Stupid World

[Laava]

It was a typical protest tho. Probably most of the people there are looking for excitement above all. These guys will have no problems provoking the police, the muslims, anyone opposed to them being there. So it is a touchpaper waiting for a spark. The other thing happening in the UK is that the jails are already more than full…so they may be reluctant to just slap everyone inside…
It seems to me that the UK needs to close the doors to these muslim asylum seekers. The guys that are leaving are the very people that should be staying in their own country and making it a better place. Winston had the suggestion here that we take in the women and kids and send the men back to sort their own country out so their family can return in time…
I know I am generalising but I have been to a few muslim countries and would hate for that to happen here, or in the UK but that is actually happening.

[Pursang]

I don't know why on-line marketers keep promoting these to me?



I've already got one...had it for years!

[sugilite:Me]

I don't know why on-line marketers keep promoting these to me?



I've already got one...had it for years!

That looks super secure, both a button and velcro!

[neels]

The current Nat govt trying to fix something a previous Nat govt fucked.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...-power-cheaper

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/...rm-way-forward

[pritch]

Y'all will have noticed that a super yacht sank with loss of life in the Mediterranean. The CEO of the designer/builder was very quick to blame the skipper, a kiwi.

This YouTube channel is generally well informed on yachting matters and his explanations are better than most I've seen. The company claims the yacht was "unsinkable." Where have we heard that before? It would seem though that the design figures very much suggest otherwise. One public comment suggests that if you walked around any marina you'd be unlikely to see another boat with lower figures.

The yacht had a retractable keel. The press are making news of the fact the keel was up when the boat sank. In port the keel would be retracted but normally the keel would be retracted unless the sails were up or the ship was more than a specified distance offshore.

This clip goes into some of the design figures but not enough to cause drowsiness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGULtQjJrvQ&t=604s

This clip gets straight into the figures and is easily understandable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEJbyuH-t7E

[pritch]

It seems Raheem Stierling, Manchester City FC, sent his car to the valet with his payslip in it. He won't do that again.

[R650R]

Well that didn’t take long. I cant remember where I originally posted about the potential but here we are, scammers using QR codes to steal your data/banking details/access.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3504...its-way-police

“with scammers hoping to make people curious enough to scan the QR code.
“The QR code allows the offenders to then access any and all data on your phone or device you used to scan the code, including financial information such as your bank account login details, and personal data,” police wrote.
Police urged people to be vigilant and to resist the urge to scan the QR code. ”

[pritch]

The Mayor of New York has been indicted on criminal charges related to corruption. Associates of the Mayor have had their homes raided by the FBI.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/529...n-probe-report

[pritch]

Rudy Giuliani who made himself somewhat of a hero after 9/11, "the nation's mayor," has now been disbarred in Washington DC. He is already disbarred in his home state New York. He is being sued for unpaid legal bills but everything he owns and a whole lot more is already owed to Ruby Freeman and her daughter.

it's difficult to imagine a more dramatic fall from grace and all in support of Donald J Trump.

[R650R]

On paper it probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Once again though a green ideologically driven project ends up failing at great cost.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/09/...omment-page-2/

Whole article quite a good read but basically solar panels acted like a sail that overwhelmed ferry. Guidance cables not up to added load and pile driving new support columns in ecological area not popular idea. Chap that bought old diesel ferry for £17,000 got to sell it back to them for £100,000.

[pritch]

You will all no doubt have noticed that we are once again in Nobel Prize season. You may or may not be aware that there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics. Or why some people consider that to be the case.

The story goes that Mr Nobel suspected, or knew, that one of the foremost mathematicians of the day was having it off with a lady in whom Nobel had an interest and there was no way Nobel wanted him winning one of the new prizes. The only way he could ensure that never happened was to exclude mathematics from the list of prizes.

Unfortunately we can’t know if that’s the gospel truth but I’m small minded enough to find the story mildly amusing.

[R650R]

The Cobra Effect, we see this in so many of our own govt policies…

I like a quote near the end-“The last three decades of western govts have mostly been about replacing what actually worked with what sounded good”

[pritch]

This doesn't really belong here but it doesn't deserve its own thread so this'll do.

Was talking to a biker yesterday and he was saying there is a mass gathering of patched bikers this weekend. All sorts, from Killer Bees to Patriots. He said they are all out to make the most of the last weekend they can ride patched legally. The new law must come into effect 1 November apparently.

[R650R]

This doesn't really belong here but it doesn't deserve its own thread so this'll do.

Was talking to a biker yesterday and he was saying there is a mass gathering of patched bikers this weekend. All sorts, from Killer Bees to Patriots. He said they are all out to make the most of the last weekend they can ride patched legally. The new law must come into effect 1 November apparently.

It seems Ulysses club didn’t make the prescribed list as feared in Dave’s thread, scroll down to schedule 2

https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill...0.0/whole.html

[R650R]

As usual the govt has stuffed it up
“8 Exceptions to prohibition
Section 7 does not apply if the display of gang insignia in a public place—
(a)
was for or relates to—
(i)
a genuine artistic or educational purpose:
(ii)
media reporting of news, observations on news, or current affairs:
(iii)
the broadcast of a documentary:
(iv)
law enforcement:
(v)
providing training or information to persons carrying out work for a government agency or local authority; and
(b)
was, in the circumstances, reasonable for that purpose.”

So all they have to do is to frequently engage with media for interviews or perhaps take a VERY long time to film a documentary of club lifestyle etc. Lawyets going to be busy….