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11 hours ago, FreedomFarter said:
Imagine a parallel universe where the following happened:
The sole global superpower nation wanted to break Northern Ireland away from the UK, in order to weaken the UK, because that was in the superpower's national interests. To do so, the superpower wanted to further foment civil conflict in Northern Ireland so provided training to the IRA. UK repression of ethnic Irish civilians in Northern Ireland was then described as ethnic cleansing and genocide by the superpower, and this was given as the justification for the superpower to bomb Northern Ireland, ostensibly on behalf of the IRA and ethnic Irish civilians there. Despite the UN ruling such action illegal, the superpower went ahead with the bombing campaign and this obliged some western European nations to join the bombing as they were locked into a military alliance with the superpower.
Due to that bombing, the UK state now felt it was in a full war rather than just dealing with civil conflict. It began lashing out like a cornered animal. Given the bombing from this superpower was ostensibly being done on behalf of the IRA and ethnic Irish civilians, the UK now saw all ethnic Irish in Northern Ireland as the enemy and began carrying out atrocities against them. The IRA, both emboldened by the bombing and reacting to the new UK state atrocities, increased their own atrocities upon ethnic Brit civilians. The bombing from the superpower was mostly targeting UK state military which caused them to pull back out of Northern Ireland. WIth the UK military presence mostly gone, the IRA could step up their massacres of ethnic Brit civilians in Northern Ireland. Ethnic Brit paramilitaries retaliated with massacres of ethnic Irish civilians. Actual ethnic cleansing was now in full swing as refugees of both ethnicities poured into Ireland and over to mainland Britain from Northern Ireland. Some of those refugees, again of both ethnicities, were bombed by the superpower as they fled.
In addition to all the bombing of Northern Ireland, the superpower also bombed mainland Britain. A religious procession taking place on a bridge in Manchester was hit. A train in Derby. A bus in Birmingham. Electricity grids. Water and sewage systems. An oil refinery in Aberdeen. A random village in southern England. A random mining town outside Cardiff. The headquarters of the BBC. The Chinese embassy. University College Hospital in London.
Northern Ireland = Kosovo, IRA = KLA, Irish in Northern Ireland = Albanians in Kosovo, Brits in Northern Ireland = Serbs in Kosovo, Britain = The rest of Yugoslavia (both Serbia and Montenegro were bombed).
There's also the after-effects of war. NATO established a permanent presence in Kosovo after their 1999 bombing and their troops helped to create a child sex trafficking demand in the following years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3686173.stm
Similar is still happening. Only last summer, a full 23 years after the war, British paras in Kosovo were having orgies with prostitutes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/army-orgy-video-kosovo-bosnia-b2104022.html
When you encourage a civil war in a country and bomb the shit out of it, you destroy that country's economy and women are the first victims of that, you force them to prostitution.
The opinions of someone who has been nowhere, done nothing.
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12 hours ago, Booker-T said:
Anyone but NATO type post
I’ll humour your questions with a response though:
1. Yes
2. depends on passengers
3. No
4. Probably yes
But also, were each of those actual targets?
^^^^^ Spokesperson for Collateral Damage Inc.
I do though, seem to recall from way back then, that at the time there was deep suspicion about the activities of
the Chinese Embassy.
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Footwear : Ecco, and Mephisto.
T-shirts and short sleeve polos : Fat Face and Timberland.
Jeans : Asda ( Don't last long, but like the fit ).
Winter : Fjallraven down jacket.
Autumn/Spring : Gilets : Gap and Fat Face.
Underwear : Asda and M & S
Some of these are reassuringly/disgustingly expensive.
I am though quite efficient at charity shop and Ebay searching for them s/h.
[ Not the underwear. I do have some limits ]
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8 hours ago, ICTChris said:
Reports in the FT that Ukraine might be willilng to discuss the future of Crimea if they reach the border of the peninsula.
Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of Zelensky's office, said
Lots of factors at play with this - if a Ukrainian counter offensive managed to get to the border of Crimea, then the battlefield situation would be radically different to now, both for Russia and Ukraine. That scenario wold require a massive defeat of Russian forces but also significant costs to Ukraine. It's pretty doubtful that Ukraine could push Russian forces out of the South of Ukraine and then attack the Russian forces in Crimea, where they are heavily entrenched. At the same time, if Ukraine did defeat Russian forces and get to this position, would Russia be in a position to defend Crimea? Would Putin be able to remain in power? So many unknowable things that it probably makes the specifics kind of meaningless but interesting that someone from the Ukrainian side mentions negotiations or diplomacy.
