Female circumcision is an extremely misogynistic, barbaric practice that has high injury rates compared to male circumcision and is intended to deprive the female of any future sexual pleasure and ensure that for her, sex is purely an act of procreation.  I have not seen a single medical case made for female circumcision, neither have I heard of it being mentioned in the Torah, Talmud, Bible or Koran. It should be banned outright and lengthy prison sentences for those who practise it or allow it to be carried out, followed by permanent deportation for those involved and all family members.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. 

I do not subscribe to the view that because female circumcision is worse than male circumcision, this makes male circumcision ok. It's like saying rape is ok because murder is worse.

We no longer live in deserts with no access to water to wash in. Male circumcision is no longer required. To continue to practise the butchery is disgusting. 

riosleftsock wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 13:34 I missed the replies as I don't look on here as much any more.

Male circumcision was originally carried out as an essential hygiene practice in hot countries that had poor or no sanitation systems where fresh water was anything but.  It has its medical uses in a small number of cases today but a case could be made for banning it outside of medical necessity.  It has zero effect on the male's ability to enjoy sex in later life.

Female circumcision is an extremely misogynistic, barbaric practice that has high injury rates compared to male circumcision and is intended to deprive the female of any future sexual pleasure and ensure that for her, sex is purely an act of procreation.  I have not seen a single medical case made for female circumcision, neither have I heard of it being mentioned in the Torah, Talmud, Bible or Koran. It should be banned outright and lengthy prison sentences for those who practise it or allow it to be carried out, followed by permanent deportation for those involved and all family members.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. 

I do not subscribe to the view that because female circumcision is worse than male circumcision, this makes male circumcision ok. It's like saying rape is ok because murder is worse.

We no longer live in deserts with no access to water to wash in. Male circumcision is no longer required. To continue to practise the butchery is disgusting. 

Takashi Miike wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 07:30 Canada replaces one davos sock puppet for yet another

riosleftsock wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 21:18 Male and female circumcision are entirely different procedures carried out for entirely different reasons and with very different effects on the individuals.  

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 07:30 Canada replaces one davos sock puppet for yet another

Nutsin wrote: ↑07 Mar 2025, 21:10

mallard wrote: ↑07 Mar 2025, 20:43

Nutsin wrote: ↑07 Mar 2025, 19:42 Here you go, watch this!



This is progress!

 

Doesn’t look like that link has made much progress 

Yeah mods took it down, it was just a video of a cow getting its throat slit open and left to bleed out in the name of Halal. Pretty fucking shocking!

Amazing what the UK tolerates these days. And what it doesn’t. 

The progressives have taken us all back to the dark ages.

riosleftsock wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 21:18 Male and female circumcision are entirely different procedures carried out for entirely different reasons and with very different effects on the individuals.  

Nurse Ratched" wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 11:03

Pub Bigot" wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 07:40 Kosher and Halal meat should be banned. Don’t like it? Move to places where it’s acceptable. 

I am generally pro-Jew, but I agree with this.

I also think the ritual/religious/cultural circumcision of male infants should be banned in this country, just as it is for females.

Pub Bigot" wrote: ↑09 Mar 2025, 07:40 Kosher and Halal meat should be banned. Don’t like it? Move to places where it’s acceptable.