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PhilT602

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Retired engineer. Wargamer & Archer. https://longrangegaminggroup.blogspot.com #spreadthelard

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PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 19h

But it's MAGA cognitive decline, inflation & authoritarianism!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 20h

Tice yet again reveals his rank hypocrisy, by publicly backing a populist climate denial stance and doing something different in private?!? It's almost like he thinks Reform voters are a bit dim.....Oh, wait?!?

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 21h

Really sad that the main news isn't about Maria Machado, as the deserved recipient, but more about who didn't win!?!
Still, the orange buffoon will have a couple more wars to resolve, before next year's award, one with Venezuela and one with Norway!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 21h

Bu**er!! It sounds as if Maria is well deserving of the recognition, but this means Trump will have two more wars to resolve for next year; Norway & Venezuela!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, the old fashioned idea that the government tries to govern for all of the people, not just their (temporary) vote share!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 22h

Bloody foriners! Come over here, invading our country, building walls, roads & bringing civilisation!? I suspect that had you asked the residents of South Shields at the time, whether they preferred the Arabs or those indigenous folk North of the Wall, the answer might have surprised them?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 22h

Well, that seems the sort of thing one might expect a Shadow JUSTICE Secretary to do?!? Not!!

Going straight for the racist Reform voter I assume?

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 23h

Has anybody shown Lowe the US ICE budget and asked him how much each of those deportations is costing? Not only is it inhumane & unconstitutional, it is off the scale inefficient!! Lowe's numbers make no sense!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 23h

Love it👏

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 23h

Everybody always thinks that media outlets are biased against "their side". In the absence of any objective evidence (which I am assuming you don't have?) one can only go on complaints received. If a channel is getting complaints from both sides, it is probably getting it about right.

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Don't give him fricking ideas?! Norway has oil reserves and a Sovereign Wealth Fund. Also, all he has to do is ask his mate Putin for the plan!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Europe has to humour the orange buffoon, while the situation in Ukraine remains precarious. However, Ukraine is rapidly becoming largely self sufficient in arms & what they can't supply, Europe can soon pick-up?
Then, Europe can also start to wean themselves off American defence kit and big tech!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

I will apologise for criticising his disastrous budget, when he proves that it wasn't a complete disaster!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

If Trump brings a lasting peace in Gaza, he deserves the credit for that. However, there will still be blood on his hands for his support of the war criminal Netanyahu!!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Nope!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

I believe these watches can be set to speak the time. All you have to say is, "What time is it in Trump world?" and then the watch rambles on for a couple of hours, about windmills, antifa, stolen elections, etc!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Come to something when you cannot leave the "Land of the Free"!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Just release the friggin' Epstein files?! Johnson is prepared to defy his Constitutional obligations, just to avoid a legitimate Congressional vote on release. Let's stop pretending that MAGA GOP cares anything about democracy!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Still running a 0.4mm nozzle myself. Blockage of a 0.2mm nozzle always worries me, after having a couple of blockages in the 0.4mm.
Options for using metal masts would be appreciated. 3D printed masts and rigging always seems a tad vulnerable, for game play.

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

I have been really pleased to see these models, especially as they look viable for FDM printing. I love the pre-Dreadnought era, but then got distracted by the War in the Pacific!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

The main theatre threat has always been Iran, but that has been diminished slightly. Large scale rocket launches, from the W.Bank remains a threat, especially as Israeli intelligence will be stretched. Maybe that is the hold that Trump can exert?

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

I'd have agreed at the height of the onslaught against Gaza, as the IDF needed US penetrator bombs. Now, I think their dependency is more reduced to high altitude interceptor missiles. Israel has to feel really threatened, for that pressure to work & I can't see Trump stepping back sufficiently?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

But last time I thought a ceasefire might happen, there were two American carrier battlegroups in the Mediterranean, with the capability to enforce a 'no fly' zone!! Trump has nothing to threaten Netanyahu with, other than a visit?!?

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

She's not wrong. People's lives reduced to other people's soundbites, fueled by outrage induced click-bait!?!

PhilT602 @philt602.bsky.social · 1d

Trump only understands dictated/threatened "deals". Negotiation is not a concept he understands. Steve Witless & Marko 'spineless' Rubio haven't done this, so who has?!