I did once read a very funny tale about Arnie and Terminator.James Earl Jones has died. Surely one of the most iconic voices in cinema history and, by all accounts, a genuinely nice guy as well.If only Darth Vader had retained Dave Prowse's voice. The greatest missed cinematic opportunity ever.
RIP and (for all you Pratchett fans) GNU.
Cathy I said as we sat in the Toby in Widnes ... Bridlington seems like a dream to me nowI wish I was homeward bound.F*** me!Chin up and make yourself useful. Paul Simon made a career and a fortune out of his desire to be away from Widnes.
I'm in Widnes tonight, anyone know where I can get an after hours tat to blend in?
I was less nervous when a hooker I had declined pulled a knife on me in Ikeja Island, Lagos, and a Nairobi taxi driver wanted to pick up his mate between the Nairobi Club and the Lillian Towers hotel. The Toby Inn in Widnes is far, far scarier. Presumably this national decline is post July 4th.
You Northerners really are brave!
What's more it's solid middle class compared to Ashington.
Likewise. I know several pensioners who used the WFA to pay for trips during their cruise. These sorts of bribes are extremely poor value for money. People used to say that the costs of administrating universal benefits saved the difference but that is nonsense. Who really thinks that taking CB away from those earning over £100k, like me, cost the state money? Of course it didn't. It cost me money but I was fortunate enough to afford it."ITV’s Anushka Asthana says the Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed 100% take-up [of Pension Credit] would eliminate any [WFA] savings."Why's that a bad thing? A much more efficient use of money; instead of funding millionaires, the cash is going to the pensioners who really need it (might even freeze to death according to the Telegraph).
Guardian blog.
FFS.
I am increasingly baffled by the Conservative approach to all this. It's blatant pandering to literal benefit scroungers.
"ITV’s Anushka Asthana says the Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed 100% take-up [of Pension Credit] would eliminate any [WFA] savings."Why's that a bad thing? A much more efficient use of money; instead of funding millionaires, the cash is going to the pensioners who really need it (might even freeze to death according to the Telegraph).
Guardian blog.
FFS.
There’s a few of us who try to add some balance in US reporting. @Alanbrooke @Driver @williamglenn @Luckyguy1983 and others actually read both sides of the American news. I try and post items of interest and especially to betting, rather than anything too hyperbolic or partisan nonesense.This site doesn't discuss anything that's "good" for Trump, which is unforgiveable on a betting site.BTW, given we seem to have a thread header out most times when there is negative polling for Trump, maybe we can have one for balance's sake as to the significance of the NYT / Siena poll.The poll says Trump should be favourite. Trump is favourite. Where's the betting angle? It's not like PBers get to vote in November, what with 1776 and all that.
@HYFUD highlighted it yesterday but the usual suspects who highlight every poll that is positive for Harris seem to have gone unusually quiet.
Trump 1.9
Kamala 2.2
The betting angle might be Betfair's market on the popular vote winner:-
Dem 1.37
Rep 3.6
It could lose people an awful lot of money come November.
Any houses being built ? New towns founded ?Lots of houses being built around here.