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You actually believed Biden was a man of integrity? 🤣🤣🤣

How would you like to see it "improved"?

With the black hole(s) in the economy, assisted dying will eventually become a duty rather than a right. There's also the question of how assisted dying will interface with Power of Attorney. Will POAs be allowed to make the decision for mum and dad when they are also beneficiaries of their estate? Bit of a conflict of interest there.

Come on now, show some compassion and understanding...

A Kirby can pick up spilled lead shot, cartridge cases, dead rats, pheasants, deer guts, you name it 😆

We used to have a Kirby! I think my wife filled in a card for a draw at the Ideal Homes exhibition 30+ years ago and a guy came to our house to do the demonstration. We were very impressed but the £700 price tag was like 4 months mortgage payment so it was a no. Later on I saw one for sale in the yellow paper (remember those) for £170 with all the attachments. We used it for a while but her indoors found it too heavy to cart up and down the stairs so it sat in the cupboard until we eventually sold it on. We've had numerous Dysons since but I really liked the Kirby apart from the weight issue. I've no doubt the one we had way back then is still going strong somewhere - or probably languishing in a cupboard under someone's stairs.

Yeah, ethics is sooo passé now. kill 'em kill 'em all!

Always been the way with at least some vets, I think. I remember reading (and loving) the James Herriot books and one of his stories was about a small animal practice vet who was absolutely loaded. With NHS dentists, we're shielded from the true cost of treatments since the NHS co-pays. Nowadays many are dropping out of NHS practice and anyone who can't find a NHS dentist and has to go private experiences some sticker shock.

Contraception is healthcare, abortion is murder.

Hard to tell if the injection was a factor. I think Izzy was close to the end anyway, but it may have given her a bit of a nudge which would have been a good thing in my opinion. A week too early is better than a day late when there's the possibility of suffering and a rabbit can't tell you how they are feeling. I wouldn't have thought of asking for a refund - the vet did what we asked of them and the outcome was just one of these things.

There's also the small matter of all the lawfare that's been directed at Trump and his associates. Many of the legal arguments which have been used entrap them could be used with equal effect against the other side (and should be where appropriate). If Trump can be convicted of a felony for "election interference" for an accounting irregularity regarding a payment to Stormy Daniels, then Hillary Clinton must be at risk for paying for the fake Russian collusion dossier and reporting the expense as "legal costs".

Indeed...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) “Let people vote for Trump if they want. We’re not going to certify his election anyway. He may be elected, but we’re not going to let him be inaugurated.”

We feel your pain, winter fuel allowance for pensioners removed, swingeing tax increases, but billions for Ukraine and to fight global warming in Africa. I've seen speculation that the powers-that-be know it's coming, allowed Trump to win, and will make sure it all goes down during his term. Then: "look what Trump and the Republicans did to you, never vote for them again or it will be more of the same - we need a communist Democrat regime to keep us all safe and happy"

But what sort of lifestyle will the majority enjoy under the 4th industrial revolution? Hint: "We are in a global situation where we can distinguish between an elite population which will have the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and at the lower end we have what you call the proletariat" - Klaus Schwab