I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I generally just stick with tuna (well drained as you say) and mayo. But a dash of fresh lemon juice and a few grinds of black pepper make all the difference in my view.
American elections which specialise in the negative campaign must have every ad agency in the US queuing up. All the stuff that they couldn't use because of issues with their own candidate have disappeared into the ether.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I generally just stick with Tuna (well drained as you say) and mayo. But a dash of fresh lemon juice and a few grinds of black pepper make all the difference in my view.
'Mayo' covers an absolute multitude of possibilities, including a lot of ultra-processed nasties. Make your own mayonnaise, it's the only way.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
That sounds frankly delicious and has made me want to make something similar. Being chronically cheap I'd find it hard to buy the expensive tuna though.
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
Looking forward to the PB posters who said they very, very reluctantly - oh yes, so very reluctantly - backed Trump solely because of Biden's age and unfitness to be President now explaining why they still back Trump.
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
Yes, but if you say this @Mexicanpete totally loses his shit
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I generally just stick with Tuna (well drained as you say) and mayo. But a dash of fresh lemon juice and a few grinds of black pepper make all the difference in my view.
'Mayo' covers an absolute multitude of possibilities, including a lot of ultra-processed nasties. Make your own mayonnaise, it's the only way.
A retired person’s post, if you don’t mind me saying …
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
American elections which specialise in the negative campaign must have every ad agency in the US queuing up. All the stuff that they couldn't use because of issues with their own candidate have disappeared into the ether.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
The Ortiz Bonito Tuna fillets are very nice. Expensive - but so good for a treat.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I generally just stick with Tuna (well drained as you say) and mayo. But a dash of fresh lemon juice and a few grinds of black pepper make all the difference in my view.
'Mayo' covers an absolute multitude of possibilities, including a lot of ultra-processed nasties. Make your own mayonnaise, it's the only way.
French supermarkets do an amazing mayonnaise with Dijon mustard. I always bring a bottle back intending to use it for remoulade but just slather it over chips.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I generally just stick with tuna (well drained as you say) and mayo. But a dash of fresh lemon juice and a few grinds of black pepper make all the difference in my view.
Why do so many tuna sandwich suppliers insist on putting the abominable aberration that is sweetcorn, into otherwise reasonable tuna? It doesn’t belong on pizza either.
American elections which specialise in the negative campaign must have every ad agency in the US queuing up. All the stuff that they couldn't use because of issues with their own candidate have disappeared into the ether.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
Classic Rogerdamus.
Advertising is one thing he does know about, though.
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
You have no idea if I have ever flagged anyone.
Oh yes I do
No you don't!
( Perhaps we ought to stop this now. Shame about the flag though.)
Have read that the lack of an endorsement in the letter was because it's an official government communication and the endorsement would be a violation of the Hatch Act.
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
I refer you to my previous posts about my disapproval of spectrum diagnoses. It may be the fashionable view to consider X as being on a spectrum, but this leads to people at one end being considered the same as another, with deleterious results. The concept of a threshold is important here.
American elections which specialise in the negative campaign must have every ad agency in the US queuing up. All the stuff that they couldn't use because of issues with their own candidate have disappeared into the ether.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
This Kamala one from 2020 should give some idea of what to expect.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
John Kerry was also a prosecutor, fat lot of good it did him against Bush!
Yes, but the contrast of being young and articulate vs dozy Donald will draw sharp attention to Trump also being too old and mentally unfit.
It will send Trump wild to lose to a black female.
Trump has charisma, Harris does not.
Harris is the candidate of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and liberal lawyers as Hillary was, not the manufacturers and farmers and small business people Trump is (even Biden had more appeal to them as he showed in 2020)
You read too much into the Harris/Hillary “not the candidate of the rust belt” thing, IMHO.
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost in the rust belt by very thin margins. The reason that happened was because she didn’t campaign in the right places and was too complacent, which has been written about at length.
Harris must know the path to victory is through those states. She will not make the same mistake as Clinton. For all the people she might not enthuse, there may be others that Biden would have struggled to get out to vote e.g fired up voters who want to elect the first woman president or those worried about Biden’s faculties.
