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Leave UK <dot> DT

by Oui Wed Dec 4th, 2019 at 06:03:30 PM EST

I'm on the road in the City of London ... I had to share this as I had posted about Trump and NATO yesterday ... don't miss the fun!

Leave UK <dot> dt

Trump called Trudeau two-faced ...

Trump cuts short NATO summit after fellow leaders' hot mic

Related: Celebration 70 years NATO

More below the fold ...

[Update-1]

Dutch PM Rutte: “We stood for hours during the reception. Of course there wil be talk and gossip. It wasn’t mean.”

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Trump called Trudeau two-faced. (none / 0)
I don't have a problem with that assessment.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Wed Dec 4th, 2019 at 07:59:39 PM EST
Re: Trump called Trudeau two-faced. (none / 1)
20 June | 13 Nov
casualties <dot> DT
Chrystia Freeland: Canada's new deputy PM who could prove crucial for Trudeau, 21 Nov
On Wednesday, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, ["]elevated["] Freeland, a former journalist, to the role of deputy prime minister. A largely ceremonial position, the job has not been filled since 2006.
The Ukraine Weekly | Chrystia Freeland begins her second act as second in command in Canada
"But she was prepared to serve in whatever the most effective way that the prime minister thought, and he chose intergovernmental affairs, which makes a lot of sense based on the current situation domestically," said Mr. Grod, who noted that he had to reassure members of the Ukrainian diaspora that Ms. Freeland's appointment as deputy prime minister was a promotion that gave her a senior role in the Trudeau Cabinet. "She's been a superstar with every Ukrainian president and prime minister that she's interacted with," he said. "She walks on water - that's the way she's perceived."
Under New Management sez, I don't know about that.
A Sea Change for Canada Foreign Policy as Freeland Is Replaced by a Pro-Chinese Politico
As of November 18, 2019, Freeland has found herself cut down a notch by the "plutocrats" that she has worked so assiduously to destroy since becoming Canada's Foreign Minister in 2017 when she ousted a Foreign Minister (Stephane Dion) who had called for a renewed cooperation with Russia on space, counter-terrorism and arctic development with Sergei Lavrov. Freeland's unrepentant support for Ukrainian Nazis and NATO encirclement of Russia resulted in a total alienation of Russia. Her alienation of China was so successful that the Chinese government removed their ambassador in the summer of 2019. Freeland's work in organizing the failed coup in Venezuela and supporting the MI6-Soros White Helmets in Syria became so well known that she became known as the Canadian queen of regime change. ...
3 Dec: Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Before Bilateral Meeting

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 04:50:36 AM EST
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Re: Trump called Trudeau two-faced. (none / 1)
Freeland's appointment as FM was lauded by Conservatives and war-hawks in Washington DC alike. A dispatch from the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa stated: "Canada adopts `America First' foreign policy.

Her love for Ukraine is personal ...

Freeland's grandfather Michael Chomiak was a Nazi-propagandist during the war who edited a newspaper with grotesque anti-Semitic editorials and praise for the Ukrainian Waffen SS division.

Trudeau's foreign policy is truly two-faced ... DT didn't tell a fib.

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 07:34:33 AM EST
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Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 0)
But look who's talking 👺

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 4th, 2019 at 08:44:58 PM EST
A sobering juxtaposition of egos. (4.00 / 2)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 03:44:28 AM EST
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Re: Leave UK &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 1)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 09:54:47 PM EST
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"context" (none / 0)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 07:08:17 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (4.00 / 4)
Der Drumpfenfuehrer may mock anyone he wants, such as a disabled reporter, but if anyone returns the favor, of my.  What a broflake.
by rifek on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 02:15:41 AM EST
NATO Targeting China Now (none / 1)
Western media participating to create fear. Used to be Tibet and conflict with India, today it's Hong Kong and Xinjiang province [Uighurs].

Bad Idea China Driven US Strategy

Now adopted by proxy NATO ...

Related Reading ...

Donald Trump says he expects to find UK in .'turmoil' during visit - June 2018

China military capabilities: targeting US communication infrastructure.

More Than Missiles: China Previews Its New Way of War

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 09:07:50 AM EST
Re: NATO Targeting China Now (4.00 / 2)
US and Trump: EU nations follow suit to ban Huawei in key 5G networks ... except Germany ...

Germany tells America to verpissen off over Huawei 5G cyber-Sicherheitsbedenken

Boris Johnson hints at blocking Huawei role in new 5G telecoms in UK

Very diligent Dutch PM Mark Rutte ...

Dutch cabinet takes hard line to ban Huawei in 5G networks

The Dutch have an intimate relation with NSA-GCHQ-Mossad ... Rutte was obligated to comply to Nine Eyes alliance!

