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Post by registerme on May 14, 2024 8:59:50 GMT
Seems like a lot of self-determination going on there. Oh, wait a minute...
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Post by registerme on May 13, 2024 17:27:22 GMT
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Post by registerme on May 13, 2024 10:53:11 GMT
I am not a massive fan of Donald Trump, but I respect his personal courage* and believe he is more in tune with reality than some of the people currently running the US. That would be Donald "Bonespurs" Trump would it?
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Post by registerme on May 12, 2024 20:36:35 GMT
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 21:06:08 GMT
I've quite enjoyed watching proceedings for yesterday and today (for reference 08 and 09 May 2024). Barristers going at barristers makes for a high class game.
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 20:53:51 GMT
Well no more or less than most other nations more or less. The problem with the middle aged and elderly as are extremely well represented here, is they were brought up on a diet of US=force for good. One thing that gets their back up is to be reminded that the US is the only country in history to drop a nuclear bomb on cities massacring hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. The US did that. Nobody else. You'd think they'd be a little contrite but no, they have to decide to constantly keep invading other countries. It was for the greater good they'll cry. Try telling that to the families and descents of hundreds of the thousands of people. We won't change any opinions and vice-versa but its always interesting to debate. I totally agree, a lot of the views held by people regarding escalation with Russia on this thread can only be explained by dementia or not having much time left anyhow. oh gawd, now you're a neurologist and a palliative care consultant? In addition to your without compare military expertise, and geopolitical insight. OK.
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 20:41:58 GMT
Obviously Kissinger did not issue a public warning to the world about being an ally of the US - it highlights the fact that although the US goes about the world acting as if they are on a moral crusade they act out of self interest and have very little morality. It is a lot like the "Magic Bullet" theory - it is widely used to highlight the ridiculous lies the psychopaths in the US government tell to cover their nefarious actions. I guess in the modern era it is called a Meme. Well no more or less than most other nations more or less. The problem with the middle aged and elderly as are extremely well represented here, is they were brought up on a diet of US=force for good. One thing that gets their back up is to be reminded that the US is the only country in history to drop a nuclear bomb on cities massacring hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. The US did that. Nobody else. You'd think they'd be a little contrite but no, they have to decide to constantly keep invading other countries. It was for the greater good they'll cry. Try telling that to the families and descents of hundreds of the thousands of people. We won't change any opinions and vice-versa but its always interesting to debate. Facts help debate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States#20th-century_warsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 19:36:29 GMT
I wasn't aware that that point needed highlighting. Kissinger would be laughing at you.
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 19:00:03 GMT
angrysaveruk you're dangerously (deliberately?) misquoting / misunderstanding. “Nixon should be told that it is probably an objective of Clifford to depose Thieu before Nixon is inaugurated. Word should be gotten to Nixon that if Thieu meets the same fate as Diem, the word will go out to the nations of the world that it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.”
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2024 16:26:47 GMT
NATO has pushed to the edges of Russian territories since 1989 - when NATO should have been disbanded just like the Warsaw Pact did. When you're in a hole... (Is it true what Patton is alleged to have said about getting the other dumb barstool to do all the fighting/dying? How apt a description of our times and NATO's alleged role in fighting Russia from behind a curtain.) Interesting use of language. One that tries to imply something rather different to the reality. NATO didn't PUSH to the edges of Russian territories. Rather sovereign and democratic countries requested to JOIN NATO. IIRC there was a common factor amongst many, in fact nearly all, those sovereign independent and democratic countries which might have been a factor, but I'm struggling to remember what it is. Oh I remember, silly me. They had spent somewhere near the last 45 or 50 years living under the yoke of communism with in the main Moscow puppet regimes subjugating their populations. The lesson of Czechoslovakia 1968 was no less lost on the likes of Estonia, Latvia, etc. than it was the Czech's. Perhaps they felt their hard won reinstated independence and nascent democractic status would be safer under the umbrella of NATO. Looking at Ukraine and Georgia, and even Belarus, you'd be forgiven for thinking they might have had a point, Oh I don't think the Baltic states were under any illusions, what with bitter memories of being annexed in 1940.
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Post by registerme on May 8, 2024 23:04:48 GMT
Happy Victory Day Russia.
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Post by registerme on May 7, 2024 20:35:06 GMT
So this is a dumb / naive question. Maybe Mousey would like to opine? We have "council for the inquiry", or whatever they are actually called. Mr Bear etc. And very effective they are too. We also have barristers / lawyers (?) for other interested parties, eg the sub-Post Masters, or Mr Jenkins etc. When preparing for a witness, do those barristers / lawyers work together? Are they allowed to? Or would that be considered inappropriate (?) collusion (?). I realise that this is an inquiry and not a case heard before a court but I am unsure about the mechanices wrt to this, or their import.
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Post by registerme on May 3, 2024 23:04:12 GMT
As much as I (currently) think that Singh deserves all the opprobrium he's receiving I can't help but think that he is as much a symptom as a cause.
How could anybody as obviously useless as he is have achieved the position he reached? How could any of the people who so manifestly can't take responsibility for anything have achieved positions of responsibility?
And, before I become (too) "holier than thou", I've worked for organisations where, had they been subject to the level of scrutiny that the PO is currently receiving, they would have been very, very uncomfortable. The staff too, and that could have included me.
Watching the Horizon inquiry unfold makes me reflect on all the conversations and email chains and... just busy corporate life I experienced. I was never involved in anything close to what is currently unfolding before us. But I did experience a few things that made me distinctly uncomfortable. Did I resolve them appropriately? I think so. Were they to be subject to this level of scrutiny would I still think so?
I'm not so sure.
I sometimes wonder that large organisations are simply impossible to manage to the standards that we (the public), shareholders, customers, staff, and the management expect of them.
What to do?
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