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#21
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by Threviel - Today at 08:17:41 AMQuote from: viper37 on Today at 06:55:50 AMIt's good that Israel is the good guy. I'd hate to see the bad guy here.
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1837483041360695761
Just look at what happened that kicked off all of this, the October 7th attack. That's the bad guys.
Compared to them and their ilk the Israelis has to do a whole lot worse in order for them to be seen as anything else than the good guys.
#22
Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...
Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 08:03:27 AMQuote from: viper37 on October 08, 2024, 08:43:00 PMCan't get pass the paywall right now. I'll try later. Or try yourselves with the Spaywall extension, or any other legitimate means at your disposal.
But basically, Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin while the US was in shortage, and he's still in contact with Putin since he's out of office, according to Bob Woodward's new book.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden/
Must have accidentally fallen into one of the boxes of top secret documents.
#23
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by viper37 - Today at 07:33:28 AMQuote from: garbon on Today at 07:16:00 AMAnd here I thought Israel is a country.Don't be a Raz.
#24
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by garbon - Today at 07:16:00 AMAnd here I thought Israel is a country. 
#25
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by viper37 - Today at 06:55:50 AMIt's good that Israel is the good guy. I'd hate to see the bad guy here.
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1837483041360695761
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1837483041360695761
#26
Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...
Last post by grumbler - Today at 06:37:04 AMQuote from: viper37 on October 08, 2024, 08:43:00 PMCan't get pass the paywall right now. I'll try later. Or try yourselves with the Spaywall extension, or any other legitimate means at your disposal.
But basically, Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin while the US was in shortage, and he's still in contact with Putin since he's out of office, according to Bob Woodward's new book.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/bob-woodward-new-book-war-trump-putin-biden/
Neither revelation is particularly surprising. I've read the piece. More interesting is that Biden concluded early in the Gaza war that Netanyahu was a liar surrounded by liars and believed little that Israel said.
#27
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 06:19:37 AMThe BBC trying to stay relevant by being dumb in a dumb age
But we have plenty of that from the private sector. They should be trying to raise the bar.
But we have plenty of that from the private sector. They should be trying to raise the bar.
#28
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by Josquius - Today at 05:29:55 AMhttps://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
Scroll down to "Government support to Ukraine: By donor country GDP" and the US isn't even in the top10 20....
Consider too much of this US aid isn't new spending but rather goods being released from its extensive stockpiles.
Scroll down to "Government support to Ukraine: By donor country GDP" and the US isn't even in the top
Consider too much of this US aid isn't new spending but rather goods being released from its extensive stockpiles.
#29
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 05:07:27 AMThe pattern in terrible news I have noticed recently is vulnerable people collapsing, well, dying, because of lack of support. There was this schizophrenic deaf lady who thought her family was after her so wouldn't talk to them, she was discovered dead in her flat after 3 years or something.
A single mother of a severely disabled girl took both their lives, the Guardian story made it sound like she tried but couldn't cope with making a living and taking care of her on her own.
Then these 4 kids who died in a fire. The mother was careless to leave them alone but apparently she had been raising them (two sets of twins) alone, social workers did notice the squalor they lived in and the mother was known to have mental troubles but she refused help and the kids weren't taken from her.
A single mother of a severely disabled girl took both their lives, the Guardian story made it sound like she tried but couldn't cope with making a living and taking care of her on her own.
Then these 4 kids who died in a fire. The mother was careless to leave them alone but apparently she had been raising them (two sets of twins) alone, social workers did notice the squalor they lived in and the mother was known to have mental troubles but she refused help and the kids weren't taken from her.
#30
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:48:51 AMSeeing lots of this type of story lately.
https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https%3A%2Fwww.thenorthernecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2F24630437.single-mum-baby-forced-move-county-durham
On one level it makes sense. The housing crisis on a national scale isn't that bad. There should on paper be enough homes in the country for the population. The issue is more that theres a finite supply in places where people want to live.
Moving out of London and going somewhere there's housing available- sure. On paper definitely makes sense.
But this...Its literally half the plot of Ken Loach's latest. London councils are unilaterally doing this and dumping needy people on poorer parts of the country. Here its a single mother- lots of other stories have some serious undesirables being shifted up and bringing their drug issues with them.
But still. If it was better organised with actual funding from the sender and support available then sure. Could see a case for doing it with single folks or anyone who actually volunteers.
