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The TV presenter Frank Bough Some scandals he had to go through But when times got too rough He would stump up the dough And through whores and cocaine he would plough

Because it's already been Dunn (done). edit: yes, I am aware that Kenny knows what the Dunn head means.

You think so? Maybe you have forgotten that I live in a county that has been affected by climate change more than most others in the country. We are losing shit tons of coastline up here, peoples homes are falling into the sea at an alarming rate and my town has flood barriers and warning systems because we happen to be situated in an area of the country where we can and do get flooded. I am very aware of what is going on. I also have grandchildren, it is their lifetime that concerns me more than my own. Don't give me the old 'well you may not care but...' bullshit. Slowing, let alone stopping, climate change is going to be like trying to stop a supertanker, running at full speed, on a sixpence. While we all run around like headless chickens, wringing our hands, demanding we all go carbon neutral immediately and ride bikes everywhere, we are not doing very much to negate the change that is taking place and will continue to take place as time marches on. We have to start actually doing things that will reduce the impact and help us all adapt to the changes that are taking place, changes that we are unlikely to stop no matter what. What money has been actually spent to prevent towns around the UK being flooded, as they have been over the last ten years? Not enough is probably the answer. We can protect our communities from flooding, we can build dams, canal systems, bigger and better sea defences, christ, the Dutch had the technology to reclaim, land from the sea hundreds of years ago, it isn't like we don't know what to do, is it! It will always boil down to how much we are prepared to spend and how much we are prepared to let go. My point about adapting is the key point because we are going to have to adapt to what is happening, we will adapt to what is happening. That, in itself, does not mean that we disregard our role in causing climate change to be moving along at the pace it already is, we need to do more but we also need to take a far more pragmatic approach and start doing things that will protect us all from the things that we will not be able to completely stop in the next 50 to 100 years or more. That is not me saying I don't give a shit, is it! I also used to live on Canvey Island, a shit hole below sea level Go figure.

Breaking News: German politician and member of the Social Democratik Party, Thomas Oppermann died at 66 years: https://www.bild.de/politik/2020/politik/medienberichte-bundestagsvizepraesident-thomas-oppermann-ist-tot-73594826.bild.html

Twitter reporting that Diane Di Prima, an American poet and part of the Beat Generation, has died. She was 86. Edit: Italian language obit: https://www.corriere.it/cultura/20_ottobre_26/morta-diane-prima-poetessa-beat-generation-f2992b26-17af-11eb-a554-aa444d891737.shtml

Glad we agree then. Much more does need to be done, in the grand scheme of things individuals going carbon neutral, etc. isn't going to make the slightest difference, it needs a complete change in thinking about how we power the world and how we live. Funding is key, but governments are more focused on short-term measures than the bigger picture. Even the near-annual floods that affect your part of the country aren't enough to make them think 'maybe we should be taking this more seriously and doing whatever we can to reduce this risk'. They put some wellies on, apologise to you and say it will be better next time, then 3 years later it happens again. There's a difference between stopping climate change entirely (which is a natural phenomenon affected by lots of things) and reducing it's acceleration by altering our way of doing things to be cleaner and more ecologically friendly. Governments are starting to wake up but they're not acting fast enough. Anyway, I apologise for my comment, it was glib.

Coal magnate and complete twat Robert E Murray, who’s also a DDP pick is dead at 80

Iraqi Vice President (1979-2003) Izzat al Douri died at 78 years: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/saddam-hussein-s-aide-izzat-al-douri-dies-in-iraq/2019160

Add to that he was Vice-President of the Parliament at the time of his death

Great! It takes over 9 month's to see a good film and it's damned.

Yes, + Vaagheid!

John Duncanson, a long-time Grampian TV (Scotland) news anchor, has died. He was 80. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/2595898/tributes-paid-to-former-grampian-tv-news-anchor-john-duncanson/

Frank Bough for me. YW - 13; DL - 14

Josef Gritzl

Just seen a photo of Joe Biden in a mask and realised that he has a good chance of becoming US President (arguably the most powerful man on the planet) simply by a) Not being Donald Trump b) Wearing a mask It's not a high bar is it?

I have no real opinion about her TV shows, and I can grudgingly accept every generation needs a YOOF documentary host who can at least try and widen the minds of the BBC 3 audience, but - Stacey Dooley's voice.

It isn't only links.

Graffiti of The Year for 2018 imo. From Paris.

Haven't played video games since I got an XBox for Halo, so many many years ago. But fuck me, Red Dead Redemption 2 is better than the cut shots back then. This is the actual game animation, in the roam wherever you want style. Apparently even the horses testicles shrink if its cold lol. I repeat, fuck me.

They might claim Irishism but the level of violence and alcoholism and grammar means they're Scots. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/8gdw43/the-vice-guide-to-speaking-drinking-and-fighting-like-a-newfoundlander-675

Someone has posted on Richard Franklin's Twitter account that he has suffered complications from a routine surgical procedure.

Happy 10th anniversary of your death Norman (a few days late)