Patrick Osgood

@patrickosgood

MENA geopolitical risk | one warm day is all I really need | usual caveats re ♥️ & 🔁

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Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 4d

toddkramer.eth
@toddkramer1
I been hacked.
all my apes gone. this just sold please help me

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 5d

Great build quality though

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 10d

In 1994, Pyongyang media reported that Kim Jong-Il shot an amazing 11 holes-in-one to achieve an unprecedented 38-under-par game on a regulation 18-hole golf course - on his first try at golf. Reports say each of his 17 bodyguards verified the record-breaking feat.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 11d

Even as vaccination was ramping, the government was still flirting with putright disaster - and many died unnecessarily

21. The Omicron variant - less severe but much more transmissible - emerged in the winter of 2021. Despite the protection of the vaccine, the sheer number of cases meant more than 30,000 people died with Covid-19 in the UK between
November 2021 and June 2022.
22. The approach of all four governments in the second half of 2021 had an element of risk. If the vaccines had been less effective or if Omicron was as severe as previous variants, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 11d

18. In late 2020, the more transmissible Alpha variant rapidly increased cases.
Whilst entirely foreseeable, all four governments failed to recognise this threat and did not take action until infection levels were critical. This created a situation in which a return to lockdown restrictions seemed to them to be unavoidable.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 11d

The second wave

13. The UK government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive introduced restrictions too late when faced with rising case rates in autumn 2020 and they were not in place for long enough, or were too weak to control the spread of the virus.

14. In England, despite warnings, the UK government imposed weak restrictions, allowing the virus to continue to spread rapidly. If a 'circuit breaker' lockdown had been introduced in late September or early October 2020, the second national lockdown in England on 5 November could have been shorter or possibly avoided entirely.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 11d

We have paid for an exhaustive public inquiry into all this and the findings squarely blame the government

The Inquiry finds that the response of the four governments repeatedly amounted to a case of "too little, too late'. The failure to appreciate the scale of the threat, or the urgency of response it demanded, meant that - by the time the possibility of a mandatory lockdown was first considered - it was already too late and a lockdown had become unavoidable.
That these same mistakes were repeated later in 2020 is inexcusable. While the nationwide lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 undoubtedly saved lives, they also left lasting scars on society and the economy, brought ordinary childhood to a halt, delayed the diagnosis and treatment of other health issues and exacerbated societal inequalities. The Covid-19 lockdowns only became inevitable because of the acts and omissions of the four governments. They must now learn the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic if they are to avoid lockdowns in future pandemics.

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Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· 23d

Barak Ravid:

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jul 10

Progress!

The Onion: Everyone In Middle East
Given Own Country In 317,000,000-State Solution

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jul 7

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 30

Gold, like Farage, being a mug’s game and yesterday’s news

A six month gold price chart, showing a steep decline

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 17

He signed it in Versailles?

Garth Merenghi: I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 12

This sounds like an egregious lie, just totally made up. Implausible to disguise those volumes The Strait is….. e m p t y

Strait of Hormuz: a barren tankerless wasteland

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 10

There you have it. ‘Leave it to the police.’ Appeal for calm. Blandest language possible, doesn’t name perps, ‘background’ re victims. Unacceptable. This is a political crisis, man: act.

Keir Starmer *
@Keir_Starmer • 10m
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The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.
There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere.
It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law.
I've spoken to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to convey my thanks to them and the frontline emergency services for their bravery in keeping people safe. I've also spoken to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss the ongoing situation.
Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what I urge now. We must let the police get on with their work.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 9

Has Toynbee heard of interest rates? Wouldn’t bet on it

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Jun 1

The special Presidential phone used for these totally real calls

A Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone Vehicle Push-Along Toy With Sounds For Baby & Toddler

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· May 31

And this stuff is the best

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· May 25

I got this through my letterbox. Never seen the like (have been away from the UK for years). I appreciate the dedication to print. But good grief. Really messed up far-right meltbrain conspiracist nonsense. The UK these days is as bonkers in the corners as the US.

A photo of The Light - a nutbar free newspaper, for nutbars

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· May 21

😏

@realDonaldTrump

The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better - As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons. Wars can be fought "forever," and very successfully, using just these supplies (which are better than other countries finest arms!). At the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be. Much additional high grade weaponry is stored for us in outlying countries. Sleepy Joe Biden spent all of his time, and our Country's money, GIVING everything to P.T. Barnum (Zelenskyy!) of Ukraine - Hundreds of Billions of Dollars worth - And, while he gave so much of the super high end away (FREE!), he didn't bother to replace it. Fortunately, I rebuilt the military in my first term, and continue to do so. The United States is stocked, and ready to WIN, BIG!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· May 15

We are very lucky that they are so fucking stupid. How so?

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· May 10

Mike F: Check this shit out motherfucker [l slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 23

The Saudi wheat drive was truly bonkers

A chart of Saudi Arabia’s mad wheat production

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 17

They had to get some of their bullshit in there somewhere

Nyt: Mr. Mamdani, 34, grew up a child of the Manhattan elite, his mother an Oscar-nominated movie director, his father a tenured Columbia professor. But his tax returns show no signs of his parents' success filtering down to his bank account just yet.

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 13

An alternative rendering of the demented Trump as Jesus post

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 10

Build it, but first get Trump to sign Stownhenged napkin plans

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 8

Imagine reading this Happy Days epilogue shit in a GCC capital, good lord

@realDonaldTrump
A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they've had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else! The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just "hangin' around" in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!
President DONALD J. TRUMP

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Apr 2

Nice write-up of Iraq’s epic road back to the World Cup. Awesome that they’ll be in the same group as the best team in the tournament, and..who knows… www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"I've got to give so much thanks to the players," Arnold said after he had been thrown up into the Monterrey air by members of the squad. "Their work ethic, they showed the real Iraqi mentality and putting their bodies on the line, that's why we won the game. I say to them: I am so happy that we've made 46 million people happy. Especially with what's going on in the Middle East at the moment, I am so happy for them."

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Mar 31

Nice to see the FDD still trying to polish this gargantuan turd

"Once you've once you've achieved those strategic objectives, it naturally follows," said Rich Goldberg, a former Trump National Security Council official now at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank. "That is when you would focus on the Strait of Hormuz, because you would have done so much damage to their external threat, and you would have reallocated your military resources to that mission."

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood· Mar 28