politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tonight’s Trump news – the payoff just before WH2016 and the D
politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tonight’s Trump news – the payoff just before WH2016 and the Donald urinal
NEW: A lawyer for Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, per people familiar.https://t.co/KZhdex7UKE
Comments
-
1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...0 -
Sad0
-
This will be like Palmerston fathering another bastard. It will just make him more popular.0
-
No doubt he will be claiming he is hard up after coughing up that dough!0
-
nothing that a bit of athleticism wouldn't overcome?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...0 -
Will anything take him down - he seems invincible to scandal and crass stupidity.
Never mind his term will be over one day and hopefully the US will then get a decent POTUS0 -
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.0 -
Well, I am glad I had my dinner before seeing that.
My dinner, BTW, was pasta al pesto. Not, I am sure you realise, the disgustingly sour green sauce in a jar that passes for pesto in most supermarkets. No - homemade pesto with the leaves of one of my two flourishing basil plants. Oil, pine nuts and parmesan. And nothing else - no coriander or garlic or anything else. And no chocolate of any description.
It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too.
I realise that this is nothing to do with Trump or Brexit or Young or May. But after that picture a reminder of one of the small joys of life is in order, I feel.0 -
No. We might get it all over the floor and that would never do, would it......ReggieCide said:
nothing that a bit of athleticism wouldn't overcome?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
0 -
We can laugh, but we cannot hide.
This stuff doesn't matter, but I do think that whoever took the top picture should have used the anti red eye setting.
That is all.0 -
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.0 -
Thank you. A much nicer image than the urinal.Cyclefree said:Well, I am glad I had my dinner before seeing that.
My dinner, BTW, was pasta al pesto. Not, I am sure you realise, the disgustingly sour green sauce in a jar that passes for pesto in most supermarkets. No - homemade pesto with the leaves of one of my two flourishing basil plants. Oil, pine nuts and parmesan. And nothing else - no coriander or garlic or anything else. And no chocolate of any description.
It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too.
I realise that this is nothing to do with Trump or Brexit or Young or May. But after that picture a reminder of one of the small joys of life is in order, I feel.0 -
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
Breaking news. The new shadow minister for buses -yes buses - is Reg Varney. There will be another reshuffle along soon.0
-
But is Obama going - now that would annoy him no endTheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Why on earth did anyone think Trump might come to Harry's wedding?
Obama didn't come to William's wedding.
Harry will be 6th in line to the throne by then - it's inconceivable that the US President - ie any US President - would come.
It will surely have far, far fewer "major public figures" than William's wedding - both because it's much less important and it's also in a much smaller venue meaning the total number of guests will be far smaller.0 -
You are taking the pissTheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
Japanese knotweed.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
BANG ON.Cyclefree said:
Japanese knotweed.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
Brilliant with lamb.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
The wonderfully named Stinking Corpse Lily.Cyclefree said:
Japanese knotweed.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
and free range pork.DavidL said:
Brilliant with lamb.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
Toms said:
Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?
My orange tree is also beginning to blossom. It is in the same room as the basil. The scent of orange blossom and mandarin blossom represents, for me, childhood in Naples, especially at Christmas, health and sensuousness and just sheer joy.
There is something absolutely miraculous about nature.
In my front garden I have Christmas box - sarcococca confusa. It is a small evergreen bush which between December and March has tiny white flowers which give off the most intense smell of vanilla. A few flowers, which you can barely see, will scent the entire street. It is so welcome at a time when so little else is flowering yet. And I regularly get people commenting on the scent. Every time you go in and out of your house you get this wonderful perfume. It lifts the spirits.
And as well my Yuletide camellia is flowering: bright red with yellow stamens. And the iris reticulata is about to flower too. Little miracles of beauty they are.
The tits are beginning to build their nests as well. Oh I could go on. But won't.
There is so much to be joyful about if we only take the time to sit and stare.......0 -
On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.0
-
Stinkhorn.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?
