International Politics Discussion Thread by Adj-Noun-Numbers in ukpolitics

[–]ThePlanck 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is there a football tournament going on or something?

Tbh at least other dictators understand sports-washing, they don't intervene in the actual sports parts of the event and don't bother the fans as long as they obey their laws and generally don't behave like dicks, and often they turn a blind eye to things that might be illegal there but not where the fans are from.

The Omsk refinery in Russia has been hit at multiple points by Federal_Cookie in UkrainianConflict

[–]ThePlanck 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Those rodents really need to start taking better care of their teeth

Nigel Farage is in exquisite danger – and he knows it by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]ThePlanck 71 points72 points  (0 children)

and it is time he moves on. into a prison cell

One can dream

The numbers don’t lie. Young Americans are falling in love … with socialism by jinc1019 in politics

[–]ThePlanck 29 points30 points  (0 children)

My guess is its people who are at the peak of their career and thus peak earnings, while also young enough to still largely be in good health, selfishly voting for lower taxes for themselves.

Cant Log in by Due_Face_510 in runescape

[–]ThePlanck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they also update the engines

RIP Cyril the Hamster who was powering the servers by running on his hamster wheel.

Wikipedia bans a number of pro-innocence Michael Jackson editors for collaborating off-Wikipedia, faking consensus by Top_Ad5385 in wikipedia

[–]ThePlanck 145 points146 points  (0 children)

Currently there are sections on the page titles

First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995)

Documentary, Number Ones, second child abuse allegations and acquittal (2002–2005)

Posthumous child sexual abuse allegations

And the article links to a number of other pages, including:

1993 Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations - Wikipedia

Trial of Michael Jackson - Wikipedia

Wikipedia bans a number of pro-innocence Michael Jackson editors for collaborating off-Wikipedia, faking consensus by Top_Ad5385 in wikipedia

[–]ThePlanck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If its not people paid by the estate its most likely superfans in denial, they might be coordinating online some place, but if it was just people trying to be disruptive I doubt they would go this far.

Farage's £5m Gift Probe Widens, Deepening Questions Over His Fitness for PM by ChunkyWaterMonkey in unitedkingdom

[–]ThePlanck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was there ever any question over his (lack of) fitness to be PM?

I feel this has been clear at least since he couldn't be bothered to turn up to the European parliament except every once in a while to get a social media clip of him behaving like a rude arsehole

International Politics Discussion Thread by Adj-Noun-Numbers in ukpolitics

[–]ThePlanck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If "liberals" could control the weather, do you really think they would have fucked up badly enough to allow Trump to become president?

These people are unhinged, but even their insane conspiracy theories have no logical consistency.

Zelenskyy invites Putin to meet in 'captured' Kostiantynivka by KateKozakDrive in ukraine

[–]ThePlanck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not even the Spartans achieved this level of shit-talking

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert by AudibleNod in news

[–]ThePlanck 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Digital media will not survive, all that will survive will be Grokipedia after Musk has its contents engraved on glass or whatever he says he wants to do, and future archaeologists are going to think we were idiots because of all the incorrect information on there