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Trav Le Bleu

Also In The News - part 3

By Trav Le Bleu, in General Chat

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Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

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42 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Delighted for my Polish chums today. 

 

Thanks for the heads-up, I'd not noticed this news.

 

Seems massive for politics within Europe - and could presumably have consequences for Ukraine, after recent strife with Poland?

 

Some analysis for anyone interested, though I claim no expertise on Polish politics:

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/pro-eu-forces-to-oust-polish-conservatives-exit-polls/

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Daggers

Daggers

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5 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Thanks for the heads-up, I'd not noticed this news.

 

Seems massive for politics within Europe - and could presumably have consequences for Ukraine, after recent strife with Poland?

 

Some analysis for anyone interested, though I claim no expertise on Polish politics:

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/pro-eu-forces-to-oust-polish-conservatives-exit-polls/

"Conservatives" is a very generous term for them.

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Daggers

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Woman crushed by elephant

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/17/the-elephant-i-was-riding-threw-me-then-rolled-over-me-like-a-steamroller-all-my-bones-broke-at-once

 

Solution:

Go to an ethical elephant sanctuary where the beasts are cared for in their environment and not expected to provide performances or services.

 

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Sly

Sly

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22 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Either everyone who used to post in the news thread is banned from the news thread or they are being very restrained.

I think the news is largely all about Israel / Palestine. 

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Jon the Hat

Jon the Hat

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On 17/10/2023 at 13:04, Daggers said:

Sacked for buying two sandwiches, and yet Cabinet members appear to be able to do almost anything and retain their jobs. Maybe it’s time to change how we employ our political masters?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67121456

Lying is generally frowned up in the workplace, unless you are an MP in which case you obviously just misspoke.

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Jon the Hat

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20 hours ago, Daggers said:

Woman crushed by elephant

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/17/the-elephant-i-was-riding-threw-me-then-rolled-over-me-like-a-steamroller-all-my-bones-broke-at-once

 

Solution:

Go to an ethical elephant sanctuary where the beasts are cared for in their environment and not expected to provide performances or services.

 

image.jpeg.6c8776e2ee8a851683909644c8dc3e93.jpeg

Yes, and easy to see now, although I can say that in Thailand in the Early 2000s, almost everyone travelling took an Elephant ride - I don't recall a single conversation about not doing it. 

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leicsmac

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67142161

 

More than 20,000 people in the UK have now been approached covertly online by Chinese spies, the head of MI5 said.

It comes amid a new warning to tens of thousands of British businesses of the risk of having their innovation stolen.

Ken McCallum was speaking to the BBC at an unprecedented public appearance of the security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance in California.

 

The newest front in the realpolitik spy game.

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RoboFox

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22 hours ago, Daggers said:

Woman crushed by elephant

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/17/the-elephant-i-was-riding-threw-me-then-rolled-over-me-like-a-steamroller-all-my-bones-broke-at-once

 

Solution:

Go to an ethical elephant sanctuary where the beasts are cared for in their environment and not expected to provide performances or services.

 

image.jpeg.6c8776e2ee8a851683909644c8dc3e93.jpeg

 

I get that this was 20 years ago, but I've been to Chiang Mai a couple of times and most elephant sanctuaries now seem to frown on this practice (publically, anyway) and there's an understanding that it's painful for the elephants.

 

I'm sure there are unethical places for thick tourists and cvnts, but I think it's dying out with education thankfully. 


The moral of the story: don't fvck with wild animals 50 times your weight. 

 

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foxile5

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2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67142161

 

More than 20,000 people in the UK have now been approached covertly online by Chinese spies, the head of MI5 said.

It comes amid a new warning to tens of thousands of British businesses of the risk of having their innovation stolen.

Ken McCallum was speaking to the BBC at an unprecedented public appearance of the security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance in California.

 

The newest front in the realpolitik spy game.

How much are they paying?

 

I work for the state and I'm broke as ****. Chinese spies - I'll give you all the insider information you could want about pubs, schools, and road closures in North West Leicester but it'll cost ya.

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