03-07-2018, 08:40 PM
(03-07-2018, 01:04 PM)BIAD Wrote: [ -> ]'Create a victims' compensation fund'...? Why? What the hell was this hoped-for new media company planning to do?!!!
Indeed! Hopefully, we will never have to find out.
(03-07-2018, 01:04 PM)BIAD Wrote: [ -> ]'Create a victims' compensation fund'...? Why? What the hell was this hoped-for new media company planning to do?!!!
Quote:No CEO should earn 1,000 times more than a regular employee.
'The CEO of Marathon Petroleum, Gary Heminger, took home an astonishing 935 times more pay
than his typical employee in 2017. In other words, one of Marathon’s gas station workers would
have to toil more than nine centuries to make as much as Heminger grabbed in just one year...'
Quote:"Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a co-editor of the IPSSOURCE:
web site Inequality.org. Sarah’s research covers a wide range of international and domestic economic issues, including
inequality, Wall Street reform, CEO pay, taxes, labor, and international trade and investment.
Sarah is a well-known expert on executive compensation, as the lead author of more than 20 annual “Executive Excess”
reports that have received extensive media coverage.
During the Obama administration, she served on the Investment Subcommittee of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory
Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). In 2009, this subcommittee carried out a review of the U.S. model
bilateral investment treaty.
In 2000, she served on the staff of the bipartisan International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission (“Meltzer Commission”),
commissioned by the U.S. Congress to evaluate the World Bank and IMF. Sarah is a co-author of the books Field Guide to
the Global Economy (New Press, 2nd edition, 2005) and Alternatives to Economic Globalization (Berrett-Koehler, 2nd edition,
2004).
Prior to coming to IPS in 1992, Sarah was a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development and an editor for the
Deutsche Presse-Agentur. She holds a Masters in International Affairs from The American University and a BA in Journalism
from Northwestern University."
Quote:'A Pennsylvania superintendent has described his unique measure to protect students from potential school shootersSOURCE:
-arming them with buckets of stones.
David Helsel.
Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel told state lawmakers earlier this month that some classrooms
had been given river stones to throw at attackers.
He said the stone defence was intended as a last resort if evacuations failed.
The unlikely defence was revealed amid a national discussion on gun violence.
The national gun debate was re-ignited after 17 people died in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month.
Survivors from the shooting have organised a national March for Our Lives demonstration on Saturday, where they will protest
in the US capital alongside other gun control advocates. Several high-profile celebrities and politicians have met the students
and are planning to support the headline Washington march.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is planning to ban devices that can modify semi-automatic rifles to fire like machine-guns.
Attorney-General Jeff Sessions said changing the laws to ban "bump stocks" was a critical step in reducing firearms violence.
It will entail the surrender or destruction of about half a million of the stocks owned by the public.
Five-gallon buckets
"Every classroom has been equipped with a five-gallon bucket of river stone," Mr Helsel said at the state's House Education
Committee on 15 March.
"If an armed intruder attempts to gain entrance into any of our classrooms, they will face a classroom full of students armed
with rocks and they will be stoned. "We have some people who have some pretty good arms. They can chuck some rocks
pretty fast."
The unique defence initiative started circulating on Thursday after a video of the exchange was published online and picked
up by local news. The measure has been in place in the district's schools for two years already, Dr Helsel told Buzzfeed news.
He emphasised the measure was intended as a "last resort" and that lockdowns and evacuations were also in their planning.
He said he hoped to publicise the existence of the stones so they would serve as a deterrent for any would-be attackers...'
Quote:Brexit was made inevitable by Tories and Britain’s weak position in EU.The Express:
'Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, argues Britain refusing to join the single
currency while being the continent’s financial centre made eventually leaving the bloc appear certain.
David Cameron.
This week, her paper ‘Inevitability and contingency: The political economy of Brexit’ won won The British Journal of
Politics and International Relations article of the year.
In it, she writes: “In a number of ways, the 2008 financial crash and the euro-zone crisis put a time-bomb under the
sustainability of Britain’s membership of the EU.
