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They were denounced for doing a ballistic missile test, which was supposed to be stopped as part of Security Council resolution 1718. The denouncement didn't come with much teeth, like adding sanctions or whatnot, it just made demands to stop the missile and nuclear programs. The North Koreans promptly tested another nuclear weapon in response to that.

Are you for real about suggesting this being faked? Have you gone that far down the rabbit hole that you go straight to thinking of fabricated evidence? The North Koreans were proudly announcing that they were going launch the rocket ahead of time! The North Koreans were even the ones who "faked" things, because they said it was a successful launch when it was ruled to be a failure by outside observers.

This is also a big issue for the Trump administration with the deal over Iran's nuclear program. Part of the excuse the Trump folks want to use to break that is that Iran has still done missile tests, but those missile tests weren't a dealbreaker under the conditions of that agreement. So that would be a clear example of reneging on a deal by the US if Trump does that, while the historical case here all the US did was a denouncement when North Korea actually had violated the relevant UNSC resolution.

You really don't seem to know much about how the North Koreans operate, history has shown plenty that they simply can't be trusted. This isn't the first time that they've offered to drop their nuclear weapons program.

In 2007 they agreed to move towards disarmament, and over the course of 2007 and 2008 they actually took substantive steps in that direction, in particular surrounding shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear facility. In return they received aid, and were removed from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in October 2008.

And who was President when that happened?

Nothing about that lasted. In 2009 they failed in the launch of the Kwangmyngsng-2 satellite, were denounced in turn by the UN as that launch being cover for a missile test, and subsequently restarted their nuclear program and tested another nuclear weapon in the following month, May 2009, and continued their weapons program up to and including the more recent thermonuclear tests. Notably, this was also roughly the timeframe when Kim Jong-Un was securing the succession, he was named the successor by Kim Jong-il in January 2009, and more steps locking that in took place over 2009 and the subsequent years leading up to Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

This really isn't all about Trump, he and his supporters are blinding themselves if they think that somehow his force of personality or whatever will somehow magically fix the problem with North Korea. Their duplicity on nuclear weapons goes back many US presidencies, and if there was an easy way to solve the problem its doubtful we'd be in this position in the first place.

Damn, but it sure looks like it might be about Obama, eh?

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that when Obama became President, North Korea restarted their nuclear program and ISIS began its growth after Obama pulled US troops from Iraq.

Did it ever occur to you that a "Gee, I'm sorry the US has been mean. Will you please be nice to us? Because I'm going to be nice to you!" might win a faux Nobel Peace Prize but it's the addle-brained policy of a wet-behind-the-ears naif that murderous dictators that feed opponents into wood chippers feet first will just take advantage of?

You really don't seem to know much about how the North Koreans operate, history has shown plenty that they simply can't be trusted. This isn't the first time that they've offered to drop their nuclear weapons program.

In 2007 they agreed to move towards disarmament, and over the course of 2007 and 2008 they actually took substantive steps in that direction, in particular surrounding shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear facility. In return they received aid, and were removed from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in October 2008.

And who was President when that happened?

Nothing about that lasted. In 2009 they failed in the launch of the Kwangmyngsng-2 satellite, were denounced in turn by the UN as that launch being cover for a missile test, and subsequently restarted their nuclear program and tested another nuclear weapon in the following month, May 2009, and continued their weapons program up to and including the more recent thermonuclear tests. Notably, this was also roughly the timeframe when Kim Jong-Un was securing the succession, he was named the successor by Kim Jong-il in January 2009, and more steps locking that in took place over 2009 and the subsequent years leading up to Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

This really isn't all about Trump, he and his supporters are blinding themselves if they think that somehow his force of personality or whatever will somehow magically fix the problem with North Korea. Their duplicity on nuclear weapons goes back many US presidencies, and if there was an easy way to solve the problem its doubtful we'd be in this position in the first place.

Damn, but it sure looks like it might be about Obama, eh?

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that when Obama became President, North Korea restarted their nuclear program and ISIS began its growth after Obama pulled US troops from Iraq.

