Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
As I had some claude credits to burn, I asked it to research and create a little html presentation of defence spending down the years. Faintly of surface interest (and faintly possibly correct too). Downloadable from :
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Defence chiefs are preparing to make huge cuts to the military while at the same coming under pressure to ready the armed forces for possible war with Russia
An MoD assessment made last year showed a £28 billion shortfall between now and 2030, it is understood
class="Italic">Starmer was said to be deeply unhappy because he believed the recent strategic defence review (SDR) had been “fully costed”.
"He believed".
The SDR I saw didn't have much on costings in it or even much on specific numbers for hardware - it was a strategic policy document. He already knew a big increase to 3.5% GDP was needed- his government has committed to it as policy- but hasn't matched it with the requisite funding in the Budget. He knew that too.
Did he not check or join the dots? Or did he not want to because he preferred wishful thinking and deniability?
Number 25 in an ongoing series of reasons why Labour will come to regret Reeves’s chickening out from the 1/2p tax increase she widely trailed last year….
Reeves is the worst Chancellor since Norman Lamont. (I’m not really including Kwasi Kwarteng and that guy who was fiddling his income tax, as their tenures were too short, I guess Reeves is still ahead of them).
Kwartengs version of Chancelloring is a bit like the guy in a club who went up to the DJ booth, unlocked the decks and played a few random songs whilst the DJ was away having a pee
Played some Black Lace for a laugh then ran away. Reeves is too dour for that sort of malarkey
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Defence chiefs are preparing to make huge cuts to the military while at the same coming under pressure to ready the armed forces for possible war with Russia
An MoD assessment made last year showed a £28 billion shortfall between now and 2030, it is understood
class="Italic">Starmer was said to be deeply unhappy because he believed the recent strategic defence review (SDR) had been “fully costed”.
"He believed".
The SDR I saw didn't have much on costings in it or even much on specific numbers for hardware - it was a strategic policy document. He already knew a big increase to 3.5% GDP was needed- his government has committed to it as policy- but hasn't matched it with the requisite funding in the Budget. He knew that too.
Did he not check or join the dots? Or did he not want to because he preferred wishful thinking and deniability?
Number 25 in an ongoing series of reasons why Labour will come to regret Reeves’s chickening out from the 1/2p tax increase she widely trailed last year….
Reeves is the worst Chancellor since Norman Lamont. (I’m not really including Kwasi Kwarteng and that guy who was fiddling his income tax, as their tenures were too short, I guess Reeves is still ahead of them).
Kwartengs version of Chancelloring is a bit like the guy in a club who went up to the DJ booth, unlocked the decks and played a few random songs whilst the DJ was away having a pee
Played some Black Lace for a laugh then ran away. Reeves is too dour for that sort of malarkey
Are you saying that Kwasi was the original Ibiza Final Boss?
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Some of you may be surprised that Allister Heath is a real person and not a robot. But here he is, in what I assume is real human flesh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50SfxagWuc
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Anecdotally, speaking to a few folks in a restaurant (different nationalities) and came to the concensus the USA is not the ideal country to visit right now. Not a very representative sample, but if they keep pursuing the 5 year social media history reveal policy a lot of World Cup fans will be in for a shock when they arrive in US airports this summer
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Anecdotally, speaking to a few folks in a restaurant (different nationalities) and came to the concensus the USA is not the ideal country to visit right now. Not a very representative sample, but if they keep pursuing the 5 year social media history reveal policy a lot of World Cup fans will be in for a shock when they arrive in US airports this summer
Tbh, my working assumption is that the social media declaration policy will be standard for most first world nations by the end of the decade.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Trump says he's instructing govt to buy mortgage bonds in effort to lower mortgage rates.
Has Trump gone completely doolally? He's just throwing out these random executive orders that have significant implications, and he keeps talking about events in a manner that is disconnected from reality. Other senior Republican politicians can barely keep up with what he's saying, having to do news interviews to carefully walk back whatever nonsense Trump last came out with.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Anecdotally, speaking to a few folks in a restaurant (different nationalities) and came to the concensus the USA is not the ideal country to visit right now. Not a very representative sample, but if they keep pursuing the 5 year social media history reveal policy a lot of World Cup fans will be in for a shock when they arrive in US airports this summer
Had a very similar restaurant experience recently.
