Captain Haddock
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From the interweb:-
The astonishing truth about JFK is that after the events of 22 November 1963, the 35th President still had more brains than the current one.
Boom. Boom.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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With all this talk of sex-pests in the entertainment industry women who claim to have been abused by Trump feel they are being overlooked.
Fortunately some of my license fee has been used to promulgate this news on the excellent BBC Pidgin service.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-41849166"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
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One for Donald to get his teeth into, the chiefs of staff prefer a ground invasion but I suspect the President would prefer obliterating North Korea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41878123howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Why Fox cancel one TV advert to impeach Donald Trump
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-41898156"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Brian Dixon
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Murdoch again, the same Murdoch who owns the currant bun group.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Something of a relief to know though I have never believed that a President could actually press a button without safeguards in place.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/us-military-nuclear-weapons-strike-senate-trumpButton
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Even better when viewed through a different lens:
http://maketrumptweetseightagain.com/
Maybe. "Eight year olds" is precisely how I've heard senior civil servants describe the currently vocal MPs; personally I think they have a point.
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Weird Granny Slater
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Surely for something as important as a nuclear weapon launch a democratic country should have a referendum on it?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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whats that granny, an in / out one again . then spend 2 years and billions of tax payers money for nothing in return.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Surely for something as important as a nuclear weapon launch a democratic country should have a referendum on it?
Indeed but the problem would be the two year wait before firing it.
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Well, that would at least give some time for international tensions to calm down a little...
Or we could all be dust, which would save a lot of trouble and expense.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Surely for something as important as a nuclear weapon launch a democratic country should have a referendum on it?
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Dr. Hunter S Thompson
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I don't see why it should take 2 years - after all, the Strictly results come through "the next day". And in no particular order, the countries remaining on the planet are...
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Semi-literate Jock mistaken for Russian bot!
Author James Patrick suggested the @Didgery77332 account could be a Russian troll due to its “horrific use of English” and “pro-Russian posture”.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/i-m-not-a-russian-troll-i-m-a-security-guard-from-glasgow-1-4614102"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Not followed the debates closely but the impression I get is that Hilary Clinton is the most plausible presidential candidate of both parties. I can't take Donald Trump seriously with his rabble rousing comments.
Get with the program , lol
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Either
1. Someone has hacked Trump's account or
2. The man is an idiot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42166663
I hope against hope that it's the former.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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These two statements are not mutually exclusive, of course, and there's ample evidence that no. 2 is true.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus