Donald Trump the road that might not lead to the White House - Redux 2024 thread.

[spring-peeper]

realized


I used to spell it realised but I inherited my (scottish) great grandfather's sermons from 1890s and looking through them he spelled with a z, so I decided that if it's good enough for my great grandfather ...

I'm dyslexic, and moved from the UK to Canada when I was eight. I could never remember which country had "s" and which had "z". The only easy one was tyres/tires.

 

[two sheds]

pavement/sidewalk's easyish too

 

[littlebabyjesus]

realized


I used to spell it realised but I inherited my (scottish) great grandfather's sermons from 1890s and looking through them he spelled with a z, so I decided that if it's good enough for my great grandfather ...

Lots of current US ways of doing things are old British ways. The use of the unspaced em-dash is another case in point. I like em-dashes—pleasingly long.

Some UK publishers use -ize spellings. It's acceptable British spelling still.

 

[PTK]

Lots of current US ways of doing things are old British ways. The use of the unspaced em-dash is another case in point. I like em-dashes—pleasingly long.

Some UK publishers use -ize spellings. It's acceptable British spelling still.

The em-dash is lovely, but it must have space either side of it. Without a space, it is an abomination.

 

[two sheds]

Some UK publishers use -ize spellings. It's acceptable British spelling still.

My great grandfather would agree

 

[littlebabyjesus]

My great grandfather would agree

You have to remember the exceptions, though, so it's not so straightforward. It's not improvize, for example.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Em-dash is one of Hansons less appreciated singles

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I used to spell it realised but I inherited my (scottish) great grandfather's sermons from 1890s and looking through them he spelled with a z, so I decided that if it's good enough for my great grandfather ...

Some UK publishers use -ize spellings. It's acceptable British spelling still.

until relatively recently, -ise / -ize was a matter of style, and both were acceptable in the UK.

microsoft decided that -ise was 'correct' in UK english and it's become more widely accepted that it is, and that -ize is american.

-ize was traditionally 'oxford' and -ise was 'cambridge'

there was a 1987 episode of inspector morse that hinged on morse realizing (or realising) that an apparent suicide note was a forgery, as an oxford don would not have used -ise...

 

[Serge Forward]

I'm pretty sure George Orwell used -ize rather than -ise.

 

[PTK]

I'm pretty sure George Orwell used -ize rather than -ise.

Was it Orwell, or was it his editor?

 

[krtek a houby]

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/03/helene-trump-politics-natural-disaster-00182419

Tldr?

If you're in a disaster, don't count on aid from Trump. It's all transactional and if you don't vote for him, you're nothing and deserve your fate.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

pavement/sidewalk's easyish too

Not in Philadelphia it ain't.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

tl;dw? The watch thing appears very much to be a scam to funnel >$15m of foreign donations in to Trump's campaign with no declarations at all. According to the watch's website the watches may look totally different to those pictured, they will be delivered in October, November, or December or some time after (never?), the watch co based in Wyoming which has total secrecy of company directors, payments can be made in untraceable crypto...

 

[Petcha]

I really want that guy who did the 'they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats' video to have a crack at this latest shit this afternoon...

The candidate went on: “These are the toughest people. These people are coming in from Africa, from the Middle East. They’re coming in from all parts of Asia, the bad parts, the parts where they’re rough, and the only thing good is they make our criminals look extremely nice. They make our Hell’s Angels look like the nicest people on earth.”

it's friday. worth a rewatch...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

until relatively recently, -ise / -ize was a matter of style, and both were acceptable in the UK.

microsoft decided that -ise was 'correct' in UK english and it's become more widely accepted that it is, and that -ize is american.

-ize was traditionally 'oxford' and -ise was 'cambridge'

there was a 1987 episode of inspector morse that hinged on morse realizing (or realising) that an apparent suicide note was a forgery, as an oxford don would not have used -ise...

That's a good point. I hadn't thought about the influence of spell-checkers. Mine underlines realize in red and that's bound to have an effect.

