604 Responses to Midweek 24 August 2022

  1. MarkyMark says:

    Moderna suing Pfizer over Covid vaccine technology

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62691102

    Moderna said it is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine.

    The US drug company is alleging that mRNA technology it developed before the pandemic was copied.

    The lawsuit, which is seeking unspecified financial damages, was filed in Germany and the US state of Massachusetts.

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  2. MarkyMark says:

    Azeem Rafiq’s reaction after Gary Ballance apologises for using racist language.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cwl2zb

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    • StewGreen says:

      BBCstart “Azeem how’s it going bro ?”
      so the interview is going to be tough.
      ITV calendar reported this story a couple of days ago.

      It came out Nov 3, 2021
      Ballance called him a ‘P*ki’.
      Rafiq called him ‘Zimbo’ cos he’s from Zimbabwe

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    • Guest Who says:

      Any word from the bbc on how Hispanics view their man Sleepy’s latest?

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  3. tomo says:

    Woke, Green accountants….

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  4. MarkyMark says:

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  5. MarkyMark says:

    HSBC’s Money Laundering 2012 Charge
    HSBC Holdings’ (HSBC) agreement to pay a $1.9 billion fine to regulators for serving as a middleman for Mexican drug cartels and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement points to a lack of adequate control processes in compliance and anti-money laundering.
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    Given the bank’s size, it appears that it and some of its peers are too big to jail because they are too big to fail.

    https://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2013/investing-news-for-jan-29-hsbcs-money-laundering-scandal-hbc-scbff-ing-cs-rbs0129.aspx

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  6. MarkyMark says:

    https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/10/Annual-CO2-emissions-Treemap-1-603×550.png

    Asia is by far the largest emitter, accounting for 53% of global emissions. As it is home to 60% of the world’s population this means that per capita emissions in Asia are slightly lower than the world average, however.

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    TOP TITLE: Zuckerberg admits mistakes on Biden laptop story
    admits mistakes
    admits mistakes

    Actual TITLE:
    Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship

    censorship
    censorship
    censorship

    By David Molloy
    BBC News

    Published
    2 hours ago

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62688532

    Facebook did not completely ban sharing of the article, but instead limited how much its algorithm automatically shared it to other people for a week, while third-party fact-checkers tried to verify the reporting.

    …………….

    The Ministry of Truth — Minitrue, in Newspeak(1) — was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party:

    WAR IS PEACE
    FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
    IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
    https://orwell.ru/library/novels/1984/english/en_p_1

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  8. theisland says:

    Might as well just go the whole way to the French beach.

    804 on 16 boats yesterday (official figures).

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    • MarkyMark says:

      French fishermen being paid £1,000 a person to take migrants half way across the Channel before forcing them to complete the journey in flimsy boats
      They use the cover of legitimate fishing trips to take them halfway across
      Fishermen, are paid £1,000 per migrant, then make them complete the trip
      Tiny dinghies then used to cross perilous waters of The English Channel
      By ARTHUR MARTIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL

      PUBLISHED: 00:09, 31 May 2016

      ……………………

      RNLI funding burkinis for Africans while cutting jobs
      https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rnli-funding-burkinis-for-africans-while-cutting-jobs-tnctwwl7d

      ……………………..

      Elimination of modern slavery and human trafficking
      RNLI statement on the elimination of modern slavery and human trafficking. This statement is for the year ending 31/12/2021.

      The RNLI does not fall within the scope of the Modern Slavery Act obligation criteria. However, during 2021 the RNLI Executive Team confirmed that we will continue to make an annual statement and take relevant action in line with the requirements of the legislation.

      https://rnli.org/about-us/sustainability/elimination-of-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking

      The RNLI has zero-tolerance toward slavery and human trafficking and does not accept modern slavery in any form. In our operations and supply chain, we work with partners and suppliers to ensure compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“the Act”).

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    • G.W.F. says:

      Why not cut out the people smugglers and set up a ticket office on the French beach?
      Obviously supported by those in control of the UK Government

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    • taffman says:

      Question : Is our government actively supporting the invasion of this country ?

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  9. MarkyMark says:

    The RNLI has zero-tolerance toward slavery and human trafficking and does not accept modern slavery in any form. In our operations and supply chain, we work with partners and suppliers to ensure compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“the Act”).
    human trafficking
    human trafficking
    human trafficking
    human trafficking
    https://rnli.org/about-us/sustainability/elimination-of-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking

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  10. Guest Who says:

    So really James O’Brien is just Emily Maitlis?

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  11. Guest Who says:

    The groupie bios are great.

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  12. Guest Who says:

    The BBC Our Man at Apple gets stunned.

    Maybe hoping for a crack at BS?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Has the BBC ever lied to me …. YES.
      “Gavin Hewitt in 2015 replacing video with still photos to hide a nasty refugee pushing a pregnant female refugee and small child onto a train track, the BBC made it look like the border guards were being tough.”

      Has the BBC ever hidden news from me …. YES.
      “May 2018 the Day of Freedom march was not reported on the main website or the main news channel and is not available on the BBC £3.5bn online search page – other news agencies including the Guardian reported it.”

