What the hell is that?
Nah, I'm a lot less attractive.I'm actually pretty convinced that's you.
Nah, I'm a lot less attractive.I'm actually pretty convinced that's you.
He’s currently the head of Man United’s digital team but I think back then he was just a very well connected United journalist.Who the feck is ben hibbs
Yeah, especially since people have now been wanking to photos of his girlfriend. I mean, I was a little surprised that my missus was doing it in the middle of Nandos but that's what I get for picking out the leggy vampire chick at that Halloween party all those years ago.
I’m the same twat on all platforms, might as well own it.Oh pex... Why do you have the same damn name for different social media?!
NB: Even in this forum (quite left-wing and very pro-globalist), the thread is called "Wuhan Coronavirus".
Never share your twitter mate
That’s me cancelled. Funnily enough it ties in with my “you can quote me” thread where I seemed to have some belief that Obertan might turn out alright. To be fair I don’t think he’d made many appearances at this point.
There is something called diplomacy. Adults practice it when they are adulting, especially when adulting for money or dealing with a serious crisis. "Chinese Virus" is wholly inappropriate language, even if you are a dumbfeck on Twitter. Wuhan is more appropriate because it informs us of origin and region, not ethnicity. We also know he's passing blame to wherever he can. Unacceptable in a long fecking line if unacceptable things this ugly cnut has done, just this week.Honestly, I don't even think he is wrong. The virus originated in wet markets (which should not be allowed in the first place, especially after SARS), and China fecked up big time by initially trying to hide it (they knew since mid-December that they might be dealing with a SARS-like virus, but instead arrested the doctor whistleblower).
It's really simple. If you want to refer to it by its geographic origin then he could have easily called it "Wuhan" and nobody would care. If he wants to assess blame (which is his calling card) he can simple say "the virus China failed to contain". There is a reason why Ebola wasn't called the "African Virus" and the Spanish Flu wasn't called the "American Virus". He's referring to an entire ethnic group, not the Chinese government.I'm quite left leaning but I don't understand how this is in any way racist or xenophobic. There is enough information albeit circumstantial that the actions of the Chinese government in lifting the ban on exotic meat trade in open air unregulated markets owing to lobbying pressure from domestic businesses pretty much caused this.
I don't understand the need to pussyfoot around that fact when assigning blame.
And yet the man who puts his name on everything didn't want his healthcare concept to be nicknamed 'Trumpcare'. Oh, I wonder why...There are tons of virus and diseases named after the place they originated, Ebola, Lyme disease, West Nile Fever etc all fit this category.
Calling it "the Chinese Virus" is a clear smear attempt by Trump but I probably wouldn't admonish anyone saying something like the Wuhan virus.
Mr Pigeon on tour:
And yet the man who puts his name on everything didn't want his healthcare concept to be nicknamed 'Trumpcare'. Oh, I wonder why...
It's really simple. If you want to refer to it by its geographic origin then he could have easily called it "Wuhan" and nobody would care. If he wants to assess blame (which is his calling card) he can simple say "the virus China failed to contain". There is a reason why Ebola wasn't called the "African Virus" and the Spanish Flu wasn't called the "American Virus". He's referring to an entire ethnic group, not the Chinese government.
Chief, I'm going to keep flogging that 'Mr Pigeon: Freddo empire crime kingpin' thingie until somebody eventually gives in and laughs.
He's at it again.
He's not being subtle about he Chinese is he?
He has no redeeming quality. 100% wanker.
He's not being subtle about he Chinese is he?
He has no redeeming quality. 100% wanker.
Why?The Chinese communist party and Donald deserve each other. They've been flooding their social media with rumors that the CIA leaked the virus to suppress China's economy.
At the end of this I sure hope there is some heavy sanctions on China.
Why?
I know they deserve it but is there any legal basis?The communist party got bribed into lifting the sanctions they imposed on exotic meat trade after the SARS epidemic to now single handedly cause a global recession. If that doesn't deserve the strictest of sanctions, I don't know what else does. This is worse than Putin annexing Crimea.
There has to be proof that it indeed originated there from the animals, and not just by a customer of the market.I know they deserve it but is there any legal basis?
Imagine if Obama said it was a Republican Party Hoax? Or intervened in a criminal prosecution on behalf of one of his friends?Imagine if it was Obama in charge. They'd try to impeach him for every covid death in the US
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51932403
Coronavirus: US considering sending cash to Americans
Isn't that Socialism???.!!!!
No.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51932403
Coronavirus: US considering sending cash to Americans
Isn't that Socialism???.!!!!
It can never be socialism if a republican is behind the idea or on the benefiting side of it. Duh.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51932403
Coronavirus: US considering sending cash to Americans
Isn't that Socialism???.!!!!
Haha, sanctions on China. Turn anything over or inside out and tell me where it's made. This planet is in a fecking quagmire right now and you are certainly correct about the propaganda. But sanctions on China would only hurt the origin of the sanctions. Imagine if they hadn't killed hundreds of millions of baby girls over a couple of generations, they'd easily be close to one third of global population. Cooperation is required going forward, not sanctions.The Chinese communist party and Donald deserve each other. They've been flooding their social media with rumors that the CIA leaked the virus to suppress China's economy.
At the end of this I sure hope there is some heavy sanctions on China.
Nah, he's now saying that nobody thought it was a problem a month ago.His payroll tax idea would inordinately benefit the wealthier folk.
Hopefully he's backed off of that.
Has he said it's all under control again? Or has he now realized it's better to tell Americans the truth?
His payroll tax idea would inordinately benefit the wealthier folk.
Hopefully he's backed off of that.
Has he said it's all under control again? Or has he now realized it's better to tell Americans the truth?
He's actually come out and said he thought it was a pandemic very early, before it was declared.
He's actually come out and said he thought it was a pandemic very early, before it was declared.
I wish I could live in my own delusion that hard, if only for a few days.
That makes his response to it a million times worse.