A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
I am bored of this film now
it's going to be a long long 4 years. And beyond, one way or another.
And that's assuming we don't enter into a new world of war and recession.
I think a recession is inevitable - although we might get spared the worst of it by lots of military investment. As to war, it looks to me to be toss up between a war between Europe (including us) and Russia or a Civil War in the US. Maybe both.
Time for everyone to go hide out on an oil rig or something.
I still don't really get the Canada tariff thing. I totally get Mexico, Chayna, and even the EU to an extent. I am actually open to there being an end game - there has often been method in the madness previously. I'm also open to it being pure caprice, but I usually think Trump is after 'a deal' of some sort.
Trump sees tariffs as a source of revenue, which also boosts domestic industry. Win/win. Which contradicts a further supposed third aim of tariffs as leverage. In the first two cases you want to keep them permanently and therefore have no leverage.
Yes, I think Trump is a genuine mercantilist -- he's happy to use tariffs as leverage in deals, but he also thinks they're good for the US in themselves, so he's happy to go ahead and impose them. (And I suspect a lot of ordinary Americans who aren't particularly interested in the finer points of modern economic consensus would agree with him. Mercantilism makes a kind of intuitive sense, which I think is why it was standard behaviour for many countries for so long.)
Hey if you thought inflation was bad when Biden was in power - look how much (higher) I've improved it...
He'll obviously close the agencies that provide inflation data soon.
But voters will of course still be able to read the price increases on the shop stickers.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I still don't really get the Canada tariff thing. I totally get Mexico, Chayna, and even the EU to an extent. I am actually open to there being an end game - there has often been method in the madness previously. I'm also open to it being pure caprice, but I usually think Trump is after 'a deal' of some sort.
His end game is Canada being the 51st state. And will apply economic pressure in the hope they submit.
He tells us this frequently. Believe him.
Sure. But I don't buy that. If anything, his insistence on using the terminology of the 51st State makes that far less likely to happen.
I do think he's obsessed with all trade deficits and hates that the USA has one with Canada. Perhaps the mockery has a personal aspect on top of that.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
I am bored of this film now
it's going to be a long long 4 years. And beyond, one way or another.
And that's assuming we don't enter into a new world of war and recession.
I think a recession is inevitable - although we might get spared the worst of it by lots of military investment. As to war, it looks to me to be toss up between a war between Europe (including us) and Russia or a Civil War in the US. Maybe both.
Time for everyone to go hide out on an oil rig or something.
I don't think we are predicted to last very long in the event of hostilities.
On the plus side Netflix have released the latest in their $100 million deal with Harry and Meghan to deliver solid gold rating winners.
With Love……Meghan
Something to cheer you up in a troubled world
Whilst I did watch the previous stuff out of car crash curiousity this new one sounds dull as dishwater, still got the rest of future president Jimmy Donaldson's gameshow to get through
Someone described it as perfect filler material for Saturday Kitchen.
I do wonder if Netflix will ever get a return on their investment ?
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Can the King really receive Trump if he is involved in a massive attempt to break one of the King's dominions, and presumably nick it off him?
The first state visit didn't happen until the summer of 2019.
My working assumption is that Charles has a very busy schedule for the next 3.5 years. Unfortunately he is then unwell for a short period around the planned trip and no new date can be found...
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
Ferry's cover of "It Ain't Me, Babe" is wonderful.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I saw him about ten years ago at (whisper it) Colston Hall. Brilliant!
Arc of a Diver remains a hard to beat album. Not keen on ELO mind.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Some people are about to make a huge amount of money trading the volatility.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
One thing in Canadas favour . The government will step into help businesses effected . Will the US government step in to help businesses there ? Doubtful as that would imply tariffs are hurting and seeing as Trump started the trade war it might be a bit difficult to explain .
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Some people are about to make a huge amount of money trading the volatility.
Yesterday I suggested on here it was time to start placing some puts on the market before it started tanking. Did I get round to doing anything about it.........of course not.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Some people are about to make a huge amount of money trading the volatility.
Yesterday I suggested on here it was time to start placing some puts on the market before it started tanking. Did I get round to doing anything about it.........of course not.
I was thinking of trying to make some quick money out of defence shares . It seemed so obvious , I faffed around and didn’t get round to it and then saw them rise sharply .
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I’ve seen ELO twice. Fantastic both times. Richard Tandy was not playing the second time.