EDIT I see @John_M thinks along similar lines.0 -
Leylandii. Boring, persistent and a really irritating neighbour. Given the opportunity it will drown out everything else.John_M said:
The wonderfully named Stinking Corpse Lily.Cyclefree said:
Japanese knotweed.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
Pasta with courgettes - chopped up finely and quickly stir-fried in a little oil - with fresh mint. Mmmmmm.......Sean_F said:
and free range pork.DavidL said:
Brilliant with lamb.Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?0 -
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
-
Your posts are a joy - please keep them comingCyclefree said:Toms said:Cyclefree said: "It is perfectly possible to keep basil plants growing well if you water them frequently and keep them in a south-facing room. Mine have been going since the summer. And my rosemary cuttings are doing very well too."
Rosemary is probably my favourite herb. Mine in the garden perseveres to grow under all conditions, smells nice, and represents for me, almost magically, health and goodness.
Do I demean Mother Nature by wondering what plant Trump would be?
My orange tree is also beginning to blossom. It is in the same room as the basil. The scent of orange blossom and mandarin blossom represents, for me, childhood in Naples, especially at Christmas, health and sensuousness and just sheer joy.
There is something absolutely miraculous about nature.
In my front garden I have Christmas box - sarcococca confusa. It is a small evergreen bush which between December and March has tiny white flowers which give off the most intense smell of vanilla. A few flowers, which you can barely see, will scent the entire street. It is so welcome at a time when so little else is flowering yet. And I regularly get people commenting on the scent. Every time you go in and out of your house you get this wonderful perfume. It lifts the spirits.
And as well my Yuletide camellia is flowering: bright red with yellow stamens. And the iris reticulata is about to flower too. Little miracles of beauty they are.
The tits are beginning to build their nests as well. Oh I could go on. But won't.
There is so much to be joyful about if we only take the time to sit and stare.......0 -
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
I am sure the contrast does make you particularly harsh in your assessments of your native city. But you should reflect that for Yorkshire it really isn’t that bad.TheScreamingEagles said:
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
Yorkshire was the site of the Garden of Eden.DavidL said:
I am sure the contrast does make you particularly harsh in your assessments of your native city. But you should reflect that for Yorkshire it really isn’t that bad.TheScreamingEagles said:
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
Pickles is the man to renew and rejuvenate the upper chamber. It will never seem more relevant, dynamic and valuable.0
-
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.0 -
What happened to him? I always presumed he had stood down due to ill health.Scott_P said:0 -
No wonder Eve thought sod this, I need some clothes. It’s a bit parky.TheScreamingEagles said:
Yorkshire was the site of the Garden of Eden.DavidL said:
I am sure the contrast does make you particularly harsh in your assessments of your native city. But you should reflect that for Yorkshire it really isn’t that bad.TheScreamingEagles said:
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
Nidderdale.TheScreamingEagles said:
Yorkshire was the site of the Garden of Eden.DavidL said:
I am sure the contrast does make you particularly harsh in your assessments of your native city. But you should reflect that for Yorkshire it really isn’t that bad.TheScreamingEagles said:
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
Sunderland is a shit hole.
Back in 2003 I went to watch a match there with two friends, drove there, and this was in the era before sat navs, leaving the match I got lost.
I pulled over, put the windows down, and was about to ask a lady
'Can you tell how I get to the A19'
Before I could ask her, she replied with
'I don't do gang bangs'
She then walked off0 -
He said it in public, he's the president and he said it about nations with certain things in common.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
Its different.0 -
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.0 -
-
Sheffield - what a shithole....TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
Hope you had better luck with the next one.TheScreamingEagles said:Sunderland is a shit hole.
Back in 2003 I went to watch a match there with two friends, drove there, and this was in the era before sat navs, leaving the match I got lost.
I pulled over, put the windows down, and was about to ask a lady
'Can you tell how I get to the A19'
Before I could ask her, she replied with
'I don't do gang bangs'
She then walked off0 -
Jared?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
TSE couldn't possibly comment. It's a family forum, after all.DavidL said:
Hope you had better luck with the next one.TheScreamingEagles said:Sunderland is a shit hole.
