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Commented on Omicron
If R > 2 with Scotland's current precautions (and it's worth noting that there is not and cannot be hard evidence that that is true, because we only started looking for it last week) then full April 2020 lockdown WILL...
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Elderly Cynic commented on
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I don't think so. Most of the USA differences date from the founding of the USA, and were an attempt to constrain any development of autocracy. The UK system is largely because the office of Prime Minister has inherited the powers of the Crown (think 18th century), compounded with the theoretical supremacy of Parliament (now meaning the Commons)....
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Bill Arnold commented on
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"Moderators & Charlie - 1756(a) 1756(b) - especially the latter!" Greg, you clearly do not know what those mean. That's tech talk, saying that the blog's content is mirrored elsewhere for various reasons. Probably the mirrors, if public facing, are blocking search engine indexers (through normal consensus means[1]). Heck, I keep a archive/mirror (trying to keep a light footprint), partly to keep track of things I've said here; this is easy to set up. (And the comment about Norns was in no way hostile to you.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots\_exclusion\_standard#About\_the\_standard...
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Robert Prior commented on
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I was referring to the differences between Nixon and Trump, which seemed to be the comment you were referring to. (The one about half the Senate and Supreme Court.)...
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Greg Tingey commented on
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Bill Arnold Assuming your explanations are correct ( & I have no idea ) - then ... pass....
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Adrian Smith commented on
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do you think spooks (or more likely algorithms) are attempting to glean profit from our ruminations (or maybe just the seagull's veiled stock tips)? i wish them luck...
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