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Keir Starmer, in an interview with trhe New York Times, has said that he was put under pressure to be publicly critical of President Zelensky in the immediate aftermath of the Trump / Vance pile-on in the Oval Office.

Do you post with the intention of garnering laughing emojis ? Is that a measure of justification?

He needs to ensure he stays "the smartest guy in the room", which probably explains who he picks.

Europe better watch out if the US foreign policy is being determined on the basis on what language people speak. Belgium and Switzerland are totally fucked; Belgium's 3 official languages are Dutch, French, and German, so there won't be much left after the borders are redrawn. Much of Switzerland would have to be ceded to Germany, as would parts of northern Italy, and Austria would disappear in a second Anschluss. Then again, would we want the English speaking US back ? Apart, that is, from the Spanish majority districts that would become part of Mexico. Is this World view a result of the US education system ?

Steven Witkoff, US Special Advisor to the Middle East, has said that the results of the referendums that Russia held in the occupied ares of Ukraine demonstrate that the people there want to be Russian, completely ignoring the facts around those polls where those people that hadn't fled the military occupation, or been detained by the Russians, were asked at gunpoint whether they wanted to be assimilated. It appears that yet another of Putin's key demands has already been conceded. Mind you, given the views of Trump and his cronies towards elections, is this surprising.

This is from the British Gas site; The starting price for heat pump installation with British Gas is £7,999 – or £499 after the £7,500 government grant is added. However, many homes do need extra work to get the best performance from a heat pump. After the £7,500 government grant, the average price for our customers in 2023 was £5,690. ..........,.......... We have one and love it. We have no gas supply to our house, and previously had storage heaters, an immersion heater if we wanted a bath, and a wood burning stove for the living room, ( which replaced an old coal fire and back boiler ). When the heat pump was installed we also replaced the immersion tank and had new central heating radiators installed in every room, so the pump is now giving us central heating all round and also 'instant' hot water. Obviously this cost far more than simply putting in the heat pump. My wife says it is the best thing we have ever done. The most important things to consider are how the pump would integrate into existing heating and plumbing systems, and how well insulated your house is. Also, get at least two or three estimates - there are reports of installed pumps being under sized for the intended installation.

If DOGE actually had a plan, other than slash and burn, published what it intended to do and how it was going to be done, and tried to use established processes, there wouldn't be so much push back. It is the seemingly random, bull in a china shop approach, and the high-profile "OOPS" moments that have lost public support for what in principle is the Republicans enacting their "Small Government" ideal Those Republican "Town Halls" are so reminiscent of the "This is not the Brexit I voted for" buyer's remorse - I fully support what Trump is doing provided it doesn't impact me personally.

Anything you can do I can do better. There is much about Trump's second term that might be interpreted as indicating a megalomaniacal slide towards dictatorship, this isn't part of that. This is just a big man baby throwing a sulk.

Biden revoked clearance for Trump, this is just tit-for-tat.

Given the widespread nature of the current bird flu epidemic in the USA, why hasn't anybody suggested getting the birds to drink bleach ?

This Presidential term is just a course of vindictive revenge on everybody and anybody who he considers has slighted or opposed him.

Our 10 year old grandson's current favourite jokes; Einstein, Heisenberg, Pascal and Newton are playing hide and seek. Einstein covers his eyes and begins counting. While Heisenberg and Pascal run off and hide, Newton takes out some chalk and marks a square on the ground with a side length of exactly 1 metre, then sits down inside the square. When Einstein is finished counting and sees Newton sitting on the ground, he yells, "Ha, I've found you, Newton!". Newton however replies, "No you haven't! You've found Pascal! ................ Erwin Schrodinger is pulled over by the Police, who ask him if he has anything in the boot. "A cat" he replies, and the Police go to have a look. "This cat is dead" a Policeman says. Schrodinger replies "It is now" ....,.......... Werner Heisenberg is pulled over for speeding. The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?" Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!" The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!" Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!" .................. A chemistry lecturer and a student go into a bar, The lecturer says to the Batman " I'll have a glas of H2O", takes his drink and looks for a table. The student says "I'll have a glass of H2O too". His funeral is next week.

DEI strikes again, has the KKK taken control of the country ?

53 players in an American Football match squad, only 2 of whom actually kick the ball.

His kids might be gutted because they are his kids.

CONCACAF Nations League..... USA 0 -1 Panama Fuck you Donald

According to NBC, the Defence Department had flagged many photos and other images for removal from online sources, including photos of the Enola Gay ; https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/war-heroes-gay-plane-images-flagged-removal-pentagons-dei-purge-rcna195344

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If the Premier League held the same definition of winning as you, Saints would be clear at the top of the division.

Deluded of SWF strikes again.

I can just imagine Trump in the final scene in the oval office, grovelling on the floor begging for his life.

1) Donnie is sooooo in touch with public opinion; From an NBC News poll; "Where do your sympathies lie in the war between Ukraine and Russia ? Ukraine 61%, Russia 2%, neither 35%" "Where do you believe President Trump's sympathies lie in the war ? Ukraine 8%, Russia 49%, neither 40%" "Do you approve of the President's handling of the war ? Approve 42%, Disapprove 55%" "What are your feelings towards Russia ? Positive 6%, Negative 68%" "What are your feelings towards Vladimir Putin ? Positive 3%, Negative 84%" ....................................................................................... 2) The latest group of Federal workers to be targetted by DOGE are the engineers operating hydroelectric dams, where nearly 400 have been axed. .............................................. 3) Vladimir Putin 2022 - "The border with Ukraine is an artificial boundary". Donald Trump 2025 - "The border with Canada is an artificial boundary". ............................................. Come on GM, come on here and defend him.

25 thousand federal workers who have been sacked since Trump took office are being rehired following Court orders.

Despite having a conservative majority, due to Trump appointees, I do not think the Supreme Court would go with Bannon's interpretation of the purpose and wording of the 22nd Amendment. If Bannon and his clique start trying to gerrymader the SC into something that is compliant with his aims I suspect the Union will start to fragment. In the meantime, take the positives out of this report; "In a February interview with UnHerd, Bannon branded Musk “a parasitic illegal immigrant” who wants to toy with “freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions,” as reported by The New York Times."