428 Responses to Midweek 19th March 2025

  1. atlas_shrugged says:

    What is with the Zzzzz, kipping on the job?

       8 likes

  2. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Hello Atlas, congratulations.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Good job atlas … i couldnt think of anything to say .. and was soberly waiting for the space ship to splash down but it turned out to be about 0300 where i am . So i missed the dolphin show … zzzzzz

         4 likes

  3. Eddy Booth says:

    I like this video, pro Russian American journalist out having a look at the recently liberated town of Sudzha in Russia.
    Soilders tasked with driving him around just want to go back to bsse, it being dangerous.

    Interesting old lady speaks here

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    • JohnC says:

      Ukranian Nazi’s and soldiers taken from prisons with no choice but to fight.
      Funny : I didn’t see any of that on the BBC.

      And a genuine interview with someone who has decency and is clearly telling the truth.

      Totally different to the ones the BBC do in Gaza where they stand still with their eyes flicking to the sides of the camera coming out with a continuous monologue of all the current BBC agenda buzzwords.

      I would say the most disappointing thing about this war – and the war in Gaza – for me is the extent of the blatant partisan lies we are constantly told in favour of the extreme-Left agenda. Western society is very, very sick and is trying it’s best to become a fascist left-wing single-party state.

      I am in no doubt we are seeing the Nazis (National Socialists) trying to rise again. Can they be stopped this time ?.

      If they had managed to kill Trump, it may well have sealed our fate.

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  4. atlas_shrugged says:

    If the past five years have proven anything, it’s that those labeled as ‘conspiracy theorists’ were often just ahead of the curve.

    The lab-leak theory? True.
    Natural immunity? Legit.
    Vaccine risks? Real.
    Government and media suppression of dissent? Undeniable.

    https://vigilantnews.com/post/ny-times-columnist-claims-scientists-misled-public-on-covid-origins/

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Election theft , biden , JFK biden crime family – rich democrats … farage ..

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  5. Flotsam says:

    Elin Musk/SpaceX has successfully recovered the two stranded astronauts. They were stuck for an unplanned nine months which was dangerous to their health and basically unsafe. Joe Biden refused to allow Musk to execute the recovery much earlier. The assumed reason is that it would have boosted Trump’s election prospects. Biden, what a maggot.

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    • JohnC says:

      I’ve just been reading that Flotsam. The only reference to Trump and Musk in the ‘Live Feed’ is:

      ‘In February, the saga of Butch and Suni attracted the attention of Donald Trump and his close ally, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.’
      ‘In an interview with Fox News, they claimed the astronauts were left in space for political reasons.’

      But not a word about what those reasons might be. So I did some checking and it’s amazing how desperate all the MSM tryied to discredit that statement. Yet not a single one of them has anything specific to disprove it.

      This is about the best any of them could come up with:
      ‘But some former astronauts and NASA officials have denied any political motives behind the extended stay of Williams and Wilmore. ‘
      WTF would ‘former astronauts’ and undisclosed NASA officials know about why Biden would refuse it ?.

      ‘In his response, Musk called Mogenson an “idiot” and said he directly offered to return the astronauts earlier and was rebuffed by the Biden administration.’
      ‘Former NASA officials have disputed that claim.’
      “I don’t know who he spoke to,” former NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy told Bloomberg in an interview. “It wasn’t [NASA administrator] Bill [Nelson], it wasn’t me. It wasn’t our senior leadership at headquarters.”

      He spoke to BIDEN you NASA idiots. That’s why nobody came to you !!!. It’s as plain as day that he didn’t want Trump and Musk to be heroes in the eyes of the public. Just as the BBC are doing today.

      As you say, what a dispicable maggot Biden is. But the state of the MSM now is even worse. They don’t care one bit about truth or integrity. They are gutter-level scum.

      Stay safe Donald. Lots of work to do.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Did you see the Dolphins?

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  6. Marco says:

    Sky or should I say democrats company Comcast playing the politics game yet again about the space crew returning to earth ,did we expect anything else from Comcast who own sky, stirring up the plebs in the UK or should I say brainwashing the unwashed

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  7. Lucy Pevensey says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Name of van remains ‘unknown ‘ 36 hours after the non islamic non terrorist killing ..

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  8. Lucy Pevensey says:

    https://x.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/1901704482758566157

    “The year is 2029, and Prime Minister Farage is calling you a racist for not wanting more Islamic immigration.”