At this stage, I find it impossible to call. It is simply too close.
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
Have you considered combining your profession with you avocation?
As in, selling sandwiches by post? Just imagine - "Sandwich of the Week (Not Necessarily) Club"!
Or for that matter the magnificent early 19th century town planning of Wick, on a parallel with Bath. (Not surprising, as the same chap was involved in both.)
Actually, a great number of people saying that Harris is doomed here today, were the same people that were projecting a decade of Johnson in 2021 and 2022.
I am not making a prediction - but politics is febrile and unpredictable.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
John Kerry was also a prosecutor, fat lot of good it did him against Bush!
Yes, but the contrast of being young and articulate vs dozy Donald will draw sharp attention to Trump also being too old and mentally unfit.
It will send Trump wild to lose to a black female.
Trump has charisma, Harris does not.
Harris is the candidate of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and liberal lawyers as Hillary was, not the manufacturers and farmers and small business people Trump is (even Biden had more appeal to them as he showed in 2020)
You read too much into the Harris/Hillary “not the candidate of the rust belt” thing, IMHO.
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost in the rust belt by very thin margins. The reason that happened was because she didn’t campaign in the right places and was too complacent, which has been written about at length.
Harris must know the path to victory is through those states. She will not make the same mistake as Clinton. For all the people she might not enthuse, there may be others that Biden would have struggled to get out to vote e.g fired up voters who want to elect the first woman president or those worried about Biden’s faculties.
At this stage, I find it impossible to call. It is simply too close.
Now all we need is for Trump to pop his clogs and head off to hell, to turn the markets over again.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
That sounds frankly delicious and has made me want to make something similar. Being chronically cheap I'd find it hard to buy the expensive tuna though.
Some less pricey alternatives . . . in the pet food aisle . . .
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Nurse! I’ve found him! He’s here.
I don’t think that Harris can win.
She can, but it is a difficult path. She has to energise and get out the female vote, and the young vote.
A good Veep choice too. A balancing ticket from a Mid-West state probably.
I think she'll go for the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear.
He would be by far the best choice - if he's willing. He may not be.
I think he would be. If he wins, he's in a very good position in 2032 (when he'll be in his mid-50s). If he loses but goes down swinging, he's reasonably well placed for 2028.
Actually, a great number of people saying that Harris is doomed here today, were the same people that were projecting a decade of Johnson in 2021 and 2022.
I am not making a prediction - but politics is febrile and unpredictable.
Indeed, the Venn diagram is almost a single circle.
American elections which specialise in the negative campaign must have every ad agency in the US queuing up. All the stuff that they couldn't use because of issues with their own candidate have disappeared into the ether.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
Classic Rogerdamus.
Advertising is one thing he does know about, though.
He's worth it for following tips on the Oscars. The only exception.
Why? Because it's full of people who think exactly like him.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
That sounds frankly delicious and has made me want to make something similar. Being chronically cheap I'd find it hard to buy the expensive tuna though.
Some less pricey alternatives . . . in the pet food aisle . . .
Also some MORE expensive!
Sainsbury's Delicious Recipes Tuna Whole Loin in Jelly Adult 1+ Years 70g. Only 85p. Yum.
He wasn't doing well against Boris - Boris! - until Boris exploded both himself and the Conservative Party. Remember that within the last parliament, we were discussing which Labour MPs would move over to the Tories...
And I think the GE shows that, as a very generalised point, the Conservatives lost the election, rather than Starmer winning it. This should be a concern for Labour supporters going forward.
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
I can't see any bookmaker giving you odds on whether Trump has been the other party in an abortion.
Actually, a great number of people saying that Harris is doomed here today, were the same people that were projecting a decade of Johnson in 2021 and 2022.
I am not making a prediction - but politics is febrile and unpredictable.
Trump remains the favourite. But he is no longer the shoo-in he was 24 hours ago. The race becomes about him again, rather than Biden. And there was a lot said at the GOP Convention last week that will concern Independents in the US - women especially.