Back in 2003 I went to watch a match there with two friends, drove there, and this was in the era before sat navs, leaving the match I got lost.
I pulled over, put the windows down, and was about to ask a lady
'Can you tell how I get to the A19'
Before I could ask her, she replied with
'I don't do gang bangs'
She then walked off0 -
Also the context was we don’t want anybody from those places, which is very different from saying that a particular place is a dive.Jonathan said:
He said it in public, he's the president and he said it about nations with certain things in common.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
Its different.0 -
There is no beginning to his class.ReggieCide said:
Jared?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
The rare, if not unique, exception.ReggieCide said:
Jared?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
What is Ruth up to?
https://twitter.com/ruthdavidsonmsp/status/9519341925558435850 -
Was too scared to ask anyone after that, I had visions of being charged with kerb crawling, which would have been sub optimal career wise.DavidL said:
Hope you had better luck with the next one.TheScreamingEagles said:Sunderland is a shit hole.
Back in 2003 I went to watch a match there with two friends, drove there, and this was in the era before sat navs, leaving the match I got lost.
I pulled over, put the windows down, and was about to ask a lady
'Can you tell how I get to the A19'
Before I could ask her, she replied with
'I don't do gang bangs'
She then walked off
Just drove until we found the A1.0 -
past tense notedTheScreamingEagles said:
Yorkshire was the site of the Garden of Eden.DavidL said:
I am sure the contrast does make you particularly harsh in your assessments of your native city. But you should reflect that for Yorkshire it really isn’t that bad.TheScreamingEagles said:
You misunderstand me, I've been to Scotland many times.DavidL said:
Well you do live in Sheffield.TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
0 -
@Isikoff: BREAKING: House Ds will push censure resolution next week to condemn POTUS for shithole comments, demanding GOP leaders bring it to floor. "The President's bigoted fear mongering...warrant total condemnation and censure from Congress," say Reps. Richmond (CBC chair) and Nadler0
-
I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?0 -
That needs a new threadTheScreamingEagles said:
The rare, if not unique, exception.ReggieCide said:
Jared?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yes The Full Monty is set and filmed in the greatest city in the known universe.dixiedean said:
That is set in Yorkshire. Sheffield I believe. One may expect no better.TheScreamingEagles said:
Have you never seen The Full Monty?Beverley_C said:1st here
I would like to be first to use the Trump urinal but I face certain biological constraints ...
Features a scene with women using urinals.
As I have consistently shown, people from Sheffield have unlimited class.0 -
answers on a postcard pleasewilliamglenn said:What is Ruth up to?
https://twitter.com/ruthdavidsonmsp/status/9519341925558435850 -
Blimey, these are real trees. The things you learn on PB. I assumed this was a cod Latin joke that I wasn’t quite getting.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?0 -
They gave Obama a Nobel Prize for not being George Bush.
What on Earth will they give the man or woman wh follows Trump!?0 -
Nope. I am genuinely looking for a new bare root tree. I had to take out a goat willow as it was threatening my drains, so want to replace.DavidL said:
Blimey, these are real trees. The things you learn on PB. I assumed this was a cod Latin joke that I wasn’t quite getting.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?0 -
In my experience, obnoxious people aren't selectively obnoxious. If they are some variant of -ist, then the other -isms will be displayed - it's simply a matter of spending enough time listening to them.
On that basis, I'm surprised people are affecting surprise. What's the scoop? 'Trump continues to vie for the title of twattiest president?'. It's dog bites man stuff.0 -
I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners? Did George VI talk Churchill into making the decision to fight on? Was Elizabeth Layton the only private secretary to Churchill? Did Neville Chamberlain mop his brow to signal Conservative support for Churchill after his no surrender speech?0
-
Sorry - the film is Darkest Hour - The Darkest Hour is something entirely different.slade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners? Did George VI talk Churchill into making the decision to fight on? Was Elizabeth Layton the only private secretary to Churchill? Did Neville Chamberlain mop his brow to signal Conservative support for Churchill after his no surrender speech?
