about 8 years

This thread is essentially a news aggregate of stories and pieces that I believe to be relevant and interesting for both me and other users of the site. Feel free to submit your own pieces.


I hope you enjoy reading.

almost 8 years
Putin says Democrats sore losers, praises Trump
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-trump-idUSKBN14C0WE?il=0

"Vladimir Putin praised U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, saying he had his finger on the pulse of U.S. society, and launched a scathing attack on the Democrats, saying they had forgotten the meaning of their own name and were sore losers. Speaking at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia's president said that only Russia had believed that Trump would become the next president of the United States, but that did not mean the Democrats had the right to blame him for their defeat.

"The current administration and the leadership of the Democratic Party are trying to blame all their failures on external factors," Putin told reporters.
"(We are talking about) a party which has clearly forgotten the original meaning of its own name," Putin said, accusing the Democrats of "shamelessly" abusing their status as the ruling party to try to influence public opinion. "Outstanding figures in American history from the ranks of the Democratic Party would likely be turning in their graves. Roosevelt certainly would be," he said.
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Bebop, EM diplomat, 'found dead from bad play at home just minutes after playing his last sandbox game'

www.epicmafia.com

"A diplomat for the online site EpicMafia, who calls himself Bebop, apparently committed suicide after a terrible game, it is reported. Bebop, 19, was discovered with a bullet injury to hos head at his home in the United Kingdom, according to local media. The alleged suicide came just hours after the news broke of lucid shutting down the same site."


Spoiler
EpicMafia's going to hell
almost 8 years
Russian diplomat 'found dead from gunshot wounds at home just hours after ambassador killed at art exhibition'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-diplomat-found-dead-gunshot-9488602

"A Russian diplomat has been found dead from gunshot wounds at his home, it is reported. Petr Polshikov, 56, was discovered with a bullet injury to his head at his flat in Moscow's Balaklavsky Prospekt, according to local media. The alleged shooting came just hours after the news broke of the assassination of Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov."


Spoiler
this isn't looking good
almost 8 years
Donald Trump surpasses 270 votes in Electoral College to formally win presidency
http://www.breitbart.com/news/donald-trump-surpasses-270-votes-in-electoral-college-to-formally-win-presidency/
/WASHINGTON (AP) — There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday — ensuring that the billionaire will become America’s 45th president.
deletedalmost 8 years
Truck plows into crowd at Berlin Christmas market one dead
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-idUSKBN148287

A truck plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing one person and injuring several others, the police said.
almost 8 years
Listen to the mysterious 'alien call' coming from 36,000-feet below the Earth's surface

(http://bioacoustics.oregonstate.edu/sites/labs7/files/project-media/BioTwangExample_0.mp3)

"Researchers at the Hatfield Marine Science Centre were shocked to hear the wailing noise while monitoring deep-sea whale communications in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench.
Lasting around three seconds, the moaning noise hits super-low, and then super-high frequencies.
The experts’ best guess is that they picked up a never before heard whale call while monitoring the uncharted depths."
almost 8 years
Allahu Akbar
almost 8 years
Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead in Ankara art gallery
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/russian-ambassador-to-turkey-wounded-in-ankara-shooting-attack

"The Russian ambassador to Ankara has been killed in a gun attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital, Russia’s foreign ministry confirmed. Reports suggested the gunman was a Turkish riot police officer. Andrei Karlov was attending the opening of an exhibit at a contemporary arts centre when he was attacked on Monday evening. He was several minutes into a speech at the exhibit when a man shouted “Allahu Akbar” and fired at least eight shots, video of the attack showed."


