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Mostly letting off steam - steer clear if you want to avoid politics! But you can’t avoid it sadly, more now than ever πŸ™ Also cricket, chess, interesting stuff from sane people… Support Ukraine. No DMs.

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Real β€œwe ran a great economy until (we massively mishandled) Covid” energy here…

11.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s possible to play chess very badly.

11.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not news, but this answer makes no sense.

11.03.2026 04:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They can allow Russia to sell as much oil to India as they like. Itβ€˜s not going to unblock the Straits of Hormuz which is the source of the problem.

11.03.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair point. The entire Republican Party rode in behind him.

11.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The actual words. What do they mean?

11.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That accepts all denials of opposition claims at face value without serious challenge, allows politicians to use different messages when targeting different audiences, including the traditional issues of trending to extremes in primaries and β€œpivoting” to the centre for General Elections.

10.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, beyond the obvious stupidity, there is an underlying truth here that this is what happens when the media becomes mere stenographers for campaigns, and fails to ask the questions that expose the obvious contradictions in political platforms.

10.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The nuclear programme that Ted Cruz said last week didn’t exist in any material sense?

10.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They’ve forced people out of the β€˜believe everything on Fox News’ bubble. Everyone knows someone, often multiple people, who have been treated disgracefully.

10.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Russia haven’t ’declared war’ on Ukraine either. But most people understand the main identifiers of a duck.

10.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At those sort of numbers, presumably from missile/drone strikes, the official death count seems very suspicious.

10.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What’s the cause of the water loss, eh?

10.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cackhanded Market manipulation attempt.

10.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So they’ve gone from hoping an 86 year old dying will result in a more liberal regime and friendly Government to hoping somebody much younger will. Success!

10.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has he ever heard of nuclear weapons? They tend to be existential for every country.

10.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Clear evidence provided by America’s allies and intelligence agencies vs Russia’s β€œword”. It’s a tricky one.

10.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Well if they’re just going to be able to buy (procure) a weapon off the shelf, then all seems a bit of a waste of time preventing them from making their own.

10.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One’s in the White House.

10.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Life on other planets takes a sigh of relief.

10.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pushing Israel into second place i guess.

10.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump said Iran had Tomahawks.

10.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The new Churchill. No wonder Starmer had to be stood down as a candidate.

10.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

D-Day landings pushed into second place for best op security efforts.

10.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s mission creep back to something he thinks he can sell as a ”win”.

10.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That grift was a couple of weeks ago. He moved on from that now.

10.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Non prosecution of crime/criminals is the reason for what he is doing. His personal criminality.

10.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump donated one of his little birthday sketches.

10.03.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the rest.

10.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s just finally gone completely insane. The contortions he’s had to go through defending/praising/boosting Trump over the last 5 years (combined with everything we know he really thinks/thought about him) have finally caused him to crack and breakdown mentally.

10.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0