The not so short lived non argumentative political thread.

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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,087Chief of Staff
    :)) :)) :))
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :))
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    :)) :)) :))

    I thought that one might tickle your sporran
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    There's been small demonstrations against the Covid-19 restrictions. Some of them even brought assault rifles! What on earth did they expect to happen that would require a weapon buildt for war? :))
    Of cource Trump has expressed support …..
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,866MI6 Agent
    edited April 2020
    JTM wrote:
    I give it a day ;)

    "A week is a long time in politics." (Harold Wilson) :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Today for the first time in history oil producers PAID to get rid of oil. :o
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Today for the first time in history oil producers PAID to get rid of oil. :o

    It's incredibly strange times, never thought I watch the news where the statement "global economic collapse" would be a headline.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    I expected that headline sooner or later, but not because of a virus.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Instead of being a pespimist about this thread I wonder if Biden regrets saying his VP candidate will be a woman. Not that there's anything wrong about women, but perhaps he wishes he could name Andrew Cuoma. He's very much the man of the hour, isn't he?

    I don’t think that Cuomo should and would run as „Vice“.

    If the sexual allegations against Biden have any ground there could be a change about who‘s running against Trump in the end.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    I hope that doesn't happen since it would hinder the Demcratic side a lot. And who would run against Trump if this happens -Bernie Sanders? But if Biden really has misbehaved towards women so badly he shouldn't be president it has to be done.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    If Biden drops out, I am sure that they will set Cuomo who would be my personal preference over Biden.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    edited April 2020
    But then they would have to start the Democratic nomination process all over again, wouldn't they? Or if Biden has to resign from the election after the Democratic Convention as formally chosen him I Guess his VP candidate runs against Trump. If that happens it will look even worse if Biden picks a man as his running mate after promising to have a female VP candidate.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    So far I was under the impression that the democrats wanted to win the election.
    Why would they chose Warren then :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    I don't see how or why Warren would become the Democrat candidate.
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Biden dropping out? Good one, guys. 8-)
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    It's unlikely to happen, but in recent years the unlikely has turned out to be likely to happen.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Joe Biden is the perfect choice for an unelected, unaccountable bunch of bureaucrats who will pull his strings behind the scenes. The biggest problem, re: the election will be the debates. [Boxing analogy follows:] Biden's cut man will want to throw in the towel after Round One {[]
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    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,866MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Instead of being a pespimist about this thread I wonder if Biden regrets saying his VP candidate will be a woman. Not that there's anything wrong about women, but perhaps he wishes he could name Andrew Cuoma. He's very much the man of the hour, isn't he?

    Oh, it was always going to be a woman. I'm sure he doesn't regret it either. ;)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    If he picks a female VP based on the criteria you imply, who's it going to be?
    Kamala Harries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or someone else? :))
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Monica Lewinsky.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Speaking of Lewinsky: Years ago when that scandal was still in the news Clinton visited Norway. he worked the crowds as usual. He shook hands with some kindergarden kids …..or was he more interested in the kindergarden teacher? According to the press she looked like Monica Lewinsky and based on this she became a national celebrity :))

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Sorry, but I don‘t like those Monica Lewinsky jokes at all.

    She was like 22 when it all happened.
    She was betrayed by an older woman who she considered to be a friend.
    Young women do stupid things and even without shitstorms on Social Media because those did not exist - she went thru hell and back - several times.

    She has gotten stigmatized like almost no woman before, she was instantly unemployable ( just before some of you may chime in saying that she sold her story) and had to go thru this for decades.

    Just imagine for a second that you or your daughter would go thru all this!

    To me it‘s a miracle that she did not harm herself, in my opinion she deserves nothing but respect.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    I agree. Monica Lewinsky was treated badly and deserves our respect.
    I wasn't making fun of her, just Bill Clinton and the media frenzy around the scandal.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    These women have always been stigmatised, Christine Keeler was also totally pilloried, I guess it's what happens when you take on the establishment, whether it's right or wrong.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,866MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    If he picks a female VP based on the criteria you imply, who's it going to be?
    Kamala Harries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or someone else? :))

    No, he would always pick a woman over a man. That was my point. ;)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Even though Cuomo is very popular and shows real leadership now, I think it's smart by Biden to pick a female running mate. I also think his VP candidate will be significantly younger than him (this doesn't narrow the field a lot :)) ) and from a state that could go either way on election day.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Kim Jong-Un may be dead or dying, and the next in line for power is supposedly his sister Kim Yo-Jong. In some ways the world is getting more Bondian:

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,087Chief of Staff
    A baby boy to PM Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds, his fiancée
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Are you saying his fiance has given birth?
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