Stupid World

[Katman]

Tha Assad regime in Syria appears to have fallen. That was swift and surprising, not least for Assad.

Another win for the Greater Israel Project.

[pritch]

Mrs Assad who married for better or worse appears to have decided it was just for better. She reportedly wants a divorce, life in Moscow is not to her liking, she'd like to return to the UK. She holds British and Syrian citizenship but some officials have said she is not welcome in Britain.

The divorce is story is from Arabic and Turkish sources. Moscow deny it. Take your pick.

[Katman]

She holds British and Syrian citizenship but some officials have said she is not welcome in Britain.

Isn't it funny how her and her husband were welcomed into Buckingham Palace not that long ago.

[Grumph]

Mrs Assad who married for better or worse appears to have decided it was just for better. She reportedly wants a divorce, life in Moscow is not to her liking, she'd like to return to the UK. She holds British and Syrian citizenship but some officials have said she is not welcome in Britain.

The divorce is story is from Arabic and Turkish sources. Moscow deny it. Take your pick.

Reputedly, she has leukemia.

[Grumph]

Isn't it funny how her and her husband were welcomed into Buckingham Palace not that long ago.

Isn't it funny how this gets blamed on the royals - when it would have been at the request of the Foreign Office.

Not that long ago on whose terms ? 2002 according to google. The world has changed a lot in 22 years.

[pritch]

Cheerful thought. Just listening to a former British politician and he says Russia had a selection of satchel sized nuclear devices in their arsenal. The devices are not where they are supposed to be and nobody knows where they are.

Just in case you couldn't think of anything to worry about?

[husaberg]

Cheerful thought. Just listening to a former British politician and he says Russia had a selection of satchel sized nuclear devices in their arsenal. The devices are not where they are supposed to be and nobody knows where they are.

Just in case you couldn't think of anything to worry about?

Didn't Prigozhin try and pick up a few of those?

[Katman]

Just listening to a former British politician and he says Russia had a selection of satchel sized nuclear devices in their arsenal.

Israel had those back in 2001.

[pritch]

Israel had those back in 2001.

Presumably Israel still know where theirs are? Unlike Russia.

[Katman]

Presumably Israel still know where theirs are?

I think they used theirs.

[pritch]

A victim of the New Orleans attack who suffered 'multiple fractures' and who still had a bullet in her foot requested a leave of absence from the Amazon warehouse where she worked. Her request was denied. Naturally this attracted media attention. Amazon have now reconsidered and said she can have leave with pay.


https://www.msn.com/en-nz/public-saf...rt/ar-AA1wUZ1e

[onearmedbandit]

Definitely on topic, that sums up 'Stupid World' with great accuracy.

[R650R]

A victim of the New Orleans attack who suffered 'multiple fractures' and who still had a bullet in her foot requested a leave of absence from the Amazon warehouse where she worked. Her request was denied. Naturally this attracted media attention. Amazon have now reconsidered and said she can have leave with pay.


https://www.msn.com/en-nz/public-saf...rt/ar-AA1wUZ1e

Big companies like Amazon it’s prob an automated online process. Despite USA lifestyle there prob isn’t a box to tick for special leave due to being shot at. Other story’s mention she selected wrong option. While it sounds shocking it’s also easy to understand how it would happen. News outlets know this but it’s much better to capitalise on mega corporate envy of their profits for a clickbsit story.

[pete376403]

Big companies like Amazon it’s prob an automated online process. Despite USA lifestyle there prob isn’t a box to tick for special leave due to being shot at. Other story’s mention she selected wrong option. While it sounds shocking it’s also easy to understand how it would happen. News outlets know this but it’s much better to capitalise on mega corporate envy of their profits for a clickbsit story.

Would you be making the same excuses if the event happened in a nominally "socialist" country, eg Finland or another Scandinavian country? Too hard to admit that Amazon is completely profit driven, from Bezos down, to the exclusion of reasonable employment policies?

[Katman]

Too hard to admit that Amazon is completely profit driven, from Bezos down, to the exclusion of reasonable employment policies?

But just let anyone dare suggest that the pharmaceutical industry is profit driven.