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The Scotsman liked Jack Hays's post in the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
My thought was that the Pootster's presence would preclude an explosive event.
May 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
:D.....can you imagine the optics....Zelenskyy waiting at the door waiting for Putin to arrive implying "look I'm here if you are serious then why aren't you?" In any case...
May 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
...bets on the chances of Putin actually meeting face to face with Zelenskyy in Turkey are.......
May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM -
The Scotsman liked Pro_Line_FL's post in the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
Indeed. We can't change the story every day, and present made-up arguments / data for the whole world to see.
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
...yeah...it's curious though trying to piece together the overarching ethos driving US policy at the moment....it's like we're going back to the 1900s where gunship diplomacy...
May 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM -
The Scotsman liked Jolly Penguin's post in the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
Will be interesting after this debacle, say 20 years from now, if tariffs carry new stigma. They are a useful tool in some very specific and surgically selected circumstances.
May 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM -
The Scotsman liked Jolly Penguin's post in the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
Ironic given its the Republican party that I always hear talking about wanting smaller government. Suddenly they want more labour and market regulations? What's going on? Will...
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
indeed...I suppose the US just needs an adult voice in the White House that can frame and articulate economic policy not otherwise based solely on cavorting around the world...
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM -
The Scotsman liked Pro_Line_FL's post in the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
Sure. In some countries they have little involvement, while in some others they have 100% involvement, like it was in USSR. We are going from little involvement, to much more...
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM -
The Scotsman liked Jolly Penguin's post in the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
You already and still outcompete most of the world in the service economy, especially at the higher end. You're already a much richer nation than most, and if that wealth was...
May 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
well.....to be fair though Governments do set the macroeconomic frameworks within which corporate entities exist...they curate the fiscal and compliance and regulatory...
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
..exactly... so now we agree that this isn't a deal....it's the start of a negotiation....that's exactly what the UK/US thing announced last week was...the start of a...
May 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
...oh.....so not a... ....just a capitulation in the face of adversity...and a shed load of very pissed off and very powerful CEO's telling Trump to think before he opens his...
May 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Is Trump doing better than Biden did?.
....and Trump keeps saying Biden did this wrong or Biden did that wrong....or don't you listen to Trump? In any case what's the f*cking point of "I said...you said..." it's as...
May 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread The US and China announce a deal to cut tariffs, temporarily easing trade war.
so a capitulation....US is doing a U-turn as they've now figured out they'd be f*cked sideways if they carry on with this banal tariffs war with China....bless him....old Trump...
May 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Gulf of America.
...simple things amuse simple minds....
May 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM -
The Scotsman liked zoom_copter66's post in the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
I saw this earlier....probably the Kremlin midget put Orban up to this charade, just to get under Kyivs skin.
May 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
[MEDIA] ...........:roflol:
May 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM -
The Scotsman attached a file to the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
....this is weird.... [ATTACH]
May 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The Scotsman replied to the thread Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas..
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May 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM -
The Scotsman liked Death's post in the thread What is a woman?.
Scotty your humour will be missed on this subject matter. Its hitting to close to home for some who are attached to the issue. For someone like you, all joking aside you don't...
May 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread What is a woman?.
...huh....?? errmmm I wasn't?? Sorry..which people am I making excuses for?? I thought we were just having a natter....this is getting most confusing..... I'm sure it is but I...
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread What is a woman?.
...so are you saying that basically it's the opposite to "sticks and stones will break my bones...." identity is now what people demand from others? Maybe demand isn't the...
May 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread What is a woman?.
what a "normal" bloke would think I suppose....the Clapham omnibus thing.... errmm..what rights don't they have? Can't they vote? Don't they have agency....are they banned...
May 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Gulf of America.
....or just MAGA....Make All Gulfs American
May 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM -
The Scotsman liked Lil Mike's post in the thread Gulf of America.
More name changes coming soon... [IMG]
May 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread What is a woman?.
I'm merely a casual observer in all this so please ignore me as required.....but what I find a bit off to be frank is that during the period from the late 19th and early 20th...
May 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
....maybe frame it as a deal to put in the preparatory work to make a deal....
May 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
:D.......not a fan of spray on cheese then?
May 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM -
The Scotsman liked Josh77's post in the thread Trump says ‘decisive’ military action against Houthis in Yemen is underway.
I have a suspicion that soon carriers altogether will be a thing of the past. It is too easy now for cheap technology to damage extremely expensive warships. Sure, the vast...
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Trump says ‘decisive’ military action against Houthis in Yemen is underway.
yeah....this is the issue we have with our carriers....in and of themselves they are excellent platforms for projecting hard power but as you say they become vulnerable in...
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread Trump says ‘decisive’ military action against Houthis in Yemen is underway.
...I have a sneaking feeling that the USS Gettysburg incident has highlighted the major flaw known to exist in the Link-16 PPLI software rushed out by NAVSEA as well as...
May 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM -
The Scotsman liked Josh77's post in the thread Trump says ‘decisive’ military action against Houthis in Yemen is underway.
Now Trump is saying the Houthi's "are very brave", and that the US "honors their bravery and commitment", and said it is amazing how much punishment they were able to take and...
May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
do you think a heads of agreement is a deal?
May 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM -
The Scotsman liked Lil Mike's post in the thread We have a pope!.
He'll be a great Pope. Nobody's ever seen such a great Pope...
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM -
The Scotsman liked Chrizton's post in the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
With the EU preparing retaliatory tariffs under the WTO against US goods, things could get complicated in the UK
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
yeah...might well do....but to be honest until there's some clarity as to what all this hoohah is about with the yanks it's difficult to know??
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM -
The Scotsman replied to the thread What is a woman?.
I defer to the Crocodile Dundee test...just to be sure.....remember Gwendoline.....:D
May 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM -
The Scotsman liked Death's post in the thread What is a woman?.
I always defer to the Scotsman or Sallyally on the anatomy. They both know what is under a kilt.
May 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM -
The Scotsman liked Pro_Line_FL's post in the thread So, there's a load of noise about a UK / US Trade Agreement.
UK imports $130B from US and US imports $80B from UK, hence the surplus. I wonder what they are negotiating, because the argument has been that US imposes tariffs because of...
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
