lucifer sam

Yes, so sad, he seemed such a sweet and humble old man. I'm glad he got to live life a little in his final year.

Surely, if he'd been civil and polite in the first place, then wouldn't have been a problem. Instead he made a huge scene of it, got it recorded on his phone and then, when he got home, went crying to mummy and daddy. Entitled little sh*t.

Comedian, who was the host of They Think It's All Over.

I don't disagree with any of that. It's why I barely watch the news at all now. Ghouls, the lot of them, especially the sickening relish they do it with. It doesn't mean any of us have to do the same!

I don't know, but I would take a wild guess it's the current rolling 7-day average, as Portugal sadly seems to have a real increase in cases and deaths recently, which is very sad, because each of those is a loss of a life and devastating to their family and friends. Does it is really matter who's highest of which table? Rather than wetting yourself over death statistics, maybe you should just grieve for those who have died, both from Covid and non-Covid. There's nothing anything any of us can do, and posting ghoulish statistics may not be helping the mental health of others.

The media could report on just a few of those human stories each day, rather than flashing up the number of deaths across the bottom of the screen like the bloody football results. I avoid the news for the latter reason - it's distasteful and inhuman. Studies should and are taking place - a friend of mine is a civil servant who looks at statistics and he wouldn't have been doing anything but looking at this for the last year. But what good is it doing for you to constantly yak on about it here (unless you seriously think statisticians, scientists, civil servants and government minsters are looking on here!), except for maybe upsetting the mental heath of some your fellow BSF members? See you again in a few months - I'll leave you to it.

Haven't commented on this thread for a while, because I don't think there's been anything original on it for around eight months. There's still DC2 following the error of the media and talking statistics without showing any human compassion. People are dying - it's not the football results. Even BWitcher worked that out eventually and disappeared with his tail between his legs. But amongst the idiots who think it's all a conspiracy theory (tell that to my uncle, after his sister-in-law died last weekend and he'd take your head off), the bumbling of our government (why, oh why, let the kids go back to school for ONE day), and those who break the rules (which are daft in places, but are generally there for protecting the population, especially the vulnerable), there's the odd story that touches my heart, such as this one: Covid-19: Bracknell couple's 'final meeting' in hospital - BBC News Great stuff from this Surrey hospital, to allow a husband a chance to speak to his wife in her dying hours, after both got Covid. That would have meant so much, while he hopefully manages to beat it. To me, that's what this is all about - human stories. Every death is a person with relatives and friends and my heart goes out to them. They're not just a statistic. Hope everyone is keeping well, both physically and mentally, during this difficult time.

Hope you're feeling a bit better soon. Keep fighting it.

Unless the Republicans realise their best chance of success in 2024 was born in Austria...

Yeah, there's got to be more safeguards to rein in a rogue, unstable President.

Although with the Democrats with the triple whammy of President, Senate and House Of Representatives, that rule could well change in the next few years. It has been mentioned before that you should be allowed to run, if you've been an American citizen for a prescribed amount of time.

He should be the Republican candidate in 2024.

It again shows you can't believe a word that Trump says. Although the inauguration will be better for his absence. Pence can do Trump's duties again - just as he did by calling the National Guard to save the Senate from Trump's band of terrorists.

Poor Blupanther. Is that the best you've got?

Too little, too late. Everyone already saw his tweet, telling the terrorists "we love you" and calling them "very special", before it was deleted by twitter. And who called the National Guard? President Trump? Or, as reported elsewhere, Vice President Pence? Even when Trump is supposedly coming clean, there's a potential untruth in there.