Eric Trump fails at stealing other people’s ideas

Continuing our series on the Trump spamfest, here’s the 4th email received by our impressively long-fingered “Ivor Biggun” on the evening of 22nd October 2016. I guess the Trump campaign team think email is just a long-form version of Twitter. This time the Cheeto-faced Conman wants us to meet his son Eric.

Eric Trump is the blond one with a suspiciously fake hairline and selachian smile. Like the rest of the family, he has all the charm of a bleach enema and the empathy of a brick. He also has the same cavalier approach to other people’s ideas, although this time it’s not a Michelle Obama speech they’re plagiarising. As far as I can tell, it’s every politician asking for money this year. Far-right buffoon Rand Paul was caught using an illicitly compiled mailing list to do it earlier.

I have no idea why this figure of $20.17 is significant and I don’t really care. … Continue reading →

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More Begging Letters from Donald Trump

Donald Trump, who knows no shame, sent 5 emails in the space of 4 hours yesterday. All trying to gouge money out of his supporters, including the mythical and improbably-named Ivor Biggun. The second one was short and to the point.

Ivor, to receive your free personal gift from Mr. Trump you must donate by 11:59 PM TONIGHT.

You read that correctly. Special once-in-a-lifetime offer! Donate and receive a cheap gewgaw from the Great Pretender! I suspect the merchandising arm are having trouble flogging their trumpery, so this is their way of getting it out on the streets in a desperate attempt for visibility. Well, something got out onto the streets the other day, but It’s probably not what the Trump team were hoping for.

There were 5 of these statues. One was later auctioned for charity and reached $22,000. That’s $22 grand more that Trump appears to have ever given to charity. … Continue reading →

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A Begging Letter from Donald Trump

Donald Trump, the Stumpy-Fingered Satsuma, has always relied on blarney and bluster to get his way. In the Age of Information, where lies are easily spread and just as easily debunked, he’s realising that charisma and taking your electorate for complete idiots is no longer enough to win an election. That’s a problem when you are, in essence, marketing yourself. Trump has few recognisable policies and those he does have are patently unworkable, e.g.:

Crooked Hillary promised 200k jobs in NY and FAILED. We'll create 25M jobs when I'm president, and I will DELIVER!

There are only 7.8 million unemployed in the US. There is also no evidence of illegal behaviour by Clinton. There is evidence of financial and other forms of illegal misconduct by Trump, as anyone who has been following the news cannot fail to be aware.

There is … Continue reading →

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Another Brexit debate on 6 petitions on 17 October

Just in: the UK Parliament’s Petitions Committee has announced yet another Brexit debate. This makes 3 in the last 2 months, by my reckoning, which gives you an idea of the furore caused by this incredibly unwise and politically suicidal fuckup which – although brought to fruition by the appalling Cameron – can be blamed on every government that has used the EU as a scapegoat for its own ineptitude, corruption and callousness.

Which is: all of them since, and including, Thatcher.

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on six petitions relating to the UK’s exit from the European Union.

Read on -> Another Brexit debate on 6 petitions on 17 October

Far Right Watch Team: The Long, Long, List of Vote Leave #Brexit Lies ... Each One, Busted.

One of the hardest working MEPs in the EU (for 20 years) is Labour's Richard Corbett, representing Yorkshire and Humber.

 His speciality is, and has been for many years, busting EU myths using properly sourced, neutral data. Actual facts, and all publicly available.

His piece on Vote Leave Lies we thought was particularly good...

 Read on: Far Right Watch Team: The Long, Long, List of Vote Leave #Brexit Lies ... Each One, Busted.

Politically Incorrect

You can’t hang around for long on social media without coming across code words, bandied about by those who like to think of themselves as “politically incorrect”. You can look up the origin and evolution of the term “politically correct” if you like; suffice to say that the current usage by the hard right to stigmatise those who actually want to take into account the needs of women and minorities is relatively recent.

 And frankly, if being accused of political correctness is a bad thing, I don’t want to be right. Or rather: alt-right.

So, the lexicon of the self-described “politically incorrect”. These are terms often brandished with pride by those who use them, but rarely are their precise meanings made clear. I will endeavour to repair this. One thing I can promise you is that in this post I will not use sarcasm, exaggeration for comic effect, or any other … Continue reading →

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