Non-IT News Thread
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NASA administrator on recent personnel shakeup: ‘There’s no turmoil at all’
Jim Bridenstine talks about what to expect in the months ahead
It’s been a week of major change for NASA after the top two leaders of the agency’s human exploration program were suddenly reassigned without much warning. -
US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta resigns over Epstein case
US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his brokering of a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case.
Mr Acosta, a former Florida prosecutor, made the announcement from the White House lawn on Friday with President Donald Trump stood by his side. -
Theresa May speaks of 'pride and disappointment' as prime minister
Theresa May has told the BBC she will feel a "mixture of pride and disappointment" when she leaves Downing Street in 12 days' time.
In her final TV interview with political editor Laura Kuenssberg, the PM spoke of "frustration" at not seeing Brexit through and underestimating how "entrenched" MPs had become. -
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Theresa May speaks of 'pride and disappointment' as prime minister
Theresa May has told the BBC she will feel a "mixture of pride and disappointment" when she leaves Downing Street in 12 days' time.
In her final TV interview with political editor Laura Kuenssberg, the PM spoke of "frustration" at not seeing Brexit through and underestimating how "entrenched" MPs had become.While the country speaks of disappointment and embarrassment. Regardless of your stance on Brexit or how hard it was, how she handled it and her hubris were an international embarrassment for the UK. She was a terrible PM and while maybe no PM could have gotten Brexit over the line, it's hard to believe that any could have been worse at it than she was.
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Dealmaster: All the best Amazon Prime Day 2019 tech deals we can find
No, it's not all garbage. Here are the Prime Day tech deals we actually like.
Greetings, Arsians! Your friendly neighborhood Dealmaster is back and reporting for bargain-hunting duty—and boy, is he going to need some extra coffee. -
Storm Barry brings flood fears in Louisiana
Storm Barry has made landfall in Louisiana, where officials have warned of potentially life-threatening floods.
The storm reached hurricane strength as it neared land, but has now weakened to a storm packing sustained wind speeds of 60mph (96km/h). -
Theresa May condemns Trump's 'go home' remark to congresswomen
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has criticised US President Donald Trump for calling on several Democratic congresswomen of colour to "go home".
The outgoing PM called Mr Trump's words "completely unacceptable", according to her spokesperson. -
Ebola in DR Congo: Case confirmed in Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, a major transport hub that is home to more than two million people.
The health ministry confirmed that a pastor tested positive for the virus in a centre in Goma after arriving there by bus on Sunday from Butembo. -
Skydiving plane crash kills nine in Sweden
Nine people died on Sunday when a plane carrying them for a parachute jump crashed in northern Sweden soon after taking off.
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. -
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not read all of it
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/470000-people-planning-to-storm-area-51-form-outrageous-plan/?source=facebookBut it seems people are preparing to "storm" Area 51
Not to be funny but they just went public giving the military loads of time to prepare. Morons lol
Follow on
Air Force spokesperson Laura McAndrews released a message to people thinking of actually trespassing in September
[Area 51] is an open training range for the US Air Force," she said in a release seen by the Independent. "We would
discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces," she continued, casually reminding any reader that there are probably quite a lot of guns on site.
The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets. -
@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not to be funny but they just went public giving the military loads of time to prepare. Morons lol
They don't want to see unsporting by surprising them, I suppose.
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if they fancy getting shot entering Area 51 then will be their own fault...
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Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.
How stupid is this guy?
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And Trump was ticked off because the UK Ambassador bashed Trump for being inept in private leaked communications to the UK government, this attack on US Congresswomen is just additional proof of how inept Trump actually is.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.
How stupid is this guy?
Pretty
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.
How stupid is this guy?
Stupidest argument ever... "If you don't like it just leave..." orrrrr maybe I'll try to make things better? :thumbs_up:
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.
How stupid is this guy?
Pretty
Biggest understatement of this presidency!
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump steps up attack on 'US-hating' congresswomen
US President Donald Trump has redoubled his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, accusing them of "hating our country".
"If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave," he told a heated news conference outside the White House.Go back where? To the state they were born in? They're US CITIZENS.
How stupid is this guy?
Pretty
Biggest understatement of this presidency!
In every sense of the word, ha ha.
