The Mariinskyi Palace does have a ballroom though….
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ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
politics @lemmy.world•Defiant Alex Jones Makes Startling Vow in Final InfoWars Broadcast: ‘The Real War Begins Now’English
5·2 days agoBecause the alternative is a return to debtors prisons and fuck that with a rusty pole.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If a country had the Infinite Hotel, it wouldn't need to collect taxes; it would just have to collect them from the hotel.English
24·2 days agoSo it would still need to collect taxes
Err, if you’re in the US, *no they aren’t *. I don’t think Americans would survive contact with the real world.
Do people get memed about if they fuck up at insurance salesmanning? No? QED.
The last King of England died in 1702. The Kingdom was abolished in 1707.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Political Memes@lemmy.world•Apparently, neither US party canEnglish
21·3 days agoking that personally owns more of the world’s real estate than any other human
Pure hysterics. He isn’t even the biggest landowner in the UK. He personally owns 46,000 hectares, while Anders Holch Povlsen owns 89,000.
shielded his child abusing brother for decades before finally relenting to public pressure with the utmost reluctance.
How did he “shield” him for decades? Charles has always resented Andrew and got rid of him as soon as he became King. Certainly without reluctance and probably with a spring in his step.
he can and will break that agreement and exceed that authority whenever he feels like it and the worst that’ll happen to him is being criticized by some of the press for a while.
As Parliament has proven in the past they can make a King suffer for thinking about exceeding constitutional boundaries.
ever hear of a little thing called the House of Lords
Which is an upper house mainly appointed by governments. It’s democratic, but not the form of democracy some people want.
in the case of the UK monarchy, it’s wasting billions in public resources.
Citation needed. The British monarchy (at £85m annual cost) is significantly cheaper than the French Presidency (£94m, excl. lifetime pension) for example.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Oi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?English
5·3 days agoThe pile of discarded football managers begs to differ.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Oi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?English
7·3 days agoIts Oxford University slang derived from Rugby School slang, rather than Etonian. However, many do still refer to the morning meal as “brekkers” and nakedness as “starkers”, regardless of class.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven SeagalEnglish
1·3 days agoAs she’s Israeli, she doesn’t fit your own criteria of being “produced by America”
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Political Memes@lemmy.world•TAKE THAT LOOSERS AND CRYBABIES!!11!!1!!English
4·3 days agoHaha good one. Newsom doesn’t have a personality.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven SeagalEnglish
1·3 days agoGal Gadot is Israeli. Robert Redford is dead.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that the idea that drivers pay for roads is a myth, because funding sources also include property taxes, sales taxes and income taxes that people pay regardless of whether they drive or notEnglish
353·4 days agoNot a good take. People don’t have to be driving to benefit from roads. Deliveries, emergency access, routing for utilities
ohulancutash@feddit.uktoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Give me toxic womanizing female BondEnglish
1·4 days agoThe First bond was Barry Nelson in 1954 for CBS. His birth name was Robert… Nielsen.
ohulancutash@feddit.uktoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Give me toxic womanizing female BondEnglish
2·4 days agoCavill was the choice until Barbera Broccoli met Craig at a party.
ohulancutash@feddit.uktoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversaryEnglish
3·4 days agoHard to hide a passport in any case.
ohulancutash@feddit.ukto
science@lemmy.world•Real Soviet-era lunar spacesuit currently listed on eBay for $350,000English
6·5 days agoThe sort of tit who happily straps themself onto a missile to travel isn’t thinking long-term.
It wasnt at the White house
The ghostwriter of one of his books mentioned that was the only book he ever saw in the apartment.