The so-called 'Oxford comma' (standard in the US) is rarer in the UK now as well.

Thinking about it, publishers who use -ize usually also use the Oxford comma. Makes sense that they would go together, but I hadn't made the connection.

 

[weltweit]

Eh "ise - ize" I thought this was the Trump is an idiot thread?

 

[krtek a houby]

Donald Trump’s foul-mouthed migrant rant captured in private pitch to donors

Republican nominee claims Harris is threat to democracy in recording of top-dollar fundraiser in Colorado in August

www.theguardian.com

More lies and hatreds spread about migrants. Again with the claims that migrants are coming from asylums and bringing crime to the country.

Despite the fact that migrants commit less crime than American born folks.

 

[teqniq]

Using musician's songs for your election campaign? No, not happy with that here's another idea:

Trump falsely touts endorsement from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon

Bank representative confirms Dimon has not endorsed Trump or any other candidate in the 2024 race

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

Some users on Trump's Truth Social being taken for large amounts of money. They list some of them down in the article, people paying over money seems almost exclusively to supposed women, and making repeat payments to try to get money back even once it's clear they've been scammed. Hate scamming: whatever the trump supporters are like the scammers are a lot worse and tens of thousands of dollars richer.

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams

Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.

gizmodo.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

Some users on Trump's Truth Social being taken for large amounts of money. They list some of them down in the article, people paying over money seems almost exclusively to supposed women, and making repeat payments to try to get money back even once it's clear they've been scammed. Hate scamming: whatever the trump supporters are like the scammers are a lot worse and tens of thousands of dollars richer.

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams

Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.

gizmodo.com

You've gone soft mate, in this case I am with the scammers, fuck the Trump supporters.

 

[two sheds]

Yes fair play I was assuming the scammers were trump supporters too, but I suppose there's no evidence for that.

 

[Yossarian]

Some users on Trump's Truth Social being taken for large amounts of money. They list some of them down in the article, people paying over money seems almost exclusively to supposed women, and making repeat payments to try to get money back even once it's clear they've been scammed. Hate scamming: whatever the trump supporters are like the scammers are a lot worse and tens of thousands of dollars richer.

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams

Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.

gizmodo.com

There's some good lines in there

To be clear, this doesn’t just happen on Truth Social ... But if you were a scammer, who would you think might be the easiest marks on the planet, ready to believe anything a conman might say? If you said Trump supporters, you’re clearly not alone.

 

[prunus]

Some users on Trump's Truth Social being taken for large amounts of money. They list some of them down in the article, people paying over money seems almost exclusively to supposed women, and making repeat payments to try to get money back even once it's clear they've been scammed. Hate scamming: whatever the trump supporters are like the scammers are a lot worse and tens of thousands of dollars richer.

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams

Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.

gizmodo.com

“Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.”

 

[Kaka Tim]

Tempted to have a go myself. Few fake pics, some stuff about liking older patriotic men. Then mention how you really need to escape the Woke hell hole of London-stan but can't afford the air fare...

 

[two sheds]

Yes reading a couple of them it shows how easy it can be. Just your own bitcoin account number that you give them - if you get sophisticated you could show them a spreadsheet on a website for their 'balance'

 

[petee]

Yuwipi Woman do you have any info on Dan Osborn? i've seen him boosted recently.

 

[two sheds]

 

[a_chap]

No idea if it's been mentioned/discussed elsewhere but on the BBC's Storyville there's an interesting simulation/"war game" of a possible insurrection in the US over the trump/Harris election*.

Storyville - War Game

A Storyville documentary that sweeps viewers into an elaborate simulation which dramatically escalates the threat posed in the USA by the Capitol attack on 6 January 2021.

www.bbc.co.uk

*it's not actually trump/Harris; they use actors.

 

[Yossarian]

The BBC makes it sound like the Trump shooting was an effort from the whole town, which is now possibly sad and defiant about the attempt's failure