Using a hand-cranked field telephone for 'interrogations' was common in the Thirties in Vietnam. Possible that the French invented it even, but that needs checking .
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- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
Morning AK -- seems to me they are still chasing the racist and other unhappy voters, because there are so many of them around ? Hard times make it easy for the populists . Anyway, was Mr Falter really 'just going for a walk with a few friends' or taking a film crew for a bit of provocation ? I beli...
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
Very much more detail here, from Gideon Falter I was treated like a criminal for being Jewish. The Met chief must go Pelted with insults like ‘scum’ and ‘Nazi’ after stumbling across a march, the leader of the Campaign Against Antisemitism was told he could be arrested https://www.thetimes.co.uk/art...
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
https://twitter.com/richardxxx4/status/1781959214958547303 As far as I can see, the coppers made a mistake, should have waited until one 'side' or the other went too far, but fell into a trap ? Plus, the same approach should apply to a 'Muslim lady' ! The CAA published footage of a police officer de...
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
While masses of people are being tortured dismembered killed , in for TWO examples ONLY in Gaza and Ukraine , I still follow up the Trans Wars a bit - Phoebe with an F worth a look, plus replies -- https://twitter.com/TheStephOfStars/status/1781800187536527854 From this interview it looks like Dawn ...
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 7:26 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
State sick pay is pretty mean here, but apparently it's twice the UK rate ...
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
- Sun 21 Apr, 2024 6:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
I can't remember SuperMac or Harold Wilson highlighting their enthusiasm for keeping the borders safe ... Though it was the (first) Wilson government that passed the first major anti-immigration legislation for decades in the late 1960s. You don't think good old Enoch made *that* speech just on a w...
- Sat 20 Apr, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
"RT is funded just like the BBC" " Ukrainian doctors castrate Russian POWs" "We occupied Kiev in the first week, then gave it back" ( Seen that one this week from a Troll at the Times) "Nuclear war is no big deal , we're all going to die sometime" https://www....
- Sat 20 Apr, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3331
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024
I can't remember SuperMac or Harold Wilson highlighting their enthusiasm for keeping the borders safe ...
- Fri 19 Apr, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3037
Re: Friday 19th April 2024
Maguire somewhat out of touch, it was already online at 6.30 .
CCHQ trying to tell the 78you secretary she'd imagined it !
CCHQ trying to tell the 78you secretary she'd imagined it !
- Fri 19 Apr, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3037
- Fri 19 Apr, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3037
Re: Friday 19th April 2024
Absolutely and, after all, Cameron said that had we been on the receiving end we would have given a very strong response. What Iran actually did is part of the reason that I think it was a case of (very expensive) play-acting. They could have used fewer missiles with no warning whatsoever and cause...
- Fri 19 Apr, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3037
Re: Friday 19th April 2024
VERY VERY naughty as it might push up the gas prices for the US election !
Thanks Sky as always for the QT Report .
Damn -- just saw a clip of TC droning on unpleasantly, monotonously, then lost it !
Dreadful .
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
21° and I was thinking of getting out my shorts, then realised I should do some strimming first ! !
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
Looking forward to the ReportSky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Thu 18 Apr, 2024 1:53 pm Tice vs David TC Davies could prove to be amusing. I guess I better go and get some cheap plonk.
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
Good morning. Yeah, funny that... Jeremy White @jeremyiwhite 55m Absolutely, not yet clear what the facts are here but sounds suspiciously close to theft and yet the Police aren’t involved Years ago our great Corruption Inquiry judge Eva Joly wrote - " in my years as a magistrate common or gar...
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
Example above ! Readers added context they thought people might want to know This is not one of the 32 recommendations. The Cass review recommends establishing separate services for 17-25 year olds in order to increase the capacity of care available for the trans community and ensure a smooth transi...
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
Sigh Several years ago I decided I just didn't have the time left to spend it on properly researching and then making up my mind on MMT, tho I DO have some sympathy for the arguments I've seen around . The Trans Debate is about the same for me, time is limited :-) Below I notice that there is often...
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
We have no (IMMEDIATE) plans ....
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2999
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
Morning refit A free view for Gilsey ** and anyone else interested in the economy https://twitter.com/FT/status/1780244685182620063 ** First holiday for four years , something to do with covid ? I know it would for me if it involved public transport . ------------------------------------------------...
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2468
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2468
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2468
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2468
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2468
Re: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Morning AK "Actually, the effect that Stein had on that election is still debated. It may have made some difference, but not as obviously as Nader did in 2000." Agreed . Not all Stein people would have voted Clinton rather than stay at home or very unlikely vote Trump ! Stein's 2016 campai...
