the last shooting / things that go on in America thread has definitely dissappeared

anyway

not the "happy ending" you would have expected

https://twitter.com/i/events/1371972779893944327

Suspect arrested after eight people, including six Asian women, were killed at Atlanta-area spas

Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different businesses in Atlanta and Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday, according to local police. A male suspect was arrested and charged with several counts of murder on Wednesday, police said. At a press conference in Atlanta on Wednesday, authorities identified the four victims killed in Cherokee County.

 

3 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

On the other hand, all the divas were tongueing Harris.

The power of social media I suppose. 

Yeah. Although it's slightly less threatening when its from Taylor Swift as opposed to Jon Jones 😁

Just now, Sweep said:

very true

Makings of a new game show this.

"Celebrity twat-off" or some such.

1 minute ago, kent_white said:

Yeah. Although it's slightly less threatening when its from Taylor Swift as opposed to Jon Jones 😁

There are many swifties though, and will readily swing into action.

55 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

There are many swifties though, and will readily swing into action.

True - Swifties vs UFC fans in a huge brawl. Might be a new spectator sport! 😁

6 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

On the other hand, all the divas were tongueing Harris.

The power of social media I suppose. 

I'm sure Gonzo can acquire and share a video of this

7 hours ago, kent_white said:

True - Swifties vs UFC fans in a huge brawl. Might be a new spectator sport! 😁

Swifties have to pin the UFC fans down and force friendship bracelets on them

1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said:

I'm sure Gonzo can acquire and share a video of this

He's had it for a while. Unfortunately it was a different Harris - Rolf. Starts off with very low lighting, and a familiar voice asking "can you tell what it is yet?". When he gets his "wobble board" out is when it really kicks into action. "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" takes on an entirely different meaning in the second half, as his didgeridoo takes quite a battering. Next day was when he did that portrait of the Queen.

"Mr Harris" she said, "you seem very tired. Where you up all night?".

"Indeed I was your Majesty, ermm...preparing for this special honour".

"I suppose your were splashing your stuff all over the place?"

"Indeed Ma'am, indeed".

"Well I hope today you manage to capture the Royal We".

"Had enough of that last night you Highness - being pissed on by Princess Mictura of Luxembourg, the dirty bitch. Right, turn a bit to your left so I can make your tits look bigger....".

2 hours ago, SatanGreavsie said:

He's had it for a while. Unfortunately it was a different Harris - Rolf. Starts off with very low lighting, and a familiar voice asking "can you tell what it is yet?". When he gets his "wobble board" out is when it really kicks into action. "Tie me kangaroo down, sport" takes on an entirely different meaning in the second half, as his didgeridoo takes quite a battering. Next day was when he did that portrait of the Queen.

"Mr Harris" she said, "you seem very tired. Where you up all night?".

"Indeed I was your Majesty, ermm...preparing for this special honour".

"I suppose your were splashing your stuff all over the place?"

"Indeed Ma'am, indeed".

"Well I hope today you manage to capture the Royal We".

"Had enough of that last night you Highness - being pissed on by Princess Mictura of Luxembourg, the dirty bitch. Right, turn a bit to your left so I can make your tits look bigger....".

Company I used to work at had regular training seminars and one time a piling company came in to give a presentation. He was telling us he had a job at the home of Rolf Harris.

Anyway, on residential jobs they have to take great care with the equipment as they're typically very tight spaces.  They're wheeling in this piling rig slowly round a corner, this fella stood next to Rolf inevitably says "can you tell what it is yet?"

Biggest tumbleweed moment of his life. Not a flicker. 

See Trump announced going to relax rules on self drive cars.

Tesla shares up 5%. Musk has been repaid.

 

2 hours ago, Ani said:

See Trump announced going to relax rules on self drive cars.

Tesla shares up 5%. Musk has been repaid.

