numnuts Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) 6 hours ago, Anti Facts Sir said: Had no idea the Spain football kiss thing had actually gone to trial until yesterday. Sack the guy, fine him for what he did without consent maybe, but a trial and putting the guy in prison? Madness. Obviously intended as a slippery slope agenda...test case, maybe. Only he knows why he did it. He was sacked, banned from football for 3 years by FIFA and hammered by the MSM. I don't approve of what he did, but I think that's plenty of punishment. And, it's not like he's on trial and only facing a fine or a short custodial sentence. Apparently, the prosecutors want to send him down for 2 and a half years. I am not quite sure, as to how his trial is scheduled to last for two weeks or so. What's going to fill up all of that time? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75zvlrr9ryo 'Spain's former football boss on trial over World Cup kiss.' The former president of Spain's football federation, Luis Rubiales, goes on trial on Monday, accused of sexual assault for kissing the player Jenni Hermoso, in a case which has fed into wider discussions about sexism and consent. Hermoso is scheduled to appear as a witness on the opening day having travelled from Mexico, where she plays club football. The trial runs until 19 February. As Spain's players received their medals after defeating England in Sydney to win the 2023 World Cup, Rubiales grabbed Hermoso by the head and kissed her on the lips. Afterwards, Hermoso said the kiss had not been consensual, while Rubiales insisted it had been. Edited February 4 by numnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Seem to recall there was a much wider problem with the Spanish womens team - half the team, or squad, were missing at that World Cup cos they refused to play for the (male) coach due to his attitudes and behaviour, and were in dispute with the Spanish FA over conditions and pay. So there's probably more to this, and wanting the guy to suffer. His career and reputation is ruined, and he's out of the sport. Should be enough. Male bosses and managers with womens football doesn't really work. There are obvious exceptions, but the England team got into a mess with male coaches in charge. As did the USA. While in domestic football this season, Arsenal went through the same thing until their male boss resigned, they put a women in charge and all the players were suddenly happy, confident and playing better again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) Problem, reaction and solution? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93qw3lw4kvo 'Mumsnet targeted with child sexual abuse images.' Some Mumsnet users have raised concerns about the length of time the images were visible and the site's use of volunteer moderators during overnight hours in the UK. In a thread on Mumsnet following the incident, one user said it was "time to rethink" the volunteer moderation system following "the truly awful photos which I will never un-see". "The site is big enough and money-making enough to support a better system by now and there really needs to be proper 24-hour IT cover" the user added. "Ms Roberts defended the use of volunteer moderators overnight, saying they were based overseas in different time zones "so they can easily monitor the site". "I don't believe this horrible incident would have been prevented had it happened in office hours with our usual moderation team in London" she said. Edited February 4 by numnuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 27 minutes ago, Anti Facts Sir said: So there's probably more to this, and wanting the guy to suffer. His career and reputation is ruined, and he's out of the sport. Should be enough. Fair enough, but yes, it should be enough. He has been punished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Observations Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 BBC, Graham Satchell “ The message at the top of Grenfell tower reads Forever in our hearts “ “ There will be a lot of anger. A lot of people think it should remain as a rebuke to the people responsible. Some people think it should t remain because it’s a sacred site. “ “ In the end however the government appears to have made its decision on the advice of experts “ “ The engineering advice was very very clear that the top 13 floors are being propped up by something like 6000 props at the moment “ End quote On the advice of experts, it’s very very clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 NHS answerphone “ The waiting time for adult hearing aid fittings is now 12 months from the date of your hearing test. If have been waiting less than 12 months we won’t be able to make an appointment for you over the phone. We are working hard to reduce this wait “ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoScota Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 minute ago, Observations said: NHS answerphone “ The waiting time for adult hearing aid fittings is now 12 months from the date of your hearing test. If have been waiting less than 12 months we won’t be able to make an appointment for you over the phone. We are working hard to reduce this wait “ Yeah it's bad. Really bad. Even with serious health issues the waiting lists for imaging and results and consultations are ridiculous. Summer 2023 I got my own MRI scan on my full spine because I was being fobbed off big time by a dr and a physio for the last year. There were some issues seen that needed a specialist and I was instantly referred. Funny how the pain matched the three areas of my spine showing issues. However, there is a two year waiting list at least, so only have a few months to go which in mean time I am having stroke like symptoms and other fun. If what I have is craniocervical instability or similar, it's serious if left untreated and you can stroke out, die or worst of all have locked in syndrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoScota Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Observations said: BBC, Graham Satchell “ The message at the top of Grenfell tower reads Forever in our hearts “ “ There will be a lot of anger. A lot of people think it should remain as a rebuke to the people responsible. Some people think it should t remain because it’s a sacred site. “ “ In the end however the government appears to have made its decision on the advice of experts “ “ The engineering advice was very very clear that the top 13 floors are being propped up by something like 6000 props at the moment “ End quote On the advice of experts, it’s very very clear? Same