bradiston

21 hours ago, bradiston said:

This crops up everywhere. It's mythical because allusions to it never actually name any sources. It's just a blanket term for media the right doesn't like. It's like "socialist", "woke", "liberal" etc etc. People who use these terms to insult have no idea what they're talking about. It's just hard right rubbish.

I read Al Jazeera, Reuters, DW, BBC, BKK Post, and any others where they're linked. But I don't read Fox or CNN. So what makes up the MSM? Stuff conspiracy theorists read for source material I guess. Cheaper than Playboy, right?

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Assange spent over a decade in hiding because he wasn’t man enough to face justice.

 

 

I think there's some truth in that. But there was no knowing what sort of treatment he would have received had he handed himself in to "take the rap". He could have been a free man some years ago if he got only a few years. But if he'd got 20 years? That may be what was uppermost in his mind. Also, what would you irvi have done in that situation? And for a lot of the time he had a couple of rape allegations in Sweden pending. Anyway, he's done his time I guess, one way or another, so good luck to him now he's out and about.

2 hours ago, Watawattana said:

Oh!  I was told that the word gullible had been removed from the dictionary.  I believed them!  Was that a conspiracy? 😬

Depends who told you. And you could always check for yourself. That would tell you everything you need to know about your informant, right?

3 hours ago, mokwit said:

Always an insult or smear with the Left. Read what I wrote in the post that you quoted. I stated that they had banned a number of people from commenting, which makes you comment plain stupid.. I really hope for your sake that you are a cynical propagandist, because the alternative is that you are "useful".

Oh, calling me stupid is ok then? Yeah, banned a number of people from commenting. That's what I took you to mean. But I asked you what you said to offend? And please don't "hope for my sake". I can take care of myself. What makes you think I'm on the left? Because I call out your stuff about the FT and the Guardian? What's your experience of  "left wing" politics?  I'm not a socialist. You label anyone challenging your view as Left, or Leftie. You dismiss the FT and the guardian as what, Leftie? Childish.

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

 

 

how is the 'mainstream media' mythical or is it just the abbreviation that upsets youy? 

you could always scroll by, or avoid the threads totally

 

 

This crops up everywhere. It's mythical because allusions to it never actually name any sources. It's just a blanket term for media the right doesn't like. It's like "socialist", "woke", "liberal" etc etc. People who use these terms to insult have no idea what they're talking about. It's just hard right rubbish.

1 minute ago, frank83628 said:

if the Trump assassinations were staged we would still be hearing about it front page daily in the MSM.

Why not in the SSM - the side stream media? It must exist. Is it a parallel flow of BS, or does it flow into the mythical "MSM", and then out into the sea? Quote me something from outside the "MSM" as I'm sick of hearing you guys crying over it. It's now become such an overworked cliché, along with "western hegemony" (definevitvif you can without recourse to wiki), "globalist power mongers", "woke libtards", etc etc. The language of dickheads.

1 hour ago, mokwit said:

FT has gone woke to the point that people like me who used to read it now regard it as the Financial Guardian. The change was almost overnight with the exit of Pearson as a shareholder. The first act of the new regime was to ban commenting from the people (including me) who punctured the narrative with their comments. Progressives have to censor because their narrative doesn't stand up to scrutiny. HTH.

Er, what did you say that so pissed them off? And where did you say it? Are you really such a bigshot they actually gave a toss what you were saying? I think you flatter yourself.

24 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

i find it rather strange they can do all this sneaky stuff,, intercept a shipment of walkie talkies, assassinate the leaders of parts of iranian gov, have such advanced intel, but didn't know that October 7th was coming

The Israelis have admitted lapses in security. But I guess what you're hinting at is it was staged to allow Israel and the IDF to initiate the final solution on the Palestinians. I guess anything's possible. Even Trump's assassination attempts were staged! I just believe the Israelis are smart as hell. They seem thisxwarcas a fight dmfircdurvival, and as such, anything goes.

As for North Korea, who knows the western alliance, including Japan and South Korea, doesn't have a nice little package for Kim?

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

Perhaps one should ask the people of Switzerland, Norway, and the Balkan states how they feel about EU influence, and the effective limitations it imposed upon their freedoms to run things the way they may wish.

 

Mind you, of course, asking the people is anathema to the EU! Which rather takes us back to my initial point.

I think the Balkan states have all applied for membership. Norway has so much natural gas it is quite happy staying "independent". And as for the Swiss? They seem happy to remain neutral on all matters, as ever.

4 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Yes, a paywall article, shame, it looked interesting.

 

The wiki article just tells of Stalin's population transfers, very common in those days, don't forget the Americans and Churchill sanctioned the ethnic cleansing of 14 million Germans after the war.

 

The Atlantic Council is of course a vile propaganda vehicle of NATO and the US, and has no place in a discussion on culture. In Russia it is banned by law. Quite rightly too.

 

But then your last link  is not bad, it gives the full picture of Russia's diverse ethnic make up, 190 ethnicities. Quite something.

 

As for "destruction of criticism" I don't really buy into that narrative, after all in the US the mainstream media has all but banned critical voices that attack Kamala Harris, in Germany thought crimes are used to silence critics of the government. Russia's policies are just what all states engage in. And i don't believe high culture necessarily has to be critical of the government anyway, if you remember Richard Strauss, quite good music, and not government critical at all.

4 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Yes, a paywall article, shame, it looked interesting.

 

The wiki article just tells of Stalin's population transfers, very common in those days, don't forget the Americans and Churchill sanctioned the ethnic cleansing of 14 million Germans after the war.

