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Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/23 at 9:04 am

BREAKING:
Armed police are responding to an incident at Central Middlesex Hospital in London. Two injured people are being treated at the scene with the incident still "ongoing", London Ambulance Service confirmed. The Metropolitan Police says one man has been arrested.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/23 at 10:16 am

BREAKING:
Armed police are responding to an incident at Central Middlesex Hospital in London. Two injured people are being treated at the scene with the incident still "ongoing", London Ambulance Service confirmed.
Two people have life-threatening injuries - the suspect, and one victim. Another victim has non life-threatening injuries. Police say one person has been arrested, and the incident is not being treated as terror-related.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/23 at 11:45 am

At least 16 people have been injured, seven of them seriously, after a large explosion in central Paris.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/23 at 12:22 pm

The US has accused Amazon of tricking customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 2:48 am

Two of the world's most high-profile technology billionaires - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg - have agreed to fight each other in a cage match.

Who has the TV rights?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 4:12 am

Designing that sub without a distress beacon/ping device was exceedingly foolhardy.

If it is the occupants banging on the hull, they need to be careful that they don’t burn up too much oxygen in the process.
The missing crew may only have a few hours of oxygen left, based on estimates of the Titan submersible's initial supply. The search is being expanded - aircraft and ships, as well as remotely operated vehicles, are combing around 10,000 sq miles of ocean.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 7:07 am

More than 30 migrants may have drowned after their boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, two charities have said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 7:12 am

The chief medical adviser, Sir Chris Whitty, tells the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that lockdown was a "very radical thing to do". He calls the lockdown "extraordinarily major" and a "big new idea" that wasn't considered in advance. He also says he saw the damage from the disease "first-hand" as a working medic.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 11:04 am

The missing crew may only have a few hours of oxygen left, based on estimates of the Titan submersible's initial supply. The search is being expanded - aircraft and ships, as well as remotely operated vehicles, are combing around 10,000 sq miles of ocean.
BREAKING:
A debris field has been discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic, the US Coast Guard has just announced. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 11:23 am

In the UK, Thousands of rail workers will strike on three days in July as part of a long-running dispute about pay and conditions. Strikes at 14 rail firms have been called on 20, 22 and 29 July, the RMT union said. It said negotiations with rail firms and the government had stalled.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/23 at 3:19 pm

All five passengers on board the Titan submersible have died, the US Coast Guard says. Rear admiral Mauger confirmed that five parts of the vessel were found approximately 1600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreck. The debris discovered was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion", he tells a news conference.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/22/23 at 4:39 pm

All five passengers on board the Titan submersible have died, the US Coast Guard says. Rear admiral Mauger confirmed that five parts of the vessel were found approximately 1600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreck. The debris discovered was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion", he tells a news conference.

:\'( :\'( :\'(


That’s how I called it from the get-go.

The good part (if there is one) is that the implosion is pretty much instantaneous. They didn’t know what hit them. The pressure outside the hull was like 6000 psi.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/22/23 at 6:42 pm

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Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/23/23 at 2:51 am

All five passengers on board the Titan submersible have died, the US Coast Guard says. Rear admiral Mauger confirmed that five parts of the vessel were found approximately 1600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreck. The debris discovered was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion", he tells a news conference.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

Man, so sad.  :\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 06/23/23 at 4:29 am

What I don't get is why they thought they had to search such a vast area when the boat was bound for the Titanic. Wasn't it clear it had to be near it? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/23 at 5:16 am

What I don't get is why they thought they had to search such a vast area when the boat was bound for the Titanic. Wasn't it clear it had to be near it? ???
I took it to be that craft drift with the sea current, unless the craft is laden down with heavy weights.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/23/23 at 5:20 am

What I don't get is why they thought they had to search such a vast area when the boat was bound for the Titanic. Wasn't it clear it had to be near it? ???


Well when they thought there was a chance that the occupants were alive, that would have meant the boat might NOT be at the bottom, and ocean currents could move it all over the place.

If the searchers knew it had imploded, yeah… it would be obvious where to look, but at in that case there would not be much of a hurry.

What I don’t understand is why the Titan even needed to exist. The US Navy has been operating the deep-sea submersible Alvin since 1964, and it has gone down to 21,300 feet.  The company shoulda just built themselves a vessel based in the proven Alvin design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/23 at 11:08 am

Heathrow airport security staff have called off strikes after voting to accept a pay offer. Around 2,000 members of the Unite union were due to strike on 29 days throughout summer. Unite staff at the airport had already said they would postpone industrial action on 24 and 25 June.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/23 at 7:01 am

A British man who hacked high profile Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been jailed in the US.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/23 at 7:16 am

British actor Julian Sands has been reported missing after going hiking in the San Gabriel mountains last week.
Hikers in the US have found human remains near the area where British actor Julian Sands disappeared. Identification should be completed next week, the San Bernardino County sheriff's department in south California said on Saturday. Sands, 65, disappeared on 13 January while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles. He is best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning film A Room With A View, and the TV dramas 24 and Smallville. His other credits included 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in which he appeared opposite Daniel Craig. Sands disappeared in the Baldy Bowl area during bad weather.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/23 at 4:22 am

Struggling cinema chain Cineworld has said its screens will remain open despite its plans to file for administration to cut its huge debts.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/23 at 4:37 am

It's the third week of the Covid-19 inquiry which is currently looking at how prepared the UK was for the pandemic. This morning we'll hear from Emma Reed, who headed up crisis management and emergency response at the Department of Health. And then Rosemary Gallagher will give evidence - she's an expert in infection prevention and control at the Royal College of Nursing. his afternoon we'll hear from Dame Jenny Harries, who is chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency. ame Jenny, who was also England's deputy chief medical officer from 2019-2021, was a familiar face during Downing Street Covid briefings

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/23 at 6:51 am

New evidence of China's spy balloon programme - including flights over Japan and Taiwan - has been uncovered by BBC Panorama.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 12:21 am

Supermarket executives will be questioned by MPs on Tuesday over why food prices are still rising as some wholesale costs are falling. The UK's biggest grocers - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - will face a parliamentary committee examining the cost of a weekly shop. The price of goods continues to grow but not as steeply as in recent months, according to the latest figures. Food inflation reached 14.6% in June the British Retail Consortium said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 1:00 am

A ha!!

An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/27/23 at 2:42 am

A ha!!

An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media.


They caught him!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 2:43 am

They caught him!
The media have caught him, it is now down the legal side of it all?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 5:11 am

A cleaner destroyed decades of "ground-breaking" work by shutting off a lab freezer containing key samples over an "annoying" alarm sound, US lawyers have claimed.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 5:49 am

Matt Hancock has told the Covid Inquiry that UK pandemic preparations were too focused on "the consequences of a disaster" rather than how to stop it

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 6:05 am

Matt Hancock has told the Covid Inquiry that UK pandemic preparations were too focused on "the consequences of a disaster" rather than how to stop it

When will it be Boris Johnson's turn to answer questions at the Civic Inquiry?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 7:26 am

Strike action by nurses at the Royal College of Nursing will not continue after the union's ballot of its members in England failed to achieve a mandate.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 10:15 am

NHS consultants in England have voted in favour of strike action in their fight to get more pay. Some 86% of British Medical Association members backed walkouts over what the union described as repeated pay cuts. The union had already announced a 48-hour walkout on 20 and 21 July would take place if doctors backed action. It follows a five-day strike by junior doctors - the combination of which is likely to lead to huge disruption to services and cancelled treatments. The walkout by junior doctors across all services ends of 18 July.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/23 at 12:49 pm

Italian police are investigating after a tourist was filmed carving names into a wall at Rome's Colosseum. The incident was filmed by another visitor who verbally reprimanded the man before handing the recording to security officials. The amphitheatre is nearly 2,000 years old and is Italy's most popular tourist site.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/27/23 at 5:34 pm

Italian police are investigating after a tourist was filmed carving names into a wall at Rome's Colosseum. The incident was filmed by another visitor who verbally reprimanded the man before handing the recording to security officials. The amphitheatre is nearly 2,000 years old and is Italy's most popular tourist site.


Feed him to the lions.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 4:02 am

Italian police are investigating after a tourist was filmed carving names into a wall at Rome's Colosseum. The incident was filmed by another visitor who verbally reprimanded the man before handing the recording to security officials. The amphitheatre is nearly 2,000 years old and is Italy's most popular tourist site.

Feed him to the lions.
If the man was write names on the wall, that should be an indication to his name and his friends etc?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 4:02 am

Hikers in the US have found human remains near the area where British actor Julian Sands disappeared. Identification should be completed next week, the San Bernardino County sheriff's department in south California said on Saturday. Sands, 65, disappeared on 13 January while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles. He is best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning film A Room With A View, and the TV dramas 24 and Smallville. His other credits included 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in which he appeared opposite Daniel Craig. Sands disappeared in the Baldy Bowl area during bad weather.
Human remains found in mountains in California have been confirmed to be those of British actor Julian Sands, who went missing on a hike in January.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 4:03 am

Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 4:42 am

Fraudsters who offer to help people illegally pass their UK driving tests are advertising their services widely across social media, the BBC has found.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/28/23 at 5:07 am

Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police.


I see that France has the same problem we have here in the US, where people seem to think they can flee from cops with impunity.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 5:46 am

Protesters wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts briefly disrupted the first morning of the second Ashes Test, with one carried off the Lord's ground by England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 8:36 am

Author Michael Rosen has said he feels "greatly honoured" to have been awarded this year's PEN Pinter Prize. The award is for writers of "outstanding literary merit" who take an "unflinching" look at the world. Known for beloved children's books like We're Going On A Bear Hunt, Rosen has also tackled subjects like migration and the Holocaust for young readers. English PEN chair Ruth Borthwick called the ex-children's laureate "one of our most tenacious and fearless writers". She said: "He is one of our most significant contemporary poets writing for young people.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 9:06 am

Smoke from wildland fires, which have been burning in the Canadian province of Quebec for weeks, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and darkened skies in southwestern Europe.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 2:33 pm

Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/28/23 at 3:05 pm

Smoke from wildland fires, which have been burning in the Canadian province of Quebec for weeks, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and darkened skies in southwestern Europe.


My eyes have a mist from the smoke of a distant fire. 🎶

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/23 at 3:28 pm

Madonna has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection, but a full recovery is expected.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/28/23 at 4:47 pm

Madonna has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection, but a full recovery is expected.


I wonder what sort of bacteria? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/28/23 at 6:08 pm

Various news wires are reporting that “presumed human remains”,have been recovEred along with pieces of the ill-fated Titan submersible vehicle.

I would imagine that after enduring an implosion at 6000 PSI and 12,800 below sea level, the “remains” would need to be shoveled into Hefty bags. They’ll need DNA to identify who’s who.  :-\\

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 06/29/23 at 2:10 am

Protests in Paris after a 17-year old was shot by police at a traffic stop. I remember a similar incident happening there in 2005.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/29/23 at 2:46 am

Human remains found in mountains in California have been confirmed to be those of British actor Julian Sands, who went missing on a hike in January.

:\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/29/23 at 2:47 am

Smoke from wildland fires, which have been burning in the Canadian province of Quebec for weeks, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and darkened skies in southwestern Europe.


The smoke might come here to The U.S.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 3:00 am

The smoke might come here to The U.S.
The smoke has already been to the USA, the answer is blowing in the wind.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 3:26 am

Madonna has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection, but a full recovery is expected.

I wonder what sort of bacteria? ???
I have gone through life never to ask what is wrong in the condition of a lady...

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/29/23 at 5:24 am

I have gone through life never to ask what is wrong in the condition of a lady...


Speaking of condition, what happened to her face? ???

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/06/23/67391569-11719709-_What_is_most_noticeable_and_striking_is_the_drastic_change_in_M-m-79_1675725605501.jpg

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 5:38 am

Speaking of condition, what happened to her face? ???

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/06/23/67391569-11719709-_What_is_most_noticeable_and_striking_is_the_drastic_change_in_M-m-79_1675725605501.jpg
A serious bacterial infection after a facelift?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 5:43 am

Protests in Paris after a 17-year old was shot by police at a traffic stop. I remember a similar incident happening there in 2005.
At least 150 people are arrested across France in a second night of violence. The teenager, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range as he refused a traffic stop and drove away. The police officer who shot the teenager has been placed under formal investigation for voluntary homicide.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 11:02 am

It's taken just shy of 20 years but Sir Richard Branson has finally begun commercial operations with his Virgin Galactic rocket plane, Unity.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 06/29/23 at 11:15 am

Speaking of condition, what happened to her face? ???

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/06/23/67391569-11719709-_What_is_most_noticeable_and_striking_is_the_drastic_change_in_M-m-79_1675725605501.jpg


She had cosmetic surgery.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 11:18 am

She had cosmetic surgery.
Like a surgeon?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/23 at 1:58 pm

Madonna has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care with a serious bacterial infection, but a full recovery is expected.
Madonna has been discharged from hospital and is home and feeling better after an intensive care stay, the BBC understands.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/29/23 at 2:40 pm

Speaking of condition, what happened to her face? ???

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/06/23/67391569-11719709-_What_is_most_noticeable_and_striking_is_the_drastic_change_in_M-m-79_1675725605501.jpg

lip injections, botox and a lot of cosmetic surgery.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 06/29/23 at 2:41 pm

Madonna has been discharged from hospital and is home and feeling better after an intensive care stay, the BBC understands.

I think she should take a mini break from touring.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 06/29/23 at 5:23 pm

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that federally funded colleges are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of race.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/01/23 at 5:29 pm

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials seize a gallon of codeine that was being smuggled in from the UK, in Philadelphia.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-agents-discover-gallon-philadelphia-bound-codeine-syrup-disguised-glycerin

Codeine is the active ingredient in Purple Drank, Lean, and “Texas Tea”.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/23 at 3:19 pm

After several nights of many arrested with the riots, President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with top ministers and security officials at the emergency crisis centre of the Interior Ministry to discuss the situation across France this evening.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 07/02/23 at 3:24 pm

In southern California, residents were awakened at 2:30 this morning by a magnitude 4.0-ish earthquake centered off the coast of Malibu.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/03/23 at 2:43 am

Subway Surfing

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 7:20 am

Subway Surfing
Flooding in the Subway underground service?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 7:21 am

Train drivers in the Aslef union have announced a fresh overtime ban, which will see services further disrupted.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 7:47 am

In the UK, drivers paid an extra 6p per litre for fuel at supermarkets last year as weak competition allowed stores to push up profit margins, a watchdog says.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 8:10 am

Riots in France appear to be calming, after five days of violent protests in response to the shooting of teenager Nahel M during a police traffic stop.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 8:37 am

Google says it will block Canadian news in the country in response to a new law that aims to make tech giants pay Canadian media for news.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/03/23 at 3:26 pm

Flooding in the Subway underground service?

Kids were riding on top of the train being idiots and then fell off and the result was they were immediately dead.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/23 at 3:31 pm

Kids were riding on top of the train being idiots and then fell off and the result was they were immediately dead.
I presume the kids had jumped the ticket barriers and had no tickets too?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/23 at 1:57 am

Thousands of Palestinians have left Jenin refugee camp as Israel continues its major military operation in the occupied West Bank.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/04/23 at 2:57 am

I presume the kids had jumped the ticket barriers and had no tickets too?

I don't know the story of this, maybe they went past security.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/23 at 3:12 am

I don't know the story of this, maybe they went past security.  ::)
Ran past security?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/23 at 4:47 am

Bank bosses have been summoned by the UK's financial watchdog over concerns interest rates on savings are too low.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/23 at 10:01 am

Celebrities and designers have kicked off Paris' couture fashion week, which is taking place against a backdrop of five days of violence in the city.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/04/23 at 10:50 am

Celebrities and designers have kicked off Paris' couture fashion week, which is taking place against a backdrop of five days of violence in the city.


Helmets and ballistic vests will be the new style this year.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 07/04/23 at 1:05 pm

Kids were riding on top of the train being idiots and then fell off and the result was they were immediately dead.

What the he!! for? Don’t they realise how dangerous and stupid that is?! They should know better. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/04/23 at 2:17 pm

What the he!! for? Don’t they realise how dangerous and stupid that is?! They should know better. ::)


Darwinism thinning the herd…

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/04/23 at 3:58 pm

Ran past security?

Most likely the security had their backs turned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/04/23 at 4:00 pm

What the he!! for? Don’t they realise how dangerous and stupid that is?! They should know better. ::)

That's the world we live in nowadays.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 07/04/23 at 4:09 pm

That's the world we live in nowadays.  ::)

IMHO, that's no excuse. Safety is extremely important.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/05/23 at 6:58 am

IMHO, that's no excuse. Safety is extremely important.

Exactly, you always got to be careful.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 07/05/23 at 9:19 am

IMHO, that's no excuse. Safety is extremely important.
Some people need that Adrenalin kick. Sometimes it kills them.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 07/05/23 at 10:09 am

A new trend in concertgoing is throwing things at the performers. Popular items to throw include ashes of dead relatives and large wheels of cheese.

Increasingly disturbing trend of hurling things at artists
Whether it's a phone, ashes or cheese – here's why fans have become emboldened to toss out concert etiquette

www.salon.com/2023/07/03/concert-throwing-things-on-stage/

Excerpts:

A giant wheel of Brie. An iPhone. Cremated remains of someone's mother. No, this isn't an episode of "What's In My Bag?" with "White Lotus" hotel guest Tanya McQuoid.

