FlyTheNest

Morning all.

Morning, and welcome to another jolly day in the markets

0800 CEST " Trump told a dinner with fellow Republicans on Tuesday night that countries were “dying” to make a deal. “I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up kissing my ass,” he said.

"He's a moron and dumb as a sack of bricks" Elon is right on the charlatan 'economist' Navarro .

Off to read this morning's Behr --

" Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie "

It doesn't seem to be getting any better in the US

" Britain also has to tread carefully because its national security interests are so tightly bundled up with US military power. That isn’t just a matter of historic policy alignment but a technical integration of systems and software. The Pentagon holds the keys to a lot of UK defence capabilities.

For now, the security relationship is not on the table in discussion of economics and trade, but the line will blur. The Trump project is global in scope and fanatically ideological in content. Favour is bestowed on foreign politicians who will join a crusade to sweep away the clutter of multilateral governance, purge effeminate liberal decadence and assert white Christianity as the apex of civilisation."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nald-trump

A few chuckles at the Marina --

" Speaking of conspicuously absent friends, though, whatever happened to Trump’s local beta, Nigel Farage? He’s gone rather quiet on the cheerleading front. In fact, given the raging shitstorm, it’s no surprise that all this is playing out as one of the great submarine moments of Farage’s career. He always does this when he’s afraid to front up, eventually emerging with some mealy-mouthed bollocks long after backbone and leadership were required. "

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -elon-musk

PS UK spending on the RAF tripled 1933 - 1939

The insanity of the transphobe

God I hate them

refitman wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 12:57 pm God I hate them

Basically nothing new Hugo Gye Political Editor April 08, 2025 3:06 pm (Updated 4:31 pm)
i-news -- https://archive.ph/AjYc7

So much for Sovereignty, self-respect .

" Beachfront properties in Gaza "

That is exactly what Putin is doing in the previously peaceful city of Mariupol

after destruction. Remaining inhabitants living in garages/ruins, no facilities, but people from RU Fed getting cheap loans to restore and develop ...

Trump blinked, kinda

It's very much preaching to the choir, but there's a very good conversation with disability campaigner Dr Lucy Burke, in the second half of this week's TrashFuture. From 43mins, they explain what Labour is doing to PIP and how it will actually affect disabled people and the people who support them.

refitman wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 6:07 pm 8.07 Trump blinked, kinda

He's so volatile, at the beginning I even wondered if he could reverse everything --

" I was only joking" !

But one of the many things he hasn't is a sense of humour