The Off Topic Topic

[FunkMonk]

Yeah I don't really know who maps directly onto the Succession characters, I just kind of wanted Ken to win   

[Jacob]

My understanding is that politically and operationally Lachlann is much like his father - but I'm not particularly well-informed. I guess we'll see.

[Legbiter]

Rupert Murdoch stepping down to become Chairman Emeritus and handing over to his son, Lachlan.

His statement:
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1704844314696675798?s=46&t=o9GOIj6BKKcLcHiyQTlAoA

Old coot is well over 90. Must be miserable being an indentured servant almost all your adult life because the father refuses to pass the torch and when he finally passes, the heir is a few years away himself from qualifying for senior citizen pension.  

[Caliga]

Yeah I don't really know who maps directly onto the Succession characters, I just kind of wanted Ken to win   

Why?  He was a fucking whackjob.

[crazy canuck]

Yeah I don't really know who maps directly onto the Succession characters, I just kind of wanted Ken to win   

Why?  He was a fucking whackjob.

And the others?

[FunkMonk]

Yeah I don't really know who maps directly onto the Succession characters, I just kind of wanted Ken to win   

Why?  He was a fucking whackjob.

And the others?

 

[FunkMonk]

Yeah I don't really know who maps directly onto the Succession characters, I just kind of wanted Ken to win   

Why?  He was a fucking whackjob.

HE WAS THE ELDEST BOY

[mongers]

Doesn't look like it'll be easy for me to use trains services through Southampton this weekend:

Friday, September 22
Celebrity Silhouette docked in the city at 5.59am and will depart at 4pm.

Island Princess docked in the city at 6.08am and will depart at 5pm.

Queen Mary 2 docked in the city at 7.05am and will depart at 5pm.

Britannia docked in the city at 9.49am and will depart at 8pm.

Saturday, September 23
Norwegian Star will dock in the city at 4.30am and depart at 4pm.

MSC Virtuosa will dock at 6.15am and depart at 5pm.

Sky Princess will dock at 6.15am and depart at 4pm.

Iona will arrive at 6.30am and depart at 4pm.

Sunday September 24
Norwegian Dawn will dock in at 4.30am and depart at 5pm.

Seven Seas Splendor will dock in at 6.30am and depart at 7pm.

Ventura will dock in at 6.30am and depart at 5pm.

 

[Josquius]

Related it's nice to see attention building for how underfunded railways are

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail

[mongers]

Related it's nice to see attention building for how underfunded railways are

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail

Ironically I just found out this evening, that my planned trip to north wales is now off as Network Rail are spending 30 million quid to repair a key bridge and it'll take three months. 

[viper37]

Dallas mayor switch from Dem to GOP 4 months after election

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching parties and will serve as a Republican-affiliated mayor of the blue-leaning city.

While the Dallas mayoral office is nonpartisan, Johnson previously served as a Democrat in the Texas legislature. He slammed his former party in an op-ed for Wall Street Journal published Friday, blaming Democratic policies for "exacerbated crime and homelessness."
"The future of America's great urban centers depends on the willingness of the nation's mayors to champion law and order and practice fiscal conservatism," Johnson wrote. "Our cities desperately need the genuine commitment to these principles (as opposed to the inconsistent, poll-driven commitment of many Democrats) that has long been a defining characteristic of the GOP."

He added: "In other words, American cities need Republicans—and Republicans need American cities."
Johnson's announcement makes him the only Republican among the mayors of the 10 most populous cities in the US.

Johnson was reelected for a four-year term in May with over 98% of the vote after being first elected in 2019. President Joe Biden won Dallas County by more than 30 points in the 2020 election.

The Texas Democratic Party issued a scathing statement Friday, accusing Johnson of being dishonest with Dallas voters.
"[T]he voters of Dallas deserved to know where he stood before he ran for reelection as Mayor," the chair and vice-chair of the party said. "He wasn't honest with his constituents, and knew he would lose to a Democrat if he flipped before the election."
"This feeble excuse for democratic representation will fit right in with Republicans — and we are grateful that he can no longer tarnish the brand and values of the Texas Democratic Party," they added.

On the other hand, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott welcomed Johnson's new party affiliation.
"Texas is getting more Red every day," Abbott said in a post on X, the platform previously known as Twitter. "He's pro law enforcement & won't tolerate leftist agendas."

Some weird things in Texas!

[Josquius]

Sounds like the party's error in letting this guy sneak through. Not just switching but doing so in such a partisan nonsense way.


Completely unrelated random theoretical.
Cross border shootings have happened. And they never seem to lead to any legal trouble with the criminal culpability being where the victim is rather than the shooter.
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/809401334/supreme-court-rules-border-patrol-agents-who-shoot-foreign-nationals-cant-be-sue

So... What would happen if some guy in Finland or wherever decides to start taking pot shots across the border with a long range sniper rifle and killing Russian border guards? 

[grumbler]

Completely unrelated random theoretical.
Cross border shootings have happened. And they never seem to lead to any legal trouble with the criminal culpability being where the victim is rather than the shooter.
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/809401334/supreme-court-rules-border-patrol-agents-who-shoot-foreign-nationals-cant-be-sue

So... What would happen if some guy in Finland or wherever decides to start taking pot shots across the border with a long range sniper rifle and killing Russian border guards?

The case in question was about a civil procedure, not a criminal one.  The guy in Finland shooting guys in Russia would be liable under Finland's criminal law, just as the US agent was liable under US criminal law (but in that case the agent was found to not have broken the law).

[Valmy]

He added: "In other words, American cities need Republicans—and Republicans need American cities."
Johnson's announcement makes him the only Republican among the mayors of the 10 most populous cities in the US.

If they need Republicans so much then why was it necessary to lie about being a Democrat in the election? 

Our cities desperately need the genuine commitment to these principles (as opposed to the inconsistent, poll-driven commitment of many Democrats) that has long been a defining characteristic of the GOP."

Maybe the people of the cities should decide what things they desperately need?

[PDH]

Maybe the people of the cities should decide what things they desperately need?

Communist.