faraway saint Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 4 minutes ago, WeeBud said: ..their only wish is that the USA somehow gets through the next four years intact and without divisions that will never heal. THIS is where I can see serious issues. (not discounting the first part mate) Exactly how far this disregard for the law, inciting an "everyone for themselves" attitude goes is concerning and I can see "groups" taking virtual control of certain areas. As we know what happens in America is mirrored across other countries so watch this space. The Wild West part 2. Quote
WeeBud Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 12 minutes ago, faraway saint said: THIS is where I can see serious issues. (not discounting the first part mate) Exactly how far this disregard for the law, inciting an "everyone for themselves" attitude goes is concerning and I can see "groups" taking virtual control of certain areas. As we know what happens in America is mirrored across other countries so watch this space. The Wild West part 2. Agreed FS...... People talk about Farage being a loose cannon (some may agree and some may not) but his line of populism and rhetoric is now being re-enforced by Johnson, Patel, Braverman, Truss etc. Add to that the political information axis of Musk and Cummings (especially with Musk's control of Social Media output and algorithms) and we are going down a deep and divisive rabbit-hole. The biggest issue isn't people's political beliefs (everyone is entitled to hold their own belief's), it's the way that those belief's are now coming at us through controlled channels and the bombardment and volume of misinformation that is now being taken as fact on all sides of the spectrum. Quote
StanleySaint Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 My brother lives in the states and my sister in law is an FBI agent and they are worried about how things might go now that the 'orange one' has been reelected. That's a worrying view of the situation. Quote
WeeBud Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 1 hour ago, StanleySaint said: My brother lives in the states and my sister in law is an FBI agent and they are worried about how things might go now that the 'orange one' has been reelected. That's a worrying view of the situation. I’ve tried to understate how my friends feel as I hate hyperbole……they absolutely agree with your folks Quote
faraway saint Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 2 hours ago, StanleySaint said: My brother lives in the states and my sister in law is an FBI agent and they are worried about how things might go now that the 'orange one' has been reelected. That's a worrying view of the situation. 56 minutes ago, WeeBud said: I’ve tried to understate how my friends feel as I hate hyperbole……they absolutely agree with your folks Our friends, who live in Buffalo, have been very vocal on the possible consequences of Trump got in. They are bracing themselves for all sorts of possibilities, even slightly considered coming to Scotland. My mates from here but all his wife's family are American, with deep Irish roots. I hate to say this but I'd be considering buying some sort of "protection" as things, in some areas, could get out of control. Quote
WeeBud Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 16 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Our friends, who live in Buffalo, have been very vocal on the possible consequences of Trump got in. They are bracing themselves for all sorts of possibilities, even slightly considered coming to Scotland. My mates from here but all his wife's family are American, with deep Irish roots. I hate to say this but I'd be considering buying some sort of "protection" as things, in some areas, could get out of control. Nothing to disagree with there FS……if the rhetoric doesn’t calm there will be potential empowered mob rule, it’s a horrendous possibility Quote
faraway saint Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Very close to the truth.................. Quote
portmahomack saint Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: Very close to the truth.................. Quote
faraway saint Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 After the tragedy in the USA when a helicopter collided with an aircraft THIS was what the President of the USA had to say. If it wasn't so shameful it would be funny. I've read this three times and it's just beyond belief......................... BREAKING: Donald Trump sinks to a new low and blames "diversity" for the tragic plane crash in Washington D.C. — avoiding the truth that our Federal Aviation Administration’s leader resigned after Elon Musk pressured him to. Trump then got brutally fact-checked to his face... "Are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? And what evidence have you seen to support these claims?" a reporter asked Trump during a press briefing. "It just could have been," said Trump, offering no evidence. "We have a high standard. We've had a much higher standard than anybody else and there are things where you have to go by brain power." The implication here is that diverse hires are somehow lacking in brain power — an assertion that is certain to please Trump's racist base. "You have to go by psychological quality and psychological quality is a very important element of it," he continued. "These are various very powerful tests that we put to use and they were terminated by Biden and Biden went by a standard that's the exact opposite." It must be pointed out that Michael Whitaker, the FAA's leader, stepped down from his role on January 20th after Elon Musk demanded that he leave. And Trump wasn't done there... "We don't even yet know the names of the sixty-seven people who were killed and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and air traffic control and seemingly the member of the U.S. military who was flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation right now?" asked CNN's Kaitlan Collins. "No, I don't think so at all," said Trump. "I don't think were the names of the people— You mean the names of the people that are on the plane? Uh, you think that's going to make a difference?" "Does it comfort their families to hearing you blaming DEI?" asked Collins. "There are a group of people that have lost their lives. If you want a list of the names we can give you that, we'll be giving that very soon," said Trump. "We're in coordination with American Airlines. We're in coordination very strongly obviously with the military but I think that's not a very smart question. I'm surprised coming from you." And it just kept getting worse... "What plan do you have? Are we going to see some fired? Are you going to