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The DUP are so inbred that they constitute a distinct ethnic group?

How much is going on between the lines in this story? There's a lot they clearly want to tell us here, but can't at this stage:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/14/canadian-held-in-afghanistan-says-child-was-killed-and-wife-raped-in-captivity

England and Wales sitting there like... Michal Fish?

I thought this was a fucking joke... The weather is so supremely fucked everywhere, hold onto your hats!

He's gonna go Waco!

Well, you live in Queensland ... it's more fucked there, no? When did Brisbane get flooded last?

Excellent from when is that?

I'm trying to get to WHY the psni is doing this, maybe it's to do with specific NI laws (on parades and protecting for political views) but it's not clear at all.

Yep, less than ten years ago... They have that crazy flood/drought thing here anyway... More unusual for that kind of thing to happen over there, looks nuts...

This government may be fucked.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-tories-dup-labour-women-pensions-waspi-cash-for-votes-deal-manifesto-coalition-a7999251.html

When even the DUP is against your stance on women's issues you know you've fucked up.

Truly a bizarre timeline we're living in.

Tory cunt bingo here

Looks like it's going against rules set by the Parades Commission:

Wells told the Guardian it had been overlooked that a slogan such as “Fuck The DUP” breached the strict rules concerning marching in Northern Ireland as set down by the Parades Commission – the body that adjudicates on controversial demonstrations in the region.

Wells, who avoids swearing, said: “If someone at an Orange Order march held up a banner stating, ‘eff Sinn Féin’ or if someone from a religious group held up a placard with the slogan, ‘eff LGBT’ at parade that would be a clear breach of the Parades Commission’s rules barring offensive slogans.

To which her reply of this is spot on:

“How many people have the PSNI arrested here for the burning of effigies of nationalist politicians or flags of that tradition on loyalist bonfires? I just can’t believe they have referred this to the PPS. I just thought it would be a laugh.”

Also, the "RUC/PSNI" is quite a clear indicator of how pissed off they are at the PSNI over this!

LGBT campaigners expressed their concern at PSNI’s approach. “We would ask that the RUC/PSNI detail their reasoning as to why they felt there was sufficient evidence of a crime being committed to warrant questioning,” said Gavin Boyd, policy and advocacy manager at the Rainbow Project.

“We would also ask the RUC/PSNI whether additional weight was given to the complaint because it came from an elected politician and whether any anti-Pride protesters have ever been questioned about the content of their placards.”

Oh dear...that RUC comparison is well unhelpful...

Ok fair enough then, the psni doesn't make law.

It's ridiculous that blatant sectarianism and bonfires with tyres / flags don't always get the same treatment, but that's the fault of Stormont.

Tory cunt bingo here

Spots with Stripes... "boorish, offensive and distasteful"

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https://youtu.be/ptsrbej99ag

Fuck off, Allen.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/woody-allen-harvey-weinstein-1202590319/

Having read the article, I think your edit is reasonable.

“The whole Harvey Weinstein thing is very sad for everybody involved,” Allen told the BBC. “Tragic for the poor women that were involved, sad for Harvey that his life is so messed up. There’s no winners in that. It’s just very, very sad and tragic for those poor women that had to go through that.”

Björk has just come forward about Lars Von Trier.

In the music world, new accusations against Gaslamp Killer, Alex Calder and Matt Mondanile.

Floodgates are opening.

It was more this

“You don’t want it to lead to a witch-hunt atmosphere, a Salem atmosphere, where every guy in an office who winks at a woman is suddenly having to call a lawyer to defend himself."

(but what about protecting us poor men!)

and this

“No one ever came to me or told me horror stories with any real seriousness,” Allen said. “And they wouldn’t, because you are not interested in it. You are interested in making your movie. But you do hear a million fanciful rumors all the time. And some turn out to be true and some — many — are just stories about this actress, or that actor.”

(they make up rape stories all the time so you cant trust them and anyway who cares movies are more important)

What an absolute horror of a man.

I think I'm generally fairly accepting of humans being human, but I can never get past the fact he married his then-partner's daughter

Given his own history, you’d think Allen would sit this one out really.

Killer drivers to receive life sentences in law change

Wonder if that'll apply to drivers who kill cyclists.

@cyberyark. And double breasted pinstripes with wide lapels on a slim young man. An affront to decency.

Fuckinell. That's terrifying. Got friends in Santa Rosa and Sacramento. Scary shit.

What an absolute horror of a man.

Any student of history will not be surprised to find that someone exceptional in one area of their life, is deficient in another.

And whilst an over-reaction is possible, even likely, his illustration only demonstrates his generational attitude to sexual harassment.

When confronted by the "What? You can't tell 'er she looks nice?" or "Just bantz, innit." crowd, I find it most effective to put a gay-spin on things: "Your boss is a powerfully built homosexual: how do you feel about him complimenting you on what you wear?"

Unfortunately, Woody isn't taking my calls.

And I think your summary ("they make up rape stories all the time...") is grossly misrepresentative of what he actually said.

Which isn't to say that both "insiders" and the public at large haven't been wilfully ignorant of the sexual predation of children, women and homosexual men by those in positions of influence: the media, the clergy, the political class, the rich and the powerful.

Choose your idols carefully...