General News Thread

[Zear0]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

Good news: diesel prices are about to tumble.

 

Bad news: everytime you buy diesel, you’ll be contributing to the deaths of Ukranians. 

Everything written here is just wrong. Russia can’t export any more as their refineries are battered and Europe still isn’t buying so it’s nothing to do with us. 
 

This is Trump manipulating markets and seeing if people are thick enough to think this will do anything to prices, it won’t.

[leicsmac]

8 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Everything written here is just wrong. Russia can’t export any more as their refineries are battered and Europe still isn’t buying so it’s nothing to do with us. 
 

This is Trump manipulating markets and seeing if people are thick enough to think this will do anything to prices, it won’t.

Well, up until now all he has had to do is con enough people into thinking that the prices are going down on his watch. 

 

Again though, thankfully, the act finally appears to be wearing off, so he's moving to more direct voter suppression and outright rigging attempts instead. 

[Zear0]

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Well, up until now all he has had to do is con enough people into thinking that the prices are going down on his watch. 

 

Again though, thankfully, the act finally appears to be wearing off, so he's moving to more direct voter suppression and outright rigging attempts instead. 

I mean he could get diesel from Canada but he’s decided they’re the baddies over Russia.

 

He’s not even hiding how under the thumb of Putin he is now. Oh no, Ukraine have dismantled our oil sector, surely the US won’t be daft enough to agree to make them part of our supply chain so they feel obliged to protect it will they?

[leicsmac]

13 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

I mean he could get diesel from Canada but he’s decided they’re the baddies over Russia.

 

He’s not even hiding how under the thumb of Putin he is now. Oh no, Ukraine have dismantled our oil sector, surely the US won’t be daft enough to agree to make them part of our supply chain so they feel obliged to protect it will they?

Yeah, that's about the size of it. As is the case with such regimes, as they get more desperate, the mask slips more and more. And it was never a particularly well-fitting mask to begin with. 

 

Unfortunately for everyone else, in the history of such regimes, that's also when the violence tends to ramp up to previously unseen levels. Now, the US apparently has more checks and balances than your typical despotic state to prevent that, but...

[Lionator]

35 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

I mean he could get diesel from Canada but he’s decided they’re the baddies over Russia.

 

He’s not even hiding how under the thumb of Putin he is now. Oh no, Ukraine have dismantled our oil sector, surely the US won’t be daft enough to agree to make them part of our supply chain so they feel obliged to protect it will they?

Literally axios have printed that he’s basically agreed the deal with Putin because Zelenskyy refused to stop bombing Russian oil ports after many US requests to stop. Of course if it wasn’t for Trump’s stupid Iranian adventure, Russian oil wouldn’t be anywhere near as valuable as it now will be. 

[Zear0]

14 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Literally axios have printed that he’s basically agreed the deal with Putin because Zelenskyy refused to stop bombing Russian oil ports after many US requests to stop. Of course if it wasn’t for Trump’s stupid Iranian adventure, Russian oil wouldn’t be anywhere near as valuable as it now will be. 

Need to move on from the victim blaming mentality. Ukraine are doing what they need to do to survive and they’ve found something effective. This move will do nothing for oil prices in the US or globally and it’s Trump helping Putin.

 

No disagreement on Iran being the cause of the prices.

Edited 11 hours ago by Zear0

[kenny]

1 hour ago, Zear0 said:

Everything written here is just wrong. Russia can’t export any more as their refineries are battered and Europe still isn’t buying so it’s nothing to do with us. 
 

This is Trump manipulating markets and seeing if people are thick enough to think this will do anything to prices, it won’t.

Preston Stewart's latest video covers this.

 

In essence the volumes are so small it won't make any difference to prices. What it does is to help him blame Ukraine for the diesel prices and not the Iran war.

 

 

[leicsmac]

And all this time the Chinese are still standing about pissing themselves laughing that the preeminent position in world geopolitics is being handed to them on a silver platter, if they want to take it. 

[LCFCJohn]

Seen a video of this, the Tiger showed restraint not to do worse to be fair!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jrw8g1123vo

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Seen a video of this, the Tiger showed restraint not to do worse to be fair!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jrw8g1123vo

Yeah sorry that was me after the third goal went in today. 