wordage over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTV Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 https://www.gbnews.com/news/rutland-country-wiped-off-map-angela-rayner-local-election-plans Quote A historic English county dating back to the 12th century could be wiped off the map as part of Angela Rayner’s reorganisation of local government. Rutland County Council, the oldest in England, is also the smallest local authority in the nation, with a population of just 41,000. Whilst it was previously merged with Leicestershire under controversial reforms in 1974, that decision was reversed 20 years later when in 1994 it was given unitary authority status. Under proposals to shake up local Government makeup, some smaller district councils could be merged with county councils to create single unitary authorities. These new councils would look after populations of 500,000, far higher than the number of Rutland’s residents. Labour trying to consolidate councils in order to prevent reform from taking more seats in the future. All in the name of net zero "efficiency". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 13 hours ago, Observations said: BBC, Graham Satchell “ The message at the top of Grenfell tower reads Forever in our hearts “ “ There will be a lot of anger. A lot of people think it should remain as a rebuke to the people responsible. Some people think it should t remain because it’s a sacred site. “ “ In the end however the government appears to have made its decision on the advice of experts “ “ The engineering advice was very very clear that the top 13 floors are being propped up by something like 6000 props at the moment “ End quote On the advice of experts, it’s very very clear? Sacred site? More like a murder scene/crime scene, surely. They took down what remained of the Twin Towers much quicker than this though. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celticdevil Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/6/2025 at 8:41 AM, Observations said: NHS answerphone “ The waiting time for adult hearing aid fittings is now 12 months from the date of your hearing test. If have been waiting less than 12 months we won’t be able to make an appointment for you over the phone. We are working hard to reduce this wait “ But if you came on a boat it’s next day delivery lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/6/2025 at 7:22 AM, Observations said: BBC, Graham Satchell “ The message at the top of Grenfell tower reads Forever in our hearts “ “ There will be a lot of anger. A lot of people think it should remain as a rebuke to the people responsible. Some people think it should t remain because it’s a sacred site. “ “ In the end however the government appears to have made its decision on the advice of experts “ “ The engineering advice was very very clear that the top 13 floors are being propped up by something like 6000 props at the moment “ End quote On the advice of experts, it’s very very clear? On 2/6/2025 at 8:50 PM, Anti Facts Sir said: Sacred site? More like a murder scene/crime scene, surely. They took down what remained of the Twin Towers much quicker than this though. I wonder how much money has been spent trying to repair Grenfell Tower? And then just like that, only a few years later, it's decided to just knock the whole thing down. Makes you wonder what they've got planned as a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Shocking. https://skynews.icu/technology/788252-revealed-gambling-firms-secretly-sharing-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission-gambling/ 'Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission.' Gambling companies are covertly tracking visitors to their websites and sending their data to Facebook’s parent company without consent in an apparent breach of data protection laws. The information is then being used by Facebook’s owner, Meta, to profile people as gamblers and flood them with ads for casinos and betting sites, the Observer can reveal. A hidden tracking tool embedded in dozens of UK gambling websites has been extracting visitors’ data – including details of the webpages they view and the buttons they click – and sharing it with the social media company. By law, data should only be used and shared for marketing purposes, with explicit permission obtained from users on the websites in which the tools are embedded. But testing by the Observer of 150 gambling sites – including virtual casinos, sports betting sites and online bingo – found widespread breaches of the rules. This weekend, Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative chair of the all-party parliamentary group on gambling reform, called for an “immediate intervention”. He said: “The use of tools such as Meta Pixel without explicit consent seems wholly in breach of the law and should be immediately stopped. The gambling industry’s marketing practices are now out of control, and our regulatory structure and codes of practice are repeatedly shown to be inadequate. This cannot go on.” Wolfie Christl, a data privacy expert who has investigated the ad tech industry, said: “Sharing data with Meta is highly problematic, even with consent, but doing so without explicit informed consent shows a blatant disregard for the law. “Meta is complicit and must be held accountable. It benefits from facilitating problematic and unlawful data practices for its clients and systematically looks the other way, using its terms and conditions as a shield rather than seriously enforcing them.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Please share responsibly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason57 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Afghani immigrant plows truck into a group of LEFT WING PRO IMMIGRATION protesters in Munich, injuring 28 people including kids. You really couldn't make this stuff up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I wonder where they're going with this... they're coming for your scented candles! High pollution levels inside homes, research shows Quote We think of home as a safe space, a refuge from pollution - but new research from the University of Birmingham shows that may be far from true, and pollution in our homes may be having a damaging effect on our brains. To test the evidence, scientists at the University of Birmingham have placed pollution monitors in three typical homes in a city suburb. The aim is to measure the levels of tiny pollution particles we more usually associate with traffic rumbling by on the roads outside. And the teams have found pollution levels inside the