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Oh, peacemaker, peacemaker make me some peace - Trump Thread #167

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Spandauer · 08/07/2026 11:00

Many, many more months of the Mango Mussolini's maniacal merde.

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AcrossthePond55 · 19/07/2026 02:09

logicisall · 18/07/2026 21:45

Users of this thread might find this link useful for the top stories. My contact is concerned about water supplies after the desalination plant was hit. It's not just villages without water as reported in western msm, but the city too.

https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwaits-water-desalination-plant-hit-in-iranian-attack-emergency-plans-activated/

Isn't destroying water supplies considered a war crime?

Not that any of TPTB seem to be paying attention to that sort of thing these days.

RedTagAlan · 19/07/2026 03:31

AcrossthePond55 · 19/07/2026 02:09

Isn't destroying water supplies considered a war crime?

Not that any of TPTB seem to be paying attention to that sort of thing these days.

I looked it up a few months back, and it depends. Intent and all that. And is the water used by the military?

I think it means, if they do it yes. If we do it, no.

RedTagAlan · 19/07/2026 05:01

logicisall · 18/07/2026 21:45

Users of this thread might find this link useful for the top stories. My contact is concerned about water supplies after the desalination plant was hit. It's not just villages without water as reported in western msm, but the city too.

https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwaits-water-desalination-plant-hit-in-iranian-attack-emergency-plans-activated/

Thanks for link. Works for me.

And that site is a reminder that the Gulf states are authoritarian.

‘Report anyone working during daytime ban hrs’ | arabtimes (arabtimesonline.com)

Yes of course. Temperatures over 50C. So health and safety really does come into it. But just imagine if Burnham made such a law for the UK heatwaves. The pitchforks would be out.

Kuwait is seen as the most democratic Gulf state. Until 2024 anyway.

" In May 2024, Emir Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad issued a royal decree suspending the elected National Assembly for up to four years. This move effectively dissolved the last remaining forum for public political representation in the country, transferring legislative authority to the executive. "

Source -

Kuwait’s Crackdown on Democracy: Former MPs Sentenced for Dissent | Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (adhrb.org)

'Report anyone working during daytime ban hrs'

KUWAIT CITY, July 18: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) urged citizens and residents to report violations related to employing workers in open areas durin...

https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/report-anyone-working-during-daytime-ban-hrs/

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Zonder · 19/07/2026 08:35

RedTagAlan · 19/07/2026 03:31

I looked it up a few months back, and it depends. Intent and all that. And is the water used by the military?

I think it means, if they do it yes. If we do it, no.

Ah yes. That's the general deciding factor in rules of war, I think.

Spandauer · 19/07/2026 08:39

Feels like it could easily get messier. 🍊💩 and Stinky Pete are itching to go in with no restraints.

From NYT.
Overnight strikes damaged a tunnel and three bridges, the Hormozgan governor’s office said on Saturday, according to Iran’s state news agency. The government urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel on the roads until further notice. Hormozgan Province, which includes Bandar Abbas, lies along the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported overnight that at least six areas had been targeted around the country, including Bandar Abbas, but also Ahvaz, the capital of the oil-rich Khuzestan Province about 500 miles northwest of the strait, as well as Lar and Darab, two inland cities in Iran’s southern Fars province. A water desalination plant in the southern province of Jask was also struck, according to Iranian state television. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on those claims.
By Saturday afternoon, some previously damaged traffic routes hit during the last several days of attacks appeared to have been at least partially restored, with Iranian state media reporting that passenger train traffic had resumed from the Bandar Abbas railway station and the opening of an alternative route to the east of the city.
The U.S. military said its overnight strikes had targeted “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities.” It made no mention of civilian infrastructure, though President Trump has frequently threatened to bombard such sites, including power plants and bridges.

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DuncinToffee · 19/07/2026 12:08

Trump's friends the Tate brothers have been arrested in the US for further UK charges

RedTagAlan · 19/07/2026 12:38

placemats · 19/07/2026 11:54

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Thanks for that. I can't open it, but a UK friend will PDF it for me and chat it.

I looked up the "tour" though, and by jings, ozzie news does not hold back on her.

7NEWS Spotlight: Pauline Hanson’s UK tour and meeting with Tommy Robinson exposes One Nation’s creative accounting on immigration numbers | 7NEWS

And she has a film crew with her. Wow. I would have thought she had learned her lesson from her US tour. When she was caught trying to get dosh from the NRA.

7NEWS Spotlight had unprecedented access to Hanson during her UK tour.

One nation, but who’s counting? Hanson’s rubbery figures exposed

The resurgent senator will have few better chances to get her facts right. In front of our cameras, she failed dismally.

https://7news.com.au/spotlight/7news-spotlight-pauline-hansons-uk-tour-and-meeting-with-tommy-robinson-exposes-one-nations-creative-accounting-on-immigration-numbers-c-22597982

BruceAndNosh · 19/07/2026 15:16

Trump's pal Bryson deChambeau was given a 2 shot penalty at The Open (golf) for being deemed to have trampled down the long grass behind his ball buried in knee high rough.
Chief Rules official commented...
"It was an unfortunate decision but really clear-cut from a rules perspective," Darbon told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Asked in a light-hearted exchange with BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter if he had been called by Trump, he said: "No. I have not received a call from President Trump and we will see what happens from here."

Spandauer · 19/07/2026 15:46

Ooh! Andy Burnham's 'special relationship' is off to a good start...

Might be a bit premature. And not sure where Drumpf got the moving of wind turbines from?

