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PhilipCJames

@PhilipCJames@mas.to

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PhilipCJames, to BBC
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Good Morning, all

The Heir "flies" helicopter after taking over the family business from his papa (whereas the Spare actually flew them in combat).

William sat in the front seat of the Army Air Corp Apache Longbow attack helicopter. As any fule kno the front seat is where the gunner sits; the actual pilot sits behind the gunner in the rear seat...

Either doesn't know, or doesn't care, or is worried about losing its Royal Charter?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-69005175

PhilipCJames,
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@Wen Willy? Or Harry?

PhilipCJames, to TeslaMotors
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That Sisyphus had it easy...

On Leon Musk And The Entitlement Of Billionaires.


#X
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/every-time-elon-musk-acts-another-bit-of-twitter-dies-and-hes-fine-with-that/

PhilipCJames, to random
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Israel makes it through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (although the booing will be dubbed out).

Have always wondered, why does the Middle Eastern country Israel take part in the Eurovision Song Contest anyway?

Now I'm guessing that, as Hitler & Nazism and Mussolini & Fascism were European innovations, Netanyahu and Likud and their brutal ideology (Zionism?) fit right in?

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/09/israel-qualifies-eurovision-song-contest-final-protests

PhilipCJames,
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P.S. I've news for Netanyahu (and for Putin too), Europe has moved on since the Bad Old Days and the European Union, born from the trauma of the Second World War is a much more preferable role-model for states' best practice nowadays.

PhilipCJames, to random
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No, no, no, Israel has got it right - Netanyahu is posing a very important moral question:

Does the right of self-defence of a state include the right to commit genocide to ensure its citizens "feel safe"?

Asking for, well not exactly a friend, asking for a deceased Nazi dictator...


PhilipCJames, to random
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"Proper rats in a sack action in Swanage, Dorset, where the local Conservative Party has delivered leaflets asking people not to be swayed by the actions of Conservatives when deciding on whether to vote Conservative today.
...
So, basically: trust us to collect your bins. Those MPs sending pictures of their genitals to blackmailers, getting mixed up with “bad men” who lock them in a flat or peddling their influence to the betting industry? Nothing to do with us, guv!"

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-were-a-local-party-for-local-people-insist-the-tories/

PhilipCJames, to random
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The Fixed Term Parliament Act of 2011 was of course, like much else exported from the Westminster Village, a misnomer.

The problem outlined below (the Tories ruling on stolen time) would disappear if we made a simple reform along US electoral (Presidential & Congressional) lines rather than bleating about 'a Parliamentary System is different.'

Simply fix all dates for future General Elections and stick to them +

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https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-tories-are-ruling-on-borrowed-time/

PhilipCJames, to random
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Ironically, under our Second-Past-The-Post Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have changed the voting system for mayoral elections like that of the Mayor of London from a limited form of ('Alternative Vote') to a simple (but unfair-to-voters) First-Past-The-Post system.

🎶 You say Recidivist
🎵 Tories say Reform

today. Polls are open 'til 10pm

https://mas.to/@PhilipCJames/112369952743619735

PhilipCJames, to ai
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has been warning voters to beware -generated Deep Fake propaganda designed to corrupt public elections during this general election year by telling us to watch out for tell-tale signs like a failure to lip-sync speech and video.

Has the Today Programme ever watched - on my telly the lips and speech hardly ever lip-sync!

https://mas.to/@PhilipCJames/112369952743619735

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

It's been almost two years since Rishi Sunak became our Second-Past-The-Post Prime Minister and he's still too frit to secure his own mandate for things like his Rwanda Transportation policy by calling a #GeneralElectionNow but don't worry, be happy - today most of us get to vote in local, mayoral and/or PCC elections.

Perhaps public health officials should issue a new triple-3-word slogan to Conservative voters:

STAY AT HOME

DON'T VOTE TORY

PROTECT THE NHS

#LBC #R4Today

PhilipCJames, to random
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Following the passing of the Rwanda Is Safe (Ipse Dixit) Act, at Jonathan Gullis celebrates the Untied Kingdom's government 'deporting' its first asylum seeker to Rwanda.

What he fails to mention is that the individual in question volunteered to be flown to Rwanda at our expense, sweetened with a £3000 lump sum, again at our expense.

And our Second-Past-The-Post Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, fails to call his attack dog to heel.

Gullis makes American Bully XLs look intelligent.

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

Donald Trump and his shills on the SCOTUS are playing with fire.

Were the Justices to decide that POTUS has total immunity against criminal prosecution for 'Official Acts', they should remember that applies to all Presidents, not just Don The Con.

