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by mr friendly guy
2020-09-17 11:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Positive Environmental news thread
Replies: 61
Views: 74189

Re: Positive Environmental news thread

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/china-considers-going-carbon-neutral-peaking-emissions/ Summary * EU pledges to go carbon neutral by 2050. *EU tells China if you don't go carbon neutral by 2060 you might face tariffs *China says, we will look at possibly going carbon neutral by 2050. No...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-16 03:22am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 576216

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

So had a bit of a look in more detail at this quota business. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/aluminum-tariffs-trade-trump-trudeau-1.5724391 Washington's declared limit varies from 70,000 to 83,000 tons per month of non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum. Statistics published by industry, gathered from th...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-15 10:14pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 576216

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

Tribble is completely wrong that Canada signed away the option of target retalitory tariffs. That's exactly what Ottawa did in response to the ridiculous aluminium tariffs and guess what, the White House folded right away. So much for vassal state. So it seems tariffs have been replaced with a quot...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-15 09:16pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Now we know where all those COVID was manufactured by the Chinese military rumours came from. Steve Bannon. https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-linked-groups-push-study-claiming-china-manufactured-covid Steve Bannon Is Behind Bogus Study That China Created COVID STUDY BUDDY The study goes aga...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-15 11:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 1448
Views: 576216

Re: Trump Dump: Foreign Policy (Thread I)

Bloomberg U.S. Violated Trade Rules With Tariffs on China, WTO Says By Bryce Baschuk 15 September 2020, 22:06 GMT+8 Updated on 15 September 2020, 22:49 GMT+8 WTO panel upholds a complaint filed by China over U.S. tariffs The U.S. imposed levies over intellectual rights violations The World Trade Or...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-14 10:19pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies
Replies: 8
Views: 4546

An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ice-nurse-revealed-georgia-detention-215816246.html An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies Izzie Ramirez September 14, 2020, 2:58 PM PDT·3 mins re On Monday, a nurse at a private immigration detention center in Georgia ...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-14 07:04am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English
Replies: 10
Views: 5034

Re: Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English

The professor took note and say he will change the way his course is taught. That's good enough for me. Otherwise, I'm going to be very upset over Naboo (Nabu), which in Singapore means fuck your mom. IIRC, there's actually one utterance in the movies that sounds like the complete curse word . Hey,...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-14 02:19am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Indigenous affairs and Settler-Colonial Decolonization News Megathread
Replies: 52
Views: 60746

Re: Indigenous affairs and Settler-Colonial Decolonization News Megathread

Australian mining company destroy Indigenous cultural site. Investors fire the chief execute and two others. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-12/rio-tinto-jean-sebastien-jaques-sacked-juukan-gorge-caves/12655942?section=analysis Has Rio Tinto learnt its lesson from the destruction of the Juukan G...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-13 11:47pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English
Replies: 10
Views: 5034

Re: Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English

Here is a video of the professor in question, Greg Patton saying Nei Ge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVRwfk5yuQ

You can judge for yourself, but IMO his pronunciation nowhere sounded like the N word.
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-13 08:25pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

In Australia, the chief health officer in Queensland is now getting death threats for their tough border stance. Qld and WA have tough border stances, which is still being opposed by the Federal government who aims to get things open by Christmas. The above states seem to be taking a more cautious a...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-12 07:30pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/un-adopts-covid-19-pandemic-resolution-despite-objections-from-us-israel UN adopts Covid-19 pandemic resolution despite objections from US, Israel PUBLISHEDSEP 12, 2020, 12:46 PM SGT FACEBOOKTWITTER NEW YORK (AFP) - The United States was supported onl...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-12 07:26pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: The cost of the US war on terror
Replies: 2
Views: 2980

Re: The cost of the US war on terror

madd0ct0r wrote: 2020-09-12 02:36pm Phillipines?
Abu Sayaff.
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 08:11pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

https://www.newsweek.com/teachers-die-covid-south-carolina-mississippi-missouri-iowa-oklahoma-schools-reopen-1531147?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599779147 Teachers Die of COVID in South Carolina, Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma As Schools Reopen B...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 01:19pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: On this date in 1973..
Replies: 2
Views: 2849

On this date in 1973..

