Renton

Ha ha. You'll get back and have the post holiday depression, mingling in withthe rest of us who just have the bog standard depression.

No. Washington Post not endorsing Harris now because their owner, Bezos, doesn't want to get on the wrong side of Trump. We're fucked.

I hope so but the trends don't look good neither the betting markets. But there is a hell of a lot of unknowns at the moment. Don't think I can face staying up for the vote.

Finally a Brexit benefit. Yaxley Lennon has outstayed his time in the EU so is being forced home to face arrest.

The polls are swinging to him, as are the booky odds. I know what was said about dodgy polling etc, but Harris needs a decent lead in the popular vote and it doesn't seem to be there. I think Trump will probably win at this stage. He will persecute every single person he perceives has sleighted him and turn the US into a real life Hand Maids tale theocracy with an end to elections. Ukraine will be left to its own devices. 20% trade tariffs will snuff out any hope of growth in the UK.... Genuinely scary stuff. Hopefully I'm wrong like.

Normal. Honestly feels like we are weeks away from catastrophe in the western hemisphere here, with Putin on the verge of victory.

Just another normal day in American politics. "Dad comes home and he’s pissed. He’s not vengeful, he loves his children. Disobedient as they may be, he loves them … And when Dad gets home, you know what he says? You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now. And no, it’s not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. No, it’s not. I’m not going to lie. It’s going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me. And you earned this. You’re getting a vigorous spanking because you’ve been a bad girl, and it has to be this way". Tucker Carlson at a Trump rally.

Is it worth seeing it at the iMax?

It still amazes me people see that level of narcissism and sycophancy and think "yeah, that's for me. Yeee Haaah!". My opinion of the American people has never been lower.

Nobody has seen this video though, and she's not interviewing the perpetrator of the alleged abuse.

So I listened to it. For context, what Sopel meant in your initial complaint was that Harris's previous strategy of painting Trump as some weirdo (and by extension, relatively harmless) wasn't getting any cut through so now she is going for more direct attacks about how dangerous he is. I think that's probably a fair analysis. Maitlis didn't chuckle any more than her usual mannerisms. Again, she highlights the absurdity of the situation, that something that should be shocking news is now mundane. Again, I agree. Like literally everyone, the Newsagents occasionally irritate me but personally I like their US coverage. They're still a commercial platform designed to encourage traffic. But, there's so many other things to be angry about at the minute, the Newsagents aren't one of them.

Because the released money is for capital projects, long-term investment, which is desperately needed. Don't think the budget will cover departmental allocation but again, what's the options? You'll say tax the rich, well the plans are to raise capital gains tax and inheritance so they're doing that. Trouble is it costs, for example, 70k pa to educate a kid with SEN. Demand is simply outstripping supply.

Does Reeves deserve some praise for this? Releasing billions for infrastructure improvements. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg745ggn3no.amp

Did you get a portion of lovely chips from the Great North chippy, only for Sopel to wander over, unzip himself, and micturate on them? Haven't heard this yet but to me it sounds like he's saying Trump is impervious to these types of attacks, which he does seem to be. I'll give you a full review later. 👍

Although that might be seen as diminishing the memory of Elvis.

As an aside, those fawning sycophants genuinely make me sick. Imagine losing so much respect you stoop this low? It never even ends well for them, look at Gulliani.

Credit Cold War Steve.

Yeah, the MAGA crusades are ongoing, vanguarded by the prick Farage here. The World's fastest growing religion. Of course our branch is Mega, with an obligatory union flag. Or MUGA, where you use a cross of St George.

Was going to say, when does a cult become a religion (as I don't think there is much difference other than the size of the flock). That would put Trumpism, with around 100 million MAGAs, as the World's fifth largest religion, about six times larger than judaism.

The MAGA lot certainly. I remember someone played a Trump impersonator or deep fake where Trump was heard how he hopes Ivanka isn't his biological daughter so he can fuck her. They all justified it in one way or another.

There's aslo stuff about him not wanting to be photographed with amputee veterans, who he has called "losers" (this coming from a draft dodger). If as many of his close aides hate him as is thought (and as I would imagine), I wish they were more savvy and recorded him occasionally.

Aye, also Trump isn't a member of the elite, isn't a billionaire etc? He's completely inauthentic and, I would have thought for most sane people, repulsive. But obviously I'm worng here.

I was thinking about this and you're right, especially about things like health care in the US. But at the same time, I think for the vast majority their lives are comfortable enough. Which is why I think if Trump loses there won't be civil war or major insurrection, because these people have got things to lose and do not want to go to prison. We've always had relative poverty. We've never before had charlatans like Trump and Farage. The answer lies somewhere else imo, most notably the spread of disinformation via social media.

Naybody tempted to see The Apprentice? Looks good, decent enough IMDb reviews, OGWN lot loved it. Trump hates it, which is nice.

Okay, I get your point now. But if he's not a genius, not even an accidental one (and I don't think he is either), then again that leads us down the line of what the fuck is wrong with his suppporters, and, even more so, the small number of remaining fence sitters. Of course, you're not allowed to say they are just immoral, degenerate, thick as pigshit racists. But most of them are. The rest are also moral vacuums who only care about their personal wealth. I'd like the MSM et al. to have more courage facing this issue. I wouldn't even have heard of this Arnold Palmer schtick if it wasn't for the news agents btw. It is kind of entertaining in a sick way. They can't really talk about policy, because there is none.