Trump's Second Term

[Andy_Ross]

I have Peter Ackroyd's books on medieval England and then on to the Tudors. I can read a good part of Elizabeth but then it gets to Henry VIII and I got bored. What was curious was that the kings and queens starting to build an enpire but barely left England and Elizabeth never left. The previous centuries there was a lot of invasion of France, led by the king.

The British Empire was privatised.

 

[Andy_Ross]

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3msax4zdi422v

 

[Jack by the hedge]

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3msax4zdi422v

Everyone is starting to notice we've heard "Ooooh, we're really gonna get those guys this time" every damned week since March.

"I think there's a chance..." isn't as impressive sounding as you need it to be.

 

[jimbob]

Everyone is starting to notice we've heard "Ooooh, we're really gonna get those guys this time" every damned week since March.

"I think there's a chance..." isn't as impressive sounding as you need it to be.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2084486757916016791

 

[bruto]

*shrug* OK.

The fact remains that the qualifiers "Republic of" and "Northern" are commonly used to avoid confusion. It's not something Trump made up.

I was there earlier this year, and as noted here, this is the common expression when there is some ambiguity, in a divided country with an open border., and there might even be an excuse for using the term to make sure others understand which Ireland is involved. From the diplomatic point of view, there's a country called "Ireland," and it would have been better and more proper for Trump to call it that, but I would call this more an issue of sloppiness than Trump's usual utter confabulation. Given how many utterly stupid and wrong things he can manage to do in the blink of an eye, I'd be inclined to let that one go.

 

[Planigale]

I've met lots of people who've vehemently objected to it.

My grand father in law (from Down), talks about 'the Free State' or 'The South')

 

[Tero]

Dementia Don makes up word: mutilization

Poppy (@poppy_gerard) on Threads

He doesn’t just look like he’s going through life asleep; he is seriously deteriorating at record pace even his handlers are caught by surprise.

www.threads.com

 

[Darat]

I have Peter Ackroyd's books on medieval England and then on to the Tudors. I can read a good part of Elizabeth but then it gets to Henry VIII and I got bored. What was curious was that the kings and queens starting to build an enpire but barely left England and Elizabeth never left. The previous centuries there was a lot of invasion of France, Britain led by the king.

FTFY

 

[kookbreaker]

Trump's L's for the week (its only Tuesday)

 

[Norman Alexander]

…facetious…

Foecal

 

[Norman Alexander]

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3msax4zdi422v

Ah, so the oil stocks have peaked?

 

[Tero]

FTFY

It was all set up to hold back Danes, so the older Danes (Anglo-Saxons) got mixed up with the French. And then they were stuck with that. And a lot of French words ruining a Germanic language.

 

[Mojo]

I worked in a law district. They can use a lot of documents.

If they need to shift that much they usually have clerks to do it for them.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Before Donald's 'restoration' and after.

Bronze sculptures which have been absolutely destroyed by gilding them.
The detail, patina, and character of the art are completely gone.
Before has fire, fierceness, depth, after has none of that.
They were originally fire-gilded with gold over bronze. It’s far more subtle than gluing gold leaf on to them.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Before Donald's 'restoration' and after.

Bronze sculptures which have been absolutely destroyed by gilding them.
The detail, patina, and character of the art are completely gone.
Before has fire, fierceness, depth, after has none of that.
They were originally fire-gilded with gold over bronze. It’s far more subtle than gluing gold leaf on to them.
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Knowing Trump, that's not gold leaf. It's acrylic gold paint bought on Amazon.

 

[Resume]

Before Donald's 'restoration' and after.

Bronze sculptures which have been absolutely destroyed by gilding them.
The detail, patina, and character of the art are completely gone.
Before has fire, fierceness, depth, after has none of that.
They were originally fire-gilded with gold over bronze. It’s far more subtle than gluing gold leaf on to them.
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I just discusssed this with my wife the other day. He's determined to turn DC into a gilded kitsch monument to himself.

 

[ferd burfle]

To think that Pirro doubtless brought her motion to dismiss on a Friday afternoon hoping that would keep this fiasco from entering the news cycle and Trump pulls this crap.

Could be she'd rather be fired than lose her law license

 

[Norman Alexander]

If they need to shift that much they usually have clerks to do it for them.

Lawyers of Pirro's rank have their staff carry everything for them. If she was wheeling any of her own stuff, she was out of the job.

 

[TragicMonkey]

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Just from the look of it I would assume it's chocolate wrapped in foil.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Just from the look of it I would assume it's chocolate wrapped in foil.

Not in that heat.