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[niko_cee]

I think his complaint was more that having allowed and possibly encouraged a culture of lawless/murderous machismo in the special forces it was then a little inequitable to try row back from that position and pin it on a few 'bad apples' when it became apparent that broad denial may not be a plausible strategy in terms of this information coming to light through other avenues [wikileaks etc]. Perhaps he should have been calling out the actual murdering as more of a priority.

Anyway, interesting times in France by the sounds of things. Sounds like a Heat style heist.

[John Arne]

Slovakian PM shot and rushed to hospital.

[Spikey M]

If it was a Bosnian would could be in trouble here.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjq5qxlgy39o

When Heidi Dodson discovered she was going to be evicted, she reached out to her local council of Thurrock in Essex for help. But it rejected her application for priority housing and said she would cope if she ended up on the streets. Two weeks after being evicted, Heidi is homeless and sleeping in a park.

Sounds shit, but this has been the reality of single men for decades at this point. Anyway....

Every evening Heidi Dodson reads her grandchildren a bedtime story and wishes them good night.

Then she quietly packs a rucksack with a torch, biscuits and some toilet roll, and makes a flask of tea, before making her way to a local park to spend the night.

Wait... what? Ok. So I assume her family are in emergency housing or something? Probably a bedsit? There's just no room at the Inn.

She ended up at her daughter’s, but the two-bedroom flat is already overcrowded with two adults and two children, plus Heidi’s adult son who was made homeless alongside her.

With the mother-daughter relationship strained through lack of space, Heidi decided it was better to remove herself from the situation, even though her daughter urged her not to sleep outdoors.

Oh. So in other words she's just being a martyr. Nothing to see here.

[Spikey M]

What's happened here, is she has presented herself to the council after being informed of their duty to house her by the Bailiff. She's completed their paperwork, making a big song and dance of the need to house her in the same area because she cares for her grandchildren. She thought that would help her case, but to the council that's just an indication that she can live with them for a bit rather than them having to find emergency housing in a local B&B or HMO for £700 a night.

So, she stamped her feet, said there's no space, they've called her bluff and now she's sat on a bench with Stevie and his heroin out of pure stubbornness.

[Lofty]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gxg4jd0ggo

Finally

[Jimmy Floyd]

BBC most read today is proper state of the nation stuff.

1
Baby dies after being hit by Land Rover in car park
2
'Hero' plumber's firm faked stories of kindness
3
Warning after dancer fatally choked during sex
4
Man told he is not British after 42 years in UK
5
Friends mistake Premier Inn for Northern Lights
6
Evicted grandmother now sleeping rough in park

Pretty much every state failure, corporate con and breakdown of the social contract covered in the space of those six.

[phonics]

and they're being told to boil their water in the South West because it's disease ridden.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd like to know more about Number 5.

[Yevrah]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gxg4jd0ggo

Finally

I can't think of the word to describe this sort of behaviour. i.e. pretending you CARE when it's only actually about financial gain (any help here TTH?), but we are absolutely riddled with it as a society now (see the mental health chancers as the lead exponents) and it really does need to stop.

[Lofty]

Grifting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Doing a Mellin.

[Lewis]

'Man who isn't British told he isn't British' is a good story.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg6766nzx39o

A man has been found alive in his neighbour's cellar after going missing about 26 years ago.

Omar bin Omran disappeared from Djelfa, in Algeria, during the Algerian civil war in the 1990s, when he was in his late teens.

Now aged 45, Mr Bin Omran has been discovered just 200m from where he grew up.

Fucking hell.

[Ian]

Mr Bin Omran told his rescuers he had at times seen his family from his prison, but claimed he had been unable to call out for help “because of a spell that his captor had cast on him”, local media reported.

[Spikey M]

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl...-east-69035051

He's dead.

[Kikó]

Exhibit 307 on why helicopters should fuck off.

[Yevrah]

Was this a helicopter crash or a helicopter “crash”?

[niko_cee]

Helicopter + fog = death

[Jimmy Floyd]

They're a useful tool for culling society's elite every now and again.

[Luke Emia]

Nothing on this earth would make me get on a helicopter. Fucking big fan is basically what they are.

[Spikey M]

"Hard landing" confirmed.

[niko_cee]

Are we going to get I'm a dinner jacket back now or has he also had a hard landing previously?

[Manc]

Small airplanes are the real death trap.

[Ben]

Small airplanes are the real death trap.

The truth. I've been on one small plane (4 people) in my life and we had to crash land.

[niko_cee]

Liverpool City Council said the home of The Beatles, Lightning Seeds and Atomic Kitten will become "Taylor Town" for a week.

That went downhill fast.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ah yes, Liverpool FC, the home of legends like Kenny Dalglish, Vladimir Smicer and Steve Harkness.

[Lofty]

David N'Gog.

[John Arne]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ar...k-saudi-arabia

I always find these articles staggering in there complete avoidance of the words 'Islam' or 'Muslim'. I actually think a lot of the hatred of the middle-east countries is casually xenophobia, however, if you are gonna rightly criticize the lack of rights for LGBT people or women, then at least mention the underlying reason.

[Shindig]

He lost me when he quoted "A succulent Chinese meal!?" in the opening paragraph.

[Magic]

He lost me at "I paid for it".

[Shindig]

That opener also implies he has an "un-ethical" bank account.

[Yevrah]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ar...k-saudi-arabia

I always find these articles staggering in there complete avoidance of the words 'Islam' or 'Muslim'. I actually think a lot of the hatred of the middle-east countries is casually xenophobia, however, if you are gonna rightly criticize the lack of rights for LGBT people or women, then at least mention the underlying reason.

They can't because they (and others) have spent the last twenty years claiming that Islam in Britain is a wonderful thing, causing absolutely no problems whatsoever.

[niko_cee]

Thought this sounded fairly alarming.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Certainly is, I can't have you lot knowing about all the terrible posts I draft and never make it to the 'Post reply' button.

[Magic]

Thought this sounded fairly alarming.

It's fucking beyond madness. No more plugging in hardrives with saucy pictures/videos to the work laptop.

[Spikey M]

PhonicsIsACunt making it into the Internets annual word cloud.

[Shindig]

"Guys, we managed to stop this man doing a hate crime. Also, we're sorry about the universal data breach that's exposed ALL benefit claimants to fraudsters."

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11kyy58dgo

So much going on in here.

1. Why is it in the beeb's techonology section?
2. He died in 2006, did influencers even exist then? I'm going to say no.
3. I love this sentence:

The second miracle was approved by the Pope following a meeting with the Vatican's saint-making department.

4. He should have used his miraculous curative powers on himself.
5. What sort of maniac or the parent thereof has that sort of burial situation lined up?
6. What a load of shit etc.

[Ben]

Number 6 indeed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I remember reading about him before. Catholics are fucking weird.

[niko_cee]

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

Loving the use of the term 'enormous tv' there.

They make you read the whole thing, but fair enough, 232 inches, I think that qualifies.

[Ben]

Are ICJ rulings in any way serious or will Israel lol them off as they continue to advance?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Anything 'international' is imaginary.

[Shindig]

In this week's Co-op Arena news, Nicki Minaj and a whole lot of weed.

[John Arne]

Her apparent confusion/surprise at being arrested for essentially smuggling drugs out of the country is wonderful.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fans blaming the venue, rather than her, should all get life bans. We're far too soft on these pathetic 'people'.

[Shindig]

Aye, the venue and the organisers can't be held responsible for this. No refunds.

[phonics]

McDonald’s has brought in a 3 for 3 quid deal and it’s the first decent thing to happen to this god forsaken country in 2 decades.