Great back catalogue and I liked the Album Discovery, when it came out.
Steve Winwood, phenomenal talent.
As for the best cover, maybe not the best but I love Dave Clark Five’s version of Everybody Get Together.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Some people are about to make a huge amount of money trading the volatility.
Yesterday I suggested on here it was time to start placing some puts on the market before it started tanking. Did I get round to doing anything about it.........of course not.
I was thinking of trying to make some quick money out of defence shares . It seemed so obvious , I faffed around and didn’t get round to it and then saw them rise sharply .
Depends if you think there is more to come with them. This may just be the beginning of a great run
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
He was touring the US, backing Eric last year. All you needed for Blind Faith were the ghosts of Ric Grech and Ginger Baker.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
What Trump does have in his favour of whatever the final settlement, he will proclaim it a great win, and his supporters will therefore proclaim it a great win and another success for Trump.
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
Some people are about to make a huge amount of money trading the volatility.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I saw him about ten years ago at (whisper it) Colston Hall. Brilliant!
Arc of a Diver remains a hard to beat album. Not keen on ELO mind.
There was a loose grouping in Brum in the 80's called the E Numbers. They only did random gigs, never any publicity, purely word of mouth. Always packed. Various members of ELO were in the line up. As good as you could want.
The guy on the tall bongos used to be able to skin up whilst playing.
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
Not exactly, as Canada is no longer a colony. Certainly awkward for Charies, though. What will he say about this during the state visit, I wonder ? He's traditionallg much less reticent about giving his own views than his mother was, with here there also being a lot at stake for Britain.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
One thing in Canadas favour . The government will step into help businesses effected . Will the US government step in to help businesses there ? Doubtful as that would imply tariffs are hurting and seeing as Trump started the trade war it might be a bit difficult to explain .
Completely undermines the narrative about DOGE too, president Elon won't allow it.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I saw him about ten years ago at (whisper it) Colston Hall. Brilliant!
Arc of a Diver remains a hard to beat album. Not keen on ELO mind.
There was a loose grouping in Brum in the 80's called the E Numbers. They only did random gigs, never any publicity, purely word of mouth. Always packed. Various members of ELO were in the line up. As good as you could want.
The guy on the tall bongos used to be able to skin up whilst playing.
I utterly despise Mr Blue Sky and Don't bring me down.
Perhaps it was simply that Jeff Lynn and Bev Bevan were big Tory donors back in the day. Although of course Steve Winwood's older daughter ( not Lily) is married to a Tory Grandee/ Treasurer.
MAGA Cult starting to say online that things economic could be getting quite bad shortly, but that this is a short term thing, a bumpy blip, whilst the Donald flushes the last of Biden's sick economics out of the system.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
One thing in Canadas favour . The government will step into help businesses effected . Will the US government step in to help businesses there ? Doubtful as that would imply tariffs are hurting and seeing as Trump started the trade war it might be a bit difficult to explain .
Also, Canada mostly exports raw materials to the US.
Will it be painful, time consuming and costly to find new export markets? Sure.
But will it eventually happen when Canada has a choice of every other country in the world? Definitely. And government financial aid to companies is the right thing to do in such circumstances to give companies time to respond to such a dramatic change in trading rules.
And it will be dramatically quicker to do so than it will be for the US to find and mine equivalent raw materials.
I don't think Donalt Trump has ever adhered to the 'wait an hour before responding' principle
Hasn't Canada said 25% tariff on 30billion of stuff? So what's Trump going do - make his tariff 50%?
Will the US military obey an order to invade Canada?
Canada's response was 25% tariffs on $30bn of goods immediately and on an additional $125bn in 21 days' time.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
One thing in Canadas favour . The government will step into help businesses effected . Will the US government step in to help businesses there ? Doubtful as that would imply tariffs are hurting and seeing as Trump started the trade war it might be a bit difficult to explain .
Completely undermines the narrative about DOGE too, president Elon won't allow it.
I suspect he may be quite willing as long as Tesla gets its share of the handouts.
Phew, Zelenskyy windows won't be smashed in tonight now he's paying the hood for protection.
Any Ukrainian leader who signs any kind of surrender deal is going to be as popular as a dose of the clap in Ukraine. It's highly possible that the White House contretemps was staged to give Zelensky cover to sign the deal - he will now be vaguely seen as having shown some pluck in the face of Trump's demands rather than just rolling over and accepting them.