“They generated conflict over London’s position as the offshore financial centre of the euro, escalated the differences
between the macro-economic options open to Britain and euro-zone states, produced a significant rise in immigration
from the euro-zone periphery into Britain, strengthened German influence within the EU, and weakened Britain’s position
in the SEM with regard to financial services and banking matters.
“These structural conflicts and constraints would have caused significant problems even to a non-Conservative led
government.” But Prof Thompson said the Conservatives set the course to leave in 2010 by making “unrealisable”
commitments on immigration and pledges to return some EU power s to Westminster.
With David Cameron failing to secure the reforms he wanted, particularly on financial services in 2011, Britain’s weakness
within the bloc was made clear.
She wrote: “Any attempt to address the practical policy problems they generated -whether the risk of discrimination within
or the particular consequences of freedom of movement for Britain in relation to a monetary union of which it was not a member
-could only risk demonstrating the fundamental political weakness of Britain’s position inside the EU and erode domestic
democratic consent to it.”
The prefessor wrote: “While Cameron’s decision to offer a referendum in January 2013 was a gamble that others might not
have made and he did eschew pushing Merkel into a decisive confrontation, his options at these crucial points of decision
-making were narrow.
“Once his treaty-premised strategy had been bankrupted by the Fiscal Compact episode -whether he understood that to be
the case or not -he had no strategy available to reform the EU to British advantage.
“Indeed, even the defensive moves he thought the government had secured on bailouts and the EBA had to be refought and
were insecure so long as there was no treaty in which they could be entrenched, a problem in itself which was, in part, the
product of his own domestic push for the 2011 referendum lock.
“In this sense, Cameron made the Leave campaign’s case -that there was little control to be had inside the EU -for it.
“Those campaigning to Leave still had to seize their opportunity, a task that was undoubtedly made easier by the contingencies
of Boris Johnson’s decision to join and Dominic Cummings’ strategic thinking.”
Presumably two construction workers who wished to remain in the EU.
And, even if Remain had narrowly won the vote, the issue would still not have been settled and would probably have been
revised, she said. The professor concluded: “Only if Cameron could have released himself from the desire to win the 2015
election, an act of self-restraint almost always beyond politicians, could he have escaped from the diminution of decision
-making options at work and, consequently, bought British membership of the EU significantly more time.”...'
Quote:Abraham Badru: Family of ‘beautiful soul’ gunned down in Hackney ‘beyond heartbroken’
over murder and plead for public to help find ‘evil' killer.
'The family of an aspiring PhD student who was shot dead in the street in Hackney have paid tribute
to the young man with a “beautiful soul.”
Abraham Badru, 26, was gunned down as he got out of a car near his family home in east London on Sunday.
Abraham Badru.
Eyewitnesses described how his mother screamed with grief when she came out of her home to find her
son collapsed on the pavement. The young man, who was given a police award for bravery as a teen after
saving a woman from a sex attack, is the son of a prominent Nigerian politician and has been described as
“brave, honest and loving”...'
Quote:'...His father Dolapo Badru, 62, is a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, the country’s 360-seat
equivalent to the House of Commons...'
Quote:'...Neighbours said Mr Badru had been to church earlier that day and was getting out of his car when he was shot.
“As soon as I heard the bang, I knew it was a gunshot. I went to my balcony and saw a man slumped over on the
ground at the back of a car,” one said. “There was just one shot and a cry of pain. No speeding scooter and no
speeding car.”...'
Quote:'...Mr Badru was discovered in the street suffering from gunshot wounds and died at the scene, with a later
post-mortem examination giving the cause of death as a single shotgun wound to the chest.
There have been no arrests at this stage...'
Quote:'...In the moving tribute, the family call for an end of the “gun culture becoming rampant in our community”
asking “how many more families will be ripped apart with this senseless and callous crime?"...'
Quote:Pet Owners Warned Over Rise Of Zombie' Raccoons.SKY News:
The "undead" animals have been standing on their hind legs, baring their teeth and then falling over backwards.
'Dozens of calls have been made to police in Ohio after residents reported an invasion of "zombie" raccoons.
Officers in the city of Youngstown are investigating reports of the animals acting strangely in the daytime.
The usually nocturnal creatures have been seen standing on their hind legs, baring their teeth and then falling
over backwards. Photographer Robert Coggeshall said he was playing with his dogs outside his home last
week when one of the raccoons approached them.
