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Just in case anyone is interested, here is a picture of Winston Churchill in 1943, wearing his wartime 'siren suit' on his way to meet President Roosevelt. He wore the same suit when he went to ask for more money under Lend-Lease the year before.
March 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Just in case anyone is interested, here is a picture of Winston Churchill in 1943, wearing his wartime 'siren suit' on his way to meet President Roosevelt. He wore the same suit when he went to ask for more money under Lend-Lease the year before.
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'The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.' Great words on life and death by Cicero, Roman philosopher, born #onthisday 2131 years ago.
January 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
'The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.' Great words on life and death by Cicero, Roman philosopher, born #onthisday 2131 years ago.
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Things escalate quickly in Essex.
December 13, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Things escalate quickly in Essex.
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The problem with a lot of ocean "exploitation" is that it's like mining a human for calcium. Yes, a human body contains ~1kg of calcium, and you could take it out, but it's already *doing* quite a lot of useful things, and the human has far more potential to help you if you leave the calcium alone.
November 25, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The problem with a lot of ocean "exploitation" is that it's like mining a human for calcium. Yes, a human body contains ~1kg of calcium, and you could take it out, but it's already *doing* quite a lot of useful things, and the human has far more potential to help you if you leave the calcium alone.
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And the idea this law may expand to non-terminal by courts is vanishingly unlikely. I was in courtroom 10 years ago when Supreme Court declared this a matter for Parliament; Strasbourg agrees. Even if it didn’t, a legal argument to extend from terminal to incurable is almost unimaginable.
Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
And the idea this law may expand to non-terminal by courts is vanishingly unlikely. I was in courtroom 10 years ago when Supreme Court declared this a matter for Parliament; Strasbourg agrees. Even if it didn’t, a legal argument to extend from terminal to incurable is almost unimaginable.