Goal_thecup Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/4/2023 at 5:18 PM, Bob Long said: We deserve the politicians we elect Nice thought but.. none of the people I've ever voted for (and I vote every chance I get) ever get elected; why do I deserve these creeps? When all the people in power and those seeking office are corrupt self-serving sell-outs, or for any reason you do not like an elected politician, Always vote against the incumbent. That way, they don't get too comfortable and organized crime doesn't back losers as much as they do election-winners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 3 hours ago, RupertKBD said: I've been one of Elon's biggest critics, ever since he took over Twitter and became the world's richest internet troll, but if I'm being honest, had he not purchased Twitter and become this bizarre version of himself, I'd likely be in his corner. Hyperloop One didn't pan out, but IMO, we need people like Elon who "dream big", even if those dreams sometimes turn into spectacular failures.... Hopefully the next big idea works out.....and hopefully Elon clues into the fact that he's doing himself no favors with Xitter, cuts his losses and sells it off. Hyperloop was a scam. At least according to his biographer who claimed that he did it to hopefully kill highspeed rail. He also tried to sell it as a new idea, but it was one that was way older than he made it seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Mass shooting in Prague; https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/at-least-14-people-killed-in-prague-mass-shooting/vi-AA1lSj4B?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7ee32d2206d24b078684b899974adc6e&ei=27 A gunman killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 25 others at Charles University in Prague before he was killed by police. It is considered to be the worst mass shooting in Czech history and police say it may have been inspired by a similar mass shooting in Russia. ------------------------------- video story at link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 7 hours ago, RupertKBD said: I've been one of Elon's biggest critics, ever since he took over Twitter and became the world's richest internet troll, but if I'm being honest, had he not purchased Twitter and become this bizarre version of himself, I'd likely be in his corner. Hyperloop One didn't pan out, but IMO, we need people like Elon who "dream big", even if those dreams sometimes turn into spectacular failures.... Hopefully the next big idea works out.....and hopefully Elon clues into the fact that he's doing himself no favors with Xitter, cuts his losses and sells it off. Something to keep in mind about Musk is that he has admitted to having a mild form of Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism). Perhaps this condition, which might actually give him an advantage in engineering projects such as Space X, might work to his detriment in running an operation like Twitter, which is based on inter-personal communication? Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently "It is surprising, then, that there has been so little discussion of Musk’s autism. Not only would this be useful for understanding Musk, who is now an influential but increasingly criticised figure, but it might also go a long way to highlighting autism-related strengths and difficulties." https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-how-being-autistic-may-make-him-think-differently-194228 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 10:41 AM, UnkNuk said: Something to keep in mind about Musk is that he has admitted to having a mild form of Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism). Perhaps this condition, which might actually give him an advantage in engineering projects such as Space X, might work to his detriment in running an operation like Twitter, which is based on inter-personal communication? Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently "It is surprising, then, that there has been so little discussion of Musk’s autism. Not only would this be useful for understanding Musk, who is now an influential but increasingly criticised figure, but it might also go a long way to highlighting autism-related strengths and difficulties." https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-how-being-autistic-may-make-him-think-differently-194228 Thanks for posting this brother. I am an Aspy. It does make me view Elon in a somewhat different light. I am a big believer in owning ones actions. However how are brains are " wired " has a lot to do with the people we are. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Plane full of Indian citizens, including minors without paperwork mostly from West of Gujarat, being smuggled to Nicaragua. Not as slaves I am interpreting from the story? To escape India, find a better life in the US. Illegal immigrants? But that does not explain the minors. Were they sold? Some have asked for asylum in France. The trafficking has suggested links to US & Canada, possible connections to some who previously tried to enter the US via Manitoba, froze to death trying to cross in to North Dakota last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 AP NEWS QUIZ Do you know what happened in 2023? https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/associated-press-year-end-quiz/index.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, UnkNuk said: AP NEWS QUIZ Do you know what happened in 2023? https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/associated-press-year-end-quiz/index.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email I was pretty easy though..