Trump calls London mayor "stone cold loser" as he lands in the UK

[thaibeachlovers]

15 hours ago, attrayant said:

I'm still trying to figure out why Trump thinks "stone cold" is an insult.  Does it mean something other than emotionless?  The only other reference I can find is to a pro wrestling actor, Stone Cold Steve Austin.  After more than two years Trump should be able to come up with better insults to hurl during his temper tantrums.

It's normally used to describe emotionless killers. I have no idea if Trump think's it is an insult. Perhaps he used it so lots of posters on TVF would talk about it.

[thaibeachlovers]

23 hours ago, Loiner said:

But have I revealed the truth of London's demise to you nonbelievers?

Mosques in London- 460

Churches in Riyadh- 0

Need I say more?

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Did Farrakhan get the royal treatment from the UK gov?  Kahn only objected to Trump getting a state visit, correct? 

Why on earth would Farrakhan get royal treatment from the UK government?

Trump, on the other hand is president of the only nation that can save Britain should a certain power decide to take it over by force.

Considering how successive British governments have emasculated the British military, they'd better suck up to the US, no matter who the president is.

[Thakkar]

57 minutes ago, Patriot1066 said:

Agree but not millions all at once where English is rarely spoken. Plus they are encouraged to embrace their own culture not ours

 

And what is “our culture?”

 

Christianity is from The Middle East.

English derives from Latin and other European roots.

The Monarchy is part German, Russian, etc.

The jewels on The Monarch’s crown come from India and Burma.

The tradition of tea-drinking is imported from Asia.

Fish and chips? —potatoes intro’d from America, chips from Belgium.

Favorite dish—curry —from South Asia.

Some of the most celebrated British writers are from around the world.

 

British culture is great. It is rich, varied and wonderful—but only because it has learned, embraced, and absorbed (and occasionally, stolen) from all over.

 

[Thakkar]

11 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Mosques in London- 460

Churches in Riyadh- 0

Need I say more?

So would you like London to be more like Riyadh, or Riyadh to be more like London? If the latter, then it is an implicit endorsement of London.

[thaibeachlovers]

14 minutes ago, Thakkar said:

So would you like London to be more like Riyadh, or Riyadh to be more like London? If the latter, then it is an implicit endorsement of London.

I'm not answering that, but, I lived in London for 10 years and haven't missed it an iota since I left. It's got some nice old buildings, but it's dirty, cold, and has too much bad architecture. Currently the <deleted> are trying to destroy it by putting up horrid high rises all over the place and ruining the character it once had.

Bangkok is a far more enjoyable city, that has at least a decent night life while London only has that horrible Soho.

It's way too dangerous as well, with criminals and bad characters in abundance. I always felt safer in Bkk.

[RJRS1301]

17 hours ago, sanemax said:

 

I'm still trying to figure out why Trump thinks "stone cold" is an insult. 

There used to be an expression "stone cold sober", also sometimes used by old fashion funeral directors >>as in " the deceased was stone cold, when we arrived to transport him:

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by RJRS1301

[keithsimmonds]

On 6/3/2019 at 8:01 PM, bomber said:

i dont think he has been 4-1,i could be wrong but a checked one day last week and he was 2-1,anyway i still think many tory MPs who were going to vote for BJ will be annoyed with Sun tan man bulling BJ up and could switch just to piss Trump off,maybe he wants to be pisssed on ???? i meant off

1.64 or 5/8 on......in laymans terms its now a one horse race.

[7by7]

On ‎6‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 7:53 AM, Loiner said:

But have I revealed the truth of London's demise to you nonbelievers?

 You have revealed your own prejudices, backed up with cherry picked and distorted 'evidence' from those who share them.

 

BTW, what do Leave.EUOfficial mean by their propaganda piece? Are they trying to convince people their claims are the fault of the EU and will be solved by Brexit? If so they are, of course, lying.

 

460 Mosques in London? Maybe, but what does that prove? The latest figures available show that nearly 60 % of Londoners say they are either Christian or have no religion; 12.8% say they are Muslim (source). How is 12.8% a majority?

 

500 closed churches in London? However, while some churches are closing, many others are opening.

 

The first Anglican church in 40 years opened in Tottenham in 2017; part of a planned 100 new Anglican churches by 2020 (source). 

 

In addition, as anyone who knows and travels around London can confirm, other Christian denominations are opening new churches all over the place. Not necessarily in purpose built premises, but in converted warehouses etc. You obviously don't know London at all, but those who do and are old enough will remember the Finsbury Park Rainbow (I saw The Who there in 1979). It's now a large evangelical, non-denominational Christian church.

