Ex Scotwork consultant. Scottish curling champion 1989. Past-President Edinburgh CC. Past-President CRSC. Past-Deacon Incorporation of Tailors in Glasgow

Balerno, Scotland
Joined December 2011
Strands #967 β€œPlease, be my guest!” So, helped myself to two hints before getting the gist. Poor show! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,955 5/6 This word was about all that was left! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Strands #966 β€œSomething to build on”, so I did - and, if I say so myself…! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,954 4/6 Very quick par. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wow. The Rabbi kind of nails it here.
A rabbi's response to our President calling Jews "lacking knowledge and disloyal" if they vote Democratic: Rabbi Danny Maseng writes: As a Jew Since you called me out as a Jew, Mr. President, since you thought to call me disloyal or lacking knowledge by not voting for you, I’d like to respond to you personally, even though I have no illusions you will read this. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to love the stranger who dwells among us no less than thirty-six times in the Bible you claim to treasure. I am commanded to have one law for the stranger and the citizen. No exceptions. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to pay my employees on time, including undocumented workers at casinos, construction sites, or golf courses. As a Jew, I am commanded to repay bank loans and investors. As a Jew, I am commanded to never bear false witness. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to guard my tongue and speak no evil. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to never embarrass my fellow human being in public, lest I be accused of spilling their blood – including Ted Cruz or the late Senator and war hero, John McCain. As a Jew, Mr. President, I take great offense in my president attacking Denmark, a country that gallantly saved its Jews from the Nazis, while most of Europe fell asleep. As a Jew, Mr. President, I take umbrage in my Grandfather, the sainted Dr. Rabbi Harry S. Davidowitz, who inhaled poison gas in the trenches of WWI as a US Army chaplain, being called disloyal because he voted Democrat. As a Jew, born and raised in Israel, I take offense at you calling me disloyal to America AND to Israel because I oppose your inept, ghoulish, uncouth, deceitful, inhumane farce of leadership. How many tours of duty have you performed for Israel during wartime? Or, for that sake, the USA? As a Jew, Mr. President, I reserve the right to oppose Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib (neither of whom called upon the help of a former KGB operative to help them in their election to office), while simultaneously condemning your divisive, racist rants and policies. As a Jew who has proud Republican family members who I love and cherish, I am ashamed of what you have done to the Republican party; to conservative ideals – even if I do not share all of those ideals. As a Jew whose Christian uncle fought heroically at the Battle of the Bulge for our country and for the salvation of Europe – I am ashamed by the mockery you visit upon his sacrifice. As the son of a Christian pilot, later converted to Judaism, who led American pilots to glorious victory over Nazi Germany, I am outraged by your embrace of neo-Nazi’s and racists in America (that same pilot, who became a squadron commander in the Israeli Air Force, and fought for Israel’s independence). As a Jew, I am disgraced by your fawning adoration of the worst dictators of our century – you violate Christian and Jewish values by doing so. As a Jew; as a well-informed Jew who loves and cares deeply for Israel and for America, I condemn you and call you out for the divisive fool, the ogre, the ghoul that you are. May my soul not enter your council, let me not join your assembly.
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You may very well see Trump in that role. I don’t think he did though, to be fair. The old bone spurs saw to that as I remember reading somewhere.
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Strands #965 β€œRe-fresh-ing” but awful! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸŸ‘πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ’‘πŸ’‘πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,953 5/6 Hmm. Really? @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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The sheer incompetence of this administration is astounding. How did these people get elected? Batten down the hatches - two more years of these fools before grown ups are allowed in the room!
JD Vance just said that ''America isn't obligated to stand by Ukraine because they aren't in a formal alliance.'' Dear JD. Vance, Look up ''Budapest Memorandum 1994.'' You are welcome.
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You are joking - yes? Surely you are joking! He has threatened invasion of Greenland and is antagonistic towards Canada. He started a war with Iran that has resulted in US allies in the Gulf being attacked and he is now cosying up to Putin, a war criminal. For goodness sake!
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP EARNED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.. DO YOU STAND WITH THEM?
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Strands #964 β€œNone of your beeswax!” And I really should not have needed the clue! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,952 3/6 Bit fortunate if I am honest. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Strands #963 β€œAny relation?” No, but I should have got that a lot quicker! @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅ πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,951 4/6 Another quickish par. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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This is utterly appalling. Just when you think the USA’s representatives cannot sink any lower.
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: β€œYou talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”
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Strands #962 β€œOn a higher level”, and an earlier identification of the Spangram would have helped. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅ πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘πŸ’‘ πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
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Wordle 1,950 4/6 Very quick par. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Robin_Copland retweeted
πŸ”₯ Max Hastings gives Trump both barrels and not before time. Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first term. Now the lying, bullying and grotesque inversion of truth have become instruments of government, while billionaires and political courtiers compete for seats at his table. The victims are the Ukrainian people being bombed, betrayed and blamed while Trump appeases Putin. Hastings is right: democracies must stop treating industrial-scale dishonesty as background noise. β€œThis is a lie” must become our collective reply.
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Not strictly true, President Trump. Under the terms of the Budapest Memorandum in 1994, Ukraine surrendered its nuclear weapons in return for a commitment by Russia, UK and USA to refrain from the use of threat or force. Russia has broken its promise and you are supporting it.
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Strands #961 β€œπŸ¦†πŸ¦† ... πŸͺΏβ€ Another poor show. @theturbochimp @annBarr4819 @SteveKydd @Hamilt6Alasdair @davidliv25 @Speke_junction @JeannetteMehra @GlenBatten1 @Oxtedlife @annebanderson @IsobelMorton2 πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅ πŸ’‘πŸ”΅πŸ’‘πŸ”΅ πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅
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