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[SalmonGod]

I hadn't even heard about any of that stuff.  All I've been hearing for the past couple years out of South America is how U.S. corporate mining and logging projects keep murdering protesters.

And sure enough, here's today's story.  Seeing stuff like this constantly.  Except usually the victims are protesting, and the names of businesses associated with the act are known (and trace directly back to the U.S.)

[Scoops Novel]

Or rather than watching the BBC which is pretty shit, watch Al Jazeera, the BBC, France 24 and something like CNN so you can get the full picture from a variety of sources.

Agreed. There's been a sharp drop in quality, at least in England and most likely Britain.

[Owlbread]

Agreed. There's been a sharp drop in quality, at least in England and most likely Britain.

BBC Scotland is a very sorry excuse for a national broadcaster. They make an effort with what they have but it's just another little example of poor quality services that we put up with as Scots when we could be demanding so much better to befit a nation like us.

[MonkeyHead]

BBC Wales tries very hard, but there simply isnt anything worth reporting on, really.

[Owlbread]

BBC Wales tries very hard, but there simply isnt anything worth reporting on, really.

I'd say though that in Scotland there's a lot to report on that gets ignored and left to local newspapers. Instead we get the ubiquitous reporting of someone who was stabbed or hit by a car or something in a big city like Aberdeen or Glasgow, something silly, a bit of politics (probably about the referendum or Labour criticising the SNP for not looking at the "real" social issues - yeah, like putting tuition fees back in?), something cultural like a big fashion show or museum exhibition. There is so much more to us than that, and I'm sure it's the same in Wales.

[SalmonGod]

Looks like the U.S. will be getting its first tar sands oil refining operation.

[Nadaka]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gay-marriage-mississippi-newspaper-owner-140311568.html

[Moghjubar]

"Felony Cookie Theft".  Something I never imagined I would hear.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/walmart-pressing-felony-charges-against-employee-who-ate-multiple-oreo-cookies/

[MetalSlimeHunt]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gay-marriage-mississippi-newspaper-owner-140311568.html

I love the owner's comments.

The holocaust, bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Black Sox scandal are all historic. I'm in no way comparing the downtown wedding of two females to any of those events (even though some of you made it quite clear that you think gay marriage is much worse).

We have stories about child molesters, murders and all kinds of vicious, barbaric acts of evil committed by heinous criminals on our front page and yet we never receive a call from anyone saying 'I don't need my children reading this.' Never. Ever. However, a story about two women exchanging marriage vows and we get swamped with people worried about their children.

[RedKing]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gay-marriage-mississippi-newspaper-owner-140311568.html

I love the owner's comments.

The holocaust, bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Black Sox scandal are all historic. I'm in no way comparing the downtown wedding of two females to any of those events (even though some of you made it quite clear that you think gay marriage is much worse).

We have stories about child molesters, murders and all kinds of vicious, barbaric acts of evil committed by heinous criminals on our front page and yet we never receive a call from anyone saying 'I don't need my children reading this.' Never. Ever. However, a story about two women exchanging marriage vows and we get swamped with people worried about their children.

Newspaper is a pretty cool guy, he reports lesbian marriages and doesn't afraid of asshats.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The NC House Rules Committee killed the state's medical marijuana bill because "legislators were being harassed by phonecalls and emails on the topic".

These motherfuckers are openly not doing their jobs anymore.

[GlyphGryph]

No. Those motherfuckers understand, quite clearly, what their jobs are, and they simply don't feel the need to hide it anymore.

They know who pays their bills and who they work for, and it's not the public.

[SalmonGod]

"Felony Cookie Theft".  Something I never imagined I would hear.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/walmart-pressing-felony-charges-against-employee-who-ate-multiple-oreo-cookies/

Sociopaths.


Police officers being silenced for communicating with the public online in both the U.S. and UK.

[Scoops Novel]

No. Those motherfuckers understand, quite clearly, what their jobs are, and they simply don't feel the need to hide it anymore.

They know who pays their bills and who they work for, and it's not the public.

Don't worry guys, it's not as if word will get around! And even if it does, no one will care enough to look.

[GlyphGryph]

Most importantly: Even if they care enough to look, what are they gonna do about it?

The defining feature of a lot of people in power, and that article made it clear, is simple - contempt for those they don't perceive as holding power. If you're not powerful yourself, you aren't important, and if you're not important, they don't want to be "annoyed" by you.