Jim Tough

Never mind a regime change in Iran. How about a regime change in USA.

“Trump left the G7 Summit in Canada last June because he couldn’t hack the daily schedule of meetings. He is so far gone from functionality, being outside of the bubble of the White House schedule - that takes his addictions and unmanageability into account - was simply too much for the soon to be 80 year old. The President was also embarrassed by the leadership on display by the other heads of state and his tiny broken ego felt threatened. He knows he is outmatched intellectually by the likes of Canadian PM Mark Carney, or President Emmanuel Macron, or PM Kier Starmer, so he retaliates in any way he can. In this instance last June, he left the G7 summit early (leaving an empty seat at the table for the United States) and used escalating tensions with Iran as an excuse to head back to Washington, DC. He then dropped ‘bunker buster’ bombs to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s nuclear capabilities. He did not fully succeed according to many military analysts, but his true objective was to appear as a tough guy in his Saturday night prime time television address announcing the bombings. Trump had his little cabal of sycophants standing behind him, the three musketeers of mendacity, Rubio, Hegseth and the ever more odious, JD Vance. The same clown car of sycophants that stood behind him as he announced the unlawful attacks on Venezuela (which have already seemingly faded from the news cycle). I mention this because the Davos World Economic Forum is this coming week in Switzerland and POTUS will be attending. His rhetorical tit for tat with Tehran may escalate once again - and give him the excuse to leave Davos and play tough guy once again on the world stage. Trump does not travel well, as is the case with many addicts, and his sour disposition and unpredictability will be even more heightened than usual given the cold shoulder he will be receiving from his latest round of insanity concerning the annexation of Greenland. POTUS will lash out under the pressure, and I think it is not hyperbolic to say, we have never had such an unpredictable figure representing the United States on the world stage. I have observed this man since the 1990s, both up close and from afar, and I have never seen in him so unhinged and with so few guardrails. We are the only ones who can stop him. It is not the world’s responsibility, it is ours alone, and we must act on our instincts and stop him before it is too late.”open.substack.com/pub/noelcasler…

@joycemcm @bellacaledonia That’s terrible to hear Joyce. More than ever we need people with your integrity and clarity of thought.

@bellacaledonia I’ve essentially lost my platform, Mike. Down to one column a month.

The geoplitical order unfolding is mind-blowing. While its right to criticise Strmer for his craven impotence, where are the Scottish political figures responding to this moment?

What does it take for 21st century client political journalism to recognise a real and significant news story? This all goes completely ignored while if a paparazzi photographer got a picture of @AngelaRayner with a fag in one hand and a glass of wine in the other they’d be on for a few grand. Part of the political and cultural demise of the UK is the extent to which our media has voluntarily stopped being frank fearless and free.

'He went to get flour, he's not Hamas, he's not a terrorist, was shot in the stomach, and then a tank ran over him' Former First Minister of Scotland, @HumzaYousaf, tells @SophyRidgeSky what happened to his father-in-law's cousin in Gaza. trib.al/ftpea6d

Labour’s Environment Secretary Steve Reed flat out lying that Scotland’s nationalised water is a disaster. The health of our waters is infinitely better (90% good) than England’s (16%) with greater investment and lower bills. The lie goes unchallenged by #C4News

Supporters of Ukraine have unfurled the world’s largest 🇺🇦 flag on the White House ellipse, pushing for the U.S. to continue its aid against the Russian invasion: “Do not abandon Ukraine!”

The @BBCNews coverage of the White House debacle the latest in a series of cloth eared misjudgements. Sarah Smiths take that somehow Zelensky fucked it up is disgraceful #StandWithUkraine

Who is organising the Scottish welcome for the orange bawbag. Count me in.

@RachelReevesMP Anyone in Scotland who voted for you red tories must now be waking up to the stark reality that you don’t give a flying one about our country. #ScottishIndependenceASAP

For 14 years of Conservative government, we accepted low expectations and accepted decline. We no longer have to do that.  This Labour government will drive growth in all corners of our country.

This is Rachel Reeves’s GROWTH PLAN for the “UK” spot the obvious, and if you can’t you are not paying attention, maybe @AnasSarwar , @jackiebmsp and the rest of @ScottishLabour can explain to the Scottish electorate, we’ll wait. #AreYouYesYet #ScottishIndependenceASAP

The James McClean the English media won’t dare to show you What a man 🇮🇪💚

This you?

Total card-carrying hypocrisy from Starmer. No commentator ever mentions so I always do. SNP decided decades back not to nominate anyone for House of Lords on grounds it is a corrupt unelected chamber.

@ChrissieHynde Well said that woman!

Hi All! What a year! We had a great tour thanks to you, our audience, for coming to see us. Thank-you SOOOOO much! We can’t do this without you and we cannot thank you enough for being there for us. As always, I have a few apologies to make….

Incredible stirring speech . Take 6 minutes to watch all of it.

@slunglowalan Calgary Bay, Iona, Staffa. Have an epic trip.

Away to the Isle of Mull. Davidbaby met a woman on the ferry who worked for wildlife trust and is now fully briefed on killer whales, eagles and adders.

Trump's now talking about people with "bad genes". There's the ground zero, the kernel, the nub of racism right there. What an ignorant, dirty bastard.

Hi. This is fascism. It’s time for the @nytimes, @washingtonpost, and every local paper in America to plaster such on every front page for the next 3 1/2 ish weeks. CNN should have it in as breaking news until the election. I’m fucking done. Stop with the double standards.

@ScottishPower we’ve been waiting over a year for settlement of a compensation claim. First raised the claim in September 2017! Quick to ask for payment from customers slow to pay them back.