Steven P

Well if that is the case, what is Putin giving Trump: Trump doubts that Russia poses a cyber threat? Really? And he thought that Biden was loosing his marbles. Putin has some serious dirt on Trump (reel back a week or 2 on my thoughts on some of Trumps weaknesses). Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats UK.YAHOO.COM Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

He was ready for peace 3 years ago. Biden doesn't have the ear of Putin, Trump apparently does*. Remember Trump saying very early on that he could stop the war in a day? It has been many days. That war is getting nastier with his involvement. *... or vice versa.... Putin certainly has the ear of Trump for 'unknown' reasons, I very much doubt that Putin has any regard for Trump.

So your problem is he didn't wear a suit? News just in 3 years ago, but Zelensky is quite well known for ditching his suit at the start of the war. Well known enough that all (apart from 1) world leaders know and accept it. To have a go because of what he wears? In all usual press conferences - taken after a behind closed doors talks - the 2 parties come out all smiling and either praising the talks as the best thing ever (queue Trump and Starmer as an example), highlighting the good things to make both sides look good, or they come out all smiling with "still work to be done, but progress is being made" (Macron and Trump). To come out and have 2 grown men sitting in their metaphorical front room having a go at another for not wearing a suit and falling at their feet begging? Serious case of petulance, dummies spat so far out they'll probably find them in Toronto. It is also an open invitation to Putin that the US is not going to back up anyone in Europe, he has an open door to take what he wants - mark my words here, that press conference is not stopping the killings in The Ukraine that Trump so desperately wants (?) but quite the opposite. Watch the early spring campaign from the Russians and come back here to tell me that Trump and particularly the sycophant Vance took the right tact in the press conference. Don't forget either that is all it was, a press conference to report on the discussions that they have just had. Not 2 bully boys trying to get their own way.

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Very correct, it transcends political affiliation, Republican or Democrat, previous US administrations have generally been honourable, but all with faults. Last time around and this time around I have never felt so close to a global political catastrophe as when Trump opens his mouth. Self serving and with no thoughts of anyone outside of their own heads.

Not every business advertises on the free advert that is FB groups... TBH not a place I'd be looking first for a tradesman.

To be honest he didn't actually get a chance to speak, shouted down by the pair of them. Remember who is the guest in whose house here - if I had a guest over to just so me and Mrs could shout at them (that is how the press conference appeared) then I'd be asking who has the respect? Vance was pre-loaded with the question, came from nowhere, with the intention of humiliation.

A bit of Friday fun: Frustrated dad sticks fake legs in huge pothole UK.NEWS.YAHOO.COM James Coxall has been left fuming at the state of his village road after a pothole appeared eight months ago

I missed that video last night, will check it out later.

Ooooh, slippery slope there Gareth!! "Well she was legal in Thailand" (or was it Brazil, or Argentina, can't remember). Though yes different countries have different ages for all sorts - consent, drinking, voting, military service and so on, so have to apply the law to the country the act is committed in. In the case of Tate it is Romania, US or UK. Did they bring in that law in the UK though, for sex tourists, if under the UK age of consent they can be prosecuted in the UK? Can't remember, a digression though. Anyway, back to the case of Tate, yes, an open mind but it is tainted by having 2 or 3 jurisdictions investigating the same crimes to an extent of saying "when you are finished with him, can you extradite him to here" in the case of the UK. If it was me, I wouldn't be inviting him around to dinner anyway, and if it was my son doing the inviting would also be suggesting he picks his friends more carefully.

Under the age of consent.

Under house arrest, passports confiscated, Trumps team has a word, passports returned and they are off to Mar a Lego. Didn't realise they were also under investigation in the US, so that makes Romania, UK and US... to be investigated for child rapes in one country might be bad luck, 2 is a bit questionable but 3? Watch this space for them rocking up for dinner with Trumps boys.

That's because there is no defence offered for Trumps actions so smoke and mirrors, look over there, don't look here. Here is another, 'The Donald' has put in a word for the accused sex trafficker and accused child rapist Tate, pressured Romania to let them leave house arrest and travel to... Florida... Where Trumps Mar A Lego home is of course. Trump has a certain blindness when it comes to child rapists, showing itself again. Andrew Tate and brother Tristan ‘leave Romania for the US’ UK.YAHOO.COM Andrew and Tristan Tate are reportedly on a flight to Florida.