We get a lot of US tourists here in the Cotswolds. Conversations with them usually begin with an apology for Trump. I invariably tell them that we Brits have nothing to shout about when it comes to poor electoral choices, and then things generally proceed in a normal friendly fashion.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Anecdotally, speaking to a few folks in a restaurant (different nationalities) and came to the concensus the USA is not the ideal country to visit right now. Not a very representative sample, but if they keep pursuing the 5 year social media history reveal policy a lot of World Cup fans will be in for a shock when they arrive in US airports this summer
To be a worthy pb anecdote, it will have to be an Albanian restaurant....
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
I suspect he'll consider that six out of six wins.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
The satire would have been better had the agent's name been Alan Carr, but this will have to do...
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Hysterical shit. That's enough Internet for you today.
The problem is not that it's hysterical shit, but that it's not hysterical enough.
War with Russia imminent. Fight to protec ar cuntry.
Where is that photo taken? Blackpool? Sunderland? Croydon?
Well there are London buses in the background but doesn't look like Croydon to me.
It looks like AI land to me! Something not right there with the buses.
They seem to be going in different directions in the same lane ... also, the feather looks odd to me. Almost squared off, almost symmetrical, which is odd for a long feather. Swan? But it's massive.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
The satire would have been better had the agent's name been Alan Carr, but this will have to do...
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
Pending anything else, all we have regarding Iran is scattered reports.
The key point will be if and when the security forces "change sides" and move from supporting the Government to being complicit in its removal. If we're looking at a Romania 1989-style insurrection, it's likely the new leadership will come from within in the form of more moderate elements of the Government or administration itself, at least initially.
Will we see some form of intervention from Israel or the US "in support of" the protesters? Presumably they will have access to better information than most of us so will know if what is happening has evolved from sporadic protest to semi-organised insurrection.
The second question is whether this is the kind of protest which can be "bought off" by a combination of reforms and platitudes or whether this is a determined attempt to achieve lasting political change. That evolution can occur quickly under the right conditions.
Quite a few of us have been sickened by the unnecessary death of a young mother essentially doing nothing that warranted some ignorant, fat, masked thug extinguishing her life.
Is this really the forum to parrott Trump, Noem, Vance and Jesse Watters and humble people who saw what we saw and not what you and Trump pretend you saw?
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
Anecdotally, speaking to a few folks in a restaurant (different nationalities) and came to the concensus the USA is not the ideal country to visit right now. Not a very representative sample, but if they keep pursuing the 5 year social media history reveal policy a lot of World Cup fans will be in for a shock when they arrive in US airports this summer
To be a worthy pb anecdote, it will have to be an Albanian restaurant....
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
Just been chatting to an American friend who has decided to pack up and leave. Sample size of one, but I wonder how many others are coming to the same conclusion?
people figured out that Jonathan Ross was the murderer bc kristi noem mentioned that he'd been dragged by a car in a previous incident. she "doxxed" her own guy lol
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
But you think Trump did nothing wrong on Jan 6. You've the consistency of an amoeba
Gabriel Martinelli is an emblematic of the shitty club that is Arsenal.
I wouldn't blame any Liverpool player who punched or castrated him.
It was shocking and should have been a straight red
Ridiculous that Konate and Martinelli got the same sanction, what they did was not remotely the same. Konate's response was entirely understandable, if wrong. Martinelli was just completely lacking in respect and should have been an immediate red.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
You have spent the day gaslighting us. You have suggested in several posts that the murder of this lady was the responsibility of people who have exercised their First Amendment right. People who think ICE are disgusting white supremacist thugs have done so through their own analysis and have not been railroaded into protesting by Gavin Newsom.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
But you think Trump did nothing wrong on Jan 6. You've the consistency of an amoeba
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
But you think Trump did nothing wrong on Jan 6. You've the consistency of an amoeba
Hey, enuf with the amoeba! They are nothing if not consistent.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
Pending anything else, all we have regarding Iran is scattered reports.
