kenny Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 1 minute ago, Lionator said: One on one Putin v Zelenskyy is pointless and it wouldn’t get anywhere. That’s not how negotiations work, there is an element of theatre in it all. They’d likely only meet once a peace deal has been signed. Ukraine need to get their strongest team together led by Yermak and see who Russia put forward, based on that you’ll soon know if they’re serious or not. If Ushakov (Putin’s right hand man) rocks up then these will be serious talks. There will be demands. No Zelensky. Full demilitarisation. Hand over the lands that Russia has claimed including the areas it hasn't yet invaded. Dropping of all economic sanctions from the EU and USA. Ukraine should be grateful it still exists after the crimes it has committed. There wont be anything we haven't heard before in fairness.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 I've asked on here a couple of times as to why wheelies are still a thing and does it mean something when someone does one, and never had an answer. This guy thought it meant something and was so furious about it he got himself done for murder: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd37km83p9o
Lionator Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 1 hour ago, kenny said: There will be demands. No Zelensky. Full demilitarisation. Hand over the lands that Russia has claimed including the areas it hasn't yet invaded. Dropping of all economic sanctions from the EU and USA. Ukraine should be grateful it still exists after the crimes it has committed. There wont be anything we haven't heard before in fairness. There obviously won’t be a deal in that case.
Lionator Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 Other geopolitical news, it was very funny to watch Witkoff go straight over Netanyahu’s head, negotiate with Hamas directly and immediately get a release. Trump seems to be done with that murderous ghoul. 1
kenny Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 Just now, Lionator said: There obviously won’t be a deal in that case. Might have a chance at the lands and Zelensky. I suspect he is ready to pack it in by now. Trump might be willing to drop sanctions even if the rest of the world doesn't. Not a chance they demilitarise.
Nick Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 1 hour ago, kenny said: Ukraine should be grateful it still exists after the crimes it has committed. Can you tell me a little more about this - genuinely interested to know.
Popular Post bovril Posted 12 May 2025 Popular Post Posted 12 May 2025 9 minutes ago, Nick said: Can you tell me a little more about this - genuinely interested to know. I think he's saying that'll be the Russian line 3 2
leicsmac Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crljn5046epo A US-funded flight carrying the first group of 59 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status. President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination". ...Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared with other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted. "Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me." As Trump whoppers go, that one is a pretty decent-sized one. 1
SecretPro Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 22 minutes ago, leicsmac said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crljn5046epo A US-funded flight carrying the first group of 59 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status. President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination". ...Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared with other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted. "Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me." As Trump whoppers go, that one is a pretty decent-sized one. Wow.
Heathrow fox Posted 12 May 2025 Posted 12 May 2025 17 hours ago, leicsmac said: I think a lot of the powers that be are relying on automation to take over a lot of manual labour jobs rather soon. Can't see it filling the gap that is needed in any way near a satisfactory fashion, but that appears to be the path being taken. I can see a see a lot of professionals being made redundant going forward.On the other hand I bet roofers will still be tiling using nails and working on scaffolding that’s been erected by a human. The day there is a mass produced robot that has the physical strength and intelligence to carry out the duties of a human care worker,is the day we are all retired btw
leicsmac Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 6 hours ago, Heathrow fox said: I can see a see a lot of professionals being made redundant going forward.On the other hand I bet roofers will still be tiling using nails and working on scaffolding that’s been erected by a human. The day there is a mass produced robot that has the physical strength and intelligence to carry out the duties of a human care worker,is the day we are all retired btw And depending on one's amount of cynicism towards the future, that word could mean any one of a range of things in this context.
MaidstoneFox Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 7 hours ago, Heathrow fox said: I can see a see a lot of professionals being made redundant going forward.On the other hand I bet roofers will still be tiling using nails and working on scaffolding that’s been erected by a human. The day there is a mass produced robot that has the physical strength and intelligence to carry out the duties of a human care worker,is the day we are all retired btw Yep, it used to be manual jobs with industrial revolutions, but this will be a purge of white collar jobs. We've been exploring the range of tasks AI can do at work, but already it's not a big jump to imagine an AI bot delivering lessons and a non-qualified teacher just assisting across a couple of classrooms and checking behaviour, safeguarding etc. Similarly, I can see quite a near future where most marking and examining is done by AI. I'm going to push my kids towards hairdressing as a career I think!