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 05:11:27 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (4.00 / 6)
Good news, if Naked Capitalism is right.
So I have to confess to not being persuaded by the handwringing over the US losing out in 5G. Early last year, I heard a staffer in the Department of State say it was common knowledge that there was no business case for it, which would be news to anyone reading the press. Perhaps that's the result of the cost of more tightly spaced cell towers.

Obviously device producers would love to force yet more product obsolescence on their users.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 05:16:10 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (none / 1)
5G "small cells" network opposed to 4G "macrocells"

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 06:14:56 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (4.00 / 3)
Good post by Yves Smith, well worth reading.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 08:02:58 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (4.00 / 4)
Yves Smith: it was common knowledge that there was no business case for it, which would be news to anyone reading the press.

This is nothing new for anyone familiar with the telco industry. The telco operators around the world are barely breaking even with their 4G network investments started over ten years ago. Deploying 5G NR (New Radio) will cost more, but the real challenge is that people are not ready to pay more for 5G than they are paying for 4G today, hence the lousy business case.

To convince investors and politicians, telco execs have cranked up the hype machine to 11: 5G, which is basically "another G", coming after 3G and 4G, is supposed to revolutionize our world, usher in a new industrial revolution thanks to always on multi gigabit, low latency connectivity. The favorite "use cases" often cited are immersive VR/AR, remote surgery (not likely anytime soon: reliability) and of course, the autonomous car which, we're being told, couldn't possibly exist without 5G.

Oh, and look who's at the top of the 2019 Gartner hype cycle.

There are several versions of 5G: the one that will bring the highest throughput (gigabits per second) is running over millimeter waves, 28 GHz band in the US, the only country to date where millimeter waves is deployed in some test cities. Trouble is: millimeter waves have a very short range (less than 50m), are stopped by walls (no indoor coverage), foliage etc...
This is why it is using many "small cells" every city block or so, connected by fiber optic backhaul. All this of course requires a lot of capex, which pretty much limits these networks to dense city centers.

by Bernard on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 09:38:17 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (4.00 / 4)
Adding:

Other versions of 5G ("middle band") use the same frequency bands as existing 3G and 4G networks (that's what's deployed in Europe today), but the throughput will be, maybe a 30-50% improvement over the existing 4G. Definitely not an order of magnitude.

The high cost of 5G equipment (plenty of small cells) and the spectrum auctions make 5G networks a non-trivial decision for telco operators, to be polite. All the hype, that race with the Chinese etc... is to get more money (subsidies, subsidies) to shoulder the cost.

And lastly, about that famous "race to 5G", a shameless self-plug in the beloved series "get your news 6 months early on ET".

by Bernard on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 09:46:16 PM EST
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Re: NATO Targeting China Now (none / 1)
Easy solution:

by asdf on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 12:12:15 AM EST
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"Trough of disillusionment" (none / 0)
Excellent comments. Diary? I'm in the "Trough of disillusionment" phase, myself...

Index of Frank's Diaries
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 10:21:54 AM EST
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Re: "Trough of disillusionment" (4.00 / 4)
The hype cycle? Gartner, a consulting outfit, has been doing that for years. What is not mentioned, is the trap door at the bottom of the "through of disillusionment" where many wannabies techs directly fall into the "pit of forgetfulness" without ever making it to the "slope of enlightenment". C'est la vie...
by Bernard on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 07:12:49 PM EST
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Re: "Trough of disillusionment" (none / 0)
That must be the wannabe techs who omitted to hire Gartner to show them the path to enlightenment...

Index of Frank's Diaries
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 07:50:06 PM EST
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archived 2009 competition (none / 0)
Well, the situation varies largely from one EU country to another...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 07:37:49 AM EST
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< wipes tears > (none / 1)
"the top of the 2019 Gartner hype cycle"

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 11:08:17 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (4.00 / 4)
You're standing bored at one of those interminable palace receptions, all dickied up but with nowhere to go without breaking some protocol or other. So you sip your wine, eat your canapes, and gossip with your colleagues about the big, rather thin skinned bully who has just hit town.

He dishes out more abuse than anyone but can't take the mildest rebuff. Like braindead. At least Melania has hoisted the yellow flag of surrender and knows how to play the game with style.

Poor Boris is terrified Trump might say anything and hides every time Trump sails into view. So nice to have these European chums to take cover with...oh wait.. these are the guys I'm busy screwing over. Ah well, at least Corbyn has been chaperoned away from my Lord and Master.