 

 

BTW, your source got their figures slightly wrong. The original Gatestone Institute article said there were 423 new mosques in London. But is that true? No: Did London Close 500 Churches and Open 423 New Mosques?

 

Yes, Sharia courts do exist in the UK. They are a voluntary arbitration service and their rulings are not enforceable in UK law. Exactly the same as another form of religious 'court' which has existed in the UK for over 100 years; Jewish Beth Din. In order to act as arbitration services, both have to be registered under the Arbitration Act 1996.

 

People can divorce in both Sharia Courts and Beth Din; but those divorces are not legally recognised under UK law. The only place a couple can legally divorce in the UK is the actual, legal courts.

 

Yes, Sharia courts have, rightly, come in for criticism for their unfair treatment of women; but so have Beth Din.

 

BTW, the only religious courts to have any, albeit very limited, real legal power in the UK are Church of England ecclesiastical courts.

 

[7by7]

On ‎6‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 9:48 AM, briansbiology said:

Sadiq had no problem when Louis Farrakhan visited London when asked. Put your Bias aside and ask yourself why he objects to Trump but not Farrakhan. There you have it..............

 

If Farrakhan ever visited London it would have been before 1986: he has been banned from entering the UK since then! (A high Court ruling in 2005 overturned the ban, but that in itself was overturned on appeal.)

 

Khan was 16 in 1986; I don't know if Farrakhan ever visited London before 1986 when his ban came into force nor if he did what the 16 year old, or younger, Sadiq Khan's view on his visit were; do you?

[7by7]

On ‎6‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 11:39 AM, Patriot1066 said:

Very nicely put Khan is a waste of space. London votes remain in the EU elections largely due to its ‘new Europeans’  arriving !

 

Whatever you mean by 'new Europeans' (your inverted commas), you are wrong.

 

Who can vote in the referendum?

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British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over who are resident in the UK or Gibraltar will be eligible to vote. UK citizens resident overseas will also be eligible to vote, provided they have been registered to vote at a UK address in the last 15 years.

 

On ‎6‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 11:39 AM, Patriot1066 said:

Trump speaks what most of us think.

What you think, maybe; but, as shown time and time again, what you and those who agree with you think is often based on misinformation at best.

 

In the 2016 London Mayoral election, Khan polled 56.8% of the second round votes.

 

Whereas in the 2016 US Presidential election, Trump polled 46.1% of the popular vote and is only President due to the US electoral college system. If the winner was determined by who polled the most votes, Clinton would be the first female US President.

[7by7]

On ‎6‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 7:16 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Mosques in London- 460

Churches in Riyadh- 0

Need I say more?

Yes, but when asked

On ‎6‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 7:29 AM, Thakkar said:

So would you like London to be more like Riyadh, or Riyadh to be more like London? If the latter, then it is an implicit endorsement of London.

you bottled it

 

On ‎6‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 7:49 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm not answering that,

 

Saudi Arabia is an autocratic state with few, if any, freedoms; certainly no freedom of religion currently.

 

The UK is a democracy where one of the many freedoms we enjoy is the freedom of religion.

 

Which do you prefer?

 

 

[Thakkar]

21 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

Yes, but when asked

you bottled it

 

 

Saudi Arabia is an autocratic state with few, if any, freedoms; certainly no freedom of religion currently.

 

The UK is a democracy where one of the many freedoms we enjoy is the freedom of religion.

 

Which do you prefer?

 

 

There are people who want things to be in an imaginary, unattainable, and never changing Goldilocks zone: *just* enough immigrants for authentic curry, culture and vibrancy, but not enough to make the natives, individually, feel uncomfortable. Even if there were an attainable formula, in order to maintain the ratios, not only do those immigrants’ procreations need to be regulated, the clearly desirable white folks’ procreation need to be maintained/boosted by regulation or other means, as well as their emigration from the sceptered isles.

 

Those of you in Thailand may look forward to incentives to entice you back. But wait...since you may take a brown spouse with you, it’s a wash! Not to mention the awkwardness this would cause the authorities when it comes to the tricky issue of how to classify your mixed race kids.

 

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[CharlieH]

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[thaibeachlovers]

13 hours ago, 7by7 said:

In the 2016 London Mayoral election, Khan polled 56.8% of the second round votes.

 

Whereas in the 2016 US Presidential election, Trump polled 46.1% of the popular vote and is only President due to the US electoral college system. If the winner was determined by who polled the most votes, Clinton would be the first female US President.

Isn't that a percentage of the votes cast, not a percentage of the number of people entitled to vote?

Most politicians are elected by less than a majority of the eligible voters, except in countries where voting is compulsory and have a first past the post system. Proportional voting will probably never get an actual majority for any candidate.

