Play Nice Random Chat Thread V

[giantroo]

 

[ferball]

4 year anniversary of this great tweet

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Wow.

Talk about Hubris.

 

[ferball]

longer game...he barely has any time left. He almost died on the campaign trail due to a heart issue.

He sold out again and decided to take it easy in his advanced years. Biden should have done the same after Obama left office.

It's not about him being alive. It's the legacy he leaves in the hearts and minds of his young supporters after he is dead.

 

[Themanbun]

I actually completely understand why Qatar did what they did. My wife and I regularly fly QA and she says she'd be happy to help in that situation even if it meant an uncomfortable situation for herself. If there was another way, sure maybe a bit of frustration about that, but this sounds like a pretty heinous crime.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

I actually completely understand why Qatar did what they did. My wife and I regularly fly QA and she says she'd be happy to help in that situation even if it meant an uncomfortable situation for herself.

The principle was OK, but the execution was deplorable.

 

[B4Bear]

It's not about him being alive. It's the legacy he leaves in the hearts and minds of his young supporters after he is dead.

I think AOC will carry that legacy forward.

With the added benefit that she triggers the right into mouth frothing rage.

For a first term representative she has done an impressive job. Especially in the various committees she has sat on that have been broadcast.

 

[giantroo]

Doha airport strip-search scandal worsens with 18 women strip searched

A newborn infant at the centre of the Doha airport strip-search scandal was found in plastic bag and “buried under garbage” in a trash can, the Qatari Government has revealed.

www.news.com.au

 

[koshari]

I actually completely understand why Qatar did what they did. My wife and I regularly fly QA and she says she'd be happy to help in that situation even if it meant an uncomfortable situation for herself. If there was another way, sure maybe a bit of frustration about that, but this sounds like a pretty heinous crime.

Iam not sure I support the actions but can understand time was prolly of the essence when making the call.

 

[andana]

Missy Ryan
Oct. 28, 2020 at 12:01 p.m. GMT+8
The United States has conducted at least 190 armed actions, mostly airstrikes, in Yemen since President Trump took office in 2017, resulting in a minimum of 86 likely civilian deaths, a new study by a watchdog group has found.

The analysis by Airwars, a Britain-based organization which uses local news, social media and civil society reports to corroborate claims of civilian harm, provides new insight into a war that has been largely shrouded in secrecy. The U.S. attacks, which Airwars said were carried out primarily by the U.S. military and included a handful of ground raids, appeared to represent the most intensive period of American counterinsurgent activity in Yemen since 2001, the study said.
Airwars urged U.S. military authorities to investigate allegations of noncombatant deaths and disclose more information about the actions it mounts against militants in Yemen, the same way it has in the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

 

[Joycey]

I think AOC will carry that legacy forward.

With the added benefit that she triggers the right into mouth frothing rage.

For a first term representative she has done an impressive job. Especially in the various committees she has sat on that have been broadcast.

you call it "mouth frothing rage" others call it laughing at all the gaffes she's made time and time again.

Not to mention her complete unwillingness to engage with anyone that isn't there to pump up her tyres. That's okay though, she can make excuses about cat-calling and people will lap it up. "YAH QUEEN"

 

[Snake_Baker]

The Wokesters are ethically no different to the Trumpsters.

 

[Val Keating]

Ouch.

 

[DesertRoo]

Ouch.

Royal commission into NewsCorp..

Ok mr Rudd, what skeletons do you have in the closet..

 

[Val Keating]

Royal commission into NewsCorp..

Ok mr Rudd, what skeletons do you have in the closet..

They’ve all got em

 

[koshari]

Laids reportedly Home form rehab,

good to hear.

 

[Hojuman]

Laids reportedly Home form rehab,

good to hear.

Great news Kosh Be nice the club get him down even if just for a cuppa.

 

[DesertRoo]

They’ve all got em

The amount of stories that are buried because of blackmail..
I know for a fact the Savile story was an open secret but no one would report on it, as it implicates the royals.
People thinking Andrew or Epstein is the only one’s are kidding themselves.

 

[ferball]

Missy Ryan
Oct. 28, 2020 at 12:01 p.m. GMT+8
The United States has conducted at least 190 armed actions, mostly airstrikes, in Yemen since President Trump took office in 2017, resulting in a minimum of 86 likely civilian deaths, a new study by a watchdog group has found.