What then, except inherent decency, would stop President Biden from ordering SEAL Team Six to assassinate Donald Trump?

Or half the members of the Supreme Court?

#POTUS #SCOTUS #PE2024
https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DriPjo/

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

Nick Ferrari cites the European People's Party as his authority for justifying his right-wing views on the Rwanda Transportation policy of the Nastiz.

The EPP is "the largest group in the European Parliament," claims Nick, "and they're not right wing" Ferrari tells a caller.

'Fatso' as one chap calls him, is so ignorant. The EPP is the group the Tories belonged to before they became the Nastiz and joined the far-righters in the EP.

#LBC #R4Today
#GeneralElectionNow!

PhilipCJames, to space
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Clever intricate diagnosis and remedial work by spacecraft engineers has restored the telemetry transmission functionality of the Voyager 1 probe, 22+ light-hours from Earth. They hope soon to have it returning science data on the Interstellar Medium.

Like Voyager 2, Voyager 1 was launched FORTY-SIX YEARS ago.

Seems like this was the best value-for-money Extended Warranty ever offered.




https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

AlexGallagher, to politics
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Private Eye with this week's sharpest political comment.

Captain Truss makes her case.

PhilipCJames,
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@AlexGallagher

I've never understood the fuss over this incident. RMS TITANIC made it most of the way across the Atlantic, did it not?

PhilipCJames,
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@Wen @AlexGallagher

Sadly so.

Jack was as important as Rose. Unfortunately her piece of jetsam was First Class Only...

PhilipCJames, to random
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Would the last Tory MP to leave the Conservative Party please switch the lights out...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68870117

PhilipCJames, to random
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#R4Today is talking about the proposed free vote in the Commons today on a rolling minimum age for smoking which would mean those aged 15 or younger will never be legally entitled to buy cigarettes.

Apparently "former Prime Ministers" are agin it.

Well, Miss Trusst called it "un-Conservative" and Boris Sasha Johnson said something garrulous, erudite and nonsensical to the same effect.

'Nuff said. Can there be any stronger argument for voting in favour?

#NastizOut #LBC
#GeneralElectionNow!

PhilipCJames, to random
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Q: What's the difference between the Post Office Ltd and an extortionist, blackmailing, lives-ruining Mafia family?

A: Mafia families don't sell stamps.

#HorizonScandal #PostOfficeScandal
#PostOfficeInquiry #HorizonInquiry
#GeneralElectionNow!

PhilipCJames, to random
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Apparently Russia is pirating western technology to change dumb iron bombs into smart glide bombs used to attack Ukrainian targets.

It's truly astounding how many civilian apartment blocks, Kindergarten and play-areas Putin can hit even though he's deploying precision-guided munitions.

It's almost as if it's a deliberate policy to terrorise civilians...



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/11/mass-use-of-guided-bombs-driving-russian-advances-says-ukraine

PhilipCJames, to random
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Good Morning, all

The Nastiz' Foreign Secretary David Cameron (that's Baron Cameron of Huggahoodie to plebs like me and you) has just said that Israel does not have the "unconditional" support of H.M.'s Government.

What's surprising is that Lord Cameron of Greensill needed to make this explicit.

Israel is a sovereign country, just as is (and was before Brexit) the Untied Kingdom. No country deserves our "unconditional" support.



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PhilipCJames,
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But Baron Cameron sounds rational in comparison to some other

For instance, Sue-Ellen Braverman (remember the former Home Secretary and Attorney General Cruella Suella?) has stated she is "certain" that in prosecuting its deadly campaign against civilians in Gaza Israel has not broken international law nor committed war crimes.

Many others, including the International Court of Justice can not be quite so "certain."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjI3BXKBgY

PhilipCJames, to random
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Fascinating discussion on during the final hour of James O'Brien's show about Tory MP William Wragg (ironically one of the 'Common Sense' family among the Tories) and his apology for sending RichardImages (as we now probably have to refer to Dickpics to save politicians' blushes).

Left me wondering if Wragg's photograph has been added to the Commons Library's photo-gallery of Members of Parliament...

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PhilipCJames, to random
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Q: What does Trump call adverts displayed on his social network TRUTH SOCIAL?

A: Don The Con calls advertisements on Truth Social 'Sponsored Truths.'

Lying is not a cottage industry to the Donald, it's a military-industrial complex...

And I understand Trump didn't even create Truth Social - he lifted a public common good - the engine that powers Mastodon - and used it to build his own for-profit 'gated virtual community.'

The brazen cheek of the man.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68716628

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