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Well they couldn't really say "Here LIES Donald Trump", because he's been doing that all his life.

Sometimes it's hard to tell. Even with some of yours. But some things are clearly a joke. Take USA administration. That's a joke. And believing that Epstein's death was guilt inspired suicide is as likely as my ridiculous pretend conspiracy theory.

Happy 80th birthday to the Beechcraft Bonanza - first flight 22 December, 1945.

Aaah the delightful ambiguity of communicating by short text. So many ways to misinterpret. And that's when the fights start.

On a lighter note.... A revolutionary play that casts Jesus as a trans woman Jo Clifford debuted "The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven" ten years ago. She never predicted it would become a rallying cry for LGBTQ rights in Brazil https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/43680/1/jo-clifford-the-gospel-according-to-jesus-queen-of-heaven-trans-lgbtq-play The premise is:- "Supposing Jesus was born of a virgin, fathered by the Holy Spirit. No genetic material arrived. Jesus could have only inherited XX chromosomes. We are told that Jesus was the perfect MAN. Given that he has female chromosomes would he have really been the first perfect transMAN?"

Instead of a cockpit, there was a box office?

Eighty years ago they could knock out a Liberty ship in 42 days! The quickest build was 4 days, but that was a planned set up where all the sub assemblies were made before the start of the effort and connected as required. It was a morale-boosting effort, similar to the ones where they built bombers from scratch in 24 hours.

The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the US diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of Donald Trump’s “America first” priorities. The people recalled have long careers in diplomacy, but, unfortunately for many, they were appointed by Biden.

Quote of the week from an Imgur contributor .... "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a greengrocer from the Shire!" 😄 For those who came in late - it's a send-up of the (in)famous (and often repeated) NRA pro-gun quote, "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun!"

He hasn't been to the engine hamster shop yet.

I thought Ian meant "No Idea", when he said "NI".

I hope the American taxpayers are happy with their new plaques.

A high-ranking Russian military officer was killed today in a suspected car bomb explosion in Moscow. Lt-Gen Fanil Sarvarov, 56, was head of the Department of Operational Training of Vladimir Putin's armed forces. The top brass commander was going to work at the Russian defence ministry in his Kia Sorento when it was hit by a massive blast in Yasenevo district. The Russian authorities initially indicated the officer was gravely wounded, but later updated to confirm that he had died. Sarvarov was last year personally promoted by Putin, and was known to have been close to Russia's most senior general, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the defence staff. Rescuers initially found the victim alive but wounded and trapped in the mangled vehicle. There was immediate suspicion of a Ukrainian assassination bid against the high ranking officer. His wife rushed to the scene at the 6:55am explosion but was initially 'not allowed to see her trapped and wounded husband'.

Goats are excellent mowers and tasty when the jobs done.

He's becoming More and More DERANGED. Close to SRM. Nev

I can't wait to see the glittering new "Trump Class" vessels. They will be part of the all new Golden Fleet. i'm sure he is making Mexico pay for the gold plating. tRump's superior intellect will redesign their ugly old vessels. " more closely adhere to Trump’s aesthetic standards. “I’m not a fan of some of the ships you do. I’m a very aesthetic person and I don’t like some of the ships you’re doing aesthetically,” Trump told an assemblage of military brass gathered at Quantico earlier this year. “They say, ‘Oh, it’s stealth.’ I say that’s not stealth. An ugly ship is not necessary in order to say you’re stealth,” he said. Oh, wow.

British singer Chris Rea, best known for the 1980s festive hit Driving Home for Christmas, has died at the age of 74. "Singer/songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea passed away earlier today in hospital following a short illness," his family said in a statement. One of my favourite songs : Chris has spoken about his health issues in the past. He said that he had an abscess on his colon so he had to have a colostomy bag. He also said that they took away his pancreas, the duodenum, the gall bladder and the left quadrant of the liver. Chris was also Type 1 Diabetic which meant that he had to take 34 pills every day.

Trump on TV this morning announcing the new Trump class battleships they are about to start building - "The biggest and most powerful ever seen - and we're going to build them fast. We need them now, not in a few years." He is going to instruct the ship builders to put all dividends into new shipyard infrastructure, not bonuses and buybacks.