The luxury came very hard fought. And I probably have dealt with more genocidal fascists in my time - Cambodia, Rwanda and FYI to name a few
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The luxury came very hard fought. And I probably have dealt with more genocidal fascists in my time - Cambodia, Rwanda and FYI to name a few
I am issuing a full on grumpy warning. The arthritis I had post Covid one has gone full on. I may bite - if I can walk to a comms device
And for us they’re doing the classic “it’s law not politics” - true jazz track. All the variations but it maintains the same sound
And here at Jazz Club is Published Gentleman and the Fictions. Sweet.
Right. That’s my Chambers photo getting changed
First album I bought
Sir definitely dresses to the right, doesn’t he sir
My god that’s desperate stuff
You’ve clearly not had the nun’s boney finger in the chest which is the sine qua non of any decent catholic education…
BBC speak, feck&r
It is slightly amusing that said PG thinks those two words are a bit daring. There are Scots and Irish on here for whom swearing is a way of life (before anyone gets arsey there is a BBC programme on the Celtic love of swearing - honest, I am not taking the f@@@ing p££s)
I am a published gentleman read my works ye mighty and despair (not in a good way)?
I see you and raise you. There’s a village nearby where there are distinct frissons between the top road; the village road and the coast road
What in the name of flaming Zeus’ butthole is a Published Gentleman?
Bet they didn’t see that coming
He appears, however, to have been handed a précis of Surkov
The 33% who like fascism ain’t ever going to listen to the likes of us
But he knows everything about law from a particular point of view….
In the second sentence you can lose Barrett as the apostrophe s and AG….
TBF that stuff is a war crime.
Not for the first time I prefer my version of reality….
Lawyers for Borders? Do they have particularly strong views on the use of nasturtiums or perhaps general bedding plants?
Though the resident vet (as in Julia) thinks the dog needs to get out more….
She’s getting old as we all are. There’s a lump. And she’s a bit sluggish.
I have to take dog #1 to the vet this week….
I dunno. His relentlessly powerless reasoning might work
Do you want the good news or the bad news?!?!?
You’re confusing that with the transport of slaves who picked the cotton?
Bad news. We’ve been trumped - someone raised Isos loo paper. I may have to go and recover for a bit
You mean base materials imported to the North West and then mainly manufactured by people of SE Asian origin?
Pyrex sounds a bit forrin. Either that or Wilsonite…
The slide rule is easy. You use it to calculate the square footage and the amount you pay in shillings.
Still pre 1979 there was a mill for every day in the year in the valley. By 1983 there was one
My father worked in textiles (inc carpets) and had to have a British car
Going to the tip sounds a bit centralised and woke. Just dump it somewhere
Hang on I have 8, 11 and 12 on that list
They are German. I am old enough to remember that there was a campaign that one should not buy German cars
British Leyland has real possibilities.
Duvets. They are foreign and woke
See you and raise you: asbestos; and 60 fags a day
Rickets? Not much equality law? Chips and curry (which wasn’t curry)? Awful carpets?
It’s just Surkov/desi
@seanjones.org “this is not sparse enough”
I know this will annoy some. But given the day, it’s time to play John Peel’s favourite. It’s time to get Teenage Kicks
Has some one run that picture cos it doesn’t look like him?
On the upside there’s a decent amount of wood. On the downside (for da yoof) he has to stack it
In the words of Fox Mulder "manly men in the prime of their manly manners" IFYYK I am going to have to invest in a new chainsaw. The petrol is a bit on its last legs and the current electric ain't up to the job
Been out coppicing. Bloody midge. Can we please have a cold snap
Always hard to find a mummy for sons of bitches…….
True. Still has to be done though!
He’d be at Walter Reed
The twitter blob is pretty convinced he’s gone.
For all those getting v excited can I remind you of 22 November 1963. The chain of command requires immediate swearing in of the VP. So the critical question is where is Roberts
Lots of twitter stuff plus Vance plus the make up and cankles. The signs that he is actually dead are missing though
But for a narcissist, corrupt egomaniac- that his webpage is down, he’s not been seen and he’s skipping his own golf tournament is weird
I don’t think it’s true. No Walter Reed emergency visit and no Roberts swearing in Vance
There’s a rumour doing the rounds that Trump died
There two signs - Trump emerges from a plane in Russia or China or Roberts heads to the WH to sign in Vance
Woke up this morning and was forcibly reminded of the Brezhnev in the freezer debate back in the early 80’s
It’s Labor Day weekend. Trump is not scheduled to be golfing and cheating at his own tournament? Unless he is on Puty’s plane, that’s a wee bit odd….
A bit back I was giving a lecture on something serious - remotely. The dog (25kg flat coat) decided I was being boring. So she jumped on me in full view of everyone…
Happy Skynet Day
It is an FCO non exec agency but seems to fall outwith the 1961 Convention - unless, oddly, diplomatic staff have been seconded
It isn’t.
Just looking at Oppenheimer (the vastly expensive PIL book not the film). If the British Council in Kyiv is UK territory, then Art 5 is now in play
Cheap wine does not make an AG. All it makes is cheap whine
There is a debate about extraordinary rendition v rendition. One is a definite no no. The other can be debatable. I do think however we start calling what the Trump admin is up to what it is: assault; kidnapping; unlawful detention and rendition.
That’s rendition
You want me to go Breville! For that?
(Which is so cheesy…..)
Indeed I am Banquo’s toast
No matter how I slice it, it’s just a bit stale
Sandwiches are what you hake them. Otherwise you will be all be going barmy
I don’t like your tuna however you hake your comment and don’t come over all melt. Personally I would like the prosecution not to bring a case when they knew it was toast
Someone is being a wee bit naughty in the Western Approaches judging by the traffic
Straight out of Arendt.
It wasn’t the Withnail type
It is worth remembering at this point the complete failure of a Dulwich public school boy’s report about his admiration of the Nazi state.
One leg used to be shorter than the other due to impact injury. Now I just limp and get grumpy
It’s not the jumping out of the plane that hurts….
Evidence of getting old. You get up and a joint acts like a teenager “o do I have to?” It’s at times like this I remember the podiatrist who 14 years ago gave me 10 years…
O Farage, Argo
B5 was great sci-fi. That’s it
Did he offer you a brief in HK, you say “I don’t want to go unless they offer £1m” for them to go “ok”…..?
England. Not Britain. Scotland has different problems
Are there any left? He was no 10 of 1000?
Ah, sir…..
I also reckon his back right leg servo is knackered which is way beyond me to repair
I do find it “interesting” that as a piece of kit he’s closer to AI than any of the web crawling algos. He used to wander up and down the corridor in Chambers and talk to the people he “liked” (aka programmed stimulus response)
Budweiser piddles on the carpet and needs a software reset. At some point I will get round to the software reprogramming
My very early Sony sort of AI robot has, however, looked at all algos and gone “bite me”. Which is ironic for a robot dog
I would respond but I have Yahoo 1.0 crying in my sitting room……..
Many people say “I am the President of Earth”. Strong men, they come up to me with tears in their eyes saying it is such an honour to have me as their earth President.
Happy Anniversary! I believe it is pearl?
JFC.
Me: it’s 28 deg in here Dog: doesn’t mean I can’t lie on someone Me: it will get warm and you’re in the way of my book Dog: why’s it so hot
Give her 10 mins and all sides are wrong it is her bed. The thing is if the humans move to another one, the process repeats itself
How come whatever side of bed people are on is the wrong one for a dog?
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
What’s the flight speed of a swallow?