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  9. JohnC says:

    Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx2pz1l11jo

    The BBC are always quick to point out when Republican Judges make some politicial decision they disagree with – but very quiet when it suits them.
    ‘In a ruling Tuesday, Judge Theodore Chuang said the efforts led by Trump ally Elon Musk’s Department for Government Efficiency (Doge) to close the agency likely violated the US constitution “in multiple ways”.’
    That would be DEMOCRAT Judge Chuang there BBC. Appointed by Obama.
    And if it suited you, you might point out that he also ruled against Trump in 2020 but was overruled by the Supreme Court. But in this case it doesn’t – so you didn’t.

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  10. JohnC says:

    While the BBC are only reporting negative things about Musk and deliberately omitting any credit for him and Trump at all, this is the truth about the hate happening right now by the hard-Left which they don’t want us to know:

    My disgust at the double standards and hypocrisy of the BBC knows no bounds. They are extreme-left activists. Plain and simple.

    Imagine what a story they would make of this if it suited them.

    This how their warped minds justify it:
    ‘Protests have targeted “showrooms, dealerships, charging stations and the Cybertruck itself,” said Vanity Fair, with the intent to “meddle with Musk’s finances and highlight how he’s meddling with federal spending programs.”‘

    What utter nonsense. They are terrorists.

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  11. Fedup2 says:

    Today watch

    BBC in full gloat mode as Trump fails to achieve peace in Ukraine . If I was 47 I’d leave it to the Europeans – meaning Russia will win because the reichEU talks but doesn’t deliver .

    And then there is the space rescue – which the BBC cares less about because Elon saved those astronauts . Imagine if a failing demented republican president had refused a rescue for election reasons – as Biden did – we’d have never heard the end of it .
    But the bias overwhelms the achievement . Good evidence for those who want the BBC to die . Like me .

    And then there is the IDF killing evil Islamic Hamas leaders in air strikes . Mourning in Islamic BBC .

    And then there is the ‘special relationship ‘nonsense – steel tariffs imposed on the Marxist UK like any other third world country – enough to kill off the steel industry ? The Green crap lunatics would be happy – but jobs and a strategic industry finally gone ….

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    • G says:

      Wow! Many posts in above but no one, other than Fed, comments on Trumps failure. It is patently obvious by the dearth of comment/criticism of Trumps recent erratic behaviour displays the ‘spellbound’ nature of his fans here. He can do no wrong, not even an admission that a poster is uncomfortable with his approach. I’ll bet many are without saying so. So, I’ll repeat Fed’s comment on my posting 3/4 weeks ago when I broached the topic: “Would you have preferred Kamala?

      What happens to bravura when the rubber hits the road.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        G
        Could trump really have got a cease fire with Putin ? No – he had to get – or appear to get – something – ceasefire on energy sources – which may have already been breached .

        Resolution of Ukraine is far more important to Putin than trump- for so many reasons . I reckon trump – 47 – will eventually leave Ukraine to the Europeans – thus handing it to Putin – or bits of it . After all – what does Ukraine – or Europe for that matter – mean to the US ?

        Im a huge Trump fan – mainly because he is not the usual false politician – TTK – the femi thing – even Farage ….. and Trump does – or even tries to do what he Promises ( see border control – tariffs – military – doge )

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        • JohnC says:

          He will end the war if the end result guarantees Ukraine does not join NATO. Otherwise he will carry on until he makes sure it can’t.

          However the EU will never allow that because they want Ukraine for themselves. So they will make sure Ukraine keep getting the weapons whilst going through the facade of blaming Putin for not wanting peace by dismissing his terms. This is the one and only chance they have now : if the war ends, they will never get Russia out.

          The bit I don’t understand is what the EU’s end game is. The longer it goes on, the weaker Ukraine will get and the more territory Russia will take. Given their stance, I see the only option is for them to get involved directly. I have a feeling they have no clue what to do now – so they are keeping it going as long as possible hoping a solution appears.

          Just saying ‘Trump has failed’ at this point is frankly ridiculous. You sound like a Politico headline. Trump is doing everything he can to stop the war. What else do you expect him to do ?. They’ve sabotaged every single attempt to date by escalating it at a critical moment.

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  12. JohnC says:

    Man leaves Asda shoppers terrified in disgusting acts
    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-leaves-asda-shoppers-terrified-31215003?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1742207439

    ‘He caused alarm when he lowered his trousers and underwear outside an Asda store in Newcastle, revealing his private parts to the public.’
    ‘The 28-year-old’s lewd act was captured on CCTV following a report from a concerned customer, and he was later heard to shout, “I want to f*** every woman who walks past,” a court heard.’

    His name ?
    Gheorghe Berceanu. Another import.

    Not reported on the BBC of course. ‘Unhelpful’ for the anti-English agenda.

