Hiro Protagonist

That's pretty bad. Couldn't name a leader from any country.

Someone was triggered

Once you've seen Babylon 5, all other sci-fi since then pales in comparison.

Even if the insurance rates don't go up, you may lose your discount.

I'm glad I don't have to think about all that stuff with a company car. Including free unlimited fuel.

Don't Breathe. A good little horror movie. Enjoyed it.

Did about an hours work this morning and sitting in my office watching the second season of Zoo. Wearing earphones so no one can see or hear what I'm doing. Should have this season knocked over before I leave at 3.30pm.

Beauty is in the eye of the sphincter.

The God Emperor will be victorious.

My friends and I used to make pipe bombs when we were teenagers. Surprised we didn't blow ourselves up. Couldn't do that now even for ****s and giggles.

I put it down to inexperience on Johnson's part. He probably hasn't been in the limelight that he's in now. I've been in many public functions and one of the things that I've been taught years ago is read up on social and current affairs. This is basic stuff that is taught in training seminars. It's a good way to break the ice to talk about something that people may know something about. Read the newspapers for the last couple of days to find out what's happening. And even if I don't know something when asked, I can usually answer with a question that doesn't make me look like an idiot. For example, if Johnson didn't know what Aleppo was which clearly he didn't, he could have put it back onto the interviewer for context. Then he's put it back on the interviewer to explain. The interviewer may have framed his question with Syria in it and then Johnson may have had an 'ah ha' moment and had some idea what the interviewer was talking about. If he did that, then nobody would have picked up he had no idea from the start. The best thing for Johnson to do is stay low for a couple of days, hope the media shines their light on Trump and Hillary, read up on world politics and current affairs and then shift the focus on other things when he comes back. If the media does asks him about things overseas then at least he's prepared with answers. But I would recommend him to move onto other things. Otherwise he's going to get bogged down with Aleppo. As an anecdote, my partner and I attended a dinner last week and one guy I was talking to brought up a few subjects that was reported in the media over the previous week. It was only due to reading up* on a range of subjects earlier in the day that I could easily hold a conversation with him and knew all the details of what he was talking about. *It also helped that I visited an online forum (Whirlpool) and read a few threads to get opposing views on various subjects. You don't always know people's views when you have a conversation with them and it's good to see different views on a subject.

That's right. It's not just chemical attacks but that's the current media attention that's been this week with the links I posted. We're not talking about the typical layperson on the street. We're talking about a presidential candidate and he had no idea what Aleppo was. If the question was asked to me, I would ask the interviewer, are you referring to the alleged chemical attacks this week that's been reported in the media or are you looking at a more broad answer to the whole Syrian conflict? I would at least know what Aleppo is. Johnson had no idea what the word was. To suggest to spoon feed the Presidential candidate specifics about what Aleppo is and give a backstory (including on what's being reported in the media around the world all week) just in case he doesn't know and doesn't read the newspapers comes across as completely asinine.

I don't see it as a poor question at all. As a presidential candidate, Johnson should be looking at current world affairs including current conflicts as well as what other world leaders are saying. As I said, this has been in the media all week including accusations of chemical warfare with the chlorine attack a couple of days ago. This is current news when Johnson went on and he had no idea. We're talking chemical attacks that have been reported in the media this week and the presidential hopeful has no idea. This to me is a fairly major news story. An interviewer asking about 'Aleppo' shouldn't have to give context. Johnson should already know. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/aleppos-children/suspected-aleppo-chlorine-attack-sickens-dozens-syria-doctors-say-n643706 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/07/middleeast/syria-aleppo-chlorine-attack/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUSKCN11C1S5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/chlorine-attack-deepens-fears-among-besieged-aleppo-residents/2016/09/06/96c86796-7441-11e6-9781-49e591781754_story.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/06/syrian-government-chlorine-gas-aleppo http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/aleppo-chlorine-attack/498923/ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/09/06/syria-activists-warplanes-dropped-chlorine-bombs-in-aleppo0.html

It wasn't a gotcha question. Would it be the same if a question was asked about Nice during the same week of the attack? Aleppo has been in the media all week including comments from other heads of state like Merkel. It's a relevant question at the time since it's being covered in the media. Why wouldn't the interviewer ask something that's current? I get the impression Johnson isn't reading up on what's happening in world current affairs.

Thinking more about Johnson and Aleppo. He was clearly making it up as he went along and didn't know what he was talking about. There's been so much media attention in the last week, I have to wonder what information he's receiving from people or following in other areas. Is he even looking at the news? I mean there was a Chlorine attack and accusations of chemical warfare a couple of days ago, and Merkel was talking about the US/Russian ceasefire yesterday.

You're not familiar with the Chinese? Chinese like white people. Blacks (or darker skinned), Muslims and Lebanese not so. It's quite a fascinating insight including the reasons they come up with. The prejudice against those I've mentioned is known. But I won't take this off topic anymore than it is. The information is out there including talking to Chinese to find out why the prejudice exists. Also good to get the female Chinese perspective on it as well.

That was painful to watch. Not just the 'what is Aleppo' part but the whole thing.

Obama fuelling the stereotype?

'London is generally safe - but be careful in areas populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people': Chinese airline condemned for in-flight magazine's 'racist' advice http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3777759/London-generally-safe-careful-areas-populated-Indians-Pakistanis-black-people-Chinese-airline-condemned-flight-magazine-s-racist-advice.html On a side note: It's not the first time a Chinese company has been caught up in a race row over advertorial or commercial content. In May a Chinese cosmetics company had to apologise for a detergent advert which showed a black man being put in a washing machine and emerging as a smiling, clean, Asian man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-I0JRhvt4

Pepe's Tadpoles.

Hillary has more than a frog in her throat. That's nasty.

Looks at my ten HDDs. I've downloaded so much that I'm set for the next 30 years.

Elderly Japanese fisherman uses karate skills to fight off black bear in mountains http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-02/japanese-fisherman-uses-karate-skills-to-fight-off-bear/7810940

Speak for yourself. You don't speak for me.