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A lot of people were hoping someone would stick the knife in, I don't know how many were hoping it'd be Hope. Still the daftest of his trials mind.

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There's a lot of talk about Kristi Noem, the South Dakota Governor that admitted she shot her own dog because it couldn't be trained, and her suitability as a VP Candidate for Trump. Should Trump become POTUS (and I fecking hope not!) part of me quite likes the idea of a VP that will deal to a mang...

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7 episodes done now. Think just the one to go. So far it feels like a very long introduction, but that's very much a popular style now and perhaps not something to particularly berate the show for. Also perhaps not helped by having no familiarity with the game. It's okay, feels like something I woul...

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Does one feel bad for the goat in all this? That puppy is hogging the attention somewhat

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Mostly worthless.

The Douglas Adams take on Vlad

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Doesn't surprise me one bit. They had used Rwanda in the past as well. Organisations like EHCR and UN are not fit for purpose these days. They basically want open borders to ship people from poor countries to wealthy countries and making them 3rd world in the process. The open borders one could sim...

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Listening to LBC now. Read this. The very same UN who have said Rwanda is not safe for deporting asylum seekers are planning the following. They are planning sending girls from Afghanistan fleeing Taliban to complete secondary school studies to...........Rwanda I shit you not. Doesn't surprise me o...

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Would have happened without Brexit, sadly there wasn't much (enough) done to progress the Single Market for Services, that was something I wanted us to address had the vote gone the other way It has done quite a bit of course to help the sort of person who voted remain the sort of growth we are seei...

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Exports are up in services rather than goods.

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Climate change? You people are genuinely doolally. Do you think climate change isn't a thing, or that it's a thing and yet people will not be perturbed by failing food and water supplies? I think that exactly zero of the immigrants, legal or illegal, economic or refugee, coming to the west are doin...

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1. That would put Ireland in breach of the Refugee Convention that states that Asylum Seekers don't have to claim Asylum in the first safe country. 2. Hasn't the Irish Court already said that returning them would be in breach of their Human Rights? 3. The UK would have to agree to take them back. 4...

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RTE news : Govt to consider laws to send asylum seekers back to UK http://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0427/1446053-sunak-rwanda/ 1. That would put Ireland in breach of the Refugee Convention that states that Asylum Seekers don't have to claim Asylum in the first safe country. 2. Hasn't the Irish Court alr...

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You see, this is a major part if the problem. Yiu reckon (presumably because the Daily Hate has told you) that there's "a million or so" illegal "boat people " reaching the UK each year. Lack of critical thinking aside, do you know the real figure for the total number of boat people, illegal or oth...

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Still seems easier en masse to end migration rights for reasons of asylum, or there needs to be a scheme to share the numbers around, it not being fair to leave so much on Turkey, Greece and Italy, and so little on the likes of the UK and Ireland Bumbling along not accepting there's a problem but h...

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Still seems easier en masse to end migration rights for reasons of asylum, or there needs to be a scheme to share the numbers around, it not being fair to leave so much on Turkey, Greece and Italy, and so little on the likes of the UK and Ireland Bumbling along not accepting there's a problem but ho...

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When they maintain such focus on how they present rather than on policy and delivery on policy if they get found out on presentation it's not like one need have much sympathy. I wonder how many mates will be texting him for days enquiring if there are differences between mundane everyday objects one...

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If they find he's immune before the election Biden should invite him to the white house and then shoot him. That would clearly be acceptable right? or order his SService guy to shoot Trump, then pardon him? If he can get the Secret Service guys to dress up as a clown when he does it then I'm defini...

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China owned 3% or so, so I’m not sure how big a factor their absence will be. They're not going to be absent, they've simply a lot of trade surplus that needs to go into something. But 3% is a lot, an awful lot, over time that would if they were to vanish be a big thing. And again even if they simp...

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There are definitely buyers that replace them - how else did China sell a big chunk of their holdings? Someone other than China owns 98% of the debt, and the low yields seem indicate high demand. There are always buyers, at least so far, but you still can't have China selling rather than buying and...

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It doesn’t sound absurd - it just doesn’t sound all that significant. it's not like there are other buyers who suddenly come in to replace them, so it does impact liquidity and thus price There are definitely buyers that replace them - how else did China sell a big chunk of their holdings? Someone ...