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  13. andyjsnape says:

    Starmer says cost of sickness benefits ‘devastating’
    bbc reports

    I say paying billions to the illegals invaders is ‘devastating’!

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  14. Doublethinker says:

    It’s happening folks. The Telegraph and Spectator are carrying more stories that are pro Starmer than anti Starmer. The left and right wings of the Globalist parties are coming together.
    Those two publications are also increasing their anti Trump rhetoric and many of their pieces are now so deranged that the authors and editors must have terminal third stage TDS.
    Badenoch’s partial retreat from Net Zero has probably been agreed with Starmer and WEF HQ and is the first stage of a full blown strategic withdrawal. They must have concluded that the people are not ready for full implementation of NZ and that resistance will be so great that it may imperil the entire Globalist project.
    The litmus test will be if over the coming months theBBC climate catastrophe fog horn becomes a little more muted and nuances creep into the propaganda that they spew forth.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Double – I notice – too – the strengthening TDS in the telegraph – it’s visceral and irrational now … glad I got a cheap subscription … never pay full – ever ….

         17 likes

      • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

        My Telegraph sub expired two days ago. They offered another El Cheapo but I couldn’t bring myself to renew.
        Their coverage of the Southport riots annoyed me intensely and I had had hoped it was an aberration, but no , the TDS has been upped to toxic levels. Not paying for that rubbish.

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  15. andyjsnape says:

    bbc headline:- Putin gives Trump just enough to claim progress on Ukraine peace

    “Just enough” – well bbc you wouldn’t want Trump to claim progress or take the credit for anything

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    This story was buried deep … ha ha ha ahha

    “‘Huawei lobbyists’ held in Belgium raids over EU corruption”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce98ydrpy7no
    13 March 2025

    The Belgian prosecutor’s office said: “Corruption was allegedly practised regularly and very discreetly from 2021 to the present day, under the guise of commercial lobbying and taking various forms, such as compensation for political positions or excessive gifts such as food and travel expenses, or regular invitations to football matches.

    ………………………………………………………………………

    Keir Starmer’s freebies: Everything you need to know – and why they’re proving so controversial
    https://news.sky.com/story/keir-starmers-freebies-everything-you-need-to-know-and-why-theyre-proving-so-controversial-13217722

       12 likes

  17. tomo says:

    china.jpg

    https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1902253736757768461

    btw: How does drilling our own oil and gas make us ‘controlled by petrostates and dictators’?

    shower-of-Shit.jpg

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    • Sluff says:

      Did Ed cycle to China? Or perhaps go by sailing ship?
      I think we should be told. Over to Justin Rowlatt. Joke.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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         7 likes

      • Up2snuff says:

        MM, if Great British Energy is owned by the people of the UK, why have I not been given shares in Great British Energy?

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  18. Sluff says:

    It’s not really news but just to report that the Hamas Broadcasting Corporation was again in full swing this morning with unending wailing and less than subtle criticism of the latest Israeli air strikes. Which successfully killed various Hamas commanders, no doubt hiding away in hospitals and people’s homes. That bit the BBC failed to mention.

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  19. andyjsnape says:

    Santander to close 95 branches with 750 jobs at risk
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqjp4lvr4wo

    Which Branches? No idea, because the bbc hasn’t mentioned this

    Full list can be found here:-
    https://www.thenational.scot/news/25019086.santander-close-95-uk-branches-2025—see-full-list/

    Useless bbc, what’s the point in not disclosing which branches

       17 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      So the welfare kids will have no jobs to go to – but joining the army will be the only option?!

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  20. Sluff says:

    On Toady the BBC did a piece, long awaited I might add, about boys underperforming and having no role models.
    In the ensuing interviews, we heard that twice as many boys have smartphones as have a father living at home.

    Strangely the BBC did not mention the feckless single mothers who allowed this to happen. With plenty of contraception being available since the 1960s, millions of women are still having casual sex and then assuming the state taxpayer will pick up the pieces. This is not to deny the responsibility of the fathers of course. Perhaps marriage in some, ahem, cultures is deemed unimportant.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Yeah but being identified as a ‘young mum ‘ is a get out of jail card – a pet kid too – all those benefits and excuses … stuff – more like ‘breeders’ than ‘fathers ‘ methinks …

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  21. AsISeeIt says:

    Reeves to squeeze but backdown on crackdown, dead bear’s revenge edition

    Do you ever glance at the news, shake your head in resigned dismay and reflect “what’s all that fuss about nothing much in particular?”