"He would stand up on his hind legs, which I've never seen a raccoon do before, and he would show his teeth
and then he would fall over backward and go into almost a comatose condition," Mr Coggeshall told the news
agency WKBN.
That raccoon, along with 14 others that police responded to, have been euthanised.
Local officials say the animals were likely suffering from distemper - a viral disease that causes coughing, tremors,
seizures and leads raccoons to lose their fear of humans...'
Quote:London violence: Extra Met Police officers on patrol.
'An extra 300 Met Police officers are being deployed in areas of London worst affected by a spate of violent crime.
Six people have been killed in shootings and stabbings in the capital in the past seven days...'
Quote:'...Commissioner Cressida Dick denied her officers had lost control of the streets as calls have been made to make
more use of stop-and-search powers. Three boys -aged between 13 and 16 -have been charged in connection
with the serious wounding of a boy, aged 13.
The teenager, from Newham, east London, remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being stabbed
on Thursday -one of six non-fatal stabbings that took place between Thursday night and Friday morning in the capital.
The Home Office said stop-and-search powers should be used in a "targeted way" and was taking action to restrict
weapons...'
Quote:'...Former Met Police Commissioner Lord Blair said it was a "sensible tactic" -but called for more funding for
neighbourhood policing. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "If you take 20% of the Met's money away,
something gives.
"This is a result, in part, of there not being enough officers visible on streets."...'
Quote:'Chill effect'
'Chief Constable Sara Thornton, the chairwoman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said stop-and-search should
not be used randomly but could work in crime hotspots. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, she said officers were reluctant
to use the powers because of what she described as the "chill effect" of political correctness...'
Quote:'...She said policing "cannot address the social conditions that lead to violence" but while "stop and search or arrests
are not a silver bullet, they are an important tool in helping to protect the public from violent crime"...'
Quote:'...The rising wave of violent crime meant the number of suspected murders in London in March was higher than that
of New York. Ms Dick admitted the Met was "stretched" but said her officers were doing "everything they can" to reduce
street crime...'
Quote:'...Earlier, Ms Dick appealed for support from the public for justice to be served as it emerged the Met has openedThe BBC:
55 murder investigations this year. She said: "This is not an unprecedented time, but it is a very worrying time."...'
Quote:When good TV goes bad: how Roseanne’s dream turned into a nightmare.SOURCE:
'The sitcom’s honest portrayal of a working-class family made it a hit for eight seasons.
Then the Connors won the lottery and everything got weird.
The implosion of Roseanne hurt. It had been so good, so funny, so groundbreaking when it first appeared
in 1988...'
Quote:Is it possible to separate Roseanne from its controversial star?
'The reboot of the family sitcom has become a monster ratings hit but the off-screen views of its lead star
continue to unsettle.
The original series of Roseanne featured gay characters, cohabiting teenagers, women rebelling against sexist
bosses and it was, for its time, shocking and progressive. It was also award-winning.
Now, it’s back on ABC for an initial eight-episode run (a second series has already been commissioned).
Why wouldn’t old fans like me herald the return of Roseanne?
The answer: Roseanne.
Roseanne Barr was known as a colorful character long before her show’s debut. But though some on the left might
have found her behavior distasteful –crotch-grabbing after singing the National Anthem badly at a baseball game,
for example –in general, she was regarded as a card-carrying, Obama-voting Hollywood liberal.
Sometimes, an extreme one: she ran for president in 2012, losing the Green Party nomination to Jill Stein.
Also in 2012, she tweeted the home address of the parents of George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin.
But in the run-up to the release of the new show, it became apparent that Barr had changed sides.
She’s embraced Trump and expressed far right views about everything from economics to immigration.
She’s an enthusiastic retweeter (and sometimes deleter) of conspiracy theories, from Pizzagate to slurs about
Palestinians to doctored photos of school shooting survivors doing Nazi salutes.
And since the relaunch of the show, an old photoshoot of Barr dressed as Hitler baking cookies meant to represent
Jewish people has been doing the rounds again on Twitter –Barr is Jewish, and the shoot was done for the satirical
Jewish magazine Heeb in 2009, which maybe makes it slightly less antisemitic.
But it was still in unquestionably bad taste...'
Quote:'...But does all of this mean that folks who loathe everything about the current president should boycott the new
series on ethical grounds?
In 2018, Roseanne Conner, like her creator, is also a Trump supporter. But unlike Barr, her support of Trump is
driven less by belief in rightwing conspiracy and more by the belief that he’d do more for her white, working-class
Illinois family than Hillary Clinton. Does this normalize Trump supporters? Maybe...'
(04-07-2018, 09:46 AM)BIAD Wrote: [ -> ]The key to the cupboard that stores Policemen has been found and the three hundred fully-trained Officers haveSad thing is the the police force, sorry the police service had been almost compleaty destroyed by PC. Police in Britain are chosen on skin colour and religion not on ability, IQ, or there love of the country. End result is the sickness seen all over the country.
been released to staunch the knife-crime in London. Or at least, that's the way mainstream media portray it as.
Is it that holiday-leave has been cancelled, which means the number of Police in the capital hasn't really risen
or is it that Officers from other areas of the country have been 'scrounged-in' with the promise of more pay?
If it's merely extra Bobbies-on-the-beat being available from the training proceedures, I'd suggest it's a remarkable
convenience!
Quote:London violence: Extra Met Police officers on patrol.
'An extra 300 Met Police officers are being deployed in areas of London worst affected by a spate of violent crime.
Six people have been killed in shootings and stabbings in the capital in the past seven days...'
The Government-funded news outlet really means "An extra 300 Met Police officers are being deployed in areas
of London for the weekend" But it doesn't have the same impact, does it?
Quote:'...Commissioner Cressida Dick denied her officers had lost control of the streets as calls have been made to make
more use of stop-and-search powers. Three boys -aged between 13 and 16 -have been charged in connection
with the serious wounding of a boy, aged 13.
The teenager, from Newham, east London, remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being stabbed
on Thursday -one of six non-fatal stabbings that took place between Thursday night and Friday morning in the capital.
The Home Office said stop-and-search powers should be used in a "targeted way" and was taking action to restrict
weapons...'
The latest reports in the media are that many of these stabbings are part of a game... a points-gathering game
that online youngsters are taking part in. It coulld be true, but it could also been a convenient vechicle to use for
more internet regulation-control.
Quote:'...Former Met Police Commissioner Lord Blair said it was a "sensible tactic" -but called for more funding for
neighbourhood policing. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "If you take 20% of the Met's money away,
something gives.
"This is a result, in part, of there not being enough officers visible on streets."...'
Some would add that the perception that all people walking the streets with knives is not correct and it may be
that the awkward truth is that some -a section of society that is prominent with a certain skin tone, are the major
players in this drug-selling gangland situation. However, this isn't a racial problem, it's a class situation derived from
poverty and failure of cultural assimilation
The amount of Police isn't really that big of a factor here because self-responsibility is.
Why is it that black communities believe they're targeted for stop-and-search, and white areas aren't?
Are the Police deliberately failing to take knives from white people or is it -in the majority of cases, they aren't carrying
them?
Quote:'Chill effect'
'Chief Constable Sara Thornton, the chairwoman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said stop-and-search should
not be used randomly but could work in crime hotspots. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, she said officers were reluctant
to use the powers because of what she described as the "chill effect" of political correctness...'
'Writing in the Daily Telegraph...' Anyone here thinking that Chief Constable Sara Thornton voicing her concerns in a
newspaper will have an effect on knife-crime?!! Are London gangs of drug-selling youths purchasing The Telegraph
to see the fallout of their actions?!
Quote:'...She said policing "cannot address the social conditions that lead to violence" but while "stop and search or arrests
are not a silver bullet, they are an important tool in helping to protect the public from violent crime"...'
When Mayor Khan comes back from his well-funded speech tour of the United States, it might pay to keep him a copy
of the newspaper.
Quote:'...The rising wave of violent crime meant the number of suspected murders in London in March was higher than that
of New York. Ms Dick admitted the Met was "stretched" but said her officers were doing "everything they can" to reduce
street crime...'
Dick worrying about stretching.
