The Current Events Thread

[Reyo]

Jesus! I find another thing to be paranoid about every time i visit this thread!

This one hits especially close to home because home used to be over the same limestone/water situation Florida has...

[Syobon]

Pirate Bay to move to North Korea

There are rumours it is a ruse though.

[[Citation Needed]]

It says Republic of Korea, which is the far more likely southern counterpart to North Korea.

[Syobon]

North Korea is called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the message is sent from Pyong Yang.

[[Insert Fail]]

If this is legitimate, I feel like TPB is just going to be used for North Korea's purposes and there will be no one to help them if things go bad.

[Ersatz]

Bradley Manning (US soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks and has been incarcerated for over 1000 days) nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Kamak]

Oh, that's going to rouse some anger.

And be all over the news for weeks.

[TheStranger]

I still dont think what he did was wrong. Okay, leaking troop movements and base security stuff is, but the other stuff? If the army doesnt want their war crimes exposed, maybe they shouldnt do them in the first place?

[Kamak]

But it's the principle of the thing!

I do like how the media has selectively ignored the fact that he was detained in solitary for months and allegedly beaten and tortured.

But no, the military was nothing but nice to him and he tattled their secrets. How terrible.

I can see both sides, but yeah, the military is far from innocent, and I wish the news and the people would stop acting otherwise, or stop treating it like a minor thing.

[TheStranger]

Considering the incredibly invasive military culture the US has, Im not surprised. I honestly dont get how they stand it, if you criticize the army for ANY reason, or want to cut spending or dont tape those stupid ribbons to your car, youre a commie traitor who dont care about the people who go to other countries and shoot at their citizens. And any crimes committed by soldiers dont count because civilians just dont get it and how stressfull it is to sign up for a job you know is dangerous and then snap when the people youre invading dont like having you around and dare to actually try to shoot back.

[[Citation Needed]]

North Korea is called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the message is sent from Pyong Yang.

South Korea is just Republic of Korea, the name used in the message. Missed the PYONGYANG part, my mistake.

I'm going to guess it's a joke, maybe? If they do move to NK, I still wouldn't care much.

also found this:
https://rdns.im/the-pirate-bay-north-ko ... o-its-fake

[Exeres]

Hugo Chavez finally died of the cancer that he's been fighting for the past couple years.

I can't wait to hear my annoying coworker telling me about how this is a wonderful thing.

[Airigh]

Hi! This is basically SOPA again. Gross! Here's a petition to stop it. It only has 12 (or less, I can't check!) days to be reviewed. If you can, spread the word.

[TheStranger]

Hi! This is basically SOPA again. Gross! Here's a petition to stop it. It only has 12 (or less, I can't check!) days to be reviewed. If you can, spread the word.

AGAIN with that shit?! Man, they just dont give up, do they?

[Madican]

Hi! This is basically SOPA again. Gross! Here's a petition to stop it. It only has 12 (or less, I can't check!) days to be reviewed. If you can, spread the word.

AGAIN with that shit?! Man, they just dont give up, do they?

They have unlimited time, corporate "gifts" for bringing it up, aren't likely to be voted out because media doesn't give press time to anything below presidential elections, and need some way to justify their ever-increasing paycheck when budget cuts come.