    Each news outlet tends to play to its base readership audience:

    Worried Sick (The heart on sleeve Daily Mirror)
    Britain must take its bitter medicine (Allison Pearson in the mildly conservative Telegraph)
    Benefits trap has wreaked terrible cost says Starmer (the Starmer fan bromancing Times)
    Reeves to squeeze spending further next week despite £5bn welfare cuts (The FT with that much over-employed old journalistic ‘despite’ there)
    Generation Z gets benefits cut for anxiety and depression (youth oriented junior poundshop Gruan that is the i paper)

    I’m oddly put in mind of the lyric from ‘How Soon Is Now?’ by former student favs The Smiths

    You shut your mouth, how can you say [online safety bill]
    I go about things the wrong way? [says Sir Keir]
    I am human and I need to be loved [questionable]
    Just like everybody else does

    I am the son and the heir [of Blair]
    Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
    I am the son and heir
    Of nothing in particular [hence this big announcement]

    As though merely to fill the news void… which sounds a tad Brass Eye (there’s one for the teenagers) Starmer’s Labour-branded regime reacts to his own inevitable negative polling – in stark contrast with those admirable positive approval ratings for The Donald from across The Pond – with: Starmer says cost of sickness benefits ‘devastating’ (BBC)

    An old school journalistic grammarian, the like of Simon Hefer of the Telegraph, might balk somewhat at the choice of the verb ‘devastating’ by our (supposedly) ‘learned’ KC PM – implying the immediacy of something highly destructive or damaging, such as a devastating cyclone – but at least Starmer didn’t reach for the term ‘decimating’ (with its specific ancient Roman military punishment-derived one-tenth-part destruction definition). Our escalating state benefits complex has more the character of a slow rot, eating into the foundations of our society and economy, than the word devastating implies.

    Chris Mason: Uncertainty over benefits changes could go on for some time yet – credit where credit is due to Chris Mason, that BBC geeky-looking chap, who gets this one just about right (as the old BBC complaints department saying goes).

    I like the giveaway Metro headline for the wit and word play : Rebels force a backdown on PIP crackdown

    But as for analysis of this benefits cutting package – and by the way Cuts aren’t Austerity (War is Peace, Slavery is Freedom…etc etc) the Daily Mail in the persona of Andrew Neil voices this reviewers reaction to a tee: Is That It? Labour’s blown a once-in-a-generation chance to slash Britain’s bloated welfare bill

    The £5bn saving is of course aspirational, projected etc

    Will the GPs stop signing the sick notes for which their patients ask?
    Will the benefits bureaucracy consign itself, or any part of itself, to voluntary redundancy? I think not.

    Recently your Mr AsI likened the likelihood of a Labour-branded administration managing to cut the welfare budget to the chances of a herring learning to ride a bicycle.

    Let’s exit with a couple of off-the-wall, out of kilter, left of field news gobbets.

    News just in from the far away mountain kingdom of Nepal

    Drones to replace sherpas on Everest (Telegraph) – further comment seems superfluous on that one.

    Closer to home, Oxbridge standards sink further into the slime

    Boat race barney… Cambridge have accused rival Oxford of “slimy” tactics for barring a star rower from the Boat Race because a PGCE is not a “degree-level qualification” (Times)

    Through teacher training, you can get qualified teacher status (QTS) or QTS with a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) – in case you were wondering.

    And as our Rachel Reeves (Britain’s first female chancellor, mind you) former custodian of the keys to the Bank of England (stationery cupboard) prays for an economic ‘dead cat bounce’…

    Dead bear’s revenge… an 81-year-old hunter… – I’m imagining Elmer Fudd of Looney Tunes fame – …has gone on trial in France for killing a protected animal after shooting dead the 140kg bear that was mauling him in the Pyrenees (Times)

    Self defence surely? I’d protest in his defence how no man can abide being mauled in his Pyrenees.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Asiseeit – as the holder of a PGCE – I would like to take issue with it not being a ‘degree level qualification ‘ . Although I dun my PGCE funded by an employer with more money than sense ( in the training budget ) I dun my PGCE during work time which was a luxury ….
      But the truth – it was a doddle compared to a real degree – say law – which I also dun . The hardest part of the PGCE was getting to the ‘uni’ – which was a jumped up londonistan poly …
      As for the boat race – who cares ? Presumably the emirates or Saudis own it now ….
      Ps 77 brigade – if you need a teecher – just let me know – i specialise in subversion and propaganda …nudge nudge …

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  22. tomo says:

    liaising with CeeBeebies to promote related content?

    conscription.jpg

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    • Sluff says:

      The whole thing is of course a distraction.
      Giving the appearance of doing something, which later they can crow about, but in reality doing f*** all for the ordinary taxpayers, who we are informed have pay for BMWs under the Motability scheme, including car tax, servicing etc. for some on benefits. Oh. Their able bodied relatives are also allowed to drive the car.

