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Anyway.. regardless of who is behind this attack, watch the Kremlin invent some tenuous link to Ukraine. It's already happening.

EG the return of previously (at least 2x) banned poster...

Not much concern shown for the 100 plus innocent victims. Are there calls from international leaders to wait for an internal investigation to determine the outcome or is that reserved for one state only.

Are you addressing me with this?

First impression was that it's straight out the chapters in 'Killer in the Kremlin', an account on the 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow and more.



but now I read some bizarre stuff on CBS News: US informed Russia of pending terror attack under "Duty to Inform""A U.S. official tells CBS News the U.S. has intelligence confirming the Islamic State's claims of responsibility, and that they have no reason to doubt those claims.

John Sweeney's reporting from Chechnya was excellent. Russian crimes against humanity are nothing new. They've done it all before, including arranging humanitarian corridors for civilians to evacuate and then bombing them. Deliberate cruelty to civilians is a part of Russia warfare doctrine.

It's reminds me of Belsen all them yrs ago, Awful to see, I presume it cone out they some form of Ukraine extremists or possible a few in-house  factions from roll over wars of yesteryear IE: Chechnya etc. Though I see it hard how any Ukrainians could get into Moscow. And if so why not a military target.

Apparently a white van has been found in the parking lot with Ukrainian number plates (as if they could just drive around Moscow with UKR plates).

Reeks of false flag but too soon to be sure of anything.

very suspect, if you were going to plant a bomb then you'd pick up an oul van with local plates. The problem is who is going to investigate to establish the truth?

Uncle Sam will be drafted in to investigate after their Sterling work uncovering the Nord Stream pipeline root cause, evidence of beheaded babies, microwaved babies and mass gang rape in Gaza. The RUC would have been best placed but unavailable after disbanding. Need outside help as Russians are untrustworthy.

Don't criticise Russia cos the RUC didn't investigate the Glenanne Gang properly. Hmmmm ookaaay.

I'm sorry if you don't possess the brains to understand a simple post

I understand that we're unlikely to find you over on the British State Collusion thread deflecting with what about the Russians. Which is what you're doing really isn't it.

Islamic state have claimed it

So America. Jesus.

Eh?

Where you think they get their weapons

Where do they get their weapons?

It's reminds me of Belsen all them yrs ago, Awful to see, I presume it cone out they some form of Ukraine extremists or possible a few in-house  factions from roll over wars of yesteryear IE: Chechnya etc. Though I see it hard how any Ukrainians could get into Moscow. And if so why not a military target.

Apparently a white van has been found in the parking lot with Ukrainian number plates (as if they could just drive around Moscow with UKR plates).

Reeks of false flag but too soon to be sure of anything.

very suspect, if you were going to plant a bomb then you'd pick up an oul van with local plates. The problem is who is going to investigate to establish the truth?

Uncle Sam will be drafted in to investigate after their Sterling work uncovering the Nord Stream pipeline root cause, evidence of beheaded babies, microwaved babies and mass gang rape in Gaza. The RUC would have been best placed but unavailable after disbanding. Need outside help as Russians are untrustworthy.

Don't criticise Russia cos the RUC didn't investigate the Glenanne Gang properly. Hmmmm ookaaay.

Islamic state have claimed it

So America. Jesus.

Eh?

It's reminds me of Belsen all them yrs ago, Awful to see, I presume it cone out they some form of Ukraine extremists or possible a few in-house  factions from roll over wars of yesteryear IE: Chechnya etc. Though I see it hard how any Ukrainians could get into Moscow. And if so why not a military target.

Apparently a white van has been found in the parking lot with Ukrainian number plates (as if they could just drive around Moscow with UKR plates).

Reeks of false flag but too soon to be sure of anything.

Massacre ongoing in Moscow as at least 4 gunmen attack a concert hall killing everything in sight. Roof is on fire.

I've put this in the Russia invades Ukraine thread as it won't be hard to guess who is going to get the blame for this, regardless of the truth.

Early days but it feels like something from Vladimir Putin's 1999 playbook with the apartment bombings, as a pretext to invading Chechnya and emerging as a war hero.

Broadband - +£3.50 or whatever every April no matter what.

Amazon Prime - pay for no ads on a service you're already paying for. Pure gaslighting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68469047

Lovely

Hopefully that doesn't go ahead. Doesn't look like it will.

Who can afford £9k per annum for fees? It would make a third level education completely unaffordable. 

While the eyes of the world are on the horror in Gaza, let's not forget that Russia is continuing to inflict death and suffering on the citizens of Ukraine.

Odesa in particular (a Russian city, inhabited by Russians that need to be liberated, according to Russia) is being bombarded nightly by Iranian Shahed suicide drones. The civilian population are the target and sometimes mighty Russia and Iran score a huge success and get a hit. Like on Sunday when they murdered 12 people, 5 of whom were children:
4 month old Tymofiy
7 month old Lisa
3 year old Mark
11 year old Zlata
9 year old Sergiy

This little child went to bed on Saturday evening in his Batman pyjamas. He never woke up, crushed in his sleep. Hopefully he didn't suffer.

Warning: Graphic.

https://x.com/mykhailorohoza/status/1764415552494186628?s=46

I suggest you don't click on the Twitter link above. The image will break your heart, even if we're all numb with the constant images of war and death we see these days.

But while all our eyes are the terrible suffering in Gaza, don't forget what Russia is continuing to inflict on Ukraine, day in, day out, for over 2 years.

Well done to St. Killian's.

I didn't realise that the Paddy Biggy cup was a B tier competition. Was this always the case for the Mageean cup winners or is this a recent thing?

Genocidal regimes don't tend to have a long shelf life in the modern era. The Khmer Rouge, Interahamwe and Nazi Party were all removed from power.

Unless some prominent nation has the balls to call out the Israeli Government / IDF for the shower of absolute tramps they are hard to see things changing soon.  Everyday goes by Netanyahu makes Putin look like Mother Teresa.

Israel is deteriorating on a daily basis. Biden thinks he can support Israel and get reelected. Let's just say that is a long time to November.

Bidens useless but Trump would be no better on the Israel question

Trump would be absolutely worse. The evangelical Christian base of the Republican party believe that the founding of the State of Israel is a sign of the end times and Jesus returning. They have no interest in anything like a Palestinian state. At least there is some desire for a solution on the Democratic side.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/american-evangelicals-israel-hamas.html

Worse, I'm not so sure. Since Biden's come in weve had war in Ukraine and genocide in Gaza. Trump is an evil cnut. Biden is every bit as bad. I hope both of them die roaring.

The war in Ukraine is on Putin. Trump's  idea for preventing war is just appease him on everything.

Biden on Gaza though, I'd agree with you. Sickening.

Are university Computer Science degrees  cutting edge these days? If they are things have changed a lot.

If you can convert to an IT course in one year you can learn everything you need to know for industry in one year. Your previous undergraduate course is largely irrelevant.

Why don't you read what I posted "some computer science topics". In fact a lots of the concepts haven't changed over the last 20/30 years but that doesn't mean people don't need to have that fundamental understanding.

You're telling me a person with a undergrad maths degree doesn't have a significant skills advantage to someone with a history degree even though they've both done a 1 year conversion? Especially for junior development or data science roles?

What advantage does someone that has done a maths degree and a 1yr postgrad conversion course have over someone who has just done their A-levels (e.g.  Maths, Physics, Computer Science) and a two year apprenticeship in IT?

Why would the latter be a low paid codemonkey and the former not?

The apprentice will not have the debt of the graduate. 4 years and a 50k debt. That's 1/3 the price of a first home.