MAGA Cult starting to say online that things economic could be getting quite bad shortly, but that this is a short term thing, a bumpy blip, whilst the Donald flushes the last of Biden's sick economics out of the system.
Then the glory days of America will appear.
They really are pathetic . They’ll stay in denial and hold onto the cult for as long as possible , even as Trump screws them.
A lot of bad news around at the moment, so if anyone needs cheering up, try this. Unbeknownst to most, country legend Glen Campbell made an absolutely superb cover version of Green Day's "Time of Your Life"
To my mind maybe one of the best cover versions of any song ever, he took it and made it perfect
And if that's not enough, while searching for this video, I found another cover version of the same song, which - tho not quite as good - does feature a ravishingly pretty girl with a gorgeous voice.
On covers Bryan Ferry does a lovely version of Back to Black in Jazz age fashion. Heresy but I get more from BF and Roxy than I do from Bowie nowadays.
Bob Dylan's Hard Rains A' Gonna Fall was one of Ferry's better covers. I hated his version of Jealous Guy.
Best cover? Reg Dwight's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things is a fab cover. For me the best covers of any song are either Tedeschi Trucks' cover of Angel from Montgomery, originally written by John Prine or Bonnie Raitt's cover of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood.
All good calls. I am a big fan of Winwood . Valerie is one of my favourite songs, but yeah, Bonnie Raitt's version is great. I discovered her when she was one of the Artists United Against Apartheid. I am also a big Cat Stevens fan and Sheryl Crow's version of First Cut is the Deepest is great.
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I am due to see Steve Winwood at Hyde Park on 13th July as he is one of the support acts for the last ever ELO concert.
I saw him about ten years ago at (whisper it) Colston Hall. Brilliant!
Arc of a Diver remains a hard to beat album. Not keen on ELO mind.
This is a perfect PB conversation, on the one hand, the potential end of the world in a nuclear meltdown driven by a lunatic American president, and yet, seamlessly interwoven, a discussion of the best cover versions of beloved songs, with a sub-dialogue about the way to profit from put options on Doomsday
By the way Arc of a Diver is one of my fave albums too, and While You See A Chance is in my top ten tracks of all time, without question
Indeed I love it so much, and it means so much to me, I listen to it sparingly, so I don't dilute its magic
It has become my go-to song when something really amazing and wonderful has happened in life - either for me or for those I love
eg As many know I was accused of rape in the late 1980s and went to prison for several months, then did months on bail, and jumped bail to live like a fugitive in London, and then finally I came to trial, and I had my trial at the Old Bailey - this taking a year out of my life, when I was continuously paralysed by the fact "Shit in a month I could be doing 7 years in jail and yet I am innocent..."
So the trial came and after four days of torment I was unanimously acquitted in short order and I literally leapt out of the dock - and then I ran out of the court, and out of the lobby, and all my family was crying and all my friends were shooting champagne in the sun outside the Old Bailey - and then this turned into a twelve hour riot of a party where even my Dad got involved in a foam fight and we had a £3 billion dinner in Soho for about forty people (paid for by the Sun who had become friends) and my God I went to bed at about 6am and when I woke up in the bright May snshine at about noon I had a few seconds of fear- thinking as normal, shit shit shit, my rape trial is looming - but then I realised WAIT NO YESTERDAY I WAS ACQUITTED, THAT'S IT, I AM FREE, IT'S ALL OVER, MY LIFE BEGINS AGAIN
And THEN I put on Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance" on volume 11 and OMG that was a moment, and that was THE song for that moment
MAGA Cult starting to say online that things economic could be getting quite bad shortly, but that this is a short term thing, a bumpy blip, whilst the Donald flushes the last of Biden's sick economics out of the system.
Then the glory days of America will appear.
They really are pathetic . They’ll stay in denial and hold onto the cult for as long as possible , even as Trump screws them.
Well a lot of the US maturing debt is very front loaded to 2025 and they increased the money supply on the way out too.
So they may have something here. Of course Trumps policies may be making it worse.
The press are idiots. They claimed we moved hotel which is stupid because we did move hotel. I mean come on folks?
JD Vance @JDVance These people are such idiots. We had a great time during our weekend in Vermont. We barely noticed the protesters and almost everyone we met was kind and generous. And Vermont is beautiful.
This headline about being moved to an “undisclosed location” is that we moved our hotel so the kids could have more privacy. We didn’t disclose it because the secret service doesn’t like when we advertise my location.
