What's in the news today... (NO COVID / POLITICS)

[West Aussie]

Why I'm single and happy lol.

https://www.koaa.com/news/news5-inv...deo-evidence-appears-to-contradict-her-claims

Not all of us are gold diggers, just like not all men are trophy hunters.

I’d like to think my husband is still happy, and he has me

 

[H2O_Doc]

There's a reason the 2A comes second only to the 1A.

The point is that the second shouldn’t have been second. It was lower on the list (4th or so). It was by virtue that other proposed amendments didn’t make it into the bill of rights that it is second.

 

[takemorepills]

Meanwhile someone is still buying our coal?‍
Believe it’s India, and China are having mass black outs because they can’t power their own country.
There was also a huge back door entry, with huge amounts of Aus imports going to Zhong Kong snd then being push on into China…
They just shut down that route for our Crayfish ( like a lobster) but that’s not essential …

Pretty sure we are mining magnesium too now, one company is even extracting it from waste water

Australia is still shipping coal to Chinese ports, it's being held in trust until the government decides to pay for it. Until then, no coal for the mainland. And don't think they don't know what they're doing. The CCP does not mind hurting itself a bit to accomplish something. They know they are causing serious disruption to Western societies, and that's worth the cause.
It's also why they intentionally unleashed COVID into the world, disruption. And to anyone who wants to shill for the Chinese and accuse my statement of being "racist" just consider why China has never allowed any nation to investigate the origins of COVID

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...an-coal-combat-power-crunch-trade-2021-10-05/

 

[ZDreamer]

Australia is still shipping coal to Chinese ports, it's being held in trust until the government decides to pay for it. Until then, no coal for the mainland. And don't think they don't know what they're doing. The CCP does not mind hurting itself a bit to accomplish something. They know they are causing serious disruption to Western societies, and that's worth the cause.
It's also why they intentionally unleashed COVID into the world, disruption. And to anyone who wants to shill for the Chinese and accuse my statement of being "racist" just consider why China has never allowed any nation to investigate the origins of COVID

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...an-coal-combat-power-crunch-trade-2021-10-05/

Chinese, Chinese-American, and CCP are different groups of people. You're saying it right but the online conversation is so binary that you have to be radical. So you should say CCP instead of China or Chinese.

 

[takemorepills]

Chinese, Chinese-American, and CCP are different groups of people. You're saying it right but the online conversation is so binary that you have to be radical. So you should say CCP instead of China or Chinese.

Totally agree, however, most people won't care that a discussion parses the difference between government and people, and they'll just take the cheap shots anyways

 

[bboypuertoroc]

The point is that the second shouldn’t have been second. It was lower on the list (4th or so). It was by virtue that other proposed amendments didn’t make it into the bill of rights that it is second.

Or, the 2A is exactly where it is on purpose, not because other amendments didn't make the cut.

 

[Zboy]

 

[vb22]

Carlos Ghosn Speaks on His Time in Japanese Prison and Life as a Wanted Fugitive (motortrend.com)

 

[Z34_2.0]

 

[jdm-rhd]

reminds me of when brandon lee was killed with a prop gun during the filming of 'the crow'.

 

[West Aussie]

It’s crazy..legate I don’t get is why are prop guns capable of killing someone, I mean they shoot people in purpose, you’d think they would be harmless blanks, or nothing with the sound added later ?‍

 

[takemorepills]

It’s crazy..legate I don’t get is why are prop guns capable of killing someone, I mean they shoot people in purpose, you’d think they would be harmless blanks, or nothing with the sound added later ?‍

I think prop guns are usually real guns, and it's up to the special effects staff to be sure the gun is loaded with special effects rounds.

I think with Brandon Lee somehow a live round ended up mixed in with special effects rounds. Foul play? Ignorance?

Oddly, as much as Hollywood elites say "guns are bad", the movies they make feature some of the nicest gun models (as if general audience would know a nice gun from lower end models) and I guess they figure for realism and cost effectiveness it's just more practical to use real guns with (hopefully) fake ammo.

BTW, it must've been a fairly powerful round (if it was only one, maybe he shot several?) As it killed the lady behind the camera and seriously injured a second person.

I don't understand how that can happen, someone is responsible for it

 

[fliplover]

This is indeed a sad story!

I am curious to discover why a prop gun was fired in the direction of the director and cinematographer. I could see firing in the direction of another actor, or even towards a camera/cameraperson.

I think prop guns are usually real guns, and it's up to the special effects staff to be sure the gun is loaded with special effects rounds.

I think with Brandon Lee somehow a live round ended up mixed in with special effects rounds. Foul play? Ignorance?

Oddly, as much as Hollywood elites say "guns are bad", the movies they make feature some of the nicest gun models (as if general audience would know a nice gun from lower end models) and I guess they figure for realism and cost effectiveness it's just more practical to use real guns with (hopefully) fake ammo.

BTW, it must've been a fairly powerful round (if it was only one, maybe he shot several?) As it killed the lady behind the camera and seriously injured a second person.

I don't understand how that can happen, someone is responsible for it

At a minimum, this appears to be negligence. Assuming the gun was being fired towards the camera for dramatic effect, there should have been some sort of bulletproof partition protecting the people, especially since there have been previous incidents involving prop guns.

 

[takemorepills]

Not much info has been released yet.
Just want to point out that it's possible to kill someone with a prop round if you point-blank someone with the gun.

 

[Zboy]