Poor old Prince Andrew can't be here to distract the hoi polloi. Something about some nag he shagged causing a fuss. Why don't these people know their place? I have mine shacked up in no. 10 to keep her quiet. Still, mustn't spill my wine over the sofa. The neighbours might get to hear!

Index of Frank's Diaries

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Dec 5th, 2019 at 08:20:52 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 0)
Corbyn has no role at these shebangs. He might, but probably won't, be briefed later about any decisions, but he wouldn't be there in any capacity.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 06:54:00 PM EST
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misinformed? (none / 0)
I read somewhere that palace handlers took great care to keep Trump apart from both Johnson and Corbyn as Johnson wanted to avoid the association in the middle of an election campaign and Corbyn had promised to confront Trump on his plans for the NHS. Perhaps I was misinformed...

Index of Frank's Diaries
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 10:08:19 AM EST
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Re: misinformed? (none / 0)
Do "Palace handlers" include Prince Andrew?

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 12:22:56 PM EST
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Re: misinformed? (none / 1)

Forty-five minutes of niceties between NATO Summit leaders at the Queen's reception in Buckingham Palace.

Was Corbyn at the reception? I don't think so ...

Was Boris Johnson popular? There were quite some lonely moments for Boris ... except the gossip session, of course. 😄

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 01:09:43 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 1)

See my earlier post - archived

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 08:48:56 AM EST
Coming Home to Haunt (4.00 / 2)

Signed: The Apprentice

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 09:04:11 AM EST
New Normal Under Trump: Florida Chase (none / 1)
Recently moved Trump Enterprises out of New York State to Florida ... expecting the prosecutors to be friendlier in his post-presidential life. 😎

Just an everyday police pursuit ... always "catch" yr man ... collateral damage taken for granted. Pffft ... a leading nation standing as model for democracy.


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 12:34:23 PM EST
Re: New Normal Under Trump: Florida Chase (none / 0)
um, no.
See the difference between you and the rest of US America, them wut got recollections older than three years ago and them that don't.

We stopped reading at FLORIDA.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 06:04:02 PM EST
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most ignorant, litigious nation on planet UPDATE (none / 0)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 05:41:44 PM EST
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Re: most ignorant, litigious nation on planet (none / 0)
Very true and quite scary ..., leading the world! 🥺

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 06:27:26 PM EST
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Re: most ignorant UPDATE (none / 0)
Seminole Wars, patron saint

What a delightful "shared history" and culture!

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 07:00:22 PM EST
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Re: most ignorant, litigious nation on planet (4.00 / 2)
Who writes essays titled "We are all me now"?
by das monde on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 08:55:01 AM EST
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Re: most ignorant, litigious nation on planet (none / 0)
The one hiding in the we chanting, "It's not me."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 01:26:25 PM EST
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Fire Brigade chief Cotton Quits Early (none / 1)

No ... she's stepping down four months early now!

Dany Cotton: London Fire Brigade chief to quit early

Related reading ...

Grenfell Disaster: Criminal Neglect Is Manslaughtet

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 12:53:44 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 1)
Shameful ... foreign media interference in US politics and national election ...

Challenger Danielle Stella permanently suspended from Twitter

Ilhan Omar accused of being a Qatari asset | JPost |

Related reading ...

Twitter's warning to Leftist leaning parties
Republican candidate says Democrats should be hanged | Axios |

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 01:24:19 PM EST
E3 Lacks Credibility In JCPOA Dedication (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 02:46:40 PM EST
Re: E3 Lacks Credibility In JCPOA Dedication (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 05:40:40 PM EST
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EU3 Neglect Obligations Under JCPOA (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 02:55:14 PM EST
Re: EU3 Neglect Obligations Under JCPOA (none / 0)
Boot is back on the menu I see.
by generic on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 03:04:23 PM EST
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Re: EU3 Neglect Obligations Under JCPOA (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 01:27:49 PM EST
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Re: EU3 Neglect Obligations Under JCPOA (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 03:25:57 PM EST
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Regional News Not Fit For Europe (none / 0)
Amid Iran tensions, US may send thousands more troops to Mideast | Times of Israel |

State Department IG recommands disciplinary action against Brian Hook for removing Iran expert

Punish Trump officials for bias against staffer of Iranian heritage - watchdog

He is Trump's guy on Iran, and he is remaking the State Department in the President's image ..,

Trump's Iran Whisperer

Trump in denial, calls media reports fake news ..,

Trump Denies U.S. Preparing Plans to Send 120,000 Troops to Counter Iran Threat | RFERL - May 2019 |

Geez .... still naming the Persian Gulf a Sea? The Persian Empire stems from 550BC.

