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mjung@mjung

September 08, 2024

I've Seen the Future in London and it looks Grim.
Having just returned from a trip to London I've seen things that portend a nasty future on the roads for motorists everywhere else. All over the city the speed limit is now 20 miles per hour. On the few freeways that exist within the city the speed limit is 30 miles per hour. Have you driven at these speeds for prolonged periods of time? It's awful. And if you drive too fast, a litany of speed cameras will quickly send you a ticket. Cab drivers are frustrated and angry. What if there's heavy traffic and you decide to take a shortcut? Ticket. Many roads have essentially been privatized and equipped with cameras to punish those who stray into them. My friend in London has lost his shortcut route to work as a result.
Cabbies can also be ticketed for picking up passengers in an inappropriate location. One complained that it's difficult to find a place to park to go to the washroom. Add to that more bus lanes, cyclists, and scooters and you have a cocktail of frustration. I was also shocked to see that motorists have to pay five pounds to drop someone off at the airport. I tremble to think that our (Canadian) road engineers are getting ideas if they visit London.
As I was leaving London, Keir Starmer had turned his focus to going after customers drinking and smoking outside pubs. It's extremely common after quitting time to see customers standing outside drinking and smoking. This upsets Starmer and he's planning on snuffing it out. Nigel Farage, a drinker and smoker, has promised to oppose the government, although he lacks the number of MP's to do it. London is losing its lustre for me. It's a city full of cameras, full of the state smacking motorists on the wrist, and full of big brother starting to make his presence felt.

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Zarael@Zarael

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What´s it like after more than two year living in Russia

My Fellow Duranians,

after a long wait I was able to catch up with our very own Peter Frohwein who left the US over 2 years ago and has been living in Crimea.
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The Duran@theduran

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Macron panics as Le Pen WINS hate speech court case

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Kevin Kirk@Cambridge_Boy

2 hours ago

The person who prepared the Molotov cocktails and urged extreme right wing youths to set fire to the Trade Union building in Odessa has just been killed. He was an extremist right sector leader and the head of the Orthodox Jewish community in Odessa. Rest in Hell!

https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/12/13/1932606.html?ysclid=mj54n6ensk66547831

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Robe Warrior@PatheticAlbion

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Zarael@Zarael

June 17, 2024

A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"

I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad !

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

Hope to see you all asap.

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The Duran@theduran

September 29, 2023

Locals Community Private Telegram Messaging

Locals will be sunsetting the private messaging feature throughout the Locals website. In order to keep our private messaging active we have created a private Telegram messaging group called 'The Duran Locals.'

This is a private channel open only to our Locals subscriber community. In the private Telegram group you can send a message to the group or a private message to Alex or Alexander via a direct Telegram message.

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