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Just a word of warning for anyone wanting to travel to the World Cup next year: think twice before posting on this thread.

Just for the record, I shitpost as much as many about Trump on here, but didn't have the slightest difficulty getting into the US last month.

So though we can blame him for undermining the rule of law, murdering random people on the high seas, undermining the economy, trashing the constitution and destroying America's standing in the free world, we can absolve him of the ultimate crime against humanity of banning PBers from the US.

He's not a monster after all.

I'm about to cancel my long-booked crossing to the US for next autumn, and am planning to take the dog to Crete instead.

Hope you see some splendid ruins.

He said he is cancelling his US trip.

Lawyer serves up ‘council estate dinner’ of chicken dippers and Sunny D

A solicitor has been criticised for throwing what she described as a ‘council estate dinner’ which featured Fray Bentos pies and spam fritters.

Sophie Murgatroyd posted on LinkedIn, ‘I love cooking for my friends... the theme of tonight's meal was "council estate dinner”’.

The lawyer said she cooked the main course and that it consisted of crispy pancakes, chicken dippers, turkey dinosaurs, potato waffles, smiley faces, oven chips, beans, Frey Bentos Pies and spam fritters.

Her two guests took care of pudding (Vienetta, spotted dick and custard, and ginger cake) and drinks (Sunny Delight and Buck’s Fizz).

https://www.rollonfriday.com/news-content/exclusive-lawyer-serves-council-estate-dinner-chicken-dippers-and-sunny-d

Some of those, I quite like.

Some privileged people can be remarkably tin-eared.

I cannot stand people who engage in snobbery and elitism.

It's only good fortune that places Sophie Murgatroyd where she is, and a council estate dweller where they are.

Indeed, I often think to myself but for the grace of Allah God I might have ended up in a different life.

Anyone who enjoys decent health, and who avoids personal tragedy, in a rich world democracy, has drawn first prize in the lottery of life. That was driven home to me by reading Bret Devereux's series, Life, Death, and the Peasant, detailing how the vast majority of people have lived, in the vast majority of times and places (and still live, in parts of the world).

Dictatorship, you say, Victor ?

Today, the Brusselians are crossing the Rubicon. At noon, a written vote will take place that will cause irreparable damage to the Union.

The subject of the vote is the frozen Russian assets, on which the EU member states have so far voted every 6 months and adopted a unanimous decision. With today’s procedure, the Brusselians are abolishing the requirement of unanimity with a single stroke of the pen, which is clearly unlawful.

With today’s decision, the rule of law in the European Union comes to an end, and Europe’s leaders are placing themselves above the rules. Instead of safeguarding compliance with the EU treaties, the European Commission is systematically raping European law. It is doing this in order to continue the war in Ukraine, a war that clearly isn't winnable. All this is happening in broad daylight, less than a week before the meeting of the European Council, the Union’s most important decision-making body, bringing together heads of state and government. With this, the rule of law in the European Union is being replaced by the rule of bureaucrats. In other words, a Brusselian dictatorship has taken hold.

Hungary protests this decision and will do everything in its power to restore a lawful order.
https://x.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1999358779763183953

If you're not too addicted to EU funding, there's a simple solution on offer.

Dear Mr Orban,

If you don't like it, you can always leave.

Sincerely yours,

rcs1000

Dictatorship, you say, Victor ?

Today, the Brusselians are crossing the Rubicon. At noon, a written vote will take place that will cause irreparable damage to the Union.

The subject of the vote is the frozen Russian assets, on which the EU member states have so far voted every 6 months and adopted a unanimous decision. With today’s procedure, the Brusselians are abolishing the requirement of unanimity with a single stroke of the pen, which is clearly unlawful.

With today’s decision, the rule of law in the European Union comes to an end, and Europe’s leaders are placing themselves above the rules. Instead of safeguarding compliance with the EU treaties, the European Commission is systematically raping European law. It is doing this in order to continue the war in Ukraine, a war that clearly isn't winnable. All this is happening in broad daylight, less than a week before the meeting of the European Council, the Union’s most important decision-making body, bringing together heads of state and government. With this, the rule of law in the European Union is being replaced by the rule of bureaucrats. In other words, a Brusselian dictatorship has taken hold.

Hungary protests this decision and will do everything in its power to restore a lawful order.
https://x.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1999358779763183953

If you're not too addicted to EU funding, there's a simple solution on offer.

Weirdly, Mr Orban has never had any problems with putting himself above laws. Or indeed, his mates Mr Putin and Mr Trump putting themselves above laws.

Of course Muslims can assimilate, and do.
This site wouldn’t run without an assimilated Muslim!
(That sounds vaguely offensive, apologies if so).

However, the larger the overall “Muslim” population, the slower that assimilation is going to take.

Thats why I generally favor a near-halt on migration from largely Muslim countries (Pakistan, Nigeria etc), save for the truly highly-skilled.

Careful they'll be calling you "islamophobic" next for this outbreak of sensible policy.

In my time on PB, I’ve been called an immigrant-hugging loon, a Britain-basher, a China-lover, an anti-Semite, and who knows, Islamophobic.

I am large, I contain multitudes!

I’ve been called far-right and a leftie by some of the more dim posters.

Somebody once complained to OGH about me being an Islamophobe because I once posted I didn’t want to live next door to a family of Muslims.

It was for their benefit, I didn’t want them feeling bad when they realise I am such a pious/devout Muslim and they couldn’t match my devotion.