Oh, peacemaker, peacemaker make me some peace - Trump Thread #167
Oh, peacemaker, peacemaker make me some peace - Trump Thread #167
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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 19/07/2026 15:50

Why does the UK benefitting from their own oil make Trump rejoice anyway?

SerendipityJane · 19/07/2026 15:53

Spandauer · 19/07/2026 15:46

Ooh! Andy Burnham's 'special relationship' is off to a good start...

Might be a bit premature. And not sure where Drumpf got the moving of wind turbines from?

The saying that you wouldn't worry what other people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did really does seem to apply here.

Of course we all know that the MAGAdim can only hold one thought at a time. So it was sweet of the Trump to make sure it's a nice one.

placemats · 19/07/2026 16:07

Spandauer · 19/07/2026 15:46

Ooh! Andy Burnham's 'special relationship' is off to a good start...

Might be a bit premature. And not sure where Drumpf got the moving of wind turbines from?

🍊 on any sentence that mentions oil. Nurse!!

Except it's prime oil and prime gas fields in conjunction with continued drive towards net zero.

Obviously poor mental health DJ Trump doesn't understand.

The. Consequences. Of. Starting. A. War. In. The. Gulf. States.

Persephonia1966 · 19/07/2026 16:26

placemats · 19/07/2026 16:07

🍊 on any sentence that mentions oil. Nurse!!

Except it's prime oil and prime gas fields in conjunction with continued drive towards net zero.

Obviously poor mental health DJ Trump doesn't understand.

The. Consequences. Of. Starting. A. War. In. The. Gulf. States.

Also,

Issuing new licenses etc isn't the same thing as new oil fields being opened and used because that's up to the private companies doing the drilling. It costs loads of money to explore new oil fields and then actually start extracting the oil and the oil price at the moment is hard to predict. In theory it should be profitable because of the Iran war but Trump keeps promising the Strait will open soon and oil prices will fall. If oil companies believe him then there's not much point investing vast amounts of money right now. If they don't believe him, maybe they will...

It would be a break of Labours manifesto commitments but it might actually be a low cost way to score points with the right (and Trump sigh) without betraying any real values because it's meaningless anyway. (I don't think we should be trying to appease America in anything that matters).

SerendipityJane · 19/07/2026 16:38

Persephonia1966 · 19/07/2026 16:26

Also,

Issuing new licenses etc isn't the same thing as new oil fields being opened and used because that's up to the private companies doing the drilling. It costs loads of money to explore new oil fields and then actually start extracting the oil and the oil price at the moment is hard to predict. In theory it should be profitable because of the Iran war but Trump keeps promising the Strait will open soon and oil prices will fall. If oil companies believe him then there's not much point investing vast amounts of money right now. If they don't believe him, maybe they will...

It would be a break of Labours manifesto commitments but it might actually be a low cost way to score points with the right (and Trump sigh) without betraying any real values because it's meaningless anyway. (I don't think we should be trying to appease America in anything that matters).

Developing existing licences (granted by the last government) doesn't break the ,manifesto pledge.

It seems from the first 48 hours that the new administration is going to jettison expensive social meddling for cheap economic gains to perk people up.

I'd have a lot of time for a PM whose stance was "I can't waste time dealing with that incontinent toddler in Washington for zero return when I can move some dials on the dashboard to address the here and now .....".

I'm hoping suspecting there will be very little for Mr. Burnham to say about anything which isn't directly related to Cost Of LIving"

BruceAndNosh · 19/07/2026 16:41

Trump's hates the fact that you can see wind turbines from his Aberdeen golf course.
Or windmills as he calls them

SerendipityJane · 19/07/2026 16:50

BruceAndNosh · 19/07/2026 16:41

Trump's hates the fact that you can see wind turbines from his Aberdeen golf course.
Or windmills as he calls them

He could always take a leaf out of Guy de Maupassants book and sit inside one to avoid seeing it.

Or just die of syphilis. Either suits me.

placemats · 19/07/2026 17:26

Persephonia1966 · 19/07/2026 16:26

Also,

Issuing new licenses etc isn't the same thing as new oil fields being opened and used because that's up to the private companies doing the drilling. It costs loads of money to explore new oil fields and then actually start extracting the oil and the oil price at the moment is hard to predict. In theory it should be profitable because of the Iran war but Trump keeps promising the Strait will open soon and oil prices will fall. If oil companies believe him then there's not much point investing vast amounts of money right now. If they don't believe him, maybe they will...

It would be a break of Labours manifesto commitments but it might actually be a low cost way to score points with the right (and Trump sigh) without betraying any real values because it's meaningless anyway. (I don't think we should be trying to appease America in anything that matters).

Appeasement has left the building.

DuncinToffee · 19/07/2026 23:22

¡Viva España! 🇪🇦

AcrossthePond55 · 19/07/2026 23:26

Soooooo, wonder if Scrotus still plans to award the cup to España or will he TACO on a Sunday.

AcrossthePond55 · 19/07/2026 23:30

Aaaaannnnd, here we go!

PickAChew · 19/07/2026 23:37

BruceAndNosh · 19/07/2026 16:41

Trump's hates the fact that you can see wind turbines from his Aberdeen golf course.
Or windmills as he calls them

Maybe this is what he fears.

Oh, peacemaker, peacemaker make me some peace - Trump Thread #167
BruceAndNosh · 19/07/2026 23:46

I see Trump came out from behind his bullet proof glass.
He also needs to have his suits made bigger now he's wearing armoured vest under them

AcrossthePond55 · 19/07/2026 23:46

Well that was pretty anti-climactic and actually pretty boring. Today has not been a very good day for me so I was hoping/not hoping for some sort of antics I could laugh at.

I wonder what meds made him so docile.

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