fire some of those diversity hires in the federal government? What plan do you have?" asked a reporter. "I would say the answer is yes if we find that people aren't mentally competent," said Trump. "You see the language. The language is put out by them and if you see that— I'm not going to bore you by reading it again but these are not people that should be doing this particular job. They'd be very good for certain jobs but not people that should be doing this particular job." In reality, the real problem is that the FAA is understaffed. We need more air traffic controllers, not fewer. By firing hardworking individuals just because they're diverse, Trump will make it even more likely that another tragic crash occurs. The catastrophe of a press briefing just kept going... "Today, you blamed the diversity element but then told us that you weren't sure that the controllers made any mistake. You then said that perhaps the helicopter pilots were the one's who made a mistake," said a reporter. "Yup. It's all under investigation, " said Trump. "I understand that," said the reporter. "That's why I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash?" "Because I have common sense, okay?" said Trump. "And unfortunately a lot of people don't. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level. When you have sixty planes coming in during a short period of time and they're all coming in different directions and you're dealing with very high-level computer, uh, computer work and very complex computers..." "And one of the other things I'll tell you is that the systems that were built, I was going to rebuild the entire system and then we had an election that didn't turn out the way it should have," he claimed. The most telling part of the briefing came next, when Trump was brutally fact-checked by a reporter. "The cited FAA text that you read is real but the implication that this policy is new or that it stems from efforts that began under President Biden or the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is demonstrably false, it's been on the FAA website—" said a reporter. "Who said that? You?" interjected the president. "No it's on the website, the FAA's website, it was there in 2013. It was there for the entirety of your administration too. So my question is why didn't you change the policy during your first administration?" asked the reporter. "I did change it. I changed the Obama policy," insisted a flustered Trump. "And we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it and then when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order bringing it to the highest level of intelligence. Okay?" Trump then abruptly moved on to another reporter, clearly worried that a followup question would further expose his lies. This is what happens when you put MAGA in control of the government. Trump and his unqualified lacks run things incompetently, disaster ensues, and then they find a scapegoat and move on to the next disaster. Quote
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 30 minutes ago, faraway saint said: After the tragedy in the USA when a helicopter collided with an aircraft THIS was what the President of the USA had to say. If it wasn't so shameful it would be funny. I've read this three times and it's just beyond belief......................... BREAKING: Donald Trump sinks to a new low and blames "diversity" for the tragic plane crash in Washington D.C. — avoiding the truth that our Federal Aviation Administration’s leader resigned after Elon Musk pressured him to. Trump then got brutally fact-checked to his face... "Are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? And what evidence have you seen to support these claims?" a reporter asked Trump during a press briefing. "It just could have been," said Trump, offering no evidence. "We have a high standard. We've had a much higher standard than anybody else and there are things where you have to go by brain power." The implication here is that diverse hires are somehow lacking in brain power — an assertion that is certain to please Trump's racist base. "You have to go by psychological quality and psychological quality is a very important element of it," he continued. "These are various very powerful tests that we put to use and they were terminated by Biden and Biden went by a standard that's the exact opposite." It must be pointed out that Michael Whitaker, the FAA's leader, stepped down from his role on January 20th after Elon Musk demanded that he leave. And Trump wasn't done there... "We don't even yet know the names of the sixty-seven people who were killed and you are blaming Democrats and DEI policies and air traffic control and seemingly the member of the U.S. military who was flying that Black Hawk helicopter. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation right now?" asked CNN's Kaitlan Collins. "No, I don't think so at all," said Trump. "I don't think were the names of the people— You mean the names of the people that are on the plane? Uh, you think that's going to make a difference?" "Does it comfort their families to hearing you blaming DEI?" asked Collins. "There are a group of people that have lost their lives. If you want a list of the names we can give you that, we'll be giving that very soon," said Trump. "We're in coordination with American Airlines. We're in coordination very strongly obviously with the military but I think that's not a very smart question. I'm surprised coming from you." And it just kept getting worse... "What plan do you have? Are we going to see some fired? Are you going to fire some of those diversity hires in the federal government? What plan do you have?" asked a reporter. "I would say the answer is yes if we find that people aren't mentally competent," said Trump. "You see the language. The language is put out by them and if you see that— I'm not going to bore you by reading it again but these are not people that should be doing this particular job. They'd be very good for certain jobs but not people that should be doing this particular job." In reality, the real problem is that the FAA is understaffed. We need more air traffic controllers, not fewer. By firing hardworking individuals just because they're diverse, Trump will make it even more likely that another tragic crash occurs. The catastrophe of a press briefing just kept going... "Today, you blamed the diversity element but then told us that you weren't sure that the controllers made any mistake. You then said that perhaps the helicopter pilots were the one's who made a mistake," said a reporter. "Yup. It's all under investigation, " said Trump. "I understand that," said the reporter. "That's why I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash?" "Because