tkdguy Posted October 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Cygnia said: Couple Stopped At The Airport After Accidentally Packing Pet Cat In Hand Luggage I'm glad the cat is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Go All Blacks! Woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Romania forest murder as battle over logging turns violent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 "Like the frog in the slowly heating pot, Australia’s major media organisations have belatedly realised they are in a most uncomfortable fix. After mostly cheerleading the 75 or so increasingly more draconian national security laws introduced over the past 18 years, they now realise they have unwittingly encouraged an erosion of their freedom to report, inform and hold government to account." Australia is on a slippery slope to tyranny pinecone, ScottishFox, Cygnia and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 The world today rather reminds me of the world in the 1930s, when fascism as a political philosophy was the flavor of the month for its apparent efficiency and strong nationalist perspective... until people woke up to where it was actually leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 If Australia was so concerned about the survival and proper operational role of the fourth estate, then it would introduce laws to break up media empires. assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 One of my colleagues has just returned from Hong Kong, and his view of the protesters is different from that of the western press. He said the protesters have trashed businesses and banks that are based in China. They break into the stores and destroy the merchandise (they claim not to steal anything). Keep in mind the workers in the stores and banks are Hong Kong natives. They also trash the subway every day. My colleague likened the protesters' attitude to that of the Third Reich in that they are racist towards their own people. Lord Liaden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I've heard similar remarks. It's natural for democratic countries to want to cheer a movement that proclaims itself defending individual freedom; but mass demonstrations very often inadvertently encourage looting and vandalism, and are exploited by those who want them to support their personal agendas. I expect both perspectives on the Hong Kong demonstrations have a lot of validity, but they're also framed by the biases of whoever reports on them. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 4 hours ago, tkdguy said: One of my colleagues has just returned from Hong Kong, and his view of the protesters is different from that of the western press. He said the protesters have trashed businesses and banks that are based in China. They break into the stores and destroy the merchandise (they claim not to steal anything). Keep in mind the workers in the stores and banks are Hong Kong natives. They also trash the subway every day. My colleague likened the protesters' attitude to that of the Third Reich in that they are racist towards their own people. Ah well, no good cause goes untarnished I suppose Or as LL said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I read that they're not just trashing Chinese-based businesses, but those which are state run. So, trying to hurt the Chinese government in the wallet. As for shutting down the subways? Seems like one of the few things a bunch of civilians can do to have a major impact. So, I can see a "logic" to the targeted violence, if it is indeed targeted in the way I've seen presented. It's of course impossible to know the whole truth of any story without first hand experience of the situation, and even then can still be hard. But this is pretty much the American mythos of violent overthrow of an oppressive rule being played out in modern times. I find that angle interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 High school cancels football season and fires coaches after suspended star RB suits up with different name and number What a crazy story. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Starlord said: High school cancels football season and fires coaches after suspended star RB suits up with different name and number What a crazy story. I'm happy that the administrators had the guts to do it. High school football, while not anywhere near NCAA levels, can still be a big moneymaker for schools. It's nice to see the administration taking a principled stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 A big school where my father-in-law lives (about 90 miles north of here) canceled their football program this year because not enough kids were turning out. And I mean a big school. Not like one of the places I went to high school, where the graduating class of 1971 called itself "The Roaring Twenty", because that's how large the whole class was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Class of '87, we graduated 140ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I moved back to the States and graduated in 1974 in a class of about 115, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Had about 800, class of '86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 We had about 300, also class of '86. Other high schools in the area had much larger graduating classes that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Class of '86, graduating class of 55. My largest Physics class has 37. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Video appears to show New Mexico football coach stealing cash from players in locker room From the article: Quote For weeks, players had been mysteriously losing cash from their wallets, parents told NBC affiliate KOB. It had gotten so bad that players had been suspecting each other of the thefts and Roanhaus claimed to be a victim too, parents said. Roanhaus had even made players run extra laps at practice as punishment for one of them allegedly stealing, the parents told KOB. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Pariah said: Unbelievable. Not at all. I have stated that my most unpopular opinion on the HERO boards is my ambivalence toward the idea of losing character points permanently. My most widely unpopular opinion everywhere in America is that football is a cancer on sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Duke Bushido said: Not at all. I have stated that my most unpopular opinion on the HERO boards is my ambivalence toward the idea of losing character points permanently. My most widely unpopular opinion everywhere in America is that football is a cancer on sports. "It has been said, not inaptly, that the relation of football to physical culture is much the same as that of the bull-fight to agriculture." --Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class Duke Bushido and pinecone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Venomous puss caterpillars return to Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 It always has to be Florida, doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 To be fair, "venomous puss caterpillar" sounds like something you step over on the way to get your morning paper in Australia. BoloOfEarth and Lord Liaden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Or a thing from a post-apocalyptic campaign: tracked heavy equipment of some sort, piloted by a mutant feline with poison fangs. Hmm, want the light-bulb idea emoticon again. Lee and Ranxerox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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