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Reply | The damming truth about giving 16 year olds the vote.
at 15:40 12 Jul 2025
In the US it's 18, which was reduced from 21 by the 26th Amendment in 1971. "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" was the rallying cry due to the Vietnam War and US Gov't drafting 18 yr olds to fight without having the right to vote at the time.
There's been talk of introducing legislation to have it reduced to 16 but it won't pass on a federal level but could by individual states on a local/state level. |
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Reply | Here comes the summer transfer rumour thread
at 15:07 12 Jul 2025
I've been told by orthopaedic doctors on many occasions regarding a severe ankle sprain vs. an ankle fracture, that the ankle fracture may heal more quickly than a bad ankle sprain. A "high" ankle sprain is considered to be a bad ankle sprain. It may depend on the fracture, which if it includes major ligament damage, then they're both bad and will take time to heal sufficiently. Here's what I found on ChatGPT:
Summary:
Condition Severity Recovery Time Stability Issues? Surgery Likely?
High Ankle Sprain Often worse 6–12+ weeks More likely Sometimes
Simple Ankle Fracture Less severe 6–8 weeks Less common Rare
So yes — a high ankle sprain can be more complex and slower to recover from than a simple fracture, even though "sprain" often sounds less serious than "fracture." |
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Reply | Texas floods....time lapse video
at 17:46 8 Jul 2025
Don't know. Probably because of the number of prominent families' children attending. This morning I saw an interview of a Congressman from Georgia, who said his two grand-daughters were rescued. They were there attending the camp with 4 cousins, one of whom tragically drowned.
I saw another live interview yesterday with the Lt. Governor who stated that all proper warning protocols were administered by the Nat'l Weather Service. He said that a comprehensive review will be held, just as in other disasters and tragic events, to figure out ways to improve safety mechanisms.
Because of the locale's notoriety as "Flash Flood Alley", I'm surprised that some type of automatic alarm system hasn't been employed. Alarms are triggered in lots of mid-western communities when a tornado has been sighted in the respective areas by the Nat'l Weather Service. I don't know why something like that couldn't be used, especially in populated areas either on or near the banks of these rivers when a flash flood is imminent. Very tragic! Lots of questions will arise at the appropriate time. |
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Reply | Texas floods....time lapse video
at 15:33 8 Jul 2025
The very popular camp for girls, Camp Mystic, was founded in 1926 by E.J. "Doc" Stewart, a former head football coach at the Univ. of Texas. He also founded a boys camp two years before.
The camp has high-profile connections: Families of Presidents and Texas governors often have ties to the camp - Former Pres Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters attended, and former First Lady Laura Bush served as a counselor.
Note: The flooded area is known locally as "Flash-Flood Alley". |
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Reply | Texas floods....time lapse video
at 23:08 7 Jul 2025
Wow, lucky lucky you! Somebody's watching over you. A real, incredible tragedy! The weather service sent out warnings to the affected areas hours before the floods hit.
However, the Dems are already politicizing it and blaming Trump: "Dems try blaming Trump for Texas flood death toll — but weather-alert timeline and even experts critical of prez debunk claims."
How does anyone with a clear mind politicize this tragedy! |
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Reply | It’s only a laugh !
at 17:58 3 Jul 2025
The Pastor's Ass
The local Pastor entered his donkey in a race and
it won. The Pastor was so pleased with his donkey
that he entered it in the race again and it won again.
The local paper read: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.
The regional Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the
Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.
The next day the local paper headline read: BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Pastor to get rid of the donkey.
The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent.
The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day: NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The Bishop fainted. He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.
The next day the paper read: NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headlines read: NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.
The Bishop was buried the next day.
