Captain Haddock
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GBS is widely attributed with saying 'The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language'.
It would appear that even within that mighty nation (the USA) there may be linguistic differences!
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins
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They spy on him. He spies on us. We spy on them. Everyone spies on each other be they friend or foe and so it will continue in an everlasting circle.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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A renewed travel ban, incidentally Bob is your cartoon from Mad magazine circa 1970 spy versus spy?
http://news.sky.com/story/trump-signs-revised-temporary-travel-ban-10792826Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Correct Howard. Mad Magazine.
Meanwhile in France it is perhaps no coincidence that Ms Le Pen’s party has received a hefty loan from a Russian bank and Mr Macron’s organisation has suffered more than 4,000 hacking attacks.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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After retracting claims that Obama wire tapped him the White House has had to apologise for Trump's claim that GCHQ were spying on him.
How long before he is impeached or taken away in a straitjacket?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Courtesy of the Independent the President meets the German Chancellor today.
While the President greeted the German leader with a handshake upon her arrival at the White House, he appeared to ignore requests to do so as the pair sat together later in front of TV cameras.
In footage of the photo opportunity, as photographers call for the two to shake hands, Ms Merkel can be heard saying: "Do you want to have a handshake?"
Mr Trump briefly turns towards her, but continues sitting with his legs apart and hands together
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Today's meeting showed just how rude and ignorant Trump is, however much you dislike someone when in a high position job you have to be polite especially in front of cameras and the world's press.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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I couldn’t believe the germans trying to revive TTIP with Trump ?
Why would America want to open its markets to all the EU gipo nations like we did?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon
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well that was a good kick in the goolags if there was one.
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Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
Reginald Barrington
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Arte et Marte
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post 295 Reginald
Thay need public banking, and keep public ownership of the utilitys and infurstrutur .and leve the rest to the markets.
Full blown socialism and capitalism just doesn’t work only a mix will work
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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I see the rainbow nation kleptocracy and 'Rape Capital of the World' which we daily celebrate as an example to the rest of that fly-blown continent is melting down too!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/31/south-africa-anc-jacob-zuma-cyril-ramaphosa"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Can't blame Trump for ordering this action, people like Assad only understand force.
http://news.sky.com/story/united-states-launches-missile-strikes-on-syria-10827993howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Bill Hicks: Weapons
Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