the fox Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 15 hours ago, Lionator said: Other geopolitical news, it was very funny to watch Witkoff go straight over Netanyahu’s head, negotiate with Hamas directly and immediately get a release. Trump seems to be done with that murderous ghoul. The houthies got a peace agreement with the USA, Hamas releasing USA hostages, Qatar giving gifts to Trump, Oman and Iraq mediating, Iran open to a deal for the non-military use of uranium, and other Middle Eastern countries open to strengthening the Diplomatic relationship with the United States the moment the US government showed its willingness to deal directly with them without the Israeli government whispering in its ear? But i thought the Middle East only wants war and isn't open to fair negotiations? Ben Shapiro said that if the USA isn't going to interfere then The IDF should go and do what they have to do in Gaza!? And they (thr USA) should maintain putting pressure on Iran to allow the Israeli army to bomb Iran. Couple that with the bombing of other countries like Syria and Iraq and it seem more apparent which side doesn't want peace. 3
davieG Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 Man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years Dominic Casciani & Phil McCann BBC News Reporting from Royal Courts of Justice Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool Published 13 May 2025, 13:04 BST Updated 12 minutes ago A man who has served 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after new DNA evidence emerged. Peter Sullivan was jailed over the 1986 killing of 21-year-old barmaid Diane Sindall, who was subjected to a frenzied sexual attack in Birkenhead, Merseyside, as she walked home from a shift. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) - the statutory body set up to investigate potential miscarriages of justice - had referred Mr Sullivan's case back to the appeal court last year after fresh testing found a DNA profile pointing to an unknown attacker in semen samples preserved from the crime scene. Mr Sullivan, appearing on video-link from HMP Wakefield, sobbed and held his hand over his mouth as he was told he would be released. Who is Peter Sullivan and why was he jailed? Now aged 68, he is believed to be the victim of the longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner in British legal history. Duncan Atkinson KC, representing the Crown Prosecution Service, had said his client agreed the DNA evidence undermined Mr Sullivan's conviction and there would be no application to seek a retrial. Judge Lord Justice Holroyde said the evidence "plainly did point to a sexual aspect of the attack on Miss Sindall" and the "inference was very strong" that DNA had belonged to the real killer. He continued: "There is no evidence to suggest more than one man was involved in the murder, and no evidence to suggest semen may have deposited in the process of consensual sexual activity." The judge said he had "no doubt it is necessary and expedient in the interests of justice" to admit the evidence of forensic scientists. "In the light of that evidence it is impossible to regard the appellant's conviction as safe." The court heard technology had only very recently been developed to the point where the semen sample, recovered from Miss Sindall's abdomen, could be tested for DNA. The hearing was told the DNA profile was not a match for Miss Sindall's fiancé at the time, while cross-contamination from the forensic investigator who collected the semen samples had been ruled out. Merseyside Police has since re-opened its investigation into Miss Sindall's murder but the force said searches of the national DNA database had not come up with any matches. More than 260 men have been screened and eliminated from the renewed investigation since 2023 A good example of why capital punishment should be avoided 2
Super_horns Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 So sad he has lost almost 40 of his life . Poor guy . 1
st albans fox Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 1 hour ago, Super_horns said: So sad he has lost almost 40 of his life . Poor guy . Bit confused how the dna test that cleared him was available ten years ago and yet it’s taken another decade for him to get justice 1
FoxesDeb Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 1 hour ago, st albans fox said: Bit confused how the dna test that cleared him was available ten years ago and yet it’s taken another decade for him to get justice It says in the article that the technology to test this sample has only recently been developed
leicsmac Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 $142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else? 1
Trav Le Bleu Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 30 minutes ago, leicsmac said: $142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else? How does a country with half the population of the UK, that is mostly desert, need that much weaponry? It's like that biggest American Candy Shop laundering front. One despot to another. 1
Dr The Singh Posted 13 May 2025 Posted 13 May 2025 4 hours ago, leicsmac said: $142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else? There buying Trump, the weapons are a side line. I assume the Saudis will want help in defeating the Yemen Hauthis and making sure Iran is also on there agenda.
Lionator Posted 14 May 2025 Posted 14 May 2025 18 hours ago, the fox said: The houthies got a peace agreement with the USA, Hamas releasing USA hostages, Qatar giving gifts to Trump, Oman and Iraq mediating, Iran open to a deal for the non-military use of uranium, and other Middle Eastern countries open to strengthening the Diplomatic relationship with the United States the moment the US government showed its willingness to deal directly with them without the Israeli government whispering in its ear? But i thought the Middle East only wants war and isn't open to fair negotiations? Ben Shapiro said that if the USA isn't going to interfere then The IDF should go and do what they have to do in Gaza!? And they (thr USA) should maintain putting pressure on Iran to allow the Israeli army to bomb Iran. Couple that with the bombing of other countries like Syria and Iraq and it seem more apparent which side doesn't want peace. Trump and Witkoff weren’t raised on the US school of foreign policy, they’re very simple people who tend to go with their instinct and whatever can make the most money. The stuff Witkoff has been saying about Gaza is refreshing, it’s surprising he hasn’t been labelled an anti-Semite, because he’s seeing and reacting to the human suffering that’s going on there. The neo-conservative warmongers have very little skin in the game currently, if there’s anything good that’s come from a Trump presidency then it’s this.
leicsmac Posted 14 May 2025 Posted 14 May 2025 7 hours ago, Dr The Singh said: There buying Trump, the weapons are a side line. I assume the Saudis will want help in defeating the Yemen Hauthis and making sure Iran is also on there agenda. That sounds about right. And this all is yet another reason for as much of the world as possible to get off fossil fuel reliance as much as possible as soon as possible - it funds shitty power mongering gestures like this one. 1
123 Posted 14 May 2025 Posted 14 May 2025 11 hours ago, leicsmac said: $142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else? No.
foxy boxing Posted 14 May 2025 Posted 14 May 2025 12 hours ago, leicsmac said: $142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else? When it comes to big business and millions of dollars in arms sales human rights mean absolutely nothing. Trump and the Saudis are pretty much on par and think the same on human rights and freedoms of your citizens.
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