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thereisonlyoneno7 said:
Deluded. Daughter got me to cash out the Trump bet from one of my accounts (got £50 from her £500 stake on that one) and immediately 'reinvest' at 37/1

Talk about throwing good money at bad.
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I had to sweat it a bit on Tuesday night, but the $500 Cdn (~£300) I put down on election bets all came through. Not a massive win, but $230 I didn't have.


Also, this might be the most fitting end to the Trump sideshow possible:

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They had a press conference in the parking lot of a random landscaping company next to a sex shop because they seemingly (almost certainly) booked the wrong venue.
 
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Schad said:
I had to sweat it a bit on Tuesday night, but the $500 Cdn (~£300) I put down on election bets all came through. Not a massive win, but $230 I didn't have.


Also, this might be the most fitting end to the Trump sideshow possible:

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They had a press conference in the parking lot of a random landscaping company next to a sex shop because they seemingly (almost certainly) booked the wrong venue.
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Giuliani was there. It was next door to a sex shop.

I don't believe in coincidences!
 
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Ha! May giving it the "special partnership" bullshit. There'll be no partnership if the GFA is ripped up and burned by Boris and his gang of fanatics.
And May ought to keep her ****ing head down anyway after the disaster of her leadership, forcing Article50 to the table at such an early stage despite all her red lines that prevented meaningful negotiation after that point.

And never forget her Hostile Environment Policy leading to the Windrush scandal if you need to remember what a **** she was/is.
 
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Schrodinger's Cat said:
Ha! May giving it the "special partnership" bullshit. There'll be no partnership if the GFA is ripped up and burned by Boris and his gang of fanatics.
And May ought to keep her ****ing head down anyway after the disaster of her leadership, forcing Article50 to the table at such an early stage despite all her red lines that prevented meaningful negotiation after that point.

And never forget her Hostile Environment Policy leading to the Windrush scandal if you need to remember what a **** she was/is.
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I’m very much looking forward to seeing how Boris, Rees-Mogg and the rest of the hard Brexit mob react once they stop ****ting it after realising they're losing Trump and getting a pro-EU president who has vowed to protect the Irish people and just won an election against the kind of divisive and hostile rhetoric they’re pedalling.

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- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
I’m very much looking forward to seeing how Boris, Rees-Mogg and the rest of the hard Brexit mob react once they stop ****ting it after realising they're losing Trump and getting a pro-EU president who has vowed to protect the Irish people and just won an election against the kind of divisive and hostile rhetoric they’re pedalling.

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Yes me too DTLW, but it's still hard to get too much satisfaction out of it because we're all in the firing line if nothing changes from our side - and I don't see how the govt can salvage the situation because that's one U-turn too many even for the opportunist ****ers currently stinking up the House of Commons.
 
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Schrodinger's Cat said:
Yes me too DTLW, but it's still hard to get too much satisfaction out of it because we're all in the firing line if nothing changes from our side - and I don't see how the govt can salvage the situation because that's one U-turn too many even for the opportunist ****ers currently stinking up the House of Commons.
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You may well be right SC, however when someone's balls are squeezed sufficiently, there is hope. Here in Spain, Popular Partido (a deeply Conservative party) have been in alliances with Vox (a hard-right AFD type of party) in many regions and municipalities for a few years until a few weeks ago when El País announced the PP had chosen to end such dalliances. Perhaps the EPP and Germany's Christian Democrátics had their pliars over the PP's anatomy.
 
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Stolen from a mate on FB. Trump’s resignation speech.

“My fellow Americans. The great forces of evil, communism, China and darkness have come together to rig an election, allow 1m dead people to vote, allow suburban women to vote twice, allow China, China!! to count the ballots. They have eradicated boxes of votes of great great loyal gun toting, white supremacist, anti abortion, evangelical Christians... some of the most well meaning kind people a man could wish to meet. Gods people.