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Jill Stein's votes lost three states for Hillary
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Just a little more on RT and the weirdos affiliated to it and all going back to Vlad --
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Anyway, the new Liz Truss book. Anybody buying it? :) I wonder if her US billionaire backers will buy enough to delay the inevitable remaindering ? I saw a parody of it on Xitt yesterday, and it might just as well have been the real thing . Much fun from Gaby Hinsliff Zoe Williams and Hugo Rifkind .
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
OUCH !
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
This fits with the popular " Forty Beheaded Babies" **-- https://twitter.com/broseph_stalin/status/1780233559971594249 One would think that in a decent society with any respect for truth and public safety she should see consequences for Hate Speech which very well COULD have fatal conseque...
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
- Tue 16 Apr, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th April 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2158
Re: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Parliament back yesterday, also John Crace after a heart attack -- " Matt Hancock got up to say he had nothing to say but wanted to say it anyway as he couldn’t bear to be left out. Cue an exit for the tearooms." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/15/rishi-sunak-tries-for-gravit...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
If you want a scary listen, the new episode of This Machine Kills podcast talks about how Israel has used AI to 'identify targets' in Palestine. There should be war crime prosecutions based on this information https://twitter.com/machinekillspod/status/1779630717099442527 The guardian article was q...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Found it .
Tearful Biden and Sunak falling for the rubbish of FIFTY DECAPITATED BABIES etc etc
Excellent work from Aljazeera --
Tearful Biden and Sunak falling for the rubbish of FIFTY DECAPITATED BABIES etc etc
Excellent work from Aljazeera --
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Yes, that last paragraph certainly rings true. One thing bugging me is the blanket description of everyone who went through the Wall, and committed crimes, as Hamas, when the crowd ranged from Hamas to groups of excited teenagers to individuals to criminal gangs (apparently not a shortage of those ...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Israeli media also has a habit of publishing "polls" purportedly showing that the overwhelming majority of Gazans still back Hamas. Still a free read -- Shaher generalizes, saying, "It's very hard to conduct surveys among Arabs. Everybody has two opinions concerning nationalist and m...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Haaretz gives six free reads pm, but the one in this Xitter post is Subscription Only - A Free Amira Hass tho -- 'People Are Constantly Cursing Sinwar': Gazans Opposing Hamas Are Sure They're the Majority Four Gazans who spoke with Haaretz rail against the Hamas leader in the Strip and the decision ...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Neat !
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 15th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1940
Re: Monday 15th April 2024
Mornng refit
Glad to hear that Sky was only undergoing Family Meet-up exhaustion !
First lol of the day --
Glad to hear that Sky was only undergoing Family Meet-up exhaustion !
First lol of the day --
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Good question !
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Several deleted Xitts this morning !
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
This was my first LOL of the day --
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
He sounds just the chap for New-New labour's internal policing -- Extortion, blackmail “Any information that might enable extortion of an individual is considered relevant,” one Unit 8200 reservist explained in the letter. “Whether said individual is of a certain sexual orientation, cheating on his ...
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Lawyers acting for a Palestinian activist and Labour member have complained to the party over its decision to hire an alleged former Israeli intelligence officer to help run its social media strategy. Assaf Kaplan was hired by Labour as a social listening and organising manager, a new post describe...
- Sun 14 Apr, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Stronger words from Starmer, than when Israel murdered 3 UK citizens Morning refit And no words at all on this ? Their accounts were shared exclusively with the Guardian in advance of publication. All six said that Lavender had played a central role in the war, processing masses of data to rapidly ...
- Sat 13 Apr, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Yep, "small but vital numbers " decide SO much ! Not concentrating solely on gaining votes but also on persuading that small number of the opponent's potential voters into staying home . Now a truism when we've seen Cambridge Analyica at work . https://time.com/5197255/facebook-cambridge-a...
- Sat 13 Apr, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
For something more down to earth , a demonstration of how bad the roots on shop-bought plants/trees can be . Spending some time even on $2 herb plants is well spent
- Sat 13 Apr, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
Its a complete non-story about Rayner, let's all remember that. Agreed , it's pitiful rubbish . So what do you do if she lived 50/50 in both houses, make her half an MP ? Another one on so-called 'crime' is the proportion of the US electorate supposedly not voting for DJT IF he's convicted on any o...
- Sat 13 Apr, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2406