Lumpy Talbot wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:34 pm The people who stuck two fingers up at the planning system that others are bound to adhere to are, and I would emphasise this, any kind of victims.

Please elaborate how they are victims. Your reasoning is, as often, unclear to me. But maybe it’s just the grammar.…login to view the rest of this post

Lumpy Talbot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2026 9:15 pm The people who built the property concerned will have done so with the full knowledge of the risk they were taking. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever.

They gambled and lost.

It’s so refreshing to see a good and honourable soul like yourself taking such a strong stance. You never disappoint.…login to view the rest of this post

Well that's basically just saying that if it hadn't been broadcast on prime time with a large audience it wouldn't have caused such a big reaction - to which one can only reply "Well yes obviously". If nobody had seen it happening, there'd have been a lot less coverage. Indeed. It just ca...

Good question. A couple of reasons, one being that it irritates me when the American belief that the whole world is just a mini (or failed) America is adopted by people on this side of the Atlantic. If the word N.... were entirely taboo that would be one thing, but it's banal among US blacks, so to...

It’s not even remotely comparable. One example is a social media profile which would only have been visible to people actively wanting to engage or consume said person’s content. The second was a public event which was broadcasted internationally and therefore got a lot more exposure. I quite like y...

That’s not the reason why I look down on them. Anyway, not that it matters.

I can’t find any sympathy (?) for them because I simply don’t have affective empathy and it makes no sense to me to obsess about the feelings of these people. As I mentioned before, I simply think very differently to you, and I find don’t believe that any of you genuinely care about the fate of the ...

I have never tried to hide my interests or motivations, so once again I question your light bulb moment.

The usual idiocy then. Knock yourself out and have a nice weekend.

Been keeping an eye on developments around the ICE/Border Patrol agents involved in the shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The shooter of Renee Good, Jonathan Ross, was at home within hours of the shooting escorted by a half a dozen Homeland Security units. While Noem and Vance were blattering...

The reason for interviewing complainants under penalty of perjury on a number of occasions over a period of time is to see whether the complainant begins embellishing what they've reported in the first interview. Detectives will often afford a complainant multiple interviews much of which is to det...

None of this is new, and all articles stress that the allegations could not be verified and that elements do not match known facts and timelines.
Could be a cover up or just another attention seeker, who knows.

Still wasn’t enough to go for a no plea conviction, whatever the reason. How very tragic.

The number of questions she was questioned does not indicate anything. Yes thank you for another anecdote on the RC abuse scandal. It’s not like you mentioned this several times already. The same was done to Regina Louf btw, so not sure what your point it. Her book is quite interesting if you are in...

Seriously? Now you're just making up strawmen for the sake of it, it's tedious and beyond juvenile. Ok, this is nonsense, enough now, if you're going to start disputing basic facts, you're straying into flat earth/holocaust denier territory or are, as I said before, simply trolling. No. I was genui...

Florida Circuit Court judge, Luis Delgado, who released transcripts of a 2006 grand jury investigation that looked into sex trafficking and rape allegations made against Jeffrey Epstein described him as "the most infamous pedophile in American history". Delgado wasn't presiding over a cou...

Roman Emperor wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 8:39 pm Is Israel's engineered famine in Gaza another parody of the hunger games ?

What famine?…login to view the rest of this post

You're not being asked to sit an exam on it. Procedural dramas are rooted in reality. No one is saying that wizards exist because of Harry Potter. You don't need to be interested in the victims to understand the process. They aren't plaintiffs, that's civil law. In criminal law, the prosecution is ...

Talisker wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:17 pm There is something profoundly depressing and tragic about that clip. Three useful idiots, mindlessly ranting about 'glory to the martyrs' and chanting 'From the River to the sea...' to a handful of demented supporters in a car park. Beyond cringe.

It’s like a parody of the hunger games.…login to view the rest of this post

There are a whole series of elements involved in making a case, FGS, have you never watched Law & Order? A plea-deal can spare a witness having to give evidence. Even if they do it in camera they can still be identified. Sometimes people just aren't up to it. The point is there are a myriad of ...

That's not what I said. Concern for the victim can be a factor for the authorities, not least because it can impinge on the administration of justice. I meant legal 'consideration' which has nothing to do with feelings. Sorry I missed that. How would the identification of the victim impinge on the ...

Ok what's so difficult about this, and you're not the only one doing it, is that you are blurring the lines between speculation, opinion, and fact. So to be clear. Firstly, a 14 year old is legally a child. In Florida where Epstein was convicted it was a criminal offence. This is classified and est...

In what sense is pointing out indisputable facts magical thinking? These are the facts. Epstein was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in Florida. Ergo, he sexually abused a minor and was a registered sex offender in the jurisdiction that he resided in. This is all a matter of public record, not ...

Annie Nymus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:31 am Nope, you're now in the realm of magical thinking: if I say it, it must be true.

Well at least I fit right in here then…login to view the rest of this post

Annie Nymus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:01 am That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Of course it does.…login to view the rest of this post