Chris Wade-Evans

@cwadeevans.bsky.social

#FBPE left leaning semi retired sound engineer, after forty something years travelling the world, now interested in expanding my horizons from the comfort of my room in West London!

I just kinda glaze over Trump being Trump for a long time, but every once in awhile I snap. you STARTED A WAR. a war that is STILL GOING. no you do NOT get the GOD DAMNED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

“Frankly, Norway sucks,” Mr. Trump said at a campaign rally in Port Huron, Mich., on Sunday. “Norway has become a shithouse country, actually.”

He suggested that the United States should accept fewer Norwegian immigrants, saying, “I didn’t get the Nobel Prize.”

“So I don’t want anybody from Norway,” the president continued. “I don’t want anything to do with Norway.”

“ One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in Kings, is that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule, by giving mankind an ASS FOR A LION.” —Paine

“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever, and tho’ himself might deserve some decent degree of honors of his contemporaries, yet his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them.” —Paine

The Daily Mail has compared HMRC to the Stasi. With that in mind, I'd like to start a national conversation on the merits of opening clandestine torture dungeons for billionaire tax dodgers.

BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

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Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

When I rhapsodise about gulls there's always someone who says, "You just wait until one swoops down and steals your sandwich." But that already happened. I thought it was hugely technically impressive and tinged with comic genius and it made me like gulls even more. What should I wait for next?

Our garden herring gull, Rod, looking majestic.

Politicians should look at the UK economy as a CEO would, says Lloyds Bank CEO From a bank that hasn't investigated HBOS frauds. No thank you. Companies enrich shareholders. Countries have entirely different purpose, governance, accountability. Must not be treated as corporations. archive.ph/lj45s

Politicians should ‘look at the UK economy as a CEO would’, says Lloyds Bank’s boss

Head of Britain’s biggest lender talks about tax, AI and why the City of London has fallen behind global rivals

ft.com

On the same day, huge crowds are welcoming Machado back to Venezuela. Her return was blocked for months by the US-backed regime. Pressure from below finally made it impossible for Trump and Rodriguez to keep her out

Insolvency scam The boss of twice-bust business back despite £3m debts. These people gut a company, HMRC and creditors not paid. Then buy assets cheaply from the administrator in pre-packs, and back in business. Gone on for decades. No transparency of administrator dealings. No investigation.

The boss whose twice-bust business appears to be back despite £3m debts

Andrew Woosnam took millions from his companies before leaving creditors including HMRC out of pocket

theguardian.com