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 03:48:19 PM EST
Re: Regional News Not Fit For Europe (none / 1)

United States and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation

Related reading ....

Johnson did not keep word to free Nazarin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 01:43:57 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK running time 06.12.19 (none / 0)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Dec 6th, 2019 at 11:47:09 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sat Dec 7th, 2019 at 03:30:00 PM EST
Rocket Man Threatens Dotard (none / 1)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 08:51:06 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 09:38:07 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 0)
PM accused of misleading voters and not understanding value of non-high-skilled jobs

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 09:43:04 PM EST
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Re: "value of non-high-skilled jobs" (none / 0)
That's an easy one! Jeff "Pecker stole my dic pics" Bezos sez, $15/hr (€10.78/hr and £10.50/hr or ₹303,762/hr).

archived Amazon of mining
Without overtime there is no life

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 at 11:30:31 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 1)
Boris's Blundering Brilliance
This "lovable buffoon," as he's called now by journalists and politicos as well as former Labour voters turning Tory in focus groups in the Midlands, has skillfully maneuvered toward a full term as prime minister and perhaps toward an era in British politics when the Conservative Party is defined less by Thatcherism than Borisism. Through complete lack of principle, endless charm, and ruthless ambition, he has managed to bring about a possibility that, not too long ago, probably only he allowed himself to fantasize about: that he would become not just prime minister but a significant one.

[...] Johnson's ideological flexibility was key - so much so that it led him to resist the more doctrinaire forces in his own party. As mayor, Johnson complained about the austerity measures of the Tory Cameron government. And as prime minister, he has immediately ramped up public spending on the police, schools, and hospitals. He shelved a previous proposal to lower the corporation tax and has focused on raising the income threshold at which Brits pay the equivalent of the Social Security tax and on raising the minimum wage nationwide. He has urged people to "Buy British" - a slogan anathema to market economics. Whether this is posturing or serious, no one knows exactly, but it sure is a sharp move rhetorically left for the Tories, away from the wealthy and austerity and toward the working poor and debt.

by das monde on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 09:56:39 AM EST
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"lovable buffoon" (none / 1)
...or not.

Boris Johnson's women problem

"The data has consistently shown that Boris Johnson does not poll as well amongst women as he does amongst men," according to Curtis.

While much is made in Westminster of the prime minister's personal style and alleged sexism, Curtis also pointed to Brexit as part of the reason for the gender divide.

Curtis suggested the gap could be partly down to the fact that women are more likely than men to oppose a no-deal Brexit. "But there also seems to be something about Boris that women, particularly younger women, just aren't warming to," he said.

by Bernard on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 08:10:33 PM EST
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FYI <dot> DT (none / 1)
It's out. OIG-DOJ, Review of Four FISA Applications, 476pp (redacted) including cover.
Ironically, in the past three weeks or so since Lisa Page  (deposed in closed hearings) was resurrected by the press, I've noted concerted, bipartisan interest in representing the report's purpose as justifying "probable cause," ie. commission of foreign agents' espionage and sabotage, for any and all FBI procedural errors and criminal negligence.

I also immediately detected agita in "social media" recollection of Fusion GPS fact finding by the senate, so fresh reference to Feinstein's "leak" for the discerning reader is in order.

INTERVIEW OF: GLENN SIMPSON (Aug 2017), 312pp

By the end of the week, the impeaching committees will likely try to bury controversial material, but the red coats most certainly will return to it at trial.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 08:05:17 PM EST
Re: FYI &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 0)
Here it is, flown all the way to Belfast for a rest.
FBI probe into Russia ties was justified, says watchdog report

What was the question?

[p 1:] The question we considered was ... whether the Department and the FBI complied with applicable legal requirements, policies, and procedures in taking the actions we reviewed or, alternatively, whether the circumstances surrounding the decision indicated that it was based on inaccurate or incomplete information, or considerations other than the merits of the investigation.



Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 09:48:18 PM EST
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Re: FYI &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 0)
Anyone still believe in the made-up Steele dossier? What a farce it is, spinning hearsay and single-source "intelligence".

Steele says he used unverified to support details about web company in dossier

Christopher Steele and his dossier was also ridiculed in the Horowitz report this week ...

Steele dossier: Ex-British spy rejects Horowitz findings on FBI investigation | BBC News |

Some British media still see ex-MI6 agent Steele and his dossier favorably ...

Ivanka Trump `was personal friends' with British spy who compiled Russia dossier

Related reading my diaries ...

British Spooks Exploiting Populist Insurgency for Anti-Russia Campaign

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 08:12:55 AM EST
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Re: FYI &lt;dot&gt; DT (none / 0)
Someone telling the President what was in the IG's report ...



Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Tue Dec 10th, 2019 at 04:19:56 PM EST
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IG Report: Emptywheel Calls For FISA Review (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Tue Dec 10th, 2019 at 06:03:56 PM EST
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Re: Leave UK uh oh (none / 1)
Who were the winners and losers? Suzanne Breen's verdict on UTV election debate
UUP leader Steve Aiken said the blame for the Irish Sea border in Boris Johnson's Brexit deal lay with his unionist rival which "wasn't over the jot and tittle" of the issue.
[...]
Emma-Little Pengelly, the DUP's South Belfast candidate, strongly denied the claim and said her party had repeatedly blocked bad Brexit deals. It aimed to once again hold the balance of power in a hung Parliament and use its influence to change Mr Johnson's agreement, she said.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the DUP's strategy of "Ulster Hall meetings and beating drums" was doomed to failure.
[...]
Michelle O'Neill disagreed with the suggestion that Sinn Fein should take its seats at Westminster to stop Brexit. "Look at the last couple of years, Irish interests will never be served at Westminster," she said. "Thirty-five SNP MPs couldn't stop Brexit."

But Alliance leader Naomi Long challenged her, saying: "We haven't Brexited because the SNP and others turned up and ["]voted the government down["] consistently and you haven't been there to be part of that and you won't be there to be part of that."

How can you face down opponents if you can't face me? BBC's Nolan 'empty chairs' DUP

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 10:02:25 PM EST
Re: Leave UK gender-imbalance! (none / 0)


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Dec 9th, 2019 at 10:03:14 PM EST
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USMCA Victory Has Many Fathers (none / 0)

Signed by Canada's Deputy PM Christia Freeland ... "Canada First" in acronym 😄

More on former FM Christia Freeland

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 08:51:42 AM EST
Re: USMCA Victory Has Many Fathers (none / 1)
So the Democrats made sure that the prices for medicine will remain high?
The new pact also includes a series of handouts to major corporations, including more aggressive patent protections for drug makers and the extension of the terms of copyright.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 08:56:31 AM EST
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Pressure on Trudeau for Tougher China Policy (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 10:28:34 AM EST
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Democrats Campaign for the Soul of America (none / 0)
Was Bernie too old four years ago!

Far from being perfect, HRC would be welcome in my hometown The Hague (ICC) accused of war crimes for criminal intervention and regime change in Libya and Syria. Tens if thousands if deaths as a result, destruction of nations and spread of terror and death in Sahel and the Levant.

I understand this will not happen due to U.S. Congress passing the "The Hague Invasion Act" under the Bush/Cheney administration. Deadly force with impunity for all Americans ... a Presidential pardon as ace in the sleave.

I can't envision what a retaliatory nuclear attack may look like on planet Earth. Perhaps to eugenize the overcrowfed Third World States to save the Western world and its wealth?

No nation will use nuclear weapons in a sane state of mind ... remove all weapons if mass destruction starting by the major agents of war.



Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 09:18:44 AM EST
Deputy of DeVos Stifling Campus Debate (none / 0)

Related reading ...

DeVos Nominates Islamophobic Hoaxster to Senior Position
America: Dutch Colonial Heritage Reaches Xenophobic Zenith

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by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 09:37:10 AM EST
Congratulations to Bourgainville On Independence . (none / 1)
.. vote 😄



Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 09:44:36 AM EST
Re: Congratulations to Bourgainville On Vote (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 09:47:18 AM EST
[ Parent ]
China PR Campaign to Counter HK Protest (none / 0)


Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 10:34:53 AM EST
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Ever since IBM Computers gained global dominance, a backdoor for espionage was part of the delivery ... so now the USA is not sole source on Trojan Horses ... well known states will have a major competitor.

Telefonica Deutschland picked "proven strategic partners" Huawei and Nokia to build 5G network

In the UK w/o Huawei ...



Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Wed Dec 11th, 2019 at 04:29:50 PM EST
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Thu Dec 12th, 2019 at 08:43:33 PM EST
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Mon Dec 16th, 2019 at 05:48:48 PM EST
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Mon Dec 16th, 2019 at 06:13:07 PM EST
Re: Leave UK &amp;lt;dot&amp;gt; DT (none / 1)
UK Ruling Class doesn't give a damn about antisemitism.  It was a useful smear to use against Corbyn.
 

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
by ATinNM on Fri Dec 20th, 2019 at 05:45:36 PM EST
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
by Oui on Mon Dec 16th, 2019 at 06:26:40 PM EST
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Palestinian suicide bomber blowing up nightclub: murder and terror

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She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.
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