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glazedallover · #11 Post by **glazedallover** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:05 pm

The handmaid's tale.........great book.

glazedallover · #12 Post by **glazedallover** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:13 pm

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/1 ... -harris-ad

Trump angered again......

Bayleaf · #13 Post by **Bayleaf** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:58 pm

glazedallover wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:05 pm The handmaid's tale.........great book.

I watched the series - sometimes almost unbearable viewing. I think it's the most I've sworn at the TV, ever!

Hotrodder · #14 Post by **Hotrodder** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:59 pm

I was trolling around looking for some late election news and found this article. Statistics about the USA. Of special interest because I used to live there. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/ ... in-20-maps

Veem · #15 Post by **Veem** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:34 pm

Hotrodder wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:59 pm I was trolling around looking for some late election news and found this article. Statistics about the USA. Of special interest because I use to live there. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/ ... in-20-maps

Fascinating. If I had the inclination and the perseverance to filter the information given in each of those maps, I wonder which one state would emerge as my most desirable to live in. Not that I'm thinking of moving there.
It would be even more fascinating to see a similar series of maps based on the same data in France.

Lori · #16 Post by **Lori** » Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:04 pm

Bayleaf wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:58 pm I watched the series - sometimes almost unbearable viewing.

I had to tune out. I just couldn't watch it. I think I managed about 8 or 10 episodes I thought it was fascinating, but it just sickened me. TV, for me must be informative or entertaining. Anything that makes you want to slice your wrists open is a no go.

Bayleaf · #17 Post by **Bayleaf** » Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:18 am

Lori wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:04 pm
Bayleaf wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:58 pm I watched the series - sometimes almost unbearable viewing.
I had to tune out. I just couldn't watch it. I think I managed about 8 or 10 episodes I thought it was fascinating, but it just sickened me. TV, for me must be informative or entertaining. Anything that makes you want to slice your wrists open is a no go.

Yes, I often had to look away, and just swear even louder - it fuelled my hatred for extreme religions, and people using their "beliefs" as an excuse to treat others so badly. I digress .....today's the day! Eeek!

exile · #18 Post by **exile** » Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:53 am

Veem wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:34 pm
Hotrodder wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 6:59 pm I was trolling around looking for some late election news and found this article. Statistics about the USA. Of special interest because I use to live there. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/ ... in-20-maps
Fascinating. If I had the inclination and the perseverance to filter the information given in each of those maps, I wonder which one state would emerge as my most desirable to live in. Not that I'm thinking of moving there.

I think it might just be Canada.

Veem · #19 Post by **Veem** » Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:02 pm

@hotrodder - there couldn't be a worse time to move to the USA.

Re - Handmaid's Tale. I read it years ago and when I began to watch the TV series, I realised that a) I hadn't fully taken in the horrors of the story and b) I wasn't emotionally strong enough to watch the sequel. How Margaret Atwood retains her sanity I just don't know.

Hotrodder · #20 Post by **Hotrodder** » Tue Nov 05, 2024 9:10 pm

Veem wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:02 pm @hotrodder - there couldn't be a worse time to move to the USA.

Lost its appeal for me in the late 60s. I don't care for guns or the religious nutter racists that carry them.

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