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Ensures there are no witnesses to what was actually discussed, as per when there then 45th President met privately with Putin.

F-16 gate guardian on dispay at a military museum in the Mykolaiv Oblast/

In China Public caning in Indonesia Indonesian Walk of Shame Public flogging in Iran Public flogging in India 11 year old boys undergoing public punishment in Nepal Use of the Stocks remains on the UK statute books. The last time the stocks were use was 1872. The last time the pillory (which was banned) was used was 1830. The convicted would be given a choice of one hour in the pillory or transportation to Australia. In Hansard, when they debated the abolition of the Pillory it turned out one of the reasons was it made a mockery of the law if the person in the pillory had the support of the crowd, or was a sympathetic character. The case of Dr. Shebbeare was a remarkable one. He had been sentenced to the pillory; but though this was intended as a disgrace, if turned out a sort of triumph. He was put upon, but not in the pillory; the sheriff held an umbrella over his head to shelter him from the rain or the sun; and a servant stood by to attend upon and hand him refreshment, while he was at the same time applauded by the spectators: so that the punishment, instead of being disgraceful to him, was an insult upon the law. Another case applicable to the point was that of Daniel Isaac Eaton. He had been put in the pillory for a very serious offence, that of endeavouring to throw contempt and ridicule on the fundamental principles of the Christian religion; and as an example to the prisoners, he presumed, he was pilloried opposite to Newgate gaol: but the crowd, probably from some mistake as to the nature of his offence, applauded him. In this case, too, the punishment was far more lenient than the judges intended. A person was pilloried in Southwark for an unnatural crime, and the criminal was so treated by the mob that he actually died the moment he was taken from the machine. Judge Eyre, in a case where one had by perjury attempted to swear away another person's life, had refrained from inflicting the punishment of the pillory, on the very ground that the punishment might in reality be different from what the Court intended. Earl Stanhope objected to the pillory, because it was a punishment so likely to be unequal in its operation: for instance, if the noble Secretary and himself were sentenced to the pillory for libels, especially on the discussion of the Corn Bill, his apprehension was that the noble Secretary would have been confoundedly pelted, while he (lord S.) would have escaped any ill treatment from the public. https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/1815-07-05/debates/3c82cd34-05f8-4825-9bf0-9f70e6fb8b7e/PilloryAbolitionBill And later on in a different debate The stocks, bread and water, corporal punishment, the pillory, cutting off the ears, branding with a hot iron, slavery, transportation, and hanging had been tried at various periods; and when these cruelties were abandoned, we had been content to employ the milder punishment of the treadmill or the tramp-ward.

Interesting history on Alexander Sokolov, a decorated transgender Russian soldier from 200 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Aleksandrov

Who said that, because it was not Uncle Joe. Why should we take any notice of some Facebook nobody?

Well Peter Mandelson, aka the Prince of Darkness, is a smooth dog. The President initially hated the idea of him being the UK's Ambassador to the US,given his previous comments. Upon meeting, the President's greeting was Lord Mandelson is known as an uphill gardener and might have thought then he was in with a chance of a threesome with the President.

Yeah, but the Type 00 looks pretty awesome. The ad reminded me of the 1993 Dunlop ad which was also very arty, not much to do with tyres, but 32 years later, is still memorabel Jaguar always faced a problem with a rebrand. There are the pipe smokers, into their walnut dash, leapers and JRG paint jobs, who think Jaguar died in 2011. The XE was a mistake. I'm not sure where this idea that the ad is so-called "Woke". It was criticized because of the lack of a car. Its the morons who keep calling it "Woke". Jaguar did need a reset. They aren't going to compete with BMW, which as a brand, has gone downmarket. Similarly Mercedes. Whats clear with the new brands, mostly but not always, from China, is that they are very strong on design. Most people are genuinely shocked with the apparent quality of BYDs and even MGs, let alone brands like XPeng. The legacy brands first EV offerings were a bit fuddy duddy. The removal of an engine under the bonnet does free up the possibilities for designers. EV was always going to be challenging for car design. The electric motor commoditizes the car. Its pretty easy to put together a 1000hp package. SO the USP has to be somewhere else rather than the question about how many cylinders a car has.

Aleksandre Modebadze ran a cannabis shop. His own family said he had loaned the suspects, fellow Georgians, money, and called a meeting because he wanted it back. They killed him. So this was a legalised drug dealer giving loans to illegal, living on the lam, immigrants. Seems pretty shady. The suspects were found with $60k in cash Manny Hidra was stabbed with a screw driver. Hidra had been dead for 3 days before being discovered during a welfare check. A 27 year old, Erick Escamilla, was arrested at hospital where he was receiving treatment. Escamilla is described as a part time vagrant, living occasionally with his mother, or on the street. He had previously been arrested by the police in February for trespass. There is no suggestion he was an illegal immigrant. The implication is he was committing burgulary and was suprised by the victim, and a struggle ensud. The victom's nationality and religion was never a factor. So coincidence.