The key point will be if and when the security forces "change sides" and move from supporting the Government to being complicit in its removal. If we're looking at a Romania 1989-style insurrection, it's likely the new leadership will come from within in the form of more moderate elements of the Government or administration itself, at least initially.
Will we see some form of intervention from Israel or the US "in support of" the protesters? Presumably they will have access to better information than most of us so will know if what is happening has evolved from sporadic protest to semi-organised insurrection.
The second question is whether this is the kind of protest which can be "bought off" by a combination of reforms and platitudes or whether this is a determined attempt to achieve lasting political change. That evolution can occur quickly under the right conditions.
This is surely the weirdest media coverage of an uprising ever. I get that there’s a blackout and it’s hard to get into the country as a journalist, but that’s not stopped intensive coverage of other protests in way less geopolitically important places in recent years.
There is scarcely more than a cursory 20 seconds on this in most bulletins, if that. We had sky news on for about an hour and a half earlier. Nothing. Why?
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
Assume you’ll be very angry with Vance describing Good’s death as a tragedy of her own making?
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Whilst I take your point, your point consisted of a AI-generated picture of a woman with a white feather. This did not speak to my point that war is upcoming, we are woefully ill-prepared, and we need to start making expensive choices now.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
Assume you’ll be very angry with Vance describing Good’s death as a tragedy of her own making?
The MAGA loons or cynics (I make no judgment which category William falls into; Vance belongs in the latter category) are enjoying themselves making up evidence free fables to smear either their victims or their political opponents.
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
They were a hoot and I really miss them.
I've not been aware of one for weeks if not months.
Honestly, you can't even rely on the trolls to do a decent day's work these days.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
She was driving away from a completely unharmed officer when she was shot in the back of the head 3x. We can all see the video. In what way is that obstruction William?
She was there in the first place in order to impede ICE carrying out their duties.
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
Assume you’ll be very angry with Vance describing Good’s death as a tragedy of her own making?
Vance is a disappointment. Rubio looks to have taken the lead as the heir apparent.
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
They were a hoot and I really miss them.
I've not been aware of one for weeks if not months.
Honestly, you can't even rely on the trolls to do a decent day's work these days.
Tricky for them to post from the Ukrainian front though....
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
They were a hoot and I really miss them.
I've not been aware of one for weeks if not months.
Honestly, you can't even rely on the trolls to do a decent day's work these days.
Tricky for them to post from the Ukrainian front though....
I assumed at least some of them were posting from Penarth.
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Whilst I take your point, your point consisted of a AI-generated picture of a woman with a white feather. This did not speak to my point that war is upcoming, we are woefully ill-prepared, and we need to start making expensive choices now.
Posted, on the White House’s government website, a fictitious narrative hailing the attempted coup of Jan 6 as a peaceful march attended by heroes, and accusing Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of overseeing the real insurrection.
Kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and his wife, in contravention of international law, and essentially justified on the grounds that Venezuela’s oil belongs to the U.S.
Threatened to seize Greenland, reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Seen the murder of 39 yo mother - slurred as “antifa” by the Vice President and other luminaries - by his quasi-paramilitary ICE goons.
1% of the Epstein files have been released.
God knows how much money the Trump family have received in bribery already since Jan 1.
You actually downplay it a bit - was listening on the radio and Vance repeatedly described her and what she did as terrorism.
You are being completely unfair. Detailed research and background checks have established that Renee once made a donation of $2.70 to Bernie Sanders and might well have been a lesbian. Surely 3 bullets to the head was a proportionate response?
She had pronouns in her profile *shakes head*.
Devastated that I didn't get a like from @williamglenn for that.
I don’t approve of victim blaming. It’s the people who manipulated her into obstructing armed law enforcement officers who have questions to answer.
You have spent the day gaslighting us. You have suggested in several posts that the murder of this lady was the responsibility of people who have exercised their First Amendment right. People who think ICE are disgusting white supremacist thugs have done so through their own analysis and have not been railroaded into protesting by Gavin Newsom.