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
1 in 3 women in the UK have had an abortion. I don’t know the US figures, but it is a very common procedure.
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
I refer you to my previous posts about my disapproval of spectrum diagnoses. It may be the fashionable view to consider X as being on a spectrum, but this leads to people at one end being considered the same as another, with deleterious results. The concept of a threshold is important here.
There is a threshold above which there is serious disability yes, but there is also a big zone between that and so-called normality (crudely speaking what was called Aspergers until he got Godwined).
Personally speaking I think without Autistic people we would all still be living in caves. Think Brunel, Babbage and Bazelgette.
Actually, a great number of people saying that Harris is doomed here today, were the same people that were projecting a decade of Johnson in 2021 and 2022.
I am not making a prediction - but politics is febrile and unpredictable.
Indeed, the Venn diagram is almost a single circle.
The way you've been flagged is a disgrace Pete, with a few certain users targeting you for no apparent reason. Attacks on your family especially with regards to autism and other things are really awful to see. You have my full support.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Nurse! I’ve found him! He’s here.
I don’t think that Harris can win.
She can, but it is a difficult path. She has to energise and get out the female vote, and the young vote.
A good Veep choice too. A balancing ticket from a Mid-West state probably.
I think she'll go for the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear.
He would be by far the best choice - if he's willing. He may not be.
I think he would be. If he wins, he's in a very good position in 2032 (when he'll be in his mid-50s). If he loses but goes down swinging, he's reasonably well placed for 2028.
If he is ambitious for the Presidency, yes.
The thing is, I'm not sure he is. He genuinely does seem to be more focussed on Kentucky and not especially interested in national politics. And I know they all *say* that but he acts as though he means it. Unlike, say, Newsom or Cuomo.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
1 in 3 women in the UK have had an abortion. I don’t know the US figures, but it is a very common procedure.
In addition Trump has been very evasive over whether any of his girlfriends or mistresses have had abortions.
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
1 in 3 women in the UK have had an abortion. I don’t know the US figures, but it is a very common procedure.
Especially as a morning-after pill would count.
But isn't the question both hypothetical and intrusive, even on here?
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
I can’t recall any specifics about Harris and abortion, so…
Imagine that Harris is the nominee. And then the question lands.
“Have you ever had an abortion?”
It could be a sit own interview with 60 Minutes. It could be a question during a debate.
Her answer is simple. “Yes”.
What does that do to the race? How does that land in swing states? How does it land in any state? Does she explain the circumstance?
Harris is a much more dangerous opponent for Trump. He cannot criticise her for actions or experiences from which he is precluded by virtue of… well… you know. He’s a bloke. He can’t have an abortion.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
John Kerry was also a prosecutor, fat lot of good it did him against Bush!
Yes, but the contrast of being young and articulate vs dozy Donald will draw sharp attention to Trump also being too old and mentally unfit.
It will send Trump wild to lose to a black female.
Trump has charisma, Harris does not.
Harris is the candidate of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and liberal lawyers as Hillary was, not the manufacturers and farmers and small business people Trump is (even Biden had more appeal to them as he showed in 2020)
You read too much into the Harris/Hillary “not the candidate of the rust belt” thing, IMHO.
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost in the rust belt by very thin margins. The reason that happened was because she didn’t campaign in the right places and was too complacent, which has been written about at length.
Harris must know the path to victory is through those states. She will not make the same mistake as Clinton. For all the people she might not enthuse, there may be others that Biden would have struggled to get out to vote e.g fired up voters who want to elect the first woman president or those worried about Biden’s faculties.
At this stage, I find it impossible to call. It is simply too close.
Also, Trump is now also the darling of the SV VC's. A16Y and Thiel are all on board with team Trump these days.
Coincidentally, they stand to make a boat-load of money if he follows through on his campaign policies.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
Mayonnaise.
We're not American.
Bugger that, what's wrong with British salad cream?
Can I ask Casino why he has given me a "troll" for a perfectly reasonable comment on the last thread? TSE has mentioned before that the troll button is not simply an opportunity to dismiss posts one disagrees with.
