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I’ve just got back from the funeral today of Mrs. F’s uncle, who was very possibly the nicest bloke I’ve ever known. He was such a lovely, gentle, and self-effacing man, he gave Jnr his 1960s acoustic guitar a month ago, knowing he was on his way out. He was also a very active political animal, served as a councillor in Durham, lifelong Labour member, he set up and ran an organisation to help immigrants find homes and settle in to their new communities- he walked the walk and let others do the talking whilst he got on with it. Their was a lady attending today who was one of the people he helped directly- Shazia, who said that wherever she looked in her garden, she saw Brian smiling back at her, as he gave her so many plants to make her house a home. It struck me that there must be so many people like him who never get any public acknowledgment, yet just fire on with being thoroughly decent. And then there’s cunts like Farage getting regular airtime despite a career of failure.

Musk's daughter has got his number.

Where can I get odds on him scoring at the SoL?

@Renton @Christmas Tree This all seems massive at the minute, but this is a TINY minority of people. They've got their own news channel now and social media doesn't help, but if you took yourself off social media it would all seem a lot less significant than it is. Obviously it's horrendous for the people that are being targeted, but you've just got to let the authorities deal with that. Over 400 arrests as it stands, more to come, and they're all gonna do a chunk of time. This has always been there, it just bubbles to the surface every now and again. It's horrible at the minute, but if you're struggling with it, self-exclude from social media, don't watch the news, and do things you enjoy instead. Which for both of you is wanking over pictures of goats.

James O'Brien earlier today said there's been a different vibe in Scotland when it comes to this level of racism and hate and I smiled to myself and remembered the old joke "are you catholic or protestant?" "I'm a 3rd generation Muslim immigrant, actually" "Aye, but are you a catholic 3rd generation Muslim immigrant or a protestant one?"

Once you have the type of money musk has the media starts talking about you, wide open eyes, big smile in a 'lets see what Elon Musk is doing' way like he's the fifth Beatle announcing a new album/tour instead of being an obscenely rich cunt getting to dictate news etc because he's obscenely rich, so obscenely rich that they might think calling him 'hardworking' might actually offend him so they'll label him something like 'genius' or whatever.

Wacky, Smooth Operator, and Leazes at the back there.

Master race

The most striking thing about Musk is how fucking boring he is when you hear him speak. He's fully bought in to his own genius, so he talks like every pronouncement is coming from a higher being, and when you actually listen to him he's just a really tedious bloke. I suspect it's part of what's behind all of his "outrageous" social commentary. Because every time anyone actually meets him they come away struck by just how unimpressive he is, so his more off the wall behaviour is his "I'll show you" bit.

My wife was saying she's had to "snooze" my sister's content on Facebook. I've said "fine, but please don't tell me what she's posting as I really don't want to have to hate my sister". She hasn't mentioned my mam. Yet.

His tribute to the hero of the games was great

Ronaldo naturally stands for Number 2 though...

Tbf anyone in their right mind hates that fucking prick. 🖕 And Ronaldo

Not just that. These ‘patriotic’ pliable fuckwits types are literally doing the bidding of hostile foreign powers. Who are looking to destabilise the country and its new government using Facebook etc. In the wake of a previous regime that’s left the police woefully undermanned and the criminal justice system at breaking point. It’s not just terrorism and political violence. It’sp coordinated acts of treason.

This isn't a joke, it's straight from CT's Facebook feed

The cunt’s arse has dropped

There you go Renton and CT. No need to be grinding your teeth tonight, you fucking soft cocks.

He's fucking odious. The questioning is better than most here, but he's still given too much latitude. He's a fucking sitting MP reading fake news online and amplifying it. He needs to be shamed for it under questioning.

Talk about handling of immigration. How about record levels of legal migration? A complete failure in tackling a refugee crisis, in no small part directly caused by a variety of policies and by Brexit. Underfunding all manner of public services to exacerbate the pressure on them. Then demonising the very people who aren’t to blame. 👍🏻

So a glorious few hours in Durham with Mrs CT this morning and the discover that the rats are coming. A so called children's protest today from 2 and the adult protest tomorrow. No idea what a children's protest is, but a lot of the shops are considering closing up early. Walking around, the place was full of what I assume was new students and their families either having a look around before they start or maybe getting set up in digs early. In particular a lot of Asian. Imagine having to meet these horrors in your new home for the next few years. Personally I've felt more touched by recent events than I normally do with stuff that doesn't directly effect (or affect, before Fish jumps in) me. I've found myself making eye contact with non white blokes at bus stops as I drive past and only feeling what I can best closely describe as shame. I might be worried about days out / holiday choices spoilt, but these poor buggers have to constantly live with the fear of being attacked whether getting the bus, at work or even in their homes. I even wanted to stop every non white person in Durham and warn them whats coming. What a shit show. And sadly, nothing is going to change this other than tougher laws and tougher sentencing. Immigration has been handled very poorly for decades and I do understand older people in certain areas of the country where it has very much changed their area. These people will die out. But the underclass of scum and their offspring need dealing with whatever fancy name they give themselves. I cant remember what they went by before the days of the national front. Social media will not go away so some very clever people are going to have to introduce laws that put online "discussions" of racist leanings, is treated in a similar way to being caught looking at kiddy porn. Get the mainstream thickos totally away from it online and let the real nasties go underground in smaller numbers where they can be targeted and punished more easily. Sorry, had to have a rant.

