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2 hours ago, RayC said:

 

Fellow by the name of Johnson. Wonder what became of him?

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/07/15/rest-world-believes-britain-time-did/

Good old Boris. But he wasnt proposing a resurrecton of the empire, was he?

51 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

I thought that post-Brexit, the UK was going to reassert its' authority on the world stage?

 

'Victoria imperium' and all that.

What a strange notion - whoever told you that?

56 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

It's not that simple.  Japan can automate and shrink their GDP all they want, but who's going to pay for the aging population?  What's declining is people of working age; the senior population is growing.  They need more workers to pay taxes to keep their social security system solvent. '

Of course it's not simple but this problem will not be unique to Japan in another generation.

Ever rising GDP's and high immigration numbers are both unsustainable in this world now.  

The Japanese will find a way.

Never mind, Napoleon. Just call the EU - they'll sort it. 

Ah, wait a minute.

2 hours ago, impulse said:

The real tell is going to be how (and even if) these rioters, trespassers, and (alleged) kidnappers will be charged.  Or will they be back on campus before their next meal.

 

Ivy League. A lot of money for no brains. What a waste. 

Looks like the cops have emptied them out now. I wonder how many were registered students? 

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Could his ethnicity/religion have anything to do with his opinion? 

It's unfortunate that some people are connecting all Jews with the Israel i Genocide. 

Calling most of the protesters ignorant is quite a bold statement. 

Both bold and beautiful - most of these student protesters seem to be completely unaware of situation in Palestine and the real reason they are demonstating. Spring and summer silly season is always popular though.

8 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Are you talking about the great orange one, who always starts whining months before the elections that it’s impossible for him to lose, unless the elections are rigged?

He's on topic. So no. 

On 4/29/2024 at 5:17 PM, Roo Island said:

Better than the last one we had. Pompeo was a boot licker and turncoat.

 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/mike-pompeo-worst-secretary-state-ever.html

Worst Secretary of State Ever Trump may have some competition for the worst president title, but Pompeo is in a class of his own.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo

 

Once a critic of Donald Trump, whom he called "authoritarian", Pompeo turned into one of his biggest supporters after Trump became the Republican nominee in the 2016 presidential election.

 

After Trump fired the State Department inspector general, Steve Linick in May 2020,[112] it became known that Linick had begun an investigation into ethics violations by Pompeo and his wife alleged by whistle-blowers.[113][114] The investigation continued after his firing, and the review report was released in April 2021. The review had found more than 100 instances of misconduct where Pompeo requested that State Department staff perform personal errands for him and his wife,[115] "from booking salon appointments and private dinner reservations to picking up their dog and arranging tours for the Pompeos' political allies."[116]

New movie out now: Gone Off Topic in 60 Seconds. 

Starring Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo.

18 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Trump allowed himself to be laugh at with consistent comic moments. Problem is that he can't stop with his funny acts. FRom staring at the solar eclipse to coming up with words like covfefe to the latest Gettysburg gaffe, he keep giving materials for many to poke fun. I think Biden roasting of Trump was spot-on funny. 

Of course you do.

12 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

One should remember that Sleepy Don was too thin skinned of a chicken to attend any Correspondence Diner during his presidency... 

Maybe he thought it was actually the Correspdents Dinner, so showed up at the wrong venue? 

4 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

I thought Stormy Weather was kinda funny 😄 

See what I mean?

49 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

And you've never stumbled? Amazing the things the president gets attacked for. Including his speech impediment.

This president gets attacked because he's a national disaster plus he even thinks he is funny.

10 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

It wasn't originally, they updated they picture after people pointed out how wrong they were.

Fair enough. Was it a Dakota?

51 minutes ago, MicroB said:

 

Fake news. In 2010, 50% of UK pensioners pay tax. Now about 66% of you lot  in the UK pay tax. Pensions are taxable income. People just make up cobblers to suit their own prejudices.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/11/23/pensioners-paying-more-income-tax/

Fake back. Your linked article is a projection. Right now the full UK pension is below minimum  tax threshold. No tax on the state pension as is.

1 hour ago, MicroB said:

 

In 1946, there was the first uplift, which wasn't paid out to pensioners outside of Great Britain. The National Insurance Act 1946  contained a general  disqualification for payment of benefits absent from Great Britain, together with power for regulations to remove the disqualification. Upratings, of which there were three between July 1948 and July 1955, were not payable to persons not resident in Great Britain. The formal policy was made in 1955. Subsequent regulations providing for pension increases have continued to have the same effect. Between 1948 and 1955, the UK entered into reciprocal agreements with France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which provided for payment of retirement pension in the countries concerned. Upratings were paid. Pensions were also payable, by a special arrangement, in  Ireland but were not uprated until 1966. Until 1973, recipricol arrangements were made with 30 countries to allow pension increases. This stopped in 1981. In July 1995, there was a parliamentary debate on the Pension Bill amendments for upratings to be paid, defeated by large majorities.

es/0f8a64d2-9e26-4fc8-813d-2504e909e8ae/Pensions(Expatriates)

 

In theory, all UK pensioners could go home, and their pensions increased to the current rate.

 

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1994-07-06/debates/6df169bc-8bd2-4d30-909b-312ad520b9d4/OverseasPensioners

 

William Hague pointed out that todays NI contributions pays for today's pensioner, not your future pension. So arguments about paying into a system for future entitlement falls fat on its face. There isn't the money to pay for overseas pensioners, who mostly don't vote, who mostly don't pay taxes, to have their pension increased.

Hague is full of it. Most penioners in the UK don't pay tax either. There is always the money - we still have our own bank.

22 hours ago, JoePai said:

So Asean Now thinks that photo is a Boeing 747-400   

It is a 400.

7 hours ago, G_Money said:

Can you be just a little more specific?  

How is your daily life affected in the UK by the POTUS?

 

Shortages of tea and biscuits?

 

Increasing the tax on pork pies?

 

Market shelves empty of Yorkshire pudding?

 

Bake beans served with BBQ instead of breakfast?

 

Introduction of American streaky bacon?

 

 

You forgot the baloney.

Oh hang on. Sorry. It's all there.

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

30 years ago the sky wasn't full of planes. IMO without GPS the sky would be too dangerous to fly in.

Well, they're doing it now, near parts of eastern Europe, where the GPS drops out due to interference, older systems are used. Pre 1990 (GPS) there was already heavy air traffic - radio navigation like VOR and NDB were used and are still used and available today when needed, as well as inertial nav systems and advanced radar/transponder data from onboard and regional and local ATC centers.  

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There are local election in May and a general election due.

 

There are a range of political parties contesting these elections.

 

Voters have a choice.

 

 

 

 

You just ignored what he said.

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

He's about to be re-elected, hopefully.

Warped.

Wars, invasions? Anything here but few about the OP topic.

A new DS? Like GPSDS? I don't know.

15 hours ago, charleskerins said:

What scares you her intelligence ,her independence the idea that she dwarfs your insecure manliness with ther confidence?  "old crone"   says the old crone

Through your gibberish the flame is just visible - weak, barely flickering and emitting smelly brown smoke - just like you.

4 hours ago, morrobay said:

I assume English is not your first language. Note this is not a grammer correction but word selection. In both cases above to make your point understood: "refute" should be replaced with support   

grammer    lol.