She violently obstructed three hollow point bullets from an ICE agents gun.
So obviously she is a An Antifa Nazi Communist Muslamic Trans Woke Illegal Immigrant Alien AI Terrorist.
I think that’s the funniest cartoon I’ve ever seen in the guardian!
Oh, Steve Bell could be very good - his Glaswegian Mesozoic mammals under the Thatchasaurus's feet were memorable. But I rather thought this new one was worth sharing.
Wonder if this weekend will be the one we see US strikes on Iranian revolutionary guards. Sounds like the army has been deployed against the people.
Variously, Tv stations, governors buildings and revolutionary guard buildings said to be on fire. And state surveillance camera network rumoured to have been hacked.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Whilst I take your point, your point consisted of a AI-generated picture of a woman with a white feather. This did not speak to my point that war is upcoming, we are woefully ill-prepared, and we need to start making expensive choices now.
"A woman". That's our Queen of Hearts.
Put her in charge of the flamethrowers on the beach at Dover...
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
ICYMI: Fannie & Freddie have been adding billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities & home loans to their balance sheets— boosting combined positions to more than $230 billion.
Trump is calling for them to buy $200 billion more.
There is a $450 billion cap. If they want to amend the limit Treasury & FHFA would need to get involved.
As a matter of interest, do we still get those Russian trolls of a Saturday morning? I'm not normally around on Saturdays these days but it used to be great fun teasing them. I have the impression they have given up though. If so, perhaps somebody could suggest a PB poster who could fill in for them.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Whilst I take your point, your point consisted of a AI-generated picture of a woman with a white feather. This did not speak to my point that war is upcoming, we are woefully ill-prepared, and we need to start making expensive choices now.
Britain’s most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of £28 billion over the next four years despite plans to boost spending, The Times can reveal
Hahaha. He can fuck right off and then fuck off again when he gets there. Get rid of a some golf courses, brass bands, horses and Spitfires.
Perhaps they could try spending money wisely.
Famine to feast will likely lead to enormous waste. You shouldn't do defence spending in a panic. You have to think it through properly. Assess the actual threat and timescales and build based on that, using synergies with other like-minded countries.
Well yes, but "thinking it through properly" has to take account of the predicted wars. I think there will be a China-Taiwan war in 2027 (next year!) because Xi's been saying that for years and the build-up is obvious. Then/contemporaneously there will be a Russo-Baltic war where Putin tries to join up to Kaliningrad. We need an amphibious landing capability just on general principles.
And we don't have any of it.
The Army is buggered because of Ajax and Challenger III. The Navy is buggered because the carriers don't have catapults and arrestor wires, and we don't have the necessary support vessels. I'm sure the Air Force are doing something interesting but nobody cares.
We are still flying AEW/AWACS aircraft despite the fact the concept is obsolete and has migrated to satellites. We don't have a Space Force. Our cyber capabilities are...not good? We haven't got to grips with drone warfare yet. We don't have enough indigenous manufacturing capabilities. We don't make enough missiles/bullets. We have an army with 71,000 people, which is nice but not big enough. Nobody is frightened of us.
In short, yes we do have to start panicking and get what we can now.
Can we fix Ajax? If not, get the Swedish thing or Puma or a tracked Boxer. Can we fix Challenger? If not get tanks from somebody else or just refurbish the old one. Can we fix the F35? If not, buy Mojave/Gray Eagles/Hiveminds and convert the carriers to drone carriers, or containerised missiles and convert them to arsenal ships.
Whilst I take your point, your point consisted of a AI-generated picture of a woman with a white feather. This did not speak to my point that war is upcoming, we are woefully ill-prepared, and we need to start making expensive choices now.
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LD + Lab, Davey PM: 36% support
Lab + Grn, Starmer PM: 33%
Lab + LD, Starmer PM: 31%
Grn + Lab, Polanski PM: 30%
Ref + Con, Farage PM: 29%
LD + Con, Davey PM: 26%
Con + Ref, Badenoch PM: 25%
Con + LD, Badenoch PM: 24%
Con + Lab, Badenoch PM: 18%
Ref + Lab, Farage PM: 17%
Lab + Con, Starmer PM: 16%
Lab + Ref, Starmer PM: 7%'
https://x.com/YouGov/status/2009208636468306222?s=20
https://pastebin.com/fHqw6ZkF
123mph at Padstow.