      Am I making this up? No. A very good council contact, a bit of a leftie, advises about families who turn down freely supplied vehicles in order to send their children to school by more expensive daily taxis. Apparently the parents are entitled to choose. All paid for in that case by the council tax payers.

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      • tomo says:

        The taxi to school scam has been running for decades

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      • Fedup2 says:

        One in five new cars sold last year was on the ‘motability ‘ scheme – they’ll be queuing up for the free disabled bays or using the double yellow lines in my bit of londonistan ….

           11 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      Why not have those ‘press gangs ‘ again …? Although im not sure in there is a navy now …

         13 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      650 MPS sign up for the front lines.
      800 Lords sign up for the second line.
      1.5 million NHS staff members on the third line.
      BLM on the fourth line.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Empty the prisons! Fill the prisons! Empty the prisons! We are now in a loop

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    • Up2snuff says:

      tomo, You’re in the army, now
      A vacation in a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can
      You’re in the army now, oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Now you remember what the draft man said,
      Nothing to do all day but stay in bed
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      You’ll be the hero of the neighbourhood,
      Nobody knows that you’ve left for good
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Smiling faces as you wait to land,
      But once you get there no-one gives a damn
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Hand grenades flying over your head

      Missiles flying over your head,
      If you want to survive get out of bed
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Shots ring out in the dead of night,
      The sergeant calls ‘Stand up and fight!’
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      You’ve got your orders better shoot on sight,
      Your finger’s on the trigger but it don’t seem right
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Night is falling and you just can’t see, is this illusion or reality?
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army, in the army now
      You’re in the army now,
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army now

      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army, in the army now
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army, in the army now
      Oh-oo-oh you’re in the army, in the army now

      © Status Quo

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Don’t start me talking .. I could talk all night ..my mind goes sleep walking … putting the world to right …..

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  23. Sluff says:

    Football results time, as per BBC sport.

    5th match on list on 17th March.
    Sunshine Stars 2 Plateau United 2.
    Any ideas? Care to guess?

    It’s the Nigerian Premier League!!!

    Always good to know how they are prioritising their spending of licence fee payers money.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Fubara call for calm, NBA, PDP and odas tackle President Tinubu call for state of emergency for Rivers state

      https://www.bbc.com/pidgin

      Wetin e mean for Nigeria if e run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts
      https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/crmjpx3k0n7o

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    • AsISeeIt says:

      Prediction of all Champions League knockout round – Who go win di tournament?

      Di knockout stage go kotinu on Tuesday and Wednesday, di last 16 get some ogbonge fixtures dis week.

      BBC Sport readers bin vote for dia knockout round-by-round vote to predict who go dey crowned European champions.

      And your winners na….. Liverpool.

      Ninety percent of voters predict say di Reds go beat Barcelona for di final.

      BBC Pidgin there… the phrase “Some people… think it’s all over” springs to mind.

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      • Up2snuff says:

        AISI & MM, you are just trying to trigger me to post:

        “Dem grate Bibbycee, ‘im orl buggerup!”

           6 likes

  24. tomo says:

    Propaganda outfits…. Charlotte needs to dig deeper to see where the funding is coming from for these superficially unrelated outfits…

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  25. tomo says:

    keying-the-wrong-car.jpg

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. Even when weapons of war are not actually destroyed, their manufacture is still a convenient way of expending labor power without producing anything that can be consumed.
    The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another, but though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the mental atmosphere that a hierarchical society needs.
    ― George Orwell, 1984

    https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7886443-the-essential-act-of-war-is-destruction-not-necessarily-of

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  27. tomo says:

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    • JohnC says:

      ‘We are NOT …. what does that say mission control ? Oh, OK’
      ‘We are NOT stranded like Trump said’
      .
      .
      .
      ‘But we are aren’t we ?’.

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  28. JohnC says:

    Russia attacks two Ukrainian hospitals after Putin rejects Trump’s ceasefire plan
    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clynp1nldmxt

    Goodness me – this ‘live update’ is a full propaganda onslaught.

    ‘Vladimir Putin will “never agree” to a ceasefire because it’s “against his interests”‘
    (From a Ukrainian politician)

    ‘Russia doesn’t want to make concessions’
    (Top EU diplomat)

    ‘Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says both Ukraine and Finland are united by knowing what it is like to be a neighbour of Russia.’
    What a stupid statement. Yet the BBC consider it worthy of a headline !!.