Because you were trolling, and that's what the button is for.
Parents paying for independent schools are already making the sacrifices you describe, including ourselves, and your bunch of charlatans turning the thumbscrews will force them out entirely.
No I wasn't. I made a perfectly reasonable point based on what others have been advising people struggling to heat their homes or put food on their tables.
You really are petty. If I "trolled" your posts that I disagreed with you would have a decent number of troll points. You have been posting here for almost twenty years and yet you still haven't got the hang of how site etiquette works.
I would prefer you to remove the flag, but I doubt you are big enough so to do.
I won't take an lectures from a man who's happy to mock and press a bruise that's personal to me and my family then.
I've told you about this before. If you persist in doing it then you deserve everything you get. And then you have the temerity to insult me on top as well.
Away with you.
Prat.
Well if you are so thin skinned you better give me another handful of flags.
Like you when autism comes up?
I would bet a pound to a bottletop that every single one of us is on the autism spectrum and further down it than we would care to admit.
I refer you to my previous posts about my disapproval of spectrum diagnoses. It may be the fashionable view to consider X as being on a spectrum, but this leads to people at one end being considered the same as another, with deleterious results. The concept of a threshold is important here.
There is a threshold above which there is serious disability yes, but there is also a big zone between that and so-called normality (crudely speaking what was called Aspergers until he got Godwined).
Personally speaking I think without Autistic people we would all still be living in caves. Think Brunel, Babbage and Bazelgette.
Well yesss, but I think that gray zone you are talking about should count as normal human variation. We cant (and shouldn't) medicalise everything.
I've just had my mail route changed. I've gone from a town route where Waitrose sold me sandwiches half way round my day, to a rural route where I need to make my own
I've been making myself the best tuna mayo sandwiches
I buy decent tinned tuna. Either Ortiz from Spain or Rio Mare from Italy. I think these cost about double the Waitrose own tins, but it's so worth it: the tuna is pink or white, not brown. And the flavour seems to somehow match the colour. Has to be well drained
I dice, quite finely, salad onions, cucumber and celery into the mix. I'm not a fan of raw celery; I can't imagine wanting to eat a bare, raw stick of it. But it adds a nice complimentary flavour to the tuna salad mix
More importantly the celery adds crunch. I think I learnt this from Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - without the crunch of celery, it's tuna slop
I then add loads of parsley and chives. I try to make up for the fact that these two glorious tasting herbs have been wasted as garnish for as long as I can remember
Then a dash of Dijon, and enough mayo to make it spread
I like it best in a fresh, buttered baguette
I make much better and a bit cheaper sandwiches than Waitrose
Try horseradish instead of Dijon. Horseradish with certain fish is magnificent. Perfect with mackerel, new potatoes and beetroot weirdly.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Nurse! I’ve found him! He’s here.
I don’t think that Harris can win.
I have no idea what will happen, but I very much hope you are wrong. I don’t know that the US can survive Trump’s return. He will be disastrous for the UK, in between undermining NATO and imposing import tariffs, as well as generally eroding the whole system of Western democracy.
Obama pays tribute to Biden but notably refuses to endorse Harris to succeed him as nominee. Makes clear he wants an open nomination process at the convention.
'This outstanding track record gave President Biden every right to run for re-election and finish the job he started. Joe understands better than anyone the stakes in this election — how everything he has fought for throughout his life, and everything that the Democratic Party stands for, will be at risk if we allow Donald Trump back in the White House and give Republicans control of Congress. I also know Joe has never backed down from a fight. For him to look at the political landscape and decide that he should pass the torch to a new nominee is surely one of the toughest in his life. But I know he wouldn’t make this decision unless he believed it was right for America. It’s a testament to Joe Biden’s love of country — and a historic example of a genuine public servant once again putting the interests of the American people ahead of his own that future generations of leaders will do well to follow.
Finally, Obama hints that he would like there to be an open nomination process at the Democratic convention scheduled to be held in Chicago in August:
We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges. I believe that Joe Biden’s vision of a generous, prosperous, and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August. And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond.' https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1815110737095721109
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The momentum for Harris will be unstoppable now.
