[Doylo]

You definitely did.

[Oldmanmatt]

Where is Dense nowadays? Has been squirted deep under the North Sea as part of some carbon capture experiment?

He packed his bags after Slackline called him a cunt.

He's been making guest appearances on your board hasn't he?
He has always struck me as thick skinned.
Was it the Brexit thing? It's been charged, but surely no one takes it that seriously?

Sorry, didn't see slackers post in time.

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[petejh]

So is Dense a cunt or just a fucking twat?

[Will Hunt]

I love it when all of us cunts get along.

[SA Chris]

I don't give a fuck what you think.

[SA Chris]

Mining/O+G's notorious for inferred and indicated resources mysteriously failing to turn into money-making product on the surface. Long after wall street have left the scene after pocketing nice returns on the hype. At least if the last ten years of trying to make money from N.American mining stocks are anything to go by.

Bit like the "newly discovered" resources near Gatwick.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36069751

Economically recoverable? Hmm, might have to wait for price to double.

[slackline]

[Oldmanmatt]

An interesting take on US attitudes, that rings some bells (for me) about attitudes here too.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-baby-boomers-became-the-most-selfish-generation-2016-11?utm_content=buffer4d564&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&r=US&IR=T


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[Evil]

The mention of Keynes and Milton Friedman in that article reminded me of a very good FT podcasts about Keynes and Hayek I listened to recently. I think that although the FT is firewalled, you can still listen to the podcasts on ACast https://www.acast.com/ft-alphachat/keynesvshayek-nowwhoswinning- (and maybe on iTunes too as the host always mentions reviewing them on iTunes)
He makes the point that Keynes always said you had to choke off the money at the top of the cycle after pumping money in via investments otherwise it would just end up in the hands of the rich...
Also interesting that Hayek advocated socialised healthcare, even though he thought city states (and pretty much everything else) should be privatised.
Best point is 'the adherence to a strict dogma has proven to be inadequate'. Politicians do seem to have a tendency to get hold of one idea and hang onto it like it's some divine truth...I suppose people don't vote for compromise type politics.

[Oldmanmatt]

Garrison Keillor sums up Trump.




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[tomtom]

Anyway, having a slow day I decided to read through the contentious fake/real dossier on Trump. So summarise the selacious bit and save people reading it in detail, in 2013 Trump stayed in the same hotel room as Obama did in a previous Moscow visit and ordered a 'number' of prostitutes to perform golden showers on the bed where Obama slept...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/10/buzzfeed-publishes-donald-trump-russia-documents-ethics-questions

[Oldmanmatt]

He seems quite pissed about it, doesn't he...

I see he tweeted "are we living in Nazi Germany?"... I thought, "not yet mate, that's after the inauguration".


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[andy popp]

Just watched the press conference (his first in roughly six months). He has horrific, of course. But more than anything I was left just speechless by the absolute inadequacy of the plans proposed for dealing with his business interests. I don't know what to say.

[Falling Down]

The whole thing is almost unbelievable.  Madness..

[Oldmanmatt]

I feel he will be very hard to dislodge. I half imagine an unending Trump dictatorship, with some constitutional amendment, of course.


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[dave]

If he was half the patriot he clams to be he'd be paying AMERICAN hookers to piss AMERICAN piss onto an AMERICAN hotel bed.

I just hope Obama trolls him big time by leaving a Quran and a Kenyan passport hidden somewhere in the whitehouse.

[Oldmanmatt]

I love this in the Groany-ard this am:

“If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that is called an asset, not a liability,” Trump said. “Do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me? Give me a break.”

Yes, Mr President-elect. The intelligence reports are indeed calling you an asset in the context of Russia. You may keep using that word but, as in the Princess Bride, I do not think it means what you think it means."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/11/trumps-trainwreck-press-conference-ushers-in-a-clueless-presidency


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[SA Chris]

I just hope Obama trolls him big time by leaving a Quran and a Kenyan passport hidden somewhere in the whitehouse.

Or a prayer mat laid out under one of the rugs, with a note in Arabic next it which, when translated says " gotcha you orange faced wig headed spunktrumpet".

[shurt]

Just watched the press conference (his first in roughly six months). He has horrific, of course. But more than anything I was left just speechless by the absolute inadequacy of the plans proposed for dealing with his business interests. I don't know what to say.

He consistently does what he wants and seems to get away with it. Anyone who challenges him is as liar, on a witch hunt, a liberal movie type etc. etc. It just gets worse week on week. I dread to think whats going to happen when he's in?

[slackline]

Pertinent...

How Blackmail Works in Russia

[mark s]

i watched the conference today online.
i am no public speaker but i am not going to be running america but i find him hard to listen to. he just rambles,talks about nothing and doesnt come across as very competent.

the way he goes on about fake news after the crap he said in the run up to the vote.
anti vax lies, global warming lies, pizza gate, birth certificates .....he is a fucking loon. complete narcissist 

[Oldmanmatt]

Not exactly unbiased, since it's a Gay site; but they shared some great memes about the Great man...
I quite like the "PEEOTUS" tag.

https://www.queerty.com/goldenshower-memes-jokes-flood-internet-thanks-peeotus-elect-donald-trump-20170111?utm_source=bb82&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=artname&utm_content=inf_11_80_2&tse_id=INF_8f3c80c0d8eb11e6a03c354c456e1db2



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[Oldmanmatt]

Does anyone else wonder about the "Leak" (pun intended)?
I find it incredibly hard to believe that an "Ex" SIS operative, with extensive experience in the field (so privy to God-knows-what etc), who now works for a very respected (read Gov approved) international security consultancy firm; is not so closely monitored by his former employer, that he cannot fart without it being recorded.
That this dossier should have been made public and that it was somehow an "accident", seems both unlikely to happen and BS in the extreme respectively.
If I were of a more conspiracy theory bent, I'd wonder if this wasn't the British Gov. deliberately undermining the Pres. Elect?



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[slackline]

If I were of a more conspiracy theory bent, I'd wonder if this wasn't the British Gov. deliberately undermining the Pres. Elect?

Why the UK Gov?  They seem unable to organise a piss-up in a brewery at the moment and have a lot of other crap to keep them occupied.  If going for a conspiracy theory surely its more likely to be Russians (see Kompromart article linked below).

[tommytwotone]

If I were of a more conspiracy theory bent, I'd wonder if this wasn't the British Gov. deliberately undermining the Pres. Elect?

Or, as I was thinking the other day - hot(ish) take:


Think reports that this intel was briefed to both Obama and Trump a few days ago are credible enough to believe.


Potential that Trump himself engineered the leak so that a) he would have opportunity to overtly deny the allegations / claim as "fake news" in press conference and b) mitigate any possibility of The Kremlin having anything on him?