Things that make you go What the F**k?

[RedHand88]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250514-destination-dupes-where-to-go-instead-of-the-us

BBC article about where to go instead of America because it apparently isn't safe

One of the suggestions is Cape Town.

I honestly think the people who write this guff have never been to the States or anywhere outside their Twitter bubble.

[nrico2006]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250514-destination-dupes-where-to-go-instead-of-the-us

BBC article about where to go instead of America because it apparently isn't safe

One of the suggestions is Cape Town.

I honestly think the people who write this guff have never been to the States or anywhere outside their Twitter bubble.

Sure there was a group of South Africans just granted refugee status in the US by Trump due to the dangers faced by white people in South Africa.

[Captain Obvious]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250514-destination-dupes-where-to-go-instead-of-the-us

BBC article about where to go instead of America because it apparently isn't safe

One of the suggestions is Cape Town.

I honestly think the people who write this guff have never been to the States or anywhere outside their Twitter bubble.

Person that wrote it

Laura Hall is an award-winning writer and journalist. A graduate of Oxford University, she has also studied journalism, creative writing and anthropology. Her travel writing appears in BBC Travel, Sunday Times, Kinfolk and Vogue Scandinavia, among other publications.

Even if I was paid to travel to Trump/Musk ran America I wouldn't go.

[seafoid]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250514-destination-dupes-where-to-go-instead-of-the-us

BBC article about where to go instead of America because it apparently isn't safe

One of the suggestions is Cape Town.

I honestly think the people who write this guff have never been to the States or anywhere outside their Twitter bubble.

Person that wrote it

Laura Hall is an award-winning writer and journalist. A graduate of Oxford University, she has also studied journalism, creative writing and anthropology. Her travel writing appears in BBC Travel, Sunday Times, Kinfolk and Vogue Scandinavia, among other publications.

Even if I was paid to travel to Trump/Musk ran America I wouldn't go.

Neither would I.

[Walter Cronc]

Must have been 30-40 cars on M1 (northbound) around 11am Sunday past with russian flags. Included the old communist flag and flags with Stalins face. Wtf is that about? Something to do with VE day?

[Last Man]

Some boys trying to remind them other boys that the big show was on the Eastern Front in 1945.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend! Whoever is stirring the pot is couldn't be more pleased with themselves!

[bennydorano]

Bit random but... Burberry, a billion $$ clothing & accessory industry that looks awful, largely built on the back of the one awful argyle check pattern too.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

The stairs in this flat for sale in London



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/161909411#/?channel=RES_BUY

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Michael Gaine the missing farmer from Kerry.
What the hell happened him?
Such a strange case

Is he still not found? Did i read his wallet was sitting in the car outside the shop. So he never even made it that far.

Has been upgraded to a Homicide case now so they must have got some information in to change it from a missing persons case.

That's a bit strange that story alright.

I think he was last saw on CCTV getting a phone top up in town but his vehicle was found back on farm.

You'd think they could get more CCTV from the town. 

Edit: they've looked through 2, 200 hrs of footage.

The authorities must have some sort of information on this to launch the operations they have so far.

The American tenant staying on the farm is the main suspect. They probably needed a warrant to start tracking his phone activity.

Saying now suspected chopped up and put in slurry tank. Gruesome. American tenant mentioned again ..

[LC]

Average new mortgage drawdown soars 80pc in a decade, highlighting surge in property prices

https://www.independent.ie/business/money/average-new-mortgage-drawdown-soars-80pc-in-a-decade-highlighting-surge-in-property-prices/a425020496.html

Fair to say wages have not went up 80% in 10 years.

This is unsustainable, hard not to see a day of reckoning coming down the tracks.

Trump / tariffs could have a big say.

[tiempo]

Bit random but... Burberry, a billion $$ clothing & accessory industry that looks awful, largely built on the back of the one awful argyle check pattern too.

Money laundering plain and simple

I'm always struck by the Armani shop when going through the airport, went in one, t-shirts slacks and whatnot, all run of the mill clobber for £4-5-600 a pop, and never seen anyone actually in the shop buying anything, think tanning salons on a macro scale

[tbrick18]

Michael Gaine the missing farmer from Kerry.
What the hell happened him?
Such a strange case

Is he still not found? Did i read his wallet was sitting in the car outside the shop. So he never even made it that far.

Has been upgraded to a Homicide case now so they must have got some information in to change it from a missing persons case.

That's a bit strange that story alright.

I think he was last saw on CCTV getting a phone top up in town but his vehicle was found back on farm.

You'd think they could get more CCTV from the town. 

Edit: they've looked through 2, 200 hrs of footage.

The authorities must have some sort of information on this to launch the operations they have so far.

The American tenant staying on the farm is the main suspect. They probably needed a warrant to start tracking his phone activity.

Saying now suspected chopped up and put in slurry tank. Gruesome. American tenant mentioned again ..

Is it possible he just fell in the slurry tank and drowned?
Then his body got shredded when the slurry was being mixed?

If a murder, it's a horrible act.

[imtommygunn]

From the bit I read on it it didn't seem very possible. Also being treated as a homicide. Absolute madness the whole thing.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Bit random but... Burberry, a billion $$ clothing & accessory industry that looks awful, largely built on the back of the one awful argyle check pattern too.

Money laundering plain and simple

I'm always struck by the Armani shop when going through the airport, went in one, t-shirts slacks and whatnot, all run of the mill clobber for £4-5-600 a pop, and never seen anyone actually in the shop buying anything, think tanning salons on a macro scale

that's not what money laundering is

[tiempo]

They reckon Pablo Escobar washed £5m a week through a taxi firm that had 3 cabs, I'd say Burberry is similar, a front, cus sure as hell it looks like muck and noones wearing it, their paper trail might show 1 million t shirts sold, not a fecking chance