Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[sinkov]

Trump's new mouthpiece Pete Hegseth also announced this week that America was no longer “primarily focused” on guaranteeing European security. The Germans have already planned for greater spending on defence.

Quite right too, the EU claims to be an economic powerhouse, let them pay for their own defence and stop hiding behind America's shirt tails. Let the EU's army ride to the rescue of Ukraine, and the best of luck to them with that.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Quite right too, the EU claims to be an economic powerhouse, let them pay for their own defence and stop hiding behind America's shirt tails. Let the EU's army ride to the rescue of Ukraine, and the best of luck to them with that.

And what about NATO? Chinese ambitions? Russian territory grabs?

Trump's appeasement and every man jack for themselves. What a world we live in.

[Balan]

Don't worry B T. Just call on our lot if needed, they will instantly come to your defence, these days we are lacking in action. ''what does not get used ,gets rusty??

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Don't worry B T. Just call on our lot if needed, they will instantly come to your defence, these days we are lacking in action. ''what does not get used ,gets rusty??

I see your lot are now starting on the unharmed civilians in the West Bank. What a set of murderous scum the IDF are. They even target book stores.

[Supersub6]

I see your lot are now starting on the unharmed civilians in the West Bank. What a set of murderous scum the IDF are. They even target book stores.

Fully understand why they target book stores because, as my ex-boss, whose name was Wilkinson, used to say when I, named Parker, used to get the better of him ----The pen is mightier than the sword!
Since I closed my book business down in December 2008 I am quite happy for the IDF to attack book stores -----they can have some dangerous stuff in them ----particularly the propaganda quoted by many.

[sinkov]

I see your lot are now starting on the unharmed civilians in the West Bank. What a set of murderous scum the IDF are. They even target book stores.

FFS mon ami, it's bloody cold on that riverbank, you'll freeze your nads off, come back inside.

[sinkov]

One of the thousands of scams and frauds being uncovered by DOGE. No wonder the Dems are going into meltdown about Elon Musk. This is just one item found in the Housing and Urban Development department, to be fair I suppose it's easy to 'misplace' $1.9 BILLION dollars, I'm doing it all the time.

"$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner and @DOGE worked together to fix the issue and de-obligated the funds which are now available for other use by the Treasury."

[The Bedlington Terrier]

One of the thousands of scams and frauds being uncovered by DOGE. No wonder the Dems are going into meltdown about Elon Musk. This is just one item found in the Housing and Urban Development department, to be fair I suppose it's easy to 'misplace' $1.9 BILLION dollars, I'm doing it all the time.

"$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner and @DOGE worked together to fix the issue and de-obligated the funds which are now available for other use by the Treasury."

This lot need to have a word with my missus. She de-obligates my funds all the time.

[outwoodclaret]

I prefer to focus politically on matters at home at the moment. I look at Radcliffe where I live and I don’t have much optimism. No banks left. Not even a banking hub. If you actually need to see someone at a bank that means a trip to Bury or Manchester. HMO’s wherever you look and under Andy Burnham’s Places 4 Everyone a big chunk of our greenbelt is scheduled to go. Two supermarkets yes Asda & Lidl but not too much else to boost footfall in the town centre. Does it look better where you live? If yes, probably count yourself lucky. Volunteer groups work hard to keep our town litter free and our green spaces tidy. Our latest Water Rates show a 28% increase over last year and I haven’t had the Council Tax bill yet.Winter Fuel Benefit gone. Still waiting for the new & only secondary school in the borough to have a permanent building and the purpose built health centre is so expensive to lease that one of the major medical practices is pulling out. The question for me is not why are people looking to vote Reform but rather why are they still voting Labour or Conservative. Things won’t change until you vote for them to change and I don’t think our two main parties are interested in changing our political system.

[sinkov]

The penny drops. A young American finds out what the Libtards have been up to in her country.

https://x.com/i/status/1890871162390946135

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The penny drops. A young American finds out what the Libtards have been up to in her country.

https://x.com/i/status/1890871162390946135

Ranting on the Eton Mess medium. No thanks.

[sinkov]

"DOGE finds millions of instances of social security fraud in database including a 360-year-old and 'vampires'. Elon Musk today shared staggering data showing there are millions of dead Americans still eligible for social security payments."

"The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is investigating wasted taxpayer money as a matter of urgency after Donald Trump promised voters huge savings at the federal government. Elon Musk posted a chart on X showing that there are more than 20 million Americans listed over the age of 100, including 3.9 million in the 130-139 range, more than 3.5 million aged 140-149 and more than 1.3 million in the range 150-159. There is even an 'alive' citizen aged over 360, according to the records."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-vampires.html

The scale of the fraud is staggering, and this is just one item in one government department. Everything that happens in the USA arrives over here eventually, I can't wait for a British Elon Musk to audit our Foreign Aid Budget, I'd love to know by how much and by whom the British taxpayer is being ripped off with that particular scam.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

More media fed bollox. Eton Mess has to justify his $18 million a minute fees somehow.

[sinkov]

More media fed bollox. Eton Mess has to justify his $18 million a minute fees somehow.

Elon is niggling your mates in the US of A a lot more than he's niggling you mon ami, in fact they're running around like headless chickens in an attempt to stop him exposing the fraud, but it's too late, the genie is out of the bottle and there's no getting it back in.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No bloody wonder! News that the acting head of the Social Security Administration left her post this past weekend after facing off with Elon Musk's lieutenants over their efforts to access government records set alarm bells blaring, with advocates warning that the unelected billionaire is moving to seize highly sensitive data.

"There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is. And my understanding is that it has already occurred," said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, a progressive advocacy organization that warned late Monday that "Elon Musk is stealing your personal Social Security data."