Let me be clear! I won this election by a landslide but fake news and big tech (why can’t they stick to making tumble dryers) mean that today, somewhere between the 16th and 17th hole I decided to hand this election to Sleepy Joe the man who came a distant second. I can stay making America great until January apparently - it’s on the rental agreement for the White House. Handy I found that as we have some hairspray stains on the ceiling and fake tan on the chaise longue to sort out if we want to get our full deposit back. My big, big hope is that at his age Sleepy Joe will forget he has won and not turn up - 2 months is a long time when you are 93. If so I can stick around and get that last 94% of the wall built. Howza about that!!

My final words to you! When you wake up to find Jose and his buddies waving at your unemployed butt from your garden, when you go for your gun and remember it went on an amnesty pile, when your kids have to eat egg foo yung for breakfast and Mandarin is the first language, when Rocket Man has taken out Oregon, when the only Lays crisp flavour is crispy duck and our beautiful beautiful dolphins are being culled you will come find me. ‘Mr Trump; Mr Trump’ you will beg ‘we need you we need you’

When our cities are shut to the Chinese virus, Village People and our other great bands have to perform with masks, when you work out bleach was the best medicine, TikTok has got all your bank details, when Kamala, takes over, puts her handbag in the Oval Office and we find out she is Russian (don’t tell me Kamala is an American name). When you can’t frack, whatever that is, nobody knows, you will come find me. ‘Mr Trump, Mr Trump’ you will beg ‘we need you we need you’

And when that moment comes I will look at you and I will say......

‘You had your chance.. now **** off Im playing golf’.”
 
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thereisonlyoneno7 said:
Stolen from a mate on FB. Trump’s resignation speech.

“My fellow Americans. The great forces of evil, communism, China and darkness have come together to rig an election, allow 1m dead people to vote, allow suburban women to vote twice, allow China, China!! to count the ballots. They have eradicated boxes of votes of great great loyal gun toting, white supremacist, anti abortion, evangelical Christians... some of the most well meaning kind people a man could wish to meet. Gods people.

Let me be clear! I won this election by a landslide but fake news and big tech (why can’t they stick to making tumble dryers) mean that today, somewhere between the 16th and 17th hole I decided to hand this election to Sleepy Joe the man who came a distant second. I can stay making America great until January apparently - it’s on the rental agreement for the White House. Handy I found that as we have some hairspray stains on the ceiling and fake tan on the chaise longue to sort out if we want to get our full deposit back. My big, big hope is that at his age Sleepy Joe will forget he has won and not turn up - 2 months is a long time when you are 93. If so I can stick around and get that last 94% of the wall built. Howza about that!!

My final words to you! When you wake up to find Jose and his buddies waving at your unemployed butt from your garden, when you go for your gun and remember it went on an amnesty pile, when your kids have to eat egg foo yung for breakfast and Mandarin is the first language, when Rocket Man has taken out Oregon, when the only Lays crisp flavour is crispy duck and our beautiful beautiful dolphins are being culled you will come find me. ‘Mr Trump; Mr Trump’ you will beg ‘we need you we need you’

When our cities are shut to the Chinese virus, Village People and our other great bands have to perform with masks, when you work out bleach was the best medicine, TikTok has got all your bank details, when Kamala, takes over, puts her handbag in the Oval Office and we find out she is Russian (don’t tell me Kamala is an American name). When you can’t frack, whatever that is, nobody knows, you will come find me. ‘Mr Trump, Mr Trump’ you will beg ‘we need you we need you’

And when that moment comes I will look at you and I will say......

‘You had your chance.. now **** off Im playing golf’.”
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Sadly, that's far less crazy than it'll actually be.
 
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Just watched the victory speeches from Biden and Harris.

They inherit an incredibly tough hand and their politics aren’t exactly aligned with mine, it was so refreshing and soothing to watch a truly presidential address and not one of self-indulgence in arrogance, bombast, dog whistling and hostile rhetoric.

I could get used to that.
 
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Schrodinger's Cat said:
Yes me too DTLW, but it's still hard to get too much satisfaction out of it because we're all in the firing line if nothing changes from our side - and I don't see how the govt can salvage the situation because that's one U-turn too many even for the opportunist ****ers currently stinking up the House of Commons.
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I was just about to post similar, then I read this.

I’m not looking forward to it. A cornered wild cat is even more unpredictable. I’m expecting more blood and more mess, from which nobody will be left feeling good.
 
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