The moral of the story is . . . Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery, and may shorten your life. So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer! |
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Reply | D-Day for the Owls
at 19:26 1 Jul 2025
Who does Hull have at Windass's preferred position? Could be that Hull have what they need for that position (attacking CM?). We have several who can play it - Cullen, Eom, Cooper. Isn't that Widell's preferred position? |
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Reply | Here comes the summer transfer rumour thread
at 15:21 29 Jun 2025
Correct! The longer LOB remains in the shop window, the lower his valuation will go. Championship teams have been priced out, imo. He was brought in to replace Grimes & did an excellent job. We still need a Def CM with his skills and pro-active mindset. Offer Forest £4M and a £2M add-on if Swans get to PL in next 2 yrs. If not, then Swans need to find someone with his skills or better. |
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Reply | Press Access to the US President
at 16:28 27 Jun 2025
You may think that the WSJ is "right-leaning", but most of their jounalists are center left, especially the younger ones. The editorial board tries to be true center but a lot of its opinions are based on what's best for big business. There's a lot of animosity toward Trump and the Trump Admin within the WSJ. Peggy Noonan is a true RINO (Republican in name only) and cannot stand Trump. Same for Karl Rove who is always bashing Trump, another RINO. Gerry Baker is a great journalist that reports both the good and bad in politicians and business leaders. Kim Strassel leans toward Trumpism but I've seen her criticize Trumpsters on occasion.
BTW, The Washington Post is owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who was not a Trump fan before the 2024 election, and gave a lot of money to Democrat campaigns over the years. According to ChatGPT, 88% of his political contributions since 1990 have gone to Democrats. He and Meta's, Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple's Tim Cook, and a lot of the Tech Sector business leaders tried to cozy up to Trump this past late winter, early spring. All have pledged vast sums of investment money for AI research and new plants for manufacturing and AI computer warehouses that Trump is looking for, which will lead to a lot of high-income jobs here in the US. |
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Reply | Swansea City caution as July means more business
at 15:28 27 Jun 2025
I think it will come down to an end of the window sale. Teams that might be interested in him probably will want to wait til about Sept 1 to make their low-ball offers, thinking they can get him on the cheap. |
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Reply | Are Israel and USA attacks on Iran illegal ?
at 03:19 24 Jun 2025
Yes, 79 yrs old 10 days ago on June 14! Isn't that amazing that the USA elected a President who can actually walk and chew gum at the same time?? Very much the opposite of who was in office before!
The world should thank its lucky stars for Trump's courageous plan that wiped out the #1 state-sponsored terrorist regime's nuclear bomb program! Come on, KKJ, sing his praises with me!
Happy Birthday President Trump! What a fabulous job you, your team, Israel and its team, and the Arab States have just completed...in just 12 days! Wow! 
Iran's nuclear program just went up in smoke -  |
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Reply | It could be game on
at 02:57 24 Jun 2025
Perhaps this "endless" war has just ended? An all-out ceasefire announced earlier this evening, orchestrated by none other than President Donald Trump and his team, the Israeli military & Mossad presided by Netanayu, whose sorties were permitted by the Arab states. No US military personnel lost; Iran's nuclear bomb program eviscerated (but still need to confirm). Iranian military leadership & nuclear scientists/personnel wiped out. Ayatollah Khamenei forced to call for an all-out ceasefire! Hopefully, the Iranian people will courageously step up and overthrow the Islamacist regime and replace it with a true secular democratic republic and join the rest of the 21st century world. Major KUDOS to Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanayu, and their respective teams for a flawless & successful operation! |
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Reply | It could be game on
at 21:21 22 Jun 2025
Umm..., I think you need to read or listen more carefully to correct news sources. Maybe switch to a news source that reports such statements correctly. Verbatim: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced President Trump would make a decision “within the next two weeks” on whether to order U.S. military strikes. The operative word here is "within". Last night's strikes certainly fall "within" his 2 weeks statement.  |
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Reply | Are Israel and USA attacks on Iran illegal ?
at 19:49 22 Jun 2025
Well, it shouldn't surprise anyone who has taken or studied basic civics here in the US of A. The United States is first and foremost a "constitutional republic". But it also is a "representative democracy". America blends democratic principals (US citizens elect their leaders) with republican (having a constitution and elected leaders) safeguards such as "Checks & Balances", Bill of Rights, and an independent judiciary.
The key differences between a democracy and a republic are:
A Democracy is ruled by the majority, whereas a Republic is ruled by law and elected officials.
