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If you are taking that logic, they actually came from Ethiopia. But I see your line of thought - Alaska belongs to Greenland.

I think that you are getting confused. The majority is Greenlanders are indigenous Inuits. It's the majority of Americans who are not native to their country.

Stock up on those drumpcoins, you might be able to bribe your way out.

Your cries are too late - you've already lost the fight you didn't even know you were in.

American dominance in AI is so yesterday. Today,the Chinese are walking all over you. How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/24/how-chinas-new-ai-model-deepseek-is-threatening-us-dominance.html

I visited Dumaguete last year and really enjoyed it - it felt like a place I could retire to if circumstances were different.

It looks like the guy is probably dead - do you think that is a good thing?

It seems that for many on the right, they can quote only 2 flavours of economic model, the rampant, unchecked greed of the free market that grinds them down on a daily basis, and socialism/marxism/communism (all interchangeable). In fact, it is much like those who cry about the left pushing cultural marxism on society, but when challenged to explain what is meant by cultural marxism, it is apparent that other than hearing it mentioned on Fox news, they have no idea what it is, only that they are supposed to believe it is a prevalent threat.

That's an operating profit before tax is paid. Profit margins for supermarkets in the UK are around 3 to 5%.

Also known as the Dead Cat strategy, or in this case the Dead President strategy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy

I think the UK has huge potential too - there must be many disused mine shafts that could be converted to house these mechanisms. I think there is a company doing this in Southern Scotland already.

Not true. Gravity batteries are very effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_battery?wprov=sfla1

Thanks - I guess that shows how unpredictable the whole thing is. Maybe the murdoch strategy was to throw a ridiculous sum (£10 million) on the table in some sort of poker move, and Harry folded.

I may be wrong, but I think there is an algorithmic mechanism for determining damages in the event that the plaintiff wins. All Murdoch's lawyers needed to do was estimate what that amount would be then offer a chunk more. Harry had no option but to accept it or he could have been financially ruined even if he won in court.

The Wagatha Christie tale shows just how expensive celebrity litigation can be; we are all disappointed that Murdoch hasn't been exposed as we would like, but I can understand fully why Harry chose to err on the side of caution, If he was to lose, or even, as Chomper pointed out, awarded less than the large sum offered by NGN, he would have been hammered financially.

No case is guaranteed - it is entirely possible that it was not about the money he might be awarded had he won, but could be about the money he might have been liable for if he lost the case. His move was smart, but I guess also NGN were smart too. Murdoch has had a lifetime of the foulest of linen that he doesn't want aired in public.

How should I interpret "They’re a Brics nation, Spain. Do you know what a Brics nation is? You’ll figure it out,"? *David Lammy is a two faced clown, but it increasingly goes with the territory.

That sounds like it could be spoken by Trump himself. "Mr Trump started his answer by saying “Spain is very low,” referring to its defence expenditures, but quickly veered into speaking about Brics. “They’re a Brics nation, Spain. Do you know what a Brics nation is? You’ll figure it out,” he told the reporter from the presidential desk in the Oval Office." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-spain-brics-b2683680.html

I was being generous in presuming that he knows how the terms BRICS originated. Do you think he thought that B was for Spain?

He thinks that Spain is the S in BRICS. Either he is monumentally ignorant or his faculties are failing him.

I think you have things the wrong way round - it is the very ability to do a reverse ferret in the full glare of publicity without batting an eyelid that makes for a successful politician. Integrity is a hindrance; scruples are merely baggage that will hold you back. As a wise man once told me, nice boys don't win prizes.

The UK has the highest percentage of people receiving disability benefits in Europe - over 21% of the population. Italy and Spain, in comparison, both are at 5.3%. Something doesn't seem right there. Disability benefits have been used for years to allow successive governments to trim away at less 'sacrosanct' allowances without leaving people fully destitute. But now, when there is no fat at all on the rest of the benefit system, the only option is to question why we are, on paper at least, so chronically more sick than the rest of Europe. https://oaktreemobility.co.uk/help-and-advice/health-and-wellbeing/top-10-european-countries-with-the-highest-disabled-populations-how-do-their-benefits-stack-up

And the repercussions will be felt for decades to come - the Russian youth, desperately needed to propel the nation's industrial base forward against an increasingly more capable world, is being lost. While the rest of the world continues to grow and develop and innovate, Russia persists in continuing this slow motion seppuku.

Forget last week. It's the next 4 years of this mentally deficient criminal that we need to worry about.

Sure, I am referring to the clown shoe who is signing presidential pardons for violent thugs without even understanding what he is actually signing. That said, he doesn't seem to understand much. Only yesterday he thought that Spain was the S in BRICS. Maybe a dementia check is in order.