0 -
I have a betula - a silver birch. I will dig out the variety if you’d like to know more. Wonderful light green leaves turning a glorious yellow in autumn. They stay on for a long time. And the bark is beautiful. It is a very elegant and delicate tree. It does not dominate. But it is robust. Every few years I get it pruned but it needs very little looking after otherwise.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?
Amelanchiers are gorgeous too - with interest in all seasons.
Acers are wonderful. I have one. Just make sure it is not in a windy situation because that can shred the leaves.
I’m not a great fan of prunus. Beautiful in spring but a bit dull the rest of the year. Magnolias are superb but have a limited season so you want a tree that earns its keep all year round.
Look also at sorbus or the tulip tree or the Kashmir sorbus.
Good luck!0 -
Oh - and don’t forget the gleditsia.Foxy said:
Nope. I am genuinely looking for a new bare root tree. I had to take out a goat willow as it was threatening my drains, so want to replace.DavidL said:
Blimey, these are real trees. The things you learn on PB. I assumed this was a cod Latin joke that I wasn’t quite getting.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?0 -
It seems to me that the people who are so apalled by Trump tend to end up behaving as badly as he does. It shouldn't even be an occurence that UK politicians queue up to lay into a foreign head of state. It's juvenile and self-indulgent. As always, Boris Johnson gets it totally wrong in accusing Khan of endangering the special relationship - Khan shouldn't be grandstanding about any visiting dignitary, regardless of their perceived importance. Because it is poor form and the wrong thing to do.0
-
The Tulip tree is on my shortlist. I have an Amelanchier Ballerina in my back yard. The flowers are shortlived, but the leaves last well in autumn with bronze colour. It is a lovely tree.Cyclefree said:
I have a betula - a silver birch. I will dig out the variety if you’d like to know more. Wonderful light green leaves turning a glorious yellow in autumn. They stay on for a long time. And the bark is beautiful. It is a very elegant and delicate tree. It does not dominate. But it is robust. Every few years I get it pruned but it needs very little looking after otherwise.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?
Amelanchiers are gorgeous too - with interest in all seasons.
Acers are wonderful. I have one. Just make sure it is not in a windy situation because that can shred the leaves.
I’m not a great fan of prunus. Beautiful in spring but a bit dull the rest of the year. Magnolias are superb but have a limited season so you want a tree that earns its keep all year round.
Look also at sorbus or the tulip tree or the Kashmir sorbus.
Good luck!
Betula seem always to be a bit sickly round here, maybe they don't like the soil.
0 -
I see Labour now have a Shadow Minister for Fire, are they getting one for Earth and Wind too?
https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/9519244841094062080 -
Think I will go tomorrow night, though it seems to be mainly worth seeing for Gary Oldman's performance rather than the story itself. Adonis is not a fan thoughslade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners? Did George VI talk Churchill into making the decision to fight on? Was Elizabeth Layton the only private secretary to Churchill? Did Neville Chamberlain mop his brow to signal Conservative support for Churchill after his no surrender speech?
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/951953158699446277
Also want to see 'All the Money in the World' but will have to go next week as it is already now only on mainly in central London cinemas. 'The Post' is also out next week but looks like a liberal snoozefest so will wait until it gets to Netflix I think0 -
The best thing to do is to see which trees thrive best in your local conditions and which you like best of those.Foxy said:
The Tulip tree is on my shortlist. I have an Amelanchier Ballerina in my back yard. The flowers are shortlived, but the leaves last well in autumn with bronze colour. It is a lovely tree.Cyclefree said:
I have a betula - a silver birch. I will dig out the variety if you’d like to know more. Wonderful light green leaves turning a glorious yellow in autumn. They stay on for a long time. And the bark is beautiful. It is a very elegant and delicate tree. It does not dominate. But it is robust. Every few years I get it pruned but it needs very little looking after otherwise.Foxy said:I am looking for a frost hardy mid size specimin tree for my front garden, preferably with an upright habitus and good in clay soil, of year round interest. It is a reasonably sunny site.