He’ll be windmilling fascists. Or turning out for Brazil in Paris

Musk's daughter has been amazing at taking him to task recently. They've been no contact for a few years since he decided that her being trans was bad for his image and started making all sorts of claims about her.

transfer will probably go through at the same time as staveley brokers the deal for pif to buy tottenham.

The BBC asking questions of the Labour MP this morning about "two tier policing". The day after a Sky News reporter asked the Met chief "are you going to end two-tier policing", which not only parrots it but includes the implication that it's happening. The news media in this country has got so hooked on clicks and being part of the story that they can't do their jobs properly anymore.

Aye that was mint. What I love about the Pole Vaulters is they all seem a tight knit bunch. When he went for the WR attempt the Yank was stood cheering him on. Its great to see.

For the people who actually set the hotel alight, I would hope (and expect) they will get done for arson, attempted murder, and/or a terrorism related crime. Life.

Josh Kerr fails to win gold in the 1500m final. Useless jock BASTARD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😡

She’s about as enticing as she is intelligent

Baggio was hated by the Fiorentina fans for many years. His entire career and much more. A few years ago, he revealed that he never wanted to leave Fiorentina, but that they sold him without giving him the option because of the issue you mentioned. And that he never had the option to decide.

Nice little 26 day stint in jail coming up for TommyTwoNames. And hopefully he's gonna get charged for his incitement of the current situation too.

I can't get my head around it. The braying mob of women cheering it on. I know I shouldn't expect higher standards from the female sex but for some reason I do. Cheering on potentially burning people to death. Potentially children. I knew we had a problem with racism in this country but this has shocked me. I've heard that on Telegraph there are people trying to organise "Kristallnacht" across the UK on Wednesday night. These people are literal nazis and they are not few in number. I've never believed in national exceptionalism and always thought that under the right conditions, the UK is as susceptible to fascism every bit as much Germany or Italy in the 1930s. It is born out of ignorance, poverty and bad acotrs. We have a Labour government, we are not there yet. But these people need breaking with a sledge hammer and normal law-abiding people need to call out these scum and their acts of treachery wherever possible. Hopefully this will all blow over but the thing is, it will still be there, under the surface. Far right nationalism isn't a solid cancer tumour you can cut out. It is a systemicmalignancy infecting every part of our society. The tories embraced this and now I fear it is out of control. Hope I am wrong, places like this give me hope in ordinary people at least.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The only thing 'genius' about musk is how he mastered being both a successful businessman and pathetic loser simultaneously. All and I mean fucking all of his ideas have been stolen or created by others, even Tesla. The bloke is a con man who has convinced an army of chin dribblers he's a genius. I also love that people like Musk and Trump lead the free speech brigade but have the thinnest skin imaginable. Genuinely hope he's on his next rocket since they all seem to blow up on launch (another idea stolen from unstable billionaires).

This has been my thinking over the past few days as well - in particular X / Twitter. If Musk continues to go head to head with Starmer I can see them threatening to shut down access from within the UK. As for Farage - I didn't think my opinion of that airbag could get any worse, but here we are. If he had anything about him, he'd turn up at one of these racist rallies, go out into the middle armed with a loud hailer and demand everyone stand down and go home. But he won't. He'll sit behind his keyboard, or a TV camera at a safe distance continuing to pedal his bullshit rhetoric whilst saying "there's no place for this type of behaviour". Well you caused it, dickhead! I'd stick all these mongs, Farage, Anderson, Braverman, etc. included onto the Bibby Stockholm, drag it out into the English Channel and let nature have some fun with them.

Remember this? What a prick.

I agree, but it's also the only position we haven't improved on since the takeover. And Almiron is great at breaking down our attacks over and over again. If we had a Gordon level player on the RW the difference would be very noticeable

Keep reminding her Jesus was a Palestinian 👍🏻

I've not given an update on the Bin Dipper for a while. He's been a good lad, got his head down after a bollocking and seems to be getting a bit serious with a bird. ANYWAY'S She has gone away for a week with her mates. So this weekend he's been fucking baked all weekend. Apparently he wasn't in yesterday as his 'daughter was ill' and today he comes in looking a complete mess He's got a GP's appointment at 10:00 as he feels a little dizzy. Fuck me lads never gonna learn.

He's looking well for 84 mind.

This RW fixation does my head in, we had no problem at all creating chances and scoring gosls last season, we were regularly taken apart defensively. Sure upgrading RW would be great, but it's not/isn't the biggest hole we had IMO.

Spunking this amount of money on a CB seems a little out of proportion with our previous transfer dealings. It could be that the change of leadership structure has meant a change in direction. But I wonder if this is a bit of an educated gamble by the club in the sense that perhaps it's been concluded that we absolutely need to make significant strides this season in order to keep the likes of Isak, Bruno & Gordon long-term. Either way, it's a good move in principle even if personally I'd prefer a slightly cheaper CB that doesn't come with the England international tax and for more money to be committed to RW. But I can also see the excitement and message behind going out and getting a current England CB who is likely to be at the core of the international team for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we can raise some good coin from a few sales and get Guehi & a top top RW.

Ronaldo ✅