Politics

[wykikitoon 23911]

[Howmanheyman 38154]

14 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Isn't it a little ironic that a lot of Europe today will be celebrating VE day, whilst Europe at the same time is falling into Facism? 

 

 

[Howmanheyman 38154]

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(SFW)

[Dr Gloom 24392]

Trade deal with the US incoming, though sounds like it will be limited in scope and ambition (cars and steel with the 10% "global baseline tariff" remaining in place)

[Gemmill 52926]

If we haven't even got shot of the brand new tariffs, I don't know quite what has been achieved. Hopefully we're not about to be flooded with chlorinated meat. 

[Holden McGroin 8094]

3 hours ago, Gemmill said:

If we haven't even got shot of the brand new tariffs, I don't know quite what has been achieved. Hopefully we're not about to be flooded with chlorinated meat. 

 

Food is off the table apparently but we'll soon find out.

[The Fish 11473]

22 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

 

Food is off the table apparently but we'll soon find out.

Typical Americans, so uncouth.

[Gemmill 52926]

American table manners are fucking wild. You see actual celebs now doing the "pin this steak to the table with a fork held vertically in a closed fist while I saw at it maniacally" thing these days. 

 

They're fucking pigs. HOWEVER. You can also see this over here now too if you keep your eye out for it. 

 

I hope all of the Toontastic members' no doubt HORRIBLE children at least have decent table manners. I already know some of the poor cunts will be standing up to wipe their arses for the rest of their lives though, so who knows. 

[Dazzler 12745]

6 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

American table manners are fucking wild. You see actual celebs now doing the "pin this steak to the table with a fork held vertically in a closed fist while I saw at it maniacally" thing these days. 

 

They're fucking pigs. HOWEVER. You can also see this over here now too if you keep your eye out for it. 

 

I hope all of the Toontastic members' no doubt HORRIBLE children at least have decent table manners. I already know some of the poor cunts will be standing up to wipe their arses for the rest of their lives though, so who knows. 

Mine stand up to wipe their arse

at the dinner table.

[Gemmill 52926]

That's got to be to do with your cooking. 

[Dazzler 12745]

4 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

That's got to be to do with your cooking. 

It’s their shit I’m cooking tbf, and I harshly punish anyone who leaves tread marks on the dining room chairs.

[ewerk 34393]

48 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

 

Food is off the table apparently but we'll soon find out.

This was excellent timing for us to sign a ‘trade’ deal. Trump was as desperate for a deal with any major economy as the Tories were after Brexit.

[Dazzler 12745]

Trump with one of his trademark delays. Someone made a boo boo and needs a nappy change.

[Christmas Tree 5455]

On the subject of toilet habits, I found public toilets a bit of a minefield. If I’m in a nice clean establishment I’m very happy to wash and dry my hands and then use my little finger to hook on some out of the way part of the door handle that I hope nobody else has ever touched. Particularly the dirty bastards who don’t wash their hands.

 

However, I then find myself in disgusting cesspits like Morrisons Seaburn (trainspotting’ish) and in no way am I prepared to touch anything at all other than my usual little finger exit method.

 

In these situations I am happy enough in my own bodily cleanliness, and yes, I am that dirty bastard.  
 

And those of you btw who do wash your hands and don’t use your little finger are simply getting a handful of dick sweat, every time.

[Dr Gloom 24392]

1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said:

On the subject of toilet habits, I found public toilets a bit of a minefield. If I’m in a nice clean establishment I’m very happy to wash and dry my hands and then use my little finger to hook on some out of the way part of the door handle that I hope nobody else has ever touched. Particularly the dirty bastards who don’t wash their hands.

 

However, I then find myself in disgusting cesspits like Morrisons Seaburn (trainspotting’ish) and in no way am I prepared to touch anything at all other than my usual little finger exit method.

 

In these situations I am happy enough in my own bodily cleanliness, and yes, I am that dirty bastard.  
 

And those of you btw who do wash your hands and don’t use your little finger are simply getting a handful of dick sweat, every time.

[Rayvin 6522]

So far this trade deal looks like a win for Trump to me. They're keeping tariffs in place on our goods, albeit not as high as originally suggested, and they've gained some concessions additionally to that. So our net situation remains worse than it was 6 months ago. I'm not celebrating that, Starmer. It's yet another fucking example of how insane Brexit was.

[Gemmill 52926]

The lower tariff on cars is only for the first 100,000 sold, from what I've read. Then it's back up. No idea how many we usually sell to them but assume it's more than 100k.

[Rayvin 6522]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

The lower tariff on cars is only for the first 100,000 sold, from what I've read. Then it's back up. No idea how many we usually sell to them but assume it's more than 100k.

 

Apparently we exported 102k in 2024 so it's about par for what we do, but permits no growth.

 

It's still going to be higher than it was either way though.

[Renton 24559]

35 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

The lower tariff on cars is only for the first 100,000 sold, from what I've read. Then it's back up. No idea how many we usually sell to them but assume it's more than 100k.

 

We export mainly luxury cars like Land Rovers, so that seems about right. I assume it's per annum. 

[Renton 24559]

Urghhhh, just listened to the obsequiousness of Starmer there on the newsagents. That's it, I'm done. Trouble is the alternatives are still worse. Existentially worse. 

[Rayvin 6522]

2 hours ago, Renton said:

Urghhhh, just listened to the obsequiousness of Starmer there on the newsagents. That's it, I'm done. Trouble is the alternatives are still worse. Existentially worse. 

 

In fairness, if he's committed to pretending Brexit isn't a thing then this is all he can actually do. We get shafted by the US because we are a complete irrelevance trading on the last crumbs of our historical prestige. We are spent as a world player and need to either rejoin and contribute to guidance of the EU, creating a more powerful and cohesive international power -  or remain isolated and diminish into at best a regional power that is middling top 20 on economy within the next 50 years, with declining living standards and brain drain into the continent.

 

I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about Brexit. I feel humiliated by it.

[RobinRobin 13019]

10 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

On the subject of toilet habits, I found public toilets a bit of a minefield. If I’m in a nice clean establishment I’m very happy to wash and dry my hands and then use my little finger to hook on some out of the way part of the door handle that I hope nobody else has ever touched. Particularly the dirty bastards who don’t wash their hands.

 

However, I then find myself in disgusting cesspits like Morrisons Seaburn (trainspotting’ish) and in no way am I prepared to touch anything at all other than my usual little finger exit method.

 

In these situations I am happy enough in my own bodily cleanliness, and yes, I am that dirty bastard.  
 

And those of you btw who do wash your hands and don’t use your little finger are simply getting a handful of dick sweat, every time.

[Monkeys Fist 46593]

 

12 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

a handful of dick sweat, every time.

What is it about male public toilets that makes your little mushroom so damned sweaty?