I was thinking of an Acer Pseudoplatinus Brilliantisium, but perhaps a Prunus Kazan. Any thoughts?
Amelanchiers are gorgeous too - with interest in all seasons.
Acers are wonderful. I have one. Just make sure it is not in a windy situation because that can shred the leaves.
I’m not a great fan of prunus. Beautiful in spring but a bit dull the rest of the year. Magnolias are superb but have a limited season so you want a tree that earns its keep all year round.
Look also at sorbus or the tulip tree or the Kashmir sorbus.
Good luck!
Betula seem always to be a bit sickly round here, maybe they don't like the soil.
Crab apples are another possibility. As well as some proper apple trees.
Also, have a look at the website for Architectural Plants. They have some interesting choices.0 -
It's not often I agree with you (in fact, this might be the first), but yes you are right, very much so. This bien-pensant sneering about Trump is at best self-indulgent, at worst positively decadent. There are seven billion people on the planet, many of whom hold views that would make one gibber in fear. Karimov, the hellbound President of Uzbekistan, boiled his opponents alive, for pity's sake.Luckyguy1983 said:It seems to me that the people who are so apalled by Trump tend to end up behaving as badly as he does. It shouldn't even be an occurence that UK politicians queue up to lay into a foreign head of state. It's juvenile and self-indulgent. As always, Boris Johnson gets it totally wrong in accusing Khan of endangering the special relationship - Khan shouldn't be grandstanding about any visiting dignitary, regardless of their perceived importance. Because it is poor form and the wrong thing to do.
0 -
I have a Mulberry that seems to thrive, unlike other fruit trees nearby. It grows in some interesting shapes, and of course you can eat the produce eventuallyFoxy said:Nope. I am genuinely looking for a new bare root tree. I had to take out a goat willow as it was threatening my drains, so want to replace.
0 -
Anyhoo, all this banging on about shitholes gives me an excuse to big up Charlie Clouser, one of the several NIN alumni to make a living in soundtracks. Some of you may be familiar with his music from the Saw series, which consists of variations on a theme scattered along each film. The "Shithole" variation is not the best one (that's "Let Go") but it's still not bad. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNtqcOcNAe40 -
I note the reviews and those who have seen it, like it, but IMHO that scene should have been taken out and shot.slade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners?
For those who don't know, in the film Churchill, racked by doubt and en route to an important decision, is forced to ride the Tube where his doubts are quenched by a succession of London stereotypes urging the fight to continue.
It (the scene, not the film) is redolent of another film, from the 80's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8q3Q2JIJQQ
0 -
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.0 -
At the risk of crawling up my own arse, Adonis has Caravaggio wrong. Caravaggio was one of the masters of the lighting technique known as chiaroscuro, and his use involved strong light/dark contrast. You would pay good money to have your film lit as well as Caravaggio painted. Adonis means "murky", which Caravaggio exactly wasn't.HYUFD said:Adonis is not a fan though
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/951953158699446277
0 -
Views vary:archer101au said:
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-426711520 -
Once again Lord Adonis demonstrates that he’s nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is. No wonder he was never elected higher than a city council....viewcode said:
At the risk of crawling up my own arse, Adonis has Caravaggio wrong. Caravaggio was one of the masters of the lighting technique known as chiaroscuro, and his use involved strong light/dark contrast. You would pay good money to have your film lit as well as Caravaggio painted. Adonis means "murky", which Caravaggio exactly wasn't.HYUFD said:Adonis is not a fan though
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/9519531586994462770 -
Surely the reverse happened? It was shot and put it. AIUI it’s a device to illustrate Churchill’s internal conflict, rather than purporting to be an actual record of events. You were watching a drama, not a documentary.viewcode said:
that scene should have been taken out and shot.slade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners?
