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I’m sure you do, don’t be a cheeky twat chipping in with comments about neurodivergence then Mark.

Premiums can vary a lot depending on coverage limits, claims history, and whether you’re doing consulting or high-risk tree work. I found shopping through brokers helped—especially ones familiar with arborist policies. I also log all client communications and quotes through Phonexa, so I have proof of scope and timing if there’s ever a dispute. It keeps my liability low and my records clean.

Morning all, Hilux frosted over this morning, yet the van isn’t. Parked at different ends of the house, makes a difference. Couple of regular autumn hedges today.

Its an addictive pull. I'll try to behave.

Praise the lord

You wish it was not the case. But what are the FBI saying? You know, the actual organization that carried out this sting? Or are we just to go with "news reports? Can you link to the record that shows he accepted this bribe? What position did he hold at the time?

The sting was set up due to reports that he was already accepting bribes in anticipation of being in a position to award government contracts. The probe began in August 2024. The FBI set up the sting, offered Homan $50k, which he accepted. This is on the record. What the current administration and the current FBI leadership are saying is that he did nothing wrong. This is patently not the case.

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So the outgoing Biden controlled FBI can be relied upon but the incoming Trump controlled FBI cant be relied upon. Surly you can see the hypocrisy here. An entrapment attempt that according to the FBI failed. Which according to the FBI themselves he passed. Correct, nothing more than deranged liberal hyperbolic Ecco chamber in full effect.

Morning all. Feeling a bit more like myself this morning. Got back at 4am on Saturday, went to bed and woke up with the most horrendous case of man flu. Fortunately the oh avoided it and was fine to get back to the grindstone, I was clearly unlucky to be targeted by the killer disease like us chaps tend to be with these things. Touch and go but it seems I've survived once more. Best wishes to Peds with his continuing recovery. Thought of Ted a lot, especially when I was lacking sea legs on the ferry! Hope he's well. Have a good one folks.

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Kash Patel cannot be relied upon for any kind of objectivity. Whether or not the operation was entrapment, if a prospective government official is prepared to take substantial bags of cash in exchange for promises that are abuse of any position they might hold, then it should exclude them from holding that position. It's effectively a character test. Though by the measure of the Trump administration, it's a character test he passed with flying colours. Corruption is the name of the game and there is no place within the Trump regime for principled public servants. Those that serve in Trump's regime serve Trump and only Trump. It's hard not to sound hyperbolic but the parallels to 1933 Germany are quite striking.

Morning, noticeably colder in the mornings now, overcast and dry here. Hope the others are ok and maybe just having a social media rest. Heading off to install some barriers for a customer to save them finding a new contractor and going through the procurement hassle, so may open another door for me. After we collect material then it’s truck stop for. Breaky

Tracking says tyres are here, so get them fitted and collect MOT, If not, I got to pay twice and get it retested! I pity Paul at the garage. He can only charge £54 for an MOT and some take over an hour and the garage up the road charge £95 an hour for labour and Mark up the parts too!

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Nose Back to the grindstone after a weekend away. Burn of a few pints and hôtel breakfasts.

Good morning Arbtalkers 😊

Interesting quote, ""You had FBI agents going undercover to try and entrap one of the president's top allies and supporters, someone who they knew very well would be taking a government position." Also directly from the very same FBI, "current FBI Director Kash Patel had ordered an investigation into the matter, which "found zero evidence of illegal activity or criminal wrongdoing". Seems like the outgoing Biden ran FBI tried to entrap, failed and the incoming FBI said there is no case to answer. Seems like politcal games that failed. Its a non-story coming from the FBI themselves.

Good Morning Cool and Clear. New site today..surrey/hants. Have a good one.

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Awake and thinking of what jobs to do! Tom's birthday today so offered to take him out but he would rather stop in and have sosige and mash, but may go to pub for a couple with him. Hope tyres for Focus get here to get the MOT finalised too. Glossing stair bits maybe too? Machinery show at Newark? Hmmm. Tay, Lam, Maid.

White House denies border tsar Tom Homan accepted $50,000 bribe WWW.BBC.COM The White House says FBI agents under the last administration had tried to "entrap" Homan. reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM The bribe was specifically relating to government contracts when he joined the Trump administration.

Whoever painted his boat race that morning forgot to match in his hands .

Interesting statement from Harris when she was running for POTUS. Maddow, who is openly gay herself, appeared pained by Harris’s statement that Buttigieg ‘would have been an ideal partner – if I were a straight white man.’ The tolerant left are homophobic? Who'd have thought? Rachel Maddow questions Kamala Harris about her Buttigieg remark - Internewscast Journal INTERNEWSCAST.COM Rachel Maddow pressed Kamala Harris about the former vice president's claims in her book regarding the potential 2024 campaign ticket with Pete Buttigieg,