Over the last several weeks, each of these items has been lobbed onstage while various musicians performed live. Bebe Rexha needed stitches after an audience member threw their cell phone at her head during a recent performance in New York City. Singer-songwriter Pink was aghast while performing at London's Hyde Park on June 25 when one fan chucked a bag reportedly containing their dead mother's ashes onstage. The day before, the "So What" rocker was gifted a girthy cheese wheel. Country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the face during a performance in Boise, Idaho, last week. Last year, Harry Styles was pelted in the eye with a stray Skittle, Red Ryder BB gun style, and Kid Cudi walked off stage at Rolling Loud Miami after festivalgoers repeatedly launched items at him.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 07/05/23 at 12:54 pm

A new trend in concertgoing is throwing things at the performers. Popular items to throw include ashes of dead relatives and large wheels of cheese.

Increasingly disturbing trend of hurling things at artists
Whether it's a phone, ashes or cheese – here's why fans have become emboldened to toss out concert etiquette

www.salon.com/2023/07/03/concert-throwing-things-on-stage/

Excerpts:

A giant wheel of Brie. An iPhone. Cremated remains of someone's mother. No, this isn't an episode of "What's In My Bag?" with "White Lotus" hotel guest Tanya McQuoid.

Over the last several weeks, each of these items has been lobbed onstage while various musicians performed live. Bebe Rexha needed stitches after an audience member threw their cell phone at her head during a recent performance in New York City. Singer-songwriter Pink was aghast while performing at London's Hyde Park on June 25 when one fan chucked a bag reportedly containing their dead mother's ashes onstage. The day before, the "So What" rocker was gifted a girthy cheese wheel. Country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the face during a performance in Boise, Idaho, last week. Last year, Harry Styles was pelted in the eye with a stray Skittle, Red Ryder BB gun style, and Kid Cudi walked off stage at Rolling Loud Miami after festivalgoers repeatedly launched items at him.


Adele went on a rant about that during her performance in Vegas. She said to the audience "I f***ing dare you to throw something at me", then fired a t-shirt cannon into the stands.

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Written By: Howard on 07/05/23 at 1:04 pm

A new trend in concertgoing is throwing things at the performers. Popular items to throw include ashes of dead relatives and large wheels of cheese.

Increasingly disturbing trend of hurling things at artists
Whether it's a phone, ashes or cheese – here's why fans have become emboldened to toss out concert etiquette

www.salon.com/2023/07/03/concert-throwing-things-on-stage/

Excerpts:

A giant wheel of Brie. An iPhone. Cremated remains of someone's mother. No, this isn't an episode of "What's In My Bag?" with "White Lotus" hotel guest Tanya McQuoid.

Over the last several weeks, each of these items has been lobbed onstage while various musicians performed live. Bebe Rexha needed stitches after an audience member threw their cell phone at her head during a recent performance in New York City. Singer-songwriter Pink was aghast while performing at London's Hyde Park on June 25 when one fan chucked a bag reportedly containing their dead mother's ashes onstage. The day before, the "So What" rocker was gifted a girthy cheese wheel. Country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the face during a performance in Boise, Idaho, last week. Last year, Harry Styles was pelted in the eye with a stray Skittle, Red Ryder BB gun style, and Kid Cudi walked off stage at Rolling Loud Miami after festivalgoers repeatedly launched items at him.

If you hate a performance, there's no need to throw something at the person. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/05/23 at 6:34 pm

If you hate a performance, there's no need to throw something at the person. ::)


Back in the 1980, Pittsburgh Pirates fans would throw batteries at outfielder Dave Cash.  ;D

https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0808/080833.html

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 07/05/23 at 8:15 pm

Back in the 1980, Pittsburgh Pirates fans would throw batteries at outfielder Dave Cash.  ;D

https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0808/080833.html


People are missing the point here. The people throwing things in this current trend are fans. Or maybe I should say "fans". Read the article. This is closer to the fans who threw underwear at Tom Jones than people throwing batteries at Dave Cash, whom Pirates fans wanted traded. But on more intense level.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/06/23 at 2:39 am

Back in the 1980, Pittsburgh Pirates fans would throw batteries at outfielder Dave Cash.  ;D

https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0808/080833.html

Was he hurt by the batteries?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 7:29 am

Adele went on a rant about that during her performance in Vegas. She said to the audience "I f***ing dare you to throw something at me", then fired a t-shirt cannon into the stands.
Oh dear!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 7:31 am

Italian police are investigating after a tourist was filmed carving names into a wall at Rome's Colosseum. The incident was filmed by another visitor who verbally reprimanded the man before handing the recording to security officials. The amphitheatre is nearly 2,000 years old and is Italy's most popular tourist site.

Feed him to the lions.
A tourist filmed carving names on to an inner wall at Rome's ancient Colosseum says he did not realise how old the monument was when he acted.

I ask you?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 7:34 am

Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted play twice at Wimbledon by throwing orange-coloured confetti and jigsaw pieces on to court 18.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 7:42 am

Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court in July charged with "disobeying the police" during a protest, Swedish prosecutors have said. Ms Thunberg, 20, joined a group of young protesters blockading oil tankers at a port in Malmö in June. Police said she refused to leave when asked to. She could face a six-month prison sentence or a fine. A representative told BBC News that Ms Thunberg was not available for comment.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 9:07 am

The Cabinet Office has lost its legal challenge over the UK Covid-19 inquiry chairwoman's request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 07/06/23 at 11:45 am

The Eagles Announce 'The Long Goodbye' Final Tour: 'The Time Has Come to Close the Circle'

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eagles-announce-long-goodbye-final-113000493.html

On Thursday, the band announced that after more than 50 years of touring and 150 million albums sold worldwide, their upcoming “The Long Goodbye” tour will be their last.

“Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle. The official farewell tour is currently in the planning stages,” the band said in an emotional statement.

"The Long Goodbye" tour will feature Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill and Deacon Frey — son of the late Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the band — and begins on Sept. 7, 2023, in New York City.

The band said they hoped to see as many fans as possible on the final tour and announced 13 initial dates across America, along with support act Steely Dan.

Despite winning two Grammy awards, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and receiving the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016, the band made it clear that, for them, it’s all about the fans.

“We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for embracing this band and its music. At the end of the day, you are the reason we have been able to carry on for over five decades," they said in their release.

“This is our swan song, but the music goes on and on.”


What a joke. I laugh upon this. This is what, their 15th farewell tour now? And in 2026 when they need money again they will do another. Spare me this "oh, it's all about the fans" garbage. if it was "all about the fans" they'd find a way to make it affordable and accessible to all, rather than charging thousands for tickets and making it an elite event for the rich. Trust me, it ain't 1972 anymore. I say phooey to The Eagles. They give music a bad name. Oh, and when the hell did Vince Gill get into the band???  ;D

8-P  8-P  8-P

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 11:52 am

The Eagles Announce 'The Long Goodbye' Final Tour: 'The Time Has Come to Close the Circle'

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eagles-announce-long-goodbye-final-113000493.html

On Thursday, the band announced that after more than 50 years of touring and 150 million albums sold worldwide, their upcoming “The Long Goodbye” tour will be their last.

“Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle. The official farewell tour is currently in the planning stages,” the band said in an emotional statement.

"The Long Goodbye" tour will feature Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill and Deacon Frey — son of the late Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the band — and begins on Sept. 7, 2023, in New York City.

The band said they hoped to see as many fans as possible on the final tour and announced 13 initial dates across America, along with support act Steely Dan.

Despite winning two Grammy awards, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and receiving the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016, the band made it clear that, for them, it’s all about the fans.

“We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for embracing this band and its music. At the end of the day, you are the reason we have been able to carry on for over five decades," they said in their release.

“This is our swan song, but the music goes on and on.”


What a joke. I laugh upon this. This is what, their 15th farewell tour now? And in 2026 when they need money again they will do another. Spare me this "oh, it's all about the fans" garbage. if it was "all about the fans" they'd find a way to make it affordable and accessible to all, rather than charging thousands for tickets and making it an elite event for the rich. Trust me, it ain't 1972 anymore. I say phooey to The Eagles. They give music a bad name. Oh, and when the hell did Vince Gill get into the band???  ;D

8-P  8-P  8-P
Eventually retire, and then they will be takin' it easy?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/23 at 11:56 am

In London, a week of strikes to hit Tube services from 23 July in row over pensions and job cuts, RMT union says

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/06/23 at 2:26 pm

Oh dear!

You shouldn't dare your audience like that.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/06/23 at 2:28 pm

Eventually retire, and then they will be takin' it easy?

They deserve the retirement, I mean how long can you keep going for? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/23 at 4:23 am

A man who handcuffed himself to the gates outside Buckingham Palace in central London has been arrested.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/07/23 at 5:08 am

They deserve the retirement, I mean how long can you keep going for? ???


I work with two guys who are 80 years old. :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/07/23 at 3:22 pm

I work with two guys who are 80 years old. :o


And they haven't retired?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/07/23 at 5:06 pm

And they haven't retired?


Nope. One works 5 days a week, the other 4 days a week.  8)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 07/09/23 at 1:32 pm

Harry Styles is the latest victim in the current popular trend of fans throwing things at performers to "create a moment", including a fan throwing their mother's ashes at Pink. It's not he first time for Styles. Adoring fans have also thrown skittle and chicken McNuggets at him.

https://deadline.com/2023/07/harry-styles-hit-in-eye-with-thrown-object-latest-victim-in-disturbing-concert-trend-vienna-1235432621/

Harry Styles was hit in the eye by a thrown object while performing Saturday night in Vienna, Austria.

Styles became the latest victim of a trend in which concertgoers throw objects at performers, hoping to create a moment that can be captured on social media and increase clout.

The singer was hit as he was walking across the stage between songs. He bent over, covering his eyes with his hands and wincing in pain.

Styles has been hit with flying objects before. He was struck by someone throwing Skittles during a Los Angeles concert last year, and was hit by a thrown chicken nugget at a New York show.

Artists including Bebe Rexha, Pink, Drake, Kid Cudi, Steve Lacy, Kelsea Ballerini and Ava Max have recently been victimized. And singer Adele last week warned from her Las Vegas stage that she would fight anyone who threw anything at her.

Rexha has been the most serious injury, with a thrown phone hitting her near her eye, causing her to collapse on stage. A 27-year-old man was arrested.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 07/09/23 at 1:42 pm

Some threw a boot at Morgan Wallen as he was signing his autograph on a hat. It hit him in the stomach and then he threw it in the opposite direction.

xSbUiKRBRto

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/23 at 2:17 pm

Just Stop Oil have said they were not responsible for an incident at ex-chancellor George Osborne's wedding, which saw a protester throw orange confetti over the newly married couple.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/23 at 3:31 pm

France has banned the sale, possession and transport of all fireworks during the upcoming Bastille Day festivities.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/23 at 7:22 am

Easyjet has confirmed it has cancelled 1,700 flights as people prepare to travel on their summer holidays

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/23 at 10:41 am

US President Joe Biden has described relations with the UK as "rock solid" during talks in London with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/23 at 11:27 am

A rare first edition copy of a Harry Potter book bought for 30p has sold for £10,500 at auction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66156840

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/23 at 11:38 am

More London Underground drivers are set to take strike action as part of a dispute over pensions and conditions. Union Aslef said its members will walk out on 26 and 28 July. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has already announced that its members will take industrial action from 23 July until 28 July.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/10/23 at 6:38 pm

More London Underground drivers are set to take strike action as part of a dispute over pensions and conditions. Union Aslef said its members will walk out on 26 and 28 July. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has already announced that its members will take industrial action from 23 July until 28 July.


Seems to me they need to automate the underground trains. They have the technology.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 1:13 am

Threads is looking into adding an alternative home feed, of only posts, in chronological order, from the people each individual user follows, according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 1:13 am

Seems to me they need to automate the underground trains. They have the technology.
Even those operating the trains at the central depot would be on strike too!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 1:45 am

UK wages have risen at a record annual pace fuelling fears that inflation will stay high for longer. Regular pay grew by 7.3% in the March to May period from year earlier, official figures showed, equalling the highest growth rate last month.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 2:27 am

China represents the "largest state based threat" to Britain's economic security, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66156847

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 4:26 am

Hong Kong police have raided the family home of Nathan Law, a leading pro-democracy activist in exile in the UK.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 6:31 am

Donald Trump has asked for his trial on charges of illegally stashing classified documents to be postponed until after the 2024 election.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 07/11/23 at 7:43 am

Donald Trump has asked for his trial on charges of illegally stashing classified documents to be postponed until after the 2024 election.


What if he gets elected?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 9:08 am

What if he gets elected?
Can he still get the popular vote?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 11:43 am

Bank of America has been ordered to pay out $150m (£116m) in penalties after it was found to have opened credit cards without customers' permission.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/23 at 12:02 pm

A volcanic eruption has sent lava and smoke pouring out of the side of Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Iceland's capital Reykjavik.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/11/23 at 5:13 pm

Can he still get the popular vote?


The citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania elected a vegetable to the Senate, so anything’s possible.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/12/23 at 4:06 pm

WhatsApp messages sent to and by Boris Johnson before May 2021 have still not been handed over to the Covid inquiry, because they are stuck on his phone.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/23 at 5:50 am

Patients can expect significant disruption as junior doctors in England begin their longest walkout yet over pay, NHS chiefs say. The five-day strike in England runs until 07:00 BST on Tuesday 18 July.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/23 at 7:06 am

The UK's public debt could soar as the population ages and tax receipts fall, the government's independent forecaster has warned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/23 at 8:12 am

Millions of public sector workers, including teachers, police and junior doctors, are to be offered pay rises between 5%-7%, the government says.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/23 at 1:03 pm

An attack by a cow that had recently given birth resulted in the death of a farmer in the south of Scotland, an inquiry has concluded. Derek Roan, 71, had tried to move the 550kg (1,200lbs) Galloway beef cow with her calf back to the main herd. He died of severe chest trauma after the accident at Barnbarroch Farm near Dalbeattie in June last year. Sheriff Joanna McDonald concluded there were no reasonable precautions that could have avoided Mr Roan's death. There were also no defects found in working systems.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/13/23 at 6:02 pm

Some threw a boot at Morgan Wallen as he was signing his autograph on a hat. It hit him in the stomach and then he threw it in the opposite direction.

xSbUiKRBRto

And where did it hit?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/13/23 at 6:03 pm

Can he still get the popular vote?

I'm pretty sure he'll find his way. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/23 at 4:04 am

Nearly a thousand workers are set to take eight days of strike action at Gatwick Airport over the summer holidays in a row over pay, the Unite union has said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/23 at 4:05 am

India is set to launch its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/23 at 1:11 pm

In Scotland, an entire pod of 55 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a Western Isles beach.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/16/23 at 1:58 pm

mass shooting Cleveland
relentless heatwave

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/23 at 7:02 am

Police have been baffled by a mysterious "unidentified" dome that washed up on a West Australian beach.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1737C/production/_130400159_unidentifieditem.jpg.webp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66220494

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/17/23 at 7:27 am

Police have been baffled by a mysterious "unidentified" dome that washed up on a West Australian beach.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1737C/production/_130400159_unidentifieditem.jpg.webp

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66220494

Wow, what is that thing?  :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 07/17/23 at 7:32 am

Wow, what is that thing?  :o


Looks like a part broken off from a ship.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/23 at 7:41 am

Wow, what is that thing?  :o

Looks like a part broken off from a ship.

From the given report:

"Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas said the item was possibly a fuel tank from a rocket that had fallen into the Indian Ocean at some stage in the past 12 months.

The Australian space agency said it was possible the giant cylinder could have fallen from a "foreign space launch vehicle" and it would liaise with other international agencies.

While there was some speculation the cylinder may have been a part of MH370 - a plane that went missing off the west Australian coast in 2014 with 239 passengers on board - Mr Thomas said there was "no chance".

"It's not any part of a Boeing 777 and the fact is MH370 was lost nine and a half years ago so it would show a great deal more wear and tear on the debris," he said."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/17/23 at 10:19 am

Usually iPhones plummet in value as soon as you take them out of the shop. But there are some special cases, as seen at an auction in the US, where a first edition, unopened 4GB model sold for $190,372.80 (£145,416).

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/17/23 at 1:18 pm

Usually iPhones plummet in value as soon as you take them out of the shop. But there are some special cases, as seen at an auction in the US, where a first edition, unopened 4GB model sold for $190,372.80 (£145,416).

Who was the first person to purchase it?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/23 at 5:42 am

A US national has been detained in North Korea after crossing the border, a UN body says.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/23 at 5:43 am

Who was the first person to purchase it?
That name is not in the public domain.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/23 at 9:31 am

Former US President Donald Trump has said he expects to be arrested by a federal investigation into the 6 January 2021 riot at the Capitol and efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/18/23 at 11:59 am

Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata will announce plans to build its flagship electric car battery factory in the UK.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/18/23 at 1:55 pm

Former US President Donald Trump has said he expects to be arrested by a federal investigation into the 6 January 2021 riot at the Capitol and efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.


And to be taken to jail?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/23 at 7:54 am

A 48-hour strike by senior hospital doctors in England has got under way, with NHS bosses warning of severe disruption.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/20/23 at 9:34 am

A knucklehead (who gives a bad name to American servicemen and is certainly not representative of them) in South Korea decided to take a joy trip into North Korea and is now causing a huge waste of American government resources.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/travis-king-prison-south-north-korea-bolting-border-seoul-rcna95255

Mr. Biden should telegraph to this idiot “You’re on your own”. 

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/23 at 9:35 am

A knucklehead (who gives a bad name to American servicemen and is certainly not representative of them) in South Korea decided to take a joy trip into North Korea and is now causing a huge waste of American government resources.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/travis-king-prison-south-north-korea-bolting-border-seoul-rcna95255

Mr. Biden should telegraph to this idiot “You’re on your own”. 
I wondered what happened out there.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/20/23 at 9:53 am

I wondered what happened out there.


Guy is a troublemaker. He just got outta South Korean jail for getting into fights with the locals and kicking a police car, and the US military was shipping him stateside for further discipline, likely a dishonorable discharge for conduct unbecoming.