    ‘Ukraine, Europe and the United States want peace, he tells reporters, but Russia “still has to show” if they do too.’
    Excuse me while I get up from laughing. Peace is the LAST thing the EU want. And the USA when Biden had the chair.

    “Europe should be at the negotiating table, and everything that concerns Europe’s security should be decided together with Europe,” he adds.
    Zelensky repeating what the EU have told him to say. The fear Trump might actually end it.

    ‘Putin ‘playing a game’, says German defence minister

    There are two things even I know at this point – and have known for months: Putin will not agree to a ceasefire which lets Ukraine rearm the front lines and he will not agree to any plan which enables NATO to get into Ukraine.

    And I expect they are the two points the EU are so upset about. We can’t know because they are making blanket statements without any detail.

    Something must be about to happen with Ukraine for all of this hype. I suspect they are piling on the pressure to try and break the negotiations : it is absolutely irresponsible to print articles like this on the basis of one phone call at the start of talks.

    Mind you, I’ve come to expect such blatant and poor journalism for such important topics when the BBC put these 2 onto writing it:
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    The first is another MSN regular as well as BBC – but the second is another one all over Canadian news sites. How come so many of them are writing articles these days ?.

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    • Doublethinker says:

      Once the Ukrainians hold no Russian territory then serious negotiations will start. TheRussians will insist on :
      No NATO membership for Ukraine
      No withdrawal from the territory they currently hold ca 20% of Ukraine
      No peacekeepers from NATO countries

      They will let Ukraine join the EU which will mean the European politicians have to put up or shut up. Why would the people of the EU want to foot a trillion pound reconstruction bill? Another wedge between the people and the elite , they keep on coming.

      Unless some country is willing to put in many tens of thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands , of troops to fight alongside the Ukrainians there is no way to eject the Russians and the risk of escalation to nuclear war would be very great.
      Trump will veto any move to admit Ukraine to NATO’s .
      Therefore the Ukrainians need to accept whatever deal Trump can get. If they don’t and he washes his hands of the war they will lose very quickly and most of Ukraine will be in Russian hands by Christmas with another million dead.
      The longer the likes of Starmer and Macron keep on offering Kiev empty promises and urging the Ukrainians not to cede territory the more danger the Ukrainians are in. Things will only get worse for them.

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      • JohnC says:

        Agree 100% Double.

        Those basic truths of the situation have clear for many months now. But the way the MSM avoid saying it makes me wonder why. Once again they are all singing from the same hymn sheet. It stinks of some higher level control

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  29. Althepalerp says:

    Get your money together & get out of Britain now and start a new life elsewhere.. . .

    While you still can.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      How many can? It’s a quest for the young.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      I’m afraid that the number of places to run will shrink.

      …………………

      The mayor of New York City is made to share Gracie Mansion with three African-American families from Harlem; migrants gather at coastal ports in West Africa and South Asia and swarm into Europe, Australia, and New Zealand; London is taken over by an organization of non-white residents known as the “Non-European Commonwealth Committee”, who force the British queen to have her son marry a Pakistani woman; millions of black Africans from around the continent gather at the Limpopo River and invade South Africa; and only one drunken Soviet soldier stands in the way of hundreds of thousands of Chinese peasants as they overrun Siberia.

      The epilogue reveals that the story was written in the last holdout of the Western world, Switzerland, but international pressure from the new governments, isolating it as a rogue state for not opening its borders, along with internal pro-migrant elements, force it to capitulate as well. Mere hours from the border opening, the author dedicates the book to his grandchildren, in the hopes they will grow up in a world where they will not be ashamed of him for writing such a book.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_Saints

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  30. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  31. tomo says:

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  32. tomo says:

    Mrs Carney

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”

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      https://www.gzeromedia.com/

      WHAT’S BEHIND OUR NAME?
      For decades, a small number of leading countries regularly came together – in formats like the Group of Seven (G7) or the wider Group of 20 (G20) – to seek collective solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. What’s more, the United States used its power, for better or worse, as a kind of “G1” to underwrite global norms of global commerce, finance, and security.