 

Also the great hulking tariffs he's going to put on Chinese EVs, that'll help Tesla as well - no wonder Musk is cosying up to him......having said that, and tio add a small bit of balance, Trump does often publicly say that he dislikes EVs

2 hours ago, Ani said:

See Trump announced going to relax rules on self drive cars.

Tesla shares up 5%. Musk has been repaid.

 

 

1 minute ago, Sweep said:

Also the great hulking tariffs he's going to put on Chinese EVs, that'll help Tesla as well - no wonder Musk is cosying up to him......having said that, and tio add a small bit of balance, Trump does often publicly say that he dislikes EVs

Tesla shares up 29% since Trump was elected. Put a few hundred million into supporting the campaign, get a few billion in return.

23 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

 

Tesla shares up 29% since Trump was elected. Put a few hundred million into supporting the campaign, get a few billion in return.

fair enough, he's a business man, so why not

36 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

 

Tesla shares up 29% since Trump was elected. Put a few hundred million into supporting the campaign, get a few billion in return.

All a bit meaningless unless he sells.

51 minutes ago, Sweep said:

fair enough, he's a business man, so why not

If it happened in any other country, that country would be rightly labelled a corrupt oligarchy.

1 hour ago, Cheese said:

If it happened in any other country, that country would be rightly labelled a corrupt oligarchy.

People went loopy when Keir got free glasses. 

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

All a bit meaningless unless he sells.

Not really, that's not how it works. He can use the Tesla company "value" (and specifically his shareholding in it) to leverage other deals. He doesn't have to sell at all to realise a financial angle

2 hours ago, Cheese said:

If it happened in any other country, that country would be rightly labelled a corrupt oligarchy.

Indeed, but he was offered an open door, so he'd be silly not to take advantage. I'm sure, somewhere, that Trump will also profit well from it

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Not really, that's not how it works. He can use the Tesla company "value" (and specifically his shareholding in it) to leverage other deals. He doesn't have to sell at all to realise a financial angle

Yep.

 

3 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Yep.

 

Perfectly explained. It's bonkers 😊, but that's how big business works I guess

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Perfectly explained. It's bonkers 😊, but that's how big business works I guess

The issue is when an elected President/Government is so blatantly and explicitly working with the billionaires to make them even richer, at the expense of the people who elected them. I don't think that's something to be celebrated as "fair enough" or "good business".

15 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Company I used to work at had regular training seminars and one time a piling company came in to give a presentation. He was telling us he had a job at the home of Rolf Harris.

Anyway, on residential jobs they have to take great care with the equipment as they're typically very tight spaces.  They're wheeling in this piling rig slowly round a corner, this fella stood next to Rolf inevitably says "can you tell what it is yet?"

Biggest tumbleweed moment of his life. Not a flicker. 

I was hoping that anecdote was going to finish with him being threatened with a digeredoo

11 minutes ago, Cheese said:

The issue is when an elected President/Government is so blatantly and explicitly working with the billionaires to make them even richer, at the expense of the people who elected them. I don't think that's something to be celebrated as "fair enough" or "good business".

The clear the swamp idea is clearly to let a new set of snakes in. Both sides seem to do this shit just in US it seems so blatant. 

18 minutes ago, Cheese said:

The issue is when an elected President/Government is so blatantly and explicitly working with the billionaires to make them even richer, at the expense of the people who elected them. I don't think that's something to be celebrated as "fair enough" or "good business".

The majority of Americans seem to be happy enough about it, especially given that Musk was front and centre in the election campaign. It doesn't matter what we think over here really.

9 minutes ago, Ani said:

The clear the swamp idea is clearly to let a new set of snakes in. Both sides seem to do this shit just in US it seems so blatant. 

It's not a lot different to Farage professing to be against the establishment*....when he is indeed part of it

 

 

*to be fair, I'm not sure he's done that for a few years now

This reminds me of the time James O'Brien and the like held up the stock market predicting a hard Brexit as irrefutable proof of corruption and in reality it was just a consequence of their betting on what they thought was most likely to happen