Quote:'...Earlier, Ms Dick appealed for support from the public for justice to be served as it emerged the Met has openedThe BBC:
55 murder investigations this year. She said: "This is not an unprecedented time, but it is a very worrying time."...'
Oh great, I'm sure there's parts of the public that will more than just 'support' the need for justice to be served, Ms. Dick
is inadvertingly suggesting the public could administer justice themselves.
It seems Dick is being boinged backwards and forwards on this, instead of getting out and dealing with the problem.
(04-23-2018, 11:14 AM)BIAD Wrote: [ -> ]I have written before about how the mainstream media were and are unable to allign their social perceptions@BIAD
of the the people we assume they're actually reporting for. Readership is everything to a newspaper because
a wide access attracts advertising revenue just as viewership for television.
The pragmatic reality is that a media outlet doesn't give a crap whether the purchaser of their product is a priest
or a psychopath as long as that person pays the money. That might seem distasteful, but it's real.
For that box in the corner, often-worded 'hard-edged' drama and cold-coloured documentaries only go so far
and using the excuse of interest in balance, important information is overlooked for the sake of style and taste.
Take this piece from the BBC, it's click-titled 'Is Old-Fashioned British Tolerance Dead?' and may hint to some of
an article yearning for the grounded days of yore, where people were just people and their main concern was
income and rearing a family.
But because Journalism has allineated itself with the upper-middle-class and a level of prosperity, it prefers to
only dip it's toe into the environs of the working-class for the benefit of self-carressing it's false virtues and to
knowingly -or unknowingly (you decide!) assist Governments in keeping control.
Don't get me wrong, any Reporter writing or conducting a televised interview about the everyday lives of the
average person doesn't have to emotionally take on the burdens of the story, the report is about someone else
and that's why it may be of interest to others who walk in different circles.
So take the title of the BBC's Home Editor's piece and click it, the page arrives with an entirely different banner.
'Crossing Divides: Split British town fights back to foster tolerance'
The report begins with:
'The virtue of tolerance is regarded as fundamental to the British character.
We are taught that our respect for the values, ideas and beliefs of others is somehow written into our national DNA.'
The article is not only a filler because it's published on St. George's Day -the patron saint of England, but it's also
an ignorant nod towards those who have to deal with what is really going on in the streets of that and the other
countries that make up the United Kingdom.
But to London Journalists, England is the UK and by the way, I meant 'filler' because it's not time senstive.
It could have been written weeks ago.
Tolerance, the capacity to endure continued subjection to something. Some might say the adherence to a socially
-accepted point on a general moral compass. Surely something to be applauded.
The story continues about how statistics show we fare well against other European countries and again, if this was
a competition, that British tolerance would cause us to nod and possibly pat ourselves on the back.
Unless we were being gang-raped, of course!
Let's not stoop to the negative and stay with the idea that the Journalist is attempting to heal wounds in the towns he'd
never really visit because the residents probably smell funny or have a non-Eton accent.
No, we're all together on this small island and for the majority of the time, we get along. Pie and mash, curries and
Yorkshire puddings, flat-caps and sherwanis, let's all get on and here's a piccy to help us on our way.
Better yet, send a local photographer out, capture an image of mixed-race or asian females and then get him to email
it down to the capital. Yeah, what the reader doesn't know won't hurt 'em.
Some might suggest that self-accountability would go a long way to stop a group of men from trafficking young girls
for the sake of money and lust, some might say that. Unless of course, gang-raping a drugged or drunk vulnerable girl
a traditional recreation of the British and this article is attempting to fool the reader by using pretentious words like
'tolerance' and 'bridging divides'
I think we can agree that a coordinated scheme of gang-raping semi-conscious, frightened girls isn't something that
is the average British person thinks of when they ponder on British pastimes like colourful May-poles, Morris Dancers,
tending a garden allotment and deck-chairs on a chilly beach.
Accepting this article is factual, it goes on to state a British poll suggests 25% of those contacted think the country is
"very divided" and 'Unsurprisingly but unhappily, the proportion that thinks the country is not divided at all is zero.'
Maybe it's just the lasses who were subjected to the brutal rapings from the 'gangs of men of predominantly Pakistani
origin' that answered the survey who said they believed the country was very divided?