Instead of getting on the flight home, he headed for the DMZ and crossed over. We should not lift one finger to help this idiot. Use those resources instead to help honorable veterans and their families. He’s in North Korea now, getting a big whiff of reality. 

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/23 at 11:00 am

Police are searching for an animal they believe is a lioness in the south-western outskirts of Berlin.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 07/20/23 at 11:38 am

Police are searching for an animal they believe is a lioness in the south-western outskirts of Berlin.
I really wonder how that happened. No official owner (Zoos and Circuses ) is missing one so where did it come from? Might have been an illegal pet that got too much for the owner... ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/23 at 12:05 pm

I really wonder how that happened. No official owner (Zoos and Circuses ) is missing one so where did it come from? Might have been an illegal pet that got too much for the owner... ::)
I am thinking illegal pet.

Here is the full report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66254908

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/20/23 at 1:15 pm

Police are searching for an animal they believe is a lioness in the south-western outskirts of Berlin.

He must've escaped a zoo.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/23 at 1:28 pm

He must've escaped a zoo.

I really wonder how that happened. No official owner (Zoos and Circuses ) is missing one so where did it come from? Might have been an illegal pet that got too much for the owner... ::)

I am thinking illegal pet.

Here is the full report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66254908


From the given report:
"Vanessa Amoroso, head of the wild animals in trade unit at Four Paws, said if the animal was a lioness, it is likely to have been kept as a pet.

She said inconsistent laws across Europe made the trade of big cats much easier, as they are allowed as pets in many countries."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/20/23 at 5:38 pm

Did the lioness escape from a zoo or a lion refuge? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 07/21/23 at 7:50 am

Looks like it was false alarm and the animal in the video was actually a wild boar... (or a weather ballon perhaps?) ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/23 at 10:57 am

Looks like it was false alarm and the animal in the video was actually a wild boar... (or a weather ballon perhaps?) ::)
I just hope the wild boar was not too wild?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/21/23 at 1:48 pm

I just hope the wild boar was not too wild?


I hope they tamed the wild boar and put it back in it's cage.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 07/21/23 at 2:07 pm

I hope they tamed the wild boar and put it back in it's cage.
Wild boars aren't living in cages that's why they are wild. ;)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/23 at 2:11 pm

Wild boars aren't living in cages that's why they are wild. ;)
Wild! They must be livid?  ;D

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/21/23 at 2:19 pm

Wild boars aren't living in cages that's why they are wild. ;)

Sorry I don't know nothing about them.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/21/23 at 2:29 pm

Sorry I don't know nothing about them.
The word 'wild' is the keyword here.

I looked it up on the 'world wild web'.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/21/23 at 5:36 pm

I just hope the wild boar was not too wild?


Wild boar is good eating. 😋

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/23 at 12:19 am

Looks like it was false alarm and the animal in the video was actually a wild boar... (or a weather ballon perhaps?) ::)
It was Pumbaa all this time!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/22/23 at 7:00 am

The word 'wild' is the keyword here.

I looked it up on the 'world wild web'.

I never encountered one either.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/23 at 7:37 am

Spot the difference?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/292A/production/_130483501_4ef88bcb-965b-49c0-99db-c3e3210dea9c.png.webp

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 07/22/23 at 1:32 pm

Spot the difference?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/292A/production/_130483501_4ef88bcb-965b-49c0-99db-c3e3210dea9c.png.webp

They are the same picture! ;)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/23 at 9:54 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had emergency surgery to fit a pacemaker, after being taken to hospital on Saturday night.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/23 at 9:56 am

Wildfires spreading across the Greek island of Rhodes are leaving thousands of tourists in limbo, wondering where they will spend the night

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: CatwomanofV on 07/23/23 at 1:26 pm

Wildfires spreading across the Greek island of Rhodes are leaving thousands of tourists in limbo, wondering where they will spend the night


I went there once. It really is a beautiful island.


Cat

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 07/23/23 at 4:23 pm

I went there once. It really is a beautiful island.


Cat


I was in Santorini about a month ago and I can't imagine going through something like that.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/23 at 7:03 am

Greta Thunberg has been found guilty and fined for disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest in the Swedish port of Malmo last month.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/23 at 5:52 pm

A pair of rare Apple trainers are being sold by auction house Sotheby's for $50,000 (£38,969). The shoes were custom-made for employees only in the 1990s and were a one-time giveaway at a conference. A pair have never been sold to the public before.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 2:12 am

In the UK, competition among renters is so intense that there are 20 requests to view each available property, according to data commissioned by the BBC.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 5:17 am

Here we go again!

Junior doctors in England are to stage a four-day strike in August - their fifth strike in this pay dispute. The walkout will start at 07:00 BST on Friday 11 August and end on 07:00 on Tuesday 15 August.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 5:48 am

More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece as Mediterranean wildfires threaten villages and holiday resorts, and thousands have been evacuated.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/26/23 at 6:58 am

A pair of rare Apple trainers are being sold by auction house Sotheby's for $50,000 (£38,969). The shoes were custom-made for employees only in the 1990s and were a one-time giveaway at a conference. A pair have never been sold to the public before.

I wouldn't pay that much for shoes.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 7:43 am

I wouldn't pay that much for shoes.
These shoes are not made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these shoes be worth a pound or two

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 11:44 am

A fire on a cargo ship carrying almost 3,000 cars off the coast of the Dutch island of Ameland has left one sailor dead and 22 others hurt.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 07/26/23 at 1:47 pm

Heatwave affecting much of the U.S.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 3:12 pm

A New York City court has imposed sweeping restrictions on British billionaire Joe Lewis as he awaits trial on insider trading charges.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/23 at 3:30 pm

Evacuation orders have been issued for areas close to two central Greek cities threatened by new outbreaks of wildfires. Citizens in areas around Volos and Lamia have been told to move to safety as the country remains in the grip of a severe heatwave. Meanwhile, fires continue to rage on the islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Evia. Greece is one of a number of countries currently grappling with wildfires, in which more than 40 people have died.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/23 at 2:50 am

Kim Jong Un showed off North Korea's latest weapons to Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/23 at 1:14 pm

Supporters of a coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/28/23 at 5:19 am

Supporters of a coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside.


It seems to be a popular coup.

https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/d63cba84-2c8c-11ee-99de-005056bfb2b6/w:980/p:16x9/000_33Q473V.webp

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/28/23 at 8:41 am

It seems to be a popular coup.

https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/d63cba84-2c8c-11ee-99de-005056bfb2b6/w:980/p:16x9/000_33Q473V.webp
The leader of the coup Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself the new leader of Niger after the dramatic coup.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/23 at 2:41 am

In the UK, rail passengers are facing more disruption on Saturday due to the latest strike by workers in the RMT union.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/23 at 4:33 am

Bhutan has reported a marked increase in its wild tiger population, according to the results of a new survey.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/29/23 at 3:16 pm

Supporters of a coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside.


And in the department of “learning something new every day”, I just learned that:

Citizens of Nigeria are called Nigerian.
Citizens of Niger are called Nigerien.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/23 at 1:18 am

The UK prime minister will emphasise the need to strengthen Britain's energy security when he meets industry leaders this week.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/23 at 8:29 am

Niger's coup leaders have warned regional and Western powers against military intervention to reinstate the ousted president.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/30/23 at 11:28 am

Niger's coup leaders have warned regional and Western powers against military intervention to reinstate the ousted president.


My old college prof, who was a renowned expert in international politics (and who was once officially declared an “enemy to the people of Iran”) said that if you want to know what is going to happen in a situation like this, just ask yourself the question, “Who cares?” 

He posed just that question to me and my classmates when the Rwandan Massacre was breaking out. The room was silent.  He then said “and that’s the point. Nobody cares so nobody is going to intervene.  It will burn itself out one way or another.”  And that’s how it played out.

I expect similar regarding Niger. Nobody cares to go beyond the usual lip-flapping that the UN and other “international authorities” will do.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/23 at 11:31 am

My old college prof, who was a renowned expert in international politics (and who was once officially declared an “enemy to the people of Iran”) said that if you want to know what is going to happen in a situation like this, just ask yourself the question, “Who cares?” 

He posed just that question to me and my classmates when the Rwandan Massacre was breaking out. The room was silent.  He then said “and that’s the point. Nobody cares so nobody is going to intervene.  It will burn itself out one way or another.”  And that’s how it played out.

I expect similar regarding Niger. Nobody cares to go beyond the usual lip-flapping that the UN and other “international authorities” will do.

Just let them get on with it, and do not encroach into other countries?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 07/30/23 at 11:59 am

Just let them get on with it, and do not encroach into other countries?


Depends upon if anybody cares about the other countries. The “Who cares” rules still applies.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/02/23 at 5:33 pm

The Tree of Life murderer from Pittsburgh was sentenced to death. 

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/03/23 at 7:01 am

The Trump Indictment

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/23 at 7:24 am

The Trump Indictment
Will it occur this year or next?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/23 at 10:05 am

UK homeware retailer Wilko has warned that it is on the brink of collapse, putting some 12,000 jobs at risk.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/03/23 at 1:03 pm

Will it occur this year or next?

Who even knows at this point.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/05/23 at 6:00 am

Social media vlogger Kai Cenat has been charged for inciting a riot after he organized a giveaway event in NYC's Times Square and violence erupted.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/05/23 at 7:30 am

Social media vlogger Kai Cenat has been charged for inciting a riot after he organized a giveaway event in NYC's Times Square and violence erupted.

Why couldn't this idiot do it someplace else besides Times Square?  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 08/08/23 at 10:51 am

Man crushed to death by falling wheels of cheese in Italy

https://www.aol.com/man-crushed-death-falling-wheels-114904934.html

An Italian man has been crushed to death under thousands of vast wheels of a Parmesan-style hard cheese, firefighters said Monday.

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried under the cheeses, each of which weighed almost 90 pounds, when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, creating a domino effect that brought down thousands of wheels, firefighter Antonio Dusi from Bergamo told AFP.

Rescuers "had to move the cheeses and the shelves by hand," Dusi said, adding that it "took about 12 hours" to finally find Chiapparini.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 08/08/23 at 1:21 pm

Massive floods in Slovenia:
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/07/in-pictures-slovenia-faces-worst-ever-natural-disaster-after-extreme-flooding

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/08/23 at 1:50 pm

Man crushed to death by falling wheels of cheese in Italy

https://www.aol.com/man-crushed-death-falling-wheels-114904934.html

An Italian man has been crushed to death under thousands of vast wheels of a Parmesan-style hard cheese, firefighters said Monday.

Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was buried under the cheeses, each of which weighed almost 90 pounds, when a shelf broke in his warehouse in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, creating a domino effect that brought down thousands of wheels, firefighter Antonio Dusi from Bergamo told AFP.

Rescuers "had to move the cheeses and the shelves by hand," Dusi said, adding that it "took about 12 hours" to finally find Chiapparini.

Sounds a bit cheesy.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/09/23 at 7:07 pm

Wildfires in Hawaii's Big Island and Maui.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/10/23 at 1:02 pm

A few days late but last Saturday the Montgomery river dock brawl happened all because some entitled people didn't want to move their boat to allow a city owned riverboat to dock.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/10/23 at 3:08 pm

A few days late but last Saturday the Montgomery river dock brawl happened all because some entitled people didn't want to move their boat to allow a city owned riverboat to dock.


And a fight ensued.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/11/23 at 6:18 pm

The Little Tay death hoax. 

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lil-tay-rapper-social-media-star-dies-14/story?id=102143027

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 08/11/23 at 7:05 pm

The Little Tay death hoax. 

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lil-tay-rapper-social-media-star-dies-14/story?id=102143027


I am not familiar with this person. Is she considered important?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/11/23 at 9:35 pm

The Little Tay death hoax. 

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lil-tay-rapper-social-media-star-dies-14/story?id=102143027

I am not familiar with this person. Is she considered important?


Beats me. First I heard of her was when the first story came out that she had bit the dust.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/23 at 9:53 am

The British Museum, in London, came under pressure this week after it sacked a member of staff over treasures reported "missing, stolen or damaged".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/23 at 10:38 am

Chef Michel Roux Jr is closing his two Michelin-starred restaurant Le Gavroche after 56 years. Roux Jr, who has appeared on multiple TV cooking shows, said he made the decision to spend "more time with his family". Le Gavroche, in Mayfair, central London, was opened in 1967 by French restaurateur brothers Albert and Michel Roux Sr. At the time it was the only French restaurant of its kind in London. In an Instagram post on Friday, Roux Jr said that the restaurant would be closing in January 2024.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/20/23 at 10:52 am

Russia’s Luna 25 lunar exploration vehicle crash landed into the Moon and has “ceased to exist”.

Subject: "Fat Bottomed Girls" removed from Queen's Greatest Hits collection

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 08/21/23 at 9:23 am

From https://bravewords.com/news/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-removed-from-new-greatest-hits-collection


"Fat Bottomed Girls" has been dropped from Queen's new Greatest Hits collection, reports Music-News.com. The 1978 song, written by guitarist Brian May, celebrates a young man's appreciation for fuller-figured women but appears to be the latest victim of cancel culture.

The track - which features lyrics such as "Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round" - featured on Queen's original 1981 greatest hits album. However, it did not feature when Universal Records announced they would be releasing a version of the album on Yoto - a new audio platform aimed at younger listeners - in a move that has left industry figures baffled.

An insider told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: "It is the talk of the music industry, nobody can work out why such a good-natured, fun song can't be acceptable in today's society. It is woke gone mad. Why not appreciate people of all shapes and sizes like society is saying we should, rather than get rid of it. It's outrageous."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/23 at 11:45 am

From https://bravewords.com/news/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-removed-from-new-greatest-hits-collection


"Fat Bottomed Girls" has been dropped from Queen's new Greatest Hits collection, reports Music-News.com. The 1978 song, written by guitarist Brian May, celebrates a young man's appreciation for fuller-figured women but appears to be the latest victim of cancel culture.

The track - which features lyrics such as "Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round" - featured on Queen's original 1981 greatest hits album. However, it did not feature when Universal Records announced they would be releasing a version of the album on Yoto - a new audio platform aimed at younger listeners - in a move that has left industry figures baffled.

An insider told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: "It is the talk of the music industry, nobody can work out why such a good-natured, fun song can't be acceptable in today's society. It is woke gone mad. Why not appreciate people of all shapes and sizes like society is saying we should, rather than get rid of it. It's outrageous."
Will there be a replacement track to make up the number of songs on the album, or will the ablum be cheaper now with that missing track?

Subject: Re: "Fat Bottomed Girls" removed from Queen's Greatest Hits collection

Written By: Howard on 08/21/23 at 12:53 pm

From https://bravewords.com/news/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-removed-from-new-greatest-hits-collection


"Fat Bottomed Girls" has been dropped from Queen's new Greatest Hits collection, reports Music-News.com. The 1978 song, written by guitarist Brian May, celebrates a young man's appreciation for fuller-figured women but appears to be the latest victim of cancel culture.

The track - which features lyrics such as "Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round" - featured on Queen's original 1981 greatest hits album. However, it did not feature when Universal Records announced they would be releasing a version of the album on Yoto - a new audio platform aimed at younger listeners - in a move that has left industry figures baffled.

An insider told the Mail on Sunday newspaper: "It is the talk of the music industry, nobody can work out why such a good-natured, fun song can't be acceptable in today's society. It is woke gone mad. Why not appreciate people of all shapes and sizes like society is saying we should, rather than get rid of it. It's outrageous."

Now this is getting out of hand already. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/23 at 1:28 pm

Charles Martinet, the voice behind Nintendo's famous character Mario, is to step down from the role, the gaming giant has announced.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/21/23 at 3:32 pm

Charles Martinet, the voice behind Nintendo's famous character Mario, is to step down from the role, the gaming giant has announced.


Maybe Chris Pratt can be the new voice for Mario in the future games, just like he did in the animated film.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/23 at 6:22 am

Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been jailed upon returning to the country after 15 years in exile.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/23 at 7:52 am

Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbours.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/23 at 1:12 pm

All eight people have been successfully rescued after getting trapped in a cable car hanging above a ravine in Pakistan

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/23 at 1:49 pm

India has made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/23 at 10:12 am

After a man has been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police following alleged thefts at the British Museum, the British Museum director Hartwig Fischer to steps down.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/23 at 1:50 pm

Russia says 10 bodies and flight recorders have been recovered from the scene of a jet crash presumed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/23 at 2:36 pm

An annual energy bill for a UK household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,923 in October under regulator Ofgem's new price cap. Bills will be £151 lower than current rates and £577 down on last winter. But many people will see little difference in what they pay despite the fall because some government support has been withdrawn. Charities said the government must protect the most vulnerable households. Average annual gas and electricity bills remain high by historical standards. In winter 2021, an energy bill for a typical household was £1,277. Analysts also suggest that prices could rise again at the start of next year.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/27/23 at 3:20 pm

A racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, FL in which a white man targeted and killed three black people.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/27/23 at 4:21 pm

A racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, FL in which a white man targeted and killed three black people.

Another mass shooting, What else is new?  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/27/23 at 4:35 pm

A racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, FL in which a white man targeted and killed three black people.


A black gunman targeted and shot at dozens of white cops in Picksburgh this past week. Unfortunately for him, the popo responded with a ****load of return fire and he got smoked.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/27/23 at 6:09 pm

Another mass shooting, What else is new?  ::)


There was also one in Boston at a parade, and one at a White Sox baseball game in Chicago, and one in Oklahoma City. But you know, just another day in America.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/28/23 at 2:42 am

There was also one in Boston at a parade, and one at a White Sox baseball game in Chicago, and one in Oklahoma City. But you know, just another day in America.

