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• On the post: Trump Threatens BBC With Billion-Dollar Lawsuit For Correctly Pointing Out He Supported A Violent Insurrection

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2025 @ 09:39am

  The resignations were likely even if this was not about Trump. The top dogs at the BBC have faced a number of scandals (e.g. using the teenage son of a Hamas official in a documentary about Gaza) and this was just the last straw. The bosses knew about this dodgy edit months ago as it was raised by members of the BBC board but they ignored it until someone leaked it to the Torygraph. So the BBC are not as clean as the article makes out - although it is a hatchet job by an increasingly right leaning newspaper. Trump may gloat that it is about him but this has been onging for a few years. As for the $1B - good bloody luck with that mate! They cannot sue in the UK due to statute of limitations and a trial in Florida has to demonstrate harm in the US plus malice. As he really did want the crowd to storm the Capitol, that could be an interesting thing to re-litigate just before he mid-terms

• On the post: Liz Truss, Who Accused Earlier PM Of ‘Crashing’ Economy, Threatens To Sue Current PM For Saying She Crashed The Economy

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2025 @ 08:28am

  Starmer is center-left in UK politics which makes him slightly left of Bernie Sanders in US measurements. The nearest we have to Trump is Farage, and he is apparently too left wing for Musk to give some perspective

• On the post: Wyoming ‘Bans’ Electric Cars In Dumb Performative Oil Industry Ass Kissing

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2023 @ 09:56am

  Even DeSantis acknowledges Climate Change - unfortunately, his response is to spend money on sandbags rather than help fix the problem... If everyone thinks like this, nothing will change https://time.com/6219326/ron-desantis-climate-florida/

• On the post: UK’s Online Safety Bill Gets Ridiculous: Includes Jail Time For Tech CEOs

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2023 @ 10:51am

  Nothing would please me more than the UK being locked out of Twitter and Facebook over this. Something that would highlight the reality rather than our press all singing from the 'save the children' hymn sheet. Molly Russell and other high profile cases have removed any consideration about protecting adults from privacy intrusion - it's all about children online. I'm sure Molly's father would not let her wander around London at night, why was she allowed to wander alone on the internet?

• On the post: Age Verification Providers Say Don’t Worry About California Design Code; You’ll Just Have To Scan Your Face For Every Website You Visit

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2022 @ 04:48am

  Where are the Parents

  So because a lot of parents do not monitor and assist their children with online activities - all adults must be inconvenienced? Ironically, these are the same parents who worry about letting their children outside because 'paedos and traffickers' but have no problem with letting their little darlings loose on the internet, unsupervised.

• On the post: DOJ Charges Officers For No Knock Warrant Lies That Led To The Killing Of Breonna Taylor

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2022 @ 06:34am

  No-Knock what's the point?

  I can never work out why no-knock warrants are ever justified. If the occupants have so little evidence that it can be flushed away in seconds, they are not really the level of 'dealer' that the police should be chasing. That sounds like personal use so a raid is over the top. If the occupant has a stockpile, then they are not going to get rid of it quickly and there will be plenty of evidence left when the police have destroyed the door/windows/walls to get in after announcing

• On the post: DOJ Charges Officers For No Knock Warrant Lies That Led To The Killing Of Breonna Taylor

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2022 @ 06:29am

  Dredd was supposed to be an ironic parody of the US 'justice' system back in the 70's. Unfortunately, it became a blueprint rather than a warning

• On the post: Pentagon Publication: Young People Getting Injured At Basic Training Because Of 'Nintendo Generation'

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2022 @ 11:17am

  The problem with that is you need everyone to do the same. It is the old nuclear disarmament conundrum. If the US shut down its military how long before one of the still warmongering, violent and cruel nations think, wait a minute, we can do what we want? Europe is a grand example of that right now. Germany, France etc. have been doing very little for the last 30 years as the cold war finished and the iron curtain came down. We are having a bit of a wake up call at the moment! It only takes one crazy guy with guns and a 'might is right' mentality to mess things up

• On the post: Eighteen Sheriff's Deputies Waited 500 Yards Away While A Burglar Terrorized A 70-Year-Old Disabled Man

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2020 @ 04:39am

  Somewhere between 'hail of bullets' and 'casual observer' there is a middle ground where good policing lives.

  They have not quite got it right yet - keep trying!

• On the post: Somehow, 5G Paranoia Is Only Getting Dumber

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 08:46am

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  Thanks you for proving my point so quickly!

