Jattdogg Posted 9 January Posted 9 January Saw this online... House Republicans gave mixed reactions on Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal. Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon told CNN, “They’re our allies, we should treat them that way.” North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards said that he would “have to talk to the president about his idea,” adding, “Behind the logic, I’m not going to render a judgment just yet.” Rep. Wesley Hunt of called the push a “great idea,” acknowledging it would be “very ambitious.” “I think this is the greatest country in the world. And by the way, this isn’t stealing these countries or taking them away. It’s often a better opportunity under America’s flag. I think we should do it,” the Texas Republican said. Lol, are you fukin serious? Holy out to fukin lunch.
ozleicester Posted 9 January Posted 9 January How incredibly sad, so many homes lives and environments destroyed. The utter destruction in California will surely be a wake up call.... oh... as you were 1
Jon the Hat Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 18 minutes ago, ozleicester said: How incredibly sad, so many homes lives and environments destroyed. The utter destruction in California will surely be a wake up call.... oh... as you were California is probably the state that least needs a wake up call I should think. Still very sad for those impacted by the fire. 1
Sly Posted 9 January Posted 9 January It’s crazy how quickly the fires have spread. I see it’s hit Hollywood as well now. When you look at some of the names being evacuated according to Sky…. 130,000 people now advised to evacuate.
CosbehFox Posted 9 January Posted 9 January (edited) I see a chunk of this country and the rest of the world has no understanding of how our Parliament bills work Edited 9 January by CosbehFox 3
Robo61 Posted 9 January Posted 9 January (edited) 7 hours ago, Jon the Hat said: Fleshing it out is one thing, but I think the messaging that they are now in the planning phase for large chunks of their agenda is a poor message. Perhaps you need to remember back to previous administrations, Thatcher struggled for nearly three years and was way behind in the poles 2 years in, even Blairs gopvernment who are often see as the height of vision and efficiency took 2 years to get any significant legislation through. Cameron's government did little in the whole of his 5 years in office beyond austerity which requires little legistlation, as for the others since then, did they actually achieve anything apart from getting Brexit done and that took the best part of 5 years despite them having had power for the previous 6 years. Governing is hard and surely we all knew this parliament would be particularly hard given the deep shit the tories left the country in. Edited 9 January by Robo61 2
SpacedX Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 2 hours ago, Sly said: It’s crazy how quickly the fires have spread. I see it’s hit Hollywood as well now. When you look at some of the names being evacuated according to Sky…. 130,000 people now advised to evacuate. This has the potential to affect everyone in LA County, that's 10m people, 14% of the population of the UK. I have close friends in the Hollywood Hills and several in Pasadena - all have been evacuated. Another in Walnut which is 12 miles from the Eaton fire spent the night spraying his roof with a hose. He said on Tuesday night that he'd never experienced such a strong wind from the San Bernardino mountains. Wildfires are not unusual in California but to encroach on the city like this is unprecedented. An excessively dry summer, autumn and winter has parched the tinderbox chaparral vegetation whilst the Santa Ana Föhn winds from the desert regions - hot and dry - fan the flames like bellows. Yesterday in Pacific Palisades: The other side of the planet. Monday, three miles away from me... This chaos is o our doorstep, coming to a town near you. 2
foxy boxing Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 5 hours ago, ozleicester said: How incredibly sad, so many homes lives and environments destroyed. The utter destruction in California will surely be a wake up call.... oh... as you were Some people will say California is seeing the consequences of Americans greed and destruction and is a massive wake up call especially with an incoming climate change denier Trump. 1
Tommy G Posted 9 January Posted 9 January Pound sinks to lowest level since 2023 at $1.22, who'd have thought it 1
Dr The Singh Posted 9 January Posted 9 January Just now, Tommy G said: Pound sinks to lowest level since 2023 at $1.22, who'd have thought it Are we still not allowed to say anything about the Labour Party 2
Otis Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 2 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: Are we still not allowed to say anything about the Labour Party Rachel from accounts won't last the year. 1 1
SpacedX Posted 9 January Posted 9 January (edited) 39 minutes ago, foxy boxing said: Some people will say California is seeing the consequences of Americans greed and destruction and is a massive wake up call especially with an incoming climate change denier Trump. Like ours, such a consumerist, disposable, profligate society is unsustainable. The current LA wildfires are partially due to the natural physical geography of the area, urban sprawl and encroachment and in the main, exacerbation of these natural processes through climate change, for which the entire developed world is culpable. Areas that are prone to flooding, wildfire and drought are experiencing this with increased frequency and intensity. As you say, if there's one thing that can be pinned upon a significant percentage the US public, lobbyists and Donald Trump and his ilk -- it's climate change denial bred by scientific illiteracy and rampant opinion based populism. Edited 9 January by SpacedX 1
Dr The Singh Posted 9 January Posted 9 January Just now, Otis said: Rachel from accounts won't last the year. You must be kidding mate, that is insulting anyone working in accounts. I would trust her to pick my dogs shit.
