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Renaissance Robot posted:So what, is May worried that if we come out firmly against SA they'll drop us in the poo poo by releasing evidence of the degree of our involvement? No, it's just "Guaranteeing BAE profits" has been the only consistent and properly-funded government policy since the mid 80s.
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So why are they so terrified that Corbyn will make deals with the bad terror states then?
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Guavanaut posted:So why are they so terrified that Corbyn will make deals with the bad terror states then? Because they won't get kickbacks on a Corbynite arms deal, OP
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this is the israeli ambassador to the US https://twitter.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1057680904162816000
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Julio Cruz posted:A good advert for sleeping all day is that it means I missed the seven millionth argument this year about why Corbyn and Labour should come out against Brexit immediately. I never said Corbyn, I said labour Tyvm
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Dear UK, You're hosed, Signed The EU shouldn't really take that long to put together, should it?
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Renaissance Robot posted:I'm still not clear on whether he's literally tory MP Jack Brereton (and if so why anybody bothers giving him the time of day) or if he just has the worst internet handle ever. Even a Tory MP presumably wouldn't be dumb enough to call strangers loving pricks on internet forums using their own name as a handle. feedmegin posted:I think all of us posting itt are in a hard position to deny involvement with SA never thought I'd see the day when SomethingAwful stopped being the most embarrassing thing to be associated with with those initials
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Julio Cruz posted:never thought I'd see the day when SomethingAwful stopped being the most embarrassing thing to be associated with with those initials I mean, I feel like 1946 got there first.
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Joseance posted:this is the israeli ambassador to the US No, he's the Israeli education minister and a notorious quasi-fascist. If that particular combination of job and ideology got you screaming, then relax, you're not alone.
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Pablo Bluth posted:I forgot to pick up any Halloween supplies, so I'n now a lights-off prisoner in my home until I escape out for the evening at 7:30... Should just dress up as Julian Assange for full immersion
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It is very strange for a member of the Israeli government to suggest that something isn't antisemitic.
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Castles are cool and good and fun, but humans are pretty poo poo I mean, I guess castles exist because of that in the first place but all the same
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Pablo Bluth posted:I forgot to pick up any Halloween supplies, so I'n now a lights-off prisoner in my home until I escape out for the evening at 7:30... Blackout curtains are your friend. Also, if you own a car, park it round the corner so there's an obvious gap outside your front door.
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Said I'd post my Granddad's last flight log earlier, so here it is. He was a navigator in a Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber flying from carriers. Stuff in italics I added. ----- Date: May 16th 1944 Object: To search 125 miles West to ascertain Met conditions. Conditions prior to departure: Weather: Visibility 1-2 miles, less in squalls. Height of cloud 1500’. Air craft arranged on deck & crew took stations for catapulting. Take off delayed due to passing squall. Whilst standing by TAG V (Telegraphist Air Gunner), Smyth reported that a bullet had been fired from his gun and had entered fuselage. Aircraft struck down and another ranged. Just time to align D.R. (Direct Reading) compass & tune beacon before takeoff. 1045: Airborne circled ship-retuned beacon & waited for DR compass to settle down. 1100: Departure taken on magnetic compass. DR compass still unstable. Height 1000’ TAS 140 (True Air Speed?) Visibility 2 miles. 1115: W/F (Wind... factor?) Wind 270/16. DR Compass settled down. 1120: Motor horn tested- unsuccessful. Time baseline shortened and transmitter charging over 25amps. Although weather had deteriorated decided to continue owing to the importance of mission. Visibility 200 yards reduced in sleety squall. 1135: Height 800 feet. Weather very bad & still deteriorating. 1140: W/F 270/16 1200: Altered course for base. 1210: W/F smoke float failure. 1214: Another attempt at W/F-smoke float failure. 1220: W/F smoke float failure. 1224: W/F smoke float failure. Height 600’ less than 1500 yards visibility. Occasional glimpses of sea surface indicated that wind had increased in strength. Could only estimate since no smoke floats remained. Switched on beacon – nothing received and volume tuning failed to give responsive surge. ETA 1250 1250: ETA. Visibility 1500 yards - beacon lifeless - checked over fuses all OK assumed volume control unsuccessful. Carried out square search. 1300: Estimated wind visually 270/27. Proceeded up wind to find break in weather. 1310: Recommended square search on new relative wind. No improvement in vis. Called up ship on T1366 (Radio?). No reply. 1330: Considered further square searching useless. Decided to climb to maximum height compatible with weather conditions. Switched on Cockerel (beacon?) to distress. 1340: Height 4000’. Flying straight and level on steady course & returning on reciprocal, to facilitate fixing of position by ship. Requested D/F bq. (Direction finder... something?) 1350: No reply. Requesting homing of T1366. Further request for D/F bg.-no response. It was now a question of whether we should persist with square search or make for Norwegian Coast which might be reached by proceeding down wind & using weak mixture. It was considered that in view of weather conditions and inability to communicate with base, it was a remote possibility that ship would be sighted. 