@Mollyploofkins I'd prefer to give the President the greatest technologically advanced rocket ever produced, and shoot him into orbit round Jupiter in it.
@RpsAgainstTrump I'm equally thrilled to report that once these criminals are booted out of office (and in some cases rightfully imprisoned) said wind and solar projects will be fully restored.
#tms Another great cricket book is David Frith's "The Golden Age of Cricket 1890-1914" with Terror Turner, F.R.Spofforth, Gilbert Jessop, W.G.Grace, S.F.Barnes et al in it.
#tms@bbctms
Patrick Eagar produced four books of photographs chronicling the 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986 seasons. All excellent. My favourite has to be "A Summer to Remember" about the England v Australia 1981 classic series.
@Acyn Kelsey, your country is LED by the arch tear-downerer-in-chief. The corrupt dullard who rules your country is the one consumed by hatred. Stuff your prayers up your ass.
You are correct - pool was designed to ask us pause and reflect on the horrors and 400,000 deaths in the Civil War (on both sides) it was not meant to ever be a bright and shining swimming pool. It had natural drainage not a liner - the liner blocked the natural flow of the water that cleaned the pool. Tragedy for wildlife who live there, tragedy for all who appreciate the true design and meaning of the pool. Trump is a shallow man with no deep thoughts or introspection - and his influence blights the nation. He cares for bright shiny things like an old crow hoarding bottlecaps in a pine tree.
1. Where do you buy a box cutter that stays sharp while cutting 300 feet of bed liner?
2. How do you physically cut 300 feet of bed liner—cardiovascularly—while reaching down into waist-deep water?
3. How do you avoid the surveillance cameras and the 24/7 livestream?
4. They're arresting people for touching pieces of floating paint, to conceal Trump's incompetence.
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What Actually Occurred:
Back in 2012, a heavy concrete sealant was applied to close off the historic limestone. When contractors tried to sandblast it away for this rushed renovation, the manufacturer explicitly warned that the new blue liner would not adhere properly to the contaminated surface.
Because they cut corners on surface preparation and refused to let the sealant fully cure before prematurely refilling the basin, the entire coating system simply delaminated and released on its own.
@Acyn It IS an evil foreign influence in American politics, and YES it IS very, very wrong. Israel is indeed committing crimes which can only be fairly described as genocide against a civilian, defenceless population.
I see these ‘blame Democrats for all killings’ (from Lincoln to Trump/Kirk) posts often. Let me help clarify the truth.
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was not a member of the Democratic Party.
Booth was a staunch Confederate sympathizer—a member of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic American Party, known as the “Know-Nothing” party.
Booth was an avowed white supremacist and fiercely pro-slavery, detesting Lincoln and the Republican Party for their role in the abolition of slavery and the preservation of the Union. Abe wouldn’t be a Republican today. The two parties flipped ideologies in the civil rights era.
JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald, the man identified by the Warren Commission as JFK’s assassin, was not a Democrat. He wasn’t a registered voter for any major political party and wasn’t political.
He dreamed of going into the history books, where, as he had learned from his mother, he belonged. He wanted to pay back society for not recognizing his exceptionalism. He wanted to punish his Russian wife Marina for her ridicule of his ideas and her scorn of his manhood. He was seriously mental. A violent child with an uncaring mom. At one point, he defected to Russia and may simply have been a Russian asset
RFK
Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was not a Democrat.
He was a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant. His motivation was political, stemming from his opposition to Kennedy’s strong support for Israel after the 1967 Six-Day War. Sirhan stated he killed Kennedy out of “20 years of malice aforethought,” directly linking his actions to Kennedy’s political stance on the Middle East.
MLK
James Earl Ray, the man who pleaded guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., was not a Democrat.
He wasn’t registered with a political party. Ray was an avowed white supremacist and a fugitive from prison at the time of the assassination. His political views were aligned with the segregationist platform and the far right. He hoped to get a bounty from white supremacist groups.
Reagan
No, Ronald Reagan’s shooter, John Hinckley Jr., was not a Democrat.
Investigators and historians have established that his motives were not political, but were instead rooted in a pathological obsession with actress Jodie Foster.
Trump
Thomas Matthew Crooks was a registered Republican. He carried out the shooting at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024. Classmates described him as “definitely conservative” during high school debates. The FBI’s investigation found a “mixture of ideologies.” Raised Republican in a gun fetish family.
Ryan Wesley Routh was an unaffiliated voter with a history of changing political stances. He was arrested for an attempted assassination at Trump’s Florida golf course on September 15, 2024. He voted for Trump in 2016 but later became highly critical of him. He also expressed support for various other candidates across the spectrum, including Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Nikki Haley.
Kirk
Tyler Robinson, the suspect charged with the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September 2025, wasn’t a Democrat. According to official state records, he was a registered voter in Utah but was unaffiliated with any political party. Raised Republican. Robinson reportedly viewed Kirk as someone who was “full of hate and spreading hate.” He was a fan of alt-right Nick Fuentes & Laura Loomer, who were also anti-Kirk and denounced Kirk as not loyal enough to Trump.
Hortmans
Friends and personal writings describe Vance Boelter as an evangelical Christian with strong conservative views, including opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. He also reportedly followed conspiracy-oriented content from Infowars and expressed a deep distrust of the government. He had a list of 45-70 Democrats he wanted to kill.
MAGA Republicans:
Their feelings don’t care about the facts.