Xela Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 38 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz accused of historic sex offence by some woman on the internet. Guilty or not, I'd like to see this "name and shame" be banned before court action. Mud sticks if you're innocent too. You can accuse anyone nowadays with no ramifications if you are making it up (not saying she is but there will be false claims) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2017 10 hours ago, rjw63 said: Former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz accused of historic sex offence by some woman on the internet. Guilty or not, I'd like to see this "name and shame" be banned before court action. Mud sticks if you're innocent too. The courts and the prisons won't be able to cope. Every. Rock musician. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 20 hours ago, rjw63 said: Former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz accused of historic sex offence by some woman on the internet. Guilty or not, I'd like to see this "name and shame" be banned before court action. Mud sticks if you're innocent too. The big question is. Did the accuser... Spitz... or swallows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Sad to hear that a fire broke out this morning at London Zoo. It is thought that a few small animals/petting mammals where tragically caught up in the blaze, plus a few still unaccounted for too. The search and rescue goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2017 12 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Sad to hear that a fire broke out this morning at London Zoo. It is thought that a few small animals/petting mammals where tragically caught up in the blaze, plus a few still unaccounted for too. The search and rescue goes on.. I was waiting for the punchline, until I realised it wasn't the joke thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted December 24, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2017 17 hours ago, mjmooney said: I was waiting for the punchline, until I realised it wasn't the joke thread. I can help 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 24, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 24, 2017 I thought the news were extracting the urine last night with “an aardvark has died at the scene and four meercats are missing presumed dead." Next I'll be considered a serial killer for the pheasant and 4 rats I ran over this morning, they'll twin my village with Collumbine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Not an incident I know much about (I remember it being on the news) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42465516 Quote The Chinese army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests killed at least 10,000 people, according to newly-released UK documents. The figure was given in a secret diplomatic cable from then British ambassador to China, Alan Donald. The original source was a friend of a member of China's State Council, the envoy says. Previous estimates of the deaths in the pro-democracy protests ranged from several hundred to more than 1,000. China's statement at the end of June 1989 said that 200 civilians and several dozen security personnel had died in Beijing following the suppression of "counter-revolutionary riots" on 4 June 1989. Quote "Students linked arms but were mown down including soldiers. APCs then ran over bodies time and time again to make 'pie' and remains collected by bulldozer. Remains incinerated and then hosed down drains. "Four wounded girl students begged for their lives but were bayoneted." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 24, 2017 China did (and continues to) a very good job covering up Tiananmen. If you search for it on the net in China you get fed links about how it was a minor incident and it was peacefully ended and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Quote A former Korean Air vice president avoided jail after South Korea's top court upheld her suspended prison term. Cho Hyun-ah, 40, was previously sentenced to one year in prison for ordering a plane back to the gate at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after being served a big bag of macadamia nuts. Cho, the daughter of the company's chairman, was eventually released after a high court shortened the prison term a 10 month suspended sentence. During the 2014 incident, she was apparently furious that a first class stewardess gave her macadamia nuts in an unopened snack bag, as opposed to on a dish. Cho, the national carrier’s former head of in-flight service, ordered the Seoul-bound plane to return to the gate at the JFK International Airport after it had begun taxiing to the runway. She also demanded the chief flight attendant be thrown off the plane. A witness claimed Ms Cho also struck a flight attendant with a service manual. She has since apologised and resigned from all posts at the airline. Judge Oh Sung-woo said during her trial: "This is a case where human dignity was trampled on." https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/nut-rage-korean-air-executive-avoids-jail-after-suspended-sentence-upheld-a3724816.html One could say she went nuts.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2018 How do some people become such utter words removed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: How do some people become such utter words removed? been looking in the mirror again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: been looking in the mirror again? Been on your Facebook page HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Stevo985 said: How do some people become such utter words removed? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_sickness Quote Princess sickness, alternatively known as princess syndrome or princess disease (Chinese: 公主病; pinyin: gōng zhǔ bìng; Cantonese Yale: gūng jyú behng; Korean: 공주병; Revised Romanization: gong ju byeong), is a neologistic term used colloquially in some parts of Asia, notably Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, to describe a condition of narcissism, egocentrism and materialism in women, or "princess" behaviour.