comment by Maximus Decimus Meridius (U11781)
posted 52 minutes ago
A white supremacist who stabbed an asylum seeker at a hotel in what a judge said was "undoubtedly a terrorist attack" has been jailed for life.

Callum Parslow, 32, stabbed Nahom Hagos in the chest and hand at the Pear Tree Inn at Smite near Worcester.

At Woolwich Crown Court, Parslow was given a minimum term of 22 years and eight months for attempted murder.


Clappy is finally out of our lives lads
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He spent £750 on that knife as well

Was it made of platinum or something

comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 3 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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It's deemed so unsafe against EU regs that there's effectively no way to mod it to make it road legal

There are still a few maniacs on the continent spending tens of thousands of Euros trying to round off the corners, deal with the facts that it basically doesn't have crumple zones () and it's nearly impossible to see out of, and cut the three tonne weight down.

Basically, if you wanted to design a vehicular child killing machine, that's exactly the Cybertruck.

comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 3 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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It's deemed so unsafe against EU regs that there's effectively no way to mod it to make it road legal

There are still a few maniacs on the continent spending tens of thousands of Euros trying to round off the corners, deal with the facts that it basically doesn't have crumple zones () and it's nearly impossible to see out of, and cut the three tonne weight down.

Basically, if you wanted to design a vehicular child killing machine, that's exactly the Cybertruck.
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Musk is a generational genius.

comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 3 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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It's deemed so unsafe against EU regs that there's effectively no way to mod it to make it road legal

There are still a few maniacs on the continent spending tens of thousands of Euros trying to round off the corners, deal with the facts that it basically doesn't have crumple zones () and it's nearly impossible to see out of, and cut the three tonne weight down.

Basically, if you wanted to design a vehicular child killing machine, that's exactly the Cybertruck.
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Musk is a generational genius.
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It's one of those rare times when you look at one of his businesses and think, "Maybe he does actually get involved in the design and development process sometimes."

He's clearly watched a couple of 1980s dystopian-future B-movies one weekend, been inspired to get his crayons out, then brought his crumpled A4 design into work on the Monday morning with a big grin on his face like an excited primary schooler.

comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 3 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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It's deemed so unsafe against EU regs that there's effectively no way to mod it to make it road legal

There are still a few maniacs on the continent spending tens of thousands of Euros trying to round off the corners, deal with the facts that it basically doesn't have crumple zones () and it's nearly impossible to see out of, and cut the three tonne weight down.

Basically, if you wanted to design a vehicular child killing machine, that's exactly the Cybertruck.
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Musk is a generational genius.
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That has to be the ugliest car I’ve ever seen

Has there ever been so many terrorists holed up in one room?

https://x.com/skynews/status/1880278153853391089?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 3 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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It's deemed so unsafe against EU regs that there's effectively no way to mod it to make it road legal

There are still a few maniacs on the continent spending tens of thousands of Euros trying to round off the corners, deal with the facts that it basically doesn't have crumple zones () and it's nearly impossible to see out of, and cut the three tonne weight down.

Basically, if you wanted to design a vehicular child killing machine, that's exactly the Cybertruck.
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Musk is a generational genius.
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He’s a generational tvat

comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 54 minutes ago
What the hell? I didn't know that the Cybertruck was illegal in the UK. I only just found out that it's not legal in most of Europe either.

Musk is a genius.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

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Saw one up close last week.
Said then it looks like a high school students attempt at a battle bot without the armament.

They are plentiful in Scottsdale and Phoenix in general which is amusing given they are pretty poor out in the desert.

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast and takes swipe at Trump plans

In a fillip to the Labour government, the Washington-based organisation said it expected the UK economy to grow by 1.6% in 2025, up from an earlier forecast of 1.5%.

The IMF judged that Labour’s increase in investment spending, improved household finances and a series of interest rate cuts by the Bank of England would give the UK economy a lift, after growing by 0.9% in 2024 according to the fund’s expectations.


The UK upgrade was in contrast to the eurozone, where the IMF revised down its forecasts for growth in 2025 in Germany, France and Italy.

Analysts at the IMF said they believed the Bank of England would cut interest rates four times this year, reducing the headline rate from 4.75% to 3.75%.
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Feels like economists have no clue one week to the next but not quite the doom and gloom we seem to be hearing about all the time.

comment by Cinciwolf-----JA606 NFL fantasy champ 2023 (U11551)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
They are plentiful in Scottsdale and Phoenix in general which is amusing given they are pretty poor out in the desert.
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saw 1 a phew! times hear butt knot scene it 4 awhy?le

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 2 minutes ago
IMF upgrades UK growth forecast and takes swipe at Trump plans

In a fillip to the Labour government, the Washington-based organisation said it expected the UK economy to grow by 1.6% in 2025, up from an earlier forecast of 1.5%.

