Brian Conway

Norway attacks: Writer quoted by gunman hits back Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips takes exception to 'suggestion' on blogs that her writings might have influenced Anders Behring Breivik's actions

At least Anders Behring Breivik likes her.
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Blue pigeon sightings mystify locals in Maidenhead Wildlife experts suggest the bird's unique plumage may have been dyed for a gender reveal party.

Of course there are also blue pigeons for the boys.
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The global aristocracy is just "grifters grifting grifters all the way down".

We need very few rocket scientists as the actual science has been well understood for a long time. Aerospace engineers however are essential, whatever their first language.

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So that worked out well!

Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza Both tout controversial proposal to push Palestinians, who are being bombed and displaced by Israel, to other countries.

Trump is clearly worse. Your mind is made up, so, end of discussion.
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Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strike, which witnesses said hit a crowd queuing to get water at a refugee camp.

I'm saying that Trump was clearly going to be, and has proven to be, even worse for the Palestinians. Those that voted for Trump or sat on their hands bear some responsibility for the deteriorating situation in Gaza.
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It's a shame that US voters were more driven by hatred and lies than caring and logic.
Well at least more Palestinians have achieved peace now.

Trump vs UN: The sanction against Francesca Albanese and the business behind the genocide in Gaza The decision by Donald Trump's administration to sanction Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian

And the US ended up with Donald Trump and the situation got even worse. Oh well 🤪
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I think the Supreme Court has done more to increase Trump's executive power.
The total impact of this bill is very poorly understood.
There is a lot that can be done to change the impact of laws by changing the way the laws are enforced. Trump hasn't changed immigration law, just its enforcement.

He'll sign it, but he has never read any of it. There are only two things in it that he cares about, tax breaks for the rich and billions to jail and expel brown people.

Lisa Murkowski says it was ‘agonizing’ to vote for the megabill The Alaska senator slammed the brakes on the legislation overnight but ultimately voted to advance it after winning key concessions for her state.

After reading about Lisa Murkowski I was reminded of the Room 101 scene in 1984, perhaps it's an unfair comparison.

‘Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!’

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Every country has mixed economies with a sliding scale between "true socialism" and "rampant capitalism". Singapore is at the capitalist end with poor human rights and worker exploitation. Cuba is at the socialist end with low income, but scoring better than the US on literacy and healthcare.

I've seen other data that mentions that the US has 20% or 21% of the world's prisoners, so 25% at some point in time is believable.
It is clear that the US incarceration rate is more than 3 times modern Western countries and it has very poor rehabilitation statistics.

The US is currently ONLY 5th on a per capita basis. It is beaten by 4 developing or third-world countries:
El Salvador; Cuba; Rwanda; Turkmenistan.
The US easily wins on absolute numbers.

'I could live 30 years - but want to die': Has assisted dying in Canada gone too far? BBC News reports on assisted dying in Canada, where some say it's now easier to choose to die than get support to live

Thanks for responding with evidence rather than with a gif or vague waffle.
I get the point that the MAID criteria was extended by the Supreme Court to add Track 2 and that there may be some people whose lack of financial and social support could be a driving factor.
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Hopefully, better than the peace that Trump was going to broker between Russia and Ukraine.

‘True model of humility’: hundreds pay tribute to victims of Minnesota killings Candlelight vigil honoring Melissa Hortman and husband at state capitol was attended by Tim Walz and couple’s son

More often than not it is good people who get killed by those who consume conspiracy theories or listen to idiots, like yourself, who worship violence.
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You are right, in many cases PIP is used to enable people to work.
My post wasn't great. I guess I was just annoyed at the idea that people receiving PIP would rise up en masse against the government, with the implication that violence would be used as they had "nothing to lose". That's crazy 😧.

U.S. brokers deal between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to end war over mineral wealth Fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral wealth has killed millions. Trump wants to end it, and potentially reap huge rewards.

Counting chickens yet to hatch!
"Critics of the U.S.-brokered peace deal are skeptical that it will work, as M23 is not a signatory to the agreement and has not been involved directly in the negotiations, and the Rwandan government denies formal links with the group"
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I'm waiting for you to tell us whether the claim about Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada was right or wrong. Please provide evidence for your opinion.

Ironically, the people claiming PIP would have to demonstrate their ability to work against the government for this to be a threat and if they are capable of working against something then why aren't they capable of working for something.
There are better arguments you could have made.

Inside the Collapse: How Putin's Russia Turned Its Opponents into Exiles There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov

And emigration of those with talent and those that disagree with the war (there's a lot of overlap). Also, Russia has an aging population and few immigrants.
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About 1 in 5000 babies are born with ambiguous or atypical genitalia. So with 3.5 million births that's 700 babies a year that the Supreme Court will have to deal with.

Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?

In this New York Times article it is clearer that Sewell chose the AI character instance and chose to isolate himself and to think suicidal thoughts. The chatbot enabled that, but it is no more to blame than his father's gun. Maybe children should not have guns or AI.
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I think it's probably truer to say that people convinced themselves to commit suicide while using ChatGPT.
If you are already depressed and lonely then spending hours "conversing" with a LLM which is reflecting back your own ideas and concerns is a really bad idea.

Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth? As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us.

Asteroids are even more dead, but a lot more interesting and potentially useful to the whole population of Earth rather than just a few suicidal explorers.
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Maybe some people's heads are just too low so that the only route for most jokes is straight over the top.

With tractor parade, Maine farmers protest USDA cuts that could leave many in debt • Maine Morning Star Steve Sinisi of Old Crow Ranch in Durham was among dozens of farmers who paraded through the streets of Augusta on Wednesday on tractors bearing signs like “Support Farmers, Not Billionaires” and “Com...

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