I definitely agree.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/23 at 9:17 am

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled today at the UK's busiest airports as the fall-out from yesterday's air traffic control glitch continues

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/23 at 11:04 am

A Norwegian world champion and the US prodigy who unexpectedly beat him have resolved a year-long cheating row that rattled the world of chess.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/23 at 2:42 pm

Network Rail has sparked anger by refusing to award annual bonuses to staff who went on strike in a long-running dispute.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 08/29/23 at 6:35 pm

Ronald Acuna Jr of the Atlanta Braves was tackled by fans in Denver after a game against the Rockies.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 1:10 am

Ronald Acuna Jr of the Atlanta Braves was tackled by fans in Denver after a game against the Rockies.
In anger?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 1:10 am

Burger King must face a lawsuit that alleges it makes its Whopper burger appear larger on its menus than it is in reality, a US judge has ruled.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 1:39 am

A celestial delight will unfold this week, providing stargazers with a treat - the August super blue moon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66642328

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 5:57 am

Senior military officers in Gabon say they have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/30/23 at 7:18 am

Burger King must face a lawsuit that alleges it makes its Whopper burger appear larger on its menus than it is in reality, a US judge has ruled.

This is so silly. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 9:10 am

In the UK, criminals will be made to attend their sentencing hearings, including by force if necessary, or face the prospect of longer in prison, under new laws proposed by the Ministry of Justice.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/23 at 1:57 pm

Thousands of tyres, up to 100 trolleys, and a fridge have been pulled out from a Welsh river in a major clean-up operation.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/30/23 at 7:11 pm

Burger King must face a lawsuit that alleges it makes its Whopper burger appear larger on its menus than it is in reality, a US judge has ruled.


Perhaps I should file a lawsuit, claiming that it does NOT “take two hands to handle the Whopper”.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 08/31/23 at 2:34 am

Hurricane Adalia

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/23 at 4:45 am

More than 70 people have died and more than 50 have been injured after a fire in central Johannesburg. The building has been described as a "hijacked" building, meaning it is used by squatters

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/23 at 4:46 am

A celestial delight will unfold this week, providing stargazers with a treat - the August super blue moon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66642328
Last night I could not see it and now have to wait to 2037 for the next blue supermoon.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 08/31/23 at 5:21 am

The Free Mumia Abdul-Jabbar Coalition has officially come out in opposition to any external interference with the recent coup d’état in Niger.

https://www.workers.org/2023/08/72913/

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/23 at 6:31 am

A body has been found in the search for an award-winning poet who went missing at a rural music festival. Gboyega Odubanjo was last seen at the Shambala Festival in Northamptonshire at about 04:00 BST on Saturday. The 27-year-old, from Bromley in south London, had been due to perform at the event in Kelmarsh on Sunday, but did not turn up for his set.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/23 at 3:23 pm

Airlines could face a crackdown on hidden fees, as part of a new government plan to improve transparency for people shopping online.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/23 at 5:14 pm

North Korea's Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC's US partner CBS.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/04/23 at 5:30 pm

North Korea's Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC's US partner CBS.


Yep. Putin wants North Korea to sell it ammo to be used in The Ukraine.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/23 at 5:46 pm

Customers from two of the UK's most popular mobile networks have reported problems with their phones.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/23 at 5:57 am

Birmingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt. The local authority - the largest in Europe - has issued a Section 114 notice preventing all but essential spending to protect core services. The pressures have been linked to a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/05/23 at 6:42 am

Customers from two of the UK's most popular mobile networks have reported problems with their phones.

What was wrong with them?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/23 at 6:49 am

What was wrong with them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66708574

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/05/23 at 11:44 am

The Burning Man festival had tens of thousands of people stranded due to flooding in the surrounding areas.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/06/23 at 2:32 am

A 64 Year old woman is assaulted in a train station.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/06/23 at 11:19 am

Passengers kicked off Air Canada flight for refusing to sit in vomit-covered seats

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2023/09/05/air-canada-kicks-customers-off-for-refusing-to-sit-in-seats-with-vomit/70772423007/


Two passengers on an Air Canada flight were reportedly escorted off an airplane for refusing to sit in wet, vomit-covered seats.

Susan Benson was a fellow passenger on the Aug. 26 flight from Seattle to Montreal sitting near the vomit. She shared the incident in a now-viral Facebook post to hold the airline accountable because she felt it was unfair to the passengers.

"There was a bit of a foul smell but we didn’t know at first what the problem was,” Benson wrote in the post. “Apparently, on the previous flight someone had vomited in that area. Air Canada attempted a quick cleanup before boarding but clearly wasn’t able to do a thorough clean.”

According to Benson, the seatbelt and seat were still visibly wet and there was vomit residue around the seats. The smell of vomit mixed with the scent of perfume and coffee grinds, which were put in the seat pouch to mask the smell.

The passengers flagged down a flight attendant to tell her they couldn’t sit in those seats for the five-hour flight, calling the incident “unacceptable,” Benson told USA TODAY over the phone.

According to Benson, the seatbelt and seat were still visibly wet and there was vomit residue around the seats. The smell of vomit mixed with the scent of perfume and coffee grinds, which were put in the seat pouch to mask the smell.

The passengers flagged down a flight attendant to tell her they couldn’t sit in those seats for the five-hour flight, calling the incident “unacceptable,” Benson told USA TODAY over the phone.

According to Benson, the flight attendants were “extremely apologetic” and said, “it was a miscommunication with the cleaning crew the night before and the seat didn’t get cleaned properly.” They also told the passengers there was nothing they could do because all the seats were full.

fter some back and forth, the passengers were given blankets, wipes and more vomit bags and settled in for the flight.

Then the pilot came over to the passengers and, according to the post, “told the ladies that they had two choices: They could leave the plane on their own accord and organize flights on their own dime, or they would be escorted off the plane by security and placed on a no fly list!”

Security came soon after and escorted the women off the flight. “Air Canada literally expects passage (sic) to sit in vomit or be escorted off the plane and placed on a no-fly list!” Benson wrote.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/06/23 at 1:31 pm

Passengers kicked off Air Canada flight for refusing to sit in vomit-covered seats

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2023/09/05/air-canada-kicks-customers-off-for-refusing-to-sit-in-seats-with-vomit/70772423007/



You think that’s disgusting? A Delta flight to Barcelona recently had to be turned back because of “extreme diarrhea that ‘ran all the way through the plane’ “.  :o 8-P

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/barcelona-diarrhea-plane-delta-flight-b2405625.html

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/06/23 at 1:37 pm

You think that’s disgusting? A Delta flight to Barcelona recently had to be turned back because of “extreme diarrhea that ‘ran all the way through the plane’ “.  :o 8-P

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/barcelona-diarrhea-plane-delta-flight-b2405625.html

I hope the windows were open all the way?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/06/23 at 1:45 pm

I hope the windows were open all the way?


Open windows on an airplane? Really?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/23 at 2:39 pm

I hope the windows were open all the way?
To open an airplane window
Will raise the air hostesses eyes
For fear of being sucked out
For the air is pressurised

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/06/23 at 5:28 pm

Open windows on an airplane? Really?


Hey if I was locked in an airplane awash in diarrhoea, I might try to open the hatch myself.  ;D

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/07/23 at 2:35 am

Open windows on an airplane? Really?

Well, How else can you get rid of the stench?  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 09/07/23 at 3:24 am

Well, How else can you get rid of the stench?  ::)
You can't open the windows in passenger jets. Those planes have pressurised cabins for high altitude flying and opening a window up there would depressurise the plane and remove the oxygen (that's the scenario when those oxygen masks drop from the ceiling).
Fresh air is provided from intakes in the engines and goes through airconditioning before being pumped into the cabin.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/07/23 at 2:59 pm

Danny Masterson has been sentenced for 30 years in prison for his rape charge.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/07/23 at 6:10 pm

Danny Masterson has been sentenced for 30 years in prison for his rape charge.


That’s 30 years to LIFE.

He may never get outta the slam. As it is, the earliest he could get out he’d be 77 years old.  :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/09/23 at 6:20 am

Earthquake in Morocco

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 09/09/23 at 1:35 pm

Earthquake in Morocco

Yeah, it was something like 6.9 Richter magnitude. :o :o Over a thousand lives have been lost. :\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/09/23 at 3:32 pm

That’s 30 years to LIFE.

He may never get outta the slam. As it is, the earliest he could get out he’d be 77 years old.  :o

Or to be morbid, he might commit suicide.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/09/23 at 3:39 pm

Or to be morbid, he might commit suicide.


Like Jeffrey Epstein? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/09/23 at 3:47 pm

Like Jeffrey Epstein? ???

Maybe. :(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/23 at 6:25 am

A researcher at the UK Parliament has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, amid claims he was spying for China.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 09/10/23 at 10:06 am

Yeah, it was something like 6.9 Richter magnitude. :o :o Over a thousand lives have been lost. :\'(

The death toll has now surpassed 2,000. :\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/23 at 3:45 pm

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says it is reporting the UK government to the United Nations watchdog on workers' rights over a new strikes law.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/23 at 3:46 pm

The death toll has now surpassed 2,000. :\'(
...and is sadly increasing as each day passes, today reads as, at least 2,122.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/23 at 7:48 am

The Wilko name will disappear from UK High Streets as a rescue deal for the chain fell through. All of its 400 stores across the UK will close by early October, the GMB union has said. It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the family-owned business. It is understood no bidders are interested in running shops under the Wilko name, although some parties are interested in rebranding their stores.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/23 at 4:04 pm

...and is sadly increasing as each day passes, today reads as, at least 2,122.
Rescuers in Morocco have been using their bare hands as desperate search efforts continue for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake. A total of 2,681 people are known to have died in the tremor - the country's deadliest in 60 years. Morocco's government is under pressure to accept more international aid, as rescuers battle with exhaustion. So far, it has accepted help from only four countries - Spain, the UK, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/23 at 5:04 am

In the UK, wage growth has caught up with rising prices for the first time in nearly two years, even as unemployment goes up.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/23 at 5:28 am

Shoplifting has become an "epidemic" in the past year, the boss of John Lewis, Dame Sharon White, has told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/23 at 9:16 am

Customers have reported problems with slot machines and online room booking systems following a cyber-attack on casino and hotel giant MGM Resorts. Certain systems were shut down due to a "cyber-security issue", the firm said. But it added that its facilities remained "operational". One customer at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas said she had walked into the wrong room because the hotel's digital keys were malfunctioning, and said staff had to distribute physical keys. Staff offered her a complementary stay as compensation, she told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66784894

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/23 at 12:16 pm

More than 2,000 people are reported dead in Libya after a storm triggered devastating floods.

Subject: Cascades of red wine flood Portugal streets

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/12/23 at 1:27 pm

Cascades of red wine flood a city's streets in Portugal after huge tanks rupture

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198913626/red-wine-flood-city-portugal

There is so much surplus red wine in Portugal, it's flooding the streets. That's one way of deciphering the incredible scene that unfolded in São Lourenço do Bairro, a small town where millions of liters of wine recently overwhelmed the roads.

The roughly 2.2 million liters of wine (some 581,000 gallons) poured out of two burst tanks at Destilaria Levira on Sunday, according to local newspaper Diário de Coimbra. A viral video from the scene shows a "river of wine" coursing down a hilly street, sluicing over its curbs.

No one was hurt by the torrent of wine, but it did reportedly flood at least one cellar. Local officials are now working to repair the damage done, and also to prevent the alcoholic liquid from affecting local farms, vineyards and water supplies.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/12/23 at 3:09 pm

Shoplifting has become an "epidemic" in the past year, the boss of John Lewis, Dame Sharon White, has told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250

It's been happening in supermarkets too. :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/12/23 at 6:50 pm

More than 5000 suspected dead in Libyan flooding.  :o

https://apnews.com/article/derna-libya-floods-storm-daniel-95379b164871d97fb74b1cd1bcb5640c

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/23 at 4:31 am

It's been happening in supermarkets too. :o
Not just supermarkets, happening at any place of retail.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/23 at 4:32 am

A sketch drawn by John Constable more than 200 years ago has been found in a suitcase during a house clearance. The pencil drawing of Dover is one of a series of sketches the artist created in April 1803 when he spent almost a month on board a ship off the Kent coast. It was uncovered in a smashed frame in an old suitcase in a house in the Leeds area. The sketch will be auctioned in Scarborough on Friday.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/23 at 9:30 am

The UK economy shrank more than expected in July, driven by strike action by NHS workers and teachers, according to official figures.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/13/23 at 2:01 pm

Escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante has been apprehended after a two week manhunt in PA.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/23 at 2:31 pm

Escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante has been apprehended after a two week manhunt in PA.
The UK recently had an escaped convict too, Daniel Khalife

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66763054

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/23 at 3:25 pm

France has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/13/23 at 5:26 pm

Escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante has been apprehended after a two week manhunt in PA.


He got nabbed by a state police K-9 officer…

The K-9 “took a bite out of crime”.  ;D

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/McGruff.jpg

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/13/23 at 6:35 pm

The death toll due to the Libyan floods is now over 6000 people.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/africa/libya-flooding-storm-daniel-wednesday-intl-hnk/index.html

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/14/23 at 2:39 am

Not just supermarkets, happening at any place of retail.

Nobody realizes there are cameras all around. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/23 at 5:49 am

Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says. Warnings should have been issued, leading to evacuations, "and we could have avoided most of the human casualties".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/23 at 9:41 am

In the UK, police officers' personal details have been hacked after a company was targeted in a cyber attack.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/14/23 at 5:53 pm

Hunter Biden is indicted on 3 gun charges.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/23 at 10:36 am

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the American bully XL dog will be banned, following a spate of recent attacks.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/15/23 at 5:10 pm

The mother of currently-incarcerated South Florida rapper Syko Bob, identified as Dorothy Smart, was found dead in a van in Fort Lauderdale. Fowl play is suspected, and this appears to be some sort of a “retaliation” hit against Bob.  :-\\

https://allhiphop.com/news/syko-bob-mother-van/

Violent incidents have plagued Syko Bob and his associates over the last two years. In 2021, Syko Bob narrowly escaped death during a broad daylight shootout in Southern Florida.

This past March, Syko Bob was sentenced to five years in prison over a gun charge he caught in January of 2022 when he was stopped for speeding in Collier County, Florida. 

A vehicle search turned up a loaded gun stuffed between the front and passenger side seats.

https://allhiphop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Syko-Bob-960x720.jpg

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/16/23 at 8:43 am

Most of the thousands of deaths in the Libya floods could have been avoided, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says. Warnings should have been issued, leading to evacuations, "and we could have avoided most of the human casualties".


The death toll is expected to hit 20,000. The Libyan Red Crescent said Friday that at least 11,300 people had died and another 10,100 were reported missing.  And now a health crisis is expected because the town of Derna is full of dead, decaying bodies and water is contaminated.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/16/disaster-of-epic-proportions-libya-prosecutor-probes-deadly-dam-collapse

Haider al-Saeih, head of Libya’s centre for combatting disease, said in televised comments on Saturday at least 150 people suffered from diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water in Derna. He urged residents to only drink bottled water, which is being shipped in as part of relief efforts.

Can’t blame this one on Qadhdhāfī.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/23 at 8:48 am

Slowing food prices helped drive a surprise fall in inflation in August, with prices now rising at their slowest rate in a year-and-a-half.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/23 at 12:43 pm

Thousands of London Underground station staff are to strike next month in a long-running dispute over job losses. Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members will walk out on 4 and 6 October, which the union said would shut down the capital's Tube service. The union has also raised safety concerns over higher workloads, more lone working and increased fatigue.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/23 at 12:44 pm

Thousands of London Underground station staff are to strike next month in a long-running dispute over job losses. Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) members will walk out on 4 and 6 October, which the union said would shut down the capital's Tube service. The union has also raised safety concerns over higher workloads, more lone working and increased fatigue.
I'll be staying at home on those days.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/23 at 2:23 pm

Iran's parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/23 at 2:58 pm

Veterans of the UK's nuclear weapons tests are attempting to relaunch a battle for compensation a decade after being legally blocked from suing the government. Campaigners say newly discovered documents suggest nuclear chiefs may have known the men suffered radioactive damage. More than 22,000 personnel worked on detonations in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s. Campaigners believe personnel suffered cancers and had children with birth defects because of radiation.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/23 at 5:04 am

The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge are claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 09/21/23 at 6:00 am

The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge are claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps.
Looks more like he forgot to update his brain. I highly doubt the collapsed bridge had no warning signs and was normally accessible.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/23 at 7:08 am

The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge are claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps.

Looks more like he forgot to update his brain. I highly doubt the collapsed bridge had no warning signs and was normally accessible.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/15B0C/production/_131144888_saltz_mongeluzzi_bendesky_bridge_approach.jpg.webp

Local residents had repeatedly contacted Google to have them change their online maps after the bridge collapsed in 2013, the suit claims. Barriers that were normally placed across the bridge entrance were missing due to vandalism, according to the Charlotte Observer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66873982

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/23 at 7:56 am

Five people suspected of spying for Russia are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, UK prosecutors say.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/23 at 12:35 pm

In the UK, car firms will still be forced to meet strict quotas for selling electric cars despite the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles being delayed. From January, just over a fifth of vehicles sold must be electric, with the target expected to hit 80% by 2030.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/21/23 at 3:16 pm

The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge are claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps.


So he blames it all on Google?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/23 at 2:32 am

So he blames it all on Google?
He cannot claim for he is dead.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/23 at 2:32 am

Hong Kong police are investigating allegations of fraud against cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX after investors complained of HK$1.3bn ($166m; £134m) in losses.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/22/23 at 7:07 am

Hong Kong police are investigating allegations of fraud against cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX after investors complained of HK$1.3bn ($166m; £134m) in losses.