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, RupertKBD said: I was pretty easy though..... I've heard that about you. Floozy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Happening today, in This Crazy World: Quote 5 dead after planes collide on runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport Japan coast guard plane collided with Japan Airlines passenger plane The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 02, 2024 1:37 AM PST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Eyewitness video shows smoke-filled plane in Japan 6 hours ago Duration0:37 Video obtained by Reuters shows the inside of a Japan Airlines plane as flight crews deal with passengers following a collision with another plane. A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines Flight 516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The pilot of the coast guard plane escaped with injuries. Public broadcaster NHK, citing the Tokyo Fire Department, said at least 17 of the people evacuated from the passenger plane were injured. "I felt a boom like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed," a passenger on the Japan Airlines flight told Kyodo news agency. "I saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke." WATCH | Planes burn after runway collision: Planes burn after runway collision at Tokyo airport 9 hours ago Duration0:50 Emergency crews responded after two planes collided at Japan's Haneda airport. Eruption of fire and smoke Local TV video showed a large eruption of fire and smoke from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway. The area around the wing then caught fire. Footage an hour later showed the plane fully on fire. Tuesday's accident was the first time that an Airbus A350, among the industry's newest large passenger planes, was severely damaged. It entered commercial service in 2015. In a statement, Airbus said it was sending specialists to help Japanese and French authorities and that the plane was delivered to Japan Airlines in late 2021. The A350 had flown from Shin Chitose airport, near the city of Sapporo, to Haneda, the transport minister said. It was attempting to land normally when it collided with the coast guard's Bombardier-built Dash-8 maritime patrol plane on the runway. JAL managing executive officer Tadayuki Tsutsumi told a news conference late Tuesday that the A350 was making a "normal entry and landing" on the runway, without specifying how it collided with the coast guard plane. Noriyuki Aoki, also a managing executive officer at JAL, said that the airline's understanding is that the JAL flight had received permission to land from aviation control officials. Police are expected to investigate the accident on suspicion of professional negligence, NHK television reported. Coast guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima confirmed the collision between the passenger plane and its flight MA 722, a Bombardier Dash-8. The plane, which is based at Haneda, had been due to head to Niigata to deliver relief goods to residents affected by a deadly earthquake in the region on Monday. The turboprop Dash-8 is widely used on short-haul and commuter flights. Communications will be investigated The coast guard pilot reported to his base that his aircraft exploded after colliding with the commercial plane, Vice-Commander Yoshio Seguchi told reporters. Shigenori Hiraoka, head of the Transport Ministry Civil Aviation Bureau, said the collision occurred when the JAL plane landed on one of Haneda's four runways where the coast guard aircraft was preparing to take off. Transport safety officials were analyzing communication between aviation control officials and the two aircraft and planned to interview JAL officials to determine what led to the collision. Hiraoka praised JAL for "taking appropriate procedures" to safely evacuate all passengers and crew members. A Japan Airlines plane burns on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) Swede Anton Deibe, 17, who was a passenger on the Japan Airlines plane, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that "the entire cabin was filled with smoke within a few minutes. We threw ourselves down on the floor. Then the emergency doors were opened and we threw ourselves at them. "The smoke in the cabin stung like hell. It was a hell. We have no idea where we are going so we just run out into the field. It was chaos," added Deibe, who was travelling with his parents and sister. Kaoru Ishii, a mother who was waiting outside the arrival gate for her 29-year-old daughter and boyfriend coming back on the flight, said she initially though the flight was delayed until her daughter called to explain. Passengers watch from an observation deck as the Japan Airlines A350 burns. (Issei Kato/Reuters) "She said the plane had caught fire and she exited via a slide," Ishii said. "I was really relieved that she was alright." Saito said Haneda is currently closed while the collision is under investigation by aviation safety investigators and police, but that they are doing their best to reopen the airport Wednesday or even sooner. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said authorities were working to ensure the accident at Haneda did not affect deliveries of earthquake relief supplies. "This is a great regret as the crew members performed their duties with a strong sense of mission and responsibility for the victims of the disaster area," he said, referring to those killed on the coast guard plane. Haneda is one of the busiest airports in Japan, and many people travel over the New Year holidays. