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#51

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - September 04, 2025, 11:17:31 AM

#52

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

Last post by Josquius - September 04, 2025, 11:11:38 AM

On the hotel protesters bit I saw a great one today....


https://www.reddit.com/r/NewcastleUponTyne/comments/1n6cnbv/new_bridge_hotel_protests/



A reply in this thread....

Used to work with that woman in the picture She wasn't very nice..chronicle article

Clicky on the linky...
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sick-gateshead-couple-forced-children-1408626

A picture of this woman and a story confirming sometimes outer matches inner beauty.

Sick Gateshead couple forced children to fight

Protect our kids eh.

#53

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

Last post by The Minsky Moment - September 04, 2025, 10:01:09 AM

Remember the original steel tariffs date back to 2018 we have data on the impact.

Steel employment is slightly down.  Productivity collapsed and overall output is down.
There may be other factors at work but anyone expecting more tariffs would benefit the US steel industry is engaging in magical thinking at this point.

And that's the direct impact on steel.  The impact on US companies that use steel as an input - i.e. a broad array of US manufacturers of which Deere is only one example - is far more negative. 

The tariffs like much of the Trump agenda - e.g. the insanity with vaccines and the CDC, the assault on higher education, the replacement of an expert professional civil services with incompetent flunkies and partisan hacks - is best understood as a fascinating experiment in national self-vandalism, though probably more interesting to observe from the outside then to experience from the inside.

#54

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

Last post by The Minsky Moment - September 04, 2025, 09:57:23 AM

Canadian trade data was released today, export to the US went up, imports from the US declined. And remember we are their largest trading partner.

All by design, we must strengthen our 51st state.  So much winning!

#55

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

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - September 04, 2025, 09:45:33 AM

It will be a very interesting election in my town. At the moment the constituency is still Labour, but the local Labour party is far more left wing than Starmer and co; as was Attila the Hun to be fair. In second place was a fellow called Michael Lavalette (Independent but left wing and , I think it is fair to say, a Marxist).

Lavalette has strong views on Gaza, for which he has been cautioned by the police ("In July 2025 Lavalette was questioned under caution, by police over potential Public Order charges for his outspoken support for Palestine and the people of Gaza" taken from wikipedia) so I suspect he mopped up a substantial part of the muslim vote.

The General Election results for Preston https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001433

So it looks like I will be voting in a very interesting election next time round.

#56

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

Last post by Josquius - September 04, 2025, 09:29:46 AM

A totally splintered political scene and first-past-the-post electoral system is going to lead to some wacky election results......its going to be interesting but in a disturbing way.

If they do break through just watch how quick Reform drop their claimed support for voting reform.

It will be a real Prisoners Dilemma in deciding which way to vote for many.

#57

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - September 04, 2025, 09:27:51 AM

Hugh Bonneville. National treasure. The face on the reporter.   

https://bsky.app/profile/scottygb.bsky.social/post/3lxylt2d2yc2o

(Trigger warning for some)

#58

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

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - September 04, 2025, 09:26:22 AM

It is another reason why tariffs should be discussed in Congress, hopefully so that sensible tariffs are imposed, rather than leaving it to the whims of a stupid old man.

#59

Off the Record / Re: Norwegian Election

Last post by saskganesh - September 04, 2025, 09:11:01 AM

Glasses girl. She's also likely smarter than me and that's ok. I'll cook.

Edit: found out she's a commie. Things about communists: a lot of what they say is quite reasonable, but why on earth would anyone want identify as a communist? There's just too much extra baggage for the flight.

#60

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

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - September 04, 2025, 09:10:38 AM

Well the sooner the break between progressive leftists and conservative Muslims come the better. It is an unholy alliance.

Amazing how green/progressive parties are such willing vectors for reactionary islam. It's as if they don't understand that they'll hang like the rest of us as soon as they're no longer useful to the islamics