Jon the Hat

Usually the sign of an ignorant ****wit in my opinion.

Bloody hell that is on point. Reminds me of this brilliant piece of writing from his first term. "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

I like Mads, and I hope if he goes to Spurs he gets some game time and shows what he can do. West Ham are as mental as us squad wise.

I mean the authorities will not want to be embarrassed by Di Marco again, it will be agreed quietly not in court.

Absolutely. Talks will be well underway with the deduction being negotiated. Deal done by the time it is announced. They will not want to be embarrassed again by our legal team.

If there is one thing we learned this year, it is that you absolutely can.

The internet is still off in Iran I guess.

It is a hugely important airfield for the USAF, and also a base of equipment which allows the US to put troops on the ground on a huge area of the globe with equipment in a few days rather than weeks, and from a secure well defended base which no one can sink. The fact the CIA no doubt also use if for nefarious offshore activities doesn't change that.

It is a globally significant military base. Why risk it? Why pay Mauritius Billions? The whole premise is nonsense. It has never been part of Mauritius, the Chagoisian people such as they still exist don't want to be owned by Mauritius.

I strongly dislike agreeing with Trump on anything, but he is right on Chagos. Insane deal. Fortunately, I cannot think of much else I agree with him on.

The US will be building its own silk road for rare earths and critical minerals.

He obviously doesn't want to play along with Brand Beckham PR anymore, and that is his choice as a grown man. Clearly his mum and wife don't get on, and that is not much fun.

As you say, loans against future income is fine as long as the future income keeps coming. They are obviously spending it on something, else no point paying the interest and fees to bring forward the cash.

Excellent article in the times today about why many on the far lef including the likes of Jeremy Corbyn support the Iranian regime until recently. Essentially saying Lenin argued that anti-western-colonialism war and revolution around the world would hasten the downfall of capitalism in the West, so examples like the 1979 revolution were to be supported, however horrible they might turn out to be. Essentially Lenin was wrong, and the left find themselves aligned with some complete murderous scum for decades.

You are right except your example ignores the PSR period. Some of your wages are saved in the final year, while you crystalise the remaining amortisation in this year. So in your example, while the total PSR cost is reduced by 9M, it increased by 3M in this year and reduces by 12M in the next year. Which is fine if you can afford the 3M loss this year. If you can't, you are still better off keeping the player until their final year. So in effect to get net zero in PSR terms you would need to sell for 4M not 1M. It is the antithesis of good business.

The Iranian people deserve freedom and respect in their own country like everyone else.

That is a problem. Big time.

While I can understand the irritation, Chelsea could have taken a manager from them without the shared ownership. They got paid. They are also loaning players they would never afford otherwise like Chilwell.

He has to be obsessed with the book value being met.

In short, because a lot of people think Israel = bad therefore Iran cannot = bad as they are anti-Israel and Israel bombed them and stuff. They are ****wits. By any measure you care to use, the Iranian Regime is awful, and one should support the uprising of the people even if that means you presently happen to agree with Trump, Netanyahu and select other arseholes.

Beach parking fun yesterday. I am in line of cars cruising around for a spot, and a bloke in an Audi has stopped off to the left, not indicating. As I roll past him, some people appear around the end of the line of parked cars, and so I slow to a stop, maybe two car lengths in front of said Audi. When they get to their car, I indicate and once they have gone a minute or so later I park. As I get out of the car, the bloke in the Audi starts shouting at me that he was waiting. No indicating, no beep when I was indicating. Nothing. Was I in the wrong? in my book its the luck of the drawer if you happen to be in the right place when someone leaves the space is yours. Random waiting around the carp park might work, it might not, but it doesn't give you firs rights on the whole line of cars. South African bloke obviously.

Back to what? I read a bit of the story, and while it's not great an apparently clever man had zero idea what his friend was up to, I don't see why the bloke should have to apologise to the Epstein victims. No suggestion he was involved with anything dodgy.

It is how the US has worked for generations if you are a person of colour.

To be fair, so have a lot of other clubs who look nowhere near winning it. The spending is usually a given, still takes more than that.

It doesn't occur to them to wonder why they are hated and maybe do something about that instead.