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It's good to see that after 20 years they are still trying to find the remains of 1,106 victims of 9/11 so their families can have a proper funeral. It must be a daunting prospect but the team involved feels an obligation to those people who died...

Exactly - It's like when people keep banging on about karma - no such thing. It was invented to make people feel better when bad things happen to them

"He / She is a survivor" Most people have had knocks and set backs in their life but we're all still here. We're all bloody survivors FFS

In New York you are not actually required to carry ID but it just makes life easier. After 9/11 it is understandable that you should have proof of ID. I just got used to carrying it as you would not get access to office blocks without it, and I'm guessing that this is the same in places like...

The Excelsior proof of Covid vaccination pass has been in use for some time in New York. It has to be shown to get into most venues; gyms, restaurants, bars, cinemas etc. A lot of people working in those establishments also need to show evidence of at least one vaccination. Most people are in...

The Jerry Springer episode of the Simpsons was one of the funniest I'd seen. Great send up Marge Simpson "I'm so BEEP BEEP embarrassed"

Doesn't happen all that often so we make the most of it ! Need to decide whether to bring back de Grom for the play off push or rest him for next season Playing the Wankees this weekend, can't wait

Has anyone got any experience of using a decent prepaid or disposable credit card for online use. Either actual card or a virtual one Thanks

Beetroot for some reason

Oh, that must be new - NY Times always used to allow a limited number of views for free

Biden has made good on a campaign promise and ordered the release of some of the FBI documents relating to the 9/11 investigation...

"If I was going to worship anybody it would be Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci looks like the kinda guy who gets things done" RIP George, America needs you more than ever

Wasn't WTC7 the building that the BBC announced had collapsed 30 minutes before it actually did? The BBC has since explained in detail how all this came about and said there was no story or conspiracy, but of course this won't stop all the conspiracy theorists carrying on with their own narrative

Not sure - pumping the water out at the minute. So far at least 9 people have died as a result of the flooding

Thanks, I've lost option to edit but will know for next time

How do you embed a tweet, tried but couldn't make it work

New York subways after last nights historic floods...

Very interesting piece in the New York Times about the anti-vaccine movement in the States. In the last 6-7 years, since the measles outbreak in 2014, the movement has really grown in size and power with many wealthy and influential backers. As the article says they now have a unique moment in...

I watched Surviving 9/11 on iPlayer. Like you say it was a hard watch. It was interesting that some of the interviewees were quite critical of various aspects of 9/11. Like the woman whose husband was one of the pilots on the United Airlines flight which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers...