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- I think this is a MASSIVE deal and will only add pressure to cunty Zuchs to adhere to the same idea.Ianbolton
- Great news. Will be interesting to see how they work round this like the cigarette advertisers in the 00's.Hayzilla
- https://www.designbo…
https://cakeordeaths…Hayzilla - That’s a long explanation. He could have just said, fuck it, we don’t want to deal with all the whinersGnash
- Love this!MondoMorphic
- exactly Gnash.hotroddy
- Zuck won't do iternexbcn
- zuck is a sucker! zuck facebook!api
- Gardener8
- lmaoRamanisky2
- lolYakuZoku
- lolKrassy
- exciting game is football!dee-dubs
- renderedred2
Turkey launches military operation in northeast Syria
Turkish jets strike Syrian border towns controlled by Kurdish-led forces after US forces pulled back from the area.
- Thanks Trump!utopian
- This was also how the us created alqueda.Gnash
- Fun times.PhanLo
- Dunno guys, not sure if you can tell, but I'm a big Trump Supporter, but his reckless actions could really inflame this 95 year old conflict. Open to opinions..robotron3k
- The US, NATO, UN, Egypt, UAE, Syria, and Iran have all come out against Turkish incursion.IRNlun6
- Way too early to tell how this will go but Turkey is most definitely not being viewed in a favorable light. Also the Kurds can fight well and they're not alone.IRNlun6
- Turkey is completely on its own here.IRNlun6
- lol @ robo sounding like a reasonable democrat ... why the fuck did you pick this one fuckup to actually realized he's a fuckup?monospaced
- (he's being facetious. hint... 95 year old conflict...)Gnash
- Also can't dismiss that Turkey has legitimate concerns with the PKK which crosses the Syria/Turkish border and commits terror attacks.IRNlun6
- It's an insanely complicated conflict and US troops should not be used as a defensive barrier.IRNlun6
- I dont think Iran or Russia is against this. Why would they want a US backed Kurdish militia there?Beeswax
- Turkey should have never been involved. Erdogan got tricked by US-Israel into Syria hoping he would come out as a conqueror but whole thing became a mess.Beeswax
- Im now guessing that he's trying once more by participating in the chaos since he's losing power inside.Beeswax
- There's already a Kurdish federation in N.Iraq that Turkey has all sorts of bilateral ties with. I dont know why they are bothered with this one.Beeswax
- PKK terrorist joining YPG is a concern but as long as they are outside of Turkish soil no one cares about them, except the US now militarizing them for futureBeeswax
- From my understanding, Syria is trying to maintain its territorial integrity even with the Kurds in the north.IRNlun6
- Iran wants to keeps it corridor from Iran, Iraq, Syria to Lebanon open. Russia is a wildcard.IRNlun6
- Throw in Israel, the GCC and their own interests into the mix...IRNlun6
- I do agree though that Erdogan got overconfident and was goaded into this. His imminent threats where getting zero attention in Western media.IRNlun6
- I read Jeff Bezos was in Turkey a couple weeks ago mourning Khashoggi's death and the NYTimes gave Erdogan his own op-ed.IRNlun6
- It's wild that all these different factions know that the media will run with any story they're fed. Which makes it complicated to figure out whats going on.IRNlun6
- Yup, one crazy thing, old Khaalshoggi was a billionaire!?! But this shit is def complex, all the Arabs love fighting 10x more than us Americans. They can't stoprobotron3k
- What you'll hear next is fake news of Christian minorities getting slaughtered, and John Bolton comes back and tries to get Trump to Lybia Turkeyrobotron3k
- One thing I do know is that Trump is letting them figure it out and we'll assist where necessary. Obama kicked a burning hornets nest.IRNlun6
- Shit, we are going to be out of ammunition again :(BonSeff
- alqueda sounds like a prescription drug, lol @ GnashMaaku
- Factoid: of NATO nations, Turkey has the largest military after the USA. Over twice as large as France, which ranks 3rd.monNom
- could this also backfire against Turkey? Maybe they get too heavy handed and the US re-ups on the Kurds and end result is the creation of Kurdistan finally?_niko
- PonyBoy5
Judge rules against Johnson & Johnson in landmark opioid case in Oklahoma
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/26/…
Half a Billion dollar fine... BUT... "The fine was significantly less than the penalties sought by Oklahoma, sending J&J’s stock up by more than 5% in post-market trading after the verdict was read."