The phantom fleet is actually very big https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-exorcise-russias-ghost-fleet What the sanctions actually mean https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-slap-new-sanction-russia-shadow-fleet/ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/uk-hits-russia-s-shadow-fleet-with-largest-sanctions-since-invasion-of-ukraine/ar-AA1EtYvx The full list of vessals sanctioned on 9th may: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-russia-sanctions-targets-9-may-2025/russia-sanctions-9-may-2025 Romarine was a Norwegian insurance company issuing fake certificates. BX Energy is a bit curious; a Hong Kong registered company, offering energy storage solutions. Nord Axis was a UK registered company, with a Chinese owner. It claimed to offer "AI solutions to the oil and gas industry", but its actually an oil trader. Comprehensive list of the shadow fleet: https://war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/transport/ships I'm surprised any had actually called as US and UK ports.

Where's the Gormless smilie? I'm convinced this poster is just generating responses using something like Chat Gpt 5.0, and not bothering to actually read them.

How to get a cut price holiday. Book a one way flight, have a nice vacation. Overstay one hour, offer yourself up for self deportation. Where's the free flight? They are literally setting up a booking service? Choice of flights, and airlines? Can you collect miles on these free flights?

Suspension of Habeas corpus on the cards. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/miller-habeas-corpus-immigrant-judge

I note he's getting his excuses in early.

Here are the federal charging documents accusing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka of "trespassing" by walking onto private property... ... that belongs to a prison company... ... that contracts with the feds... ... and is therefore government property. The claim here is that the federal agents (the masked blokes in the dirty Walmart clothes and one size fits all vests) retained jurisdiction on a contractor's property, which permitted them to make the arrest. And now released without charge I fully expect this to be not the end of it, and federal employees shown in the video, plus others, will be called to give a full account of that day and how, in the end, their ineptness in not understanding the law, led them to wasting taxpayers money. Following orders is no defence.

Are the cuts such that they can't afford uniforms, and can only employ fat dudes who can't pass a BFT?

One example is the NHS. The NHS is devolved to the home nations, with subtly different policies. Except English. NHS England was essentially a Quango. Its been abolished, and its function taken over by the Department of Health. Until 2021, Parliament had in place English Votes for English Law; a mechanism to tackle Tam Dalyell's West Lothian Question. The Conservatives abolished it without a vote. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57828406

When I was much younger, there was this old boy down at the Football Supporters Club. He use to clear the glasses or something. Gregory was an old Ukrainian. My god, did he hate the Russians. I have a feeling he might have batted for the Germans at one point on the basis of My enemy's enemy is my friend. An interesting speech suggesting that the entire objective of Germany in WW2 was basically Ukraine: https://www.eurozine.com/germans-must-remember-the-truth-about-ukraine-for-their-own-sake/

Pointless destruction, but this how this old WW2 vet spent VE day

I don't think either of them are Russians. Their posts are beyond parody.

Hmm. Letters of Last Resort, Misha. Russia spends about $10bn a year maintaining its nuclear arsenal. America spends $100bn a year doing the same; 10x more per warhead. This is just the basic maintenance. The UK spends about $5bn maintaining 200 warheads. France is about the same. China spends $12bn maintaining an arsenal of 600 warheads. Pakistan spends a $1bn a year looking after their 170 warheads. Basically, Russia spends sweet FA making sure their nukes will: 1. Work 2. Won't fizzle on launch 3. Won't go off with a bang prematurely 4. Aren't actually nicked and for sale in a Grozny car boot sale. Of course, even if only 10% of warheads work, that will ruin someone's day, but your hopes to wipe out Europe, expressed with your predictable juvenile glee (why mention it, unless its really what you want) won't be fulfilled. But you are full of it. You claim to be the son of a Russian "military man" (they all are "military men" thanks to conscription), but have enough familiarity with British 90s culture to know who Roger Mellie, Student Grant, Terry F**kwit and Big Vern were. You're more fake than Jordan's backside, and full of the same stuff. Like Zmisha, your are a created persona.

Everyone might have a price. You are the second person on this forum to suggest the price to betray your country is $1 million If you rationalise it, its a really bad deal. In Danish Denmark, if you develop cancer, the Danish health service will take care of you. In America, that $1m is gone. And the rest. Those suggesting $1m really are like the fictious Dr Evil in their understanding of the value of money. Possibly because this forum is skewed towards middle aged to elderly men, driven to living in Thailand because of a low cost of living. Yeah, to that lot, one million of anything sounds like a lot.. $1m doesn't get you that spectacular an annuity. Its ok, but not life changing. So, without casting offensive stereotypes about the Danes, what is your personal threshold to betray your country? £30 million might be mine. Electronic transfer. No suitcase needed. Or another way, how much is your vote worth. You make it sound that you can be brought. You think American citizenship is worth $1m. The American President thinks its worth $5m, just another citizenship for sale.

The aircraft carrier known as the United Kingdom made it possible.

The Soviet deaths include 1 million shot by their own side, and 1 million perishing in the GULAG. And remember, Soviet deaths, not Russian deaths.

He was stupid. Stalin wondered in 1940-41 why Germany wasn't delivering on its side of the trade deal, little realising that Germany was using Soviet raw material to equip an army to invade his country.