On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:56:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 6/8/2017 10:22 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:40:27 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>>> You should be voting for our Jeremy. :)
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, I probably would be.  Because if you don't vote for a lizard,
>>>> the wrong lizard might get in (see US 2016 election).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> He certainly isn't perfect. But he is polite and not a back stabber.
>>
>> True enough.  Were I in the UK, and if Nick Clegg hadn't happened, the
>> LibDems would probably have been my party of choice.  But now it
>> probably would be Labour.
>>
>>
> Nick Clegg, who is that? :D

Exactly. :)

> You probably don't have the background. They are just Tories in sheep's
> clothing. And the SNP, before Alex Salmond, Tartan Tories.

Heh, yeah - but remember that your conservatives are more like our center-
left liberals over here.

>>> I don't think I did in New Mexico.
>>
>> Well, that's not *here* now, is it? :)
>>
> It is from this side of the pond.

Well, true, but definitely different.

> Truly we have no idea of the demographics of the States. Because you
> normally put up such a united front for your president. That is what we
> see.

Fair point - just remember that our current President doesn't even 
pretend to represent everyone.

> <aside>
> I have the feeling that Mr. Trump believed that the POTUS was God's
> representative on Earth. And everyone would respect his utterances. No
> that he is in that position he is finding it is not so.
> Is that reasonable?
> 
> </aside>

I don't think so - I don't think he actually believes in "God".  He 
believes in money and profits.

But beyond that, yeah, I think he naively thought that as POTUS, everyone 
would like him, and now he's angry that that hasn't happened.  The job is 
harder than he thought it would be (he's said as much), and that unlike 
in his C-suite position, he can't just say "do this" and it gets done.  
He positions himself as a "dealmaker", but he's really shit at making 
deals - he's a dictator who says "this is what you'll do, or I'll find 
someone else".  That's not "dealmaking".

And it's rich him complaining about NATO countries not paying "their fair 
share", when he himself takes pride in stiffing suppliers and nonpayment 
of bills - "negotiating" a lower payment by saying "I'll pay you far 
less, and you can sue me, but it'll cost you more than its worth" - 
again, not "negotiating".

>>>>> What as a disruptive alien?
>>>>
>>>> Sure, why not? :D
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Guns and policemen?
>>
>> Exist here.
>>
>>
> I have noticed. But at least, I have a light complexion.

Which helps, so long as you're not a liberal or a member of the press (at 
least according to some on the right who think it's OK to "joke" about 
shooting them/us).

>>> No, no they must be bigger. How else could the get the power? :)
>>
>> The power of irrational stupidity? :)
>>
>>>> That's the "problem" with people like us - we think too much, rather
>>>> than going with our gut.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well a lot of them certainly have big ones. :)
>>
>> True enough.  Mine's gotten smaller, though, so that's good.
>>
>> 3 months ago, I was diagnosed with new onset diabetes.  Since then,
>> I've lost 10 lbs (without really doing anything other than eating
>> less), and my test results came back last week as having shown an
>> improvement, both for my BP and for my A1C numbers.  I'm technically
>> now in the pre- diabetes range.
>>
>>
> That is very good. :)

I'm pleased. :)

>> If it keeps improving, I can start coming off the medications I've been
>> taking.  We check the numbers again in September.
>>
>>>>> Me too. Not that I've ever been to Vancouver.
>>>>
>>>> It's nice up there.  I wish I had a reason to go up there this week,
>>>> as one coworker's last day is tomorrow (her family moved
>>>> cross-country, and she can't work remotely).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Same.
>>
>> Which part?
>>
>>
> I don't know what is wrong with my fingers. I meant to write "shame".
> It is a big pity that you can't edit your own posts on the newsgroup.

LOL, that makes more sense. :)

Jim

-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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