Spoiler
WW3 now?
almost 8 years
THE REAL LIFE HUNGER GAMES Sick rules for new Russian reality TV show allow contestants to ‘fight, rápe and MURDER each other’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2404086/russian-reality-tv-show/

"A BRUTAL Russian reality show allowing “fighting, murder and rápe” will see contestants armed with knives and dumped in the Siberian wilderness to battle bears, wolves and freezing temperatures. The Hunger Games-style contest will see 30 participants – half of them women – ditched in the wild for a nine-month survival test in temperatures sinking to minus 40C or lower. Contestants from different countries seeking a £1.3 million prize will be issued with knives but not guns and expected to hunt and fish for food to stay alive. The shocking rules say: “Everything is allowed. Fighting, alcohol, murder, rápe, smoking, anything.” Russian millionaire Yevgeny Pyatkovsky, 35, is the brains behind the extreme contest – but says the show won’t take responsibility for what happens to the contestants."
almost 8 years
Donald Trump embraces Kanye West as he meets 'friend' for 15 minutes - and honors rapper by escorting him out of Trump Tower personally
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4029106/Kanye-West-Trump-Tower-Rapper-entourage-arrives-lobby-meeting-president-elect.html

"Kanye West dramatically met President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday - and was embraced by the next leader of the free world. West swept in for a 15-minute meeting, headed upstairs - and then Trump descended to the lobby of Trump Tower to say goodbye to West. It is an honor he has extended to just one other visitor, and to none of the people he interviewed about top-level posts in his administration. 'We’re just friends, just friends. He’s a good man. Going well. Long time – We’ve been friends for a long time,' Trump said. 'Life, we were discussing.' Kanye did not respond to questions about whether he would run in 2020 and said: 'I just want you to take my picture right now.'"
almost 8 years
ISIS declares WAR on Trump's inauguration day calling it 'BLOODY FRIDAY'
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/739508/ISIS-declare-Bloody-Friday-war-on-Trump-inauguration-day

"And the Islamic terror organisation is reported to have recruited a number of new English speaking operatives in recent months in a major bid to communicate messages ahead of the event. US special forces will be on high alert when Mr Trump takes over as 45th President of the United States on Friday, January 20, 2017, in Washington, DC. But security analysts have been following communications between members of the group who are planning large scale attacks on that day, it has been claimed."
almost 8 years
Holidays on the moon will be possible in a DECADE - but a ticket will cost you £8000
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/holidays-moon-possible-decade-ticket-9394296

"Moon Express is a private company that wants to start offering trips to the moon for £8,000 a ticket. The company was founded in 2010 by billionaire entrepreneur Naveen Jain and is planning to launch its first unmanned orbital mission next year. Eventually, it hopes to be sending people to the moon by 2026. So far, Moon Express is the only private company to be granted permission (under US law) to leave Earth and land on the moon. It was given the go-ahead by the US Federal Aviation Administration in August in a move that could open up the space race to new levels."
deletedalmost 8 years
Graduate sues Oxford University for £1m over his failure to get a first
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/dec/04/graduate-sues-oxford-university-1m-failure-first-faiz-siddiqui



An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1m claiming the “appallingly bad” and “boring” teaching cost him a first-class degree and prevented him from having a successful career.





classic o*ford
almost 8 years

OP says

Feel free to submit your own pieces.

deletedalmost 8 years
i'm hijacking bebop's thread now

London Rental Opportunity of the Week: A Fuc​king Shed in Cheam! CHEAM!
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/london-rental-opportunity-of-the-week-a--shed-in-cheam-cheam?utm_source=vicefbuk



Some notes: there is a reason this opportunity is "rare", and that is: not many people have the temerity to rent a shed in their garden. Yes, you would have to get on with the housemates, seeing as you have to trudge inside of their house to , and make sandwiches. "Would suit someone private" is, I assume, because if someone's friend comes over and goes, "Mate, you're living in a shed," realisation might hit and the person living in a shed might suddenly discover they are living in a shed, and move out.

about 8 years
Delete yourself from the internet by pressing this button
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/11/24/delete-internet/