0 -
IndeedCarlottaVance said:
Once again Lord Adonis demonstrates that he’s nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is. No wonder he was never elected higher than a city council....viewcode said:
At the risk of crawling up my own arse, Adonis has Caravaggio wrong. Caravaggio was one of the masters of the lighting technique known as chiaroscuro, and his use involved strong light/dark contrast. You would pay good money to have your film lit as well as Caravaggio painted. Adonis means "murky", which Caravaggio exactly wasn't.HYUFD said:Adonis is not a fan though
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/9519531586994462770 -
I know it was a narrative device. Unfortunately, it's also a hackneyed narrative device, as illustrated by the clip I posted.CarlottaVance said:
Surely the reverse happened? It was shot and put it. AIUI it’s a device to illustrate Churchill’s internal conflict, rather than purporting to be an actual record of events. You were watching a drama, not a documentary.viewcode said:
that scene should have been taken out and shot.slade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners?
There's another, more subtle point. By reducing Churchill's resolution of his internal conflict to a chance event, it reduces his importance. To see what I mean here, imagine if he had not taken that Tube: would he have reached a different conclusion? Given what we know about Churchill, that seems implausible.
0 -
Happy to explain.archer101au said:
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.
Referring to countries where black and brown people come from as shitholes is racist because the implication is that those people are shit.
Referring to an individual place - let’s say a bar in London or a city in the USA as a shithole isn’t unless there is some clear ethnic marker about that place.0 -
Isn't this a dogs/animals divide? As in all dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs?rkrkrk said:
Happy to explain.archer101au said:
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.
Referring to countries where black and brown people come from as shitholes is racist because the implication is that those people are shit.
Referring to an individual place - let’s say a bar in London or a city in the USA as a shithole isn’t unless there is some clear ethnic marker about that place.
Some nations that have black and brown people in them may be shitholes, but not all the people from there are shit.0 -
I don’t really understand your point. I think it’s perfectly clear that what Trump said was racist and fits in very clearly with a bunch of other racist things he has said in the past.Philip_Thompson said:
Isn't this a dogs/animals divide? As in all dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs?rkrkrk said:
Happy to explain.archer101au said:
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.
Referring to countries where black and brown people come from as shitholes is racist because the implication is that those people are shit.
Referring to an individual place - let’s say a bar in London or a city in the USA as a shithole isn’t unless there is some clear ethnic marker about that place.
Some nations that have black and brown people in them may be shitholes, but not all the people from there are shit.0 -
10 new Con Peers and 3 new Lab Peers means a net gain for Con of only 7 - that's not enough to make any material difference to the outcome of many votes.Scott_P said:
Lab + LD currently lead Con by 50 - so that would fall to 43.
OK, Con almost always get significantly higher turnout than Lab but even so it means Crossbenchers generally have to break in favour of the Govt for Govt to win - and that generally doesn't happen, at least not on politically contentious stuff.0 -
Is there a hard limit on how many peers she can create?MikeL said:
10 new Con Peers and 3 new Lab Peers means a net gain for Con of only 7 - that's not enough to make any material difference to the outcome of many votes.Scott_P said:
Lab + LD currently lead Con by 50 - so that would fall to 43.
OK, Con almost always get significantly higher turnout than Lab but even so it means Crossbenchers generally have to break in favour of the Govt for Govt to win - and that generally doesn't happen, at least not on politically contentious stuff.
If the plan is for the transition period to essentially keep us under EU rules then I imagine that will pass easily with Lab peer support and maybe even the Lib Dems.
