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One used to be perturbed, at how these folk can live with themselves, whilst otherwise licking the golden scrotum. Now I think a parable is in order. They are lucky enough to be at the front of the crowd, that gathers around the Goose, that's laying streams of golden eggs, free to pick up and take. The all speak in soothing and approving tones and proffer handfuls of the Goose's favourite CheeseBurgers and generally do all they can to ease the goose's way. The Goose is in his element, so thrilled with the approval, that he just knows that he is the most intelligent of all the geese. The scrotum lickers, meanwhile, have yet to realise that golden eggs can be hard to carry in big numbers, and may just hatch into problems with no future. And what integrity they may have, will be replaced by a scrotum licker's achievement badge, that will not be so popular in a few years time.

Megalomaniac

More indications that the world is falling to the Mobsters. I don't care much for celebs, but celebs with brains are worth noting. --- Amal Clooney could be barred from entering US by Donald Trump Benedict Smith May 1, 2025 Amal Clooney could be barred from entering the US by Donald Trump, according to reports. The British human rights barrister, who is married to George Clooney, could be sanctioned by the US president after a panel she sat on recommended an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, on war crimes charges in Gaza. Lawyers involved in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue the warrant, including Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws and Lord Justice Adrian Fulford, have been warned by the UK Foreign Office they could be barred from the US, The Financial Times reports. It is currently unclear whether Amal Clooney has been cautioned, but she was a member of the panel which recommended prosecutor Karim Khan issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, then Israel’s defence minister. ICC Israeli arrest warrants: UK, Germany & US trying to block procedure In February, Trump used an executive order to sanction Khan, banning him and his family from the country and seizing his US assets, and warned further measures could follow against “those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions”. He claimed the court had “engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. The executive order threatened “tangible and significant consequences” against others involved in the decision, which include freezing their property and blocking their entry into the US. The Clooneys are said to spend most of their time in France and have homes in London and Italy, although they are currently in New York while George Clooney stars in the Broadway show Goodnight and Good Luck. Trump’s order set a 60-day deadline, which fell on April 7, for internal recommendations about other figures who should be sanctioned alongside Khan. So far, further sanctions have not been publicly announced. Unanimous recommendations Khan had asked his panel of legal experts to review the evidence against Netanyahu and Gallant before issuing the warrants, and Amal Clooney said last year it was unanimous in its recommendations. She claimed there were “reasonable grounds to believe” the pair had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including “starvation as a method of warfare, “The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked me to assist him with evaluating evidence of suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza,” she wrote on the Clooney Foundation for Justice website. “I served on this panel because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilian lives.“The law that protects civilians in war was developed more than 100 years ago and it applies in every country in the world regardless of the reasons for a conflict.” Netanyahu has fiercely criticised the arrest warrant, claiming it created a “twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of Israel and the henchmen of Hamas”. The court also charged three leaders of Hamas, the proscribed terrorist group, who have since been killed. George Clooney is a long-time Democrat supporter who took a prominent role in last year’s election campaign, appearing at fundraisers alongside Joe Biden, the former US president, before publicly urging him to drop out of the race. George Clooney was a “second-rate movie star” and “failed political pundit”, Trump said, calling the interview a “puff piece”. “He fought hard for Sleepy Joe’s election and then, right after the debate, dumped him like a dog. Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for ‘Kamala [Harris],’ only to soon realise that that was not going to work out too well,” he wrote on his Truth Social account. Amal Clooney has been approached for comment via her chambers and the Clooney Foundation for Justice. - The Telegraph

So easy - what's left of the 'Debate of Intellectuals' could have done it. Much of what happens that arouses us, does not need to be geographically corralled. Ergo, this thread.

Signal it is Now to convert my wide ranging contacts list to the new... All 7 of them. Email is still the go also. We had an electricity outage here 2 days ago... 12 hrs. It brought home how dependant we are on Tech, but it was OK as wife knows everything. And there's fishing

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving the administration just weeks after it was revealed he added a journalist to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans, according to two people familiar with the matter Thursday, marking the first major staff shake-up of President Donald Trump’s second term... https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360674031/trump-national-security-adviser-waltz-out-major-staff-shake-after-his-signal-chat-blunder Q: Why not hours?

terrible, S.E.A. at it's most tragic.

