Scottish comedian Lewis MacLeod just did a Donald Trump impression so accurate it feels like evidence.
@allenanalysis #globalmuseum #TRump #comedy
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Huzzah.
Mr. Bilston (cough). As one who is, possibly, over-cautious about expressing opinions on affairs current and foreign, yet none the less moved by such affairs - and one who also enjoys the play of words, I applaud this tiny, but perfect ode. Chapeau, sir, chapeau.
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Bravo, sir! 👏👏👏👏
(I suspect Churchill would have volunteered all four volumes of 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' for the task…)
I hope it never comes to this (satire on Neville Chamberlain's broadcast to the British people in September 1939).
This morning the
British Ambassador in
Washington handed
the USA Government
a final Note stating that,
unless we heard
from them by 11 o'clock
that they were prepared
at once to withdraw
their troops from Greenland,
a state of war
would exist between us.
I have to tell you now
that no such undertaking
has been received,
and that consequently
this country
is at war with America
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New garish ballroom mysteriously appears in Greenland.
“It’s pretty ugly to look at. I don’t think I’ve ever seen something so garish and tacky. Whoever thought covering the walls completely in gold was a good idea in this climate needs to give their head a wobble. It nearly blinded me when I first walked over there".
newsthump.com/2026/01/06/new-g… #satire #humour #humor #Greenland
A huge new ballroom has mysteriously appeared in Greenland overnight, according to officials of the Danish territory.NewsThump
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That was absolutely hilarious.
Thanks for the share!
@Thebratdragon Evening both 👋😊
Thanks for the tag Estarriol!
I know where to go for our new S.E.F. Space high G training program now! 😆
We’ve had gerbils. They do this too. One would run and run and run, the other was a clumsy git that would briefly run then stop and spin around and often be ejected, sometimes upwards.
That spinny wheel is definitely better than the expensive cheap bit of tat we had though.
I see the squirrel centrifuge program is on track.
Wow 😂
As it's 20 years since my father died, after a year of him and my mother trying to squeeze into a year as much as they could of what they'd planned for post-retirement decades, a reminder to all - carpe diem: don't let prudence for the future stop you enjoying the things now. Drink the good wine, take up that hobby, meet that friend or relative, go to that place. There's an awful lot of shit happens in the world, and you never know what's around the corner.
Also #FuckCancer
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A wax figure of Donald Trump has officially been pulled from its display at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, after being repeatedly punched, scratched, and attacked by visitors. The life-sized model endured so much damage that museum staff decided it was no longer suitable for public viewing.
okmagazine.com/p/donald-trump-… #globalmuseum #museums #Trump
Donald Trump's wax figure was removed from Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks after repeated attacks by visitors.OK! Staff (OK Magazine)
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Funny how folks in the West will debate the ethics of going back in time to kill baby Hitler whenever the topic of time travel comes up but no one ever considers going back to stop colonialism.
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the flip side of ‘great man’ theory is much easier to process than Susan Sontag’s
“10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.”
@Disputatore
I mean, removing Genghis Khan might have been enough to derail capitalism for a time...
@aral
@Disputatore
His whole thing was making sure his people got fancy shit
He was like, ooh silk is nice—invades China
Wow, these spices are great! Invades India, et cetera
You do have a point about humans always moving in and displacing the locals, who have to go displace someone else, ad nauseum
But! The great Khan, he wanted shit, and the only way to get shit was to take it. But that wasn't enough! He was addicted to it, and so was his horde
In order to keep the trade moving, he had to control the sources and make sure those goods made their way to Mongolia
He unified and made the silk road safer and more reliable
Would the Venetians have risen to prominence if that hadn't happened? Dunno. But then the Dutch and the Portuguese took Venice's lead (and their accounting), dragging the rest of Europe into the "let's take over a place and steal all their shit" game
If there was one emperor who changed the invasion game from "I wanna be the boss of everything" to "I wanna make money", it was Genghis
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yes, but killing Columbus would be still different story, than killing Hernando Cortéz and other conquistadors.
Not all colonialism was equal: there were many different strategies, some of it was mostly trade and left the originals cultures almost intact, and perhaps the benefit was mutual (at least some of the trade, eg. spice trading with Southeast Asia, could be considered as such case).
