twoleftfeet Posted 5 September 2020 Share Posted 5 September 2020 Two rallies in a small town by pro and anti migrant protestors what could go wrong https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/ten-arrests-after-protesters-clash-with-police-233306/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopfkino Posted 5 September 2020 Share Posted 5 September 2020 Yeah no issue with FB's decision but I really do hope that in 50 years time people look back at the long refusal to make something work on assisted suicide as barbaric https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54041566 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 September 2020 Share Posted 6 September 2020 8 hours ago, simFox said: The digested and excreted remains of a male cows subsistence is commonly referred to as bullshit. And it was a pleasure listening to consistent bad-faith arguments too, mon ami. Enjoy your weekend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 6 September 2020 Share Posted 6 September 2020 Back on topic, the row about Trump being less than complimentary towards military dead isn't going away: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54042237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 7 September 2020 Share Posted 7 September 2020 A 15 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder, supposedly shot another school child also 15, what is the world coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 7 September 2020 Share Posted 7 September 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: A 15 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder, supposedly shot another school child also 15, what is the world coming to? This in Ipswich? I heard it on breaking news today and wasn't fully listening but I caught the "shooting in Suffolk" part. Edited 7 September 2020 by Fox92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 7 September 2020 Share Posted 7 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Fox92 said: This in Ipswich? I heard it on breaking news today and wasn't fully listening but I caught the "shooting in Suffolk" part. Yes Ipswich on his way to school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 7 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: A 15 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder, supposedly shot another school child also 15, what is the world coming to? ....what it has always been. This is horrible but the present times are no more violent and sadistic than what has come before - if anything, they're less. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 8 hours ago, leicsmac said: ....what it has always been. This is horrible but the present times are no more violent and sadistic than what has come before - if anything, they're less. Well I can’t remember the last time a school child was shot by another on his way to school. My “what is the world coming to” was a reaction to that, nothing more. It’s a commonly used phrase when something out of the ordinary happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54070889 Who had earthquakes for September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 17 minutes ago, Innovindil said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54070889 Who had earthquakes for September. Look on the bright side....... East Africa has locusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 3 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Well I can’t remember the last time a school child was shot by another on his way to school. My “what is the world coming to” was a reaction to that, nothing more. It’s a commonly used phrase when something out of the ordinary happens. I'm sure it's happened more than once, but yeah - perhaps I shouldn't have jumped on that the way I did, and apologies. I've evidently read too many rose-tinted views of the past linked to critiques of the present that conveniently leave our the cruelty and malice that happened there as it does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 4 hours ago, Innovindil said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54070889 Who had earthquakes for September. Didn't feel a thing! Fake news ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 Just seen footage on ITV news of rival militia groups in Kentucky USA. Seems the story is a couple of days old but I'd seen mention of it until today. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kentucky-derby-blm-protest-trump-militia-breonna-taylor-a9706851.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GfssVO5m7A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 8 September 2020 Share Posted 8 September 2020 2 hours ago, Parafox said: Just seen footage on ITV news of rival militia groups in Kentucky USA. Seems the story is a couple of days old but I'd seen mention of it until today. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kentucky-derby-blm-protest-trump-militia-breonna-taylor-a9706851.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GfssVO5m7A USA’s version of democracy is likely to be severely tested over coming months and years. These people have the potential to become Trump’s Stormtroopers. With tensions so heightened its remarkable that there hasn’t already been a serious armed clash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 'The confrontation appeared tense but remained mostly peaceful, according to local reports. Police swiftly descended upon the scene in riot gear to break up skirmishes. ' This mostly peaceful statement that everyone seems to be using now is just stupid isn't it? A group of football hooligans would be mostly peaceful, other than the 5 minutes of rowing they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 1 hour ago, Leicester_Loyal said: 'The confrontation appeared tense but remained mostly peaceful, according to local reports. Police swiftly descended upon the scene in riot gear to break up skirmishes. ' This mostly peaceful statement that everyone seems to be using now is just stupid isn't it? A group of football hooligans would be mostly peaceful, other than the 5 minutes of rowing they do Depends on whether someone thinks the violence is in fact the only noteworthy thing about the whole matter, I guess. I'd say there's perhaps a difference between these protests and football hoolies there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 I will piss myself with laughter if this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 3 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: I will piss myself with laughter if this happens. Tbh Obama got one for his nice collection of guided missile drones, so Trump getting one for his own clear and obvious contempt for pretty much every other country that isn't autocratic would at least be consistent. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 46 minutes ago, leicsmac said: Tbh Obama got one for his nice collection of guided missile drones, so Trump getting one for his own clear and obvious contempt for pretty much every other country that isn't autocratic would at least be consistent. I'm at the point where I just don't care any more and am looking forward to the meltdown to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 In order to support the NHS for their work during the pandemic let's have mass gatherings around the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 9 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: I'm at the point where I just don't care any more and am looking forward to the meltdown to be honest I can't say that I can go to that level of cynicism personally, but I do understand. Roll on November - either the man is out on his ear and things get better, or he's not and things get so bad that there is a massive flashpoint and things become real clear - either for better or worse - afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 3 minutes ago, leicsmac said: things get better Probably the most optimistic thing I've ever seen you post. No guarantee of that at all imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 2 minutes ago, leicsmac said: I can't say that I can go to that level of cynicism personally, but I do understand. Roll on November - either the man is out on his ear and things get better, or he's not and things get so bad that there is a massive flashpoint and things become real clear - either for better or worse - afterwards. They will vote him back in, I'm sure of it. And when they do there will be a massive explosion of violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 September 2020 Share Posted 9 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Innovindil said: Probably the most optimistic thing I've ever seen you post. No guarantee of that at all imo. I've always been an optimist in terms of what I think humanity is capable of and what can be done (talking a million year, thousand light year civilisation here), it's just that it's difficult to get there and there's so much that can go wrong. I think that the Dems winning and having a person in charge who comes vaguely close to treating climate change with the seriousness it deserves will be "getting better" by itself in my book, but of course ones mileage may vary. 4 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: They will vote him back in, I'm sure of it. And when they do there will be a massive explosion of violence. I'm not at all sure about the first sentence, not looking at the current numbers. I am, however, in total, rather terrified agreement with the second. It will not be pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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