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I have cycled up to Malham Tarn and Cove ; steady and slow up, much more fun going down.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the National Guard cannot be deployed to Chicago.

It is also claimed that the 8th tranche of the files had to be released early as the 'secure' IT system permitted access ahead of schedule simply by going to the webpage of the 7th tranche and altering the number 7 in the URL to a number 8.

Not if you are vegetarian.

People who live on unlit country roads that put flashing blue lights in their front gardens.

The Elf on the bloody shelf. People saying "Happy holidays" - fuck off to Trumpland.

Garstang Blue and crumbly Lancashire.

It's the shows without a live wudience that really grate; there is a print of M*A*S*H which is excellent, another one with an overlaid laughter track is awful.

FT is simply superb, I don't need a laughter track to tell me.

Can't stand him.

Any comedy show that needs a laughter track to tell you when it's funny really has failed.

Naming a fleet of warships with a synonym for fart. I just want this plan to follow the Constellation class, finally cancelled after delays in construction and massive cost overruns. There are very good readons why nobody has built a "battleship" since the 1940s. The orange twat's ego and narcissism really have no limits.

CBS News, now owned by Paramount and therefore David Ellison - son of billionaire Trump donor Larry, has pulled a news item detailing brutality and torture at a detention centre in El Salvador to which the US is deporting people.

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Ooops ! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlkx6n15ero " The Post Office and Fujitsu agreed a deal 19 years ago to fix transaction errors in sub-postmasters' accounts caused by bugs in the Horizon IT system, a document has revealed. An agreement was in place in 2006 for errors caused by bugs in the software to be corrected, or for Fujitsu to pay the Post Office up to £150 per transaction if it failed to do so. The revelation directly contradicts the Post Office's claims during criminal prosecutions - which led to hundreds of wrongful convictions and civil cases that destroyed livelihoods - that no bugs existed capable of causing accounting shortfalls. It also shows the Post Office knew almost two decades ago that Horizon could not always be relied upon to record transactions accurately." .......... "The document, external indicates the formal commercial arrangement was drawn up to deal with potential mismatches or "discrepancies" and where Fujitsu's system was responsible, it was expected to correct false transactions or pay "liquidation damages". The disclosure also undermines the Post Office's claim to the media and before Parliament in 2015 that it was not possible for Fujitsu to alter sub-postmasters's transactions without their knowledge. "The Post Office conducted both the criminal trials of postmasters and the group litigation of 2019 on the basis that it knew of no substantial problems with the Horizon system," said Paul Marshall, senior barrister for sub-postmasters. "Yet this shows that in 2006 there was a very big, recognised problem with Horizon maintaining data integrity between Post Office branch offices and Fujitsu," he added. "The Post Office, for 20 years, was saying the only explanation for shortfalls in branch accounts was postmaster incompetence or dishonesty. "But the maintenance of data integrity was fundamental to the Post Office-Fujitsu contract - Fujitsu were unable to provide or assure this." The document implicitly acknowledges that data held on Horizon's servers at Fujitsu's headquarters could fail to match the transactions sub-postmasters had carried out at their branches."

I'm sure Alexei will be along soon to point out that we effectively don't have an Army any more.

Trump has appointed a "special envoy" to Greenland, who says he will be working towards making Greenland part of the US. Greenland has effectively told him to eff off, and to respect their right to self determination. What would be funny would be for Greenlanders to vote to join Canada should Denmark step back.

You would think that even Americans are bright enough to notice that Trump's assertion thst petrol prices have dropped below $2 a gallon is bogus as they drive past the forecourts of petrol stations.

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I saw a US news interview with a high-up from the Department of Commerce, and he went through the mental gymnastics of explaining this; The price has been reduced to a point where it would have to be INCREASED by 600% to get back to where it had been before the price cut. Although, in reality what is happening is that the 9 largest drug manufacturers in the US have agreed to reduce the prices they charge, mostly to MedicAid, by up to 70%, thereby matching the prices they charge international customers - and to avoid proposed punitive tariffs being charged against them. Would it not have been easier for people to understand if they had simply announced that prices were being reduced by 2/3rds. You have to credit the Trump administration with curtailing what appears to have been a massive rip-off perpetrated against the US healthcare industry.

From an article Presumably the many millions he will be paid make it all bearable. From a YAHOO Sports Australia article; "Joshua and Paul both reportedly received about US$93 million for the fight - $140 million Australian. But because the fight occurred in America, Joshua is set to cop multiple taxes that will see him lose nearly half of the prize purse and walk away with less than Paul. British star Joshua will reportedly be taxed by the US government for the earnings, as well as when he gets home to the UK. He'll also have to fork out some of the money in National Insurance contributions back home. There's no state tax in Florida, but the US government will reportedly charge an income tax of 37 per cent (about AU$52 million of the purse). Another $11.3 million will reportedly be paid to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (British tax), and $2.8m in National Insurance contributions. All up Joshua will part ways with about $66m, leaving him with $74m in his pocket out of the total purse of $140m. Paul will only be taxed the $52 million by the US government, meaning he'll actually get to keep more than Joshua."

Donnie claims that over 250 thousand American lives have already been saved due to the sinking of the "drug boats". How much of the supply entering the country has been interdicted, given that the official number of US deaths from drug overdose is 82500 this year.

Looks like Lyon is out of the last 2 tests and Cummins is likely to miss the 4th. Which "unknown" replacements will the Aussies bring in to demolish England ? Plus, of course, Smith returns.

I do. The Aussies will be looking to totally humiliate us. Crawley and Pope have both had their one reasonably good score of the series, Duckett is a busted flush on these pitches, Brook and Smith will continue doing what they do and failing to build an innings, Archer needs to be nursed through a game, and Carse etc just leak too many runs whilst showing they are unable to adapt their line and length. Root and Stokes will continue to carry the team, though even Joe is struggling for consistency. Goodness only knows why Bashir is there. Edit: apologies to Crawley who has somehow made 2 half decent scores.

Rather niche, Ken Burns'documentary series on the American Civil War and the Vietnam War.