home were often higher than those outside. "There's this realisation that we spend most of our lives indoors, between 80 and 90 percent," said Prof Francis Pope, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Birmingham. "We've done a lot of measurement of outdoor air pollution but we suddenly realised, maybe obviously, that we need to be looking inside houses as well as outside them." Air inside one house exceeded World Health Organisation safety guidelines on nine days. from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dglzwq6qlo Well, I'd say that people who spend 80 to 90 percent of their lives indoors - in their own home - are people who don't go out to work. Quote The detectors cannot tell us exactly what the pollution sources are in a particular home, but causes include ordinary house dust, cooking and even candles. "Outside air comes in… then there's other sources – things like resuspension of dusts… if you're cooking stuff, if you've got your boiler on, candles, incense, all those things are not only making nice smells but kicking up pollution," said Prof Pope. Oh, it reminds me of the dodgy PCR tests during Covid, detecting 'something' even if it wasn't a deadly virus! But they're detecting 'pollution' and its making your brain rot. So are they saying that the simple act of cooking or using scented candles is polluting the air in your home? Better tax or ban them then! Quote It's noticeable that one of the three homes that recorded lower levels of pollution overall was one where the people living there usually used an extractor fan when cooking, and that also were more likely to open a window in the bedroom during the day. The university has also published new research looking at the impact of this sort of pollution on how our brains work. They found exposure to this sort of pollution has an effect on our ability to concentrate and carry out tasks. Well who would have thought it, using an extractor fan or opening a window reduces pollution? Ventilation is the key, but here's the thing, so many people are frightened to open their windows now, because 'energy bills' or the fear of someone with Covid breathing outside while passing by. Maybe people are struggling to 'concentrate and carry out tasks' because they are constantly being distracted by social media notifications from their phones? That's the real pollution, right there. Quote At a time when cities like Birmingham are implementing charging to try to get more polluting vehicles off the road, this research shows thinking about air quality in our homes might be just as important. In the meantime, particularly if someone in your home has issues around breathing, it could help to use extractor fans when cooking, stay on top of dusting and also to open windows... and definitely think twice about lighting your favourite smelly candle. "You can buy purifiers as well, they're quite effective," added Prof Pope. And there you have it, the 'solution' to this problem is to 'buy an air purifier'. That's right, spend money on an electric-powered device, to use more of your energy, with bills set to rise further. Of course, if you're unemployed and just lounging around at home all day, there's also a good chance you just spend most of the day smoking cigarettes or weed, which isn't going to help your air quality, especially if you don't open any windows. Yesterday evening while I was putting some rubbish in the bins outside our block, my neighbour across the hallway opened their door to get a takeaway delivery from a driver. My gosh there was an unbelievable stench of weed for a moment! I'm pretty sure they're both at home most of the day and I rarely see them go out. Wonder what their indoor air pollution levels are like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Yesterday was the 80th Anniversary of the Bombing of Dresden. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250213-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-dresden-tributes-to-victims-are-hijacked-by-far-right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 https://rumble.com/v3za6qj-dresden-a-burnt-offering-vertigopolitix.html Dresden: A Burnt Offering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Women gets hands bitten off after trying to apparently take a selfie with a shark.... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33395507/husband-fight-off-shark-bit-wife-hands/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_j_evans Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Mr H said: Women gets hands bitten off after trying to apparently take a selfie with a shark.... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33395507/husband-fight-off-shark-bit-wife-hands/ A selfie? With a shark? How many jabs had she had???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJ Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/14/2025 at 7:59 AM, SimonTV said: Yesterday was the 80th Anniversary of the Bombing of Dresden. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250213-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-dresden-tributes-to-victims-are-hijacked-by-far-right Why would anyone want to celebrate all that death and destruction? These anniversaries serve to keep the fear and pain alive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTV Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, RobinJ said: Why would anyone want to celebrate all that death and destruction? These anniversaries serve to keep the fear and pain alive. it is not a celebration it is an act of remembrance, to acknowledge the event and expose the crime and the unnecessary death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campion Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/16/2025 at 4:29 PM, SimonTV said: it is not a celebration it is an act of remembrance, to acknowledge the event and expose the crime and the unnecessary death. Speaking of celebration and remembrance, did anyone come across any centenary for the partition of Ireland? It happened in May 1921 so 2021 was 100 years centenary. Partition was a big deal and I heard nothing about it in 2021. Covid perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazthehobo Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/15/2025 at 4:28 PM, Mr H said: Women gets hands bitten off after trying to apparently take a selfie with a shark.... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33395507/husband-fight-off-shark-bit-wife-hands/ Next time she will have to try the hands free device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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