The analysis by Airwars, a Britain-based organization which uses local news, social media and civil society reports to corroborate claims of civilian harm, provides new insight into a war that has been largely shrouded in secrecy. The U.S. attacks, which Airwars said were carried out primarily by the U.S. military and included a handful of ground raids, appeared to represent the most intensive period of American counterinsurgent activity in Yemen since 2001, the study said.
Airwars urged U.S. military authorities to investigate allegations of noncombatant deaths and disclose more information about the actions it mounts against militants in Yemen, the same way it has in the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Our GDP is materially improved because of that genocidal war.

FWIW.

 

[DesertRoo]

Our GDP is materially improved because of that genocidal war.

FWIW.

There’s not many studies on it, but I’d argue that as an investment strategy, throwing $$ at war is one of the most costly exercise compared to material gains.

rather then fighting the Iraq war imagine the US spent however many trillion dollars on infrastructure, they would’ve been able to restructure their economy away from oil to renewable back then and reaping the benefits of a high tech workforce already.

 

[B4Bear]

There’s not many studies on it, but I’d argue that as an investment strategy, throwing $$ at war is one of the most costly exercise compared to material gains.

rather then fighting the Iraq war imagine the US spent however many trillion dollars on infrastructure, they would’ve been able to restructure their economy away from oil to renewable back then and reaping the benefits of a high tech workforce already.

By and large, it is a wealth re-distribution process.

Taxes -------->Government---------->Armaments----------->Corporations

Someone is gaining, and it ain't the people.

This time round it is Yemen copping it. Before that Iraq. Before that Libya. Before that Afghanistan and on it goes.

 

[ferball]

There is an old saying credited to some Roman general...

Whoever loses a war it's never the bankers.

Have you ever had a look at where the money from the Iraq war ended up? KBR did alright.

The future didn't, neither did the US after wasting so much public money on ****ing the Middle East.

Anyway check this out.

Australian Weapons Sales: Shrouded in Secrecy

Canberra wants to be a top arms exporter, but its partners draw scrutiny.

thediplomat.com

We are happy to profit from death overseas but can't even secure our own country properly. What a ****en joke.

 

[see see]

Royal commission into NewsCorp..

Ok mr Rudd, what skeletons do you have in the closet..

We already know about the tiddie bars.

Anyway, good to see Krudd doing what he does best - point the finger.

 

[ferball]

By and large, it is a wealth re-distribution process.

Taxes -------->Government---------->Armaments----------->Corporations

Someone is gaining, and it ain't the people.

This time round it is Yemen copping it. Before that Iraq. Before that Libya. Before that Afghanistan and on it goes.

It's a form of theft. Some people think it's okay to fleece bastard regimes overseas but what they do with the stuff we sell them is pretty ****ed up.

 

[B4Bear]

There is an old saying credited to some Roman general...

Whoever loses a war it's never the bankers.

Have you ever had a look at where the money from the Iraq war ended up? KBR did alright.

The future didn't, neither did the US after wasting so much public money on ******* the Middle East.

Anyway check this out.

Australian Weapons Sales: Shrouded in Secrecy

Canberra wants to be a top arms exporter, but its partners draw scrutiny.

thediplomat.com

We are happy to profit from death overseas but can't even secure our own country properly. What a fu**en joke.

At the height of our involvement in Afghanistan circa 2010, we were spending about $1.2 billion per year, give or take a bit.

 

[DesertRoo]

By and large, it is a wealth re-distribution process.

Taxes -------->Government---------->Armaments----------->Corporations

Someone is gaining, and it ain't the people.

This time round it is Yemen copping it. Before that Iraq. Before that Libya. Before that Afghanistan and on it goes.

Donald Trump tells Nato allies to spend 4% of GDP on defence

US president suggests doubling 2% spending target that only five countries have met

www.theguardian.com

If this wasn’t a government, I’m pretty sure it would be referred to as a protection racquet.. claiming a country has to spent a certain amount of gdp on defence.

War is the ultimate, wealth redistribution upwards.. while the general population picks up the tab and shares in the collective suffering.