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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by mongers - Today at 08:40:26 AM

My experience with the UK and the military gave me that impression that while they don't have the culture of fawning over their military service members that we tend to have, the Brits take the legacy/memory of their veterans very seriously and equal us when it comes to honoring and memorializing their service.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 08:35:47 AM

Andy Burnham seeks permission to stand in MP by-election and says he wants to back government "not undermine it"

Starmer loyalists and the Labour right on the National Executive Committee blocked Burnham from standing.

I could be wrong but I suspect this will be the end. I do not think this government has the political authority to block the most popular politician in the country from becoming an MP without facing serious consequences.

If I were Wes Streeting I'd be delighted that Andy Burnham has been blocked - but also use these as my pretext for launching a leadership bit: "we need to be a plural, open party" etc. Especially as I think the window for Streeting is shrinking.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 08:30:08 AM

There is no denying the positive effects of learning a new language but there are lots of things that are good for us that people choose not to do - diet and exercise probably being of greater benefit than learning a second language. 

I am not sure that answers the question I asked Zoupa.

#4

Off the Record / Re: ICE, ICE, baby - Immigrati...

Last post by Maladict - Today at 08:28:57 AM

I suggest the cutsie thread title be changed

Agreed

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Off the Record / Re: ICE, ICE, baby - Immigrati...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 08:26:35 AM

I have watched the latest incidents from a few angles and this is very obviously another execution.

And an extremely dangerous one to his fellow agents as well. The agent claims to have been in fear of his life from an unarmed (they'd removed his gun) blind man (pepper sprayed from within inches of his eyes) on his knees, facing away. And HSA claims this was a counter-terrorism action.

The felons then fled the scene of the murder.

Yeah, they didn't even know he had a gun until they had him pinned on the ground. Shortly before executing him for the audacity of shielding a women from pepper spray.

#6

Off the Record / Re: ICE, ICE, baby - Immigrati...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 08:14:57 AM

The person ICE murdered

The man fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, officials said.

Mr. Pretti, who was 37, was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis, according to interviews and public records, and lived in an apartment in Minneapolis a short drive away from where he was killed.

I suggest the cutsie thread title be changed

Edit: someone put together some of the victim's pictures

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT6045sDZ3Z/?igsh=MWg5NGwyd3J1eWwwdg==

#7

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Norgy - Today at 07:58:12 AM

"Wake Up Dead Man".

The first Knives Out movie was quite funny, I thought. This one, well, not so much. It was long-winded and the humour did not hit home here.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - Today at 06:01:51 AM

A different possibility....British political leaders made a big fuss about the insult partly to place Farage in a difficult spot. He could either criticise his orange mentor or lose support by pretending it was ok. Since no money or real estate was involved we could count on Trump not being particularly offended so it was a low risk stance.

Maybe, but that doesn't appear to have worked out. Farage said Trump was wrong and Trump backtracked as far as Britain.

Also, if Trump wasn't going to be particularly offended then it wasn't much of a trap for Farage.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 05:56:19 AM

You don't have to watch the ones on the dudes if it's too painful.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 05:50:57 AM