Sounds like some Hong Kong Phooey is going on there.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/23 at 7:17 am

Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule will come screaming into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/23 at 10:40 am

What all this about drugs found in a nursery school in New York?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/23 at 12:20 pm

Police in Florida got a shock when the driver they stopped on a major highway turned out to be a 10-year-old boy.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/23/23 at 5:32 pm

Looks like the WGA and Hollywood studios might finally reach some sort of agreement, ending the months long strike.


Police in Florida got a shock when the driver they stopped on a major highway turned out to be a 10-year-old boy.


That was my 10 year old fantasy, to drive a car like my parents.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: nally on 09/23/23 at 5:34 pm

Looks like the WGA and Hollywood studios might finally reach some sort of agreement, ending the months long strike.


Yes, I heard about this earlier. Let's hope they can get it done.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/24/23 at 2:29 am

What all this about drugs found in a nursery school in New York?

I think the person got caught and arrested him.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/24/23 at 2:30 am

Police in Florida got a shock when the driver they stopped on a major highway turned out to be a 10-year-old boy.

:o What was he doing behind the wheel?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/24/23 at 6:03 am

:o What was he doing behind the wheel?


Driving.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 1:27 pm

Dusty samples from the "most dangerous known rock in the Solar System" have been brought to Earth. The American space agency Nasa landed the materials in a capsule that came down in the West Desert of Utah state. The samples had been scooped up from the surface of asteroid Bennu in 2020 by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft. Nasa wants to learn more about the mountainous object, not least because it has an outside chance of hitting our planet in the next 300 years.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 1:28 pm

Police in Florida got a shock when the driver they stopped on a major highway turned out to be a 10-year-old boy.

:o What was he doing behind the wheel?

Driving.
Exactly!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 2:03 pm

A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a woman in its jaws, police have said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/24/23 at 2:45 pm

A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a woman in its jaws, police have said.

I wonder if they sliced open the gator, to retrieve the rest of the woman’s remains? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 2:47 pm

I wonder if they sliced open the gator, to retrieve the rest of the woman’s remains? ???
I do not wish to look to see of any photos...

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/24/23 at 4:01 pm

I wonder if they sliced open the gator, to retrieve the rest of the woman’s remains? ???

They would have to put the gator out first.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/24/23 at 4:06 pm

They would have to put the gator out first.


Yeah that would make things a little easier.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 4:29 pm

Amazon is set to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service in 2024 as it seeks to put more cash into creating TV shows and films. UK Prime customers, along with those in the US, Germany and Canada, will see ads early next year unless they subscribe for an "ad-free" option at an additional cost.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/24/23 at 4:38 pm

Amazon is set to introduce adverts to its Prime Video streaming service in 2024 as it seeks to put more cash into creating TV shows and films. UK Prime customers, along with those in the US, Germany and Canada, will see ads early next year unless they subscribe for an "ad-free" option at an additional cost.


The Amazon prime TV channel stinks. It absolutely stinks. I only have it because I have Amazon Prime. Once I was watching a free series and they started charging for that series when I was a few episodes in.  Talk about bait and switch! It stinks. Absolutely stinks. And that's not the only reason. Either charge for something or don't. Be a seamless experience. Don't have this big jumble of things, some of which are free, some of which aren't, some which have ads and are free, some which don't have ads and are free, some which don't have ads and aren't free, blah blah. Absolutely stinks.  8-P

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/23 at 4:52 pm

The Amazon prime TV channel stinks. It absolutely stinks. I only have it because I have Amazon Prime. Once I was watching a free series and they started charging for that series when I was a few episodes in.  Talk about bait and switch! It stinks. Absolutely stinks. And that's not the only reason. Either charge for something or don't. Be a seamless experience. Don't have this big jumble of things, some of which are free, some of which aren't, some which have ads and are free, some which don't have ads and are free, some which don't have ads and aren't free, blah blah. Absolutely stinks.  8-P
Sounds like one to avoid.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 1:49 am

A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 5:09 am

A hospital trust failed to send out 24,000 letters from senior doctors to patients and their GPs after they became lost in a new computer system, the BBC has learned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 6:18 am

An American grandmaster who was part of a row which rattled the world of chess has denied using a vibrating sex toy to cheat.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 10:02 am

Five people suspected of spying for Russia are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, UK prosecutors say.
Five people accused of being part of a Russian spy ring operating in the UK have appeared in court.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 12:19 pm

I am hearing reports that US President Joe Biden has joined a picket line.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 12:31 pm

I am hearing reports that US President Joe Biden has joined a picket line.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2023/9/26/a67938ac-8adf-47e0-9087-5cf395b8eb43.jpg

Joe Biden has joined members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on the picket line in Michigan, a first for a sitting US president

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 1:23 pm

The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons has resigned after unwittingly praising a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit and inviting him to parliament.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 09/26/23 at 3:02 pm

Explosion of a fuel depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has claimed at least 125 lives, amid the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/26/23 at 3:18 pm

An American grandmaster who was part of a row which rattled the world of chess has denied using a vibrating sex toy to cheat.  ::)

That is one dumb person!  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/23 at 4:45 pm

Explosion of a fuel depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has claimed at least 125 lives, amid the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Nearly 30,000 ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh - a quarter of the population of the enclave which Azerbaijan seized last week.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 09/26/23 at 5:08 pm

I am hearing reports that US President Joe Biden has joined a picket line.


Ol’ Joe has never worked a real job in his life, and certainly not a union job. Pandering at its best, he’s been living off the US taxpayer since 1970.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/23 at 3:08 am

The controversial Rosebank offshore development off Shetland has been granted consent by regulators. Located 80 miles of west of Shetland, Rosebank is the UK's largest untapped oil field and is estimated to contain 500 million barrels of oil.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/23 at 12:27 pm

US regulators have sued Amazon, alleging that the internet giant is illegally maintaining monopoly power.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66920137

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/23 at 12:04 pm

Deaths have been reported following twin shootings in Rotterdam, authorities say. A gunman is said to have opened fire in a flat and then a medical centre in the Dutch city.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/23 at 12:52 pm

Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, one of the world's most successful video games, is cutting 870 jobs - around 16% of its workforce.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/23 at 1:59 pm

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken performed Muddy Waters' Hoochie Coochie Man at an official dinner to launch a programme called Global Music Diplomacy Initiative.

Subject: Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/23 at 2:48 pm

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the felling of one of the UK's most celebrated trees. The landmark at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight. Northumberland National Park Authority officials believe the tree, known as Robin Hood's Tree, was "deliberately felled".

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D9D/production/_131277611_bbc.jpg.webp
Northumbria Police said the teenager had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8474/production/_131280933_mediaitem131278923.jpg.webpThe tree was featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980

Subject: Re: Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/28/23 at 2:56 pm

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the felling of one of the UK's most celebrated trees. The landmark at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight. Northumberland National Park Authority officials believe the tree, known as Robin Hood's Tree, was "deliberately felled".

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D9D/production/_131277611_bbc.jpg.webp
Northumbria Police said the teenager had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8474/production/_131280933_mediaitem131278923.jpg.webpThe tree was featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980


How awful!  :\'(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/23 at 2:57 pm

How awful!  :\'(
Bring back the stocks and public executions!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 09/28/23 at 3:12 pm

Deaths have been reported following twin shootings in Rotterdam, authorities say. A gunman is said to have opened fire in a flat and then a medical centre in the Dutch city.

How sad. :(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/23 at 11:42 am

A baby beaver was spotted in London for the first time in a very long time this summer. It is thought to be the first baby beaver born in London for hundreds of years. Enfield council began London's beaver reintroduction programme in 2022 to bring beavers back to the capital after 400 years. The initiative is part of a wider rewilding and natural flood management project.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 10/01/23 at 3:32 am

Bring back the stocks and public executions!
Knowing a bit about the UK's justice system I think it's more likely he get his 15 minutes of fame and 15 minutes of jail time. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/01/23 at 6:02 am

Bring back the stocks and public executions!


Also bring them in on a hurdle, then have them hung, drawn, and quartered.  :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/01/23 at 2:06 pm

Wow… this is a rare moment… California’s Governor Newsom actually did something with which I agree.  :o

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-governor-vetoes-bill-offering-unemployment-pay-strikers-2023-10-01/

The legislature presented him with a bill that would pay unemployment money to striking workers. The Guv had the common sense to veto it.  8)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 9:34 am

Planned strikes on the London Underground have been called off following "significant progress" in talks over jobs and conditions. About 3,000 Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members were due to strike on Wednesday and Friday.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 10:49 am

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has entered a not guilty plea to charges of illegally owning a handgun at a Delaware courthouse.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 10:56 am

Firefighters inspect the smouldering remains of the food waste recycling plant that exploded after a lightning strike. The strike caused a biogas tank to explode on Monday. There are no reported injuries from the blast at the facility near Yarnton, Oxfordshire.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/03/23 at 11:42 am

Firefighters inspect the smouldering remains of the food waste recycling plant that exploded after a lightning strike. The strike caused a biogas tank to explode on Monday. There are no reported injuries from the blast at the facility near Yarnton, Oxfordshire.


But apple-cheeked housewives bustling down the cobbled streets were swept away by slithering mounds of waste and were later plucked gagging from the slime.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 12:05 pm

But apple-cheeked housewives bustling down the cobbled streets were swept away by slithering mounds of waste and were later plucked gagging from the slime.
Could be a making of a film?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 12:05 pm

The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/03/23 at 12:10 pm

Could be a making of a film?


It's from an old episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show when the Sue Ann Nivens "Happy Homemaker" character played by the legendary Betty White read the news in a most ornate way. I've been waiting to use it for years.  ;D

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 12:30 pm

A plague of bedbugs has hit Paris and other French cities, provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and safety during next year's Olympic Games.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 12:50 pm

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/23 at 1:48 pm

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards experiments with light that capture "the shortest of moments" and opened a window on the world of electrons.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/03/23 at 6:53 pm

SOTH Kevin McCarthy has been ousted.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 2:04 am

In the UK, the interest the government pays on national debt has reached a 20-year high as the rate on 30-year bonds reaches 5.05%.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 4:15 am

Train drivers at 16 companies are on strike again in a long-running dispute about pay and conditions. Both the train drivers' union Aslef and the RMT union, which represents other rail workers, have regularly taken industrial action over the past 18 months.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 4:16 am

Social media app TikTok is suspending its online shopping service in Indonesia to comply with new rules in South East Asia's biggest economy.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 5:21 am

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man died in a suspected American bully XL attack. Officers received a report that a dog had injured a 54-year-old in Houghton-le-Spring, on Tuesday.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/04/23 at 7:31 am

Mass Shooting Baltimore Maryland

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 8:23 am

All Onewheel electric skateboards sold worldwide will be recalled after four people died while riding them. US watchdog the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled all 300,000 devices sold in the US, citing a risk of crashes causing serious injuries. Future Motion, which makes Onewheels, told the BBC the recall applies to all customers, not just those in the US. A UK government spokesperson told the BBC it would make enquiries and "take action swiftly" if required.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 9:37 am

The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work in developing what are called quantum dots. People may have come across these tiny crystals in their QLED TV sets where the nanoparticles create colour. They are also used in medical imaging to guide surgeons, in better targeting of cancer drugs, and in solar panels. Winners Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov will share the 11m Swedish krona (£824,000) prize.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/04/23 at 10:13 am

All Onewheel electric skateboards sold worldwide will be recalled after four people died while riding them. US watchdog the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled all 300,000 devices sold in the US, citing a risk of crashes causing serious injuries. Future Motion, which makes Onewheels, told the BBC the recall applies to all customers, not just those in the US. A UK government spokesperson told the BBC it would make enquiries and "take action swiftly" if required.


Reminds me of when the hoverboards got recalled, due to issues with them catching on fire.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 10:23 am

Reminds me of when the hoverboards got recalled, due to issues with them catching on fire.
Similarly, some councils and cities are thinking twice about e-scooters and electric bikes, for batteries are exploding when being recharged.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 1:38 pm

A Kenyan hospital worker caught by the BBC trying to sell a baby has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi's Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was filmed accepting $2,500 (£2,000) to sell a baby boy under the hospital's care. He was arrested in 2020 and found guilty of child trafficking, child neglect and conspiracy to commit crime. His co-accused Selina Adundo was sentenced to six years in jail or a $2,000 fine.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 2:33 pm

FTX founder and 'crypto king' Sam Bankman-Fried faces a New York court on charges of 'massive' fraud and money laundering.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/23 at 2:34 pm

FTX founder and 'crypto king' Sam Bankman-Fried faces a New York court on charges of 'massive' fraud and money laundering.
Isn't someone else on fraud charges to attend court in New York?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/23 at 1:06 am

Five people have been arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters halted a West End performance of Les Miserables.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/23 at 1:43 am

The UK's cloud computing market is to face a competition probe over concerns it is being dominated by Amazon and Microsoft.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/23 at 6:21 am

Norwegian Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy in Stockholm praised his innovative plays and prose, saying he gave voice to the unsayable. The prize is awarded for a body of work, rather than a book - there is no shortlist and it is notoriously difficult to predict

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/23 at 12:00 pm

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the felling of one of the UK's most celebrated trees. The landmark at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight. Northumberland National Park Authority officials believe the tree, known as Robin Hood's Tree, was "deliberately felled".

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D9D/production/_131277611_bbc.jpg.webp
Northumbria Police said the teenager had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8474/production/_131280933_mediaitem131278923.jpg.webpThe tree was featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980


Damage to Hadrian's Wall has been found after the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree was felled beside it, Historic England said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/06/23 at 7:28 pm

Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from daughter Maisy's college fund and spent it on hookers and drugs :o after bankers warned he had just 44 cents left in his account.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12598997/Hunter-Biden-withdrew-20-000-daughter-Maisys-college-fund-spent-hookers-drugs-bankers-warned-just-44-cents-left-account.html

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/07/23 at 3:07 am

Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from daughter Maisy's college fund and spent it on hookers and drugs :o after bankers warned he had just 44 cents left in his account.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12598997/Hunter-Biden-withdrew-20-000-daughter-Maisys-college-fund-spent-hookers-drugs-bankers-warned-just-44-cents-left-account.html

What a moron.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/07/23 at 6:49 am

Palestine launched a massive rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 10/07/23 at 2:29 pm

Palestine launched a massive rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Seems to be a massive assault. :o

Strange, first Kosovo now Israel. I wonder if Putin has anything to do with it. Pure biased speculation on my part of course.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/07/23 at 3:14 pm

Seems to be a massive assault. :o

Strange, first Kosovo now Israel. I wonder if Putin has anything to do with it. Pure biased speculation on my part of course.


Russia is not involved. They have a détente with Israel since Russia is fighting Islamic terrorists in Syria. Russia has no axe to grind with Israel and vice-versa. As evidenced by Israel’s refusal to provide military aid to The Ukraine.

Iran is the likely helper here.

Subject: Crocs Unveils new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/08/23 at 8:57 am

https://www.today.com/shop/crocs-cowboy-boots-rcna119181

Excerpt:

On Oct. 5, the brand unveiled its latest innovation — the Crocs Classic Cowboy Boot — and we’re not going to lie, the shoes are pretty rad.

Described as “one of the most widely requested Crocs shoe designs in brand history,” the Crocs Classic Cowboy Boot has a “high shine croc-embossed texture and bold western-inspired stitching,” according to a press release. It’s even decorated with metallic Jibbitz charms and a spur charm that spins.

Other notable features include ventilation holes and a Crocs logo with a cowboy hat.


https://bizwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Crocs_Classic_Cowboy_Boot_2-resized-280x300.jpg.webp

Subject: Re: Crocs Unveils new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/08/23 at 1:08 pm

https://www.today.com/shop/crocs-cowboy-boots-rcna119181

https://bizwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Crocs_Classic_Cowboy_Boot_2-resized-280x300.jpg.webp


Those are some pretty sweet-looking boots.

Subject: Re: Crocs Unveils new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots

Written By: Howard on 10/08/23 at 2:17 pm

Those are some pretty sweet-looking boots.

I wouldn't mind wearing them.

Subject: Re: Crocs Unveils new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/08/23 at 9:33 pm

I wouldn't mind wearing them.


I'd like to get them in red, lol

Subject: Re: Crocs Unveils new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots

Written By: Howard on 10/09/23 at 7:40 am

I'd like to get them in red, lol

Do they have them in brown?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/23 at 2:07 pm

A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/23 at 2:08 pm

British Airways has suspended flights to Israel after turning back one of its planes shortly before landing, due to security concerns.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/23 at 3:07 pm

A man has been arrested after a protester gatecrashed Sir Keir Starmer's speech and showered the Labour leader with glitter at the party's conference.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/11/23 at 3:18 pm

A man has been arrested after a protester gatecrashed Sir Keir Starmer's speech and showered the Labour leader with glitter at the party's conference.


The return of glitter rock! Bolan would be proud.  :-*

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/23 at 7:27 am

Bernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula One, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/23 at 10:28 am

The UK economy returning to growth in August has fuelled expectations that interest rates will be left unchanged again next month.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/23 at 10:53 am

Essex Police is attending an incident at Stansted Airport after a Kenya Airways plane from Nairobi to Heathrow was diverted.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/23 at 12:43 pm

Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard in the gaming industry's biggest ever deal.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/16/23 at 2:45 pm

In the Chicago area, a 70-year old landlord stabbed and killed a 6-year old Palestinian-American, and also stabbed his mother but she is expected to survive. Sadly these kind of incidents are expected to happen with situation going on in the Middle East.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/23 at 9:35 am

Greta Thunberg has been detained during a Fossil Free London protest. The Swedish climate campaigner had joined other activists outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane where oil executives were meeting. The protesters attempted to block access to the hotel by occupying the area by the entrance.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/23 at 1:23 pm

Belgian police have shot dead a man who killed two Swedish nationals in the capital, Brussels, on Monday evening.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/23 at 2:10 pm

Representatives from Vodafone and Three have told MPs their planned merger will not increase prices, despite it reducing the number of competitors in the mobile market.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/23 at 4:38 pm

An undersea telecoms cable connecting Estonia and Sweden has been damaged, the Swedish government has announced. Civil defence minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said the cable was damaged but not completely destroyed. The cable is believed to have been affected at the same time as a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was damaged earlier this month. Sources told the BBC Finland suspects Russian sabotage in "retribution" after the country joined Nato. Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the accusation, calling it "rubbish". Finland said last week that the pipeline was likely intentionally sabotaged.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/17/23 at 4:44 pm

Belgian police have shot dead a man who killed two Swedish nationals in the capital, Brussels, on Monday evening.


