Professor Steve Keen, the sensible economist, advocates debt forgiveness to get us out of the inevitable economic crisis caused by Covid 19. Starts about 18 minutes in. What do you think?...
Duchess (sic) of Sussex has lost the first round of her battle with The Mail in the high court.
The first battle.
Will she lose the war in your opinion?...
The lockdown has seen the end of problems of drunkenness in the city centres, and doubtless these will return if normal service is resumed. Should the government retain some measures to curtail night...
My favourite TV person is without doubt, Owain Wyn Evans, the BBC North West Tonight weather presenter. Such flamboyance and style, he brightens up the room. He always wears either a flower or a...
Just started watching TRT World on channel 516.
Seems much better than the BBC.
More international news and it seems, the truth.
What do you think is the best channel for news?...
The government has announced a £60,000 payment to NHS who have died in service. I applaud this. But after running down the health service for ten years, and staff seeing a real term reduction in pay,...
NASA has announced it is thirty years since the Hubble telescope was launched.
It has revealed the true wonders of the universe.
Brings to mind Psalm 19....
Hi all. Have spent most of the last few days in bed. Breathing problems and pain. On top of that, I am suffering the worst of depressions. Am waiting for an MRI bit can't have it during the present...
In the days of the Latin Mass, only the priests understood the liturgy. The people were told to listen to whatever interpretation was given them, and this meant a tremendous responsibility and...
The River Answer flows through the plains, Passing villages built there on its banks, Where idiots fish for clues to their queries, Where pedants parade in public their brains, And insist that there...
In my humble opinion, we will soon see rioters fighting with the police on our streets. Its already started in Belgium, India, Pakistan and Kenya, probably others as well. I can't see, for example,...
I'm not dead yet, I simply refuse to go yet. If that Grim Reaper comes anywhere near me, I'll use extreme violence to send him packing, with a flea in his ear, and stubbornly refuse to make a further...
Life is too short for many things. But especially petty squabbling, especially here on Answerbank, which should be a friendly refuge for everybody, but especially the oddballs like me who come here...
One of my sons who is a carer has just rang my wife, and was shaken to report several, (?), deaths in his care home due to CV 19. He and now we are worried about inadequate PPE, and the risk to him....
The AB Tea Room is now open, where light refreshments an dainties are being being served. Come in and relax, and enjoy peaceful and harmonious polite conversation and the sharing of amusing or...