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by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 3:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Vatican News
Replies: 255
Views: 33656

Re: Vatican News

francis has a new friend, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, who calls for killing converts
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 2:46 pm
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Topic: UK going to the dogs
Replies: 5150
Views: 584991

Re: UK going to the dogs

Paul of course went to St Catherine's College, Oxford. but as he says, the Cambridge college is St Catharine's. The typo was Yahoo's, in the quoted text. It seems to be a very generous gift, the lion's share of which is going to graduate scholarships. I remember at least one person has posted here t...
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 1:02 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: UK going to the dogs
Replies: 5150
Views: 584991

Re: UK going to the dogs

A hedge fund billionaire has given Cambridge £100m — one of the biggest UK university donations ever The billionaire founder of hedge fund Winton Capital has gifted £100m to the University of Cambridge. The university announced the donation on Tuesday and said it is the “biggest single gift made to...
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 12:33 pm
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: Trump -- the last 100 days
Replies: 4584
Views: 480014

Re: Trump -- the last 100 days

another old Obama clip from 2009
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 12:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: chevy volt
Replies: 55
Views: 57426

Re: chevy volt

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/new-half-ton-electric-pickup-costs-just-5700 New half-ton electric pickup costs just $5,700 It’s made by China’s Kaiyun Motors and has a 5.5 hp motor that's good for a top speed of just 28 mph, which classifies it as a low-speed or neighborhood electric vehicle (LSV/NEV...
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 12:04 pm
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: how's that new congress doing ?
Replies: 162
Views: 127947

Re: how's that new congress doing ?

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190104020657-ocasio-cortez-dancing-super-tease.jpg https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Screen_Shot_2017-06-09_at_12.56.43_PM.width-800.png birds of a feather Sandy Ocasio praised British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn after she spoke with him over the weekend
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 11:43 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The not viril virgin very verified thread on Virginia
Replies: 63
Views: 16963

Re: The not viril virgin very verified thread on Virginia

Which is not to say that Northam isn't an idiot. I'm guessing that that's the closest we'll get to a condemnation. Just how hard is it to condemn a white supremacist? Well, you and your people have been repeatedly condemned around here, so not all that hard. It seems to be very easy for you to thro...
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 8:06 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: Trump -- the last 100 days
Replies: 4584
Views: 480014

Re: Trump -- the last 100 days

rand paul in the senate L-hCP5Tp4Nw and on twitter (a whole bunch of tweets linked up, 10 I think) I'll be speaking on the senate floor on the McConnell amendment regarding troop withdrawals around 5pm today. Watch live here: https://www.c-span.org/congress/?chamber=senate … This resolution condemns...
by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 7:46 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The not viril virgin very verified thread on Virginia
Replies: 63
Views: 16963

Re: The not viril virgin very verified thread on Virginia

wow, they're turning on each other
(black) Virginia Democrat Lt. Gov. alleges (white supremacist) Democrat Gov. Northam Is behind sexual assault smear against him on Monday

by ppauper
February 5th, 2019, 7:38 am
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: Trump -- the last 100 days
Replies: 4584
Views: 480014

Re: Trump -- the last 100 days

US prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall this was funded by Congress in March 2018 but is only a very small section (25 miles) According to designs it released in September, CBP intends to build 25 miles (40 kilometers) of concrete walls to the height of the existing flood-control...