Random News not worthy of own thread

[felter]

This is so good, the insults are so lame but that's what makes them good, but kudos to him.

[Mountain_Puncher]

So it's believed they have found the reason for Carlson's sacking, turns out it was a racist text he sent that FOX bosses didn't get to see until the night before their agreement in the defamation lawsuit due to the text message being redacted, makes you wonder what the rest of the redacted text messages he sent say. Anyway, if you haven't seen it:

“It was three against one, at least,” Carlson wrote to the unidentified producer. “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it.” Soon after, “an alarm went off” in his brain, Carlson added, telling his producer he realized he was “becoming something” he didn’t “want to be.”

If you don't get it, that's 3 white trump supporters jumping a black protester and beating the crap out of him, and Carlson was watching it on a video.

Skeptic. Not that I don't believe him sending such message I just don't believe Fox News would have reacted to it.
This is a guy promoting constantly stuff like Great Replacement conspiracy on his show without anyone on Fox News lifting a finger. That is a variation of a 140 year old conspiracy theory that appeals only to certain type of people....

I found another person promoting such a conspiracy. I am referring to an opinion piece written by Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times published on October 29, 2018 with the headline being, "We Can Replace Them." The article focused mainly on a bygone election. The last sentence of the article however read, "In a week, American voters can do to white nationalists what they fear most. Show them they’re being replaced."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opin ... -kemp.html

[Warenwolf]

I found another person promoting such a conspiracy. I am referring to an opinion piece written by Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times published on October 29, 2018 with the headline being, "We Can Replace Them." The article focused mainly on a bygone election. The last sentence of the article however read, "In a week, American voters can do to white nationalists what they fear most. Show them they’re being replaced."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opin ... -kemp.html

Not how I read that article but whatever.

PS:
Since it is behind the paywall, I had to read the facsimile of it on a nazi forum. Yeah...

[Chips]

I found another person promoting such a conspiracy. I am referring to an opinion piece written by Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times published on October 29, 2018 with the headline being, "We Can Replace Them." The article focused mainly on a bygone election. The last sentence of the article however read, "In a week, American voters can do to white nationalists what they fear most. Show them they’re being replaced."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opin ... -kemp.html

Not how I read that article but whatever.

PS:
Since it is behind the paywall, I had to read the facsimile of it on a nazi forum. Yeah...

2 ways to avoid that; 1 is the easy (if in Chrome) open the page and as soon as you see the text, hit escape. It stops the js and so you can read it just fine. The second is disable javascript in your browser (or block NYTImes.com) and then open the page. Both ways you can read the article.

Should say, this isn't a 100% way around paywalls whatsoever, just a quick and easy try - and in this case, you can then read the article just fine.

[Gavrushka]

Father killed and two children injured when a grenade exploded they'd found when the family were looking through their grandfather's belongings...

The device exploded when somebody pulled the pin.

Darwinian award nominee...

[chew-ie]

China finally kicked out democracy in Hongkong: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... to-disband

Asia sure would be a nice place with the awesome landscape and all - but politics make it a hell.

[Cpt.Jericho]

Asia sure would be a nice place with the awesome landscape and all - but politics make it a hell.

Isn't that true for any other country in this world?

[felter]

Asia sure would be a nice place with the awesome landscape and all - but politics make it a hell.

Isn't that true for any other country in this world?

Yeah, but we chose our stupid politicians, and it is our own choice to accept them, most of Asia and especially China do not have that luxury, for them, it is forced upon them without a say on whether they want it or not.

[Cpt.Jericho]

I don't see that much of a difference there. Either way, the normal people are screwed while self-proclaimed elites do the screwing. Or do you really still believe it's the politicians running the show?

[Alan Phipps]

".. do you really still believe it's the politicians running the show?"

Obviously they are, or the UK wouldn't have had the Liz Truss/Kwasi Kwarteng mini-budget fiasco.

[Cpt.Jericho]

In how far did UK politics change in the last year? I see no difference how it was during BoJos time and how it's now. The poor got a bit poorer and the real rich got a good deal richer.

[Gavrushka]

I got lost in Hamsterley Forest today, for just over an hour, and news doesn't get more random than that. To put it in perspective, Hamsterley Forest isn't particularly large, and I was 'following' a walking map.

So, can anyone recommend a good hiker's GPS device? (no phone service in forest)

[Observe]

So, can anyone recommend a good hiker's GPS device? (no phone service in forest)

Breadcrumbs perhaps?

[felter]

Unfortunately, bread crumbs don't work as the birds in the forest eat them, I would say use a yarn of wool by affixing one end to a tree at the start of the walk and unravel it while walking, then you just have to follow back to the start point with the knowledge that the birds won't eat it.

[chew-ie]

You could try stonecrumbs - the more you progress, the lighter you'll feel =)

[Alan Phipps]

Even if your phone doesn't already have GPS location (separate to phone coverage, and I assume it's a smartphone), it should at least have a compass app that would have had you at least going in the right directions when using a map. Or you could just invest in a small magnetic compass for taking along on walks - much cheaper than a discrete GPS device.

[Gavrushka]

Well, I looked on Play Store for a compass app, and ended up downloading the OS maps app and paying for a premium subscription. It has an offline maps facility, and I'm assuming a compass. - Daft thing is, I travelled 30 miles to go for a walk in Hamsterley Forest, but with this app and the 'walker's overlay' I can see a dozen walks from my front door, including a medieval village site just over a mile away that I had no idea existed! The Bentley can stay on the drive, and I'll wear out my walking shoes instead.

But there's plenty of rocks about, Chew-ie, if technology fails me.

Thank you!

[Chips]

Well, I looked on Play Store for a compass app, and ended up downloading the OS maps app and paying for a premium subscription. It has an offline maps facility, and I'm assuming a compass. - Daft thing is, I travelled 30 miles to go for a walk in Hamsterley Forest, but with this app and the 'walker's overlay' I can see a dozen walks from my front door, including a medieval village site just over a mile away that I had no idea existed! The Bentley can stay on the drive, and I'll wear out my walking shoes instead.

But there's plenty of rocks about, Chew-ie, if technology fails me.

Thank you!

You can download Googlemaps sections for offline usage, and I think HERE maps also allowed downloading offline usage. After a quick Google, there are indeed plenty of offline maps with walking routes and other as well, to use alongside your Phone's built in GPS). https://www.geckoandfly.com/24490/offli ... s-driving/ -- just be aware I've not used any of them and the link is not indicative of me giving a "yes suitable" on any
Just remember to take a battery booster if you're expecting to be out for many hours and repeatedly turning to it

[Gavrushka]

It seems the OS map app can do just that, Chips, and also links to Google maps for road directions to where the walk is.

I am sure I'll still managed to get lost, however...

[notaterran]

Some posturing by the Chinese:

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the Chung-Hoon and Canada's Montreal were conducting a "routine" transit of the strait when the Chinese ship cut in front of the American vessel.

The Chinese ship's "closest point of approach was 150 yards and its actions violated the maritime 'Rules of the Road' of safe passage in international waters," the U.S. command said.

Link

It's not as if the Chinese are going to invade Taiwan any time soon (not after they saw what happened in Ukraine and the West's response) so this might be meant for Chinese consumption.