Facecloth Posted 30 November 2019 Posted 30 November 2019 5 minutes ago, Countryfox said: Doesn’t look like him to me flannel ... Good work Detective CF 1
Alf Bentley Posted 30 November 2019 Posted 30 November 2019 19 minutes ago, Countryfox said: Doesn’t look like him to me flannel ... Linking to the debate about men not necessarily knowing how many children they have....... Bloke on the left is clearly an illegitimate son of Jimmy Hill. 1
leicsmac Posted 1 December 2019 Posted 1 December 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098 China's ambitions to go full Eastasia continues.
Leicester_Loyal Posted 1 December 2019 Posted 1 December 2019 18 hours ago, Facecloth said: He'd previously convicted of plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2013, so in my opinion should still be inside. That said, as Sadiq Khan just pointed out, the option to imprison people under IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) was removed in 2010. Done so because aparently our overcrowed prisons couldn't cope. So the option to keep him inside once his minimum term was served wasn't there and he was released on parole. He should have been on fix term. As with everything these days we either go too far one way or too far the other. I understand if our prisons were overcrowded, but surely this measure should still have been an option in certain cases. Don't think I've ever ever agreed with you Facecloth, but you are spot on. This man should not have been free to commit this act of terror.
Mike Oxlong Posted 1 December 2019 Posted 1 December 2019 6 hours ago, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098 China's ambitions to go full Eastasia continues. From the article “China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does so under their "real-name" identities.” That’s me sent off for a stint of re-education then !
Wymsey Posted 1 December 2019 Posted 1 December 2019 A woman's regular cough that didn't go away was actually cancer, and only has months left to live.. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/mum-who-niggling-cough-finds-3587629 Makes you wonder if there's a lot of poor individuals out there with the same and never thought about this being the cause.
Parafox Posted 1 December 2019 Posted 1 December 2019 22 hours ago, Alf Bentley said: Linking to the debate about men not necessarily knowing how many children they have....... Bloke on the left is clearly an illegitimate son of Jimmy Hill. I was thinking more Harry Kane. 1
foxile5 Posted 2 December 2019 Posted 2 December 2019 10 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said: Jeeze! That guy stops it single handedly.
MC Prussian Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 (edited) Denmark update their "ghetto" list: Quote In order to be included on the list, housing areas must have over 1,000 inhabitants and fulfil three out of five criteria: Over 40 percent of adults aged 18-64 not engaged in employment or education (average over two-year period) Over 50 percent of residents have non-Western nationality or heritage Over 2.70 percent of residents aged 18 or over convicted for criminal, weapons or narcotics crimes (average over two-year period) More than 50 percent of residents with basic school education or lower (includes undeclared education) Average pre-tax income for adults aged 18-64, not including unemployed, less than 55 percent of pre-tax income for administrative region. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191202/denmark-updates-ghetto-list-of-underprivileged-neighbourhoods Edited 3 December 2019 by MC Prussian
leicsmac Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50641403 NATO summit off to a flier, then.
Guest MattP Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 5 minutes ago, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50641403 NATO summit off to a flier, then. Trump completely right though. Europe really does have to step up on this, along with our nuclear deterrent the single biggest thing guaranteeing our peace and it's often treated with distain.
leicsmac Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 10 minutes ago, MattP said: Trump completely right though. Europe really does have to step up on this, along with our nuclear deterrent the single biggest thing guaranteeing our peace and it's often treated with distain. One might make an argument about European contributions to NATO not being what they should be but I'm not sure there's a point to him bitching about Macron telling the truth that NATO is much more dysfunctional than functional right now - largely due to Trump and Erdogan. I guess we'll have to disagree wrt the function of NATO in general too - IMO there are more elegant solutions to maintaining peace than carrying a big stick in a threatening manner all the time, unless one is totally cynical about human nature.
Guest MattP Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, leicsmac said: One might make an argument about European contributions to NATO not being what they should be but I'm not sure there's a point to him bitching about Macron telling the truth that NATO is much more dysfunctional than functional right now - largely due to Trump and Erdogan. I guess we'll have to disagree wrt the function of NATO in general too - IMO there are more elegant solutions to maintaining peace than carrying a big stick in a threatening manner all the time, unless one is totally cynical about human nature. What are your elegant solutions to this that are viable and realistic in the current World? Edited 3 December 2019 by MattP
Guest MattP Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 (edited) Sky being honest about St Greta - surprised at this. Edited 3 December 2019 by MattP
leicsmac Posted 3 December 2019 Posted 3 December 2019 6 minutes ago, MattP said: What are your elegant solutions to this that are viable and realistic in the current World? None - because right now pretty much all of them I can think of (mostly involving a definite lack of nationhood) are very much unrealistic, given how disparate, polarised and nation-obsessed the world mostly is and remains. I'm cynical enough to think that the world probably won't change in the ways needed to put an end to a great deal of needless suffering and misery in my lifetime, but optimistic enough to think that humanity does have the capacity for it.
SecretPro Posted 4 December 2019 Posted 4 December 2019 The Royals have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, but this is absolutely cracking from Princess Anne:
leicsmac Posted 4 December 2019 Posted 4 December 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50550742 Land of the free. Depending on your demographic and wallet size.
leicsmac Posted 4 December 2019 Posted 4 December 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50653597 Some rather large cracks in solidarity, then.
leicsmac Posted 4 December 2019 Posted 4 December 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50653864 Well, yeah - just because you keep your brutality all in-house doesn't mean it isn't brutal and isn't a cause for concern, China.
Jon the Hat Posted 5 December 2019 Posted 5 December 2019 20 hours ago, SecretPro said: The Royals have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, but this is absolutely cracking from Princess Anne: Fake news. The queen was asking. Who was next, but a trump was the last, so Anne said “there’s only me!” 1
leicsmac Posted 5 December 2019 Posted 5 December 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50671570 US political theatre gets its Christmas schedule finalised.
MC Prussian Posted 5 December 2019 Posted 5 December 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 12:18, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50550742 Land of the free. Depending on your demographic and wallet size. Ahh, the BBC quoting the SPLC, a notoriously biased institution. Besides, storm in a teacup? Most of the 50 states have implemented English as the official language already.
MC Prussian Posted 5 December 2019 Posted 5 December 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 14:14, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50653597 Some rather large cracks in solidarity, then. Well, I guess we need another World War for these people to realize how privileged they are and what true hardships generations up until WWII had to go through. Even Macron, a socialist, calls the union „brain dead“.
leicsmac Posted 6 December 2019 Posted 6 December 2019 6 hours ago, MC Prussian said: Ahh, the BBC quoting the SPLC, a notoriously biased institution. Besides, storm in a teacup? Most of the 50 states have implemented English as the official language already. ...so these organisations and movements don't exist? I get the viewpoint re the SPLC but there are other sources with which to check the veracity of these movements. That you quote that most of the 50 states do have English as the official language (true) is indicative that this isn't really a storm in a teacup and in a way (outside the federal government mandating that certain information has to be in different languages) these movements have already "won", which is rather sad, really. It's like the xenophobes over here that pop up on the Internet or at protests every so often insisting that everyone must speak Korean. 6 hours ago, MC Prussian said: Well, I guess we need another World War for these people to realize how privileged they are and what true hardships generations up until WWII had to go through. Even Macron, a socialist, calls the union „brain dead“. Well, as I said to Matt above, there probably are better solutions to preventing another world war than a multinational organisation with the silhouette of a mushroom cloud behind it being ready to visit targetted violence where they wish. International solidarity is a really good thing - international solidarity based on threats to other members of the international community (who of course are threatening back) isn't so much.
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