There's going to be a lot of damage.
The very worst of it is probably out at sea now or possibly in the Channel Islands.
Played some Black Lace for a laugh then ran away. Reeves is too dour for that sort of malarkey
Trump says he's instructing govt to buy mortgage bonds in effort to lower mortgage rates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlGH8z-4Qk
Scenes
https://x.com/364690/status/2009364721552773483?s=61
https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mbwx4jxmlk2f
We get a lot of US tourists here in the Cotswolds. Conversations with them usually begin with an apology for Trump. I invariably tell them that we Brits have nothing to shout about when it comes to poor electoral choices, and then things generally proceed in a normal friendly fashion.
The Star Tribune has ID'd the murderer...
https://bsky.app/profile/naomikritzer.bsky.social/post/3mbwoonslrs2e
Gov. Tim Walz authorizes Minnesota National Guard to support local law enforcement as tensions flare in Minneapolis after fatal ICE shooting
https://x.com/cnnbrk/status/2009379656466575639?s=20
I suspect there will be very strong gusts in the Channel Islands and on the Isle of Wight later.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2009334006907560250
https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/2009346871550935396
We call on Washington to immediately cease its unlawful actions against the Marinera and other vessels engaged in lawful activities on the high seas.
We reiterate our demand that the US ensure appropriate treatment of the Russian citizens on board.
Pending anything else, all we have regarding Iran is scattered reports.
The key point will be if and when the security forces "change sides" and move from supporting the Government to being complicit in its removal. If we're looking at a Romania 1989-style insurrection, it's likely the new leadership will come from within in the form of more moderate elements of the Government or administration itself, at least initially.
Will we see some form of intervention from Israel or the US "in support of" the protesters? Presumably they will have access to better information than most of us so will know if what is happening has evolved from sporadic protest to semi-organised insurrection.
The second question is whether this is the kind of protest which can be "bought off" by a combination of reforms and platitudes or whether this is a determined attempt to achieve lasting political change. That evolution can occur quickly under the right conditions.
https://www.nci.org.uk/station/stepper-point/
High exposure, obvs.
Is this really the forum to parrott Trump, Noem, Vance and Jesse Watters and humble people who saw what we saw and not what you and Trump pretend you saw?
I wouldn't blame any Liverpool player who punched or castrated him.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186534-d10054337-r361240176-Kothel_Grill_House-Glasgow_Scotland.html
I do think the person who shot her was directly culpable in this case, but she shouldn’t have been there and politicians shouldn’t encourage people to harass and obstruct law enforcement officers.
She was an observer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/okmatewanker/s/ZPOp6tGBB5
Trump = Good; MAGA = Good; Putin = Good; Fascism = Good; Whataboutery = Really really good.
Normal democratic society = Bad
🚨BREAKING — 3 year extension of Obamacare subsidies passes the house.
17 Rs in favor. List coming shortly.
https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/2009388295667523841?s=20
They were a hoot and I really miss them.
There is scarcely more than a cursory 20 seconds on this in most bulletins, if that. We had sky news on for about an hour and a half earlier. Nothing. Why?
Honestly, you can't even rely on the trolls to do a decent day's work these days.
So obviously she is a An Antifa Nazi Communist Muslamic Trans Woke Illegal Immigrant Alien AI Terrorist.
Variously, Tv stations, governors buildings and revolutionary guard buildings said to be on fire. And state surveillance camera network rumoured to have been hacked.
ICYMI: Fannie & Freddie have been adding billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities & home loans to their balance sheets— boosting combined positions to more than $230 billion.
Trump is calling for them to buy $200 billion more.
There is a $450 billion cap. If they want to amend the limit Treasury & FHFA would need to get involved.
https://x.com/annmarie/status/2009391777074016742?s=20