But when its a mother and her kid being moved away from their support structure...that's really not cool.
Horden incidentally- there was a show on BBC3 a few years ago called "Canny Cops" about the place. Still maybe on iplayer or floating around somewhere. Its an infamous shit hole. Much of it ranks in the top 1000 areas nationally (out of nearly 33,000) in the poverty stakes.
https://www.smry.ai/proxy?url=https%3A%2Fwww.thenorthernecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2F24630437.single-mum-baby-forced-move-county-durham
QuoteSingle mum and baby being 'forced' to move to County Durham
A single mother with a baby boy who has lived in London her whole life faces being "forced" to move up to County Durham or become homeless.
Demi Longworth, 23, has spoken exclusively to The Northern Echo about her terrible experiences of being told to move more than 250 miles from her home to Horden.
Ms Longworth was evicted last week and was moved into emergency accommodation for a few days by Hillingdon Council, finally finding stability.
Then the single mum received a phone call from a housing officer that felt like her heart was "ripped" out of her chest as she was told she had a choice between moving 250 miles north or becoming homeless again.
Grahame Morris, the town's MP, has confirmed that this is not an "isolated incident" and branded it a "shameful practice".
This comes after The Northern Echo revealed that large numbers of refugees and vulnerable people are being moved up North by southern councils due to a lack of social housing.
The North East is already in the grip of a housing crisis with 75,000 families stuck for months waiting for social housing, more than 300 homeless children, and County Durham rent rising 7% in the last year alone.
He has reached out to Durham County Council and Hillingdon Council in the hopes that Ms Longworth receives the help she needs and is not forced to relocate against her wishes.
Cllr James Rowlandson, Durham County Council's Cabinet member for resources, investments, and assets, confirmed that the council was aware of the situation and that nobody, especially a single mother and her baby, should be moved 250 miles from support.
Ms Longworth reached out to The Northern Echo within hours of being phoned to tell her of her relocation.
She choked up as she described how she had been born in Hillingdon hospital and always lived in the area, her friends and family are all nearby.
She said: "I explained my situation and they said if we were offered a house outside of the borough how would we feel about that.
"I said I have no support network and I can't live far away from my son's GP. Everything in my life is around here. I can't just leave for somewhere five hours away that I have never heard of."
The 23-year-old explained that when she expressed how scared she was by moving away that was when it became more "threatening".
She continued: "I am currently in emergency accommodation. It's not perfect but it's liveable. I have been here for two nights and this is my third day.
"I woke up to a phone call from a new housing officer. He said if I didn't take this place they would discharge me. I would then be homeless without support and we would have to fend for ourselves.
"I asked what were the other options and he said either we have to leave (for Horden) or we would have to live on our friends sofas otherwise."
Growing more emotional the single mother described how awful the experiences have been and the "shock" she is in.
She said: "I feel absolutely depressed. As soon as I got comfortable here I am being told I have to move. My heart dropped.
"I am in so much shock I don't know how to react. It was like they ripped my heart out.
"My son and me are going to be alone."
"This shameful practice places additional strain on our already overstretched and underfunded public services in County Durham, while leaving vulnerable homeless families abandoned and isolated.
"I have raised this case with Durham County Council and Hillingdon Council and hope that Miss Longworth receives the support she deserves and is not forced to relocate against her wishes."
On one level it makes sense. The housing crisis on a national scale isn't that bad. There should on paper be enough homes in the country for the population. The issue is more that theres a finite supply in places where people want to live.
Moving out of London and going somewhere there's housing available- sure. On paper definitely makes sense.
But this...Its literally half the plot of Ken Loach's latest. London councils are unilaterally doing this and dumping needy people on poorer parts of the country. Here its a single mother- lots of other stories have some serious undesirables being shifted up and bringing their drug issues with them.
But still. If it was better organised with actual funding from the sender and support available then sure. Could see a case for doing it with single folks or anyone who actually volunteers.
But when its a mother and her kid being moved away from their support structure...that's really not cool.
Horden incidentally- there was a show on BBC3 a few years ago called "Canny Cops" about the place. Still maybe on iplayer or floating around somewhere. Its an infamous shit hole. Much of it ranks in the top 1000 areas nationally (out of nearly 33,000) in the poverty stakes.