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There's an omnious vibe of low key racism embedded in all the news reports, even those critical of Trump, that tend to discuss the sovereignty of Greenland as a matter between Copenhagen and Washington – as opposed to a discussion that needs to be had with Nuuk.

Exactly this. Any old bollocks to mask what they're actually up to

Maybe he's not going to be able to do many of the 59 things he has promised for day one. So he needs a strongman distraction. https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/trump-first-day-executive-orders

The next tv interview Keir does. I want him to take a long look into the camera and say

“Liz… you crashed the economy”

lol

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I don’t think Liz Truss is aware of the Streisand effect.

I don’t think Liz Truss is aware

is about as far as you needed to go.

lol - very true

I just can't stop being amazed at the incredible talent vacuum appearing over recent years in the various halls of power around the Anglosphere...

I guess corruption and talent are sort of mutually exclusive, if you don't count the sort of talent possessed by the radge orange bampot

Brick chimneys are all that remain in LA houses. Seems like a good reason for building the whole house out of brick. But plywood is the norm. Is that the best idea when you live somewhere with a "fire season" and insurance is tricky? It costs a few bob extra but lots of the houses which have just burned down were worth $2 or $3 million.

Bricks supposedly not so great with the lateral forces of earthquakes.

You could of course choose not to build in a flammable earthquake zone, but there's such a convenient port right there and the land is so cheap for some reason.

How strong would the mortar etc. be after fires of that magnitude. The whole place would need rebuilding anyway

It's the land that's worth the money and plywood houses are quicker to rebuild. There's less landfill too.

Pretty sure brick buildings would still be gutted in the circumstances. You'd just be left with some structurally unsound walls.

They interviewed a real valley girl on the radio last night who'd just lost her house. When they asked what she'd been able to save, she drawled, 'I just took my crystals'. I mean, that shouldn't take away all empathy from a human tragedy, but y'know...

Maybe build the houses out of wet clay and let the next fire turn them into brick