"The internet can be a beautiful and horrible place at the same time, and it isn’t weird to sometimes feel like you want to leave — there’s wasn’t an easy way out, until now. Swedish developers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck created Deseat.me, which offers a way to wipe your entire existence off the internet in a few clicks. When logging into the website with a Google account it scans for apps and services you’ve created an account for, and creates a list of them with easy delete links."
about 8 years
CNN denies airing 30 minutes of hardcore pórn
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cnn-accidentally-airs-30-minutes-of-non-stop-hardcore--a7439371.html

"Viewers were apparently tuning in for a new episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown and the show took on an entirely new meaning when it was replaced with explicit material starring transsexual pórnstar Riley Quinn. The pórnstar eventually thanked the network for the reportedly free airtime."
about 8 years
Police: Woman injected fecal matter into son's IV
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/23/police-woman-injected-fecal-matter-into-sons-iv/94365932/

"Indianapolis police are investigating after a mother told them she injected fecal matter into her teenage son's IV tube while receiving cancer treatment at Riley Hospital for Children. The mother was arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, according to court documents."
about 8 years
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime leader, dies at 90
https://www.rt.com/news/368238-fidel-castro-dies-90/

"After years of dealing with failing health, Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban revolution who steered the country through decades of a US economic blockade, has died, state media report. Castro died in Havana on Friday at 7pm local time, Cuban television said. His death was confirmed by his brother Raul, who took the reins after Fidel stepped down."


Spoiler
Thank you Chaika for alerting me to this BREAKING STORY
deletedabout 8 years
bebop's slacking off so here i am to save the day even though this news is actually a few days old now

Everyone who can now see your entire internet history, including the taxman, DWP and Food Standards Agency
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/investigatory-powers-bill-act-snoopers-charter-browsing-history-what-does-it-mean-a7436251.html

and a bonus cassetteboy video from the last time they tried to pass this sh!t: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2fSXp6N-vs
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Bebop says

Pedestrian hit by deer that was hit by car in Clarksville
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2016/11/18/pedestrian-hit-deer-hit-car-clarksville/94064382/

"... 2004 Pontiac Montana ... minivan hit the deer, and the deer went airborne ... "The deer flew off the car and hit a pedestrian," ... Police spokeswoman ... "This is not a type of crash that happens often," Hall said."


EXTREMELY rare holographic car crash!
about 8 years
Plasma from the blood of young people ‘REVERSES the ageing process’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2210909/plasma-from-the-blood-of-young-people-reverses-the-ageing-process/

"The claim, made by California-based research company Alkahest, suggests that proteins in adolescent blood can actually rebuild damaged cells and u-turn age-related deterioration. Using donations from 18 year-olds, the researchers gave middle-aged mice two doses of human blood each week and monitored the reactions. Prior to the treatment, the mice aged as standard – showing reduced speed and diminished memory. But, following three weeks of the transfusions, that all changed – with the rodents developing new brain cells and exhibiting greater speed, agility and reaction times."
about 8 years
Pedestrian hit by deer that was hit by car in Clarksville
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2016/11/18/pedestrian-hit-deer-hit-car-clarksville/94064382/

"A pedestrian was hit by a deer that was hit by a minivan on Dover Road Thursday evening. At about 5:30 p.m., a Woodlawn woman was driving west in a 2004 Pontiac Montana when a deer entered the road, according to an accident report obtained by The Leaf-Chronicle. The minivan hit the deer, and the deer went airborne. "The deer flew off the car and hit a pedestrian," according to Clarksville Police spokeswoman Officer Natalie Hall. The pedestrian had broken bones, and he was taken to Tennova Healthcare in Clarksville for treatment. "This is not a type of crash that happens often," Hall said."
about 8 years
Santa at Sanford mall replaced for saying Hillary Clinton on naughty list
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/santa-at-sanford-mall-replaced-for-saying-hillary-clinton-on-naughty-list

"A Santa Claus at Seminole Towne Center in Sanford has been removed from his duties after an Oviedo woman claimed that he told her child Hillary Clinton was on his naughty list."
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CooperD says

>dailymail


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