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Not sure they can maintain a no go area. And it's not like there'd be unity of purpose on that in Israel, and it's not like they're not doing huge damage to their economy in all this.

It's certainly a simple idea, but it comes with some significant practical problems

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2-4% doesn't sound absurd. Depends a bit how much one considers future debt. Japan may have similar, and then the US Govt would be the biggest holder of US Govt debt. It doesn’t sound absurd - it just doesn’t sound all that significant. it's not like there are other buyers who suddenly come in to r...

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2-4% doesn't sound absurd. Depends a bit how much one considers future debt.

Japan may have similar, and then the US Govt would be the biggest holder of US Govt debt.

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There are a number of problems to China shifting away from US Treasury Bonds, partly what else? There just isn't the volume to go elsewhere, but also one starts getting into do they really want a fall in the value of the dollar making Chinese exports to the US more expensive? Anyone is guessing in a...

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In isolation I don't really crap it's a national day, nor that it's a Turkish figure appropriated for emblematic reasons. But it's a bit of a crap day to find oneself stranded in many town centres by 4pm or later to find there are plenty of pissed up louts presenting with varying degrees of truculen...

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As someone firmly in the camp of excusing and defending Israel's murder of 30,000+ Palestinans.. you're not exactly well positioned to be pointing fingers. It was 30k after week two. There's is a war between Israeli forces and hamas murderous cvnts. Is Hamas stopped fighting, it would be over. Mean...

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In the case of Beale’s accuser, it seems that she either lied through her teeth or Beale was somehow able to manufacture multiple witness statements and doctor the CCTV footage to make it appear like she was lying through her teeth. A specific retort to a more general point. Not that it perhaps mea...

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What now? Who should make the decision then? Yes, true. But there are countries where it's very hard to get rape convictions because the peers on the jury tend to judge the victim not the accused. I can't actually say I know either way whether Australia is one such, but I don't think ignorance is a...

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So the new border checks are go come this April 30th. With only the slight caveat that rates of inspections for all commodity groups will be set to zero otherwise there'd be delays and rising costs. Utter sodding shitshow, or to steal a line I've seen better organised riots. At this point unless the...

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Some delightful shilling on behalf of Russia. One could just as easily contend, and perhaps more accurately, a Ukraine that was also attuned to the West was more valuable to the West for how that would deepen the connection to Russia. And no matter how much Ukraine looked increasingly to the West th...

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The failure to find dirt on Joe only shows how well this sleepy and confused man has brilliantly hidden the evidence against him

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If he has so little control over his body he can't control going for the ball Vs going for the eye he should stand down from rugby period. Just no business playing a team sport if that's his ability level. Or he intended to gouge and should cop a ban. Not the worst bit of gouging we've seen, but tha...

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One might wonder what he thinks 'scholar' means

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Down another 14.7% today to $22.84, wiping another $300 million off of the Orange man's holding Yet still worth more than there issue price Ever the silver lining eh? Interesting to see how the fans wanting to support Donny will make out Vs all those betting the stock will fall. I heard, I think, i...

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they wonder why the courts are back up and then allow days just to seat a jury.

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I wasn't sure about this fat lying tub of orange lard, but now Truss is endorsing him people might need to take him more seriously Is she just on the con now? Her politics are awful but she was never a Trumpist type. I wouldn't care to guess if she's grifting or has actually done down the rabbit ho...

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I wasn't sure about this fat lying tub of orange lard, but now Truss is endorsing him people might need to take him more seriously

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Yea we're real powerhouses on that front Doing pretty well on allowing tax avoidance, beyond that who knows. Or maybe the admins no longer like their money so much Was listening to LBC last week. Seems your not too bad at it yourselves. How much are McDonalds paying in the UK 5% is it? I can't say ...

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:23 pm
piquant wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:23 pm
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:29 pm

That's not how venues are decided
Bribery for the win?
Yea we're real powerhouses on that front

Doing pretty well on allowing tax avoidance, beyond that who knows.

Or maybe the admins no longer like their money so much

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:29 pm
RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:27 pm
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:58 pm

Aviva stadium hosting.

Croke Park gets the rugby
Yes but Ireland? When was the last time an Irish team reached knockouts in any European comp?
That's not how venues are decided

Bribery for the win?

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