wcw43921 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Olivia DeHavilland Sues Over "Feud" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 File under nice http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43339807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Martin Shkreli gets seven years prison http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43352073 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 He'll be out in two years or less I suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 I don't think prison will wipe the insufferable smug off his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 16 minutes ago, Sociotard said: I don't think prison will wipe the insufferable smug off his face. Considering his own Lawayer said this: " "I've got my begging voice on," Shkreli's lawyer Benjamin Brafman told the judge on Friday, while acknowledging his client could be annoying. "There are times when I want to hug him and hold him and comfort him and there are times when I want to punch him in the face," said Mr Brafman. " Sociotard and gewing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 If you know the James Bond film You Only Live Twice then this should be of interest to you http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43356337 Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 A bizarre twist to an already odd case: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43358302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 4:35 PM, Hermit said: He'll be out in two years or less I suspect if it makes you feel better, he pled guilty in another case and is up for sentencing in the summer. Hopefully, they'll stack the sentencing. CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Lanhydrock National Trust cream tea advert sparks outrage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 It's true. I come from Devon and the Cornish have a different way of doing things. Personally I would do it the Cornish way jam first and then cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Next thing you know they'll get all worked up over which end to open the egg. That surely will not end well. . . Lord Liaden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 ??? I just crack and drop the contentsfrom the inside into the pan, but I only eat eggs scrambled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 So it’s war then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Well, if someone disagrees with me scrambling my eggs, then so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Sir Ken Dodd has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43367267 Hubert de Givenchy has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43375454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/after-30-years-an-island-and-its-sole-inhabitant-face-an-uncertain-future.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 So China got rid of term limits so it can have El Presidante for life? Nothing bad can come of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 The Chinese leadership was effectively an autocracy already. This just formalizes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 True. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Hermit said: So China got rid of term limits so it can have El Presidante for life? Nothing bad can come of this 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: The Chinese leadership was effectively an autocracy already. This just formalizes it. In the current and former Communist states, term limits are for appearance's sake only. After all, Vladimir Putin stepped down as President of the Russian Federation for a while, but continued to effectively rule the country as Prime Minister. Nobody questioned that he was still running the country with his hand-picked successor as President backing him up every step of the way. I still can;t make out China's strange brand of Communism. It bears little resemblance to what has gone before and virtually no resemblance to classical Marxism. The only common ground is the phobic dislike ofv possible dissent, along with the typical desire of Chinese leaders to avoid losing face by being openly criticized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 It is my understanding that Chinese communism is communism in name only. I heard it described once as "totalitarian capitalism," a description which sounds quite accurate to me. Lord Liaden and Pattern Ghost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 China's ruling party is Communist in name only. It's mainly a vehicle for the people in power to remain in power, and maintain control over the country. The government is pushing capitalism hard as a national goal, i.e. making money is good for the country. But they don't want any of the other elements from Western society, e.g. representative democracy, freedom of expression and information, and the like. The impression I get is that they figure if they create enough prosperity, the public won't be as insistent for social and political freedoms. (The money's not filtering out to the rural regions, but they aren't a priority to the current regime.) wcw43921 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Their capitalism is more "state capitalism" than classical capitalism as we might see things. Sociotard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Ironically, China's current system sounds a lot like fascism. Consider this definition of fascism from Merriam Webster: "a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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