That was a very interesting piece.

Yes. Yes it was.

Heathen servicemen revive Viking spirit
 

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Whatever floats your boat...

The Times

(It's paywalled, but there are ways and means).

If warriors need religion, why not a warrior's religion?

They can pray to Kahless that they be strong in battle and when they die they'll go to Sto'Vo'Kor.

1950s Western Predicted a Border Wall From a Fictional Con Man Named Trump

:eek:

It already exists. We will pay for their temple. $5 billion for a wall.

If they get their wall, they will not even say, "Thank you." Some religions are not even gracious. Some religions insist they are entitled. Then will demand another $20 billion to finish it.

Oh poppycock, it's not the military asking for the wall, it's Trump, 100%, this is his baby from the git-go to the end.


Oh, and Trump is as far from a warrior as possible.:facepalm:

But Trump said the military wants that wall. It must be true. Trump says it.

It must be a national emergency. Trump says it is. We need that temple to worship the gods of security. All praise Cesar.

Sour grapes because you've been upstaged.

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Well, at least she wasn't attempting to send a text at the same time.

That would have been really silly.

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If Darwin had any idea of the trouble it would cause, he'd never have written that damned book.

Gaia is shaking us off like fleas from a dog.

She should never be allowed to even ride in a car again... ever. That's not a mistake or youthful indiscretion, that's a lack of brains god would give a goose.

The guy walking the tracks... speed up the trains.

As she should. We are a pestilence.

QFT, btw.

Who amongst us has never hidden £260k in the airing cupboard and forgotten about it for four months? I know I have.

It's a bit on the long side, but if you have a couple of minutes to spare, read on...


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I'm forgetful myself...

I guess in the Gibraltar autumn the airing cupboard isn't used much. :rolleyes:

€300,000 wasn't missed, at all, for four months?!

I'd say Hodgkinson wasn't the only one who failed in his duty.

A fair point, Gravdigr!

I wonder if the blame trickled down to a point where it could trickle no further?

A sort of reverse 'buck stops here'.

It probably wasn't missed because so much cash is moving around and a lot of people involved, until the auditors try to balance the books. Really, why would an amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, be routinely carrying €300,000 in cash? Mad money?

Um...Payday?

I read where ac carriers carry millions, just for paydays.

The aspect of that story I find weirdest is, wtff is an airing cupboard?

do not bother with lmgtfy.com, I ask more for the weirdness of the name, not "What is this?" If I'm airing it out, I would think the cupboard is where I take it *from*. I suppose after four months the battle between the "airing" and the "shrink wrap" should be decided once and for all in favor of the shrink wrap.

Unless there's been an unfortunate homophonic mistake... Perhaps it's meant to be spelled "erring cupboard".

At least no one was embarrassed by all that money being found in a safe.

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Usual arrangement is to have two or three slatted shelves above the domestic hot water tank.
The original concept dates from a time long before tumble driers became widespread.

Hah!:jig:

Really.

I also they could stand to audit those books a little more often.

So, that's where one would put money only after doing one's money laundering.

Whereas WO2 Hodgkinson was hung out to dry.

From the Too Stupid To Live category:

So a married off-duty cop goes to the residence of another cop's apartment, at midnight, where there are two cops who are apparently ON duty, and one of them shoots her...

...I think we have enough reason to be at least skeptical that the shooting didn't happen in the form of a "game"...

It must be true, they are police officers who never lie or cover up.

TSTL right there.

Had they spun the cylinder each time, the game may have lasted longer... kids today don't even know how to play Russian roulette. But yeah this looks worse than stupid.

You don't suppose there was drugs/alcohol involved.

If they had put the revolver to their own heads instead of pointing it at each other, wouldn't that have gotten the survivor out of a manslaughter charge?

It's obviously a case of two male police officers being an item except that one is bi and had an affair with the female police officer; so, the other concocted a scheme to get rid of her by having the bi officer shoot her to make things right and prove his devotion.

or

It's obviously a group PTSD murder-suicide pact gone wrong with the two males chickening out of the suicide part after murdering the female.

or

It's obviously a ménage à trois and the female was blackmailing the other two by threatening to tell her husband and ruining everyone's careers; so, they aced her.

or ...

Never let it be said that I do not post anything controversial. ;)

Can a ban be far behind?

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She's a pretty clever chick Liz is. When Trump came to call she wore a broach the Obamas gave her.

One of the horse naming rules is that to be named after a living person you have to get that person's permission.

I wonder which Trump gave it? :lol:

A filly was named Barbara Bush who, as First Lady at the time, provided a letter of permission on White House letterhead.

Theresa May will not be flying to Brussels in Spitfire, BBC clarifies.

These things happen. :)

Maybe she should, I hear the AA flak is improved. ;)

Another nice story about the HW family? а ты говоришь по русски, comrade?

I bet limey can read that.

Yeah, probably better than Google. When I see something like that I have to find out what it says.
Heaven forbid I miss an opportunity to be offended. :haha:

This is the killers mug shot, I wonder who hit him? Her?

According to this article, he slammed his head into a police SUV.

Arresting officer(s)?

He is a cop killer, ain't he?

That sounds kinda like 'walked into a door', doesn't it?

Depends on when the window was actually broken. If it was already broken before the additional cops came on the scene, then she may have hit him in a struggle. If after, then he may well have "walked into a door". It's also possible that he is as profoundly stupid as the given explanation, but that would also require that the other two also be that stupid, and for there to be an innocent reason for them to be well outside the assigned patrol area with a non-service weapon.

"Nice face you got there. Be a shame if sumpin' 'appened to it, now, wouldn't it?"

I was trying to come up with the old Irish Sunglasses bit...

Bu the fella doesn't really look Irish...

Jerry Sandusky filed extensive appeals to have his sexual child abuse charges retried. Courts rejected all but will consider resentencing Sandusky.

Meanwhile Sandusky's 41 year old adopted son just pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse. Is this a weird coincidence or just something that should be expected (due to untold stories)?

Resentencing? OK, give him another 50 years.

Don't fuck with Colorado joggers.

Dude was jogging, and was attacked from behind by a mountain lion. So, what did he do?

He strangled it to death with his bare hands.

Like ya do.

Ok, it was a juvenile mountain lion...You wanna give it a try, it's a juvie puma, after all?

Ima pass, thx.

This reminds me of the camper who fought off, and I think killed, a mountain lion, with a skillet.

Kill it and cook it. Survival skills.

:lol2:

That's a talent, cooking your meal on the weapon with which ya killed it.

Only if it's a Swiss Army frying pan. ;)

My recollection of the Aberdeen Press & Journal is that it was never in line for a Pulitzer Prize. Read on...

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Driving a back-hoe at excessive speed.

Welp, Bill Cosby done lost his damn mind.

Says he's a 'political prisoner' along the lines of Ghandi, MLKJr, and Nelson Mandela.:right: