[Politics] What is going on in the world?

[BadFish]

Pity your not still in Europe, your government might bugger off too.

Sent from my Redmi Note 7 using Tapatalk

 

[Pevenseagull]

In other news. The NRA have filed for bankruptcy and are going to reincorporate as a not for profit organisation in Texas.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

https://youtu.be/s4VlruVG81w

 

[Baldseagull]

Whatever - storming the Capitol seemed very reminiscent of the Reichstag fire to me; I could probably add a reference to brownshirts in respect of the brave boys, or whatever they're called.
Do Trump's tactics remind me of anyone? Yes, they do.

I am trying to understand in what way it is reminiscent for you? They seem to be opposite in quite a lot of ways to me.

 

[Albion Dan]

Is this another Desperate fishing thread? I can't bring myself to investigate. Twice bitten, etc.

 

[beorhthelm]

The Great Reset that is being promoted by nutjobs is nothing like the actual goals of the World Economic Forum.

indeed. the only common ground is the word "reset". they have very different agendas in batland (plural, different meaning to different factions).

 

[Weststander]

This site has a a few tongue in cheek predictions for how the world will end in 2021 - zombie apocalypse, second coming and hidden Torah code. Also lists a few of the better previous end of world predictions including Harold "Carry On" Camping who was nothing if not persistent. When his May 21, 2011 prediction came to nothing he pushed it back 5 months before finally admitting that nobody really knew

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/apocalypse.html

I worked with someone for a long time (including pre internet), a big fan of Icke, who himself peddled the full array of fiction at meetings of grannies in West Sussex.

Everyone now and then he’d announce the apocalypse to us at work, always a precise date. They came and went.

We were bunch of piss takers, his musings the laughing stock.

 

[Eric Potts]

I worked with someone for a long time (including pre internet), a big fan of Icke, who himself peddled the full array of fiction at meetings of grannies in West Sussex.

Everyone now and then he’d announce the apocalypse to us at work, always a precise date. They came and went.

We were bunch of piss takers, his musings the laughing stock.

Yes , but there will be a day when he will have the last laugh . Or perhaps not , he'll be dead the with the rest of us .

 

[pastafarian]

I went to one of those rallies in August, leaving before Icke spoke. And you’re right. People on the left seem to think anyone they dislike is a very specific type. I went and saw a disparate conglomeration of vegans, Swampies, tinfoil hatters, animal rights protesters, Greenies, anarchists, New Agers, Ufologists, Hollow Earthers, trans rights activists, punks, old school socialists and batty old ladies.

And one bloke on the periphery waved a Moseley flag and the usual forum suspects said, “Oh, they’re all just alt right fascists.”

Classic “anyone I don’t like is a Nazi” thinking at best; dehumanising tactics at worst.

Interesting the Hollow Earthers were there and not the Flatties
Do Flat Earthers (splitters) and Hollow Earthers not get on?

This needs resolving with a poll.

 

[GT49er]

I am trying to understand in what way it is reminiscent for you? They seem to be opposite in quite a lot of ways to me.

It's a matter of history, and understanding it. The shadows of the past in Germany are worrying in America today. I'm truly staggered that anybody can fail to see the links.

 

[darkwolf666]

indeed. the only common ground is the word "reset". they have very different agendas in batland (plural, different meaning to different factions).

A bit like Black Lives Matter and black lives matter - context...!

 

[vegster]

I worked with someone for a long time (including pre internet), a big fan of Icke, who himself peddled the full array of fiction at meetings of grannies in West Sussex.

Everyone now and then he’d announce the apocalypse to us at work, always a precise date. They came and went.

We were bunch of piss takers, his musings the laughing stock.

I found myself in a thread in Facebook the other day where someone was extolling Covid-19 as a hoax and as a global distraction for a takeover by global businesses etc etc.... he said "they are coming for everyone's everythings "... I said, I hope you hold on to your marbles then ? .... he said " remember those words in a years time ".... so, I'm either going to meet a very sticky end or, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and co are going to take everything I own, quite legally ..... unfortunately I don't/won't have the heart to remind him in a years time.

 

[Baldseagull]

Wisdom is wasted on the old.

I agree with your sentiment, and your sweeping statement. And the previous sweeping statement too.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It's a matter of history, and understanding it. The shadows of the past in Germany are worrying in America today. I'm truly staggered that anybody can fail to see the links.

Spot on.

 

[vegster]

I agree with your sentiment, and your sweeping statement. And the previous sweeping statement too.

That's a lovely sentiment, I'm touched by your support, however, these days I mostly use a vacuum cleaner, "sweeping " just shifts the problem.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

A bit like Black Lives Matter and black lives matter - context...!

Those that don't understand the difference don't want to understand.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I worked with someone for a long time (including pre internet), a big fan of Icke, who himself peddled the full array of fiction at meetings of grannies in West Sussex.

Everyone now and then he’d announce the apocalypse to us at work, always a precise date. They came and went.

We were bunch of piss takers, his musings the laughing stock.

I remember both times with Camping turned into a media circus. Of course when inevitably nothing happened he became a figure of derision, especially the second time. It also turned out he was so convinced he was right that he'd given way all his money and worldly goods and jacked in his job. Quite sad really

 

[RossyG]

Interesting the Hollow Earthers were there and not the Flatties
Do Flat Earthers (splitters) and Hollow Earthers not get on?

This needs resolving with a poll.

Ha, well the Hollow Earthers are far more interesting with their Jules Verne-esque stories of hidden civilisations and SHIELD-like underground bases.

Flat Earthers on the other hand just say the earth is flat, which is pretty dull. They’re the trainspotters of the alternative set.

 

[vegster]

It's a matter of history, and understanding it. The shadows of the past in Germany are worrying in America today. I'm truly staggered that anybody can fail to see the links.

History has a worrying tendency to repeat itself and equally, ALL Empires and Kingdoms will fall, its just a question of time.

 

[pastafarian]

Ha, well the Hollow Earthers are far more interesting with their Jules Verne-esque stories of hidden civilisations and SHIELD-like underground bases.

Flat Earthers on the other hand just say the earth is flat, which is pretty dull. They’re the trainspotters of the alternative set.

SHIELD like underground bases? You seem well informed.
Is Southwick tunnel the entrance to Hollow Earth?