Yeah I've heard that too. Seems implausible as a recession also blows out the deficit. If it makes the US debt trajectory look sufficiently bad it could even drive up long end rates.
I still don't really get the Canada tariff thing. I totally get Mexico, Chayna, and even the EU to an extent. I am actually open to there being an end game - there has often been method in the madness previously. I'm also open to it being pure caprice, but I usually think Trump is after 'a deal' of some sort.
Trump sees tariffs as a source of revenue, which also boosts domestic industry. Win/win. Which contradicts a further supposed third aim of tariffs as leverage. In the first two cases you want to keep them permanently and therefore have no leverage.
Yes, I think Trump is a genuine mercantilist -- he's happy to use tariffs as leverage in deals, but he also thinks they're good for the US in themselves, so he's happy to go ahead and impose them. (And I suspect a lot of ordinary Americans who aren't particularly interested in the finer points of modern economic consensus would agree with him. Mercantilism makes a kind of intuitive sense, which I think is why it was standard behaviour for many countries for so long.)
Hey if you thought inflation was bad when Biden was in power - look how much (higher) I've improved it...
He'll obviously close the agencies that provide inflation data soon.
But voters will of course still be able to read the price increases on the shop stickers.
It would be more American to apply the tariff when you get to the till
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
It's not losing it that would be the problem, it's the 99 years of rent money Starmer would commit us to paying.
Starmer has forced Zelenskyy into a really shit deal. The USA handed over a couple of hundred old Ford F-350s and a hundred F15s, replacing them with two hundred new Abrams tanks and a hundred new F35s and charging Ukraine for the cost of the new price in minerals rather than the weigh in values.
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
It's not losing it that would be the problem, it's the 99 years of rent money Starmer would commit us to paying.
Starmer has forced Zelenskyy into a really shit deal. The USA handed over a couple of hundred old Ford F-350s and a hundred F15s, replacing them with two hundred new Abrams tanks and a hundred new F35s and charging Ukraine for the cost of the new price in minerals rather than the weigh in values.
Starmer "the Art of the Deal. W*****!
And yet the alternative may have been even worse. The U.S. with no material interest in the Ukraine, and so no reason to maintain political interest.
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints.
Merz proposed that defense spending above 1 percent of gross domestic product be exempted from the restrictions of Germany’s constitutional debt brake, which limits the structural budget deficit to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, except in emergencies.
Merz announced the deal to unlock defense spending alongside the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), with whom his conservatives are currently in talks to form a governing coalition.
The conservative and SPD leaders also announced a proposed €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects outside of normal budgetary spending over the next decade — a plan that seems aimed at left-leaning lawmakers who otherwise might oppose loosening debt rules to enable defense spending alone.
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints.
Merz proposed that defense spending above 1 percent of gross domestic product be exempted from the restrictions of Germany’s constitutional debt brake, which limits the structural budget deficit to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, except in emergencies.
Merz announced the deal to unlock defense spending alongside the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), with whom his conservatives are currently in talks to form a governing coalition.
The conservative and SPD leaders also announced a proposed €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects outside of normal budgetary spending over the next decade — a plan that seems aimed at left-leaning lawmakers who otherwise might oppose loosening debt rules to enable defense spending alone.
Merz is looking like a real operator. He may be the next leader of Europe and hopefully a lot smarter than his predecessor Merkel.
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
It's not losing it that would be the problem, it's the 99 years of rent money Starmer would commit us to paying.
Starmer has forced Zelenskyy into a really shit deal. The USA handed over a couple of hundred old Ford F-350s and a hundred F15s, replacing them with two hundred new Abrams tanks and a hundred new F35s and charging Ukraine for the cost of the new price in minerals rather than the weigh in values.
Starmer "the Art of the Deal. W*****!
And yet the alternative may have been even worse. The U.S. with no material interest in the Ukraine, and so no reason to maintain political interest.
I just don't see it. I'm with Lucky.
Starmer is standing on the steps at Heston waving his appeasement treaty. Trump has taken him for a mug, and he has strong armed Zelensy into doing the same. Not good.
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
It's not losing it that would be the problem, it's the 99 years of rent money Starmer would commit us to paying.
Starmer has forced Zelenskyy into a really shit deal. The USA handed over a couple of hundred old Ford F-350s and a hundred F15s, replacing them with two hundred new Abrams tanks and a hundred new F35s and charging Ukraine for the cost of the new price in minerals rather than the weigh in values.
