[MitzaLizalor]

Instead this.

Let's say they invented English. (They didn't – but they affect being doyens of its preservation.) OK. So what sort of a sentence is this?
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"Whether we are male or female, young or old, .redacted. or .redacted., .redacted. or .redacted., .redacted. or pregnant, sick or well, happy or sad."

(redacted as appropriate for a Christian forum.) It's not a sentence, it's a conditional clause! They continue:
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Many of these factors are out of our control – but not all. A significant influence on the way we smell is the food we eat. Not only does this affect our overall aroma, but also how we are perceived, including how attractive we appear to others, according to a small but growing body of research.

A small but growing body of research?



A small but growing body of research?


Have they never stood next to an eater of garlic bread? Worked with a colleague partial to an onion sandwich? Not even on one of their their international junkets? And research is needed for this? Perhaps it's what's going on at Bristol and Sussex universities.

But I'm not sure. Was your list from the inner sanctum detailing doyens having been knocked off their perch? It could merely have ranked those needing deperchment. On a related point, not directly relevant, within the media what is the difference between a Product Officer and a Content Officer. Additionally, what on earth is a People Officer?

In Christ.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Good to see the radicals at the BBC have finally been knocked off their perch. I wanted to take a deep dive into the inner sanctum of the anarchist left to see where the problem may lie.

Samir Shah (Oxford)
Chairman of the Board

Tim Davie (Cambridge)
Director-General

Kerris Bright (Sussex???)
Chief Customer Officer

John Curbishley (Oxford)
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Alan Dickson (Glasgow???)
Chief Financial Officer

Storm Fagan (Oxford)
Chief Product Officer

Tom Fussell (Bristol???)
CEO, BBC Studios

Alice Macandrew (Cambridge)
Group Corporate Affairs Director

Kate Phillips (Bristol???)
Chief Content Officer

Uzair Qadeer (Pennsylvania State???)
Chief People Officer

Rhuanedd Richards (Cambridge)
Interim Nations Director

Leigh Tavaziva (University of South Africa???)
Chief Operating Officer

Let's hope after a period of sensible re-balancing the BBC can appoint some candidates with impeccable credentials so we can enjoy news of the tabla once more. Where are Riyan and Isaac now??? The world needs to know (dont forget to unmute!).

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Here's something you won't find on the BBC.

BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary

Donald Trump’s press secretary has described the BBC as “100% fake news” and a “propaganda machine” in an outspoken interview that comes after allegations of bias at the broadcaster.

“Every time I travel to the United Kingdom with President Trump and am forced to watch the BBC in our hotel rooms, it ruins my day listening to their blatant propaganda and lies about the president of the United States and all that he’s doing to make America better and the world a safer place.”

Instead this.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

How can people be expected to feel safe in their homes, at school and work and while shopping at their quaint little stores or stopping for a pint at their even quainter little pubs if they don't have guns?

I don't know, Sister Handmaiden. There are benefits, though, for those of us like my dear husband who do have permission to carry weapons, in the sense that nobody but a criminal is likely to shoot first - or shoot back, for that matter. And we naturally have more than enough perfectly legal rifles in the various gun-safes strategically located around the estate to arm every member of the family, should the need arise.

Obviously my children are home-schooled, so no problems there. This also allows ample opportunity for gun class. As Matthew says, any child over the age of 6 who can't take out a squirrel lurking a tree at 50 yards, or a skylark in flight, is no child of his!

Shouldn't he have been trying to destroy the British federal government, undermining democracy, abolishing taxation ...

So true, Brother Lukes, though in defense of The Bozz, he did his best to achieve the above. He did, however, return to the Catlick "church", so what can you expect?

[handmaiden]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

So, did BoJo actually do anything besides call for others to do stuff and throw parties? For goodness sake the man called himself a conservative! Shouldn't he have been trying to destroy the British federal government, undermining democracy, abolishing taxation, replacing the British Constitution with the KJV 1611 Bible, eliminating gun control regulations, and building a wall on Britain's southern border with Poland and making the Polacks pay for it? Those people don't even know the meaning of the word "conservative."

I have to say, with all the other problems that the UK has, the gun problem saddens me the most.

How can people be expected to feel safe in their homes, at school and work and while shopping at their quaint little stores or stopping for a pint at their even quainter little pubs if they don't have guns?


It really is no wonder that their murder rate is so high and they need old ladies and fussy Belgians and hobbyist detectives on hand to deal with all the poisoners and head conkers and stabbers.


If the ordinary person in the UK had access to lightweight, easy-to-use, military-grade rifles things would be so much more stable throughout their troubled land.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

The Red Man is a most enigmatic breed. The Bible is mysteriously silent on the indigenous savages of the Americas, so they're mostly absent from Christian theology (unless you're a Mormon heretic). What is clear however is that they were really deep into demon worship. Jesus died for their sins, and it was over 1,500 years until any of them knew it. The fact that they all started dying and their "civilizations" collapsing immediately upon the arrival of the White Man is solid evidence that God wanted them out of the way, and that He did not consider them the owners of the land but rather squatters.

I see that as a wonderful instance of Grace. You pointed out the time involved, during which God waited until they heard The Good News and had the opportunity to accept Redemption. In the event, mostly, they rejected Him when all He wanted was to love them. He could have sent calamity at any time but waited yet still they didn't want Him. What choice did He have?