[thaibeachlovers]

12 hours ago, 7by7 said:

Yes, but when asked

you bottled it

 

 

Saudi Arabia is an autocratic state with few, if any, freedoms; certainly no freedom of religion currently.

 

The UK is a democracy where one of the many freedoms we enjoy is the freedom of religion.

 

Which do you prefer?

 

 

That was a baiting question, so of course I didn't answer it.

I lived in Saudi, and apart from the religious aspect, which ruined it for me, I preferred there to where I am, or the UK.

 

This is off topic, so that's it for me on this deflection.

 

[bkk6060]

On 6/7/2019 at 1:26 PM, Thakkar said:

 

 

British culture is great. It is rich, varied and wonderful—but only because it has learned, embraced, and absorbed (and occasionally, stolen) from all over.

 

I recently wrote a post about how I have never met a Brit here who seems happy.  Just always negative, condescending, and unhappy.

The response I got back was: you do not understand our culture.

So, is that the great culture you are referring too??

[Sealbash]

Narcissistic Trump is  such a worldly “statesman”. ( sarcasm btw) People who do admire Trump have similar traits: a racist,  uneducated, and cannot accept change. 

Don’t you just despise people whose opinion differs from yours?


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[Sealbash]

he's a guest in the UK, should show some respect and some manners...if my kids speaks bad of somebody or something I ask them to wash their mouth with soap

Is this also true for the hosts who are flying the balloon?


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[Sealbash]

Trump reminds me a bit of Duterte. Both men have such delicate egos, and cannot handle any perceived slights to themselves. Both men suffer from severe lack of self esteem, masked by oversized self aggrandizement. Trump just cannot help himself. Love me or get trashed by me! How boring. 

Both men are very popular with the citizens of their respective countries?


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[Tug]

17 minutes ago, Sealbash said:

Both men are very popular with the citizens of their respective countries?


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I don’t know what reality you subscribe to but the majority of my fellow Americans despise Donald as does the majority of the world 

[vogie]

22 minutes ago, Tug said:

I don’t know what reality you subscribe to but the majority of my fellow Americans despise Donald as does the majority of the world 

Would it be fair to say that if the majority of Americans despised him, he would not be the President. 

Edited June 9, 2019 by vogie

[Jingthing]

Both men are very popular with the citizens of their respective countries?


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Incorrect.

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[Jingthing]

Would it be fair to say that if the majority of Americans despised him, he would not be the President. 

No. We can't despise him out of office. It doesn't work that way.

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[vogie]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

No. We can't despise him out of office. It doesn't work that way.

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I do understand that a lot of Americans do not like him, but whether that is a majority I would have thought not. The US economy is the strongest it has ever been, unemployment is low and inflation is practically non existant. There is a possibility that Trump will be re-elected, but maybe even a probability.

[malagateddy]

I do understand that a lot of Americans do not like him, but whether that is a majority I would have thought not. The US economy is the strongest it has ever been, unemployment is low and inflation is practically non existant. There is a possibility that Trump will be re-elected, but maybe even a probability.

I sincerely hope that The Donald is re-elected.!!!

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[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, vogie said:

I do understand that a lot of Americans do not like him, but whether that is a majority I would have thought not. The US economy is the strongest it has ever been, unemployment is low and inflation is practically non existant. There is a possibility that Trump will be re-elected, but maybe even a probability.

His approval rating is about 42 percent.

Perhaps you don't understand the U.S. election system.

Yes he could be reelected again with 42 percent or even less of the vote.

Arguably and tragically that's even likely. 

It's called the electoral college.

He was elected the first time while losing the popular vote.

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

[Jingthing]

52 minutes ago, malagateddy said:

I sincerely hope that The Donald is re-elected.!!!

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To own the libs, right? ????

[dick dasterdly]

19 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

His approval rating is about 42 percent.

Perhaps you don't understand the U.S. election system.

Yes he could be reelected again with 42 percent or even less of the vote.

Arguably and tragically that's even likely. 

It's called the electoral college.

He was elected the first time while losing the popular vote.

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

Try living in the uk - where govts. are elected on far fewer than 42% of the vote  (IIRC) ......

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

Try living in the uk - where govts. are elected on far fewer than 42% of the vote  (IIRC) ......

I doubt they would have me. But you can't really compare them. The UK is a parliamentary system and you can rather easily remove disastrous PMs. Consider the U.S. has never actually had an impeachment that led to a senate conviction. Not even one and yes many horrible presidents. This one won't be convicted in the senate either even if impeached. Nixon probably would have but he smelled the coffee and resigned.