Starmer "the Art of the Deal. W*****!
And yet the alternative may have been even worse. The U.S. with no material interest in the Ukraine, and so no reason to maintain political interest.
I just don't see it. I'm with Lucky.
Starmer is standing on the steps at Heston waving his appeasement treaty. Trump has taken him for a mug, and he has strong armed Zelensy into doing the same. Not good.
Well, i wouldn't personally see how the minerals deal precludes European involvement in the future. The thinking from Starner and Macron must be gain whatever possible, which is pretty reasonable.
Putin moves West into the Baltic states Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
Have another.
If Starmer were to lose a colony like Canada to a foe, he has to fall on his sword.
It's not losing it that would be the problem, it's the 99 years of rent money Starmer would commit us to paying.
Starmer has forced Zelenskyy into a really shit deal. The USA handed over a couple of hundred old Ford F-350s and a hundred F15s, replacing them with two hundred new Abrams tanks and a hundred new F35s and charging Ukraine for the cost of the new price in minerals rather than the weigh in values.
Starmer "the Art of the Deal. W*****!
And yet the alternative may have been even worse. The U.S. with no material interest in the Ukraine, and so no reason to maintain political interest.
I just don't see it. I'm with Lucky.
Starmer is standing on the steps at Heston waving his appeasement treaty. Trump has taken him for a mug, and he has strong armed Zelensy into doing the same. Not good.
Well, i wouldn't personally see how the minerals deal precludes European involvement in the future. The thinking from Starner and Macron must be gain whatever possible, which is pretty reasonable.
They are buying protection from racketeers. I hate it.
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints.
Merz proposed that defense spending above 1 percent of gross domestic product be exempted from the restrictions of Germany’s constitutional debt brake, which limits the structural budget deficit to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, except in emergencies.
Merz announced the deal to unlock defense spending alongside the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), with whom his conservatives are currently in talks to form a governing coalition.
The conservative and SPD leaders also announced a proposed €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects outside of normal budgetary spending over the next decade — a plan that seems aimed at left-leaning lawmakers who otherwise might oppose loosening debt rules to enable defense spending alone.
Merz is looking like a real operator. He may be the next leader of Europe and hopefully a lot smarter than his predecessor Merkel.
Yep. Especially as Germany had far more headroom to spend more €/£/$ in debt sustainability terms than pretty much every other developed nation combined. People were expecting a special fund but this is far more open ended in nature.
Sounds like a big rearmament of Germany is ahead of us.
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints.
Merz proposed that defense spending above 1 percent of gross domestic product be exempted from the restrictions of Germany’s constitutional debt brake, which limits the structural budget deficit to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, except in emergencies.
Merz announced the deal to unlock defense spending alongside the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), with whom his conservatives are currently in talks to form a governing coalition.
The conservative and SPD leaders also announced a proposed €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects outside of normal budgetary spending over the next decade — a plan that seems aimed at left-leaning lawmakers who otherwise might oppose loosening debt rules to enable defense spending alone.
Merz is looking like a real operator. He may be the next leader of Europe and hopefully a lot smarter than his predecessor Merkel.
Yep. Especially as Germany had far more headroom to spend more €/£/$ in debt sustainability terms than pretty much every other developed nation combined. People were expecting a special fund but this is far more open ended in nature.
Sounds like a big rearmament of Germany is ahead of us.
That he's a fucking imbecile who doesn't understand finance, economics, taxation or trade.
Here's another theory.
What he, Musk and so on really care about is the huge tax cut that is going through Congress, and that is what really matters to them.
It's very unpopular, but they got it through the election by promising to reduce taxes on tips and other irritants for working class Americans at the same time. Now, mysteriously, all that has disappeared from the bill, and you're just left with huge and unpopular tax cuts for the very rich.
And now all the crap about invading Canada and Greenland, starting trade wars and so on is just to distract from the big tax cut they're proposing.
Costco aren't normally cheap, and the address looks odd.
That looks as dodgy as a Trump Social post, although I could be wrong.
Looking at the actual Costco site, they don't even sell Samsung tablets of any kind ... or at least the Samsung things are the ones you put washing tablets in ...
That he's a fucking imbecile who doesn't understand finance, economics, taxation or trade.
Here's another theory.