Did it ever occur to you that a "Gee, I'm sorry the US has been mean. Will you please be nice to us? Because I'm going to be nice to you!" might win a faux Nobel Peace Prize but it's the addle-brained policy of a wet-behind-the-ears naif that murderous dictators that feed opponents into wood chippers feet first will just take advantage of?

You really don't seem to know much about how the North Koreans operate, history has shown plenty that they simply can't be trusted. This isn't the first time that they've offered to drop their nuclear weapons program.

In 2007 they agreed to move towards disarmament, and over the course of 2007 and 2008 they actually took substantive steps in that direction, in particular surrounding shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear facility. In return they received aid, and were removed from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in October 2008.

Nothing about that lasted. In 2009 they failed in the launch of the Kwangmyngsng-2 satellite, were denounced in turn by the UN as that launch being cover for a missile test, and subsequently restarted their nuclear program and tested another nuclear weapon in the following month, May 2009, and continued their weapons program up to and including the more recent thermonuclear tests. Notably, this was also roughly the timeframe when Kim Jong-Un was securing the succession, he was named the successor by Kim Jong-il in January 2009, and more steps locking that in took place over 2009 and the subsequent years leading up to Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

This really isn't all about Trump, he and his supporters are blinding themselves if they think that somehow his force of personality or whatever will somehow magically fix the problem with North Korea. Their duplicity on nuclear weapons goes back many US presidencies, and if there was an easy way to solve the problem its doubtful we'd be in this position in the first place.

You really don't seem to know much about how the North Koreans operate, history has shown plenty that they simply can't be trusted. This isn't the first time that they've offered to drop their nuclear weapons program.

In 2007 they agreed to move towards disarmament, and over the course of 2007 and 2008 they actually took substantive steps in that direction, in particular surrounding shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear facility. In return they received aid, and were removed from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in October 2008.

Nothing about that lasted. In 2009 they failed in the launch of the Kwangmyngsng-2 satellite, were denounced in turn by the UN as that launch being cover for a missile test, and subsequently restarted their nuclear program and tested another nuclear weapon in the following month, May 2009, and continued their weapons program up to and including the more recent thermonuclear tests. Notably, this was also roughly the timeframe when Kim Jong-Un was securing the succession, he was named the successor by Kim Jong-il in January 2009, and more steps locking that in took place over 2009 and the subsequent years leading up to Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

This really isn't all about Trump, he and his supporters are blinding themselves if they think that somehow his force of personality or whatever will somehow magically fix the problem with North Korea. Their duplicity on nuclear weapons goes back many US presidencies, and if there was an easy way to solve the problem its doubtful we'd be in this position in the first place.

This can help as well .. cooling pasta and reheating. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/maga...

There's a pretty good explainer on the BBC here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/t...

You are very confused. The RtbF is the right to demand that others remove or delist content that they created about you. For instance, let's say a journalist from the BBC wrote an article detailing your white collar fraud conviction and subsequent appeal. In any reasonable sense, we could say that this article belongs to the BBC.

The Right to be Forgotten says that John Disley has the right to make Google delist this article so that it does not show up when someone searches for his name. It's not his article, it's not Google's article -- the article belongs to the BBC but the RtBF says that he has the right to have Google delist it.

It is very confused to equate this with the idea that if John Disley writes an email, it's at least plausible that he could request that it be deleted by the recipient after reading it.

[ Note: the BBC helpfully publishes a list of all RtbF articles so you can see for yourself what sort of things are requested to be delisted and make your own informed decision. ]

Stopping without due course on a Controlled-access highway (seems to be the none local term for a motorway/freeway) is in most jurisdictions illegal. There was a recent case where a lorry/truck/HGV (take your pick) who did that on a motorway in the UK is now serving a very long sentence in prison.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...

Samsung raided in political corruption probe http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/busi...

among others...

False equivalence. The S. Korea scandal is about extortion, perjury, and money laundering in the billions.

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

The facebook contributions, while so much political contributions feel slimey, seems to have been done legally through reporting to the US federal election commission.

Or, since its NOAA, they "might" photograph the artic and show more ice than NOAA is ready to explain.
After all the Artic was going to be ice free by 2013, and I bet it isn't.

Prediction

Her website screems "underf*cked & emotionally neglected avergage frustrated chump with a gun"

This BBC article paints a slightly different picture: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...

She seems to have been trying to make it as a social media star, with YouTube being a big part of her income. Maybe her only income... No sign of a Patreon account and other platforms like Instagram and Facebook don't pay.

YouTube de-monetized her videos (or maybe whole channels, it's not clear) due to their content, which seems to have been animals right related. Some of it was quite graphic, so naturally YouTube put age restrictions on it and pushed it down the search results. When people search for "pigs" they generally aren't looking for graphic depictions of them being slaughtered or mistreated, and YouTube was certainly never going to put that on the front page.

So her "career" is in the pan, income cut off, and it's basically a given that she had mental health issues if she thought shooting up YouTube was a good idea. Unlike the sexually frustrated "incels" you refer to, she appears to have done little planning or preparation for this attack, hence the low number of casualties.

Hardly, 2 dead in London by random driveby's today.. only the law abiding can't return fire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...

IMO The problem is diversity and the resentment in society and at individual level. Dumbing down schools to make all equal, modifying history, etc..

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

I'n not sure I agree with him, Chris Packham has suggested that it may not be worth it trying to save certain species:

Of course we would all like to keep it (the panda) on the planet but what I wonder is - is it disproportionately expensive to focus on these few animals, not just pandas but tigers and rhinos and elephants, and all of these rather famous creatures at the expense of lots of smaller ones."

Packham says saving pandas could be "waste of money"

It's nice to know the US government is getting value for the billions of taxpayers' money it has spent on "correcting perceptions" on the Internet.

"US plans to 'fight the net' revealed"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wor...

In Soviet Britain, no one actually watches the CCTV.

Like these conservative SJWs, you mean?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...

How about banning Cosmo from Walmart shelves?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl...

Hey, genius, oil is a commodity that is sold on global markets. If a supply in Bumfuckistan is gone, the oil price will go up worldwide. Remember the embargo in 1973? Yep, despite the USA pumping more oil back then than ever before (and reaching the same level again only a year ago). You do fight wars for oil, very much so, together with your vassals. But only Poland was ever honest about it.

Put another way 75% of Earth is no longer pristine.

Yeah, no big surprise there. Even the moorlands of Great Britain would have been forests some thousands of years ago before humans cleared them.

It's sensational journalism that isn't quite as exciting once you pick at the details a bit.

UK Parliament would like a word with Zuckerberg too. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-4...

In terms of illegal activity that seems to be all that can be claimed, and it's a civil issue at that. So far, anyway. Facebook appears to have gone into full-on panic mode all of a sudden which makes me think there's a lot more to this than has been made public yet. Or they just really, really, fear the regulation that seems like it's almost inevitable at this point, at least in the EU, and I dare say Trump will tweet out the US' position soon enough. IIRC, Zuck's a Democrat and Trump's not that fond of Democrats *or* Silicon Valley execs, so place your bets...

Supposedly Facebook's CSO, Alex Stamos, who actually wanted Facebook to look into the Russian misinformation campaign during the US elections, is leaving Facebook after clashes with other senior management, most notably Sheryl Sandberg. Even more potentially damning is that according to Carole Cadwalladr Facebook staff were in Cambridge Analytica's London offices "securing data" when agents of the UK's ICO turned up to do the same. Whether this occured before Cambridge Analytica became the subject of a formal request for a seach warrant is a little unclear though. I think this is starting to look like it's might have got some real legs to it, so I'm going to stock up on the popcorn and see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica can at least count their blessings on one thing though; they managed to have all this blow up in their faces *before* the GDPR kicked in.

You're probably thinking of Boris Berezovsky, a Putin critic who was found hanged in the UK in 2013. He was a good friend of the latest Russian to have suffered a suspicious death in the UK Nikolai Glushkov.

