29 January 2017
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Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Good morning, blogboss.
Trump bans Muslims for 90 days. Suspends refugee intakes for 120 days:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/unhcr-speaks-donald-trump-suspends-us-refugee-program/
Muslim majority countries – & some other countries which, I assume, are good countries – go apeshit:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/world-leaders-condemn-donald-trump-muslim-ban-170128134635041.html
Aljazeera TV News is currently reporting that Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, has banned US citizens from entering Iran for 90 days.
That is all. 0600 hours.
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Aljazeera TV News: Theresa May & Recep Tayip Erdogan announce Turkey & Britain have agreed a £100 million deal to develop fighter jets for Turkish Air Force.
Pete George
/ 29th January 2017I’d have thought that Erdogan’s Turkey was a risky proposition when it comes to helping strengthen their military.
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017£££££££££££££
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Aljazeera TV News: Trump to call The Angela, The Vladimir, & four other world leaders today – “it is unusual for a president to have a workday on Saturday” (dunno about that one).
Aj Moscow Reporter says a ‘Cult of Trump’ has developed in Russia stretching from Moscow to Vladivostok.
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Posters of El Trumpo are appearing everywhere there, apparently. There have even been etchings of him on windows.
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017The Vladimir is reported to be checking that the law definitely requires that their president must be a Russian citizen & permanently reside there. Could be fake news though.
Conspiratoor
/ 29th January 2017He’s my next tat G. Just need to find a place to put him. Any suggestions
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Scrotum.
Conspiratoor
/ 29th January 2017Works for me G. Left or right?
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017Right. Stupid question.
Anonymous Coward
/ 29th January 2017You’ve got two?
Conspiratoor
/ 29th January 2017I may be a freak ac but no sadly just the one. But two sides yes, left and right. G answered correctly. Cheers,c
Anonymous Coward
/ 29th January 2017Get it all over the wider area, Putin as a mighty elephant.
Conspiratoor
/ 29th January 2017You have conjured up a disturbing mental image ac, damn you
Anonymous Coward
/ 29th January 2017You’re welcome.
Pete George
/ 29th January 2017Decorum doesn’t allow me to suggest what came to mind.
Gezza
/ 29th January 2017You’re probably aiming just a tad too high.
Kevin
/ 29th January 2017I’m liking Russians more and more. Cheers, comrades!
Kevin
/ 29th January 2017OAB is back!
https://thestandard.org.nz/the-great-taxpayers-union-fraud-and-corruption-discovery/#comment-1293013
Mystery solved.To be fair on OAB even though he is a dick his ban seemed a tad unfair – especially since it was because of a reply he sent to the author who ended up banning him (TS authors are rather precious).
Kevin
/ 29th January 2017OMG. Martyn Bradbury actually does a bloody good post.
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2017/01/29/punching-nazis-in-the-face-liberal-rage-is-building-trumps-second-term/
Apart from his remarks about Trump (which is just opinion anyway) this is 99% on target and pretty damn insightful.
I’m in a state of shock.