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Myanmar coup: Police use force as protesters defy ban

One woman is in a critical condition, as doctors say her wounds are consistent with live ammunition.
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"There are numerous unconfirmed reports of police officers crossing over to join protesters. In some areas, police also allowed demonstrators through their barricades."

Let the revolution begin.....
 
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Myanmar coup: What will the military do now?

The military is in charge of Myanmar after deposing Aung San Suu Kyi. Do they know what to do next?
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"The amount of electoral manipulation and repression required to engineer any election in the near future which the military party can win risks leaving any government formed after such an exercise with threadbare legitimacy. The alternative is many more years of military rule, the generals hoping that age and exclusion from power remove Aung San Suu Kyi, who is 75 years old, and the NLD, from the scene."

The new plan: let's just hope she dies of natural causes.
 
While Gov Abbott was blaming windmills and Ted Cruz was vacationing in Cancun, AOC is doing shit to actually help again.
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As I was working this weekend, after exhausting the usual suspects of the Styx, Lionel Nation, Gad Saad, assorted Douglas Murray and Victor Hanson interviews, the first episode of Space 1999, I turned onto Sky News to have in the background as moving wall-paper and I caught that Sophy Ridge interview with Keir Starmer.

Wow: zero gravitas, dithering, unconvincing and no charisma. The only thing he has going for him, is that he is the best the Labour Party has to offer. They won't win back the Red Wall with that effete offering as leader.
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
As I was working this weekend, after exhausting the usual suspects of the Styx, Lionel Nation, Gad Saad, assorted Douglas Murray and Victor Hanson interviews, the first episode of Space 1999, I turned onto Sky News to have in the background as moving wall-paper and I caught that Sophy Ridge interview with Keir Starmer.

Wow: zero gravitas, dithering, unconvincing and no charisma. The only thing he has going for him, is that he is the best the Labour Party has to offer. They won't win back the Red Wall with that effete offering as leader.
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Starmer is the least of Labour's problems...
 
Accurate (though I’d argue that true conservatives are also anti-Trump)

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Pimpernel Smith said:
The sleaze of French politics:

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Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to jail for corruption

The ex-president, found guilty of trying to bribe a judge, will remain free while he appeals.
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"If you don't have a Rolex by the time you reach 50, then you have clearly failed in your life.” Remembering Sarkozy, the 'Bling-Bling' president

Three of Nicolas Sarkozy's greatest watches, including a Rolex Daytona, a Patek Philippe and Girard-Perregaux
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A corrupt French senior (ex)politician? Who'd of thunk it...!!!!

What is missing though, is some top-top illicit shagging...They're losing their touch!!
 
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A corrupt French senior (ex)politician? Who'd of thunk it...!!!!

What is missing though, is some top-top illicit shagging...They're losing their touch!!
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To be fair, he does have a rather splendid looking wife. Well, at least before she got Botoxed-up. I would have thought a Henri Charrière sentence more appropriate:

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Nicolas Sarkozy and a very French corruption scandal

Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, President of France from 2007 to 2012, currently a valued member of Emmanuel Macron’s informal council of advisors, was today sentenced to a year in prison for bribery and corruption in a case with roots in his murky relationship with the late Muammar Gaddafi, the not much...
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Pimpernel Smith said:
To be fair, he does have a rather splendid looking wife. Well, at least before she got Botoxed-up. I would have thought a Henri Charrière sentence more appropriate:

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Nicolas Sarkozy and a very French corruption scandal

Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, President of France from 2007 to 2012, currently a valued member of Emmanuel Macron’s informal council of advisors, was today sentenced to a year in prison for bribery and corruption in a case with roots in his murky relationship with the late Muammar Gaddafi, the not much...
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I've seen better-looking women than Bruni working behind the checkouts in ASDA.
 
formby002 said:
I've seen better-looking women than Bruni working behind the checkouts in ASDA.
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I quite liked her, as a warning, I also liked Valerie Trierweiler when she was girlfriend of Francois Hollande. She had a certain maturity and sexuality, that was very attractive.

Mainly I like a very certain type of red head. Like the one I married, a Cristina Hendricks type. That's my bag. Very rare indeed.

