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Unfortunately, we can’t check our balances or indeed balance our checks.

The much vaunted constitution is starting to look like aspirations.
January 19, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Oh I think you’re right. I’d love to go to a CAMRA pub, with a warm fire going, maybe a quiz later. Nothing like that around d here.
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The UK has the SAS, the SBS, the Parachute Regiment, etc.

I’m sure they could arrange to do some cold weather training in Greenland.

Instead, they apparently sent one person, an Army officer.
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Looks like our checks don’t balance.
January 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I think he was talking about “Japanese” internment, but the point stands, doesn’t it.
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
As soon as rights are taken away, they’re no longer rights, just privileges.

IIRC George Carlin said that.
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Do you feel free? I don’t.
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
He has the instincts of a lawyer. He can’t operate foreign policy like that, since there is no judge.

Starmer is perceived as weak.
January 19, 2026 at 6:07 PM
None. The local Police are more interested in taking bottled water from protesters. “That could be a weapon,” “That’s eyewash you dick!”
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Can an AI reliably detect who the assailant was from eyes, build and gate without other facial features?

Remember how John Scott-Railton led an effort to ID Jan 6 rioters?
January 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Has a Nobel prize ever been rescinded?
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I wonder how many NATO or EU members hold large amounts of US Dollars, or Treasury Bonds?

Might be a good time to sell.
January 18, 2026 at 1:31 AM