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#41

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Zoupa - March 25, 2025, 06:30:06 PM

Everyone loves clowning Elon lol

#42

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Admiral Yi - March 25, 2025, 05:30:04 PM

As someone who has a lot of sympathy with old school Third Worldism, it always makes me sad how that term got to be abused and misunderstood

So *now* you're a language purist. 

#43

Off the Record / Re: The Lord of the Rings: The...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - March 25, 2025, 05:19:18 PM

*curtsey* Glad to be of assistance and amusement. 

#44

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by mongers - March 25, 2025, 05:15:00 PM

I find it interesting how much Vance hates Europe. Perhaps he was treated as an uncultured yokel on a vacation to Paris or something?

I think Vance is a total phony.  I think everything that comes out of his mouth is calculated to demonstrate his loyalty to Trump.

In another presidential scenario, he'd be playing his ivy league credentials to the hilt.

#45

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Admiral Yi - March 25, 2025, 05:06:22 PM

I find it interesting how much Vance hates Europe. Perhaps he was treated as an uncultured yokel on a vacation to Paris or something?

I think Vance is a total phony.  I think everything that comes out of his mouth is calculated to demonstrate his loyalty to Trump.

#46

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Norgy - March 25, 2025, 04:45:23 PM

He wants to out do Obama, for that he needs a Nobel Peace prize within his first year.

I don't think he understands how the Nobel Peace prize is awarded.

Neither did Obama when he got one.

#47

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Razgovory - March 25, 2025, 04:41:26 PM

He wants to out do Obama, for that he needs a Nobel Peace prize within his first year.

I don't think he understands how the Nobel Peace prize is awarded.

#48

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by mongers - March 25, 2025, 04:34:32 PM

I think the problem is that Trump desperatly wants to be able that Putin said yes, no matter what that costs Ukraine.

Yeah I agree - that's the challenge for European leaders and diplomats - to nick a phrase, they need to heighten those contradictions between Putin desperately not wanting to agree to anything and Trump desperately wanting Putin to agree to anything.

A bullet in either skull would also do the trick. 


Though obviously I wish it were Putin, as he'll never be convicted in a court for his war crimes.

For trump I just wish him a long, painful, natural death, as punishment for the suffering he's in the process of creating for sections of his own people..

#49

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by mongers - March 25, 2025, 04:26:29 PM

BBC cutting the world service et al... Saving 1.2 million by slashing hard talk does indeed seem mad.

I don't think there's another public broadcaster out there quite like the BBC. Thinking of my experience of the Swiss broadcaster for instance- its really dry and dull programmes for a specialist audience that the commercial channels don't touch. The BBC meanwhile is really trying to be this big multi national.

Read an article the other day too about how British drama investment is suffering, the production problems with Wolf Hall series 2....depressing stuff, and the idea about a tax on streamers to fund local shows does make sense.
Big budget drama like Wolf Hall of course. But I'd also like to see more really local shows.

Seems he did 
Can we set a quota on these people in parliament please

Quite sad to see him doing the rounds for these cuts. What I've seen of him previously he really seemed to be someone who actually spoke a lot of sense.

On metropolitan counties and the south coast et al.... Something that came to me a week or two ago and I just remembered. It's weird southampton - Portsmouth was never made a met county.

Oh there was a quite interesting radio programme about 1960s plans to do just that, create a huge urban complex, to be called 'Solent City' , here's the podcast:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291pq

Shelf might like it, as it involved innovative urban planning on a big scale.

Its interesting, but even shy of big urban planning the conurbation seems perfect to be a met county (weird they say its densest outside London?). There wasn't too much joined up thinking before creating Tyne & Wear for instance.

I think that probably only relates to the main central wards of Portsmouth, as it's unusually dense, not because of the concentration of Pompey fans, but being a small island with a long history.

And of course that contrasts with Soton, which is quite spread out for various reasons.

#50

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Sheilbh - March 25, 2025, 04:14:47 PM

I think the problem is that Trump desperatly wants to be able that Putin said yes, no matter what that costs Ukraine.

Yeah I agree - that's the challenge for European leaders and diplomats - to nick a phrase, they need to heighten those contradictions between Putin desperately not wanting to agree to anything and Trump desperately wanting Putin to agree to anything.