Just a suggestion.
In the mainstream media, it's better for all to skirt around the foreign-influnced cultural problem and attempt to allay fears
with hyperbole, weazel-words that don't offend and ruin the callow anti-Brexit rhetoric.
It's just a damned-shame the men who -and still are commiting these crimes weren't white and had guttural accents, then
the Journalists could really vent their outrage.
Still, the page is filled up with words and that's what counts.
Quote:Drug Users Take Over Corridors Of San Francisco Civic Center BART Station.SOURCE:
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5)
Shocking video is calling attention to what’s going on in one of the busiest BART stations in the Bay Area:
drug users blatantly shooting up out in the open as commuters walk by, others slumped along filthy corridors.
It’s a gauntlet commuters walk through every morning at the Civic Center BART and Muni station.
Regular commuter Shannon Gafford knows people have to see it to believe it. “One morning I said, ‘I got to pull
out the camera and show my friends this. They’re not going to believe it,’” he said.
And over the course of a week, Gafford documented his trip to work. His videos show dozens of people slumped
along a hallway, open IV drug use, unconscious men and women, and piles of vomit on either side of the hallways.
Some may find the video shocking. Others may find it routine.
“Every day. Every morning. 5:30 to 6 o’clock. You can see there’s dozens of them.
Needles everywhere. Crack. Heroin.”
“It’s a real concern for our riders, and we appreciate that,” said BART spokesman Chris Filippi. “But what we have
to do is make the most of the resources, the limited resources that we have.”
BART, which has been pledging to address the problem, says it’s recruiting more community service officers, more
than 30 new sworn officers and 20 new station cleaners. But will that be enough?
“The situation in our BART stations is simply unacceptable,” said San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell. “Borders on
disastrous.”
This week, Farrell unveiled a $13 million plan to get needles –among other things –off of city streets.
But the city’s jurisdiction ends when you head down those BART stairs.
“I don’t care, at the end of the day, if now we have jurisdictional issues,” said Farrell. “As mayor, I want to get something
done, and I want to make sure these BART stations are cleaned up.”
While homeless services are offered to those in the city’s BART stations, Farrell says San Francisco police may be
needed because BART admits it is simply overwhelmed by the crisis that has landed in its hallways.
“We’re in the midst of national homelessness crisis, and we’re also in the middle of a drug crisis,” said Filippi.
“Unfortunately, as a transit agency, we have limited resources and we’re not really equipped to deal with these social issues.”
So for now, the status quo is a daily commute through a human crisis that shows no end.
“You feel bad for these people in a way. I mean, because you are human, you see them,” said Gafford.
“This isn’t going anywhere. It’s getting worse.”...'
(04-28-2018, 09:54 AM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]...Multiculturalism = The means by which an advance civilization and culture is subdued or destroyed in order to be replace by
a primitive violent culture.
Quote:Trump: Knife crime left London hospital 'like a war zone'
'US President Donald Trump has deplored London's knife crime, at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) meeting.
Lauding US gun rights, the president said he recently read that an unspecified London hospital was "like a war zone
for horrible stabbing wounds".
He also told the firearms lobby's conference in Dallas, Texas, that American gun rights were "under siege".
Mr Trump is due to visit the UK this summer, after previously cancelling a trip amid calls for mass protests...'
Quote:'..."I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right
in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds," he said on Friday.
"They don't have guns. They have knives and instead there's blood all over the floors of this hospital.
"They say it's as bad as a military war zone hospital. Knives, knives, knives, knives." He mimed a stabbing motion.
"London hasn't been used to that. They're getting used to it. It's pretty tough."
It is unclear where Mr Trump sourced his information...'
Quote:'...However, a leading London trauma surgeon told BBC Radio 4 a month ago that his hospital was likened to an
Afghan war zone. The interview was the basis for a Daily Mail article.
Doc Griffiths.
Dr Martin Griffiths, who works at the Royal London Hospital, blamed knife and gun violence as he said: "We're doing
major life-saving cases on a daily basis.
"Some of my military colleagues have described their practice here as being similar to being at [Helmand province's
former Camp] Bastion." He added: "We routinely have children under our care, 13, 14, 15 years old are daily occurrences,
knife and gun wounds."...'