What he, Musk and so on really care about is the huge tax cut that is going through Congress, and that is what really matters to them.
It's very unpopular, but they got it through the election by promising to reduce taxes on tips and other irritants for working class Americans at the same time. Now, mysteriously, all that has disappeared from the bill, and you're just left with huge and unpopular tax cuts for the very rich.
And now all the crap about invading Canada and Greenland, starting trade wars and so on is just to distract from the big tax cut they're proposing.
That he's a fucking imbecile who doesn't understand finance, economics, taxation or trade.
Here's another theory.
What he, Musk and so on really care about is the huge tax cut that is going through Congress, and that is what really matters to them.
It's very unpopular, but they got it through the election by promising to reduce taxes on tips and other irritants for working class Americans at the same time. Now, mysteriously, all that has disappeared from the bill, and you're just left with huge and unpopular tax cuts for the very rich.
And now all the crap about invading Canada and Greenland, starting trade wars and so on is just to distract from the big tax cut they're proposing.
The trade wars have another purpose - to raise tariff revenue (taxes on imported goods paid disproportionately by the less well off) to fund the tax cuts for the rich.
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Putin moves West into the Baltic states
Trump moves North into Canada
You’re sitting in no10, what do you after you’ve had a glass of whisky.
But voters will of course still be able to read the price increases on the shop stickers.
I assume Trump will increase his to 50%.
Then Canada either increases to 50% or does something more incentive.
If it gets painful enough maybe Trump caves with some token 'win'. That's the best case outcome.
Can the King really receive Trump if he is involved in a massive attempt to break one of the King's dominions, and presumably nick it off him?
But I am going to replace my Elton choice. John and the Beatles version of Twist and Shout is sublime, and I am not a big Beatles man.
I do think he's obsessed with all trade deficits and hates that the USA has one with Canada. Perhaps the mockery has a personal aspect on top of that.
I do wonder if Netflix will ever get a return on their investment ?
So it doesnt really matter to Trump if we have two months of turbulence followed simply by an attempt to return to the status quo (in practice we can't as trust has evaporated which will take decades to rebuild). It will still be a GREAT SUCCESS that justified the short term pain.
My working assumption is that Charles has a very busy schedule for the next 3.5 years. Unfortunately he is then unwell for a short period around the planned trip and no new date can be found...
Arc of a Diver remains a hard to beat album. Not keen on ELO mind.
Great back catalogue and I liked the Album Discovery, when it came out.
Steve Winwood, phenomenal talent.
As for the best cover, maybe not the best but I love Dave Clark Five’s version of Everybody Get Together.
Russia can be brought to a standstill, as we have seen, by military means.
America, there is more recourse to political means. Hell, the Republicans might even impeach him!!
Still, there's peace in the Middle East, right? Right?
The guy on the tall bongos used to be able to skin up whilst playing.
"We built our entire business around free trade...now it's turned on a dime"
$80K SUV truck now $100K. Customers walking away.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1897000260573995155
What will he say about this during the state visit, I wonder ? He's traditionallg much less reticent about giving his own views than his mother was, with here there also being a lot at stake for Britain.
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1897003595381530904?s=61
Perhaps it was simply that Jeff Lynn and Bev Bevan were big Tory donors back in the day. Although of course Steve Winwood's older daughter ( not Lily) is married to a Tory Grandee/ Treasurer.
Then the glory days of America will appear.
Will it be painful, time consuming and costly to find new export markets? Sure.
But will it eventually happen when Canada has a choice of every other country in the world? Definitely. And government financial aid to companies is the right thing to do in such circumstances to give companies time to respond to such a dramatic change in trading rules.
And it will be dramatically quicker to do so than it will be for the US to find and mine equivalent raw materials.
https://youtu.be/3XGAmPRxV48?si=pC8abXdN_BK-91Hq
Basically it’s a genius move to drive down the cost of the 10 year so to make refinancing of debt considerably less costly.
https://x.com/amitisinvesting/status/1896972241415344477?s=61
By the way Arc of a Diver is one of my fave albums too, and While You See A Chance is in my top ten tracks of all time, without question
Indeed I love it so much, and it means so much to me, I listen to it sparingly, so I don't dilute its magic
It has become my go-to song when something really amazing and wonderful has happened in life - either for me or for those I love
eg As many know I was accused of rape in the late 1980s and went to prison for several months, then did months on bail, and jumped bail to live like a fugitive in London, and then finally I came to trial, and I had my trial at the Old Bailey - this taking a year out of my life, when I was continuously paralysed by the fact "Shit in a month I could be doing 7 years in jail and yet I am innocent..."
