Off Topic Thread 5.0

MaybeMaybe

Biden must be worried. Was there much contact between them during the debate?

kuang1

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1002/1168880-world/

Yeah I'm dubious too.

Bazzo

Bazzo wrote: »

He's claiming he has it anyway. Call me paranoid but I'm hesitant to believe any information a pathological liar voluntarily divulges.

You couldn't believe a word out of them.

MaybeMaybe wrote: »

Biden must be worried. Was there much contact between them during the debate?

Given the timing you'd be a bit suspicious!

DGRulz

The timing is indeed suspicious, CNN running with this the last hour - https://youtu.be/VEzcWFtEhe8

sydthebeat

As a little aside to the trump madness, priti Patel in the UK has some of her own.

She wanted to consider sending asylum seekers to the ascencion Islands.... 6500 km away from Britain.🀣

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/priti-patel-considered-sending-asylum-seekers-to-isolated-atlantic-islands-12085604

swiwi_

Neil3030 wrote: »

Confirmed by the NYT - Trump and Melania both have it.

Thoughts and prayers with the virus.

mfceiling

My uncle just texted...."so now the virus has jumped from human to pumpkin".

jacothelad

swiwi_ wrote: »

I don’t understand why the EU wastes money on lawyers for legal action. Just tell Downing Street, sorry but exports to the EU and access to the job market are closed (I doubt the EU depends on exports to England to survive).

The UK buys £372,000,000,000 of goods from the EU every year. The EU buys
£300,000,000,000 from the UK. I think £372 billion of lost trade to the EU will not be easily absorbed. Ireland sells £24.4 billion of goods etc to the UK, again quite a loss.

jacothelad

stephen_n wrote: »

Sure you probably remember the good old days when Coke had cocaine in it?

When did they stop? It's been hell snorting the new Coke Zero. It makes a hell of a mess but you get very clean sinuses......:D

swiwi_

jacothelad wrote: »

The UK buys £372,000,000,000 of goods from the EU every year. The EU buys
£300,000,000,000 from the UK. I think £372 billion of lost trade to the EU will not be easily absorbed. Ireland sells £24.4 billion of goods etc to the UK, again quite a loss.

What does the EU buy from the UK? Finest Ceylon tea? Cream crackers? Mango chutney?

I imagine most of that money is financial services.

jacothelad

Neil3030 wrote: »

Trump waiting for a Covid test result after a close aid (Hope Hicks) tested positive...

It seems I was completely wrong. There is a God. Now that the putrid, orange haemorrhoid and his Harpie gold digger wife have Covid-19 it's got to be true.




Edit. Actually I've changed my mind. I had forgotten that the disgusting, sexually incontinent, lying, incompetent blob of diarrhoea and granny killer in No.10 recovered.

kuang1

jacothelad wrote: »

It seems I was completely wrong. There is a God. Now that the putrid, orange haemorrhoid and his Harpie gold digger wife have Covid-19 it's got to be true.




Edit. Actually I've changed my mind. I had forgotten that the disgusting, sexually incontinent, lying, incompetent blob of diarrhoea and granny killer in No.10 recovered.

Upsides for trump having the virus?
Gets to avoid at least one of the debates maybe?

Hoping for a similar Spike in approval ratings that Boris experienced immediately after recovering... Just in time for Nov 3rd?

Gets to manipulate the stock market big time and cash in?

But I'm not sceptical

Dave_The_Sheep

kuang1 wrote: »

Upsides for trump having the virus?

"having"

jacothelad

swiwi_ wrote: »

What does the EU buy from the UK? Finest Ceylon tea? Cream crackers? Mango chutney?

I imagine most of that money is financial services.

......................................BILLIONS............%

Petroleum, petroleum products 20.0.........................11.8%

Road vehicles 17.3 ............................................10.2%
Other transport equipment 9.95.................................8%

Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9.45.................5%
Medicinal & pharmaceutical products9.25.................4%

General industrial machinery & eqp.6.9.....................4.1%

Electrical machinery & appliances 6.8.......................4.0%

Power generating machinery 6.7................................3.9%

Articles of apparel & clothing accessories 5.3............3.1%

Telecomms app. & eqp. 4.4.........................................2.6%



iN 2019, road vehicles were the UK’s single largest import from the EU, valued at £49 billion, 18% of all UK goods imports from the EU and 45% of all UK imports of road vehicles.

Neil3030

jacothelad wrote: »

The UK buys £372,000,000,000 of goods from the EU every year. The EU buys
£300,000,000,000 from the UK. I think £372 billion of lost trade to the EU will not be easily absorbed. Ireland sells £24.4 billion of goods etc to the UK, again quite a loss.

It'll certainly impact the EU to a degree, no question, and especially in Ireland.

But to put those figures in context, the EU typically runs at about a 150bn to 200bn surplus each year (exports-imports).

My bet is the EU would find it a lot easier to replace UK revenues, than the UK would find it to replace EU produce.

Stheno

jacothelad wrote: »

I had forgotten that the disgusting, sexually incontinent, lying, incompetent blob of diarrhoea and granny killer in No.10 recovered.

Think that's your best yet Jaco

thomond2006

934 new cases in NI. Christ.

Stheno

thomond2006 wrote: »

934 new cases in NI. Christ.

That's insane

sydthebeat

thomond2006 wrote: »

934 new cases in NI. Christ.

Prime example why a zero covid approach here wouldn't work

swiwi_

mfceiling wrote: »

My uncle just texted...."so now the virus has jumped from human to pumpkin".

As Trump’s supporters would say, in gourd we trust.

swiwi_

Lack of taste - a classic symptom of Covid-19.

kuang1

swiwi_ wrote: »

Lack of taste - a classic symptom of Covid-19.

Caption competition surely!

(is that Eric btw?)

awec

kuang1 wrote: »

Caption competition surely!

(is that Eric btw?)

It's Barron, his son with Melania.

kuang1

awec wrote: »

It's Barron, his son with Melania.

Oh right ta... Not too clear on who his kids were mummed by!

awec

I do have to wonder just how close Donald got to Hope Hicks to either contract or give her covid.

I wonder if any of the other advisors or family members get it.

Squidgy Black

awec wrote: »

I do have to wonder just how close Donald got to Hope Hicks to either contract or give her covid.

I wonder if any of the other advisors or family members get it.

She travelled with them on AF1 to the debate in Ohio apparently. Jim Jordan's getting tested as well, he travelled with them too, which would be the tell tale sign I guess outside of any secret service members etc.

Neil3030

Pence tested negative. First case of the pandemic where someone hoped for a positive result, as he now must face the mauling from Harris next week in the VP debate.

Biden has also tested negative, thankfully.

prawnsambo

Neil3030 wrote: »

Pence tested negative. First case of the pandemic where someone hoped for a positive result, as he now must face the mauling from Harris next week in the VP debate.

Biden has also tested negative, thankfully.

I'd be waiting a few days before I would feel I'm home and clear. You can be incubating and not test positive.

Edit: The test they use in the WH is a rapid test with a 51% false negative rate. :eek:

stephen_n

thomond2006 wrote: »

934 new cases in NI. Christ.

With 600 fans in the Kingspan tonight.

Bazzo

prawnsambo wrote: »

I'd be waiting a few days before I would feel I'm home and clear. You can be incubating and not test positive.

Edit: The test they use in the WH is a rapid test with a 51% false negative rate. :eek:

The test is functionally useless anyway if they're taking their daily dose of hydroxychloroquine