Zetterlund Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 On 15/06/2022 at 22:09, welshbairn said: Top of the Pops. Tbf that's some result for El Salvador's president since he took over. Also credit to Colombia for a good performance over the last 30 years, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Today in Colombia election observers are being assassinated and the election is being fixed by giving out prespoiled voting cards in poor areas. I don't expect Joe Brandon to have much to say about it though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Bit scary what this technology could do to flip things over the edge in a crisis. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/25/european-leaders-deepfake-video-calls-mayor-of-kyiv-vitali-klitschko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Wonder if this will be on the Western media's radar: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Blood of protesters literally running through the streets in Uzbekistan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Shinzo Abe, former Japanese Prome Minister, has been shot at a campaign event. Reading reports he seems very seriously injured. No idea if the motive. Abe stood down in 2020 and has been Japans longest serving PM, in office from 2006-2007 and then 2012-2020. Probably the most senior politician wounded in an assassination attempt in many years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Sounds like he’s dead, and it’s about to be confirmed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 This is because Jodie Foster admitted she was kinda impressed when someone tried to assassinate Reagan for her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 His brother has said he’s still alive. https://twitter.com/calibreobscura/status/1545287612038090755?s=21&t=cICQ_cBdLAYXt8Zb-Mglgw Looks like a homemade gun? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Confirmed dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Hopefully this fad of unpopular former Prime Ministers being assassinated doesn't catch on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Sri Lanka PM says he will step down after protestors set his hoose on fire and swam in his pool. I don’t know much about Sri Lanka apart from it’s largest city being named after famous TV police detective Columbo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of the Lords Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Sri Lanka PM says he will step down after protestors set his hoose on fire and swam in his pool. I don’t know much about Sri Lanka apart from it’s largest city being named after famous TV police detective Columbo.Sri Lankans not fucking about. Britain would probably just have voted him back in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Sri Lanka switched to an ‘organic economy’ and banned all kinds of modern farming techniques. Predictably, it’s all went to shit since then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Incredible scenes. I wouldn't be surprised if this catches on elsewhere in the coming months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 12 hours ago, Lex said: Sri Lanka switched to an ‘organic economy’ and banned all kinds of modern farming techniques. Predictably, it’s all went to shit since then. A bit of advice - post less and read more on this subject. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Reports of firefights on the border between Serbia and Kosovo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Reports from Karabakh that Azerbijan has launched a new offensive in Karabakh. Very sporadic reports that Azerbijan is attacking the Northern areas of Karabakh, currently still held by Armenian forces. The 2020 war saw Azerbijan break through in the South of the territory and attack from there. The Northern areas were seen as more heavily defended. There are some videos fo Azeri armour being driven to the front, unconfirmed. The Russian-Ukrainian war has a big part of what is happening. Russia is now more reliant on the Azeri regime and Baku to move their products (oil and gas) to India. Russian diplomats have made several visits to Baku, they have signed an intelligence pact with Azeribijan. The Russian Ambassador also visited Shushi, captured by Azeri troops in the 2020 war. In fact, IIRC President Aliyev was visiting the Kremlin on the day of the invasion. Russia is the main, and indeed, only significant ally the Armenians have. Armenia have backed the Russian lead intervention in Kazakhstan earlier this year, sening special forces troops as part of the CSTO 'peacekeeping mission'. They have abstained in international organisation votes against the invasion but haven't really backed it. The Russian peacekeeping mission in Karabakh is clearly under pressure due to the resources focused on Ukraine. In addition, rearming Armenian forces would only really be possible by Russia and clearly their new production of arms is going to be focused on their ongoing war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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