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[nudge]

16 minutes ago, Stan said:

Shiittt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63996982

Glad not many people were injured, given the amount of glass and explosion of water it could have been much more serious.

Those poor fish though...

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Shiittt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63996982

Glad not many people were injured, given the amount of glass and explosion of water it could have been much more serious.

Yea, it's all over the news here. The only good thing is that it happened at night where nobody was around. The damange looks devastating. Even an earthquake station detected the bang apparently. 

And yea, those poor fish.  

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Ah, here we go again...

[CaaC (John)]

 

Look down V

Edited December 16, 2022 by CaaC (John)

[Tommy]

17 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

 

Look up. 

[CaaC (John)]

5 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Look up. 

What? 

[MUFC]

Bunkers.

[MUFC]

3 dead in Paris shooting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64077668

[MUFC]

 

[Cicero]

No way did that clown Andrew Tate get arrested because of his back and forth with Greta, a child, because his video gave away his location. 

[Azeem]

On 16/12/2022 at 23:53, nudge said:

 

Ah, here we go again...

Anyone noticed how the whole 'Muslamic terrorism' vanished from the fore front of media discourse since the start of 2020s with corona first and now these geopolitical tensions taking the centre stage !? ISIS which was going all crazy in 2010s has now gone dormant. 

As if there is a script for every 10-20 years...

[Tommy]

2 hours ago, Beelzebub said:

Anyone noticed how the whole 'Muslamic terrorism' vanished from the fore front of media discourse

Not really.

[Azeem]

11 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Not really.

From the fore front, the impulse is definitely still there. 

[Tommy]

Former Pope Benedict croaked. 

[Azeem]

He was the first Pope to tweet

[Stan]

6 hours ago, Beelzebub said:

Anyone noticed how the whole 'Muslamic terrorism' vanished from the fore front of media discourse

Depends which media discourse you're taking into account?

[MUFC]

1 hour ago, Tommy said:

Former Pope Benedict croaked. 

This is why Pope jokes are doing their rounds on the jokes thread

[Azeem]

46 minutes ago, Stan said:

Depends which media discourse you're taking into account?

The mainstream discourse of major outlets. A quick analytics of their articles and general observation makes it obvious the whole war on terror era is now not the prime focus it once was.

[Tommy]

56 minutes ago, MUFC said:

This is why Pope jokes are doing their rounds on the jokes thread

When the news came out that he was in bad health, a satire page wrote "Prayers have been answered. The former Pope is now fit again, and 40 years younger", with a picture showing him riding a bicycle. People got so offended by that. 

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[MUFC]

Riots in Brazil.

[MUFC]

 

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, MUFC said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(YouTuber)

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His videos received praise early in the pandemic, but later veered into misinformation

 

[MUFC]

https://apnews.com/article/politics-pakistan-government-international-monetary-fund-covid-ef0618c269b614884e6d12f0796b9bca

[Dr. Gonzo]

The pro-Bolsonero idiocy over the weekend seem to be tied to some US political weirdos like Steve Bannon. Brazil's moving at a much quicker pace with condemning these people though, 400 already arrested. I wonder if they go after people like Bannon who stoked the flames for these gullible idiots to go ahead and do this - and if the US would extradite if that happened.