Go all in on Kamala Harris beating Trump.
https://x.com/drjennings/status/1815107447029108828
Trump 62,984,828 votes
For the same reason, my views on the DfE can't be added to the list.
This should be a turkey shoot and hopefully a very funny one!
Is VP Harris acceptable, under the circumstances?
Especially given the circumstances.
In the dreams of Donald Trump, his fluffers and fellow MAGA-maniacs. Strait from Mar-a-Lardo spin cycle.
That’s the way you should sell WWIII
A good Veep choice too. A balancing ticket from a Mid-West state probably.
*Those who query it: Sage Derby.
( Perhaps we ought to stop this now. Shame about the flag though.)
https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1815093579078861256?t=DYcDr5leXRPMpogjNKzRHQ&s=19
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and lost in the rust belt by very thin margins. The reason that happened was because she didn’t campaign in the right places and was too complacent, which has been written about at length.
Harris must know the path to victory is through those states. She will not make the same mistake as Clinton. For all the people she might not enthuse, there may be others that Biden would have struggled to get out to vote e.g fired up voters who want to elect the first woman president or those worried about Biden’s faculties.
At this stage, I find it impossible to call. It is simply too close.
Just don't put them in the middle of the effing public highway.
It's not much to ask, is it?
* On topic: Has Chump ever said anything about 5G masts?
As in, selling sandwiches by post? Just imagine - "Sandwich of the Week (Not Necessarily) Club"!
I am not making a prediction - but politics is febrile and unpredictable.
I am so proud to serve under his leadership, and thankful for his unwavering focus on what is best for our country.
https://x.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1815091325772935356
Also some MORE expensive!
https://bathecho.co.uk/news/community/5g-pilot-go-bath-despite-opposition-106592/#:~:text=343%20people%20had%20objected%20to,urged%20councillors%20to%20refuse%20it.
They really got angry when their edits were reverted with others pointing out that we didn't know for sure Biden and Trump would be the nominees.
Why? Because it's full of people who think exactly like him.
And I think the GE shows that, as a very generalised point, the Conservatives lost the election, rather than Starmer winning it. This should be a concern for Labour supporters going forward.
Something had clearly addled their tiny brains which was ironic given they were afraid 5g would harm them!
https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1815095771093688351
Personally speaking I think without Autistic people we would all still be living in caves. Think Brunel, Babbage and Bazelgette.
I think we all thought he'd win, we just didn't think it'd be built on much and the debate was on how long.
However, given the ongoing shitshow in The Conservative Party I may have to revise my view that he might only last one term.
The thing is, I'm not sure he is. He genuinely does seem to be more focussed on Kentucky and not especially interested in national politics. And I know they all *say* that but he acts as though he means it. Unlike, say, Newsom or Cuomo.
We're not American.
classic.
But isn't the question both hypothetical and intrusive, even on here?
https://nitter.poast.org/harris_wins/with_replies
I am just saying a lot of these people are now saying Harris won't win.
Coincidentally, they stand to make a boat-load of money if he follows through on his campaign policies.
'This outstanding track record gave President Biden every right to run for re-election and finish the job he started. Joe understands
better than anyone the stakes in this election — how everything he has fought for throughout his life, and everything that the Democratic Party stands for, will be at risk if we allow Donald Trump back in the White House and give Republicans control of Congress.
I also know Joe has never backed down from a fight. For him to look at the political landscape and decide that he should pass the torch to a new nominee is surely one of the toughest in his life. But I know he wouldn’t make this decision unless he believed it was right for America. It’s a testament to Joe Biden’s love of country — and a historic example of a genuine public servant once again putting the interests of the American people ahead of his own that future generations of leaders will do well to follow.
Finally, Obama hints that he would like there to be an open nomination process at the Democratic convention scheduled to be held in Chicago in August:
We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges. I believe that Joe Biden’s vision of a generous, prosperous, and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August. And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond.'
https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1815110737095721109