Muslim dude of course.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/23 at 2:47 am

The UK rate of inflation stayed at 6.7% in September, the same rate as August, according to the Office for National Statistics

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/18/23 at 1:13 pm

Another "s*** on a plane" incident. An EasyJet flight from the Spanish island of Tenerife bound for London Gatwick was canceled when someone took a #2 on the bathroom floor, and all passengers had to disembark the plane.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/18/23 at 1:37 pm

Another "s*** on a plane" incident. An EasyJet flight from the Spanish island of Tenerife bound for London Gatwick was canceled when someone took a #2 on the bathroom floor, and all passengers had to disembark the plane.

Were they able to clean the mess up?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/18/23 at 3:46 pm

Were they able to clean the mess up?


I sure hope so. But they did have to get all the passengers off the plane first.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/18/23 at 5:27 pm

I sure hope so. But they did have to get all the passengers off the plane first.


There has to be more to the story. The one I read sounded like there was a t*rd on the bathroom floor. I’m thinking it’s more like the guy’s butt exploded all over the rest room. :o 8-P

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/19/23 at 2:36 am

There has to be more to the story. The one I read sounded like there was a t*rd on the bathroom floor. I’m thinking it’s more like the guy’s butt exploded all over the rest room. :o 8-P

Maybe he didn't have enough time to get onto the toilet. :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/19/23 at 2:36 am

I sure hope so. But they did have to get all the passengers off the plane first.

That's a good idea.

Subject: Victoria’s Secret Going Back To ‘Sexiness’ After Woke Push Plummets Sales

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/20/23 at 9:44 am

It looks like wokeness just doesn't translate to sales (ask Bud Lite). So Victoria's secret is going back to sex. 

Victoria’s Secret drops feminist makeover after sales slump
Executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing

-https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2023/10/18/lingerie-victorias-secret-feminist-makeover-sexiness-sales/

Excerpt:

Lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is dropping its feminist makeover and bringing back “sexiness” as it tries to reverse falling sales.

The company retired its traditional catwalks with its signature “angels” in 2018, and declared its aspiration to be “the world’s leading advocate for women”.

Its return to fashion shows last month featured no runway, and instead had the model Naomi Campbell reciting a poem.

However, the brand’s efforts to promote inclusivity have failed to halt a decline in revenue and company executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing.

The firm’s recent campaigns have featured models such as Hailey Bieber and Emily Ratajkowski, as well as larger models including Paloma Elsesser and Ali Tate-Cutler, who are advocates for body positivity.

The brand’s subsequent efforts to promote inclusivity involved ditching its “angels” in favour of brand spokesmodels and recruiting its first openly transgender model, Valentina Sampaio.

It also recruited Megan Rapinoe, a former US Women’s football captain and LGBTQ advocate, who had previously accused Victoria’s Secret of “harmful” and “patriarchal, sexist” messaging.

But, according to analysts, while the changes prompted positive reactions from critics, they failed to translate into sales.

Subject: Re: Victoria’s Secret Going Back To ‘Sexiness’ After Woke Push Plummets Sales

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/20/23 at 1:16 pm

It looks like wokeness just doesn't translate to sales (ask Bud Lite). So Victoria's secret is going back to sex. 

Victoria’s Secret drops feminist makeover after sales slump
Executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing

-https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2023/10/18/lingerie-victorias-secret-feminist-makeover-sexiness-sales/

Excerpt:

Lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is dropping its feminist makeover and bringing back “sexiness” as it tries to reverse falling sales.

The company retired its traditional catwalks with its signature “angels” in 2018, and declared its aspiration to be “the world’s leading advocate for women”.

Its return to fashion shows last month featured no runway, and instead had the model Naomi Campbell reciting a poem.

However, the brand’s efforts to promote inclusivity have failed to halt a decline in revenue and company executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing.

The firm’s recent campaigns have featured models such as Hailey Bieber and Emily Ratajkowski, as well as larger models including Paloma Elsesser and Ali Tate-Cutler, who are advocates for body positivity.

The brand’s subsequent efforts to promote inclusivity involved ditching its “angels” in favour of brand spokesmodels and recruiting its first openly transgender model, Valentina Sampaio.

It also recruited Megan Rapinoe, a former US Women’s football captain and LGBTQ advocate, who had previously accused Victoria’s Secret of “harmful” and “patriarchal, sexist” messaging.

But, according to analysts, while the changes prompted positive reactions from critics, they failed to translate into sales.


I used to buy all my underwear/bras from them. They had exactly what I wanted-bikinis with matching bras in multiple solid colors. Not outrageous. One day I went into the store and couldn't find the bras. I asked where they were and was told they were discontinued. I put head in my hand and said, "I feel like Peg Bundy." The girl had no idea who Peg Bundy is.  ::)

From that moment on, I tried to shop there but they didn't have anything that I liked so I stopped looking there. Today it is Vanity Fair that has it-bikinis with matching bras in multiple solid colors. What can I say, I like to match my underwear with what I am wearing.



Cat

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/23 at 1:16 pm

It looks like wokeness just doesn't translate to sales (ask Bud Lite). So Victoria's secret is going back to sex. 

Victoria’s Secret drops feminist makeover after sales slump
Executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing

-https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2023/10/18/lingerie-victorias-secret-feminist-makeover-sexiness-sales/

Excerpt:

Lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is dropping its feminist makeover and bringing back “sexiness” as it tries to reverse falling sales.

The company retired its traditional catwalks with its signature “angels” in 2018, and declared its aspiration to be “the world’s leading advocate for women”.

Its return to fashion shows last month featured no runway, and instead had the model Naomi Campbell reciting a poem.

However, the brand’s efforts to promote inclusivity have failed to halt a decline in revenue and company executives now plan to prioritise sex appeal over female empowerment in its marketing.

The firm’s recent campaigns have featured models such as Hailey Bieber and Emily Ratajkowski, as well as larger models including Paloma Elsesser and Ali Tate-Cutler, who are advocates for body positivity.

The brand’s subsequent efforts to promote inclusivity involved ditching its “angels” in favour of brand spokesmodels and recruiting its first openly transgender model, Valentina Sampaio.

It also recruited Megan Rapinoe, a former US Women’s football captain and LGBTQ advocate, who had previously accused Victoria’s Secret of “harmful” and “patriarchal, sexist” messaging.

But, according to analysts, while the changes prompted positive reactions from critics, they failed to translate into sales.




As long as they provide waiting areas for men who do not wish to enter the premises.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/23 at 1:17 pm

A third person has died as Storm Babet batters Scotland and causes chaos around the UK.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/23 at 3:25 am

Conservationists are racing to protect rare flora and fauna clinging to survival in the UK's last temperate rainforests.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/23 at 1:27 pm

Argentines are choosing a new president in an election rocked by the emergence as front-runner of anti-establishment populist and self-styled "libertarian" Javier Milei.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/23 at 12:49 pm

Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is "unavoidable" in the coming decades, a new study has warned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/23 at 2:00 pm

Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, will refuse to work on Tuesday. The "kvennafri", or women's day off, has been called in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/25/23 at 8:37 pm

Mass shootings in Maine has killed at least 16 people.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/26/23 at 2:32 am

Mass shootings in Maine has killed at least 16 people.

I am not surprised.  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/26/23 at 7:48 am

I am not surprised.  ::)


What's surprising is it happened in Maine, one of the safest and most quiet states in the US. Which means it can happen anywhere. Also the death toll is up to 22 last I saw.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/26/23 at 1:20 pm

What's surprising is it happened in Maine, one of the safest and most quiet states in the US. Which means it can happen anywhere. Also the death toll is up to 22 last I saw.

What happened to the guy shooter?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/26/23 at 2:03 pm

What happened to the guy shooter?


They haven't caught him yet but there's a statewide manhunt and a shelter-in-place order.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/26/23 at 5:32 pm

What's surprising is it happened in Maine, one of the safest and most quiet states in the US. Which means it can happen anywhere. Also the death toll is up to 22 last I saw.


I saw on the TV news the toll is only 18.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/27/23 at 2:40 am

They haven't caught him yet but there's a statewide manhunt and a shelter-in-place order.

They probably will kill him or he will most likely kill himself.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/23 at 1:55 pm

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signed up to join TV channel GB News. Johnson, who stepped down as an MP earlier this year, will work for the news channel as a presenter, programme maker and commentator. He will "play a key role" in coverage of the UK and US elections next year and will host a series "showcasing the power of Britain around the world", the broadcaster said. He promised to share his "unvarnished views" on a range of topics.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 10/28/23 at 6:01 am

They probably will kill him or he will most likely kill himself.


He has killed himself when they found him.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 10/28/23 at 6:47 am

He has killed himself when they found him.

I think the reason the person kills himself/herself is because he/she don't want to get caught by the police so the only way out is to out themselves.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/23 at 2:26 pm

Chrysler maker Stellantis has struck a tentative pay deal with the United Auto Workers union to end a six-week strike.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/23 at 3:30 pm

Former basketball star Magic Johnson has been declared a billionaire by Forbes, making him only the fourth athlete to join the exclusive club.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/23 at 12:22 pm

American bully XLs are being added to the list of banned dogs in England and Wales, making it illegal to own one without an exemption from 1 February next year. From January the dogs will also have to be muzzled and on a lead in public. There will be a longer deadline for owners to ensure the dogs are neutered. It follows a number of attacks involving the breed, although owners insist the dogs, despite their appearance, make lovable pets. From 31 December 2023 it will be against the law to sell, abandon, breed from or give away an American bully XL, or have one in public without a lead or muzzle.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 10/31/23 at 9:53 pm

American bully XLs are being added to the list of banned dogs in England and Wales, making it illegal to own one without an exemption from 1 February next year. From January the dogs will also have to be muzzled and on a lead in public. There will be a longer deadline for owners to ensure the dogs are neutered. It follows a number of attacks involving the breed, although owners insist the dogs, despite their appearance, make lovable pets. From 31 December 2023 it will be against the law to sell, abandon, breed from or give away an American bully XL, or have one in public without a lead or muzzle.


My company now has a “company office dog” that’s a pit bull. I don’t know if he’s a Bully XL or not though. His head is huge and he weighs 80 pounds. :o

I’m expecting this to not end particularly well…

Subject: Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM to begin playing all Christmas classics today

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/02/23 at 9:42 am

The Christmas holiday music season has started in earnest. Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM, an iHeart station, an  begins a 24-hour-all-holiday-music-all-the-time format starting today. Others will follow suit.

https://abc7chicago.com/christmas-music-radio-station-chicago-lite-fm-stations/13998937/

Excerpt:

CHICAGO (WLS) -- We are just entering November and the holiday spirit is already among us.

iHeartMedia Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM announced today that it will broadcast around-the-clock holiday music by today's biggest artists along with classic Christmas hits beginning Nov. 2 at 4 p.m.

93.9 LITE-FM personalities Melissa Forman, producer Jim, Robin Rock, Mick Lee and Edison the reindeer will host and broadcast a two-hour commercial free holiday kick-off celebration.

"93.9 LITE-FM is thrilled to be Chicago's holiday music station for the 23rd year," said Mick Lee, iHeartMedia Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM program director and afternoon show host. "Our listeners will find amazing contests to play and a few new surprises along with the Yuletide cheer that we bring to Chicagoland every year!"

"93.9 LITE-FM and holiday music are the perfect ingredients for a holiday celebration," said Matt Scarano, President of iHeartMedia Chicago region. "We are excited to be an integral part of our listeners' holiday celebrations every year with around-the-clock holiday music on Chicago's official Holiday Station, 93.9 LITE-FM."

Subject: Re: Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM to begin playing all Christmas classics today

Written By: batfan2005 on 11/02/23 at 10:56 am

The Christmas holiday music season has started in earnest. Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM, an iHeart station, an  begins a 24-hour-all-holiday-music-all-the-time format starting today. Others will follow suit.

https://abc7chicago.com/christmas-music-radio-station-chicago-lite-fm-stations/13998937/

Excerpt:

CHICAGO (WLS) -- We are just entering November and the holiday spirit is already among us.

iHeartMedia Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM announced today that it will broadcast around-the-clock holiday music by today's biggest artists along with classic Christmas hits beginning Nov. 2 at 4 p.m.

93.9 LITE-FM personalities Melissa Forman, producer Jim, Robin Rock, Mick Lee and Edison the reindeer will host and broadcast a two-hour commercial free holiday kick-off celebration.

"93.9 LITE-FM is thrilled to be Chicago's holiday music station for the 23rd year," said Mick Lee, iHeartMedia Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM program director and afternoon show host. "Our listeners will find amazing contests to play and a few new surprises along with the Yuletide cheer that we bring to Chicagoland every year!"

"93.9 LITE-FM and holiday music are the perfect ingredients for a holiday celebration," said Matt Scarano, President of iHeartMedia Chicago region. "We are excited to be an integral part of our listeners' holiday celebrations every year with around-the-clock holiday music on Chicago's official Holiday Station, 93.9 LITE-FM."


On social media there were joke reels about November 1st being the day that Mariah Carey gets thawed out from a block of ice and she starts singing her well known Christmas hit.

Subject: Re: Chicago's 93.9 LITE-FM to begin playing all Christmas classics today

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/02/23 at 11:13 am

On social media there were joke reels about November 1st being the day that Mariah Carey gets thawed out from a block of ice and she starts singing her well known Christmas hit.


Not a joke. She DID get "thawed out". This is all to publicize her new Christmas tour. Who knew she was even still around?

www.geo.tv/latest/517064-mariah-carey-gets-into-christmas-spirit-with-hilarious-video-watch

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 11/04/23 at 7:47 am

Earthquake in Nepal

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/23 at 11:39 am

A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/23 at 12:12 pm

A radio anchor in the Philippines has been shot dead while performing a live broadcast. Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot inside his home-based studio, police said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/23 at 2:50 pm

Elon Musk has launched an AI chatbot called Grok on his social media site X, formerly Twitter, but so far it is only available to selected users.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/05/23 at 3:36 pm

Arizona Hot Springs at Lake Mead have been closed down, due to “fecal bacteria”.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-hot-springs-closed-lake-mead-fecal-bacteria 8-P

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/05/23 at 3:47 pm

Arizona Hot Springs at Lake Mead have been closed down, due to “fecal bacteria”.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-hot-springs-closed-lake-mead-fecal-bacteria 8-P

Ew! That's disgusting!

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/23 at 4:42 pm

About 100 young people clashed with riot police in Edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/23 at 5:21 pm

Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at the end of a month-long trial in New York.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 5:24 am

For three days, the US's top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has been dashing around the Middle East, trying to contain a situation that threatens to spin out of control.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 5:59 am

British Steel plans to close down its blast furnaces in Yorkshire, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 9:46 am

Two Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested after glass protecting the Rokeby Venus painting at the National Gallery in London was smashed. The Met Police said two activists had been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 12:59 pm

Jailed Iranian human right activist Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike, a month after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her family says.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/23 at 2:21 pm

The Metropolitan Police has urged the organisers of pro-Palestinian demonstrations to postpone events due to take place on Armistice weekend. Thousands are expected to take part in a march in London on 11 November, the same day some Remembrance events are planned in the capital. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has previously called the timing of planned protests "disrespectful". Organisers had said they would avoid the area where the Cenotaph is located. But the Met warned of a "growing" risk of violence and disorder fuelled by breakaway groups linked to the protests. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: "This is of concern ahead of a significant and busy weekend in the capital. "Our message to organisers is clear: Please, we ask you to urgently reconsider. It is not appropriate to hold any protests in London this weekend."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67337584

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/06/23 at 6:10 pm

British Steel plans to close down its blast furnaces in Yorkshire, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk.


But they will be replaced with two Electric Arc Furnaces, which are “cleaner”.  8)

Subject: The Great Resignation is Behind Us

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/07/23 at 10:36 am

The "Great Resignation" seems to be over as fast as it began. People are staying put. I'm not sure about "quiet quitting" though. i think that's here for a while.

July 2023 JOLTS Report: The Great Resignation is Behind Us
Workers are now quitting their jobs at a rate similar to 2019’s level, job openings continue to decline, and layoffs remain low. The Fed should be encouraged.

www.hiringlab.org/2023/08/29/july-2023-jolts-report/#:~:text=Today's%20JOLTS%20data%20show%20that,were%20prior%20to%20the%20pandemic.

Excerpts:

Today’s JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) data show that the Great Resignation has come to an end and the path toward a soft landing remains open. After two-plus years spent quitting and finding new and better opportunities at elevated rates, US workers are now voluntarily leaving their jobs at the same rate they were prior to the pandemic. This reduction in job-hopping signals that wage growth will continue to cool as employers face less pressure to attract new hires and retain current employees. This trend, plus the decline in job openings and dormant layoffs, is likely to please Fed policymakers.