But as it happens, when we were in Haarlem the weekend, my missus mentioned there was an English lady at the Berkshire Butcher market store and it had English bacon. I went over to have a look and she was a good looking red head, but the bacon was that thick cut stuff. Later around the market I saw her again, she looked at me and weighed me up and smiled. I was her idea of a character, she probably sussed I was English straight away. Pretty much her to me me, without the missus telling me.
 
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I quite liked her, as a warning, I also liked Valerie Trierweiler when she was girlfriend of Francois Hollande. She had a certain maturity and sexuality, that was very attractive.

Mainly I like a very certain type of red head. Like the one I married, a Cristina Hendricks type. That's my bag. Very rare indeed.

But as it happens, when we were in Haarlem the weekend, my missus mentioned there was an English lady at the Berkshire Butcher market store and it had English bacon. I went over to have a look and she was a good looking red head, but the bacon was that thick cut stuff. Later around the market I saw her again, she looked at me and weighed me up and smiled. I was her idea of a character, she probably sussed I was English straight away. Pretty much her to me me, without the missus telling me.
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I can see the attraction(s) with Ms. Hendricks.

I'm constantly amazed at how many stunning women you see in everyday life.
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
I quite liked her, as a warning, I also liked Valerie Trierweiler when she was girlfriend of Francois Hollande. She had a certain maturity and sexuality, that was very attractive.

Mainly I like a very certain type of red head. Like the one I married, a Cristina Hendricks type. That's my bag. Very rare indeed.

But as it happens, when we were in Haarlem the weekend, my missus mentioned there was an English lady at the Berkshire Butcher market store and it had English bacon. I went over to have a look and she was a good looking red head, but the bacon was that thick cut stuff. Later around the market I saw her again, she looked at me and weighed me up and smiled. I was her idea of a character, she probably sussed I was English straight away. Pretty much her to me me, without the missus telling me.
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Dutch and Danish can both offer decent rashers. I don’t know what gets injected into them( or British rashers) though.

I would pay extra to avoid all the water and nitrates. I am eating less processed meat but it is still enjoyable occasionally.
 
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Dutch and Danish can both offer decent rashers. I don’t know what gets injected into them( or British rashers) though.

I would pay extra to avoid all the water and nitrates. I am eating less processed meat but it is still enjoyable occasionally.
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I have bacon every couple of weeks at breakfast of the weekend. Not that often.
 
I’ve never really liked the stuff. Thankfully, because in the US bacon is just thin slices of fat.
 
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Allegations against Cuomo become headache for Democrats from Albany to Washington

The governor’s weakened standing as a result of the recent accusations by three women has emboldened many of Cuomo’s frequent intra-party critics, many of whom have chaffed under his decadelong death-grip on state politics and are keen to cast him aside.
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From hero to zero in the timespan of nearly 12 months.
 
Kingstonian said:
I don’t know what gets injected into them( or British rashers) though.

I would pay extra to avoid all the water and nitrates.
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Some years back, my wife did some translating and interpreting work for a Japanese delegation that visited some large cattle and pig concerns.

She learned that the current term for slaughtering cattle is "turning off", as in "We turn off about 10,000 head per year here".

She also learned all about the process for curing bacon, including the injection of a brine solution into slabs of pork by a robotic device equipped with multiple needles. Her description of it was almost enough to put me off eating bacon. Almost...
 
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China NPC: US condemns 'assault on Hong Kong democracy'

Plans to tighten China's grip on Hong Kong by changing the electoral system draw an angry response.
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It was never a democracy if you had a free vote on a limited bloc of seats that never amounted enough for an outright majority or selection of the local executive. At best you could say it was a slightly more palatable form of elections than the system in Burma. At worse it was a show.
 
The opposition conservative party are left with only two seats in parliament. Even the leader of the opposition couldn’t keep his seat. That is a hell of an endorsement for Labor’s handling of the pandemic response.

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RECAP: Labor’s historic election win as it happened

WA Labor has romped to a historic victory in the 2021 State election, with the Liberal Party reduced to just two seats in the House of Representatives. RECAP THE DAY’S EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENED
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Cuomo: Pressure mounts as senators tell New York governor to quit

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been accused of sexual misconduct by seven women, allegations he denies.
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You know you're not loved when AOC, De Blasio, and Schumer are calling for your head.
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Notice how they're going to take him out and give him a life line: sexual harassment.

No mention or justice for the tens of thousands he sentenced to death.

A great Emmy award though.

Now that's show biz folks!
 
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