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https://abc7ny.com/donald-trump-michael ... /13118302/
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday sued his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, seeking at least $500 million for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.
Could it conceivably have anything to do with this? ;)
ABC News wrote: Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, speaking on ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday, said he was "absolutely" prepared for cross-examination in a potential trial after completing his testimony this week before a Manhattan grand jury mulling charges against Trump.
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irie wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 7:49 pm
cheb wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:47 pm I think he has to, otherwise Forbes and the other one will be back in the running. He's got to be different to them, but the distraction will help.

It's interesting to me that Murrell hasn't been metaphorically taken round the back of the barn and shot. The SNP have long run with a very strong whip, the least hint of wrongdoing and that's it, game over.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65242685
He has to because Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the Green Party upon which he depends for a majority, has said that Green Party support depends on him proceeding with the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics ... -law-veto/
PATRICK Harvie has warned that the Scottish Greens will quit the Bute House Agreement if the next first minister fails to challenge the UK Government’s veto of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
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irie wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:29 pm https://abc7ny.com/donald-trump-michael ... /13118302/
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday sued his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, seeking at least $500 million for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.
Could it conceivably have anything to do with this? ;)
ABC News wrote: Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, speaking on ABC's "Good Morning America" Friday, said he was "absolutely" prepared for cross-examination in a potential trial after completing his testimony this week before a Manhattan grand jury mulling charges against Trump.
Cohen is basically the only witness & has already been convicted for lying under oath... Not exactly a credible *witness*
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ZRX61 wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:15 pm Cohen is basically the only witness & has already been convicted for lying under oath... Not exactly a credible *witness*
*FACT*

Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to a federal charge relating to a $130,000 payment to Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... -rcna75082

Plenty more detail here:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/mi ... iminal-tax
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Horse wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:35 pm *FACT*

Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to a federal charge relating to a $130,000 payment to Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... -rcna75082

Plenty more detail here:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/mi ... iminal-tax
Not sure how the fuck the *FACT* that Cohen hid $4M from the IRS is Trumps fault?
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Magnum is from Barnsley!

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/b ... ws-4101927

Well some ancient relation is.
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I wonder if he 'wears' his English-American heritage with pride. Nah! I doubt it.
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Funny how all the yanks wannabe Irish,yet their distant relatives couldn't wait to get away from the oul sod.
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Skub wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:29 pm Funny how all the yanks wannabe Irish,yet their distant relatives couldn't wait to get away from the oul sod.
In fairness, there was a wee famine to content with....
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Bigjawa wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:21 pm
Skub wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:29 pm Funny how all the yanks wannabe Irish,yet their distant relatives couldn't wait to get away from the oul sod.
In fairness, there was a wee famine to content with....
Pah,semantics. :D
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Skub wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:29 pm Funny how all the yanks wannabe Irish,yet their distant relatives couldn't wait to get away from the oul sod.
My last two bar fights were with Plastic Paddy's, neither of which could find Ireland on a map.
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A GP, who is a man is refused as a blood doner, for refusing to answer whether or not he is pregnant....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/male-gp-turn ... 9Ij943sJXE
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ZRX61 wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:50 am
Skub wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:29 pm Funny how all the yanks wannabe Irish,yet their distant relatives couldn't wait to get away from the oul sod.
My last two bar fights were with Plastic Paddy's, neither of which could find Ireland on a map.
Most Americans couldn't find Alaska on a map, never mind Ireland.
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Has Blackpool got wimpy seagulls?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-65274023

The fuckers here chased a pair of Harris hawks off that were supposed to scare the gulls, try putting one on a lead here and it would attack you.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:51 am The fuckers here chased a pair of Harris hawks off that were supposed to scare the gulls, try putting one on a lead here and it would attack you.
I went on a hawk experience day thing, they gave you a Harris Hawk for the day and taught you how to fly it. The things were like soft little puppies. Every time it went for a fly it would get chased of by stuff like Blue Tits then come back for a cuddle. Walking around with it I had to keep my arm close to my chest so that it could lean against me. A great day out though.
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Ant wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:17 am A GP, who is a man is refused as a blood doner, for refusing to answer whether or not he is pregnant....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/male-gp-turn ... 9Ij943sJXE

And these are supposed to be intelligent people FFS. That's the GP I'm referring to. Tick the no option and move on, unless you want to appear to a complete fool. As he said, 'Apply some common sense'
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cheb wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:02 pm
Ant wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:17 am A GP, who is a man is refused as a blood doner, for refusing to answer whether or not he is pregnant....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/male-gp-turn ... 9Ij943sJXE

And these are supposed to be intelligent people FFS. That's the GP I'm referring to. Tick the no option and move on, unless you want to appear to a complete fool. As he said, 'Apply some common sense'
Why should he be coerced into such wokery?

They're asking a man, if a man is pregnant.

No, a man cannot be pregnant, it isn't even an option. It's a misogynistic attack against women who are struggling with starting a family.
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Utter bollocks. It's not woke to to give a sensible reply to a badly worded questionnaire. Unless you are a tool of course, and they seem to be increasing in number. Maybe they should have two forms, one for sensible people and one for wallopers like him.
Also the man is a GP, I hope he doesn't show such fuckwittery towards his patients.
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He's a GP, exactly, even he has called it out on the utter nonsense that it is.
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cheb wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:16 pm Utter bollocks. It's not woke to to give a sensible reply to a badly worded questionnaire. Unless you are a tool of course, and they seem to be increasing in number. Maybe they should have two forms, one for sensible people and one for wallopers like him.
Also the man is a GP, I hope he doesn't show such fuckwittery towards his patients.
With all the money spent on the NHS you'd think they'd be able to produce a questionnaire that isn't 'badly worded' and doesn't create ridicule.

It shouldn't cost the earth, a bunch of schoolkids could do it for a project. This current questionnaire probably cost the NHS a few hundred thousand quid for a 'consultant(s)' to produce.