So the trial came and after four days of torment I was unanimously acquitted in short order and I literally leapt out of the dock - and then I ran out of the court, and out of the lobby, and all my family was crying and all my friends were shooting champagne in the sun outside the Old Bailey - and then this turned into a twelve hour riot of a party where even my Dad got involved in a foam fight and we had a £3 billion dinner in Soho for about forty people (paid for by the Sun who had become friends) and my God I went to bed at about 6am and when I woke up in the bright May snshine at about noon I had a few seconds of fear- thinking as normal, shit shit shit, my rape trial is looming - but then I realised WAIT NO YESTERDAY I WAS ACQUITTED, THAT'S IT, I AM FREE, IT'S ALL OVER, MY LIFE BEGINS AGAIN
And THEN I put on Steve Winwood's "While You See a Chance" on volume 11 and OMG that was a moment, and that was THE song for that moment
So they may have something here. Of course Trumps policies may be making it worse.
However here is the rationale.
https://x.com/amitisinvesting/status/1896972241415344477?s=61
JD Vance
@JDVance
These people are such idiots. We had a great time during our weekend in Vermont. We barely noticed the protesters and almost everyone we met was kind and generous. And Vermont is beautiful.
This headline about being moved to an “undisclosed location” is that we moved our hotel so the kids could have more privacy. We didn’t disclose it because the secret service doesn’t like when we advertise my location.
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1897002913278648397
https://x.com/allahliker/status/1896416138613203033
Donald Tusk
@donaldtusk
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To all the European leaders:
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.
That he's a fucking imbecile who doesn't understand finance, economics, taxation or trade.
Starmer "the Art of the Deal. W*****!
Ange has emptied the bottle already.
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-unveils-e500-billion-defense-plan-as-security-threats-mount/
BERLIN — Europe’s most powerful economy is poised to take a major step to bolster its defense capabilities, with Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announcing a plan to partly exempt defense spending from the country’s constitutional fiscal restraints.
Merz proposed that defense spending above 1 percent of gross domestic product be exempted from the restrictions of Germany’s constitutional debt brake, which limits the structural budget deficit to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, except in emergencies.
Merz announced the deal to unlock defense spending alongside the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), with whom his conservatives are currently in talks to form a governing coalition.
The conservative and SPD leaders also announced a proposed €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects outside of normal budgetary spending over the next decade — a plan that seems aimed at left-leaning lawmakers who otherwise might oppose loosening debt rules to enable defense spending alone.
Starmer is standing on the steps at Heston waving his appeasement treaty. Trump has taken him for a mug, and he has strong armed Zelensy into doing the same. Not good.
The thinking from Starner and Macron must be gain whatever possible, which is pretty reasonable.
Sounds like a big rearmament of Germany is ahead of us.
https://www.gkznh.shop/comments/samsung-galaxy-tab-a9-plus-11-inch-wifi-tablet-64-gb-4gb-ram-2023-brand-new
That looks as dodgy as a Trump Social post, although I could be wrong.
What he, Musk and so on really care about is the huge tax cut that is going through Congress, and that is what really matters to them.
It's very unpopular, but they got it through the election by promising to reduce taxes on tips and other irritants for working class Americans at the same time. Now, mysteriously, all that has disappeared from the bill, and you're just left with huge and unpopular tax cuts for the very rich.
And now all the crap about invading Canada and Greenland, starting trade wars and so on is just to distract from the big tax cut they're proposing.
So called "flooding the zone".
It's not an original thought (e.g. see here https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/flood-the-zone-donald-trump/) but it makes a lot of the otherwise inexplicable make sense. Maybe Trump is stupid and dangerous enough to buy the crap he spouts, but not everybody who supports him is.
1990(1 Aug) NatWest cricket Quarter-Final highlights, Hampshire (Hants) v Yorkshire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVZJunlto1M
I remember watching this at the time.
Why ? Because a few hours later Iraq invaded Kuwait.
Funny the associations your mind makes.
I wouldn't go near it.
It isn’t there. They’re only just getting started. It’s going to get worse before it gets better and we have to hunker down.
https://www.scamvoid.net/check/gkznh.shop/
Well, best cover that isn't Aretha, at least.