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To those who suggested earlier in this thread that Trump is little more than a puppet whose strings are held by Project 2025, podcaster Robert Evans has a pretty convincing argument to the contrary:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/dont-panic-195702715/

Make no mistake, I think it's appalling that the man most likely to become the next US president is even talking to this scum. But let's not resort to conspiracy theories.

Girmay!

Were you guys seeing the Uno-X car nearly crashing into another car?

Did you just describe trump

You could compare Trump and Vance in that they both came to public attention through having a media profile rather than political talent. In Trump's case it was reality TV, and in Vance's case it was an autobiography so airbrushed it might as well have been a docu soap.
But the persona they have projected in these mediums are at complete opposites. Trump is infallible, super human, a never ending success story, almost god like. Vance plays on his vulnerabilities and speaks openly about the flaws in his family history, something I presume many potential voters will identify with. Mind you, Vance tells us how he overcame this challenging start in life through smarts and hard work, proving to us that for people of the right calibre the American dream is not dead.

Buy your legit chains from a legit chain.

I bought and read J D Vance's book because it was on the Economist's recommendation list that year. Probably their worst of their recommendations ever. Vapid, bland and failing to deliver anything of substance. Now it turns out that the very same book may have been what secured him his VP nominee role.

How about chains for Shimano 105? Any AliX brands/sellers that will do the job?

OK, so which brand/sellers do you go for?

Anyone bought disc brake pads on AliX that they are happy with?

unpasteurised milk

Apparently another random divide that recently sprung up in the US culture wards. I know nothing about it except seeing some very weird screenshots about it on Reddit from time to time.

Instances of minor politicians traveling abroad and playing the international statesman is one of the things that infuriate me the most.

Old man showing his naked butt. Classy.

Getting the impression that Uno-X' only strategy is to repeatedly send some kid into the breakaway to get a bit of TV exposure. Kristoff had to fend for himself in the sprint finishes.

Melania must have been pretty excited there for a second or two.

Not able to fact check, but sounds impressive.

EDIT: OK, deleted an unverified screenshot from X.

The safest place for that crisp thrower right now would be a local police cell.

Vingegaard looking a bit rough.

Is this Vingegaard not having the legs or is it him doing the Froome thing where he doesn't let himself get drawn into a fight?

Just give Kamala the job already.

Biden has a stutter & forgets stuff, Trump rapes kids.

Two different discussions innit. One discussion is Trump vs Biden, the other discussion is Biden vs pretty much any other Dem candidate. And if the bar is "doesn't rape kids" then, to my knowledge, pretty much any Dem candidate will make the cut – and as such there should be no reason to cling onto Biden.

I can't come up with a convincing argument as to how any of the Dem alternative would beat Trump, but if the Dems loose it is also a matter of who they lost with. In a burgeoning dictatorship with the threat of civil war looming, you'd like the loosing part to at least have some confidence in the person that held the banner when they reached that point. Navalny had his flaws, but in opposition he at least came across with an air purpose and vitality that struck a contrast to the ageing Putin and his cronies.

I can't watch. It's just too much.

+1

Anyone tried out any of the Xiaomi kitchen scales for your coffee routine?
Fed up with my Salter forcing me to use non-renewable CR3023. I don't know of any kitchen scales that would re-charge via USB C, but with the Xiaomis I can at least keep some re-chargable AA batteries in rotation.

Looks pretty damn fresh too after his win

Girmay!