[Bones McCoy]

I still don't believe the "compromising material" that so many want to believe exists on Trump actually does: it's conspiracy nonsense.

There was a Channel 4 doc about this on YouTube. Tons of speculation and zero actual evidence.

Schroedinger's tape.

[Abernathy]

I still don't believe the "compromising material" that so many want to believe exists on Trump actually does: it's conspiracy nonsense.

There was a Channel 4 doc about this on YouTube. Tons of speculation and zero actual evidence.

Well, put it this way. If Putin really does have some sort of kompromat on Trump, it ‘s quite hard to imagine what it could possibly be that is worse than what is already known about him - adjudicated to be a rapist/sex offender, convicted felon, brazen and proven liar, and so on and so forth. Could be a high-definition clip of Trump buggering a couple of twelve year olds while Jeffery Epstein holds his trousers ? Could there be farm animals involved ?

The mind literally boggles. And in the meantime, Palestinian people, Ukrainian and Russian people, and soldiers are still being killed in numbers.

[Abernathy]

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[Andy McDandy]

Where's that from, Andy?

Blog of Heather Cox Richardson, political historian.

[Boiler]

Top-rated BTL comment on the Guardian so far:

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And that's precisely what it is - surrender.

Fucking Americans. I don't think I could hate that country and its people more right now.

[Abernathy]

On TV, The Donald is playing his invisible accordion again. And seems to have turned his bullshit cannon onto full.

[Boiler]

"Invisible Accordian", Abers?

[kreuzberger]

At least he's not dancing or symbolically jacking off two rent boys.

I'm never sure which it is.

[Abernathy]

"Invisible Accordian", Abers?

He plays it all the time. You must have seen him.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I've seen it described as 'big fish, little fish, cardboard box'.

[Abernathy]

Yep. It’s really skibidi. You can say that now. Apparently.

[Boiler]

"Invisible Accordian", Abers?

He plays it all the time. You must have seen him.

But that means I'd have to leave the TV on the channel he's performing on and stifle my Pavlovian response to turn it over... (and me giving my age away there). I'll try and stifle the urge to vomit copiously and see what you mean. Maybe if I turn the sound down it'll help?

BTL comment on the BBC, just for a laugh:

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[Youngian]

Starmer's great, Macron's great, so is Meloni etc etc.
I'm guessing Trump's just politely filibustering after a tense meeting being explained complexities he doesn't understand.
He can't wait to be chauffeured away; " What the hell is wrong with these people, why can't they cut a deal and build condos?"

[kreuzberger]

The latest pow-wow.

Trump has nodded off, Starmer has farted, Macron is less than impressed and Zelenskyy's Uber to the airport is running late.

Other than that, everything seems to be going well and the anti-polonium covers are still on the water glasses.