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True. The journalist in this case was actually a US citizen Forensic investigation has started to determine who fired the killing shot... who knows, maybe the truth will actually be established eventually in this case (leaving the internet court of law without a job!) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/12/world/al-jazeera-journalist-killed-west-bank

Did I mention I needed some lighthearted comedy for a bit?.... looks like I found something that has complete seasons. That time I got reincarnated as a slime. Milim is quite the character...

...could face up to 15 years in jail... please tell me that's a joke? Unprovoked killing of civilians deserves more than that. Because he was afraid he would be charged with car theft? If that's for real, Then I suspect the draftees in the Russian army are... never mind. Maybe a few gene pools needs improving?

Based on historical precedent, I suspect the only crime a Russian soldier would ever be prosecuted internally (and shot) for, is cowardice (even if having to attack a Ukrainian tank position alone... barehanded...)

Effectively yes. For the same reason it would be pointless to prosecute say US servicemen for war crimes (the US governments stand being **** off). The reality of it is, with few notable exceptions, war criminals only gets successfully prosecuted AND punished if their side lose badly enough to host enemy occupation forces. An example of an exception is the Aussie guy who got prosecuted *despite* the Morrison government trying to prevent it. But the little free press that exists, despite being raided by Morrison's goons in the federal police, successfully managed to stir up enough attention, that action was taken. It was not someone from the war zone or an international tribunal that managed it, nor was it with the current governments consent. But, sometimes justice gets lucky I suppose...

Go back and reread my answer. It was not about morality, but about practicality.

I wonder about the similarities to the issue in the US with the use of the CSA flag (and the battle flag). While technically the national flag of a sovereign country, it has so many "other" meanings today, that it gets complicated. I do think most people using it today are using it for its provocative effect rather than any sense of CSA nationalism. Much easier back in my old country. The danish flag was given to the Danish king by God himself during a battle in some overseas heathen country in 1219. Combining a sense of moral superiority with profit and land grabs. With Divine blessing no less. Edit: It has been the national flag since 1219 iirc.

BBC picked up on the story too... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61403320 Another Palestinian journalist, Al Jazeera producer Ali Samoudi, was shot in the back and was in a stable condition in hospital, the health ministry added. "We were going to film the Israeli army operation and suddenly they shot us without asking us to leave or stop filming," Al Jazeera cited Mr Samoudi as saying. "The first bullet hit me and the second bullet hit Shireen. "There was no Palestinian military resistance at all at the scene," he added. Video of the shooting showed Abu Aqla was wearing a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the word "press", as well as a helmet. --- It wouldn't be the first time the Israeli military targets Al Jazeera (it wasn't that long ago the Israeli airforce targeted one of their buildings, killing some Associated Press people too). They must really hate those pesky reporter reporting on life in the West Bank and the Gaza strip.

Some people have an undying sense of humour...

As much as I would love to see the next Fallout game from Obsidian, I can understand MS's reasoning. The longer nothing happens, the more the public "gets out of touch" with a franchise. Keep the hype up so to speak and Obsidian is still a medium size studio at best, with limited capacity. Edit: With the potential of nukes getting involved in the war in Ukraine, you never know, the next Fallout game may be more relevant in a central European setting

We're all doomed... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/23/world-imf-forecasts-economic-growth Sadly, a recent Bloomberg article (mid April) I read is behind a paywall, but the tl;dr; was about the world economy faltering and the US inflation competing with SpaceX on who can leave Earths orbit the fastest (US inflation hitting 8.5% recently, which is *not* healthy). Main causes (according to Bloomberg) were twofold, first the war in Ukraine (and the sanctions) and second, China's zero covid policy with incessant lockdowns and the resulting bottlenecks for the worlds supply chains. Of course, Bloomberg may have no clue what the're talking about. I'm fully convinced the next global financial crisis, which was going to make a mockery of the 2009 one, was due in 2020. Unfortunately covid struck and the world economies went to hell anyway, with nobody the wiser (that it would have happened without covid, for different reasons). This also means, those underlying causes are still there, because they never got addressed, as covid will get the credits for wrecking economies...

On the topic of small front men/women with big voices, I nominate Klaus Meine (163cm) from Scorpions and Bruce Dlckinson (168) from Iron Maiden. Impressive voices in tiny bodies...

Just a footnote, Crunchyroll is up and rolling again (ta dah!). Looks like Sony owns the Crunchyroll/Funimation merger and operates it as Crunchyroll

I need to mix it up a bit, I still have the link(s) your shared That one is over twenty episodes of "serious" drama, so I need some easy to digest stuff on both sides of it... Edit: Skeleton knight isn't complete yet, so I think I'll just watch a handful episodes of Dropkick on my Devil Dash (second series) first, the switch to 'Your Lie in April' (Dropkick doesn't really bear binge watching, as fun as it is)

Watched 'A silent voice'. A beautiful story, where I would say the media used for delivery is less important than the story and it just happened to be an anime. I believe it could have been a live action movie or a novel and it would still have been a beautiful story... After that, I do need something more light hearted. Easy laughs and scantily clad girls I think... Skeleton Knight in Another World looks like fun.

He's running for re-election in Australia this month...

There are always exceptions of course. Einsteins brain makes for interesting study because of it's abnormalities

We're getting stupider apparently... human brain sizes having reached their apex about 3000 years ago. So why is human brains going to be a thing of the past? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220503-why-human-brains-were-bigger-3000-years-ago Before reading the article, I had some funny thoughts, like dumbification caused by social media or Rupert Murdoch to be the culprits... but in hindsight, even Murdoch isn't 3000 years old (close, but not quite). Then I thought, maybe it's evolution in action, according to the principle 'use it or lose it', which is living beings losing body parts and functions that doesn't see enough use to justify their existence. Turned out my second guess was a bit closer than the first one... the article speculating that humans are like the cranium-rats from Planescape: Torment. We do more group think and think less individually when living in large collectives and then the 'use it or lose it' principle kicks in

Ah.... I hope that was less than 15 years ago

I used to be happy with Tefal cookware over the years, although that isn't entirely what I'm using now. It was hard to find locally at a time when I needed to finally replace it (after 20 years). What I have now (a mix of Tefal and Scanpan, a Danish product line) seems to work fine on gas and ceramic stoves and has lasted me 15 years so far.

Off topic, but I couldn't help but laugh. 25 years ago, my mum slipped down the front door stairs, as they were covered in ice. She was blue, yellow and black all over, really bruised. Being a good husband, my dad of course drove her to the hospital to have her checked out. You know, nothing broken etc. Well... when they got back home my poor bruised mum was laughing and my dad was fuming... "Next time you need to go to the hospital, you do it yourself!". Apparently everyone and their dog at the hospital had been convinced my dad was a wife beater and he was the one who had beaten her up with a crowbar or something and treated him accordingly. O...M...G... did he hear for that a long time after (as for the truthfulness of it, i was there at the stairs when my mum fell, it really did look bad, so I can understand why he took her to the hospital)

The Pat Benatar I remember... now *I* feel old Edit: Speaking of remembering old stuff...

Space... the final frontier. To boldly go where no criminal has gone before! (cue 60's TV music) https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/05/05/outlaws-in-orbit-canada-to-introduce-a-new-law-to-punish-astronauts-committing-crime-in-sp Nowhere is safe from the Canadian Mounties anymore Canadian astronauts who commit crimes on the Moon could face punishment under a new law that extends the country's criminal jurisdiction into outer space. The "Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act" is a piece of legislation added on to the country's 2022 federal budget, which passed its first reading in Canada's House of Commons - the lower house of parliament - at the end of April.

Reducing crime is not really an option as long as you're unwilling to address the underlying causes. Anything else will just be band aids and election promises (sounds nicer than "lies"). As long as poverty is rampant, a society that feels safe is a pipe dream. Just handing out a few peanuts here and there wont solve it either. Structural changes that addresses the wealth inequality and its consequences in noticeable ways is needed. This is also what the less progressive parts of society fears the most, because it smells like socialism if you give all your citizens a fair go at life and it can't be a real society with winners without a significant amount of losers.

Just a heads up, I moved the EU conversation to the politics thread, as it had turned less relevant for the current war in Ukraine....