Blue Brazil Forever Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: The elections in Monaco were a bit one sided. The UNM is a political list of three different right wing parties for anyone curious. Boo !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 It’s worth remembering that we are repeatedly told that Scotland is a one party state. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 11:15, Trogdor said: Yeah, Universities are similar, USS is 1/75th career average and there is a salary cap then anything above that goes into a defined contribution pot. I'm genuinely surprised politicians pensions are so generous it must cost an absolute fortune. I was pretty sure my wife's pension was based on 1/40 over the career average. I'll have to check tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 It looks like these are the days that are the last we'll share with Jimmy Carter and it is my view that we'll be the poorer when he slips away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 18 hours ago, sophia said: It looks like these are the days that are the last we'll share with Jimmy Carter and it is my view that we'll be the poorer when he slips away. Aye, Jimmy was a mess as a President, not helped by a truly f**ked economy, but as a human being, he was a superstar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) He lost it over the Iran hostage drama, didn't sleep for ages and came up with a story about being attacked by a swimming and flying rabbit whilst out on a boat. He made up for it being by far the greatest ex-President though. There were rumours that Reagan got a deal done with Tehran not to release the hostages until after the election. Edited February 19, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: He lost it over the Iran hostage drama, didn't sleep for ages and came up with a story about being attacked by a swimming and flying rabbit whilst out on a boat. He made up for it being by far the greatest ex-President though. There were rumours that Reagan got a deal done with Tehran not to release the hostages until after the election. Apparently the aquatic attack bunny was probably real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, BFTD said: Apparently the aquatic attack bunny was probably real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident Very glad to see you back, have to admit to being a bit worried during your recent sabbatical. Thank you for the clarification on the terrifying rabbit incident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Very glad to see you back, have to admit to being a bit worried during your recent sabbatical. Thank you for the clarification on the terrifying rabbit incident. Aw, I missed you too. Didn't realise how long it had been. I think my son will likely leave a message on "that bovril site you like" upon my demise. I'm sure I remember reading a Snopes article about Carter's unstoppable lepus machine, but the CIA seem to have removed it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 13 minutes ago, BFTD said: Apparently the aquatic attack bunny was probably real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident I seem to remember something about the attack rabbit being a punishment from God for him listing in his heart…but I’m probably mixing it up. 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: He made up for it being by far the greatest ex-President though. It’s not as high a bar as you’d think, but he is a genuinely good person. Amazingly, George W. Is running him a pretty good second right now, much to everyone’s surprise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 minute ago, BFTD said: Aw, I missed you too. Didn't realise how long it had been. I think my son will likely leave a message on "that bovril site you like" upon my demise. I'm sure I remember reading a Snopes article about Carter's unstoppable lepus machine, but the CIA seem to have removed it Surely it’s worth ginning up a post flaming everyone you’ve ever wished to and telling the lad to post it when you’re gone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Just now, TxRover said: Surely it’s worth ginning up a post flaming everyone you’ve ever wished to and telling the lad to post it when you’re gone? Spoiler Nah, I'll tell him to make sure the mysterious array of hard drives he's been forbidden to go near goes to a good home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 10/02/2023 at 07:43, Suspect Device said: Douglas Alexander is thinking about standing again. Wonder if it'll be against Black Wasn't he massively involved in the expenses scandal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, TxRover said: It’s not as high a bar as you’d think, but he is a genuinely good person. Amazingly, George W. Is running him a pretty good second right now, much to everyone’s surprise. George Dubya would still be top of everyone's worst ever President list if it wasn't for Trump, that shocking comparison is the only thing that's rehabilitated him. His Dad was way better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 59 minutes ago, welshbairn said: George Dubya would still be top of everyone's worst ever President list if it wasn't for Trump, that shocking comparison is the only thing that's rehabilitated him. His Dad was way better. He is damn near on top on the in office list anyway, Iraq saw to that. But the remarkable thing is what he’s become since then, he’s staying quiet, advising moderation to the Republican party quietly and in opposition to many of the current leading lights. He actually gets interviewed now and then, and he’s nice things to say about Obama and Biden, and nothing good to say about Trump, whom he believes is leading the R’s off the cliff. It’s a strange place when I can say he isn’t that bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 7 hours ago, welshbairn said: George Dubya would still be top of everyone's worst ever President list if it wasn't for Trump, that shocking comparison is the only thing that's rehabilitated him. His Dad was way better. I found it quite funny to discover that, back in the Sixties, the Republicans considered Bush Sr. to be something of an idiot. Supposedly Reagan mocked him openly. Presumably that's why they stood him next to Dan Quayle for four years. Pretty decent of Junior to cover for his old man by impersonating a confused chimp in office. I think Dubya's still popular in some Republican circles because, like Boris with Brexit, he got 9/11 done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 12 hours ago, TxRover said: He is damn near on top on the in office list anyway, Iraq saw to that. But the remarkable thing is what he’s become since then, he’s staying quiet, advising moderation to the Republican party quietly and in opposition to many of the current leading lights. He actually gets interviewed now and then, and he’s nice things to say about Obama and Biden, and nothing good to say about Trump, whom he believes is leading the R’s off the cliff. It’s a strange place when I can say he isn’t that bad. Saying good things about Obama and Biden and nothing good about trump is enough to make up for Iraq for some people. Fucking hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, MazzyStar said: Saying good things about Obama and Biden and nothing good about trump is enough to make up for Iraq for some people. Fucking hell. It’s far from the only thing, but it shows that there are still some moderates in the Republican Party, something that perhaps shows a wee bit of hope for the future. But this is digressing into a specific politics thread, so if you want to discuss this, we’ll take it elsewhere, perhaps an Iraq thread to revive…not! 6 hours ago, BFTD said: I found it quite funny to discover that, back in the Sixties, the Republicans considered Bush Sr. to be something of an idiot. Supposedly Reagan mocked him openly. Presumably that's why they stood him next to Dan Quayle for four years. Pretty decent of Junior to cover for his old man by impersonating a confused chimp in office. I think Dubya's still popular in some Republican circles because, like Boris with Brexit, he got 9/11 done. The senior shrub was always a good pair of hands for the R’s. You need an Office rehabilitated, you put someone like GHWB in there…like the CIA post Watergate. Of course, compared to Ronnie, he was a mental genius. Dubya’s quite out of favor with the modern R’s, a point in his favor, but, again, that’s a discussion for elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Bush Snr is a seriously shady character like his old man Prescott. Dubya was a moron influenced by his dad's pals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I still think back to the 2000 election. What might have been had Gore not been done in by the hanging chads. Bush started out as a bit dumb. He was barely in the job before 9/11 happened and that was it. He was a war president. I reckon the same would have happened to Gore had he been in the hot seat at the time. We never really got to see how he would have unfolded without 9/11. I reckon he would have lost in 2004 and lost badly, but the rallying around the flag factor was still there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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