So the paid mouths that defend him (and are having an ever more difficult job) have been saying for weeks along the lines of "Trump will say things off the cuff, as he is thinking them, and it is his actions you need to look at" Or he opens his mouth without thinking is the message... but to put this out on his twatter feed took consideration and thought. Looking forward to what the hired mouths, sorry PR staff, err spokespersons, say to defend this and justify it. They are gong to be worth their weight in gold soon with the work they are going to do as he looses more marbles. Perhaps their weight in gold could be taken from the massive legged statue? Kind of hope that they give him a handler to censor his twatterings before he presses 'send' Should I do 'and in other news' (but related).. some find that a popular method.. so in other news, all hell hasn't broken out in Gaza 2 1/2 weeks later.

10 houses each enjoying the tree, adding £5k to each house price? Soon adds up I guess if you want.

As far as I can tell, the deal is to buy Ukraine a place at the negotiations table. (Trump with his casino owning days where you have to buy a place at the gambling table... same thing). Negotiations and peace agreements are to happen later

I'd take his word of who are very nice people with a massive pinch of salt, probably a dump truck of salt. (His current pals, the drug fuelled billionaire (Musk) and the hired hitman billionaire (Putin) )

Less than Europe has... but it is the right thing to do as well. Got to split your head away from your apparent stance that money = morals. It does not. Doing the right thing sometimes costs money.

But it is a fantastic starting point for negotiations rather than Trumps opening gambit of Russia retains all that they have taken, no room for territorial negotiation after then. Plus the '500 billion' charge just to let The Ukraine enter the negotiating table in the first place. Preference opening gambit would be return their land plus pay for damages caused and work from there.

I've had all 3 to play with, a loan of the main saw and own the other 2 - domestic side of things but not supermarkets that sell everything in the middle quality (always a bit better) So Petrol if I have a big tree to look at, refuelling and power is a lot easier. Around the house I'd go battery, I can keep it charged and will generally cut what I can split as it recharges (there is coffee and tea factored into that). Generally rule of thumb with battery the more volts the better, and within the same volts the better 'names' are more powerful. 35CC-ish saw and 36V battery are on a par considering everything. Todays battery job (14" blade) was 16"-ish log in the river, coped well enough, a bit slower to cut than the petrol but... grab and go rather than grab, fuel, ear plugs, then go overall about the same.

If you have tonnes and tonnes of it best bet is to ditch it... my drive, any time... It's been sat where it is getting wet (on the ground?) start it drying and it will be fine. The rotten parts obviously have lost some fibres and so on so less energy dense but the solid bits are not affected

Wha't ?

Ahh you are going back to type and your argument "this guy is bad, but that guy is more badr" when the more bad guy is also an irrelevance in the current discussion. It isn't a discussion that works really. For all his Faults, whether he can put on a pair of trousers or not, Biden didn't phone Putin up and ask "What do you want to stop the war? No concessions? sure, we can do that"

On both sides the ones being shot at don't care for the morals. They just wish that they are not being shot at any more, thanks. However they are not the ones who can broker a peace deal - and one that will last. So in todays discussion about who, why and when politics will stop the killing they are an irrelevance really. I think for the US involvement the choice is: "Roll over and accept the aggressor, his war crimes" or "Try to do the right thing" I think we call all see that Trump is firmly in the camp of rolling over, let Putin tickle his tummy and say "what a good boy". I think this is a step change from Biden who was looking at the 2nd option. The rest of the world also appear to be siding on the do the right thing. Apart from Putin, his allies and puppets of course. EDIT Not sure if Biden thinking he is Irish, American or even Martian has any bearing on his morals.

I suspect that Bidens negotiation tactics wasn't rolling over to every Russian demand though, perhaps looking at international treaties and agreements, trying to go with the rule of established law, rather than "That boy is bigger, lets give him all the toys". Perhaps Biden had an awareness of history (and like Trump, when I say Biden I am mostly meaning his advisors), appeasing the aggressor has been shown so so well to bring a lasting peace hasn't it.