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

So, did BoJo actually do anything besides call for others to do stuff and throw parties? For goodness sake the man called himself a conservative! Shouldn't he have been trying to destroy the British federal government, undermining democracy, abolishing taxation, replacing the British Constitution with the KJV 1611 Bible, eliminating gun control regulations, and building a wall on Britain's southern border with Poland and making the Polacks pay for it? Those people don't even know the meaning of the word "conservative."

[Didymus Much]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

... Call the help to solve problems. I say, Cummings, let's put something out on the dratted Middle East situation, once and for all - I want you to put out a call for peace. And while you're at it, bring toasted muffins and cocoa for the cabinet. Call nanny to tuck us in and read a story!

Expected to read something about tiffin, leaving disappointed.


full disclosure: as a North American, has no idea what "tiffin" is

fuller disclosure: as a denizen of the internet in 2022, has also forgotten what Google does

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

As you know, I like to stay informed about world news. Let's check in on the BBC and see what's up in the UK this week:

• Boris Johnson calls on NATO to go global
• Boris Johnson calls Putin a war criminal, urges UN vote against invasion
• Boris Johnson calls for Russia to be stripped of hosting Champions League final
• Boris Johnson calls on world to wean off Russian oil, gas
• Boris Johnson calls on China to speak out over Ukraine war
• Boris Johnson criticises RT and calls for Ofcom review
• Boris Johnson calls for all immigrants to learn English and criticises lack of integration
• Boris Johnson calls to relax green target
• Boris Johnson: "We got the big calls right"
• Boris Johnson faces calls to resign over "bring your own booze" garden party during COVID lockdown
• Kate+William on Carribbean tour

Looks like Boris has become the leader we all hoped he would be - look at him leading everyone, calling for things. Brexit must've been a success after all. China, Russia, the UN, NATO and all immigrants will be jumping to attention shortly.

Not to be outdone by Boris The Poorest, Rishi the Richest, leader of the free world (excl. EU, US, India, China, Russia) has started calling for things.

Rishi Sunak urges world to move faster on renewable energy

Is this the new model of leadership in the UK? Call the help to solve problems. I say, Cummings, let's put something out on the dratted Middle East situation, once and for all - I want you to put out a call for peace. And while you're at it, bring toasted muffins and cocoa for the cabinet. Call nanny to tuck us in and read a story!

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

This is proof that white people are the real Native Americans. So can we finally stop mollycoddling the Indians? We gave them land, we gave them elementary school educations, we gave them land use acknowledgements, we let them build casinos--dens of iniquity, all--and they're still not satisfied. It's time they adopted Christianity instead of their pagan gods (most of whom are fish or wild animals) and became American citizens. If they don't like that, then they can get their drunken, lazy behinds back to wherever they came from.

The Red Man is a most enigmatic breed. The Bible is mysteriously silent on the indigenous savages of the Americas, so they're mostly absent from Christian theology (unless you're a Mormon heretic). What is clear however is that they were really deep into demon worship. Jesus died for their sins, and it was over 1,500 years until any of them knew it. The fact that they all started dying and their "civilizations" collapsing immediately upon the arrival of the White Man is solid evidence that God wanted them out of the way, and that He did not consider them the owners of the land but rather squatters.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

This is proof that white people are the real Native Americans. So can we finally stop mollycoddling the Indians? We gave them land, we gave them elementary school educations, we gave them land use acknowledgements, we let them build casinos--dens of iniquity, all--and they're still not satisfied. It's time they adopted Christianity instead of their pagan gods (most of whom are fish or wild animals) and became American citizens. If they don't like that, then they can get their drunken, lazy behinds back to wherever they came from. :indian:

China wasn't it? Or one of these:

Manchuria
Irkutsk
Mongolia
Yakutsk
Kamchatka

must be something in the water.

[WWJDnow]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

This is proof that white people are the real Native Americans. So can we finally stop mollycoddling the Indians? We gave them land, we gave them elementary school educations, we gave them land use acknowledgements, we let them build casinos--dens of iniquity, all--and they're still not satisfied. It's time they adopted Christianity instead of their pagan gods (most of whom are fish or wild animals) and became American citizens. If they don't like that, then they can get their drunken, lazy behinds back to wherever they came from.

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

If Texas (as an oil-rich theocracy) is the Saudi Arabia of the USA, then that makes Oklahoma our Yemen, a miserable little dirt-poor pissant shithole. Lovely people though, they all like rodeos and vote Republican.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

NEWS ALERT!

Brother Dr. Toole, Sir, I observe that the sub-headline on your link begins:

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma?

My father taught me, and my husband confirms this, that if a BBC headline ends with a question mark then the answer is generally "No".

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Breaking news from the BBC

NEWS ALERT!

The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.

Not everyone is convinced though: "The veracity of the Heavener stone as a Viking artifact is problematic. The linguistic evidence is ambiguous. However, historical evidence from the 19th Century… strongly suggests the stone is a 19th-Century creation of a Scandinavian immigrant."

Because carvings made in stone can't be dated using traditional scientific methods, researchers look to contextual evidence, such as additional Viking artefacts or activity in the area; however, none has been found.

Despite that, fans of Viking lore come from all over the world to visit Heavener Runestone Park. "When I first started here five years ago, we had around 400 people a month; now we could have 2,000 people or more on a regular weekend."

No evidence may prove that they definitively did, but no evidence proves that they definitively didn't either.

Rediscovering America is a BBC Travel series that tells the inspiring stories of forgotten, overlooked or misunderstood aspects of the US

This looks like it might be a segment worth following. Those interested in mysterious Vikings, please also check out the Loch Ness monster on BBC Scotland.