A true Democracy is government by the people, whereas a true Republic is government by the people through a constitution.
Minority Protection is not guaranteed by a Democracy, whereas in the USA, rights are guaranteed through the Constitution.
Leadership in a Democracy is directly ruled by the people and could include mob rule.
Leaders/officials in a Republic are law-bound by the Constitution.
A Republic is a form of government where the head of state is not a monarch, and where leaders are elected and bound by a constitution or rule of law. This is why you see an on-going battle among the three branches of government - Executive (office of the President), Legislative (both houses of Congress), and the Judiciary (with the top level and final rulings from the Supreme Court).
A Democracy is rule by the people, either directly or through elected representatives. |
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Reply | Are Israel and USA attacks on Iran illegal ?
at 14:54 22 Jun 2025
Trump a lunatic? Are you serious? The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Government has been terrorizing the world since the overthrow of the Shah in 1978/79 timeframe. Trump is the one person, no the only person, in the world who can squash this lunatic Ayatollah Khamenei and his Islamic Revolution government out of existence, and end this "forever" war on both Israel & the US of A. Biden (or whoever wielded the "autopen" & was in charge) "appeased" Iran, giving them $200 Billion, which put those lunatics back in the World Terrorism business. This followed Trump's nearly successful "peaceful" bankruptcy the Iranian government, which was to bring them back in line with the rest of the world. Obama drew a red line in the sand but was too cowardly to call them out. Bush had his revenge for his father's shortcoming in capturing Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but it left a huge dilemma, and one that he & Obama couldn't solve, in how to transform the Iraqi government into a working democracy and keep the Iranian terrorists spilling over their border.
The United States has endured a multitude of Iranian and Iranian proxies' attacks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and has many justifiable reasons to bomb their secretive nuclear enrichment program. Here are some of them:
The 241 marines killed in 1983 in Lebanon in a bomb attack on their barracks. The US was part of a mult-national force deployed for peacekeeping during the Lebanese Civil War.
In 2000, while the USS Cole was refueling in the Aden, Yemen port, when it was attacked and severely damaged by an Al-Qaeda Yemenese 2-man suicide rebel craft that planted a bomb on the hull of the ship. 17 US Navy sailors were killed and 39 service personnel were injured. In 2015, Iran was found to be partly responsible due to their support of the Hezbollah-sponsored Houthis.
Numerous rocket missile/drone attacks, disrupting the Red Sea shipping lanes by Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels. No loss of life but major economic costs to major shippers and military ships there to protect the shippers.
From 2020 to 2023, hundreds of missile/drone attacks on US bases in Syria & Iraq, resulting in serious brain injuries to military personnel.
In the Oct 7, 2023 attack in Israel, dozens of US citizens were killed and captured by the Hamas terrorists, a known Iranian-sponsored terrorist group.
I'm not going to change anyone's minds that are already cast in stone in their thinking that Trump is evil and a warmonger. (please name one war that he initiated!) But the simple facts are that his aim is to end wars, and he is a good person. He didn't get the US into this Middle East mess but can be the one to resolve the conflict with Iran. He may be a braggart, but just like all people who wield power, he has an ego as big as the Swansea.com stadium because he believes in himself and he knows that he's one of the very few politicians who does what he says he's going to do. Thank the Lord that he's President and not Harris or Biden! |
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Reply | Transfer puzzle
at 13:35 6 Jun 2025
Got the cover for CB with Santos signing announcement, subject to int'l clearance.
As for the BBC story, very, well-written article about stuff we already know. Thanks for the link, WR. |
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Reply | Ricardo Santos
at 13:27 6 Jun 2025
According to official club bulletin, Santos now a Swan, subject to international clearance. Welcome, Ricardo! |
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Reply | Harry Darling : Torn between the Swans and a decision to leave
at 03:14 1 Jun 2025
I agree. I also stated the same a couple of months ago. I totally understand Darling's situation. If a fan wants to get upset, then get upset with the then owner in charge (AC) who didn't get HD signed when he should have (like last summer or last fall). |
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