I'd hardly believe anything right now, with the clouds of misinformation everywhere.
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12 hours ago, TxRover said:
No dice, can’t stand kettle chips on the whole.
I don't like Kettle chips any which way.
As they seem to be almost permanently on reduced at supermarkets that
I use, looks like plenty others arent buying them.
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On 12/03/2023 at 20:17, 19QOS19 said:
If it hasn't been said - due to everyone having a mobile, kids nowadays will never experience their name being shouted across the scheme/estate to let them know their tea is ready.
At the doorstep, Glasgow wifey....., , stockings round the ankles, corned beef legs...
"TYRONE..., Tyrone....., yer tea's...
( Connolly )
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6 hours ago, ICTChris said:
A local woman shouted "It's not true, it's all for show" from a window as Putin did a scripted meet the locals in occupied Mariupol.
Wonder what happened next for her.
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2 hours ago, beefybake said:
My understanding was that 'a major power' strongly asked the Swiss government to 'do something'.
The US presumably, as the shit show started with them.
Next up..., First Republic.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/16/first-republic-biggest-us-banks-weigh-rescue
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8 hours ago, Ross. said:
That’s a hell of a change in tone from what they have been saying for quite a while, but I’m struggling to find anything that gives any real detail. Probably those middle eastern boys who can’t go above 9.9% ownership coming up with some creative solution to their issues, if you ask me.
My understanding was that 'a major power' strongly asked the Swiss government to 'do something'.
The US presumably, as the shit show started with them.
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On 13/03/2023 at 13:40, superbigal said:
The Tech companies that rely on this bank to pay for their wages and suppliers are in effect fundamentally bust. They are propped up in theory by "cheap" money.
When "money" is not cheap expect more Tech to bite the dust.
Not sure I am that sympathetic to those UK Tech start up companies that do not have some cash hidden elsewhere to at least pay for a jar of coffee.
At a guess, I'd say that until the day they went bust, SVB on both sides of the Atlantic gave their customers far better service than the ordinary.
Anyone who has ever had an account with HSBC will know how dismal they can be. I'd be surprised if many of HSBC's new, ex-SVB, account holders stick around for long under the new ownership.
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Reminds me of all those horrible jokes that I don't feel that I can tell anymore.
eg.... Two men walking down the street just as a huge belch of black smoke bursts from the chimney of the nearby crematorium.
One man remarks... "There goes another fat b*****d.
or
the very long story about a man who goes to the doctor complaining about agonising stomach aches.
The doctor asks him what he eats. The man then goes on to describe a diet of 6 eggs, 5 rashers, etc for breakast,
lots more for lunch, and dinner, and multiple beers and takeways in the evening. After about 5 minutes of the story, the doctor asks
him to bend over. At which point.., the doctor exclaims.... "Ah, I see the problem..., you've only got one arsehole.".
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3 hours ago, Granny Danger said:
I don’t think it matters. The backlash is far greater than any of those in power could have imagined and every effort will be made to bring it to a swift conclusion. There’s no benefit to the Tories in dragging this out.
How can an organisation as large as the BBC with so many highly paid executives not anticipate the possible outcome?
Since the BBC chairman is rich Tory, and the director general is Tory through and through, and part of the 'great and good'....,
plus all the Tory MP's demanding Lineker's head, I'd say that some senior BBC executives felt that they had little choice, regardless
of the outcome.
As others have said, no one at the BBC, or in parliament, said anything at all while Andrew Neil and others, were spouting their Tory biased crap
on their Twitters and podcasts. So this is indeed a political issue as well as football.
Sorry about the red tick, my hand slipped.
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3 hours ago, Empty It said:
I have a 1990 MX5 and I can absolutely confirm this
Yes, mines a 1993 MX5.
And owners of the most recent version of the MX5 have been aghast when the amount of bare paintwork
on the underside of their cars was pointed out to them.
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1 minute ago, Michael W said:
He was also out batting for Mason Greenwood a couple of weeks ago. A total p***k of a man whose 'principles' can be very quick to disappear where his bank balance or Man Utd are concerned.
Anyway, to Linekar - he's done the Twitter thing that happens thousands of times a day and mentioned the Nazis when making a point, which has blown up because he's not a blank-profile-pic shitposter. If the that bit wasn't there I doubt this would've gotten any traction. The predictable outrage has already gotten well out of order.