0 -
I expect Lord Adonis is probably a great admirer of Lord Halifax!CarlottaVance said:
Once again Lord Adonis demonstrates that he’s nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is. No wonder he was never elected higher than a city council....viewcode said:
At the risk of crawling up my own arse, Adonis has Caravaggio wrong. Caravaggio was one of the masters of the lighting technique known as chiaroscuro, and his use involved strong light/dark contrast. You would pay good money to have your film lit as well as Caravaggio painted. Adonis means "murky", which Caravaggio exactly wasn't.HYUFD said:Adonis is not a fan though
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/9519531586994462770 -
It’s also a metaphor for “ordinary people getting it right while elites get it wrong”. I can understand why it’s got some upset.viewcode said:
I know it was a narrative device. Unfortunately, it's also a hackneyed narrative device, as illustrated by the clip I posted.CarlottaVance said:
Surely the reverse happened? It was shot and put it. AIUI it’s a device to illustrate Churchill’s internal conflict, rather than purporting to be an actual record of events. You were watching a drama, not a documentary.viewcode said:
that scene should have been taken out and shot.slade said:I went to see The Darkest Hour tonight. Very absorbing film with some great performances. But does it sacrifice the truth for a good narrative? For example did Churchill ride the District Line and talk to a very PC group of Londoners?
There's another, more subtle point. By reducing Churchill's resolution of his internal conflict to a chance event, it reduces his importance. To see what I mean here, imagine if he had not taken that Tube: would he have reached a different conclusion? Given what we know about Churchill, that seems implausible.0 -
I think it's perfectly clear that Trump is racist.rkrkrk said:
I don’t really understand your point. I think it’s perfectly clear that what Trump said was racist and fits in very clearly with a bunch of other racist things he has said in the past.Philip_Thompson said:
Isn't this a dogs/animals divide? As in all dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs?rkrkrk said:
Happy to explain.archer101au said:
You are going to have to explain that to me. Why is referring to another country as a 'shithole' racist? (I am not arguing about Trump in general, just this specific comment).rkrkrk said:
Trump actually is racist though.Casino_Royale said:
Parts of the media (and the United Nations, i'm afraid to say) are helping Trump by hugely overplaying this and saying it's "racist".TheScreamingEagles said:On topic, I've lost count of the number of places I've called shit holes in the past.
Most people have used the phrase, in private, to refer to some place at some point.
The Mexican judge incident is proof enough of that, but he has a long history of racism.
The way he used shithole to refer to countries in Africa/Central America does make it racist.
Referring to countries where black and brown people come from as shitholes is racist because the implication is that those people are shit.
Referring to an individual place - let’s say a bar in London or a city in the USA as a shithole isn’t unless there is some clear ethnic marker about that place.
Some nations that have black and brown people in them may be shitholes, but not all the people from there are shit.
I don't think it's perfectly clear that what was said was racist or means what you said it did. It's only by proxy of the additional information that it was Trump who was saying it (and the rest of the conversation) that makes it racist.
He wouldn't have said it but had Obama said "we need to allow these people to remain, we can't send them back to those shithole nations" would that have been racist? Same phrase, completely different meaning.0 -
Not a precise limit in the public domain but I think she has to get it past the Cabinet Secretary and possibly others.rkrkrk said:
Is there a hard limit on how many peers she can create?MikeL said:
10 new Con Peers and 3 new Lab Peers means a net gain for Con of only 7 - that's not enough to make any material difference to the outcome of many votes.Scott_P said:
Lab + LD currently lead Con by 50 - so that would fall to 43.
OK, Con almost always get significantly higher turnout than Lab but even so it means Crossbenchers generally have to break in favour of the Govt for Govt to win - and that generally doesn't happen, at least not on politically contentious stuff.
If the plan is for the transition period to essentially keep us under EU rules then I imagine that will pass easily with Lab peer support and maybe even the Lib Dems.
Some people often talk about appointing huge numbers of new Peers but in practice that never happens.
Even so, a total of 13 does look on the very low side given there has been no proper list of party appointees since Cameron's resignation honours list which was 18 months ago.
(There have been odd appointments since then for new Ministers etc but not a proper list).0 -
Get with the program, Carlotta. We haven’t left yetCarlottaVance said:
0