[Jimothy]

2 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

Seen a video of this, the Tiger showed restraint not to do worse to be fair!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jrw8g1123vo

He's dead

 

BBC News - Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9r3n7858zo

[Tinman]

2 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

Seen a video of this, the Tiger showed restraint not to do worse to be fair!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jrw8g1123vo

Well the chap is dead

[Lionator]

A lot of people calling the guy an idiot but ultimately it’s very likely he was mentally unwell. 

[leicsmac]

And now Felon#47 has abandoned any pretense of helping Zelenskyy at all.

[kenny]

31 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

And now Felon#47 has abandoned any pretense of helping Zelenskyy at all.

Ukraine is going after data centres now, surprised they haven't been destroyed already 

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, kenny said:

Ukraine is going after data centres now, surprised they haven't been destroyed already 

It's an impressive display of asymmetric warfare tbh. 

 

The more it goes on, the more face Putin and Trump lose, and they both put a lot of value on face. 

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

It's an impressive display of asymmetric warfare tbh. 

 

The more it goes on, the more face Putin and Trump lose, and they both put a lot of value on face. 

Sadly whatever Ukraine can do, Russia can do twice over simply through sheer economic weight. 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

Sadly whatever Ukraine can do, Russia can do twice over simply through sheer economic weight. 

Certainly so runs the theory. 

 

However, you would think that if Russia were going to give such things their best (or worst) shot, they would have done it already.

[DJW1]

8 hours ago, Lionator said:

Literally axios have printed that he’s basically agreed the deal with Putin because Zelenskyy refused to stop bombing Russian oil ports after many US requests to stop. Of course if it wasn’t for Trump’s stupid Iranian adventure, Russian oil wouldn’t be anywhere near as valuable as it now will be. 

It´s ironic that one reason why the US can´t "defeat" Iran is that the Russians have been supplying the Iranians with sateliite and other data showing the locations of American boats, military installations etc. in that region.

[Lionator]

8 minutes ago, DJW1 said:

It´s ironic that one reason why the US can´t "defeat" Iran is that the Russians have been supplying the Iranians with sateliite and other data showing the locations of American boats, military installations etc. in that region.

Yes but you’re forgetting that Trump is thick as shit.

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, Jimothy said:

He's dead

 

BBC News - Man dies after tiger attack at wildlife park

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9r3n7858zo

 

1 hour ago, Tinman said:

Well the chap is dead

He was dragged around initially but then he kicked out at the Tiger and it stood off. I’m not sure if that was the end of it when the Tiger was scared off but if it was, I imagine that the initial bites caused more damage that it appeared to. 
 

We live near YWP and have annual memberships. There is absolutely no fault on the part of YWP here. The Tiger habitats are behind multiple fences which are on angles. I’m amazed anyone was able to get in there. If you’d said the Leopard habitat I’d find that more believable as it does concern me a bit. But the Tiger ones no way. 
 

I’m pleased the Tiger is ok. End of the day, it acted in a natural and expected way. There were false rumours that it had been shot as part of the incident which fortunately was not the case. Obviously we don’t know the story behind the individual who has passed. I’d be far more concerned about someone being in a mindset (through mental illness or whatever) to enter a Tiger habitat than the security of it. 

[Sly]

I’ve seen a couple of videos now. The 2nd one is after the first and he’s clearly not in a good way.

 

You don’t stand a chance against a tiger in reality. They’re an Apex predator and if it wants to eat you, it will.

 

I’m glad that no harm has come to it though, the man has jumped into its enclosure, so in reality, he’s got what we’d all expect. 

[Zear0]

2 hours ago, kenny said:

Ukraine is going after data centres now, surprised they haven't been destroyed already 

Further damage to Trump in November elections without his below Russian bot farms able to operate.

[Tuna]

40 minutes ago, Sly said:

I’ve seen a couple of videos now. The 2nd one is after the first and he’s clearly not in a good way.

 

You don’t stand a chance against a tiger in reality. They’re an Apex predator and if it wants to eat you, it will.

 

I’m glad that no harm has come to it though, the man has jumped into its enclosure, so in reality, he’s got what we’d all expect. 

Why on earth would someone film it. We are ****ed as a society.

Edited 2 hours ago by Tuna

[Izzy]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

I’ve seen a couple of videos now. The 2nd one is after the first