The IMF judged that Labour’s increase in investment spending, improved household finances and a series of interest rate cuts by the Bank of England would give the UK economy a lift, after growing by 0.9% in 2024 according to the fund’s expectations.


The UK upgrade was in contrast to the eurozone, where the IMF revised down its forecasts for growth in 2025 in Germany, France and Italy.

Analysts at the IMF said they believed the Bank of England would cut interest rates four times this year, reducing the headline rate from 4.75% to 3.75%.
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Feels like economists have no clue one week to the next but not quite the doom and gloom we seem to be hearing about all the time.
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I heard an analysis of this before, apparently Trump's tariffs plans will lead to short term gain and then a boom and bust cycle.

I heard an analysis of this before, apparently Trump's tariffs plans will lead to short term gain and then a boom and bust cycle for the US with minimal effects on the UK/EU.

Trump borrowed like feck last time. Something like 10 trillion compared to Bidens 4.8 trillion. It is his only answer

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 5 minutes ago
IMF upgrades UK growth forecast and takes swipe at Trump plans

In a fillip to the Labour government, the Washington-based organisation said it expected the UK economy to grow by 1.6% in 2025, up from an earlier forecast of 1.5%.

The IMF judged that Labour’s increase in investment spending, improved household finances and a series of interest rate cuts by the Bank of England would give the UK economy a lift, after growing by 0.9% in 2024 according to the fund’s expectations.


The UK upgrade was in contrast to the eurozone, where the IMF revised down its forecasts for growth in 2025 in Germany, France and Italy.

Analysts at the IMF said they believed the Bank of England would cut interest rates four times this year, reducing the headline rate from 4.75% to 3.75%.
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Feels like economists have no clue one week to the next but not quite the doom and gloom we seem to be hearing about all the time.
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Germany’s insane continuing ordoliberal austerity (which the IMF and World Bank applauded them for until about five years ago) is single-handedly dragging the Eurozone down.

The UK will perform better if Labour stick with their plans to properly fund the big infrastructure and transformation projects.

During a downturn, it’s largely about spending, and how you spend. Germany won’t borrow, and it won’t spend, and it’ll stay in the mire worshiping fiscal prudence.

If the UK starts spending money wisely - investing in the right longer-term growth driving programmes of work - it’ll start to work its way out of the same austerity-worsening economic slump it has been in since 2008.

None of that is new economic theory, btw. It’s just basic Keynesian economics which we’ve known about for a century and worked very well for half a century before Friedman and the Chicago School came along, and a bunch of robber baron lobbyists who liked the ideas of wholesale deregulation, market liberalism and trickle down economics decided that Keynesianism didn’t make them rich enough fast enough, because it didn’t allow them to exploit economic downturns as well as booms.

comment by Cinciwolf-----JA606 NFL fantasy champ 2023 (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
Trump borrowed like feck last time. Something like 10 trillion compared to Bidens 4.8 trillion. It is his only answer
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The art of the deal.

Leverage the hell out of everything, then sue if they ask for the money back.

If the UK goes tit-for-tat on tariffs, will it affect Apple products as they're made in the Far East?

comment by Cinciwolf-----JA606 NFL fantasy champ 2023 (U11551)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Trump borrowed like feck last time. Something like 10 trillion compared to Bidens 4.8 trillion. It is his only answer
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Why did he have to borrow when the economy under him was stronger than it's ever been?
Tax cuts for the ultra wealthy? Possibly?

I live in a country who's "best and brightest" have been bragging about having 85-95% of their trade with the US eh for +/- 35 years.
How TF did an ignoramus like me figure out that this wasn't a good idea when it started, but no economists, finance ministers, or anyone in power could imagine this coming at some point?
Canada is also the biggest importer of American goods and services. Heard on the news the other day that Canada imports more from there than China,France,U K. and Germany combined.
The biggest customer of 35 states.
They will all be looking at retaliatory tariffs.
Canada holds many rare earths and minerals, not least of which is about 20% of known uranium deposits.
Fvkin Americans lost their chit when they thought Hillary had sold that to Russia.
Maybe as a last move Trudeau could give it to his "real" dad's country