[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 4, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Xela said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_sickness Is the male equivalent Trumpitis 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Quote 'Airline poo' falls on India village causing confusion Indian officials suspect an icy ball which fell on a village in the northern state of Haryana is frozen human waste leaked from an aeroplane overhead. The 10-12kg (22lbs - 26lbs) chunk of ice fell on Fazilpur Badli village with a "big thud", startling residents on Saturday. Senior Gurgaon official Vivek Kalia told the BBC some villagers thought it was an "extra-terrestrial" object. Plane toilets store human waste in special tanks. These are normally disposed of once the plane has landed. But international aviation authorities acknowledge that lavatory leaks can occur in the air. Mr Kalia told the BBC that a sample of the projectile had been sent for chemical analysis, but "we suspect strongly" that it is frozen airline excrement. "It was a very heavy icy ball of ice which dropped from the skies early on Saturday morning. There was big thud and people of the village came running out of their homes to find out what had happened," he said. "Some villagers thought it was an extra-terrestrial object. Others thought it was some celestial rock and I've heard that they took samples home," he said. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42772918?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 BBC not doing much research on this one, couple of enormous glaring errors. Quote Jaguar Land Rover will cut production of some vehicles amid uncertainty over Brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars. The company will scale back output of Range Rover Discovery Sport and Evoque models temporarily later this year. Last week, JLR said its global sales hit a record in 2017, but that the UK market was "tough". Vehicle makers have blamed Brexit confusion and a hike in diesel taxation for a general fall in UK car sales. The two Range Rover models are made at the company's Halewood plant on Merseyside. Output will be reduced in the second quarter of 2018. JLR said the car industry continued to face a "range of challenges" that were hitting consumer confidence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42779699 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I’m not sure what’s wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Quote Saudi camel beauty festival: 12 entrants disqualified for Botox use The camels were among 30,000 competing at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival In pursuit of the perfect pout, a dozen camels have been disqualified from a camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia for receiving Botox injections. What distinguishes a beautiful camel is not just its height, shape and the placement of its hump. A full, droopy lip and large features are essential to achieving camel celebrity-status in the multi-million dollar industry of camel pageantry. “They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw,” said Ali Al Mazrouei, 31, a regular attendee at Gulf festivals and son of a top Emirati breeder. “It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes it’s like, ‘Oh look at how big is that head is. It has big lips, a big nose’.” Beauty season is in full swing and 30,000 camels have gathered for the second annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, the largest pageant in the Gulf. It takes place in Al Dhana, 120 kilometres from Riyadh, and runs through January following Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra Festival. Prize money at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival totals US$57 million (Dhs209.3 million), with more than US$31.8 million for pageantry alone. About 300,000 visitors have attended the festival since it began on January 1, up a third from last year. Camels like the majahim breed, once only valued for milk, now fetch millions of dollars. For some, the temptation can be too much altogether. Days before it started, Saudi media reported that a veterinarian was caught red-handed performing plastic surgery on camels. At his clinic, camels were not only given botox but went under the knife to reduce the size of their ears. Delicate ears are a winning attribute on some Saudi breeds. Cheaters are creative, said Ali Obaid, a camel owner and pageant guide from Medinat Zayed. “For example they start to pull the lips of the camel, they pull it by hand like this every day to make it longer. Secondly, they use hormones to make it more muscular and Botox makes the head bigger and bigger. Everyone wants to be a winner.” In Al Dhafra, men have been known to darken the coats with oil. Others resort to the oldest form of deception: they lie. Botox injections and collagen fillers alter a camel’s appearance for months. By the time a buyer finds out they’ve been had, it is usually too late for recourse. Competitions may ban camels for years but owners can continue to enter other camels. Many want to see stronger punishments enforced as a younger generation takes up the sport. “The people who are just in the camel competition to make it more valuable, they are cheating everyone,” said Mr Al Mazourei. “A fine should be applied. In camel racing, whoever is using drugs is fined about 50,000 Dirhams in Abu Dhabi. The fine is not yet applied for beauty camels.” There are already safeguards, traditional and technical. The age of a camel is measured by its teeth, camels must be microchipped to compete and some competitions require blood testing. At Al Dhafra, competing camels are obliged to overnight at judging pens on the eve of competitions. Owners still douse humps with hairspray and give camels a fine combing to give that fluff on the hump extra volume but after a night at the pens, the pampering makes little difference. Misty mornings in the desert wreak havoc on hair and by the time of the judging, prospective champions will only have their God-given beauty. If all else fails there is a time-honoured safeguard. Before winners are announced, owners must swear on the Quran about a camel's age and ownership. Whatever tactics employed to con judges, owners are reminded that while breeders may be judging the camels, God is judging them. This, in the end, does the trick. https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/saudi-camel-beauty-festival-12-entrants-disqualified-for-botox-use-1.698068 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Quote Growing concerns about a possible nuclear war and other global threats have pushed forward the symbolic Doomsday Clock by 30 seconds - to just two minutes before midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) said it had acted because the world was becoming "more dangerous". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42823734 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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