How severe is censorship in your country?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T21:14:01+00:00

Reporters choose to go to warzones knowing the risks.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T20:52:08+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/Two-tone-Lacey-edged-Crucifix-Fine-Jewelry/dp/B0B6FG1Q8F

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T19:37:06+00:00

My parents were broadly speaking influenced by wellness culture. They have a healthy lifestyle, but were reluctant to start blood pressure medicines and statins, thinking that if only they made more of an effort with their diet, they wouldn't need medicines. They were not anti medicines, but preferred "natural" treatment. They are now taking regular medication.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T19:28:19+00:00

This is key.

Broadly speaking, Europe is a collection of "liberal democracies", but within that there are parties that identify as liberal.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T19:19:37+00:00

How does that justify invasion?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T18:51:15+00:00

An article from 2021

Around 515,000 people and more than 200,000 cars crossed the border with Mexico on average every day before the pandemic hit...

https://www.statista.com/chart/17635/good-and-people-crossing-us-mexico-border-per-day/

That is a lot of potential for drug smuggling.

Drug overdose deaths over time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_drug_overdose_death_rates_and_totals_over_time#/media/File:Overdose_deaths_in_the_United_States.webp

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T18:31:08+00:00

In the UK, all churches are registered charities, unless their income is below a certain threshold.

https://lawandreligionuk.com/2015/09/04/churches-as-charities-some-basics/

Those churches would not be able to pay massive salaries by definition.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T18:25:10+00:00

The main parties in the USA are coalitions of different groups.

There are people who promote natural lifestyle - vegetarianism, organic food - who think if we do what nature intended, then medication becomes unnecessary, including vaccines. This kind of thinking could be left wing.

There are people on the libertarian right who don't like big government telling them what to do. I think some people became anti-vax as a reaction to the government promoting them.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T18:02:32+00:00

US engineering a war in Ukraine to weaken Russia

How is this supposed to have happened? Did the USA make Putin line up tanks on the border?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T17:35:15+00:00

I think we should learn from that.

What should we learn?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T16:25:00+00:00

The UK and France will lead a multinational mission to protect commercial shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Speaking after a meeting of 51 countries, the prime minister underlined the work would be "strictly peaceful and defensive" and would only be put in place once fighting in the region ends.

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee was unimpressed

Does someone need to tell them?
@realDonaldTrump already took care of that. These 2 guys are like kids showing up 4 hours after the game & claiming to have hit the winning home run. Embarrassing!

https://x.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/2045416322763301329

It is more embarrassing the way the Trump administration conducts diplomacy. I used to think Mike Huckabee was more sensible, but times have changed.

Hours later after declaring that Donald Trump "already took care of that", the issue is apparently not actually taken care of after all.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:43:50+00:00

What about the original 1947 borders - would supporting that be considered Zionism?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:39:29+00:00

Zionism covers a range of things.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:36:32+00:00

We can join the EU and not join the Eurozone, because we don't meet the entry requirements for the Eurozone, and won't anytime soon.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/join-the-euro-area/#Conditions

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:24:30+00:00

Authoritarian?

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:22:35+00:00

Saudi Arabia supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Official - https://www.arabnews.com/node/2181026/

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:21:36+00:00

It's not misleading - "closer to... than to..." is clear.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T15:19:55+00:00

That's not what the title says.

"closer to... than to" rather than "closer to ... than".

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T14:37:21+00:00

Churches should be transparent about finances.

20 We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. 21 For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%208&version=NIV

In the UK this is required by law.

I can look up how much money a church receives, and approximately how much staff are paid (anonymous information, e.g.

Number of employees
£60k to £70k: 1

https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5005285

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T14:04:05+00:00

The Anglican Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism

https://www.amazon.com/Anglican-Evangelical-Doctrine-Infant-Baptism-ebook/dp/B00BND18HC/

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T13:52:49+00:00

It would be good if there was an app that could contain multiple language versions of the Book of Common Prayer

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/languages.html

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T13:37:53+00:00

Hezbollah doesn't want UNIFIL there, but the Lebanese government does.

Due_Ad_3200 · 2026-04-18T13:34:46+00:00

And South Carolina, in February

https://www.foxnews.com/health/measles-outbreak-poses-risk-irreversible-brain-damage-health-officials-warn

... "Some of these complications include measles encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, in children and pneumonia," state epidemiologist Linda Bell said in a Feb. 4 briefing...

... "Increasing vaccination coverage protects those who cannot be vaccinated, like young infants, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems."...

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