The Anything Thread that is Never off subject.

[Woosh]

The trouble being of course being that too much legal success against Trump could spark widespread civil disturbance, perhaps even making the assault on the Capitol seem mild in comparison. Taking on such a large proportion of the electorate is a dangerous game.
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About Trump's legal troubles: he may not have any ground for an appeal!
defense lawyers always keep back some pieces of evidence that seem iffy so they can use later as ground for appeal. They do that by objecting to some pieces of evidence.
Trump's lawyer, Elina Haba, apparently did not object to a single piece of evidence put forward by E. Jean Carroll. So no evidentiary ground for appeal!
He may have to sue his lawyer for bad advice.

 

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[flecc]

Rishi successful.

Rishi Sunak promised he would get the NHS waiting list down, and he's done just that.

Down from 7.6 million to 1, just in time for King Charles' treatment.
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[Benjahmin]

Where's that then? 'Cos it ain't in Wales.
A week ago a bloke rolled his car outside my house, after hitting the trailer parked on my frontage and ramming it into my front door.
After the fact he wasn't very well and sat in the back of an unmarked police car drifting in and out of consiousness. The ambulance took two and a half hours after being called by the copper.
Under funded and understaffed. I wonder if I could claim private health care costs against tax 'cos we are not being well served by the free at the point of need system, as laudable as it is.

 

[flecc]

Where's that then? 'Cos it ain't in Wales.
A week ago a bloke rolled his car outside my house, after hitting the trailer parked on my frontage and ramming it into my front door.
After the fact he wasn't very well and sat in the back of an unmarked police car drifting in and out of consiousness. The ambulance took two and a half hours after being called by the copper.
Under funded and understaffed. I wonder if I could claim private health care costs against tax 'cos we are not being well served by the free at the point of need system, as laudable as it is.

I was being sarcastic of course.

Believe me it's no better in London, which is actually worse than most other parts of England. Here far too often NHS stands for No Health Service and I've certainly never been clapping it.
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When I woke up post badger wrist break implant op, the very unhappy guy staring intently at me from the other side of the ward, had had both his testicles removed during an operation to remove his prostate. I couldn't think of much to say to him.

 

[lenny]

Cannabis use linked to anxiety diagnoses, worsened anxiety disorders: Ontario study | Globalnews.ca

Cannabis use may increase the risk of developing a new anxiety disorder or worsen existing anxiety, a large Ontario study suggests.

globalnews.ca

 

[jonathan.agnew]

Rishi successful.

Rishi Sunak promised he would get the NHS waiting list down, and he's done just that.

Down from 7.6 million to 1, just in time for King Charles' treatment.
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Was thinking about the irony (of daily mail readers clucking in sympathy, over their McDonald's fries, for ginger as he flies over to visit Charlie who really, really care about the rest of us waiting two months for treatment after a cancer diagnosis). About the vulgar inequality of UK society. Then about pension funds (which have been dying, even faster than patients on NHS waiting lists)

'It might be too late': The looming pension crisis facing middle-aged savers

Millions will find they don't have enough saved in their pensions as experts warn some may get an "unpleasant surprise"

inews.co.uk

Then about the fact that I'm part of the problem (having a modest property portfolio as an apparently lucky baby boomer). Then that, given crashing pensions, there isn't any alternative to buy to let for most. And with keir thatcher as our next leader none of this is likely to change.

 

[Woosh]

keir thatcher

 

[flecc]

Then about the fact that I'm part of the problem (having a modest property portfolio as an apparently lucky baby boomer). Then that, given crashing pensions, there isn't any alternative to buy to let for most. And with keir thatcher as our next leader none of this is likely to change.

Yes, there's a few of us in this forum who've use the property way, the two of us and Tillson for starters. But as you say, what alternative is there since no pension fund can be trusted. I still remember my ex employees losing half their pensions when Equitable Life failed through incompetence over twenty years ago.
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[guerney]

Was thinking about the irony (of daily mail readers clucking in sympathy, over their McDonald's fries, for ginger as he flies over to visit Charlie who really, really care about the rest of us waiting two months for treatment after a cancer diagnosis).

23 years ago, I had to wait 6 months for a life threatening tumour to be "Urgently" removed from my jaw, then months more for a follow-up op. I dread to think what the wait is now for the same. It could yet return, every day is a good one.

 

[lenny]

'Where I live, many people don't have teeth'

As the government unveils its NHS dentistry plan, people in England speak about their fight to get seen.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[soundwave]

no one round here is taking on nhs i have had 10k plus work done on the nhs and cobalt crowns done for free but i always get the new ones just out of programming.

and after a year or so they all bugger off so they dont do as there told so got the crowns fitted when she was told it was not possible but did it anyway

but tbh for the work they do and what they charge is a total rip off esp for fillings as a full pot of the pure white stuff is 600 quid.

tho the best stuff to use is araldite epoxy glue as fooks up there drill bits and will be sat there for hrs.

 

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[Woosh]

Our NHS: twice as many Brits are registered for long term illnesses (2.8M) preventing them to work as the numbers who registered as jobseekers (1.3M) and it's getting worse.
What would you do if you were the health minister?
In France, about 750,000 are registed as affected by one of those conditions (ALD). The sharp rise since 2022 is attributed to long COVID. Pre Covid, the number was around 510,000