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   Steve Hayes to larry@invalid.ca   
   Re: OT: Converting miles/km   
   03 Mar 25 07:58:59   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca  wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >> On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but   
   >>>> forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.   
   >>>   
   >>> You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.  The   
   >>> display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to   
   >>> have Ukraine twisting in the wind.   
   >>   
   >> Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.   
   >> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that   
   >> Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,   
   >> the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's   
   >> most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a   
   >> hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks   
   >> behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.   
   >   
   >We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a   
   >CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.   
   >This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal   
   >he makes, but the other party has to lose.   
   >   
   >IMO he is currently the single worst human¹ on the planet, with Putin as   
   >a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.   
      
   I think you overlooked Netanyahu.   
      
      
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