- Stocks are up...shareholders rejoice...Greed is Good!utopian
- 1/2 billion is pocket change for themKrassy
- It’s just the beginning.monospaced
- Original financial settlement was pegged to be around $17B. Still pocket change though, but sets enormous precedent.noRGB
- Was anyone jailed for this? Bunch of wanks must be laughing at all the junkies they've made.PhanLo
- Take notes el chapo et al, this is the way you run a drug cartel._niko
- "For the fiscal year 2017, Johnson & Johnson reported earnings of US$15.3 billion, with an annual revenue of US$81.6 billion, an increase of 6.7%"...ideaist
- ~ https://en.wikipedia…ideaist
- Hopefully
monospaced is correct and these corporate juggernauts start to feel the financial pain(s) of the common man/woman/child.ideaist - couldn't find info on what opioid drug(s) they deal in_niko
- ^ J&J only accounted for 1% of opioid sales in OklahomaGnash
- They make Duragesic and NucyntaGnash
- imbecile3
Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do
- thanks obamadoesnotexist
- thanks AIutopian
- It's called statistics.Khurram
- Great. But also creepy.skinny_puppy
- This the same LA county that use gangs of armed pigs to sweep places where the homeless sleep and destroy all their stuff, because property developers ask them?face_melter
- Can it predict who will become cunts before they do?de4k
- i don't see why not, zip codes help predict credit scores, credit spending habits can predict divorce, etcimbecile
- Some people in the US have a belief, looking at homeless people will make you homeless. In reality you just have to live in LA and wait.jmckinno
- Precognitives; hobo edition.ideaist
- renderedred5
Milo Yiannopoulos named grand marshal of Boston's 'Straight Pride' parade
- lolfadein11
- madness, total madness :)renderedred
- that's some master level trollingGnash
- Seems right actually, straight people make the gays.robotron3k
- lol, most idiots would argue gays make gaysmonospaced
- The GOP Family Values Tour 2019utopian
- Troll level: Andy KaufmanKrassy
- Why the need to troll a gay pride parade?yuekit
- it's not a gay parade; it's a straight parade, broKrassy
- it's trolling the pride parade for sure, as it's an obvious response to it ... anyway, it hasn't been approved and Mayor says it doesn't reflect Boston's valuesmonospaced
- ^ on a (very) serious note. Thanks, mono.Krassy
- Krassy3
- oh nooooo!Krassy
- I call BSKrassy
- virtually quitting to him would still put me in the hospital to get my stomach pumped.capn_ron
- he has virtually stopped sleeping with 20 year-old womensarahfailin
- I call deathutopian
- he's done this every decadefadein11
- About to turn 75 this coming Dec 18th! Wow!Krassy
- 75 going on 140 going on 18.Nairn
- Lemmy quit drinking and 2 months later he died. I think the cancer couldn’t handle the booze he was throwing at it.BH26
- ^ lolset
- he will survive us all! Richards 2032!mekk
- virtuallyBennn
- Hayoth8
- positivemugwart
- Killer article thanks!!!robotron3k
- importantuan
- explain to meApeRobot
- New browser allows you to Locally store all your personal data and interact with the internet anonymously. Aka. Google/Microsoft bypass.robotron3k
- you get a solid pod. on a provider that offers them or you run your own solid pod server. all your data is stored in your pod.uan
- you allow apps different access levels to your solid pod, aka your data.uan
- you can alter, manage your solid pod at your will.
this tech, with solid apps to come, gives power over data back to the user.uan - Tried it. So far it's a totally incoherent mess.Nairn
- ^ give things like this time, it only needs a year in the open to iron it out. There is not that many people working on this next to the cooperation's.mugwart
- Have you tried it?Nairn
- No its on my ever growing todo list. I'm sure its flacky but it is in its infancy and we are in a desperate need to counter the "internet" this moment.mugwart
- Trust me, it's beyond flakey right now - I've had two people from their dev team apologise for their poor UI and backend fuck ups already :)Nairn
- I want to be invested in it, but God only knows what they were thinking, releasing at this stage as they have. The interface is... very bad.Nairn
- you looked much into dweb, mugwart?Nairn
- dweb? No. I work in film VFX these days not touched web post flash death.
I'm a very keen anarchist though ;-)mugwart - my note didnt upload it seems. dweb?
I'm more vfx dev not done web since flash died.mugwart - shame its so flaky. Probably out of money and desperately trying to get a user base. Hopefully time would solve this issue, we really need something and fastmugwart
- Gardener6
- UK is Litpalimpsest
- https://www.youtube.…Bluejam
- it was mono trying to scare people away because churches are nothing but bitch whore cunt bungalows.face_melter
- ^ Omg, I actually spilled my coffee. LolGnash
- LOLpalimpsest
- I want to shake the hand of the writer/editor that got away with "woooooo" in a subhead for GUK. Brilliant.garbage
- Yeah, It was Mono, but I was also ghosting. I just raptured before the bobbies got me. And yeah, if you believe in ghosts you are a bitch whore cunt.CyBrainX
- Krassy5
Astronauts should not masturbate in zero gravity, NASA scientist says
- neverscared2
Belgian police raid drug lab on airbase housing US nuclear arsenal
Belgian police have raided an illegal lab producing the rave drug ecstasy on an airbase that reportedly houses part of the US nuclear arsenal in Europe.
