Things Noticeable this week

[Jenny48549]

And about 2 hours after the news conference by the NYPD, they still held the annual Halloween parade in downtown NYC.

http://abc7ny.com/society/iconic-nyc...ttack/2589691/

Take that and put it where the sun don't shine, you stupid terrorist a-holes.

[Devius]

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has resigned following allegations of past behaviour, the BBC has been told.

He said his behaviour in the past may have "fallen short".

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41838682

[vinceprince]

Originally Posted by Devius

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has resigned following allegations of past behaviour, the BBC has been told.

He said his behaviour in the past may have "fallen short".

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41838682

A statement from the 13th Duke of Wybourne

A number of allegations have surfaced recent days about my own previous conduct.

Many of these have been false but I accept that in the past I have fallen below the high standards that we require of the VEF that I have the honour to be a senior member of.

Regarding the French maids' finishing school, the student-nurses hall of residence, the sixth-form dormitory girls, the women's prison, the Brazilian synchronised-swimming team, my best friends wife, Daisy the cow and the local mortuary. I honestly do not remember the encounters, it would have been over 20 years ago. But if I did behave then as they describe, I owe them the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour.

[haroldeye]

I met him several times when he was my MP. Always thought his only interest was in himself.

[Devius]

Originally Posted by Devius

At least eight people have been killed and 11 injured in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.

A 29-year-old man who emerged from the vehicle was shot by a police officer and arrested.

US media named him as Sayfullo Saipov, an immigrant who came to the US in 2010 and had apparently settled in Florida.


Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41825577

Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov has been charged by US prosecutors with causing the deaths of at least eight people in New York by mowing them down in a truck.

Mr Saipov, 29, is also accused of providing material support and resources to Daesh.


Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41835266
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/n...olice-say.html

[tsunamiSD]

Putin, exposed, may become more dangerous

Has there ever been a covert action that backfired as disastrously as Russia’s attempt to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign?
Granted, we know all the reasons Moscow is gloating: Donald Trump is president; America is divided and confused; Russia’s propagandization of “fake news” is now repeated by people around the world as evidence that nothing is believable and all information is (as in Russia) manipulated and mendacious.
But against this cynical strategy there now stands a process embodied by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, which we will call, as a shorthand: “The Truth.” Mueller has mobilized the investigative powers of the U.S. government to document how Russia and its friends sought to manipulate American politics. We are seeing the rule of law, applied.

Russian meddling is now advertised to the world. This topic will dominate American debate for the next year, at least. In Europe, meanwhile, a similar reaction to Russian influence operations is gaining force. President Vladimir Putin once imagined that Trump would be Russia’s bridge back from isolation. Not anymore.

Next comes the overtly dangerous part: When covert operations are exposed, nations sometimes adopt more aggressive actions. On the continuum of warfare, Russia has been playing somewhere in the middle, between war and peace. Now, as the world focuses on Russian mischief, will the Kremlin move the dial up or down?
Putin made some comments last week that worry me. Before a meeting of his security council on Oct. 26, Putin announced that he was augmenting cyberwar policies to take into account “that the level of threat in the information space is on the rise.” He proposed “additional measures” to combat adversaries and protect Russia. He argued that Russia was simply protecting its citizens from cybercriminals, but his language was emphatic: “It is necessary to be tough as regards those persons and groups that are using the Internet and the information space for criminal purposes.”

[Devius]

Bloody Hell - now it's Dustin Hoffman....

Dustin Hoffman has been accused of sexual harassment against a 17-year-old intern.
Writer Anna Graham Hunter alleges the actor groped her and engaged in sexually inappropriate conversations on the set of 1985 TV movie Death of a Salesman.

Hoffman has apologised for his behaviour towards Ms Hunter.

He said: “I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.”

Details:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...st-17-year-old
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ccused-sexual/

[CARLTON BROWN]

This Fallon resignation is somewhat hard to comprehend. Apparently, he briefly put his hand on the knee of journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer, who often turns up on TV discussion shows. She has jokingly responded by saying - "This incident happened in 2002. No one was remotely upset or distressed by it. My knees remain intact."

So what is going on here and what was really brought to May's attention this afternoon?

[Devius]

Originally Posted by CARLTON BROWN

This Fallon resignation is somewhat hard to comprehend. Apparently, he briefly put his hand on the knee of journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer, who often turns up on TV discussion shows. She has jokingly responded by saying - "This incident happened in 2002. No one was remotely upset or distressed by it. My knees remain intact."

So what is going on here and what was really brought to May's attention this afternoon?

Apparently friends of Michael Fallon have suggested that there may have been similar incidents more recently, saying: “He would absolutely concede that some of the flirtation has been inappropriate.”

Also Fallon's resignation letter admitted his behaviour towards women in the past has “fallen below standards” which implies he was worried about further revelations.



[EDIT]
And in other news...

EU nurses are 'turning their backs on UK'
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41838426

Two 14-year-old boys have been charged with conspiracy to murder, after probe by counter-terror police in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on Saturday
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-41834434

The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi faces arrest in the UK after prosecutors asked for him to be extradited from Libya
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-41839277

More than half of London's police front counters will close as part of plans to save £8m, mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41828778

Across England and Wales an incident involving a blade or sharp object takes place, on average, every 14 minutes. Of the 37,000 incidents in the past 12 months, more than 13,000 offences were committed in London
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41822965

But don't worry about that, folks.....

[palo5]

Originally Posted by tsunamiSD

Putin, exposed, may become more dangerous

Seriously, anyone who believes that invented nonsense is an imbecile. Yes, an imbecile

None of those sources have a gram of evidence for anything they say. If you think they do, where is it?

Honestly! The games western media play to disinform their viewers & readers!