Quitting is coming down because job seekers are finding fewer opportunities—job openings have declined by 1.5 million over the past three months. There were still 23% more job openings at the end of July than there were on the last business day of January 2020, down from the peak of 67% at the end of March 2022. And while job openings continue to outnumber unemployed workers, the ratio of job openings to unemployed workers declined to 1.5 in July, the lowest ratio since September 2021. The labor market is still tight, but continues to loosen.

The pullback in quitting is broad-based, with many sectors currently boasting quits rates equal to or below their immediate pre-pandemic levels. Most notably, quitting in two sectors that led the way during the Great Resignation has returned to early 2020 rates. Quitting in the Retail sector in July was equal to the sector’s February 2020 rate, and Leisure and Hospitality’s rate is slightly below that baseline. If quitting has moderated in these industries that experienced so much churn in recent years, then the Great Resignation is definitely behind us.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/23 at 8:21 am

US actors are expected to resume work after their union agreed a tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end a four-month strike.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/23 at 8:55 am

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is in hospital in Mexico, according to multiple reports.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67366306

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/23 at 3:18 am

The UK economy failed to grow between July and September, figures show, after a succession of interest rate rises.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/23 at 8:28 am

King Charles has led the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London. The service honours the contribution of military and civilian servicemen and women in World Wars One and Two, and other conflicts. Thousands of veterans, army personnel and members of the public in the capital joined the rest of the UK in a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/23 at 10:48 am

The chance of a volcanic eruption in Iceland is rising, posing a threat to a now-evacuated town, experts say.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/23 at 4:02 pm

More than 2.2 million lamps burned for 45 minutes as fireworks exploded over a sacred river in north India - just days after two of the country's cities were named the worst in the world for air quality.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/23 at 4:33 pm

A speech by Greta Thunberg at a large climate protest in Amsterdam was interrupted by a stage invader on Sunday.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/23 at 10:05 am

In the UK, in a shock move, ex-prime minister David Cameron becomes foreign secretary - seven years after he left Downing Street

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/23 at 11:58 am

In the UK, Benefit claimants who fail to find work for more than 18 months will have to undertake work experience placements, under rules planned for late next year. If they refuse they will lose access to their benefits for a period, the government says.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/23 at 12:02 pm

Train drivers are set to stage a fresh round of strikes in their long-running dispute over pay. The Aslef union has announced a "rolling programme" of walkouts between 2 and 8 December, with different train companies affected on each day.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 11/17/23 at 5:39 am

Snoop Dogg announced on his social media that he is giving up smoking weed.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/17/23 at 7:13 am

Snoop Dogg announced on his social media that he is giving up smoking weed.


Good. His lungs are probably loaded with reefer resin.

Of course he can always consume Mary Jane via edibles.  ;)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/17/23 at 1:38 pm

Snoop Dogg announced on his social media that he is giving up smoking weed.

That's good to know, I wish him well.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/23 at 3:32 pm

Snoop Dogg announced on his social media that he is giving up smoking weed.
Will he be the first of many others?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/23 at 3:32 pm

The White House has accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous lie" about Jewish people, after the X owner appeared to respond approvingly to an antisemitic post on the platform.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/18/23 at 2:21 am

Will he be the first of many others?

What about Willie Nelson? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/23 at 11:14 am

What about Willie Nelson? ???
What about Willie Nelson? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/23 at 11:15 am

An earthquake has shaken parts of Cornwall, with people saying it felt like an explosion or avalanche. Seismologists at the British Geological Survey recorded the 2.7 magnitude quake at 00:50 GMT. Its epicentre was in the Mounts Bay area in south Cornwall, with people woken up by a loud bang from St Just in north Cornwall to Redruth. Experts said the tremor was within what is expected for the area and is among hundreds in the UK every year.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/23 at 11:49 am

A woman fell victim to fraudsters in a £13,000 train station QR code scam.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-67335952

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/23 at 5:27 pm

Temporary restrictions on how many planes can land or take off at Heathrow have been lifted, after a day of delays and cancellations at the airport.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/23 at 6:12 pm

Right-wing libertarian outsider Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential run-off poll, according to provisional results.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/20/23 at 2:28 am

What about Willie Nelson? ???

Did he stop smoking weed?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/23 at 7:40 am

Did he stop smoking weed?
I was asking you?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/23 at 7:40 am

Sam Altman is joining Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, ending speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/23 at 8:55 am

Hundreds of families are suing some of the world's biggest technology companies - who, they say, knowingly expose children to harmful products. One plaintiff explains why they are taking on the might of Silicon Valley.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/23 at 2:24 pm

More than 200 defendants in one of Italy's biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in jail.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/23 at 2:58 pm

An Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund is poised to take control of the Telegraph newspaper and Spectator magazine.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/20/23 at 3:28 pm

I was asking you?

I don't know.

Subject: Snoop Dogg reveals 'giving up smoke' was an ad campaign ... for a fire pit

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/20/23 at 9:42 pm

Snoop Dogg announced on his social media that he is giving up smoking weed.



Good. His lungs are probably loaded with reefer resin.

Of course he can always consume Mary Jane via edibles.  ;)



That's good to know, I wish him well.



Will he be the first of many others?


Snoop Dogg reveals 'giving up smoke' was an ad campaign ... for a fire pit

hwww.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/snoop-dogg-reveals-giving-smoke-was-ad-campaign-fire-pit-rcna125999

Excerpts:

Snoop Dogg revealed Monday that his announcement that he was giving up smoke — which was met with plenty of skepticism from fans — was, in fact, to tease an ad campaign for ... a fire pit.

Snoop, the rapper and known weed enthusiast, said Thursday on social media that he was "giving up smoke," prompting fans to question whether he was being serious. Monday, he confirmed that he wasn't.

"I know what you're thinking: Snoop! Smoke is kind of your whole thing! But I'm done with it," he said in a video ad on X. "I'm going smokeless. Solo Stove fixed fire. They take out the smoke."

In the ad, Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, roasts marshmallows in front of a Solo Stove brand metal fire pit.

Solo Stove released a limited-edition fire pit called "The Snoop Stove," describing it as "hot enough to make the Doggfather go smokeless."

Fans were leery of Snoop's announcement last week, some of them pointing out on X that the wording "I'm giving up smoke" instead of "smoking" was suspicious.

Snoop, 52, has built smoking into his brand for most of his career, featuring marijuana leaves on his album covers and merchandise and in his music videos.

He even has a YouTube talk show called “Double G News,” on which he smokes weed with celebrities like actor Tiffany Haddish and rappers D Smoke and Moneybagg Yo.

X users questioned how much money he made from the marketing ploy. One compared the ruse to “asking the Pope to give up preaching for a brand deal.”

Another said he “had the worlds stoners questioning their life choices for this ad.”

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/23 at 6:22 am

Scotland's only oil refinery could cease operations as soon as 2025 under plans announced by owners Petroineos.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/22/23 at 6:33 am

Scotland's only oil refinery could cease operations as soon as 2025 under plans announced by owners Petroineos.


What are the Scots going to for oil then? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/23 at 10:49 am

What are the Scots going to for oil then? ???
Wait for a new refinery to open... ?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 11/22/23 at 4:23 pm

Vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge which crosses the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls. Might be terrorism but they haven't concluded it yet.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/22/23 at 5:26 pm

Vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge which crosses the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls. Might be terrorism but they haven't concluded it yet.


I just saw in TV that the authorities do not suspect fowl play.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/23/23 at 2:23 am

Vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge which crosses the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls. Might be terrorism but they haven't concluded it yet.

I don't think it's terrorism.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/23/23 at 8:54 am

Vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge which crosses the US-Canada border in Niagara Falls. Might be terrorism but they haven't concluded it yet.


They crossed the Rainbow Bridge driving a Bentley. What a shame.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/23 at 3:42 pm

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/23 at 4:24 pm

A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger "out of curiosity".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/23 at 4:38 pm

The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island. At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it's more than twice the size of Greater London. The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/23 at 6:20 am

China has reported no "unusual or novel pathogens" in clusters of child pneumonia cases, the World Health Organization has said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/25/23 at 6:52 am

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

I wonder what he'll be doing now he's outta jail? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: batfan2005 on 11/25/23 at 7:06 am

Derek Chauvin, the officer convicted of murdering George Floyd was stabbed in prison and in serious condition.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/23 at 8:26 am

Harvard University is facing a crisis after a landmark court case exposed how it gives the relatives of alumni a leg-up. Its so-called legacy admissions policy is now in the crosshairs of lawmakers who say it perpetuates inequality.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/23 at 12:26 pm

Rescue work to save 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state has been delayed by at least four to five days because the drilling machine broke down inside the tunnel.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/25/23 at 1:01 pm

Harvard University is facing a crisis after a landmark court case exposed how it gives the relatives of alumni a leg-up. Its so-called legacy admissions policy is now in the crosshairs of lawmakers who say it perpetuates inequality.


More claptrap from people who want to categorize everything as “racism”.  It’s an industry.

Mind you I am not a fan of legacy admissions, but they have little to nothing to do with race. They have to do with the silly idea of “alumni legacies”.  College admissions should be conducted on meeting whatever achievement of educational targets have been met by the candidate. Not the color of their skin. Not the style of their hijab. Not the size of their yarmulke.  Not the school of their parents. Not how many times they went to confession at church.

There are people here in the USA who make a living calling everything they can see “racism”. 

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/23 at 9:05 am

A "lunar halo" has been spotted in the night skies. The ring around the Moon was seen over the skies on Saturday evening in Staffordshire, the West Midlands, Surrey, Berkshire, Dorset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and the Isle of Wight. The phenomenon is caused by the refraction of moonlight from ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/73AC/production/_131821692_img_2334.jpg.webp

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/23 at 4:16 pm

The 2023 Booker Prize has been awarded to Prophet Song, a dystopian vision of Ireland in the grips of totalitarianism. It was written by Ireland's Paul Lynch, 46, marking the first time he has won the prestigious fiction writing prize. Set in Dublin, it tells the story of a family grappling with a terrifying new world in which the democratic norms they are used to begin to disappear. Lynch said Prophet Song was inspired by the Syrian war and refugee crisis. Reacting to his win on stage at the award ceremony in Old Billingsgate, London, Lynch said it was with "immense pleasure" that he was taking the Booker back to Ireland. He added that the novel was "not an easy book to write".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/23 at 9:35 am

New Zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the nation's world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/23 at 9:44 am

A fresh pay offer has been made to NHS consultants which could end strike action in England.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/23 at 11:31 am

Property buyers have said their home completions are being left in limbo after a company providing IT services to law firms was hit by a cyber-incident.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/23 at 1:26 pm

The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/23 at 3:53 pm

An adviser to the jailed ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan says he was the victim of an acid attack outside his home in the UK.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 2:15 am

Toxic pollutants released during gas flaring are endangering millions more people than previously feared, a BBC investigation suggests.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 6:37 am

The first transatlantic flight by a large passenger plane powered only by alternative fuels has taken off.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 7:01 am

A 12-year-old boy took police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States on an hour-long chase while driving a stolen forklift. During the pursuit, the vehicle struck approximately 10 parked cars, the police said in a statement. The force added that its preliminary investigations show the vehicle was unlocked with the key hidden inside when it was taken. The boy was taken into custody, and the criminal investigation is ongoing.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 9:03 am

Rescuers are bringing out 41 trapped construction workers from a tunnel in northern India - after they became trapped by a landslide on 12 November.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2023/11/28/8a8cc810-f693-4ed5-98bb-74a5ae36c931.png

Subject: Naked Man On Drugs at Disneyland

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/28/23 at 11:02 am

Naked man on drugs arrested at "It's A Small World" ride at Disneyland:

https://people.com/man-arrested-for-stripping-nude-on-disneyland-s-it-s-a-small-world-ride-8406844

A man was arrested after stripping naked at Disneyland Sunday afternoon.

Just after 1:30 p.m., officers “responded to Disneyland to assist Disney security with a guest who removed his clothes and was naked in or near the ‘It’s a Small World’ attraction, Anaheim Police Department spokesperson Jonathan McClintock told PEOPLE in a statement.

“Upon officers’ arrival, they arrested a 26-year-old man for indecent exposure and for being under the influence of a controlled substance,” McClintock continued, adding that the man was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

A Disneyland Resort representative told Deadline that the man got off the attraction while it was in motion and park operators stopped the ride when they became aware of the situation.

Footage shared on social media shows the streaker fully nude in the water canals near the entrance to the ride. Other videos show the man walking around the ride’s sets and touching its animatronics, wearing only shorts, while “Jingle Bells” plays in the background.

In one video, posted on Instagram by guest Maegan Carmona, people can be heard yelling “please stop” and “sit down,” while other guests voice concern that the man will break the ride’s props.

"We noticed he started climbing onto the different parts of the ride, and we noticed that he was undressed," Carmona told Entertainment Weekly.

Carmona said one of the cast members “got him to sit down for a minute,” but “after that he continued walking in the opposite direction, behind us. Once he got to a different part of the ride, he ended up walking into the water and started drinking the water, and ran off toward the entrance of the ride."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 11/28/23 at 1:14 pm

A 12-year-old boy took police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States on an hour-long chase while driving a stolen forklift. During the pursuit, the vehicle struck approximately 10 parked cars, the police said in a statement. The force added that its preliminary investigations show the vehicle was unlocked with the key hidden inside when it was taken. The boy was taken into custody, and the criminal investigation is ongoing.


I don't know how he got on the forklift?  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 1:42 pm

A woman has been arrested after chocolate sold on a market stall made people ill. Police launched an investigation following reports people fell unwell after eating unlabelled chocolate bought at Mansfield Market in Nottinghamshire on Saturday. They included a 10-year-old boy who was taken to hospital.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/23 at 2:36 pm

Finland is closing all crossings on the Russian border after accusing Moscow of deliberately helping migrants into the country.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 4:33 am

Some food suppliers have raised prices by more than their costs went up over the past two years, according to the UK's competition watchdog.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 4:41 am

Sir Elton John is heading to Parliament to urge ministers to do more to hit a 2030 target of eliminating new HIV cases in England, the BBC has learned.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/29/23 at 5:05 am

Sir Elton John is heading to Parliament to urge ministers to do more to hit a 2030 target of eliminating new HIV cases in England, the BBC has learned.


Good luck with that. Some people will continue with irresponsible behaviors. Best that can be hoped for is elimination of infections due to blood infections and such, or a straight-out cure.

They’ve been trying to eliminate syphilis 8-P (which is curable with antibiotics) for over a century, but cases continue to rise.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 6:48 am

Aretha Franklin's sons have been awarded ownership of her former homes, thanks to a will that was discovered between couch cushions.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 10:30 am

The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
The president of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai has denied that his country is using the meeting to make oil and gas deals.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 12:03 pm

Home Office officials have admitted they do not know the whereabouts of more than 17,000 asylum seekers whose claims have been discontinued.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/23 at 3:34 pm

Nottingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt, meaning it will stop all spending other than services it must provide by law. A recent report said the Labour-run council was set for a £23m overspend in the 2023-24 financial year. It has been beset by financial issues in recent years, and was already being monitored by the government. The council's chief finance officer said the authority was unable to deliver a balanced budget.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/23 at 2:06 pm

Passengers spent more than seven hours stuck on board a Eurostar train at Folkestone with no electricity, food or working toilets. Eurostar said the train was now on its way back to London. The firm said an overhead cable fell on the 08:16 GMT train, travelling from London to Amsterdam, at the entrance of the Channel Tunnel. A spokesperson said about "700 passengers and crew on board are confirmed to be safe."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/01/23 at 2:32 am

Passengers spent more than seven hours stuck on board a Eurostar train at Folkestone with no electricity, food or working toilets. Eurostar said the train was now on its way back to London. The firm said an overhead cable fell on the 08:16 GMT train, travelling from London to Amsterdam, at the entrance of the Channel Tunnel. A spokesperson said about "700 passengers and crew on board are confirmed to be safe."

Wow, that doesn't sound good.  :(

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/23 at 1:43 pm

Wow, that doesn't sound good.  :(
Think of the compensation that has to be paid out?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/23 at 3:16 pm

Tens of thousands of Three mobile customers in the UK have reported they cannot get signal on their phones.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 5:19 am

A medieval tower in the Italian city of Bologna that leans by as much as its famous counterpart in Pisa has been sealed off over fears it may collapse.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 6:28 am

Countries and oil companies at the UN climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/02/23 at 6:48 am

Think of the compensation that has to be paid out?

Yeah I can't imagine.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 8:15 am

A senior family court judge was treated in hospital after being assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 11:17 am

Authorities in the Philippines have warned of a potential "destructive tsunami" after a powerful earthquake struck the island of Mindanao.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 3:06 pm

Authorities in the Philippines have warned of a potential "destructive tsunami" after a powerful earthquake struck the island of Mindanao.
Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines' second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential "destructive tsunami".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/23 at 3:35 pm

Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines' second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential "destructive tsunami".
The US Tsunami Warning System later said the tsunami threat "has passed".

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 12:55 am

Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 8:49 am

A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 11:31 am

Elon Musk's profane attack on advertisers boycotting X, formerly known as Twitter, has baffled experts. If advertisers keep leaving and don't come back, can X survive?

In a fiery interview on Wednesday, Musk also used the "b" word - bankruptcy, in a sign of just how much the ad boycott is damaging the company's bottom line.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/03/23 at 12:27 pm

Elon Musk's profane attack on advertisers boycotting X, formerly known as Twitter, has baffled experts. If advertisers keep leaving and don't come back, can X survive?

In a fiery interview on Wednesday, Musk also used the "b" word - bankruptcy, in a sign of just how much the ad boycott is damaging the company's bottom line.