I have common sense, okay?" said Trump. "And unfortunately a lot of people don't. We want brilliant people doing this. This is a major chess game at the highest level. When you have sixty planes coming in during a short period of time and they're all coming in different directions and you're dealing with very high-level computer, uh, computer work and very complex computers..." "And one of the other things I'll tell you is that the systems that were built, I was going to rebuild the entire system and then we had an election that didn't turn out the way it should have," he claimed. The most telling part of the briefing came next, when Trump was brutally fact-checked by a reporter. "The cited FAA text that you read is real but the implication that this policy is new or that it stems from efforts that began under President Biden or the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is demonstrably false, it's been on the FAA website—" said a reporter. "Who said that? You?" interjected the president. "No it's on the website, the FAA's website, it was there in 2013. It was there for the entirety of your administration too. So my question is why didn't you change the policy during your first administration?" asked the reporter. "I did change it. I changed the Obama policy," insisted a flustered Trump. "And we had a very good policy. And then Biden came in and he changed it and then when I came in two days, three days ago, I signed a new order bringing it to the highest level of intelligence. Okay?" Trump then abruptly moved on to another reporter, clearly worried that a followup question would further expose his lies. This is what happens when you put MAGA in control of the government. Trump and his unqualified lacks run things incompetently, disaster ensues, and then they find a scapegoat and move on to the next disaster. I was listening to this as I drove back up the road today . Couldn’t believe what I was hearing 🤪😡 The man’s a f*cking moron 🤪 Quote
faraway saint Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 2 minutes ago, Callum Gilhooley said: I was listening to this as I drove back up the road today . Couldn’t believe what I was hearing 🤪😡 The man’s a f*cking moron 🤪 It's reminiscent of his "inject bleach" rant during Covid. 🤣🤣🤣 Quote
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 22 minutes ago, faraway saint said: It's reminiscent of his "inject bleach" rant during Covid. 🤣🤣🤣 😂 The commentator on LBC mentioned that also 😂 Quote
stlucifer Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 2 hours ago, Callum Gilhooley said: I was listening to this as I drove back up the road today . Couldn’t believe what I was hearing 🤪😡 The man’s a f*cking moron 🤪 And yet he has control of the free world. All for sale now. It has never been so true. It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Even by a fool. Quote
faraway saint Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 12 hours ago, Callum Gilhooley said: I was listening to this as I drove back up the road today . Couldn’t believe what I was hearing 🤪😡 The man’s a f*cking moron 🤪 While I'd be foolish to directly link this to yesterday's tragedy it does put Trumps rant into some perspective if that's even needed. Quote
Saint@Johnstone Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 6 hours ago, faraway saint said: While I'd be foolish to directly link this to yesterday's tragedy it does put Trumps rant into some perspective if that's even needed. Agree totally. Quote
faraway saint Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 Oh my, this guy absolutely destroys Trumps rant after the recent air disaster................. Quote
faraway saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 Trumps now taking over Gaza. He's got his eye on the Panama Canal, Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. It's only early February. What next, Ukraine? Quote
linwood buddie Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: Trumps now taking over Gaza. He's got his eye on the Panama Canal, Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. It's only early February. What next, Ukraine? He wants minerals from them for all the help the US has given them. Quote
faraway saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 6 minutes ago, linwood buddie said: He wants minerals from them for all the help the US has given them. Going to turn it into another Riviera. I'm looking into a holiday right now, good deals. Quote
linwood buddie Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 21 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Going to turn it into another Riviera. I'm looking into a holiday right now, good deals. You get to do a bit of construction as well it’s a working building site Riviera break , a new concept. Quote
faraway saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 4 minutes ago, linwood buddie said: You get to do a bit of construction as well it’s a working building site Riviera break , a new concept. Aye, the travel agent suggested I take a trowel, spirit level, power drill and steel toe cap boots. I'm in. Quote
portmahomack saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 2 hours ago, faraway saint said: Trumps now taking over Gaza. He's got his eye on the Panama Canal, Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. It's only early February. What next, Ukraine? The mans either totally insane or is wind up merchant but most likely he's both Quote
faraway saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 40 minutes ago, portmahomack saint said: The mans either totally insane or is wind up merchant but most likely he's both Definitely the former and it seems he feels he can do whatever he wants. Worrying. Quote
alanb Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 (edited) 2 hours ago, faraway saint said: Going to turn it into another Riviera. I'm looking into a holiday right now, good deals. He is going to create TrumpWorld Edited February 5 by alanb Quote
portmahomack saint Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 (edited) 16 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Definitely the former and it seems he feels he can do whatever he wants. Worrying. It is... But saying that I've just booked an All inclusive holiday from his new company Trump Travel 2 weeks in Playa del Gaza 😎 only 500 shekels me the wife and 6 grandkids not sure how much that is in sterling but Trump Travel are saying it's the best package holiday the world has ever seen 😊 I Just searched Google Maps to have a look at the hotel... no sure where I'm gonna hing ma trunks Edited February 5 by portmahomack saint Quote
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