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-airliner-fire-1.7072315 and then in neighbouring South Korea: Quote South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed in neck by attacker Lee out of surgery and in intensive care, party spokesperson says The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 01, 2024 6:28 PM PST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung falls after being attacked by an unidentified man during a visit to Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday. (Yonhap/Reuters) South Korea's liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man during a visit Tuesday to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the Democratic Party, was rushed to hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair a major blood vessel, and was later recovering and conscious in an intensive care unit, party spokesperson Kwon Chil-seung told reporters. Kwon condemned the attack, weeks before a parliamentary election that is due in April, as "political terror." The attack happened when Lee walked through a crowd of journalists and others after finishing a tour of the site of a new airport in Busan. The attacker, posing as a supporter, approached Lee, saying he wanted to get his autograph, and then stabbed Lee in the neck with a knife, according to Busan police. Lee slumped to the ground, where a person pressed a handkerchief to his neck to stop the bleeding. A witness, Jin Jeong-hwa, told YTN television that Lee bled a lot. Videos circulated on social media showed the suspect, wearing a paper crown reading "I'm Lee Jae-myung," being chased and tackled by several people. South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is seen speaking at Tuesday's event in Busan before the attack. (Yonhap/Reuters) Police said officers arrested the man on the spot. During questioning, he refused to identify himself or say why he attacked Lee, according to Yonhap news agency. Airlifted to Seoul Lee's Democratic Party called on police to make a through, swift investigation of the incident. Party spokesperson Kwon Chil-seung told reporters at Pusan National University Hospital that Lee's jugular vein was believed to have been damaged and there was concern over the large amount of bleeding. He said Lee was being airlifted to a hospital in Seoul for surgery. President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed deep concern about Lee's health and ordered authorities to investigate the attack, saying such violence would not be tolerated, according to Yoon's office. Lee lost the 2022 presidential election to Yoon by a narrow margin. A liberal former provincial governor, Lee is known for his outspoken style. His supporters see him as an anti-elitist hero who could reform establishment politics, eradicate corruption and solve growing economic inequality. Critics view him as a dangerous populist who relies on stoking divisions and demonizing his conservative opponents. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-lee-jae-myung-1.7072275 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Right wingers- going cuckoo, in Poland. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/companies-pull-ads-from-tv-station-after-comments-on-tattooing-and-sending-migrants-to-auschwitz/ar-AA1mvR1i?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e4cc968940f143a4b1f61a4700eb8edf&ei=30 "WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland are investigating after commentators joked on a right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs, and some companies have pulled advertising from the broadcaster. ---------------------------------------- more at link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Photo below is from the Alaska Airways flight. The other pic is the door plug found in the yard of a Portland resident. Think it will be a while before I will fly on a 737 Max. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/08/united-airlines-737-max-9-inspections-turn-up-loose-bolts.html?__source=iosappshare|com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard United, Alaska Air find loose hardware on some Boeing 737 Max 9s after grounding United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose hardware during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday grounded dozens of 737 Max 9s after a panel blew out midflight on Alaska Flight 1282. Plane manufacturer Boeing earlier Monday said it sent instructions to airlines to conduct the inspections of the Max 9s in their fleets. Edited January 9 by the destroyer of worlds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 You all ready for Generation Alpha? I keep hearing how hard it is for the younger generations... however, this one has a lot of 'stuff' and are gonna live for ages... They are already a powerhouse. https://mccrindle.com.au/article/topic/generation-alpha/generation-alpha-defined/ There is a growing generation that few people have heard of. Within the next few years they will outnumber the Baby Boomers, and many of them will live to see the 22nd Century. We’re talking about Generation Alpha, the children of Generation Y, and often the younger siblings of Generation Z. Simply put, Generation Alpha are defined as those born from 2010-2024. More than 2.8 million are born globally every week. When they have all been born (2025) they will number almost 2 billion – the largest generation in the history of the world. Who are Generation Alpha? While they are the youngest generation, they have brand influence and purchasing power beyond their years. They shape the social media landscape, are the popular culture influencers, the emerging consumers and by the end of the 2020’s will be moving into adulthood, the workforce and household formation, ready or not. The most materially endowed generation ever Gen Alpha are the most materially endowed generation ever, the most technologically savvy generation ever and they will enjoy a longer life span than any previous generation. ...more in link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, bishopshodan said: You all ready for Generation Alpha? I keep hearing how hard it is for the younger generations... however, this one has a lot of 'stuff' and are gonna live for ages... They are already a powerhouse. https://mccrindle.com.au/article/topic/generation-alpha/generation-alpha-defined/ There is a growing generation that few people have heard of. Within the next few years they will outnumber