      Has the BBC kept the public in the dark …. YES.
      “We know that the UK MP expenses continues and should be investigated with the £3.5bn BBC New Service every year to keep the MPs on their toes, David Lammy bought a bike for £650 on expenses (Claim Ref:387540/17oct2014) which is blatant misuse of Tax Payer Money. How come the BBC don’t check up each year?”

      Has the BBC ignored politician’s lies …. YES.
      “UK Politicians are on TV shouting austerity and recession but all have taken an 18% pay increase from 2010 to 2018. How can they talk for the people when the live in their own bubble?”

      Has the BBC moved from news to social engineering …. YES.
      “By 2020, the BBC wants its employees to comprise 50% women, 8% disabled people, 8% lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people and 15% people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.{bbc.co.uk 14sep2017}”

      Has the BBC let journalist break their guidelines …. YES.
      “Gary ‘£1.75m’ Lineker uses his twitter account to say Brexit is bad, EU is good. But not once has he confronted Jacob Rees-Mogg or Nigel Farage to talk about it. It is a one sided echo chamber.”

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/05/20/start-the-week-open-thread-21-may-2018/comment-page-6/#comment-918185

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  13. taffman says:

    “Macron says UK and France face problems if leaders unsure over friendship”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62687295
    With friend like him who needs enemies ?

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      taffman
      Translated into English,what Mr Macron probably means is ” I hate the UK for leaving our cosy Socialist club and I will do all I can to ensure that they regret their decision. I will never forgive them!”

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  14. StewGreen says:

    ITV local newsPR energy prices
    They seem to have gone to Labour Party central casting fore the 1 member of the public
    She “volunteers at at local foodbank”
    she said “what kind of government sell off national assets like electricity and water”
    FFS we know nationalised industries don’t work
    and in commercial biz problems are often due to bad regulators.

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  15. StewGreen says:

    Now on ITV local NewsPR

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    • StewGreen says:

      “We had violence in Afghanistan, so we moved to Pakistan, then we came to England”
      The prog never asked why they came from no war Pakistan to Grantham.

      Now prog is reading the government statement.

      the man dressed in Afghan clothes has a TV gold line
      “This is my country. I love it like I love Afghanistan”

      (in other news the Doncaster ladies football Nadiya is flying to Nepal to play for Pakistan in the international match)

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      • moggie63 says:

        Perhaps he’ll do us all a favour by loving this country the same way he loves his own and pissing off.

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  16. StewGreen says:

    @GraceAdeniji_ Presenter & Multimedia Journalist @BBC3CR
    | International Politics Grad | British Nigerian| Ex ITV & VoxAfrica

    @osasuo 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 British-Nigerian. @BBC_WF
    reporter. African footy junkie. Lawyer. Ex-@FIFAcom
    Anti-Racism Task Force. Ex-@thenff’s Reforms Committee

    Damilola Oduolowu @dammieobi
    Senior Journalist Reporter @BBC
    || Formerly @tvcnewsng and @TVCconnect
    Journalist/TV Producer || Nigeria

    @hstangaza Bilingual and multi-platform journalist with bases in Nigeria and UK/
    Participant, BBC Academy Editorial Leadership Course 2018 – Cardiff

    Mazi Justice Nwafor
    @realJust_ice Journo. Words: @BBC_Future

    @okwoche
    Storyteller with the BBC. Love Nigeria, Africa, Arsenal, Music. London is Ilé

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    • StewGreen says:

      In addition there are whole teams of Nigerian staff who broadcast to Nigeria eg the BBC Hausa service

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  17. Northern Voter says:

    All that is needed is a fleet of buses where the dinghy people land. Ship them all to Lyneham or Brize Norton. Put them all on a Hercules and fly them to Port Stanley in the Falklands where their applications will be processed. Put them in Nissen huts whilst this is going on, feed them mre’s (there must be lots left), I would guarantee after the third or fourth flight, numbers would fall or even dry up.

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  19. theisland says:

    Tony Heller – Three Centuries Of Greta’s Family Business

    Greta’s ancestor Svante Arrhenius started the global warming scam in 1896. It was debunked by Nobel Laureate Knut Ångström five years later in 1901, but the press picked up on it and have run with it (on and off) ever since.

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  20. Fedup2 says:

    Time for the weekend thread . The 27th is the anniversary of Warrenpoint … someone I knew was there … RIP…

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  21. StewGreen says:

    9pm BBC Gardener’s world has sent their mixed race female gardener to a mosque garden
    Prog intro “it entices and enchants THE WHOLE COMMUNITY”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      It’s why the BBC can’t do comedy any more – one long tick box parody …innit ?

      How about prison ‘ lifer ‘ gardens ?

      Or paki Paedo racist Muslim rape gang gardens ? ( suspended )

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      • Mustapha Sheikup al-Beebi says:

        Or the “Hanging Gardens” of Rotherham perhaps …

        By the way, that dog in the pic’ isn’t very halal, is it?!

        Also, I detest the constant use of the word community, often pronounced “communi’iy”.

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      • Loobyloo says:

        Drag queen gardens? If they have time for gardening in between reading stories to kiddies

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