      Today, that order is slipping away. No single power or group of powers is willing or able to set a global agenda. It’s a world of many pretenders, but no leaders. Welcome to the GZERO.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Bet she wears the trousers …. Made it to minute 3… when she mentioned ‘gates foundation ‘…does she do a cookery programme as well ?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Interesting guy who tweeted this…

      “ust to be clear, these are the tariffs Canada imposed on the USA for years, even before Trump ran his first mandate :
      Dairy Products:
      Milk: 270%
      Cheese: 245%
      Butter: 298%
      Other Agricultural Products:
      Chicken: 238%
      Sausages: 69.9%
      Barley seed: 57-57.8%
      Industrial Goods:
      Copper: 48%
      Aluminum: 45%
      Steel: 25%
      Consumer Goods:
      Cars: 45%
      TVs: 45%
      Eggs: 163%
      Wheat: 94%
      Bovine/Meat: 26.5%
      Source : Global Affairs Canada

      We started the trade war. Most Canadian businesses are taxed heavily by the government and couldn’t survive without imposing tariffs on the USA. This is the price of socio-communism.”

      ……………..

      BREAKING: Rebel News reporter David Menzies (
      @TheMenzoid
      ) was brutally arrested by police after he tried to ask Chrystia Freeland questions.

      Visit Rebel News for more on this story: https://rebelne.ws/3RTGZiQ
      https://x.com/RebelNews_CA/status/1744501136986718338

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  33. Fedup2 says:

    Lord Gareth Southgate of ‘approved woke ‘ has apparently delivered a £dimbleby plc £ lecture about the ‘plight of young men ‘….
    Of all the wokes to deliver such a message ( I wonder how many would bother to listen ?) . This – from a snow flake failure who encouraged mad ‘knee taking ‘ and rainbow laces was it ?
    Maybe get that Irish boxer who delivered a message about Ireland being lost in the White House on st paddy’s day to tell it how it is ….
    I feel sorry for kids growing up now – the madness of sexualising them must be a horror -a long with lefty female teachers bitter at the world … ( blame your cat ladies )

    I write this without suffering what he has to say – I have a ‘woke filter ‘…

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  34. tomo says:

    Carney is a rotten slimeball….. I know, I shouldn’t be surprised but the uncritical regurgitation of his nonsense is tiresome…

    misdirection on stilts

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    ‘Influencer’ Apologises For Wombat Incident! #parody #satire #Wombat #samanthajones #aussie #usa

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  36. andyjsnape says:

    Report says 800 green jobs could be created at Grangemouth
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75792nvwpzo

    Green jobs “could” be created, so maybe nothing will come of it.

    #speculation
    #could
    #might not

    But its green! and the government mouth piece wants to promote it

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “A long-awaited report says up to 800 jobs could be created over the next 15 years at the Grangemouth site, where Scotland’s only oil refinery is set to close.”

      ** 800 jobs could be created over the next 15 years
      ** 500 building jobs in first 6 months. Then gone after that.
      *** 200 jobs admin setup. Then gone after a year.
      **** 100 jobs at end – 98 are diversity managers.

      ……………..
      HA HA HAH AHAH HA AHH AHA!
      ………………

      Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Lead
      Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
      The closing date is 27 March 2025
      https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9412-25-0189?searchFormType=main&keyword=diversity&language=en

      Salary
      £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per Annum

      …………………….

      800 Shovels for 800 workers to bury 1000 turbines!

      Welcome to the wind turbine graveyard. It stretches a hundred metres from a bend in the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming.

      Between last September and this March, it will become the final resting place for 1,000 fibreglass turbine blades.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51325101

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “waitrose didn’t like the cartoon in the telegraph but they didn’t take the newspaper off the shelf!!!!”

    “”Margaret Thatcher in the 80s, once said that trial by television, or guilt by accusation, was the day freedom dies. ”
    And here we are.”

    “I’ve just been sacked by the National Trust after 5 years flawless volunteering. My offence – I objected to money being spent on LGBTQ+ celebration. I wanted it spent on places and countryside.
    I have joined the FSU.”

    “JD Vance was 💯 correct about free speech in the UK”

    “Starmer told JD Vance he’s very proud of our free speech record in the UK ”

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    https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries/dietary_and_lifestyle/ramadan

    Discover great-tasting food to savour and share during sundown.

