US Politics

Now denying the shithole comment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42664173

It is a 999 year lease though, so it's a while until that would become an issue.

Non-denial denial. His shithole comment was not about Haiti

I thought embassies were, by law, always leased...

Depends on the terms of the lease. Given that the lease has been sold for $500 million to a company intending to build a hotel on the site I think we can safely assume that the lease terms are not unduly onerous.

I expect - the Grosvenor Estate has reserved the right to check all proposed changes / works and charge for consents to do things, restrict what can be done, etc etc.

In any event, they could have done all those things by selling the freehold but imposing restrictive covenants.

The building is listed by English Heritage which is why US moved to new premises as they could not fortify it. Its just a conversion to a hotel use in the existing shell.

Jeez, can you just say it using less words please

The lease was granted in 1954, so unless the Grosvenor Estate team included some particularly gifted clairvoyants it's unlikely the lease made any provision for the conversion into a hotel in 2017. A licence for alterations might impose those conditions, but equally those conditions could be imposed by a consent to works granted under a restrictive covenant. Without knowing the terms of the lease, it's all speculation.

Yesterday’s “shit hole” headlines won’t lose the Donald any votes.

It’s classic America First thinking: The idea that developing nations are in constant turmoil and therefore special deportation exemptions are a fiddle.

They've listed that ugly PoS? Jesus, just goes to show that there's no accounting for taste.

Stahp. Pls.

Spiegel cartoons are often excellent

My only reservation is the difficulty of finding a good rainproof moonscreen whenever you're travelling outside of Norway.
https://youtu.be/OQkfDJ2zVNo

Fewer.

So, butter-up-squash seems to have knowledge of freeholds and leaseholds.

Jeez, that guy knows a thing or two.

You're right, he should also use fewer words.

It is a 999 year lease though, so it's a while until that would become an issue.

I look forward to reading about it on the Owning your Own Home thread in due course.

They've listed that ugly PoS? Jesus, just goes to show that there's no accounting for taste.

Quite - I think the new one is an ugly abomination personally!

Does a recording of Trump saying the s word exist?
I'm having an argument with a Trump supporter who says the leftist media made it up.

Afaik no recordings exist. A couple of republicans claim they can’t remember Trump saying it but there are people who were there stating he did say it.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/12/politics/donald-trump-tweet-daca-rejection/index.html

No Republican would admit that! Damn I wish I could find one.

He tweeted that he might start recording meetings. I am sure he already does, like everyone since Nixon at least. Trump would be selective in what recordings he made public. He is so shady that we would never know what the whole truth was, only hearing his edited versions.

https://twitter.com/SaysHummingbird/status/952366396004098048?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1

His job innit

That's brilliant. There was this on a federal building in SF too. (Great kerning).