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17. Here are 2 articles. Since I have not physically seen the checks, I am not 100% sure

Sun Dec 13, 2020, 11:50 AM

Dec 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/12/trump-firm-settles-legal-bill-over-scottish-windfarm-dispute

snip-"The Trump Organization has settled a £225,000 legal bill with the Scottish government after it lost a long court battle against a windfarm near its Aberdeenshire golf course.

The Scottish government said Donald Trump’s family firm had agreed to pay its legal fees before a dispute over those costs went to adjudication by a court-appointed auditor.

The Guardian revealed last month that the government had accused the Trump Organization of refusing to pay its legal costs despite a court order earlier this year after Trump lost a UK supreme court case in 2015."
More at source

https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-scotland-windfarm-lawsuit-2641325439.html

snip-"He lost that fight, and now the Trump Organization has agreed to pay the Scottish government $290,000 to cover its legal fees, The Washington Post reported Tuesday"

more at source.

Pissing off Scots is a foolish idea.

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About those Proud Boys in kilts [View all] Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 OP

Thank you for this information. niyad Dec 2020 #1

Proud Boys flabby-assed hate Arne Dec 2020 #2

Scotland will be another country angry with us thanks to trump. CatMor Dec 2020 #3

The Scots beat trump and got paid in a lawsuit against trump irisblue Dec 2020 #8

Good for them ... did he actually pay the legal fees ... CatMor Dec 2020 #15

Here are 2 articles. Since I have not physically seen the checks, I am not 100% sure irisblue Dec 2020 #17

I hope they seize his properties. Ligyron Dec 2020 #84

Scottish insults directed at Trump Poiuyt Dec 2020 #13

I love the insults! Lonestarblue Dec 2020 #14

Thank you, those insults gave me a good laugh .. CatMor Dec 2020 #16

Yes, they do Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #19

Nobody casts better insults luvtheGWN Dec 2020 #24

Donald's mother was a Scottish immigrant. wnylib Dec 2020 #37

I doubt she had a good sense of humor . CatMor Dec 2020 #46

She needed all her energy for wnylib Dec 2020 #53

I've seen pictures of his mother, donald at least got his hair styling sense from her. tonedevil Dec 2020 #78

I read that Donald's hair problems wnylib Dec 2020 #80

I also heard that he stiffed the guy who did the transplants. dhol82 Dec 2020 #81

I'm sure he did stiff the guy. As you' wnylib Dec 2020 #86

OTOH, his whole life has been a bad joke. Ligyron Dec 2020 #85

It sure has. CatMor Dec 2020 #89

Scots have great imagination with the language. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #26

Ha ha heh...these insults are a treasure, and very apt in describing djt ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #32

What tartan homegirl Dec 2020 #35

It came from the McUrinator clan RainCaster Dec 2020 #68

I just imagined those comments spoken with a Scottish accent Wednesdays Dec 2020 #39

Imagine no longer: demmiblue Dec 2020 #49

Excellent segment with Sam Bee! thx! erronis Dec 2020 #50

oh... Chili Dec 2020 #67

I'm going to steal these Chili Dec 2020 #66

"You spoon?" RVN VET71 Dec 2020 #70

I don't understand most of these insults, Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2020 #76

The other connection, is to Scotland. Baitball Blogger Dec 2020 #4

i'm sure. mopinko Dec 2020 #10

I'm sure some do Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #21

Appalachian girl here Randomthought Dec 2020 #25

I didn't Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #29

I agree with you. I'm not from wnylib Dec 2020 #38

Thank you Randomthought Dec 2020 #41

Please note Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #42

Yes, it's true that a lot of Scots-Irish wnylib Dec 2020 #55

Right Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #61

I was raised in the Ozarks. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2020 #56

Same here I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #72

Yes, but they don't embrace it, cuz "America" LeftInTX Dec 2020 #48

Not that ink blot design. The pattern is not from any Scottish clan. n/t pnwmom Dec 2020 #57

We had a wave of settlers who were Scots-Irish in the 1700s Hekate Dec 2020 #60

The irony... Too rich! keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #5

Looks to me like the "Proud Boys" may either coming out or Hortensis Dec 2020 #77

One of my locals stoner buddies here in Idaho wore kilts a lot. He worked for Inland Cellular for a brewens Dec 2020 #6

That is an epic workaround! nt Gore1FL Dec 2020 #11

That is a good way to adapt Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #30

K&R 2naSalit Dec 2020 #7

Verillas!? ChazInAz Dec 2020 #9

Should I stop wearing my kilt? Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2020 #12

Of course not. I love a man in a kilt. nolabear Dec 2020 #23

I love Black Watch tartan. yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #44

OY! sdfernando Dec 2020 #52

I dearly love that plaid. It is part of my family's plaid and I fell in love with it as a teenager. Frustratedlady Dec 2020 #82

$750.00 handmade34 Dec 2020 #18

They probably couldn't afford real handmade kilts Tree-Hugger Dec 2020 #22

Yes, but "real" kilts were not sewn csziggy Dec 2020 #47

A great kilt! catchnrelease Dec 2020 #63

Yes, but look at how versatile they are! csziggy Dec 2020 #64

"at least three meters"--or, as some would say--the whole 9 yards! Maeve Dec 2020 #83

I think it fits! csziggy Dec 2020 #88

'Up their kilts with a wire brush' Miigwech Dec 2020 #20

Proud Boys is such a pathetic name. 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #27

But they are boys. wnylib Dec 2020 #40

They have to use "boys" because they sure as hell can't call or even consider themselves "men." Doreen Dec 2020 #51

I wouldn't be surprised if The Ferret has some Scots' blood. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #28

Ferret aka Shower Cap is the Emperor of scathing verbiage yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #43

Kilts make it easier for PBs to get their heads up their asses, i think. rickyhall Dec 2020 #31

KnR Hekate Dec 2020 #33

Those kilts are not made from Tartan plaid FakeNoose Dec 2020 #34

Exactly. They look like they're covered in ink blots. nt pnwmom Dec 2020 #58

Bad tye dye jobs. I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #73

They probably were just skirts jmowreader Dec 2020 #59

Brown backpack guy with the little ass tuck LearnedHand Dec 2020 #62

They lose power year after year... Jon King Dec 2020 #36

Nice! benfranklin1776 Dec 2020 #45

The skirts are an insult to the kilt and Scottish people. Runningdawg Dec 2020 #54

I think so too. But if I were Scots, these guys would be an embarrassment FakeNoose Dec 2020 #65

Proud Boys to star in remake of Clueless: Gothmog Dec 2020 #69

I have a few kilts I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #71

Laz heard the story and checked out the site -he's always wanted a kilt. haele Dec 2020 #74

Witless fucking cocksplat bluecollar2 Dec 2020 #75

They had to honor their patriarch whistler162 Dec 2020 #79

Ugh TommyCelt Dec 2020 #87