What are your thoughts on alternatives to WhatsApp, which I’m thinking of ditching, now that Zuckerberg has shoehorned Meta Ai into it. I like Signal despite the Hesgeth palaver. Signal. = Open source and no ai What yer reckon? Summary Table App Requires Phone Number End-to-End Encryption AI Integration Open Source Privacy Focus Signal Yes Yes No Yes Very High Threema No Yes No Partially Very High Matrix No Yes (optional) No Yes High Telegram Yes Partial No Partially Medium Discord No No (default) No No Medium Briar No Yes No Yes Very High Session No Yes No Yes Very High

Additionally: the Tariffs are supposed to be a secret and Donald has instructed his Whitehouse people, to go after anyone who displays what they are: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/white-house-amazon-tariff-price-announcement-is-hostile-2025-04-29/

Yes, despite Maher's report, I thought he musta got some more 0's, in the bank account.

A rogues gallery, all elbowing each other to be first in line at the Pope's funeral, even Assange, but no Putin? Coverage here

Trump goes after Wikipedia: Link Trump appointee Ed Martin has accused the online encyclopedia Wikipedia of “allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread propaganda to the American public”. The acting US attorney for the District of Columbia sent a letter to the non-profit that runs Wikipedia, accusing the tax-exempt organisation of “allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread propaganda to the American public”.

Charles: Hello brother, how is the Lodge? Keeping it up are we? Andrew: It's fine. I'm very angry. Charles: Oh? What have you done now? Andrew: It's that Giuffre, she got all my money and now she's scot free... Charles: Well make it look like an accident. Andrew: The school bus thing didn't work, can't we get better people? Charles: Make it look like suicide then. Andrew: I'll tell them... _____ Link 'nuther link _____ Epstein didn't kill himself. Link Maxwell secure for now. Link ...former modelling agent Brunel is found dead in his prison cell in Paris. Link _____

Eight Kiwis detained at US border since November, for reasons such as :: having a visa she’d been issued by the State Department. etc And now they're arresting Judges? LINK

"It's a special day for us Australians and Kiwis. I feel blessed to be here in Australia so far removed from all the hostilities abroad." Resonating I am... So many died, to give us a blessed life.

well at least he didn't write them on with black sharpie..

Now he's yelling at Putin thinking he's not still bumping up against the wall. Vis Bubi's comments, "...he says something without any further evaluation that just appears somewhere in his brain" ___ Trump say ‘Vladimir, STOP!’ - Trump scolds Putin after biggest attack on Kyiv since last summer and then Putin say, 'VHS' Trump then say Russia has made a "pretty big concession" to end the war in Ukraine by stopping short of taking the "whole country." _____ Gee that Putin Guy, what a great fella!

There used to be twists and turns and otherwise general entertainment. Now it, just a train wreck in slow motion and being played so slowly, as to become boring. I used to marvel at the depths of stupidity on display, now I see the bottom of the pond and I think that it's not worth my time to observe further. The headlines have become the faint and plaintive bleatings, of Paul Revere, crying a few more times, as the populace realise that the Drumpf has walked up to a big wall and can't work out a way around, over, or through it. Or even how to turn around. So he's just bumping up against the wall and threatening and placating it, over and over again. By wall I don't just mean China, I mean the observable universe.

I too noticed, that even, when not all, of the major news outlets, had finished their initial reporting, Donald was in there proclaiming his attendance at the funeral. I would hazard that the guess that the guest list has not been finalised at this point in time. And that it shows how sensitive he is to being in the media lime light, he must be quite upset at any story that rises above him on the surface of the media coverage pond. i.e. the media scape goes like this: Media - something something something Powell. Donald - Powell is disgusting I'll get rid of him... Media - something something something Powell, sacked? Donald - Powell is terrible I'll get rid of him, really I will... Media - something something something Powell, can't be sacked? Donald - Powell is gone if I want him gone... Media - something something something Powell can't be sacked, markets in turmoil. Donald - Powell is still disgusting I never said I'll get rid of him, Media are disgusting... Media - something something something Powell. Donald - Zelensky terrible disgusting (insert Putin talking point here) I'm a genius, because I always was the best in the class, way above loser Biden... Donald - Best Speller and aced the Cognttion - 1,000 per cent no one else has even passed in the history of the test.... etc etc etc

Mass Anti trump protests across the USA. LINK

" It would be helpful, as Winston Peters suggests, if we cease discussing Trump’s trade war as if every snapshot of the field, is a definitive view of the outcome." Winstone Peters is a long standing politician in NZ, not one I favour, but well known for his wile and cunning.

After news of J.D. Vance preparing to visit India for bilateral talks, Narendra Modi has indicated he will be at a retreat, but will be available for a Zoom meeting, wanting to avoid a face to face with the Angel of Death. Meanwhile Donald Trump has been given a life size TV screen installed portrait mode, in the Oval Office, so that he too can Zoom meet with Vance who will appear on the large screen, just like he is standing there. Aids who have spoken anonymously said that in a trial Trump appears not to have noticed that the meeting he's having, is not in person.