the Baby Boomers, and many of them will live to see the 22nd Century. We’re talking about Generation Alpha, the children of Generation Y, and often the younger siblings of Generation Z. Simply put, Generation Alpha are defined as those born from 2010-2024. More than 2.8 million are born globally every week. When they have all been born (2025) they will number almost 2 billion – the largest generation in the history of the world. Who are Generation Alpha? While they are the youngest generation, they have brand influence and purchasing power beyond their years. They shape the social media landscape, are the popular culture influencers, the emerging consumers and by the end of the 2020’s will be moving into adulthood, the workforce and household formation, ready or not. The most materially endowed generation ever Gen Alpha are the most materially endowed generation ever, the most technologically savvy generation ever and they will enjoy a longer life span than any previous generation. ...more in link Good for them. Sucks for us, but good for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 7 minutes ago, Bob Long said: Good for them. Sucks for us, but good for them. Their world will be so much different. High tech, medical breakthroughs that will see them live very long lives....a nice warm planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJVD Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Their world will be so much different. High tech, medical breakthroughs that will see them live very long lives....a nice warm planet Sometimes I question the tech savy-ness. I've noticed our youngest interns and co-op students who had the majority of of their tech experience with tablets rather than PCs or Macs have a lot of trouble with basic office set ups. They just don't know how computers work? Where and how files are stored, what is networked vs what is local, how to use productivity tools, etc. Heck, some of them don't even home-row type? It's kinda surreal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 2 minutes ago, MattJVD said: Sometimes I question the tech savy-ness. I've noticed our youngest interns and co-op students who had the majority of of their tech experience with tablets rather than PCs or Macs have a lot of trouble with basic office set ups. They just don't know how computers work? Where and how files are stored, what is networked vs what is local, how to use productivity tools, etc. Heck, some of them don't even home-row type? It's kinda surreal I wonder if we will ever realise the impact of the new tech, cell phones, tablets etc...really 'the internet' I dont think there has been a time in human history that has propelled us so far, so fast. Everyone has a genius in thier pocket. As you point out though, common sense, trouble shooting, heck ...down right wisdom dwindles. However, wont they all get a chip in their head and just download what they need to know like the Matrix, and/or work as a hive mind?... Sorry, maybe I watch to much sci-fi but the future is really interesting...and it's coming fast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 27 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Their world will be so much different. High tech, medical breakthroughs that will see them live very long lives....a nice warm planet They're going to need that tech, if they hope to survive the mess that CC deniers are going to leave them.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) I kinda feel bad for the name given to the generation after these youngsters... The 'Betas' Edited January 11 by bishopshodan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 4 hours ago, bishopshodan said: I kinda feel bad for the name given to the genereation after these youngsters... The 'Betas' The way the world is headed they might be called the Omegas instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 As a society, we really need to start taking domestic violence more seriously. This POS was a repeat offender, yet he was still able to murder his ex in front of their kids' school: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/man-who-killed-his-estranged-wife-outside-school-was-facing-domestic-violence-charges/ar-AA1n4Jd7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c4292a4f444f42109e620cd7747a9cd7&ei=31 Quote The man who killed his estranged wife outside an elementary school Tuesday morning was facing criminal charges for domestic violence and was charged with twice violating a no-contact order, CBC News has learned. On Tuesday, around 7:40 a.m., police were called to John Costello Catholic School, in the city's southwest, where they found a woman who'd been killed. he man who killed his estranged wife outside an elementary school Tuesday morning was facing criminal charges for domestic violence and was charged with twice violating a no-contact order, CBC News has learned. On Tuesday, around 7:40 a.m., police were called to John Costello Catholic School, in the city's southwest, where they found a woman who'd been killed. This scumbag should have been back in jail, after the first breach of conditions. Now three children are left without both of their parents.