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Our 3yo Schnauzer, Schnapps now has a 5mnth old friend, Chester.  He's only been with us a week but they are already inseparable ?
 

Reminds me of a Spit-the-dog glove puppet i had as a kid! ?

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

Our 3yo Schnauzer, Schnapps now has a 5mnth old friend, Chester.  He's only been with us a week but they are already inseparable ?
 

Just found my dogs asleep on their chair after I'd taken them for a long walk...

For goodness sake, you are a moderator.  Have have have have.

PLOT TWIST:

EFL will opt instead to give us a 3 point bonus and ensure our safety this season.

Bryson gets 60 mins as they beat Rangers on pen's. 

Should never have sold him

Oh dear ? 
 
 

The boldest act by NASA since the Apollo missions, showing the most ambition since Kennedy's 1961 "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 
There were three bids still in the running for the contract for the Human Landing System to take astronauts back to the Moon as part of the Artemis mission. The other two were far more expensive than SpaceX, but were "safe" ideas, essentially trying to recreate the Lunar Module from the 1960s, but a little bigger. And would largely have just resulted in more cushy government contracts to do the same old, same old. 
In contrast, SpaceX has self-funded the development of Starship for five years, risking bankruptcy along the way. If it can succeed, it represents a step change in what NASA can do on the Moon, delivering thousands of tonnes of cargo for a significant Human presence. 
This is a political decision in that the Chinese and Russians have signed an accord to build a Moonbase together. Meanwhile, Biden has nominated the deeply unpopular (in the space world) Bill Nelson to run NASA, now awaiting Senate ratification. 
If NASA had waited, Nelson wouldn't have allowed SpaceX to have the contract, and the Russians and Chinese would have the Moon to themselves. Instead, if (and it is an "if") Starship can succeed, NASA has a hundred times more capacity than other nations. That's my reading of it anyway. 

Before we go to Mars we have to go back to the moon.  I was to young to understand what was going on the last time we set foot on the moon, really looking forwards to seeing it in the near future.
 

The really sad thing is that if we had just drawn with Rotherham twice this season we would have already been 10 points clear of them.
If they do pip us to safety those 2 games will have been key in our demise.

The really sad thing is that if we had just drawn with Rotherham twice this season we would have already been 10 points clear of them.
If they do pip us to safety those 2 games will have been key in our demise.

Before we go to Mars we have to go back to the moon.  I was to young to understand what was going on the last time we set foot on the moon, really looking forwards to seeing it in the near future.
 

Worse, definitely worse.  Driven in part by 24/7 news outlets that have to turn a profit and social media. 
I agree with a lot of what you said and would like to expand upon others but this isn't the thread for that and I'd only be putting the effort in to write an off topic post that may end up being removed. 
I think regarding covid however, as we emerge from the pandemic we really need to start pushing back against the Government, big business and the media now.  In an ideal world we'd be given the truth, get our freedoms restored, learn lessons for the future and have those that profited from the crisis or exploited it in some way pay their dues.

Oh yeah its not just limited to one news station/political party - everyone does its cos it generates money, power or both.  It is killing society however as we're forever being told the other side is evil.  We're being manipulated and shepherded into boxes and taught to despise people that don't agree with us rather than focus on what we do have in common. 
As for covid, I think we all agree that the first lockdown was warranted but as time has gone on not only have the goal posts have moved but they continue to move.  IMO politicians, big corp and the media gained a lot of power and money during the initial outbreak and its been in their interests to prolong the pandemic ever since. 
Does it really matter if a country has been financially ruined for example?  The rich can even make money betting against economies anyway and move to some sunny tax haven to avoid any fallout. 
What we really need is someone to give us the truth, for politicians to ensure we get our freedoms back and for those that have made millions/billions throughout the pandemic to pay their share.  I'm fairly certain non of that is going to happen though.

The problem is that we're all being manipulated by the media and politicians.  
The Guardian article that sparked this conversation was designed for its audience to get clicks, giving it a more balanced approach wouldn't have worked so well - or generated as much income.
The latest Project Veritas sting is a great example of this.  CNN have basically admitted that they were a propaganda wing of the Democrat party and there sole goal was, by hook or by crook, to get rid of Trump.  They also said (and to keep this on point) that after covid fatigue has died down the next thing they are going to go overboard on is the climate because and I quote 'fear sells'.  
There are very few balanced articles these days, we are all being shepherded camps and made to despise the opposition for profit and power. 

My brother-in-law is an Everton fan, I often take the p1$$ as all they ever do is exist in the PL - occasional flirt with the top 6 or relegation but generally its one drab forgetful season after another.
Yeah we might go down this season, in recent seasons we might have gone up - one thing its not, is boring!

If people didn't watch these channels/visit their websites/buy their newspapers/follow their social media, then they would all stop being overblown, scare-mongering, frenzy-driven PR machines for the World's biggest corporate/political interests.
Unfortunately most people do at least one of these things. I, unfortunately, read the BBC website every day at work and it's just as bad as the rest. But you learn to sift out the 90% BS and take away the 10% of the story that is true/useful to know.
What's the old saying? Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see... unfortunately encouraging critical thinking and independent thought is not high on most Government's to do lists.
Last thing the Governments of the world want is the plebs getting ideas above their stations.
COVID is real and awful, however like most things, it has been weaponised by political parties on all sides, and perpetuated by the media to further divide society and help pit the general public against themselves - "Covidiots" vs "Snowflakes", rather than allowing a post-Brexit/post Trump media vacuum to be created which might be more dangerous to those at the top.