- pretty good headline.neverscared
- Next to my honetowntank02
- Surprise!OBBTKN
- why was the article removed?Krassy
- because its rassan propagandasted
- flol at "reportedly"hans_glib
- The Guardian has a fake news story? Not a massive surprise given their reputation. At least they took it down.Chimp
- So I was raised there, and the airforce base as a massive terrain that is, not well guarded. We used to collect gunshells there. In hindsight a dumb move.tank02
- No F16, we got F35, Belgium woot woot!ApeRobot
- Now, that region is breaking bad terrain. Meth lab central. But the nucleat part of the base is underground and very well protected.tank02
- So there is a change on one of vast outskirts there was mobile meth lab.tank02
- Fyi 2 f16's crahed literally in our backyards when we were small. Pilots did uhm soms crazy stunts. Top gun style. Not legal at all.tank02
- https://aviation-saf…tank02
- reuters- the guardian- its all the same lies for chimpi chumbo.. only anti -vax is groovy.neverscared
- dude guardian is nowhere close to reuters.sted
- they go under the name of 'nuke' in clubs
https://i.imgur.com/…uan - This sounds like a reason to be pro USA, I'll be disappointed if its not trueyuekit
- once nuked you go pro everythinguan
- Isn't that a common type of ecstasy? I feel like I've seen it before.yuekit
- yes. it is fake news...pill from the 90‘s:)uan
- Gnash3
Miss America Scraps Swimsuit Competition
they "will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance"
- at least they can port the show to radio now.Gnash
- and the winner responds "the peace in the world"OBBTKN
- https://www.youtube.…Gnash
- not the swimsuit show! How many more blows can we take?Fax_Benson
- https://media.giphy.…Bluejam
- good, they should scrap the whole thingGuyFawkes
- ^ thisGnash
- Have them wear suits and compete in scrabble. Big ratings.docpoz
- For the sake of parity at least they should follow the example of Mr. America, keep the swimsuits and get rid of the stupid questions.soundofreason
- It's not exposing their bodies that objectifies them but rather exposing their intellectual shortcomings.soundofreason
- Reminds me of the year when Playboy USA only printed dressed girls.SimonFFM
- people still watch that?pango
- In the iraq and such asset
- Bluejam5
- I do often wonder what Morris thinks of how things are nowadays.
Four Lions was his last great statement on the idiocy of modern life.fadein11 - Crikey - I figured you were mistaken about Morris' last outing being Four Lions, but IMDB doesn't have him down for much beyond 2014 :(detritus
- hopefully his new film will shed some light ... been too long a waitBluejam
- It's not new Morris material but Oxide Ghosts is still doing the rounds of indie cinemasFax_Benson
- Just had a look - only a couple in Scotland and that festival in Wales.Fax_Benson
- What's his QBN username?face_melter
- he's done bits but Four Lions was his last significant work imho.fadein11
- I still watch Nathan Barley now and again. what a perfect summary of those times and now to a degree.fadein11
- Eeeeeeeeeeevicted!!docpoz
- I was mincily singing "It's bad to have a bad uncle" yesterday and then realised as my partner scrunched up her face at me that she hasn't seen Nathan Barley..detritus
- hahafadein11
- the 9/11 rap still kills mefadein11
- Ha. That intro. So over the top.docpoz
- just like any fox news broadcast reallyfadein11
- I bet he's angry he has to pay for his Adobe software tooPonyBoy
- lol ponyfadein11
- Shit is getting very weird here... like INFOWARS weirdcanoe
- I do often wonder what Morris thinks of how things are nowadays.
- DRIFTMONKEY8
- http://www.bbc.com/n…DRIFTMONKEY
- "It's ok, it's not lava"futurefood
- "you go first... totally not filled with landmines... totally not..."kona
- Trump and Macron?Krassy
- Kim Park-oursee_thru
- uan4
Uber self-driving vehicle hits, kills pedestrian in Arizona
- Robots killrobotron3k
- still less than humanuan
- by a lotuan
- it has begunGuyFawkes
- "When the woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit". This happens where I live with deer; they jump out and their is no chance of reaction...ideaist
- driver was behind the wheel as well...no over-ride?_niko
- Surely they could have Uber Health'd her to the nearest hospital and then charge her for the privilege. Fucking shithouse company needs to be destroyed.face_melter
- +1 facefadein11
- Can this thing drive past 1600 Penn?BusterBoy
- we're becoming too dependent on technology deez dayzpinkfloyd
- Lol what?? “The Volvo was in self-driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel.” The fuking human killed her.robotron3k
- the robot should kill the human that didn’t stop the robot from killing the humanGuyFawkes
- utopian2
At least 6 people are dead, 20 missing after a boulder crashes on 3 boats in Brazil.