Quote:'...At least 38 people in London have lost their lives to knife crime so far this year, the Met Police said.
It is not the first time Mr Trump, who will visit the UK on 13 July, has remarked on security in the UK capital.
Last year he criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for his handling of terrorist attacks in the city...'
Quote:'...Marian Fitzgerald, a criminologist at the University of Kent, said although there had been a spike in knife-related deaths
in London, it was a separate issue to gun control.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's just politically convenient, in a speech to the gun rights lobby, to try and
make those comparisons and they are totally spurious. She added: "If he needs reassurance, Donald Trump is going to
be much safer in London than he would be at home."...'
Quote:'...It was Mr Trump's fourth address to the NRA and his second in office. The last president to do so was Ronald Reagan in 1983.THE BBC:
An estimated 80,000 people have attended this year's NRA convention in Dallas.
The lobby supported Mr Trump during his 2016 presidential election, spending over $11m (£8m) in advertisements for him,
according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
After a high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 dead in February, Mr Trump said he would "fight" the NRA on gun control.
At the time, the president appeared to support raising the age limit of purchasing rifles, closing background check loopholes and
confiscating firearms from mentally ill individuals.
The US president later said there was "not much political support".
Mr Trump instead pushed a proposal to provide firearms training to school employees.
His administration, however, has taken steps to ban bump stocks, which allow a rifle to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute...'
(05-05-2018, 07:48 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: [ -> ]Very well articulated @"BIAD". You should be a journalist.
(05-05-2018, 09:04 PM)BIAD Wrote: [ -> ](05-05-2018, 07:48 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: [ -> ]Very well articulated @"BIAD". You should be a journalist.
Thank you.
No, I couldn't be. You see I used to clean toilets and empty trash cans for a newspaper
before I stepped up to do imagery work for the same company.
You can't jump from one class level to another under the gaze of old-style Journalists,
it implies anyone who can type can report a story!
(By the way, the BBC altered the title and added a countering opinion to that posting with
the head of trauma treatment saying Trump's comment was 'ridiculous'!)
Rewrite:
(05-05-2018, 09:16 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: [ -> ]I would read your articles ANY day vs. today's so-called journalists.
Cleaning toilets and emptying garbage gives one plenty of time to "think" and see things from a different perspective...
the true perspective, apparently.
Quote:Premier League arrange fixtures so top six will not meet on first or last weekend of season as criticsTHE DAILY MAIL:
blast special treatment for big clubs
*It has been revealed that specific scheduling is in place for commercial reasons
*Premier League also guarantee that two of top-six sides play on 26 weekends
*Fixtures are arranged as such to appeal to broadcasters and boost attendance
*Critics argue this gives special treatment to big clubs already awash with cash
'The Premier League ensure top six clubs do not play each other on the first or last day of the season,
it has been revealed. This arrangement has been executed for a number of years and also ensures two
of the those elite sides lock horns on 26 weekends of the campaign.
Fans have been kept in the dark about the Premier League's strategic scheduling, as exposed by the Times.
Critics have argued that specific planning of top-six fixtures gives big clubs special treatment with those
sides already attempting to claim a greater slice of money from overseas television rights.
Sources close to the Premier League claim the system is in place to appeal to broadcasters and boost
attendances.
There are traditionally smaller viewing figures for the opening weekend as it's during the holiday period.
And given the fact that every match on the final weekend takes place at the same time, there is a fear that
one huge game would draw attention away from the others.
The information was disclosed in the tender document provided to broadcasters by the Premier League
for the 2019-22 time frame. Kevin Miles, chief executive of The Football Supporters' Federation was unaware
of the arrangement but said: 'This is certainly news to us and we look forward to holding discussions with the
Premier League about the pros and cons of it.'
The Arsenal Supporters' Trust were far more critical and a spokesman said: Every Premier League club should
be treated equally, and we do not agree with this push for them to receive a bigger share of television money.
'The AST would like the focus of the schedule to be on organising fixtures and kick-off times that are convenient
for fans who go to matches, rather than what best suits domestic or overseas TV viewers.'...'