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It is another miserable day here so a bowl of pasta is in the cards tonight. My creamy pesto & chicken linguine with garlic bread and salad. Easy and very filling for a cold-ish and wet day.
Older Serbs are, in my experience, authoritarian and vilulently racist (see Milosovic). Younger Serbsw are much mmore progressive. Fingers crossed this goes the right way.
Serbia hasn't had huge attention in the West in recent years, but has headed down a nasty authoritarian path under the Serbian Progressive Party. Today's election marks its most substantial pushback yet, as student protesters have organised a list for the election could very much come first. 🧵 👇
Dinner tonight: Tesco Chinese meal for 2. Chicken Chow Mein, Sweet & sour chicken, egg fried rice, veg spring rolls, and prawn crackers. We were disappointed with the Indian version (far too sweet) so fingers crossed this is better.
Trump: "Our country is making hundreds of billions of dollars on oil. and then on top of it we have Venezuela, and we have Greenland! 'We're making trillions of dollars. But my people said 'please don't mention that, sir, because people are paying a little higher'... we're making a frickin' fortune"
NEW: Plaintiffs suing to halt Trump closure & renaming of Kennedy Center submit court filing arguing Team Trump is shielding 100s of records showing "Trump’s ongoing, direct management of the Kennedy Center", including Kennedy Ctr staff messages to Natalie Harp & Howard Lutnick
Wrote yesterday about the weirdo suing me in Wyoming for $795m. Lots of you offered to help crowdfund my defence. That's very kind, but the lawsuit isn't very serious, it won't cost very much, and I can afford it.
Not everyone is in that position...
There's no better place to celebrate New Year's Eve than in London.
Tickets for the capital's world-famous fireworks are now available but they’re selling fast.
Book yours today.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
When I was working in Vietnam, the Aussie Embassy held Friday Night Drinks around the pool. At a time when humidity was about 95%, I can't tell you how popular the combination of Aussie beer/wine/snacks and a swim was with the small expat community.
Built in 1918, the outdoor swimming pool was a prominent feature at CHARLIE CHAPLIN’s studio complex in Hollywood.
It served as both a place where staff could relax & unwind under the hot Californian sunshine, and as a set (for films like ‘Shoulder Arms’).
Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says
Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy
www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
Exclusive Senior Advisor to First Lady Melania Trump Marc Beckman: "As a result of her participation, I guess she caught the attention of the pope, which is great. And a few days she stepped in and supported her efforts, which is very nice. But ultimately it was the First Lady ... "
As a former prime minister, Liz Truss is a significant political figure. But after branding the Financial Times part of the 'deep state' and describing the left as 'Islamo-communist', she has clearly degenerated into a full-on gibbering rightwing whackjob.
This man was dead weight, hanging high above the ground after touching a high-voltage line.
His coworker climbed up, held him in place, gave him mouth-to-mouth.
Randall Champion survived—and lived another 35 years.
Rocco Morabito’s photo, “The Kiss of Life,” won the Pulitzer Prize.
True heroism.
Lucy refuses to use the litter tray except in extremis. So, he went outside to do his business. The look on his face when he came running back in was priceless. He clearly thinks it is my fault that it is raining.
Made my own gravy for dinner tonight. (I can't remember making it from scratch before.) Didn't have any redcurrent jelly so instead I used a tiny bit of a posh pickle I was given. It tastes pretty good !
Wretched weather outside so I am doing a sort of roast tonight.
Pork, sage, & onion stuffing (as a loaf), roast spuds, carrots, peas, and homemade gravy. I feel the need for a hot and filling meal !
Have a lovely weekend everyone. Lucy has been out for a wee so is, I hope, in for the night as I suspect it will be pretty grim weather tonight. Enjoy The Traitors and the Masterchef Australia final if you are watching. 🍷
If I have any followers in California, make sure none of your family and friends vote for Steve Hilton. He is a charlatan. Believe me - he was in the UK before he moved to the US. He would be a disaster.