[Bones McCoy]

Don's keen on childish name calling for his opponents: Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe.

Dead Don - It's what he'd have wanted.

[Boiler]

Going after VOA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd38v3zvjdo

VOA? Radical??

[Bones McCoy]

[Bones McCoy]

Going after VOA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd38v3zvjdo

VOA? Radical??

Vicars on Acid?

[kreuzberger]

When Thatcher croaked, we celebrated with bangers and mash with filthy French beans and managed to secure the last dozen bottles of Newcastle Brown in the city.

Looks like we need to plan our meal for the reaper's next harvest. (I like that Boston Steam beer, but a wholly necessary line was drawn under my Wild Turkey days in 1982.)

Suggestions for solids?

[Abernathy]

A Big Mac might be a fitting celebratory repast, were it not so shite.

[Yug]

Going after VOA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd38v3zvjdo

VOA? Radical??

Vicars on Acid?

Voice of America. The USA's rather pale imitation of the BBC World Service.

[Bones McCoy]

When Thatcher croaked, we celebrated with bangers and mash with filthy French beans and managed to secure the last dozen bottles of Newcastle Brown in the city.

Looks like we need to plan our meal for the reaper's next harvest. (I like that Boston Steam beer, but a wholly necessary line was drawn under my Wild Turkey days in 1982.)

Suggestions for solids?

Mexican / Canadian food.

[Youngian]

Did look peculiar for Vance to interrupt his Cotswold holiday for a meeting with Lammy. Maybe it was a sign that Trump’s deteriorating. Unless Vance has been playing Maga along, he'll be even worse news for Europe as he's more focused and competently dangerous than Trump.

[kreuzberger]

Am I the only person alt-tabbing between the Departures thread and Twitter, while F5ing like a Vegas pensioner on the slots?

[Boiler]

Am I the only person alt-tabbing between the Departures thread and Twitter, while F5ing like a Vegas pensioner on the slots?

Yes.

[mattomac]

Did look peculiar for Vance to interrupt his Cotswold holiday for a meeting with Lammy. Maybe it was a sign that Trump’s deteriorating. Unless Vance has been playing Maga along, he'll be even worse news for Europe as he's more focused and competently dangerous than Trump.

He is also deeply invested in Project 25, I think the hope would be Trump sort of hangs on just so they can have a bad mid terms and break the trifecta up and then he croaks.

Not sure he carries Trump's popularity mind so they could be buggered, these things often splinter after the "leader" falls away, I expect Reform will collaspe if Farage pops off.

[davidjay]

Did I read correctly - a 2 pm White House announcement?

[Bones McCoy]

Did I read correctly - a 2 pm White House announcement?

I'm guessing 2pm Washington DC time.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ ... hington-dc

20 minutes hence.

[Watchman]

Have I missed anything?

[Andy McDandy]

Trawled a few sites, nothing much except Space Command moving to Atlanta. Hints of maybe something Pentagon related.

[davidjay]

Basically an excuse to appear in public, still breathing.

[kreuzberger]

It's just a matter of time. Ten years after the Great Death of 2016 would draw a line under a miserable decade.

It won't but it could. (Has anyone seen the real news today and can't eat borscht with chopsticks?)

[Tubby Isaacs]

Trawled a few sites, nothing much except Space Command moving to Atlanta. Hints of maybe something Pentagon related.

Atlanta has a pretty high murder rate. Shouldn't he sending in the National Guard, instead of sending a load of nice space jobs there?

[Boiler]

Had the feeling it'd be, to use his own phrase, a "nothing burger".

Look - even if he was seriously ill he'd stay in post because otherwise he'd feel he was weak and a loser: and we know there's nothing more he hates than a loser.

Was this the big announcement?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c62724wdxzwo