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I'd really like Trump to visit the Salisbury/Amesbury area as he'd probably be the best CBRN searcher the world has ever seem and do it without the protective clothing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)

Built on a medium-duty truck chassis. About 8L petrol V8, achieves up to 10mpg (imperial, not US), weighs between 7 and 9 tons, based on the rating of the tyres.

https://youtu.be/Xl25S7hy8mo

Someone didn't do their recce did they?

Looks like front suspension failed.

I suspect the recce was done with another vehicle which perhaps has a higher ride height. Big ooops - with an American accent. lol

More on this absurd and horrifying story.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/14/emile-cilliers-psychopath-inside-story-parachute-murder-plot

@kl, sorry you had to meet him.

Choice bit:

He brought both their newborn and their three year old along to watch their mother jump.

Partial evacuation of the town of Innaarsuit in Greenland. If the giant iceberg that suddenly turned up breaks into pieces it can cause a killer wave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFx_ZSoXVAA

Also; one minute into this newsreport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abG0_OPwmLw

Good to see that the Tories still maintain some traditions, like resigning because of sexual misconduct;

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/14/minister-steps-down-after-sending-explicit-messages-to-constituents

Except he’s not really resigned, more given up his ministerial position and remains an MP and member of Cuntservative Party, or am I misunderstanding?

Great weekend to bury it in the news though. He’s played a blinder, Trump, Wimbledon, Post Chequers, World Cup Final.

His apology goes to: "... my wife and family, to whom I owe everything, and ... to the prime minister and the government ... ", but not to the women who received his texts. Presumably they were wanton harlots who were asking for it. I demand we establish a commission to find out what the victims were wearing at the time they received the messages.

He may be a mug and a bit of a perv but it's pretty clear that he's been had and that selling the story to the papers was the idea all along. God knows why any MP would be so thick as to not see through it.

^^ Now if only they could nail Theresa May on the many naughty things she's done, but I bet she's been careful not to send text messages.

#whathappensinthefieldofwheatstaysinthefieldofwheat

I'm not generally a fan of buses ploughing through crowds, but...

^^^^ The satisfaction when you know the haters can't touch you anyway :)

And the value of their houses.

Quite: in one of the quoted messages, he refers to a video they'd sent him.

Men of a certain age and with a certain influence, are easily flattered.

And people in general are happy to ignore the obvious, if it's to their gain.

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*Coke & midgets for all!.

225 firefighters trying to put out a massive grass fire near my house.

Wanstead Flats is home to some kind of rare ground-nesting birds, and to people who barbecue despite not being allowed to.

Christ.

Elon musk really is a prize turd of a human.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Skylarks, mostly. Took a walk down earlier to see if I could tell whether it was the nesting grounds which had gone up, but quickly realised the only way I was going to figure that out was by walking much closer to a massive fire than I was comfortable with. Settled for papping a snap from a safe distance and going home.

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Ground-nesting birds and ground-nesting turds?