All-purpose news and politics thread

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

, it wouldn't matter because Israeli soldiers shot civilians in the back of the head.

Forgive me if heard/read this before, but I think a beloved, well mannered Scottish comedian put it best...

"I've been studying Israeli army martial arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back.
People think that the Middle East is very complex but I have an analogy that sums it up quite well. If you imagine that Palestine is a big cake, well … that cake is being punched to pieces by a very angry Jew."

-Frankie Boyle

[Charles RB]

Forgive me if heard/read this before, but I think a beloved, well mannered Scottish comedian put it best...

One day, Frankie's going to be assassinated and we'll never be able to work out which government is responsible...

[king mob]

Scotland hates Tories so much that the Tories have to stop being called Tories!

Not just that, but have it's own very separate policies from the English version. In fact a whole different party and frankly, it'd do much, much better if it was a new centre-right conservative party with no connections down south.

[the4thpip]

Zimbabwe's Mugabe has prostate cancer that spread; was urged by doctor to step down in 2008- WikiLeaks via Reuters http://bit.ly/pkeufm

[Iangould]

The fact that Mugabe's still waking around three years later bears out what I've said previously: even if wikileaks accurately reflects the contents of the cables, much of that source material is rumors, speculation, misinformation and out outright lies.

[the4thpip]

The fact that Mugabe's still waking around three years later bears out what I've said previously: even if wikileaks accurately reflects the contents of the cables, much of that source material is rumors, speculation, misinformation and out outright lies.

The doctors gave him three to five years back then.

"Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, told the ambassador ... that President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that has metastasized and, according to doctors, will cause his death in three to five years," the cable said.

Tic toc.

[the4thpip]

The DAX just hit a two-year low, down almost 4% for the day.

http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,19276,00.html

[Iangould]

The doctors gave him three to five years back then.

An 84 year old man with metastasized prostate cancer might LIVE three to five years, with the benefit of aggressive chemotherapy and surgery.

I doubt he'd be walking around much, let along making public speeches and flying off to AU summits.

[the4thpip]

An 84 year old man with metastasized prostate cancer might LIVE three to five years, with the benefit of aggressive chemotherapy and surgery.

I doubt he'd be walking around much, let along making public speeches and flying off to AU summits.

Actually, newest medical research says that chemo does not do much for the elderly. It actually shortens life quite often. Many kinds of cancer get less aggressive with old age, as cell growth slows down anyway.

Most kinds of cancer progress much faster in a 35-year-old than an 85-year-old.

[the4thpip]

2011 continues to be a bad year for murderous bastards:

A senior Al Qaeda leader who has been linked to the planning of attacks on Australia has been arrested in Pakistan.

Younis al-Mauritania was caught in the suburbs of the south-western city of Quetta, the military said in a statement.

Two other senior operatives in the Al Qaeda terrorist group were also captured and arrested by Pakistan's main intelligence service.

Mauritania was responsible for conducting international operations, and had been ordered by Osama bin Laden to hit Australian, American and European economic interests, the statement said.

Cooperation between the CIA and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency led to the arrests by the paramilitary, the statement added.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-0...kistan/2872282

[the4thpip]

The DAX just hit a two-year low, down almost 4% for the day.

http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,19276,00.html

Without a US market opening (Labor Day), nothing could stop the DAX's slide today, and it closed down 5.28 %

[Charles RB]

Not just that, but have it's own very separate policies from the English version. In fact a whole different party and frankly, it'd do much, much better if it was a new centre-right conservative party with no connections down south.

Unfortunately for them, they're talking about being mates with and supporting Tory policies. Not the best advertisement for them.

The DAX just hit a two-year low, down almost 4% for the day.

http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,19276,00.html

Why is it always the Dax? European debt concerns, fine, but Germany's still a large, stable economy that got out of the recession in good shape and saw employment go up!

[Charles RB]

Some English street gangs are stashing guns in case there's another wave of riots.

[king mob]

Unfortunately for them, they're talking about being mates with and supporting Tory policies. Not the best advertisement for them.

No, but there is a place for a centre-right Scottish political party and it isn't the Tories. I don't think it'll happen, certainly not while there's a staunch Unionist in charge of the Tory party, but the Tories are nothing in Scotland and never again will be.

[king mob]

Some English street gangs are stashing guns in case there's another wave of riots.

I'd heard that the other day, and frankly it's not a surprise.