- What are the chancesAQUTE
- Wtf!PhanLo
- oh fuckGuyFawkes
- Seems like when it's time, you really can't escape...grafician
- Scene from Final Destinationnb
- Yeesh!!Akagiyama
- ae is getting really good these dayshans_glib
- Needs a Bob Saget narration.Brabo_Brabo
- I feel for the families of the injured and dead, as their finally moments are now an mp4 and gif file spread around the internet...shapesalad
- YupGuyFawkes
- I think most of the dead were on that unfortunate white boat =\BuddhaHat
- Bluejam4
Four Lions director Chris Morris has shot a secret film with Anna Kendrick
- no sexual harassment, gtfo..ApeRobot
- oh yes!fadein11
- how long before the 'tards start posting Day Today / Brasseye clips as real news.fadein11
- It's not in any way important, but fuck me I had no idea he had a birthmark on his face. I just saw the photo on that article and wondered if he'd been drinkingdetritus
- Bloody hell!mugwart
- This is great..
http://www.bubblegun… . Also, RIP Bubblegun, I'd completely forgotten about you :(detritus - yep - a v.large one. Anyone read his biography? it's superb, highly recommended if a fan.fadein11
- who?utopian
- Chris Morris. Director of Four Lions.
It's written right <there.detritus - yeah, of course... but who the fuck is anna kendrick?kingsteven
- Hell yes.garbage
- I'm hoping for more roboplegic wrongcocks.face_melter
- This the news!Fax_Benson
- yes face_melter hahafadein11
- PonyBoy1
This show's been dead for a couple of years anyway... good riddance I guess. Sucks that Spacey was into kids though... always liked the guy's work. (I don't give a fuck if the kid was 14 and may have even looked 'older'... Spacey should be BEYOND ashamed).
Netflix Pulls Plug On ‘House Of Cards’ Next Year After Kevin Spacey Sexual Advances Claims
- totally agree matefadein11
- <3PonyBoy
- damn ... I thought he was one of the good ones ... I wonder if it was just that once or if he really was actively in to thatmonospaced
- wtf?moldero
- Lol he was the pederast from se7en all along_niko
- One incident 36 years ago? No excuse but really?freedom
- Mates with Jeffrey Epstein. Dodgy.PhanLo
- Looks like they've taken Spacey down from https://www.mastercl… where he was teaching how to get ahead in acting. :Smicrokorg
- 36 years ago? He'll spend months defending his name until eventually proven innocent. He's guilty before anything has been to proven already. Fuck!Ianbolton
- Show was done anyways though. I didn't even finish the last season.section_014
- what's all this hatred? Show is still going good, far more realistic than real politics that's going on now. plus he's a great actor.Beeswax
- the first season was the only good one. went straight to shit after that.sarahfailin
- Krassy5
‘South Park’ creators sign $900 million deal to extend series through 2027, produce 14 films
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/new…
- $$$monospaced
- Crikey. Seth Macfarlane got like a half billion dollar deal ages back, so good to see these two make $$$.Nairn
- SP is kind of funny to me - it started when I was at uni, and that was a lifetime ago, yet it's still manages to stay funny. Unlike the fucking Simpsons.Nairn
- It started when I was a freshman in college. Or the season before. Wow. A lifetime ago indeed.monospaced
- I met Trey Parker and Matt Stone hanging out at some bar in Venice Beach some years back, and both of them were naturally hilarious. Made everyone laugh nonstopKrassy
- People still watch south park? I thought it went the way of the simpsonsscarabin
- I just went through the whole thing and the last half was weak afscarabin
- I wasn’t a big fan originally back 1997.
It was around season 5 when I got hooked. One of the funniest shows around.Ramanisky2 - I thought the trump years were pretty damn good. And Sodasopa. Hah.monospaced
- Pandemic Special was pretty funny. Randy and Mickey tag-teaming a batPhanLo
- They really better buy Casa Bonita and improve the food.formed
- Tegridy.monospaced
- ^ lolKrassy
- AWESOM-O is still one of my favorite in the series.Ramanisky2