urban.spaceman Posted 9 January Posted 9 January She is a fully insane person. And she crashed the economy. 3
Popular Post leicsmac Posted 9 January Popular Post Posted 9 January If people are expecting the current government to apply an economic panacea with results double-time after fifteen years without power, then I might suggest their expectations might be just a little high and perhaps indicative of a double standard. A fair chunk of the print media sound the same. As if economics is even the only important issue, or even the most important one, right now anyway. 2 4
Popular Post Dr The Singh Posted 9 January Popular Post Posted 9 January 5 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: She is a fully insane person. And she crashed the economy. She is nuts but she has a point 6
leicsmac Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 4 minutes ago, Otis said: ... clearly these measures were never necessary on the first place, as the severity of wildfires due to changing global average temperature hasn't changed at all and so existing safeguards should have done the job. .... .... ......... right?
Sampson Posted 9 January Posted 9 January (edited) 2 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: She is nuts but she has a point No she doesn’t. If you can’t legally say say a politician who crashed the economy “you crashed the economy” then why even have political discourse? Even more crazy that she’s a Musk style “we don’t have free speech anymore” politician. Edited 9 January by Sampson
Tommy G Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 2 minutes ago, leicsmac said: If people are expecting the current government to apply an economic panacea with results double-time after fifteen years without power, then I might suggest their expectations might be just a little high and perhaps indicative of a double standard. A fair chunk of the print media sound the same. As if economics is even the only important issue, or even the most important one, right now anyway. You are correct - but this is a place to discuss economics and not just Climate Change - which everyone with a brain recognises is an important issue, alongside numerous other ''important issues'' it doesn't mean the narrative has to be dragged back to that each and every time. You are also correct on your first point, but the current budget is playing out exactly as experts and economists said it would, so the course could of been changed at the start by not proposing such a poor budget. 1
Dr The Singh Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 15 minutes ago, Sampson said: No she doesn’t. If you can’t legally say say a politician who crashed the economy “you crashed the economy” then why even have political discourse? Even more crazy that she’s a Musk style “we don’t have free speech anymore” politician. Maybe, I read it in what she says, she referring to blaming the current scenario of shite on what she did in 2022, which is ridiculous.
Zear0 Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 6 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said: Maybe, I read it in what she says, she referring to blaming the current scenario of shite on what she did in 2022, which is ridiculous. What are you on about? Nothing in the report/article/letter is to do with the "current scenario". It's about statement he made when campaigning referring to her mini-budget.
leicsmac Posted 9 January Posted 9 January 20 minutes ago, Tommy G said: You are correct - but this is a place to discuss economics and not just Climate Change - which everyone with a brain recognises is an important issue, alongside numerous other ''important issues'' it doesn't mean the narrative has to be dragged back to that each and every time. You are also correct on your first point, but the current budget is playing out exactly as experts and economists said it would, so the course could of been changed at the start by not proposing such a poor budget. You would hope that everyone with a brain does view it like that, yes. Unfortunately there seem to be quite a few people, including those and enough with the power to craft policy that then affects us all, that appear to not have a brain on that subject. And that is a problem. And in my own defence, outside the dedicated thread for the matter I'm reasonably sure that the majority of my posts on it have been reactive to people attempting to downplay it as a problem (as above), rather than proactively shifting the discussion myself. There are issues like that one, the NHS, immigration and foreign policy that all matter - though I guess someone might make a reasonable argument that they often come back to economics anyway because they all rely in some way on the exchequer. I can't disagree with the viewpoint in the second paragraph, but as I've said before, I'm willing to offer time to this government to get things right given the situation and I think it a mite unreasonable (and in some cases a double standard) to not do so. 1
Dr The Singh Posted 9 January Posted 9 January (edited) 3 minutes ago, Zear0 said: What are you on about? Nothing in the report/article/letter is to do with the "current scenario". It's about statement he made when campaigning referring to her mini-budget. She was being interviewed/made a statement on sky news i think and made that reference. I'm in Cape Town, so whatever the news agencies she uses I have no disagreement that she foooked up pretty bad, I just hopebthe current regime get the same treatmenr Edited 9 January by Dr The Singh
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