Forum: Current Events

welcome to another AA grumpy column and this is the one i,ve been waiting for. the two hartlepool snapchat killers were today handed life sentences for the murder of anglea wrightson the judge mr justice globe added a minium of 15 years but refused to name them as one tried 4 times to commit...

With many Europeans berating the US for their global meddling, here is a different take. Perhaps the US should back out of NATO and stop interfering in "World Politics." Harrop: Must America pay everybody's defense bills? - The Denver Post...

My interpretation: The two have a new secret deal. Here was a secret deal of the two 15 years ago. A secret deal between the Feds (FBI and DEA) and Chinese secret police in 2001. 4/1/2001 EP-3 collided with a Chinese military jet and landed in Hainan Island, China. O.O.D. created...

I've been arguing that the comparison of The Donald and his loony toon followers to the Hitlerian Fascists was all wrong. On so many levels it's off. Hitler and his cronies had a long-term plan, and set about it methodically. the Stormtrumpers are just winging it. Here is a perspective worth...

The article is titled "US Capitol shooting: Gunman wounds Capitol police officer" :- US Capitol shooting: Gunman wounds Capitol police officer - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35911754) But the very last paragraph is :- "The White House was also put on lockdown...

NBA mulls relocating 2017 All-Star Game over new NC anti-discrimination law | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/03/25/nba-considering-relocating-2017-all-star-game-over-new-nc-anti-discrimination-law.html?intcmp=hpbt4) ------------------------- What a load of cr*p! No one asks me...

The butcher of Srebrenica is jailed for forty years :- Radovan Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35893804)

no welcome to grumpy towers today just shock and astonishment that isis have been allowed once again to strike at mainland europe. Brussels has been hit by a dual terror attack with explosions hitting the airport and metro this morning. A suicide bomber struck at Brussels' Zaventem airport,...

Google reports that "How do I move to Canada" was among the highest rated search phrases after Trump's success in Super Tuesday Primary elections. ‘How Can I Move to Canada’ Was Top Google Search Following Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday Wins (VIDEO) | Alternet...

7-Eleven customer shoots man who attacked store clerk - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/13/us/washington-7-eleven-customer-shoots-attacker/index.html)

One of the great keyboard players of the rock era has died and the music world is a poorer place :- Progressive rock legend Emerson dies - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35787187)

This blog showed up at the bottom of a page I was reading. Totally unrelated to the story I was reading, BTW. I think this writer is creepy. Blacks are 13% of US population 37.6% of prisoners and 71% of shooters in Chicago | Zero Hedge...

I note the transition of President Reagan's First Lady. I'm aware of nobody before or since who summoned spirits to assist in formulating White House timetabling and policy through divination, she was in a class of her own in that regard. She also knew how to dress flamboyantly and select...

That brilliant man Sir George Martin, producer for the Beatles and many others, has died at the age of 90. Not sure of any details. R.I.P. Sir George, you made a terrific contribution to popular music, for which we thank you.

Oberlin trustees fire back at school, crackpot prof | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/08/oberlin-trustees-fire-back-at-school-crackpot-prof.html?intcmp=hpbt3) ----------- In my opinion, the schools response is the correct response. At the same time, I can imagine the riots were this...

McDonald's in UK joins KFC and bans teens from restaurants | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/03/03/mcdonald-in-uk-follows-kfc-and-bans-teens-from-restaurants/?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork) When police arrive over reported gun shots - are they armed?

There's a BBC news item... The Highway Code already states that horse riders are some of the most vulnerable road users and that drivers should always pass wide and slowly, but the petition wants this to be made a legal requirement. Petition backs specific horse law to slow drivers - BBC News...

Zika virus: Outbreak 'likely to spread across Americas' says WHO - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35399403) This in a country and region where the catholic church does it's best to prevent family planning and access to contraceptives and abortion is a criminal offence. Claim it's...

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/02/13/the-pope-and-head-of-the-russian-orthodox-church-release-statement-against-gay-marriage/ Actually our roots are pagan. Democracy, liberty, freedom pagan words pagan concepts. Christmas was a pagan celebration as was easter the christian church has never been...

I see the snow did appear, like the warnings said. I'm sure there was a film about it a few years back with a Statue of Liberty up to her neck in ice. It was an awful film. eta: though I have found a magnificent review of it... The characters in the movie would have to be...