We have an offence in UK law of โconspiracy to pervert the course of justiceโ.
Just wondering if there is something similar in the US?
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We have an offence in UK law of โconspiracy to pervert the course of justiceโ.
Just wondering if there is something similar in the US?
Surely they defend the territory by being part of NATO, or did I miss something?
17.01.2026 19:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A type of practice that I find interesting historically is the rigorously untrue. Astrology, for instance, was often a very tightly defined practice with a seriously requirement of learning: it just wasnโt actually real.
27.12.2025 03:00 โ ๐ 2046 ๐ 159 ๐ฌ 100 ๐ 65Just a little heartwarming story for this Season"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Need one of these for ocean wave power generation
19.12.2025 07:02 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0I think youโll find that private education is bought qualification, which is not the same thing. At least in this context.
10.12.2025 03:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Please tell me this is fake.
10.12.2025 03:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Women's Institute. An organisation for women in the UK. It's always been very conservative, but I had thought they were starting to enter the 21st century.
Seems like I was mistaken.
Never voted Labour in my life. BUT, I will if that helps to keep Reform out.
And yes I know how bad Labour seem at the moment.
But have to go for the lesser of two evils.
This is America today. It doesnโt have to be this way.
13.11.2025 15:04 โ ๐ 6666 ๐ 2625 ๐ฌ 348 ๐ 185What USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings):
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel
Has anyone been more thirsty for an endorsement for Governor?
08.11.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 6878 ๐ 1069 ๐ฌ 2040 ๐ 333His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.
#sad ๐คฃ
That's pretty much the exact ratio I'd have expected..
Man the state of American Christianity breaks my heart. It's never been great, but this seems a particularly dire era.
Every job should pay a decent wage and offer the sort of โbenefitsโ that the civilised world calls RIGHTS.
16.10.2025 16:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.
13.10.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 76 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Social media post: Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle Healthy societies don't lionize vigilante killers. Ali A Olomi @aaolomi a healthy society doesn't let people die because they can't afford their insulin
What we're fighting for could not be more obvious.
What's at stake are our lives or those of our loved ones.
It doesn't end until we win.
And the whole world heaves a sigh if relief.
10.10.2025 16:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We all wishโฆ
06.10.2025 07:09 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1You are right, I didnโt consider N Ireland. But even so I still donโt remember that many โmass shootingsโ. Memory suggests bombings but either way any number is far too many.
01.10.2025 16:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thatโs what science does.
Just saying.
Not wanting t get in an argument, but the figures for the UK seem unbelievable, speaking as a retired UK cop
I can remember two or maybe three in the last fifty years. I accept that I might have missed some, but so many?
Iโd really like to see some detail, like what makes a mass shooting?
if it is going to take decades, then surely the time to start doing it is now.
24.09.2025 08:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0He wasnโt funny then and god knows he isnโt funny now.
23.09.2025 09:13 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Photo of a hedge
Canadians are getting really tired of living above a crack house and are taking precautions
21.09.2025 05:33 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0