I expect he'll be fine.
Actually, he didn't. He mentioned Germany in the 1930's. What is clearly being referred to is where right wing* governments tend to lead.
He kind of laid the bait, and it was taken.
*and hard left too.
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On 06/03/2023 at 10:36, madmitch said:
If it was me I would buy a Mazda 3 over a Corolla every time. Depends on how you view cars. I like them to be fun or at least engaging to drive. That's where the Corolla falls down for me it's as dull as dishwater to drive. All Mazdas seem to be better driver's cars. Also, nowadays Mazda are just as reliable as Toyota and often cheaper to repair. The clincher for me is the quality of the interior of the Mazda. If you are going to be spending a lot of time per day in your car. The Mazda is a far nicer place to be. With some notable exceptions, Toyota are the masters of mediocrity for me.
Except that as the years go by, the Mazda will likely need more repairs than the Toyota.
Specifically, brakes and suspension.
Mazda are well known for their price competitiveness, in addition to being more enjoyable driving machines than typical Toyotas.
Mazdas tend to rust more too, they have long skimped on the rustproofing side of things.
Course, if you're buying new, and only keep for a handful of years, that may not be a concern.
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On 04/03/2023 at 01:04, GTee said:
He never fails. I was using his tree as a table for my ale.
Sleeps in a cardboard box instead of a proper bed during the day. Sleeps on our bed at night. Drinks water from a plastic toy boat in the bath. Disrupts the ironing. Bashes his food dish with his head when hungry. Has destroyed the living room and kitchen chairs. Bites and scratches. Could go on.
Pisses and shits on the floor... ?
Classic anti-hero.
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22 hours ago, TxRover said:
Well, stomping your feet and crying it’s bad isn’t the answer…
…back to my question:
So a publicly published ranking, with fully shown calculations, is automatically corrupt? Do tell, please, what falsehoods you see in the calculations.
Not a matter of 'falsehoods', more like the biases/underlying assumptions implicit in the criteria being applied to come up with 'corrupt'.
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On 17/02/2023 at 17:45, RH33 said:
Friend did it at Glasgow and works in formula 1!
^^^^
Tyre fitter.
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4 hours ago, jagfox said:
Yer da is growing tomatoes and is calling himself Pablo Tescobar...
Very important to have your own supply of tomatoes.
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2 hours ago, TxRover said:
The posting twitter account is clearly a Russian bot account. Looks like an attempt to try to justify Russian missile attacks. The Harpoon/Storm Shadow is pretty much an earlier version of the Ukrainian Neptune.
Not really relevant that the Twitter account is or isn't a bot.
The article originated in The Times.
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2 hours ago, Highland Capital said:
Sometime told me ages ago that they’d served him in a hotel in Edinburgh once and he was deeply unpleasant.
Probably undercooked.
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1 hour ago, scottsdad said:
My car goes into the garage on Wednesday. A coil spring fell off it.
The bane of modern car manufacturing. Coil springs nowadays appear to be made with each end of the coil just chopped
vertically straight through the spring, whereas of old, the ends were cut in the form of a chamfer so that the the chamfered part
merged smoothly into the coil above. The straight cut verticals create a stress point that transmits through the rest of the coil,
and leads to failure of the coil.
That's my understanding of it, anyway. A cheapening of the manufacturing process.
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On 27/01/2023 at 10:20, coprolite said:
I only ever hear about what most of these fannies come out with second hand from people who’ve read their twitterings or who have for some reason watched GB news.
Before social media or cable you could have found similar twats by reading the daily mail or the sun.
I think the main difference is that people hardly ever read the Mail just to find something objectionable to share with their mates.
These dicks love the attention. Don’t give them it.
"... Every day, something for the haters..".
Former Daily Mail editor, Paul Dacre
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I used to work as a freelance programmer. I'd gone freelance to earn much more money, and to stay away from office politics.
One place I worked at, there was a guy that everyone referred to as TC. "Better ask TC about that"..., "Where's TC ?"..., etc. His actual name was Bernie. He seemed a reasonably amicable individual, so I assumed it was something like an in-house humorous reference to Top Cat.
Many weeks in, I asked someone what the TC was all about.
'That C*nt' was the reply.
I didn't take my questions any further.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Yours is a twisted narrative. And 'hypothetical' is meaningless when you've made it clear where the starting point for your opinions are, and they're not
remotely unbiased.