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  38. tomo says:

    Some useful Ukraine cannon fodder

    imagine , Kamala as POTUS and this PoS as Vice President

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  39. tomo says:

    Hello!, nice to see you

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  40. tomo says:

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  41. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  42. andyjsnape says:

    Rosenberg: Trump-Putin call seen as victory in Russia
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjevg23enggo

    “Judging by some of the headlines today in Russia, Moscow believes that the latest telephone conversation between Presidents Putin and Trump went well – certainly for the Kremlin”

    Judging by? well only the bbc’s point of view is allowed

    Why did most of us in the past believe the bbc???? Can’t believe a word they choose to tell us now, I have to double check this across various news outlets – to see how much the bbc is lying and biased

    #defund
    #close down sooner than later

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  43. tomo says:

    Let’s see if the BBC follow the smell of Motability corruption

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      This PIP scam has been going on for years, often handed out to well off working people, and to give fake disabled on sickness benefits a fat income and a shinny car to drive around in.
      Many people are only now just hearing about it, after the government and media has raised the issue.
      But it seems not to fix it, as the planned cuts of a billion a year are nothing.
      They’ve raised the issue just to make sure everyone knows about the scam and is equally annoyed, ie rub everyone’s nose in it..
      Some kind of psychological operation to further demoralise everyone?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “I am about to trade in my beloved BMW. It is seven years old and a teeny bit battered – which, if you ignore what Himself says, has less to do with scraping a concrete pillar in a multi-storey because of “female spatial awareness issues” and rather more to do with the scandal of narrow spaces. To adapt Norma Desmond: I am a great driver, it’s the car parks that got smaller.

      What I’m after is something that looks a bit less Albanian drug lord (current model has blacked-out rear windows), a vehicle with one careful owner, without spatial awareness issues, and with reassuringly low mileage. It will still be a major outlay, no question, but I work hard and I get huge pleasure from driving (offensively-narrow, dolls-house-dimensioned, penny-pinching, vehicle-scarring multi-storey car parks aside). So, dipping into the Pearson Towers kitty, a newish BMW that has played no part in a heist organised by an Albanian wanted in 22 countries is my reward.

      Until this week, I had no idea that I did not have to work hard to get a BMW. Or that, if I said I felt depressed or constipated, was morbidly obese, had severe acne or mental health problems and asked the Government nicely, they might give me a BMW. Or at least sell me one for a small deposit at a very favourable rate, and not charge VAT, while paying for insurance, road tax, servicing, breakdown cover and tyre and windscreen repair. A package most taxpayers could only dream of, which is ironic because it turns out we’re the ones paying for it.”

      ……………..

      unnily enough, I’ve just been told that, if I’m lucky, I can pick up a low-mileage Motability BMW because people on sickness benefits merit a new car every three years. Unlike those of us who are productive contributors to the economy but must keep the battered old charabanc chuntering along until the wing falls off due to alleged female spatial awareness issues (who me?) and extremely narrow parking spaces.

      The system is not fair, and it should be fair, shouldn’t it?

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  44. MarkyMark says:

    Labour to issue spoons to all workers and army personnel to make work last longer….

    “Oh, I thought you were trying to build a canal. If it’s jobs you want, then you should give these workers spoons, not shovels. [Reply to the government bureaucrat of one Asian country who told him that, reason why there were workers with shovels instead of modern tractors and earth movers at a worksite of a new canal, was that: “You don’t understand. This is a jobs program.”]”
    ― Milton Friedman

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  45. Mrs Kitty says:

    Today is the anniversary of the deaths of Corporals Wood and Howes in NI, their killers and accomplices were given get out of jail free passes in 1998 by Tony B.Liar. I refuse to address him as a sir. My hatred of those who collaborated in the Belfast Agreement is almost off the scale and nowhere on any MSM is there a mention of theses 2 soldiers who were beaten to death by a howling mob. Rant over .

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Mrs kitty – yes i get those anniversary feeds for IRA Murders every day – they might not get justice ( revenge ) in this world – but certainly they’ll join the likes of macguiness in Hell …

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  46. G says:

    Remember all those dead bodies we saw on tv news when russia first invaded Ukraine?

    “‘A Catastrophic Blow’ As US Shuts Unit Investigating War Crimes In Ukraine”

    https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2025/03/ukraine-250319-rferl02.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e4143%2ehn0ao43wek%2e3utf

    “The move is also a further instance of the Trump administration pulling back from international cooperation to document war crimes committed by Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.”

    But hey that’s what friends are for……………….

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    • Eddy Booth says:

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      globalsecurity.org. I’m sure the take of a globalist “humanitarian” charity is totally unbiased and fair
      Especially one that cites:

      • The executive director of Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab who has just had his USAID funding cut.

      • Eurojust, the European Union’s agency for criminal justice cooperation

      • The United Nations Security Council

      “Pass me the sick bucket” – (Sen John Kennedy)

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  47. vlad says:

    The INSANE Hypocrisy That’s Destroying Great Britain

    When a Muslim says ‘I’m scared of these people around me here’, Starmer replies ‘you have my full support’. But when a non-muslim says ‘I’m scared of these people around me’, K Starmer replies ‘then you’re going to prison you racist scum’. And that’s why they call him two-tier Kier

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