 

The Atlantic Council is of course a vile propaganda vehicle of NATO and the US, and has no place in a discussion on culture. In Russia it is banned by law. Quite rightly too.

 

But then your last link  is not bad, it gives the full picture of Russia's diverse ethnic make up, 190 ethnicities. Quite something.

 

As for "destruction of criticism" I don't really buy into that narrative, after all in the US the mainstream media has all but banned critical voices that attack Kamala Harris, in Germany thought crimes are used to silence critics of the government. Russia's policies are just what all states engage in. And i don't believe high culture necessarily has to be critical of the government anyway, if you remember Richard Strauss, quite good music, and not government critical at all.

Ok, so where would you rather live?

I had some very good friends, both passed on, but who were staunch communists. You know, defend Stalin, lovely eastern Europe full of happy people etc etc. Famine, what famine? But would they go anywhere near the Soviet Union, or latterly, Russia? Absolutely not! Because they were old school, they saw the world through a purely ideological perspective. It didn't matter what the Soviets did, it could only be for the common good. I find this completely duplicitous and delusional. I don't think you can compare Putin's extremely repressive policies against journalists, indeed, against all Russian citizens, with anything in the West. He started a war (yes, he did)  which every Russian I've met in Pattaya, and there are a lot, absolutely hates. Many are in Pattaya for that very reason. And it's a war against his own ethnic group, while claiming a sort of holy war against Kiev's Nazis who would prevent Russians from speaking Russian. Hitlerian, to be sure, casting Ukrainians as the untermensch from which oh so racially pure Slavic Russia needs to cleanse itself.

Only one link this time, as I concede most reports on the war are heavily biased one way or another. It's impossible to tell fact from fiction. It's also impossible to tell the exact state of the Russian economy, support for the war, or support for Putin, as nobody dares to say a damn' word in public for fear of arrest. This is his MO. Just like his Stalinist predecessors. The gulags are still operating.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/30/putin-says-ukraine-goals-will-be-achieved-as-he-repeats-neo-nazi-claims

3 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Yes, a paywall article, shame, it looked interesting.

 

The wiki article just tells of Stalin's population transfers, very common in those days, don't forget the Americans and Churchill sanctioned the ethnic cleansing of 14 million Germans after the war.

 

The Atlantic Council is of course a vile propaganda vehicle of NATO and the US, and has no place in a discussion on culture. In Russia it is banned by law. Quite rightly too.

 

But then your last link  is not bad, it gives the full picture of Russia's diverse ethnic make up, 190 ethnicities. Quite something.

 

As for "destruction of criticism" I don't really buy into that narrative, after all in the US the mainstream media has all but banned critical voices that attack Kamala Harris, in Germany thought crimes are used to silence critics of the government. Russia's policies are just what all states engage in. And i don't believe high culture necessarily has to be critical of the government anyway, if you remember Richard Strauss, quite good music, and not government critical at all.

Ok, so where would you rather live?

9 hours ago, dddave said:

My apartment overlooks Jomtien 2nd Rd and even between 3am and 5am, there is considerable traffic in both directions.

Plus it looks like it was opposite Workstation where I think there are several late night gaffs. That's a win in the photo. Maybe nearby win station. Maybe Russians. I used to run down there almost every night about that time. Cabin fever drove me out of my apartment. Tragic.

1 hour ago, AndreasHG said:

 

I don't think anyone can prevent Iran from developing a nuclear arsenal. Nobody could stop North Korea which, just like Iran, has the backing of China and Russia, but possesses much less resources than Iran. Only Iran can stop Iran.

 

The US and Israel can and will if necessary, stop Iran. They did it once before with Stuxnet. If they can bug hand held devices, take out Soleimani, Nasrallah and any amount of Hezbollah and Hamas personnel, why not the Iranian leadership? Maybe they already did when the Iranian president, foreign minister, and other high ranking civilians and security personnel were killed in the Varzaqan helicopter crash. It was the only one of 3 that crashed in the convoy.

6 hours ago, James105 said:

 

He does not represent the interests of the British people or the country.   Every action taken so far has been to weaken the UK.   The clowns are now going to create a £22bn black hole by spending this amount of taxpayers money on carbon capture (an unproven technology) so their friends in the oil industry can keep burning oil.   Was this in the manifesto?  Of course it wasn't.    

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/04/labour-to-commit-almost-22bn-to-fund-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects

 

At some point even you will have to concede that these people are clowns who are either outrageously corrupt or outrageously stupid.  

Just like the Tories then.

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

First sign of madness ???....  Quoting yourself ???

 

... though... 'Libtard'...    thats a new one for me...   brilliant.

 

 

It was the confused emoticon I was trying to highlight. And his use of Woke in his name.

Just now, Keep Right said:

So very true Horking, ganja is very dangerous but the dope heads  will of course refute you. I had a friend, very smart guy with a beautiful girlfriend,  blow his brains out in his parents house with a 12 gauge shotgun while on ganja. It left a terrible mess for his parents to deal with. I knew him well and swear he would have never taken his life, especially in this manner, had he not been stoned on ganja.

I don't wish to sound insensitive, but how can you say that? You're saying if he hadn't been stoned, he wouldn't have blown his brains out? He'd have found a way, believe me. Ganja or no ganja.

11 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Would they not be called 'half falang'... and can we have a 5 page debate on the spelling and etymology of the word 'farang'.....   lets go completely off topic...   

Yeah let's. I'm bored with all this speculation. 555.