• On the post: Trump Doubles Down On Threat To Defund Military Because People Are Mean To Him Online; Republicans Threaten To Override His Veto

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 10:53am

  Oh, damn... you're right <facepalm> There is no end to this guy's spin and BS.

• On the post: Trump Doubles Down On Threat To Defund Military Because People Are Mean To Him Online; Republicans Threaten To Override His Veto

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 10:28am

  It would be an ironic end to the Trump presidency if he actually got both sides agreeing on something ;)

• On the post: Trump Doubles Down On Threat To Defund Military Because People Are Mean To Him Online; Republicans Threaten To Override His Veto

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 10:11am

  Given that Republicans and Democrats both want to pass this spending bill so they can get on with the next one, it would be interesting to see if they can get the 2/3 majority to overturn the veto.
  That would really be one in the eye for Trump. By doubling down he may be even more embarrassed when both sides go against him

• On the post: Somehow, 5G Paranoia Is Only Getting Dumber

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 08:32am

  I hang my head in shame at the ignorance of the UK public.
  We led the world in engineering 100 years ago and now we are back to burning things because we don't understand them...

  The really sad ting is that being dumb is seen as cool while getting an education and trying to improve is undesirable - how the hell did that happen?

• On the post: Instructors And School Administrators Are Somehow Managing To Make Intrusive Testing Spyware Even Worse

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2020 @ 09:31am

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  I always say that my engineering degree gives me the understanding to know what to look up - I still stand by that. You don't remember everything but you need enough background to know where to start and then you apply the result. I grant you that may not be the case in every walk of life but it covers most of them. I also remain torn on the coursework only idea for the same reasons as you - although I was always one of those annoying types that did well in exams despite little obvious work. Coursework is definitely a double-edged sword but if implemented properly, it could work in an online only world. Weekly submissions that gradually become more difficult works in STEM subject but I can see how languages or humanities subjects could be difficult.

• On the post: Day After Senator Lindsey Graham Is Credibly Accused Of Trying To Undermine The Election, He Hosts Hearing Attacking Social Media For Undermining Election

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2020 @ 10:02am

  I really fail to see why Zuk and Dorsey even play along. Ok, this is the senate and the players are supposed to be respected, but if they insist on acting like spoilt children they ought to be told as much.

  A polite but firm "we run private businesses and you are trampling over the 1st amendment - that, may you be reminded, you swore to uphold" would be great to see. A "with respect you are inventing crap and spouting bullshit" would be even better.

• On the post: Instructors And School Administrators Are Somehow Managing To Make Intrusive Testing Spyware Even Worse

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2020 @ 03:17am

  It can't be beyond their capability to change exams to open book and just let the students get on with it.
  Log into your exam and after eg. 3 hours, it stops accepting input.

  No tracking required and the exam is more relevant to modern life (looking things up as another comment suggested).

  It amazes me that everyone seems to be able to change how they work and modify their behaviour except academia. In the UK they are talking about dropping exams altogether and relying on coursework - I am split on that one as it could bias against a good student who gets no help at home...

• On the post: UK Politician Demands The Impossible: Social Media Companies Must Not Take Down Political Speech, But Must Block Disinformation

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2020 @ 10:02am

  You see? Your Congress-critters are not the only complete idiots in politics...
  We have to suffer these morons daily too!

  Next - porn filters and encryption backdoors!

• On the post: Court Says Trump Appointee Had No Authority To Fire Open Technology Fund Board; Says They Remain In Place

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2020 @ 07:51am

  Re: Great! Support the traditional three-part American system!

  It also helps if you understand the wider context that the UK bill has to operate under.
  The UK is a signatory of the Human Rights Act which forbids the use of torture and extra judicial killing. If you had read the discussion in the House, you would have seen this question being raised and the response:
  "They must also be compliant with our obligations under the Human Rights Act, including the right to life and the prohibition of torture or subjecting someone to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" So this is not a license to kill, torture or anything else - it is intended to allow undercover agents to join otherwise banned organisations and operate on the fringes of the law but it does not give carte blanche to do anything they want.

• On the post: Court Says Trump's Plan To Block TikTok Can't Go Into Effect Yet

  

  genghis_uk ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2020 @ 03:57am

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  Apologies to my US friends.
  Given that you have to live with the results of Trump's idiocracy, my comment was in poor taste. It has been a very odd 4 years though.

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