In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
More nonsense. Penny got involved when there was no direct threat to anyone.
Can you guarantee on your life that with absolute certainty someone intervening wouldn't be prosecuted no matter what he ends up doing to the perpetrator? Because that's the only model where people will start doing something at this point
A woman was set on fire while sleeping in the metro station in new york city, with the person setting her on fire even fanning the flames afterwards, it's all on video, several bystanders were present and no one did anything.
This is the world you create by prosecuting people like Daniel Penny
That's quite a leap.
The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.
Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was a "double digit billion amount" in krone, or at least $1.5bn (£1.2bn).
He described the timing of the announcement as an "irony of fate". On Monday Trump said ownership and control of the huge island was an "absolute necessity" for the US.
Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and is strategically important for the US, lying on its shortest route to Europe. It has major mineral and oil reserves.
Poulsen said the package would allow for the purchase of two new inspection ships, two new long-range drones and two extra dog sled teams.
It would also include funding for increased staffing at Arctic Command in the capital Nuuk and an upgrade for one of Greenland's three main civilian airports to handle F-35 supersonic fighter aircraft.
"We have not invested enough in the Arctic for many years, now we are planning a stronger presence," he said.
The defence minister did not give an exact figure for the package, but Danish media estimated it would be around 12-15bn krone.
Hundreds protest in Syria after Christmas tree burned.
New Syrian government declare Christmas a national holiday, according to some reports
https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/12/24/sy...
was Christmas not a national holiday last year in Syria?
Yep, under Assad, you were free to practice your religion and Christmas was a national holiday. Long as you toed the line and asked "how high?" whenever the Big Enchilada/Dear Leader/Totally Legitimate President said "jump", it was all Kool & the Gang.
A woman was set on fire while sleeping in the metro station in new york city, with the person setting her on fire even fanning the flames afterwards, it's all on video, several bystanders were present and no one did anything.
This is the world you create by prosecuting people like Daniel Penny
If this was true , then I guess the principle of owning guns to defend won’t work anymore since guns will bring even more damages right ?
No one will fire due for the risk of being prosecuted.
Let’s ban guns now , defense purpose are obsolete , thx luciom ….
Ps: maybe it’s just prove how many stupid and heartless American exist confirming the existence of trump ….
Burning Christmas trees is a lot of fun. Once they get dry they'll go off like a bomb.
If this was true , then I guess the principle of owning guns to defend won’t work anymore since guns will bring even more damages right ?
No one will fire due for the risk of being prosecuted.
Let’s ban guns now , defense purpose are obsolete , thx luciom ….
Ps: maybe it’s just prove how many stupid and heartless American exist confirming the existence of trump ….
owning guns to defend others only work if you don't prosecute people who attempt to defend others yes.
which is why you should ban prosecutors that go after people who heroically try to defend others from aggression (remember prosecutors are elected in the USA, and the people prosecuting Penny were disgusting radical maniac leftists, which as always make society a lot worse any time they are near any position of power).
it was in NYC btw where people overwhelmingly vote Democrat. one of their strongholds nationwide. not surprising they show deeply antisocial and anticivic behavior in mass where they overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
I always thought Chevy chase was one of the less funny comics out there .
owning guns to defend others only work if you don't prosecute people who attempt to defend others yes.
which is why you should ban prosecutors that go after people who heroically try to defend others from aggression (remember prosecutors are elected in the USA, and the people prosecuting Penny were disgusting radical maniac leftists, which as always make society a lot worse any time they are near any position of power).
it was in NYC btw where people overwhelmingly vote Democrat. one of their stro
Trump won popular vote , just show how many are neither side .
So the middle and the right vote trump .
Americans are just dumb )or inconsiderate ) and heartless letting someone die like that with no intervention .
Makes no sense at all to me shrug .
:p
Always found bill murray, steve Martin , dan aykroyd ,etc more funny shrug.
Love their movies way more .
Sad day Jimmy Carter passed at a 100 . Great man
Great man but Ronnie was even greater amirite?
not a lover of Carter for obvious reasons from the right, starting with the fact that he didn't lift a finger to save whites in Rhodesia from Marxist genocide.
he treated the Marxist terrorist guerrilla as freedom fighters, refusing to recognize elections in which they weren't allowed to participate, and there is no coming back from that.
the fact that a person who could act with such an unadulterated evil intent is considered a good man (also by some on the right) is part of the reason why the west is decaying and losing all it's values.