The spread of Christianity was sometimes much worse then trade and sometimes relatively innocent. And not all trade was slave trade. And not all colonialism was white Christian colonialism... I believe Arab expansion is more or less comparable in scale to European expansion. There was no basic difference from Europeans, when Turks conquered Balkans or Moguls conquered India. China was expanding very slowly, but still: the Han ethnic dominance on China mainland was simply result of slow conquest. Not only colonialism, but also assimilation.
The exploration urge is natural, the big question was "what next"? Trade and cultural exchange seems fair, slavery and conquest definitely not.
in no particular order:
- when and where exactly would you travel back to to stop colonialism?
- national socialism in Germany was an outcome of the Versailles Treaty. Killing baby Adolf would be unlikely to change the course of the history.
- if you want to explore the "what if" time travel genre then popadantsy books are really popular in Russia.
I think that's due to colonialism being a complex system that benefited a whole lot of people and to stop it, means to to change the course of history in a scale comparable to nuking Rome in 476* or something.
Yeah, and killing hitler wouldn't prevent nazi crap for same reasons
edit: i forgot that roman empire fell in 476, not 486.
My pet project, given a time machine, would be to stop slavery from ever starting up in the U.S.A.
A) I assume I've got infinite funds, because hey, time machine.
B) I understand naval logistics to a small degree, based on experience.
C) I'd be able to change my plans as slavers true to change theirs.
How do? Mine the slaver lanes with lots of explosives, constantly. Any that got missed, could be taken care of retroactively.
D) Explosions are cool. 😁
A general approach to the question of "Why....?" regarding human behavior is "Because $$$." So, if you make it too expensive to run a slave trade because all your ships heading East become toothpicks, captains sometimes survive telling ghost stories of people appearing out of thin air and causing havoc before the ship became toothpicks. After a while, people aren't going to invest money in making slavery profitable.
Also deal with anyone who decides to switch to indentures.
What this does, going forward, I'm not smart enough to say. Is agriculture in the South profitable enough that landowners would still invest in and be able to produce large amounts of goods at a profit if they have to pay their workers? Dunno.
U.S. slavery gave us the Senate and the civil war. Jim Crow laws gave Hitler ideas. Underlying it for me though is that people shouldn't own people.
Colonialism is a much bigger picture that I don't have enough of an understanding, big picture wise, that I'd feel comfortable taking on by my lonesome.
Hitler is a person but colonialism isn't. I think an equivalent might be would you kill Christopher Columbus (which wouldn't be sufficient to stop colonialism, but would have saved many Taino lives). It's just so easy to kill a baby. Like no one talks about going back to stop antisemitism because that's a much broader thing.
So I think the real issue is that stopping evil never actually looks like killing a baby. It's always a lot more involved. Hitler didn't even start the Nazi party.
Everyone kills Hitler on their first trip
And no one, absolutely no one, ever thinks about going back in time and giving Hitler's father a condom, or just kidnapping baby Hitler and raising him up as your own child to become a decent person.
Maybe the solution to people who kill isn't killing them instead.
It's a badly posed question anyway, because there are non-lethal options to do with baby Hitler.
You could mildly maim Hitler so he would be exempt from WW1 service for example. Or you could abduct Hitler and relocate him elsewhen to be raised as just another abandoned baby.
There may be unexpected consequences though. Hitler did not invent fascism: Without him, it's possible the war may happen, but Germany could be lead by someone with more military competence.
If you don't do the crime, you won't pay the dime!
or
Not reading the signs leads to fines!
#BusGate #Fines #Preston #Lancashire
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7k3l…
Between 15 June and 22 December, the penalties generated £665,277 for the county council's coffers.Paul Faulkner (BBC News)
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse
You can prevent this -- give carbon monoxide detectors as gifts this year.
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Seasons Greetings.
to those that believe and to those who don't...
to those who are ill and those who are not...
to those who have monies and those who don't...
to those who have homes or shelter and those who don't...
to those who have food and those who don't...
to those who have dignity and those who don't...
to those who have equality and those who don't...
2025 what a world we live in ... sadly
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Morning Brian 👋😊
Perfect!! 😁
Beware of geeks bearing gifs
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