Trump's pal Sater is a interesting case. He's apparently done a lot of useful work for the FBI, though that doesn't exclude his also having done useful work for the Russians. The piece has the air of someone preparing his defence against expected accusations.

The Buzzfeed investigation was done by some serious journalists, the sort who would end up dead in Russia. The lead author, Heidi Blake, previously worked for the Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.

The UK Government takes it seriously:

A string of deaths on UK soil are to be reinvestigated by the police and MI5 after claims of Russian involvement, Home Secretary Amber Rudd says.

Nestle make water? Really? Is that like the 'McWater' of the bottled water industry?

As for Dasani - aren't they actually CocaCola company? Didn't they try to sell tap water in bottles? Oh yes, they did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/...

I wonder if this means the 'premium' brands such as Evian, or Buxton Spring or whomever are actually okay?

You mean you actually think the 'premium' brands are somehow different?

Those are just 'premium' tap water instead.

Nestle make water? Really? Is that like the 'McWater' of the bottled water industry?

As for Dasani - aren't they actually CocaCola company? Didn't they try to sell tap water in bottles? Oh yes, they did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/...

I wonder if this means the 'premium' brands such as Evian, or Buxton Spring or whomever are actually okay?

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Professor Stephen Hawking unexpectedly materialises as The Guide Mark II in the new series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. "I have been quite popular in my time," he proclaims, and he's not wrong. Here are just seven of the reasons why.

Riiight, because there is no such thing as a conspiracy.

And yet magically in the official 9/11 Commission Report any mention of Building 7 is completely omitted. Gee, that's not suspicious in the least bit.

Let's also conveniently ignore the fact that the BBC admits they don't know what happened to the BBC World tapes. Gee, only one of the most important events in the new millennium and they don't know if they lost or destroyed the tapes?!?!?!

Let's ignore all the eye witness accounts..

Of all the bullshit conspiracies out there -- there are only three that are true:

1. We are not alone (which will become known fact ~2024),
2. The American Government was responsible for using controlled demolitions on building 7,
3. ... not important enough to mention ...

Only an idiot would believe that "a fire" was magically responsible for WTC 7.

The BBC couldn't wait two more years?

It was broadcast from 18.30 to 19.00, a slot on BBC Radio 4 that is used Monday - Friday for comedy, similar, shows. March 8 2020 is a Sunday, the 18.15-19.00 Sunday evening schedules Pick of the Week. Yes: 42 years would have been better, but the arithmetic of the calendar was against them.

YAnd since Britain is almost certain now to remain in the Common Market.

No it isn't. The UK is definitely leaving both the single market and the customs union. Prime Minister May stated that very slowly and very clearly and repeated it as part of her 45 minute speech on Brexit this week.

52% of Britons who voted to Brexit were either simpering morons or fooled by a pack liars.

Still waiting for the year long recession, 520,000-800,000 job losses and 10% house price drop we were told would happen following a vote to leave.

Your rebuttal was bullshit.

http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/t...

For over 10 years, the UK government has been using this humming sound as a surveillance tool. Nearly all recordings made within earshot of this almost-silent humming can be forensically analysed to determine time and date, and whether the recording has been edited or altered. This technique has, so far, only ever been used by the state, but it can now be accessed by anyone who might need it.

No one prevents you from modifying photos with photoshop either.

More links:
https://perpetuityresearch.com...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...

Now that these expensive 300-400 workers have been removed from the total cost of producing said jeans, the consumer price will surely drop.

Unless you live in the EU: Trump trade row: EU considers tax on Levi jean imports

see part 5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/deep_sea_mining

Your knowledge of the UK is over 30 years out of date. Only people in their late 40s and older in the UK ever sat "O" levels. The O level was replaced by the GCSE in 1984.

I couldn't see anywhere why this was restricted to the under 55s. *Retirement age is now 66+).

Which is a bit of a bummer as I find myself (ahem) ineligible!

