LongTimeLurker Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, Fratelli said: I've thought about that for a while. The Scottish press (and Scottish folk in general) love claiming folk as one of our own, you'd think a bigger deal would've been made about the President of the United States having a Scottish mum, but it's hardly mentioned. Think he burned a lot of bridges with how he behaved over the golf course near Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, Fratelli said: I've thought about that for a while. The Scottish press (and Scottish folk in general) love claiming folk as one of our own, you'd think a bigger deal would've been made about the President of the United States having a Scottish mum, but it's hardly mentioned. The P&J / Evening Express were fairly drenching themselves over him when he first started up the golf course stuff but even they've probably ditched him by now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 48 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Trump has close relatives from Lewis he genuinely knows well enough to visit and would have no problem moving back I have it on good knowledge that he's been to Lewis once to see his Mother's cottage by helicopter, stayed 10 minutes and told his pilot "Get me out of this shithole". Spoiler No source available, vague memory of news report. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 America is healing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I know they still love Boris for his stance on Brexit, but Lancashire folk never cease to amaze me. https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/incorrect-donald-trump-victory-banner-19240468?utm_source=lancs_live_newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter2&utm_medium=email 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: Important to nip these rumours in the bud. If you've been sucking cocks, maybe more than rumours nipped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GordonS Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: Yeah, 4/5 for me. Had a meeting in the morning so I had to get some sleep. Can't complain though. Betfair have paid on President and cash-out is suspended on Georgia. Hills and Sportsnation haven't paid yet. Best election ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I have it on good knowledge that he's been to Lewis once to see his Mother's cottage by helicopter, stayed 10 minutes and told his pilot "Get me out of this shithole". Reveal hidden contents No source available, vague memory of news report. Bad knowledge actually. He took his plane to Stornoway and spent 97 seconds inside his ancestral home such was his strong emotional bond to the place. Edited November 7, 2020 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 6 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Do you see Greta as an appeal to rationality or to visceral level emotions in a similar sort of way to Pastor BillyJoeJimBob Burgerflipper, III on Fox? World leaders only really pay lip service to global warming as an issue based on the arguments that usually get trundled out based mainly on computer modelling and are not implementing the policies that the environmentalists want for the most part so enter a somewhat odd and very emotionally overwrought Swedish teenager stage left... Given that I found myself to be diverted earlier, I rather think I've done ever so well in catching up with this most positively momentous global day via the prism of this thread. Unfortunately the above from page 162 spectacularly fails to read the room in a way that is culturally maladroit on the Trump scale. Never in the history of P&B have I seen so many prejudices packed into so few words and the subsequent justifications made me think that they made lots of sense, a lot of sense. I'm told the most amount of sense ever. Apologies for the digression and it's remiss of me to be diverted by such frippery. I raise a glass to the denouement of the peacock and for those that bought into it, I wish them well whilst introspection leads them to the light. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fullerene Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Considering that Trump's mother was from Stornoway I do think it was a bit shameless of the Democrats to deliberately chase the Hebridean American vote by choosing a Vice Presidential candidate with the name Harris. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: I don't know that there was lots of knicker wetting on here on Wednesday morning. There was disappointment though, that a decisive rejection of Trump had not yet been delivered. There was also understandable horror at Trump's immediate behaviour. The right result has been reached though, and it's relief, rather than jubilation, all round. It's jubilation rather than relief in this house, and myself and Mrs Grumpy live in a hick hillbilly Scottish town, far removed from the U.S. An ignorant narcissistic bully with power and global influence has been removed. Ok, he's exiting in full kicking and screaming mode (lol). but the sexist bigoted racist b*****d is well and truly going. The ensuing legal shenanigans that await us in the next few weeks are the icing on the cake. He could do the decent thing (unlikely) and make a gracious concession speech, but, Donald being Donald, he's going to keep digging. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Thought the Lang Toon Sooker was fairly common knowledge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Lovely day in Connecticut. 24 degrees celsius, birds singing, fireworks in back gardens. Just a really nice day to get drunk as f**k, watch the Breeders Cup and imagine the horrors of a slightly less awful government. x 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) A selection of previous Trump quotes which I've just pulled together. The last four explain a lot whilst others are just hilarious when one considers his actions over the past few days. Hahahahahaha. Quote "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." "Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive." "The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead." "People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me." "I don't like losers." "When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough." "In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish." "My whole life is about winning. I don't lose often. I almost never lose." Edited November 7, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: A selection of previous Trump quotes which I've just pulled together in light of the last few days. The last four explain a lot whilst others are just hilarious when one considers his actions over the past few days. Hahahahahahaha. Number 6. Is it ironic? Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? Either way, it's rather amusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 The last one is my favourite. This is obviously going to cut deep, especially when he's the first president since 1992(?) to have failed at re-election. Imagine knowing that George W. Bush was in office twice as long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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