1400: Set course for Norwegian coast-distance 130 miles approx. Tas 120 Height 500’ ETA 1500 (Approx) chart did not cover it. 1415: Jettisoned all confidential books. Visibility 1500 yards encountering sleet storms. 1445: Flying at sea level to avoid detection by RDF (Radio Direction Finding) stations. 1500: Break in clouds – visibility 4 miles Norwegian coast sighted. Difficulty in determining exact geographical position. Believed us to be Aamdanes since a light house sighted on promontory of land to the North. Flew South along coast-sighted a level stretch of sand suitable for forced landing. It was imperative to land now as petrol gauges were not registering. 1515: Belly landing successful. Crew unscathed. Action of Force Landing: Aircraft set on fire by firing petrol tanks with Very (flare) cartridges. The detonation unsuccessful Cockerel & Motor horn completely wrecked. Whilst salvaging useful equipment, a Norwegian from nearby village led us to understand that a Quisling in village had telephoned the Germans who were stationed on eastern side of the island. After ensuring that aircraft was completely destroyed, we circumvented the village in order not to compromise the inhabitants. Cont. Out of sight of the village we took cover in a cowshed off the road so we might discuss future actions. Few minutes later we saw German troops pass down the road in trucks on the way to the scene of the crash. We waited until they were out of sight and made off in the opposite direction but as we topped the rise of the hill we came face to face with  Goons on a motor cycle combination and that was that.----- TL;DR: Some numpty shot the first plane they were given while loving about prior to take-off, they got lost in bad weather and had to make for Norway. They crash-landed there and ended up in Stalag Luft 3. I've got his entire POW diary posted here in an old military history thread if anyone's interested. PS: "Goons" was a common derogatory nickname for Germans at the time. They got away with using it in the POW camps by telling the guards it stood for "German Officer Or Non-commissioned". Gort fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Oct 31, 2018 |
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Julio Cruz posted:Even a Tory MP presumably wouldn't be dumb enough to call strangers loving pricks on internet forums using their own name as a handle.
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Gort posted:D.R. (Dead reckoning?) compass. Direct Reading. You can google the explanation, it's a little more than I want to explain while eating my tea before I go out.
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I just got robbed blind by a bunch of kids who had the wise idea to bring their mums along in convention quality harley quinn/poison ivy outfits as a distraction Cunning little shits got all the buttons and skittles and bags of starmix, bless em They might have gotten the telly too tbh
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MY GOD HIS HAIR
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Marxist-Jezzinist posted:There was a Novara podcast recently that had a guy on talking about how our trade surplus with Saudi Arabia is significant enough to offset our deficits with France and Japan so it's here and an extremely pro listen https://novaramedia.com/2018/10/26/anglo-arabia-khashoggi-gulf-wealth-the-war-in-yemen/
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lol, our slums are being presented as warnings to other countries about the evils of European socialism.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:MY GOD HIS HAIR Whoever here first said that "Fabricant=Fabricated Replicant" was so right, and it's all I can see now
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I mean, it could be a wig, but if it's real why would you do that to yourself?
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Is anyone going to the Bristol West Labour meeting tomorrow? I feel like I ought to go but it's cold and dark and 
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:MY GOD HIS HAIR Generous assertion that it's his.
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Pablo Bluth posted:I forgot to pick up any Halloween supplies, so I'n now a lights-off prisoner in my home until I escape out for the evening at 7:30... I deliberately didn't pick up any Halloween supplies because I'm a curmudgeonly bastard and simply refuse to open my door tonight. My lights are on and everything. Kids these days couldn't prank their way out of a wet paper bag and also ghosts aren't real, so I'm confident my behaviour will have no negative repurcussions whatsoever. 
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Joseance posted:the CEO of the new york times is the guy who used to run the BBC back in 2010 So I guess that makes him a raging lefty compared to the rest of the board, then?
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The sport comic is both the funniest and best journalism the guardian puts out.
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Darth Walrus posted:So I guess that makes him a raging lefty compared to the rest of the board, then? He helped squash the saville show so
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A bag of fun size Smarties boxes cost me £1.50, and it has the bonus of letting me eat loads of Smarties later tonight because we usually only get one trick or treater.
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Joseance posted:He helped squash the saville show so Yeah, but his new co-workers probably get invites to Roger Ailes's parties.
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Joseance posted:He helped squash the saville show so That just means he didn't want to get caught himself
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Pistol_Pete posted:Is anyone going to the Bristol West Labour meeting tomorrow? I feel like I ought to go but it's cold and dark and Is there anything important on the schedule? I was probably going to skip because like you say, gently caress being anywhere but my bedroom in this cold
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Darth Walrus posted:Yeah, but his new co-workers probably get invites to Roger Ailes's parties. 
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OwlFancier posted:The sport comic is both the funniest and best journalism the guardian puts out. 
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