(BBC article - less ad-laden for those of us in the UK: £10,000 proposed for everyone under 55.)

They were called something like "Social Implications" and would cover things like the various laws in different countries; the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act. Recommended textbooks were the "The Coming of the Chip" (by Anthony Hyman) and recommended video was
Now The Chips are Down.
Everyone knew in the 1980's that "microprocessors" were about to bring about change ranging from the paperless office to remote working and online purchases

Likely one of these two.

There was a BBC edition of Modern Times on The Knowledge back in 1996 (non-UK users would need a VPN to access via iplayer, couldn't find a torrent sorry):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...

There's a Channel 4 documentary from last year about it too, magnet link below:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0259f92036d1d951a3d46bccaaf83d7033f655b4&dn=Ch4.The.Knowledge.The.Worlds.Toughest.Taxi.Test.720p.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.mkv&tr=http%3a//www.mvgroup.org%3a2710/announce

Both are well worth a watch both for an explanation of what The Knowledge is and how London's black cabs differ from most other taxi services.

Case collapsed because accuser lied

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s...

Case collapsed because accuser lied

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s...

Case dropped

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...

This one is particularly appalling

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

As is this

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s...

That's 5 in the space of 6 weeks. There was at least one other. The problem of rapists getting away with their crimes is not going to be solved by throwing innocent men under the bus.

Please provide evidence of your assertion.

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
http://business.financialpost....
https://www.denverpost.com/201...
https://money.usnews.com/money...
https://www.moneywise.co.uk/ne...
https://mashable.com/2014/11/2... (a bit off, but works for boomers just as well)
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/i...
https://www.buxtonco.com/blog/...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_...
https://www.amazon.de/Boomer-N... (don't worry, not a make-me-rich link)
https://www.bisnow.com/nationa...

And so on, but I think that should suffice. Pick the publication you are the most inclined to not cry "fake news" about.

The US is 3 times worse than the UK for health outcomes vs expenditure

I will admit... leaving patients out in the parking lot in an ambulance is a fantastic way of reducing costs... though do their turning for the worst end up counting in the final figures you claim to cite?

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/heal...
https://www.theguardian.com/so...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/heal...

The US is 3 times worse than the UK for health outcomes vs expenditure

I will admit... leaving patients out in the parking lot in an ambulance is a fantastic way of reducing costs... though do their turning for the worst end up counting in the final figures you claim to cite?

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/heal...
https://www.theguardian.com/so...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/heal...

Bunch of pussies. In the UK, they dig the damn thing out with a backhoe http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...

LOL.. Here in the US they just chain them to the back of a stolen 4W Drive SUV or large pickup truck and yank them out through the front of the store. So the backhoe thing seems a bit slow to me. Who needs a backhoe and 10 min when you have a 5,000 LB SUV and a logging chain?

Bunch of pussies. In the UK, they dig the damn thing out with a backhoe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...

Funny you should mention... it turns out Bagram airbase looks like a gps cock: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/tech...

It's costing us, the UK tax payer, about £10k per day for the policing. Quite frankly, it's a colossal waste of money at a time where the amount of public spending available cannot be pissed up the wall on something like this.

Part of that daily money would be better spent purchasing him a one way ticket to Ecuador, escorting him to Heathrow, onto the aeroplane and then waving him goodbye.

And then we can go back to spending that kind of money on far far more important things.

It is fair and just to charge young men more for car insurance, it's just actuarial reality.

It is evil and wrong to charge young women more for health insurance, actuaries are sexists.

I thought this had been long covered...

I realise you think you're being clever and 'noticing' a hypocrisy.
Actually this has (or atleast attempting to be) addressed within discrimination laws. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/busi...
Yes it does work both ways, it's just in most cases men have been on the receiving end of the historical advantage.

The best global warming headline ever is this one from the BBC:
Great tits cope well with warming

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared...

South Korea doesn't require real names for general internet use. That was proposed in 2007-2009 and struck down in 2012. I was working in Seoul in November & December last year. There was no real name requirement to use the internet.