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 47 minutes ago, RupertKBD said: As a society, we really need to start taking domestic violence more seriously. This POS was a repeat offender, yet he was still able to murder his ex in front of their kids' school: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/man-who-killed-his-estranged-wife-outside-school-was-facing-domestic-violence-charges/ar-AA1n4Jd7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=c4292a4f444f42109e620cd7747a9cd7&ei=31 This scumbag should have been back in jail, after the first breach of conditions. Now three children are left without both of their parents.... You don't hear much about the other side of the story, men who have to pay the price for the actions of scumbags like him. My EX walked into a court with no evidence at all, accused me of one of the worst possible things a person could be accused of, abusing the people they love the most, and had a intervention order placed on me. After they, my ex and my son disappeared for five days, I was sick with worry, 2 massive cops showed up at my home and kicked me out of it. If it was a he said, she said situation, my good name would have been fucked. However we were all separately interviewed by a psychologist, her, me and our son. It was my son's words that cleared my name. What he told the psychologist contradicted what my EX had told the court. Even then I spent years in the courts and over 100k to get increased custody of my son. My Ex kept trying to extend the intervention order, which even though my son had cleared my name, meant I still had to attend court to stop those orders going through. Even the cops stated the system is fucked up. It gets abused by people like my ex. To this day it still blows me away that this can happen to someone. I don't claim to be perfect however apart from the general wear and tear of a relationship, I had done nothing wrong. In fact quite the opposite, it was my ex's dream to have a child, I was a bit dubious, late forties, worried about bringing a child into this messed up world, however I loved her so much I wanted to make her happy. The process I went through to find out I am sterile, I would have never done for myself. Since then she has been reported twice to child protection for filming our son self harming while denigrating me in the background. For the last two years she has not only broken the family court orders, she has committed another form of child abuse, Parental Alienation, telling our son I am not his dad because he is an IVF child. Despite all of this I am still extremely grateful to her, the best thing to ever happen to me was becoming a dad. When they cut her belly open and pulled him out, I cut his umbilical cord, they wrapped him up and put him in my arms, I looked in his eyes, that was the best moment of my life. Since then I have never loved another human being the way I love my beautiful son. Stories like these, variations of them, are more common than one might think. Before this happened to me I didn't know much about it, since then talking to people about it, a lot of people know someone, a relative, a friend that something like this has happened to them. My lawyer and I were sitting around in the waiting area of the family court, one of the countless court cases I had to attend to get some custody of our son, and fight to clear my name, he told me this story. He once represented a guy, that guys ex and their son went to the police station and the seven year old son told the cops, daddy is sucking my @@$*, he is making me suck his @#$#. So they lock the dad up. However the arresting Seargant felt something was wrong/off, so he brought the kid back in for another interview and gave him a truth test, is the roof white ?,is the floor brown ?, is what you told us about your dad true ? He told them that mummy had told him to tell them that. Apparently mummy had another boyfriend and wanted daddy out of the way. How fucked up is that ? This guy has been accused of the worst thing possible. Sexually molesting his own child, falsely, by his own child. If he had gone into general population, jail, he would have been fucked. Imagine if the cop hadn't felt something was wrong ? As I stated, stories like to these don't make the news. Don't get me wrong, domestic violence should be taken a lot more seriously in our societies. What do you call it when a person tells their partner he is not a real man, because he couldn't give her a child himself ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2023 the safest ever year in regards to air travel. Not a single Airline crash last year. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-airline-crashes-in-2023-it-was-one-of-aviations-safest-years-ever/ I know there was that horrific crash early this year at Tokyo airport, however if you saw the footage, it's amazing only 5 people were killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 One of the gnarliest individual races in the world, that is only rarely held. The Elfstedentocht - The Eleven Cities Tour Skating on nearly 125 miles of uneven ice. https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/67926417#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17059723683103&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fsport%2Fwinter-sports%2F67926417 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBearded1 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Question: In the spy/action movies, covert/special ops/militia/private operations, are always explained away as "natural gas explosions" or other comical excuses. Seems like someone is assassinated every movie. Is there evidence of actual political/economic assassinations happening in today's world? Last time I checked, nobody is being taken down from a 50 cal sniper rifle in an adjacent skyscraper. Last time I checked, 6 bodyguards weren't gunned down in a restaurant. Last time I checked, a club owner wasn't gunned down by an assassin during a disco-dance party. Last time I checked, the FBI or CIA were not involved in a daytime shootout with a covert private military group. Last time I checked, an entire floor of a skyscraper was not blown to bits. Last time I checked, a prison transfer was not interrupted by an armed private helicopter in broad daylight. Question: are movies so far off that these events simply just don't happen in real life? Or are there world events that "could" be a botched assassination attempt, or a disruption of equipment/files/personnelle? I think I'm watching too much James Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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