many UK ppl here?

was just watching some parliament stuff... theyre trying to get a UK launchpad started so we can start our own proper space program 😃

such a weird time where the so called "left" wants to tolerate religious conservatism and the so called "right" wants to progress liberal freedoms and values.... how long was I asleep?

Im a heavy sleeper

I was thinking about monty pythons the life of brian last night.. and how they faced a lot of backlash from the religious community and almost got banned... but ultimately the media stood up for comedy saying "its just a bit of fun" ... I wonder if they would have the same reaction today if it was "the life of mahmood"

I mean obviously if it featured mohammed then its instantly a no-go .. but if it was a similar story - but no depiction of the prophet

I noticed last night they put all the monty python films and series on netflix... might have to watch life of brian again 😃

I remember this story from when I was really young... I remember my mum being really sad about it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-43987079?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social

but who is appealing for a dead guy?

did you watch sargon's recent speech on marxism?

#VoteLabour is trending in my country :/

its so weird the detatchment from twitter/twitter polls - and real life voting... its like polar opposite

to what? twitter?

oh the sargon vid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CfbK9b4b5Q

oh interesting... getting some disruptions in the UK today after they rolled out ID checks in voter booths

can literally be anything... even a debit card

and still people are furious :/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-elections-latest-voters-denied-right-id-check-identification-polling-stations-london-a8334306.html

thx for the offer

its strange they point out that "hardly any voter fraud is going on so why do it."... but surely thats the best time to implement something like a basic ID check... surely if there is already a lot of voter fraud going on, then it would be harder to implement... nip it in the bud as they say

like.. I would say in the US.. its already too late.. maybe?

looks like theres only a small pocket of ISIS in the south of Damascus now, final rebels bussed out

gov is rolling in tanks as we speak... also a couple of heli's around

jeez theyre annihilating the place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWfG1P3bRH8

Im not sure if a single MSM outlet reported evidence given by that kid (hassan?) at the hague

Im not sure if Ive read the translation correctly.. but it sounds like this article is saying there will be a staged chemical attack in Deir ez-Zor? ...Will be interesting if we see a "chemical attack" happen in the near future https://www.bfm.ru/news/383912?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=v-sirii-gotovitsya-novaya-provokatsiya-s-hi

also rebels just surrendered in north homs

gotta love MSM
BBC News - Virgin media to cut 800 jobs
Sky News - Virgin media to Axe 500 jobs
BBC news wales - Virgin media to cut 700 jobs

The actual news is that theyre closing 8 call centres ... and theyre just estimating the number of people... I dont know why they dont just go with the headline: Virgin Media closing 8 call centres

but how far does it go... if 800ppl lose their jobs - thats potentially 800 families .. could they use the headline saying it will affect thousands of people - even if its indirectly ... how far does it go

but the BBC is funded from taxes - they have no adverts - no requirements to "sell" anything

I wonder if its deeper than that... like its just how people are trained now or something?

like theyre not even trying to sell consciously.. its just "this is how to write articles"

if anything that should give them even more reason to be as unbiased as possible

and stick to the facts as much as possible (which to be fair I think they do most of the time)

i imagine those kinda people dont really care about any cause.. and just want to set the world on fire and watch it burn

specially if the rest of the group likes to wear masks and all wear the same black clothing

great excuse to get away with some teenage smashing stuff

Im not sure about that... the BBC has been called bias ...pretty much since its inception

well its complicated but its seperate from the people in power... its not under parliaments mandate... like the bank of england

but yeah ... Im sure GCHQ sometimes has a word... it would not surprise me

yeah but its different in the UK .. even though one party is "in control" .. the government is also made up of the opposition

anyone going to be watching #Farmlands when its out? Im a bit sceptical of LS

i didnt hear much about this student march which apprently affected 40 states, students walking out of schools in protest

something about protecting the 2nd amendment (so Im not surprised it wasnt covered much)

yeah the twitter and some media went into a bit of meltdown when they announced he was coming here in july

I dont expect it.. but they should

could just be biased journalists

if you start with 2 outlets.. one slightly left leaning.. then a left leaning journalist will go for that outlet - eventually it will get more and more biased naturally

same with audiance .. if one is slightly left leaning, a left leaning person will choose it.. but I think its down to the journalists that make the bias grow

it will be interesting to see how knife media or whateer its called grows

but tbh the more centrist something is, it will be called right wing and left wing

BBC is often called both

the left is always accusing it of right wing bias... and the right even insinuate that its red colouring favours the labour party

the current government is centre right wing

but like I said earlier.. less of the half the gov is made up of that party

I would say may is a last generation feminist

not like jesse philips who is an MP for labour

I guess its less about business to the people writing the articles... you would think someone would have a word from higher up

yeah but greed for what? greed for themselves? greed for their employers outlet? greed for fame? greed for cash?

yeah but tabloids have existed for decades... thats not really something new

hang on .. lemme find this prediction from Carl Sagan its really good...

ah.. cant post images... er... lemme see if I can get a link..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGyRSi0UIAIK58P.jpg:large

I think that one line "unable to distinguish between what feels good and whats true"... was bang on

nothing new I know... but...meh

I beleive he used the "ga" rather than the hard r ... could be wrong...

oh shit! .. the head of jaish al-islam just resigned ... hmmmm

wasnt the nintendo wii remote and xbox kinect both invented in tel aviv?

😛

and that Israeli flying ambulance I saw back in like... hmm 2015? whatever happened to that?

wtf I cannot find the article about the flying ambulance... its been memory holed

think I found it.. its called the airMule .. this looks similar to what I remember

this is the one I remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoPJ_vcGqZs

what does Israel get from the US these days? $10bn or $3bn... I forget 😛

just for military

Can I be pro Israel AND pro palistine? 😛

rename both countries Israelistine - there I sorted the problem.. you're welcome world ;P

you know , 2000 years ago Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as a symbol of peace... and there has been nothing but peace there ever since

I think with Islam you just need to separate out the religious conservatives that want to erode the separation in church and state... and the rest

once we brexit we will take back Syria Jordan and Iraq under the british empire again ;P

and we'll make sure to mess tham up much better this time

is there another meaning to ((())) ... because a few of our MPs official twitter accounts have their names in ((()))

hmmm etherium up 10% today

this is the british MP i was talking about... whats the brackets for? https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent

well, the party has been accused often of anti-semitism

er.. what just happened? stock market had a seizure

nah just a 20points downs and up

but very immediate

why is youtube recommending me "rebel media" :/ am I that far gone 😛

damn I should have caught that dip in the stock market... i was looking for a way to add more

@Timcast https://twitter.com/CountDankulaTV/status/992088957725818880 😛

can always float it out there.. see if both agree

saw a suggestion for Rubin

Does Tim have a video going through the political compass test like sargons?

you know whats weird... on the political compass... if you look at the US candidates.. after they put them through it turns out that Hillary is actually right wing of Trump

oh no! they updated the site and its not there anymore 😦

ah ok.. https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

its not based on their personality - only their official policies I believe