Trump

[Absolute_Zero]

The Democrats may have won a battle but doing so they've made it more likely that they'll lose the war in 2020.

You’re betting the last week over the whatever Trump may so in the next 2 years?

Reading between the words:

What harm did it do to Obama in 2012 that the Democrats lost BIG in the 2010 mid-terms. It surely helped in that the Republicans got to own the subsequent gridlock. So it goes.

I expect the more left-leaning Democrats to overreach and shoot for impeachment. Two thirds of the Republican-held Senate? Backfire.

At the least they'll surely go digging for dirt. He's already covered in shit.. it's factored in.

If it gets nasty (it will get nasty)... well, that just plays to Trump's demagogic strengths.

If I'm wrong, woo-hoo.

[merman]

By the pussy is fine but not by the microphone, apparently:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46133268

They doctored the footage, being widely debunked on Twitter but the dumb Trumpettes refuse to listen.

Oh, and another mass shooting in California. The armed security guard was the first of 12 to die.

[F-ZeroOne]

Just to be clear, I'm on the reporters side on this one - I think I might have caused a little confusion over the way I phrased it, it was just too obvious to resist.

[rowan]

You’re betting the last week over the whatever Trump may so in the next 2 years?

Again, in English?

"do" instead of "so"

[PFVA]

According to BBC he is blaming the California Fires on forests' mismanegement and threatening to cut funds.
If only he would shut up...

[merman]

According to BBC he is blaming the California Fires on forests' mismanegement and threatening to cut funds.
If only he would shut up...

He also cancelled a trip to a cemetery in France for American war dead because it was raining a little.

The same week it emerges his nominee for Attorney General was involved in a pension scheme that conned money out of thousands of Army veterans.

[Harlequin]

While much could be read into DT's response here, I rather like Merkel's:

[gravy]

Reading between the words:

What harm did it do to Obama in 2012 that the Democrats lost BIG in the 2010 mid-terms. It surely helped in that the Republicans got to own the subsequent gridlock. So it goes.

I expect the more left-leaning Democrats to overreach and shoot for impeachment. Two thirds of the Republican-held Senate? Backfire.

At the least they'll surely go digging for dirt. He's already covered in shit.. it's factored in.

If it gets nasty (it will get nasty)... well, that just plays to Trump's demagogic strengths.

If I'm wrong, woo-hoo.

They seem aware that being right isn't enough and they need to handle the situation carefully to do Trump significant damage.

Though dem leaning this podcast is a pretty good analysis of opportunities and pitfalls of using the house against Trump.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/polit ... like-trump

You’re betting the last week over the whatever Trump may so in the next 2 years?

Again, in English?

"do" instead of "so"

Yep, on an ipad

[F-ZeroOne]

Luckily, every nuclear power station has a fully qualified Albert Einstein on duty at all times:


https://twitter.com/mickbk/status/1065624061055721473

(listen for the pause in the naval officers reply. I would have paid a lot to have seen his expression).

For context, the discussion is about the type of aircraft catapult being fitted to the US Navys new aircraft carriers. Traditionally, these have utilised steam but the latest ones use an electromagnetic "track". To be completely fair to Trump, steam catapults have been used for decades and are a known technology. Electromagnetic ones are brand new (though they have been heavily tested) and thus may be prone to the bugs that most new technologies suffer, but promise to be cheaper, more reliable and more efficient in the long run (bearing in mind the service life of an aircraft carrier is likely to be at least twenty-five years). This conversation, though, almost feels like someone set him up.

Oh, and he also thinks that "electromagnetic" is "digital":

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-nav ... rump-says/

[merman]

Another judge overturns another Trump travel ban. Keep it up.

[F-ZeroOne]

Yes, but they're clearly all OBAMA! judges so their legal opinion doesn't count or something.

[zip accident]

This was interesting:

Ars chats with author Deborah Blum about her new book, The Poison Squad.

...

1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the first regulatory law to enforce food safety standards in America, along with the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

It was known as "Dr. Wiley's Law," in honor of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who served as chief chemist of the US agriculture department at the time and proved a tireless crusader for consumer protection. He even recruited several of his young male employees to ingest common chemical food additives to test their safety, dubbed the "Poison Squad."

...

The Poison Squad is an engaging, sometimes enraging, read about the forgotten public health crusader who helped ensure our food is safe to eat. It's also very timely, coming at a time when there is a significant anti-regulation push from the current administration—including a proposal to move responsibility for food safety out of the Food and Drug Administration to the more agribusiness-friendly Department of Agriculture.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11 ... od-safety/

[merman]

Trump says the Maybot's deal is "good for the EU" and puts US-UK trade deals at risk.
So glad we have that special relationship...

[Baggypants]

There's no relationship to be had with the U.S. I'd expect the government is betting the special relationship will be with Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. but will be trying to keep it hush hush until it transpires 75% of hospitals are owned by a prince and it's really for the best if they go private.

Obviously I can back this up with facts and it's not just a random conspiracy I just thought of.

[F-ZeroOne]

Washington Post asked Trump to go into further detail on why he dismissed the recent climate change report, they and quite possibly the rest of the world immediately regrets it:

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/11/28/do ... read-full/