Nothing of note happened in Chile according to CNN, WaPo and the NYT (no I checked). However according to Venezuela's mouthpiece, this happened. Apparently the United States being the champion of democracy decided what better way to promote and spread democracy than by overthrowing a democratically ...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 11:26am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Is there any evidence that Woodward actually wants Trump to lose, as opposed to trying to sell his book? A quick search doesn't show him to be a registered democrat or a republican currently, although Bernstein, his collaborator in investigating Nixon stated Woodward was a registered Republican (at ...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 08:41am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: The worst I've seen – trauma expert lifts lid on 'atrocity' of Australia's detention regime
Replies: 2
Views: 2769

Re: The worst I've seen – trauma expert lifts lid on 'atrocity' of Australia's detention regime

This article is from 2016, not sure about any update. However personal information, I caught up with an old colleague from a certain hospital while doing a course. Said colleague at that time like me had left the hospital system and was working as a GP and had seen refugees in Australian run camps, ...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 05:59am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: The cost of the US war on terror
Replies: 2
Views: 2980

The cost of the US war on terror

At least 37 million displaced At least 37 million people have been displaced by America's 'war on terror' in less than 20 years JOHN HALTIWANGER SEP 9, 2020, 7:12 AM At least 37 million people have been displaced by America’s “global war on terror,” according to a new report from Brown University’s...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-11 05:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

I mean. One's a government and the other is a private citizen. People who trusted Trump at that point weren't likely to listen to anyone contradicting him, recordings or no. There were other sources available telling people why they needed to be concerned about the pandemic. Anyone who hadn't gotte...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-10 10:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Let me get this right. China takes a few weeks to work out the characteristics of this new virus, eg human to human transmission etc. They are criticise for downplaying or outright withholding information. Meanwhile Woodward takes a much longer time of 6 fucking months before he reveals this revelat...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-10 09:30pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Harry Dunn's parents file U.S. lawsuit against diplomat's wife over fatal U.K. crash
Replies: 0
Views: 8685

Harry Dunn's parents file U.S. lawsuit against diplomat's wife over fatal U.K. crash

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/harry-dunn-s-parents-file-u-s-lawsuit-against-diplomat-n1239691 Harry Dunn's parents file U.S. lawsuit against diplomat's wife over fatal U.K. crash Anne Sacoolas showed a “conscious disregard for the safety of Harry,” lawsuit states. Sept. 10, 2020, 3:52 AM AWST B...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-10 09:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-09-10/the-coronavirus-may-have-reached-los-angeles-even-before-china-announced-its-outbreak The coronavirus may have reached Los Angeles even before China announced its outbreak By KAREN KAPLANSCIENCE AND MEDICINE EDITOR SEP. 10, 20207:45 AM Was the novel c...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-10 09:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

An argument could be made for a strategic release of the information. “Donald Trump is lying about COVID” was known at the time, and the confirmation wouldn’t really have meant much. Same number of people (maybe more, if he tantrumed) would be dead and it wouldn’t be a release that had the impact i...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-10 12:00am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264337

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Parts of Brazil are now claiming they could produce a Chinese vaccine for mass distribution as early as December, which seems quite optimistic. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3100930/brazil-could-launch-chinese-coronavirus-vaccine-year-says To give the salient points 1. Brazil's pr...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-09 10:42pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Time Lord Victorious story arc
Replies: 3
Views: 10446

Re: Time Lord Victorious story arc

More on this story arc https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=daleks-the-animated-series-coming-soon-time-lord-victorious DALEKS! The animated series joins Time Lord Victorious The Daleks are taking over with their own animated series! The final, missing piece in Time Lord Victorious is announced to...
by mr friendly guy
2020-09-09 08:50pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385404

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

Apparently this Bill which allows the UK to ignore parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement it doesn't like might break international law.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-10/ ... n=business