Hey...what's the sense of having eff you money if you can't say eff you?  Good for him.  ;D  ;D  ;D

Oh, and if he drives the social media platform formerly known as Twitter into the ground (intentionally or otherwise) so be it. The sorry souls who think the world can't operate without such things will be surprised to find that with or without X/Twitter the world still wags.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 12:52 pm

Hey...what's the sense of having eff you money if you can't say eff you?  Good for him.  ;D  ;D  ;D

Oh, and if he drives the social media platform formerly known as Twitter into the ground (intentionally or otherwise) so be it. The sorry souls who think the world can't operate without such things will be surprised to find that with or without X/Twitter the world still wags.
I have a sneaky feeling that is his plan, let Twitter/X go to the wall, and start something brand new.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/03/23 at 1:06 pm

I have a sneaky feeling that is his plan, let Twitter/X go to the wall, and start something brand new.


Of course. I wasn't sure at first, but it has become more clear.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 1:21 pm

Of course. I wasn't sure at first, but it has become more clear.
Here is the report on this by the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67599937

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/03/23 at 3:20 pm

A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris.

Was the guy deranged? :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/23 at 3:23 pm

Was the guy deranged? :o
Possibly anti-terrorism...

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Elor on 12/04/23 at 1:49 am

Was the guy deranged? :o
Mental issues and an overdose of Islam. ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/04/23 at 2:22 am

Possibly anti-terrorism...

I think you're right.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 3:25 am

Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify has announced it is cutting 17% of its workforce, about 1,500 jobs, as the company seeks to clamp down on costs.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 5:33 am

A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris.
The mother of a man suspected of stabbing a German tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris reported concerns about her son weeks before the attack, a prosecutor has said.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 5:37 am

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 9:46 am

A World War Two era bomb has been detonated in waters near Langeland, a Danish island to the south of the country. A fisherman immediately notified authorities after the 130kg weapon got caught in his net. Sappers from the Danish navy placed the bomb back in the water and attached a 10kg explosive charge to it, allowing for a controlled detonation. The explosion occurred 15m (49ft) below the surface, according to the defence department.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 9:51 am

Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/04/23 at 1:21 pm

Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify has announced it is cutting 17% of its workforce, about 1,500 jobs, as the company seeks to clamp down on costs.

Wow, that's not good at all.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/04/23 at 1:28 pm

Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify has announced it is cutting 17% of its workforce, about 1,500 jobs, as the company seeks to clamp down on costs.


Trouble in paradise, perhaps? I have said time and again that people cannot rely on streaming, but I am a voice crying in the wilderness.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 1:33 pm

Trouble in paradise, perhaps? I have said time and again that people cannot rely on streaming, but I am a voice crying in the wilderness.
...start buying CDs again?

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/04/23 at 1:43 pm

...start buying CDs again?


Or preferrably LPs.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/23 at 1:44 pm

Or preferrably LPs.
True, vinyl is on a comeback.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/04/23 at 1:55 pm

...start buying CDs again?


That's one way.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/23 at 5:03 am

More than 50 flood warnings are in place across England as snow gave way to heavy rain. Fifty-six warnings, meaning flooding is expected, are in force, mainly across Dorset, Somerset and the Midlands. The flooding has affected rail services already hit by industrial action by train drivers. A total of 176 flood alerts, where flooding is considered possible, have also been issued.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/23 at 6:43 am

Armed police officers have been sent to the scene of a "serious assault" in a south Wales valleys village which has forced nearby schools into lockdown. Police said emergency services were called to Moy Road in Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, just before 09:10 GMT. People have been asked to avoid the area while armed police "effectively deal with this incident", South Wales Police added. The Welsh Ambulance Service said doctors provided critical care on the scene before one person was taken to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/23 at 7:22 am

The British Medical Association says junior doctors will stage further strikes in England this month and next. The BMA says a new government offer adding 3% to pay this year has been rejected. That's on top of an average 9% already awarded.

Subject: Billie Eilish loses 100,000 Instagram followers after coming out

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/05/23 at 9:33 am

www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1135121-billie-eilish-faces-social-media-backlash-loses-over-100000-instagram-followers-after-coming-out-revelation

Billie Eilish finds herself in the eye of a social media storm, shedding over 100,000 Instagram followers following her candid revelation about her sexuality. The 21-year-old songstress, known for her unapologetic persona, openly discussed her attraction to women during a red carpet appearance at Variety's Hitmakers event on Dec. 2. The aftermath of her revelation was swift, with Eilish witnessing an initial drop of almost 10,000 followers on the very day of her disclosure. The social media exodus continued with an additional 75,000 followers departing the next day, followed by nearly 50,000 more on the subsequent Monday.

The Grammy-winning artist had initially confirmed her attraction to women in a Variety interview, doubling down on the red carpet by nonchalantly remarking, "I didn't realize people didn't know."

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/23 at 10:08 am

Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say.
The death toll from a volcanic eruption in Indonesia has gone up to 22, after rescuers found nine more bodies.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/05/23 at 1:55 pm

More than 50 flood warnings are in place across England as snow gave way to heavy rain. Fifty-six warnings, meaning flooding is expected, are in force, mainly across Dorset, Somerset and the Midlands. The flooding has affected rail services already hit by industrial action by train drivers. A total of 176 flood alerts, where flooding is considered possible, have also been issued.

Heavy snow melting can definitely lead to flooding, New York has had that in the past.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 12/05/23 at 6:03 pm

At least 85 civilians killed by a Nigerian army drone attack mistake.

Oops.

https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-kaduna-tudun-biri-military-drone-14a73c4d7587a2d5b6ab3cf9cf0b3bbb

Subject: Re: Billie Eilish loses 100,000 Instagram followers after coming out

Written By: Elor on 12/05/23 at 10:36 pm

www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1135121-billie-eilish-faces-social-media-backlash-loses-over-100000-instagram-followers-after-coming-out-revelation

Billie Eilish finds herself in the eye of a social media storm, shedding over 100,000 Instagram followers following her candid revelation about her sexuality. The 21-year-old songstress, known for her unapologetic persona, openly discussed her attraction to women during a red carpet appearance at Variety's Hitmakers event on Dec. 2. The aftermath of her revelation was swift, with Eilish witnessing an initial drop of almost 10,000 followers on the very day of her disclosure. The social media exodus continued with an additional 75,000 followers departing the next day, followed by nearly 50,000 more on the subsequent Monday.

The Grammy-winning artist had initially confirmed her attraction to women in a Variety interview, doubling down on the red carpet by nonchalantly remarking, "I didn't realize people didn't know."

Just shows how primitive our societies still are. ::)

Subject: Re: Billie Eilish loses 100,000 Instagram followers after coming out

Written By: LyricBoy on 12/06/23 at 4:47 am

www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1135121-billie-eilish-faces-social-media-backlash-loses-over-100000-instagram-followers-after-coming-out-revelation

Billie Eilish finds herself in the eye of a social media storm…

The Grammy-winning artist had initially confirmed her attraction to women in a Variety interview, doubling down on the red carpet by nonchalantly remarking, "I didn't realize people didn't know."


I never knew that she putts from the rough. 

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 4:55 am

Tui, one of world's largest travel firms, has said it is considering quitting the London Stock Exchange in favour of a listing in Frankfurt.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 6:57 am

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extradited British trader Sanjay Shah to Denmark over tax fraud charges worth £1.46bn, his lawyers say.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 8:56 am

Tariffs on electric vehicles traded between the UK and EU will be delayed for three years, the European Commission has proposed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67634706

Subject: COP28: Is the world about to promise to ditch fossil fuels?

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 9:07 am

The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67566443

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 10:16 am

Taylor Swift has capped off a stellar 2023 by being named Time Magazine's person of the year.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/23 at 2:32 pm

Police in Las Vegas are responding to an active shooter alert at the University of Nevada.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/07/23 at 2:23 am

Police in Las Vegas are responding to an active shooter alert at the University of Nevada.

Was this another mass shooting? ???

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 12/07/23 at 4:59 am

Police in Las Vegas are responding to an active shooter alert at the University of Nevada.


Turns out the perp was a 67-year-old college professor who UNLV turned down for a job. :o

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/07/23 at 3:12 pm

Turns out the perp was a 67-year-old college professor who UNLV turned down for a job. :o

So he goes ahead and starts shooting?  ::)

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 12/07/23 at 5:10 pm

So he goes ahead and starts shooting?  ::)


It would appear that way.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/23 at 5:55 am

Millions of UK consumers could receive payouts after a legal claim was launched against mobile phone networks.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/23 at 9:15 am

Mortgage rates on a typical two-year fixed deal have fallen below 6% for the first time since mid-June, according to Moneyfacts.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/23 at 9:41 am

Alert bystanders stopped a woman as she attempted to set fire to the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta, Georgia, police say.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/23 at 10:28 am

A foreign coin deposited into a charity's collection can has been called a "Christmas cracker" after it turned out to be worth £1,462. The 2015 American Gold Buffalo 50-dollar coin was donated to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Its true value was only discovered after being sent to a foreign currency exchange. As the charity has collection cans all over Scotland it said it had no way of knowing where it was handed in.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/23 at 11:52 am

Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan. Tons of mostly sardines and mackerel were discovered on more than a kilometre of sand stretching across the shores of Hakodate, Japan. The cause of the mass dying is still uncertain. Locals were advised against eating the fish.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Howard on 12/08/23 at 12:59 pm

Alert bystanders stopped a woman as she attempted to set fire to the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta, Georgia, police say.

I'm glad they stopped her from setting fire to a icon's home.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/23 at 1:58 pm

The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

Subject: Re: 2023: The year in news

Written By: LyricBoy on 12/10/23 at 2:33 pm

Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan. Tons of mostly sardines and mackerel were discovered on more than a kilometre of sand stretching across the shores of Hakodate, Japan. The cause of the mass dying is still uncertain. Locals were advised against eating the fish.


??? Possible radiation poisoning due to the release of radioactive Fukushima waste water? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/10/23 at 2:40 pm

??? Possible radiation poisoning due to the release of radioactive Fukushima waste water? ???
From several years back?

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/10/23 at 2:45 pm

From several years back?


They just started releasing the water into the ocean this year.

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Written By: batfan2005 on 12/10/23 at 5:44 pm

??? Possible radiation poisoning due to the release of radioactive Fukushima waste water? ???


Yeah, who would have thought. Now I'm not sure if I could eat sushi there  :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/23 at 11:19 am

Draft text of COP28 summit agreement prompts widespread backlash from countries vulnerable to climate change.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/23 at 3:03 pm

VBites, the vegan food business founded by Heather Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, has collapsed into administration.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/23 at 5:21 pm

Now there has been fish stranding of thousands of fish on beaches in Shapinsay and Finstown, Orkney, Scotland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/12/23 at 2:12 pm

Thousands of illegal wildlife products, including crocodile blood, big cat body parts and rhino horns, have been seized in an operation by UK Border Force.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 3:52 am

Argentina's new government says it will weaken the value of its currency by more than 50% against the US dollar.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/13/23 at 4:34 am

Thousands of illegal wildlife products, including crocodile blood, big cat body parts and rhino horns, have been seized in an operation by UK Border Force.


What do people do with croc blood? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 4:56 am

What do people do with croc blood? ???
Crocodile blood has long been used as a traditional medicine in many Asian countries to treat diseases such as asthma, allergies, and many others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 4:57 am

Crocodile blood has long been used as a traditional medicine in many Asian countries to treat diseases such as asthma, allergies, and many others.
...I have never known for that to be used over here in the UK.

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Written By: Elor on 12/13/23 at 6:08 am

...I have never known for that to be used over here in the UK.
Well, if you're of Asian origin, live in the UK and have to choose between Asian hokus pokus medicine or the NHS it's obviously and easy choice for some. ;)

All jokes aside though I really don't get why these guys don't wake up to the fact that most of that "exotic nearly extinct animal body part makes pp grow bigger when consumed" stuff is nonsense. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 6:32 am

Mark Drakeford has announced he will stand down as Welsh Labour leader in March, to be followed by a leadership contest for a new first minister.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 6:37 am

Well, if you're of Asian origin, live in the UK and have to choose between Asian hokus pokus medicine or the NHS it's obviously and easy choice for some. ;)
You can guess my choice of medical care.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 8:40 am

Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the US regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective.

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Written By: Howard on 12/13/23 at 1:37 pm

Crocodile blood has long been used as a traditional medicine in many Asian countries to treat diseases such as asthma, allergies, and many others.

Does it actually work?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 1:57 pm

Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/23 at 1:58 pm

Crocodile blood has long been used as a traditional medicine in many Asian countries to treat diseases such as asthma, allergies, and many others.

Does it actually work?
If it did, we would heard about it now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/23 at 3:32 pm

Former US President Donald Trump's ex-personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been ordered to pay $148m (£116m) to two Georgia women over his false claims they tampered with votes in 2020.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/23 at 3:46 am

Infighting by unions is jeopardising attempts to save thousands of steel making jobs, the BBC has been told.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/17/23 at 1:45 pm

The owners of a French farmhouse where British teenager Alex Batty stayed during his years missing abroad have spoken about his time living there. Alex left home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, with his mother and grandfather for a holiday in Spain in 2017, but then disappeared. Now 17, he returned to the UK on Saturday after walking alone for days in the French Pyrenees to find help.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67742689

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 6:48 am

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial in Hong Kong on charges of breaching national security and colluding with foreign forces.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 7:25 am

Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 8:54 am

The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation.

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Written By: Elor on 12/18/23 at 10:01 am

Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels.
Now if that isn't a good reason to raise fuel prices I don't know what is.  ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/23 at 12:46 pm

A fan fiction writer has been sued by the estate of JRR Tolkien for copyright after publishing his own sequel to The Lord of the Rings. US-based author Demetrious Polychron published a book called The Fellowship of the King in 2022. He dubbed it "the pitch-perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings." The court ruled that Polychron must stop distributing copies of the book and destroy all physical and electronic copies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/23 at 7:09 am

A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity. About 4,000 people were evacuated from the fishing town of Grindavik last month. The eruption started north of the town at 22:17 local time (22:17 GMT) on Monday, the Icelandic Met Office said. A resident living near Grindavik described "crazy" and "scary" scenes that night, and said she could still see the volcano exploding on Tuesday.

https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/4266/production/_132089961_crop_dc529bae105c6c6f39efffdaec8d792b884033b2.jpg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67756413

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/23 at 7:41 am

At least 126 people have been killed in north-west China in the country's deadliest earthquake for years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/23 at 3:05 pm

The videogame studio behind Spider-Man 2 has been the victim of a huge hack in a ransomware attack. Last week, hackers demanded $2m from Sony-owned Insomniac, which developed the PlayStation 5 superhero hit, to keep stolen information private. Since then, details of future releases and work-in-progress footage showing the company's upcoming Wolverine game have appeared online.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-67754897

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/23 at 3:46 pm

A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£3.6m; $4.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly French couple's attic.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/23 at 8:29 am

An eight-year-old girl has been crowned best female player at the European chess championships. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, north-west London, said she was "very proud" after defeating an international master in Croatia. The chess prodigy, who began playing the game aged five during the pandemic, will compete at the International Chess Congress in East Sussex next week. Professional Irina Bulmaga praised Bodhana as a "phenomenon".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/20/23 at 11:20 am

Annual energy bills for a typical household are expected to fall by £268 in April, a new forecast suggests.

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Written By: Elor on 12/21/23 at 9:38 am

Breaking:
Someone opened fire in a building of the university of Prague. Reports indicate several dead and wounded. The shooter was "neutralized" according to police. :-X

What's wrong with people?

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/21/23 at 10:17 am

Breaking:
Someone opened fire in a building of the university of Prague. Reports indicate several dead and wounded. The shooter was "neutralized" according to police. :-X

What's wrong with people?


Another article says he was “eliminated”.  Sounds like the Czech cops smoked that sucker.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/21/23 at 1:07 pm

Christmas getaway journeys are ruined for tens of thousands of people after a strike in France closes the Channel Tunnel, and Storm Pia winds cause chaos elsewhere

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/21/23 at 1:54 pm

Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) in a defamation case.

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Written By: Howard on 12/22/23 at 7:04 am

Breaking:
Someone opened fire in a building of the university of Prague. Reports indicate several dead and wounded. The shooter was "neutralized" according to police. :-X

What's wrong with people?

I don't know.  :(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/23 at 7:59 am

London Tube workers are to go on strike in the new year in a dispute about pay, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has announced.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/23 at 8:04 am

Btw, I have started the new topic 2024: The year in news

In readiness for the news of the next year.

Found here:
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=65194.0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/23 at 10:18 am

In the UK, an engineering student has been jailed for life for building a "kamikaze" drone for use by the so-called Islamic State terror group.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/23 at 12:27 pm

American actor Charlie Sheen was assaulted with a deadly weapon by a woman at his Malibu home, police in Los Angeles have said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67804344

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/22/23 at 1:05 pm

American actor Charlie Sheen was assaulted with a deadly weapon by a woman at his Malibu home, police in Los Angeles have said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67804344


Sounds like fowl play is suspected.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/22/23 at 1:06 pm

Sounds like fowl play is suspected.
Attacked by a chicken, you mean foul play?

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Written By: Howard on 12/22/23 at 2:32 pm

Btw, I have started the new topic 2024: The year in news

In readiness for the news of the next year.

Found here:
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=65194.0

Thanks. O0

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Written By: Elor on 12/22/23 at 3:12 pm

Attacked by a chicken, you mean foul play?
Well, it was a woman who attacked him and in US English women are often referred to as chicks so fowl play may be accurate. ;) :D

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Written By: karen on 12/23/23 at 4:59 am

Breaking:
Someone opened fire in a building of the university of Prague. Reports indicate several dead and wounded. The shooter was "neutralized" according to police. :-X

What's wrong with people?


It seems like he may also be responsible for a fatal shooting a few days before this.

Today is a national day of mourning in the Czech Republic

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67809243

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