• Re: spacex in Louisiana

    From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 14:53:21
    On 31/08/2026 1:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:14:33 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 30/08/2026 6:08 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?= =?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?= <thanks-to@Taf.com>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje schreef:
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Nice name! |
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dank u wel!

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Better make peace with Russia here and let the You Ash self destruct [. . .]|
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Destructions are not good.

    Depends, some microbes and virusses and pests etc are better get rid of!

    It's called "sterilisation" and it doesn't work with microbes unless you
    can introduce inoffensive microbes that will hog the ecological niche.

    Antibiotics will kill one generation of microbes, but Darwinian
    selection will pick out any microbe that is insensitive to the
    antibiotic, and they become resistant to that particular antibiotic.

    Viruses are better tackled by boosting your own immune system with vaccines.

    There's something to be said for clean drinking water.

    It's a good beginning. Water is chemically simple - just H20 - but any
    water you drink is contaminated with a little bit of CO2.

    Unfortunately, staying alive depends on you ingesting more complex
    chemicals, and keeping them pure is more difficult.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 15:12:58
    On 31/08/2026 1:26 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or
    Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>> Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come
    knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>
    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how modern >>>>> economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship either >>>> Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$ dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading Usenet, >>>> It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated.
    Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman.

    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.

    Incompetent governments of all political persuasions kill people. We've
    been having famines, and they have been killing people since we started relying on agriculture. Stalin in Russia and Mao in China both screwed
    up and killed people, but even communist regimes can do better. The
    Chinese communist government hasn't had any mega-deaths since Mao's carelessness.

    Donald Trump and Boris Johnson both presided over right-wing governments
    who let more people died of Covid-19 ( about 3,000 per million) than
    their advanced industrial counter parts (about 2000 per million).

    <snip>

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 07:23:14
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 8/30/26 18:05, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or
    Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>> Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come
    knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for
    defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist
    schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries >>>> resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon.
    All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>> and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>> youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader. >>>>
    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's
    assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It
    was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost
    five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or >> action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a
    secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him >> richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.



    Sounds ever more paranoid schizophrenic to me, and a lot of pot, kettle. >Conveniently forgetting the extreme sacrifice, blood and treasure,
    as the UK and US helped dig Europe out of the mess it got itself into,
    twice, in two world wars, where millions died. Just because the US

    In WW2 it was Russia that defeated Hitler and killed him.


    currently has an apparently unstable president, doesn't speak for the
    whole country.

    True, but his actions destroy the US and its reputation (if it had any left).



    I would try looking closer to home, where the unaccountable,
    dictatorial, intolerant and corrupt EU is far worse in it's
    policies and intentions.

    Well so far people are happy, EU is making new trade agreemnts with other countries ,
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=new+EU+deal+with+south+american+countries%3F
    The European Union and the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
    signed a landmark trade agreement on 17 January 2026, with the interim deal provisionally
    applying from 1 May 2026

    That is unlike killing people and abducting leaders and putting a puppy in their place like in Venezuela,
    just to steal their oil.
    And unlike hungering and hurting people in Cuba!
    And tariffs on everybody (like Canada and EU) and threats and hitting Iran
    and supporting genocice in Palestine.
    What a piece of low life ciminals the US is,
    having an egomaniac insane criminal as leader is no excuse.
    Stand up to that ape!


    The anti democratic fascist EU state. The UK just escaped in time. The
    whole system has failed, chocking under its own sclerotic contradiction,
    and some wonder why we see more and more extreme right wing populism.

    The UK wants back in the EU, leaving the EU has hit their economy very hard.


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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 07:25:28
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>>Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries >>>>resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon.
    All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader. >>>>
    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's
    assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It
    was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or >>action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him >>richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Only Putin has the power to command the Russian Federation Military to
    do anything. And none of the above spider web is relevant to Putin's >assessment of how well the Ukraine war is going.

    Joe

    He who does not want to see is effectively blind.


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  • From joegwinn@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 09:35:06
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:25:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>>>Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>>defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries >>>>>resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>>and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>>youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader. >>>>>
    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's >>>>assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It >>>>was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or >>>action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>>secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him >>>richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Only Putin has the power to command the Russian Federation Military to
    do anything. And none of the above spider web is relevant to Putin's >>assessment of how well the Ukraine war is going.

    Joe

    He who does not want to see is effectively blind.

    Yes. Note that it works both ways.

    Joe

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 14:26:17
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:25:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>>most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>>>>Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>>software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>>knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>>>defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>>schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries >>>>>>resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane >>>>>>and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>>All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>>>and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>>>youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's >>>>>assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It >>>>>was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>>five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or >>>>action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>>>secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him >>>>richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Only Putin has the power to command the Russian Federation Military to
    do anything. And none of the above spider web is relevant to Putin's >>>assessment of how well the Ukraine war is going.

    Joe

    He who does not want to see is effectively blind.

    Yes. Note that it works both ways.

    Joe

    Yep!

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 14:36:38
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:25:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>>Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>>>most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>>>software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>>>knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population.

    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>>>>defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>>>schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries
    resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people >>>>>>>and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane >>>>>>>and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>>>All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>>>>and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>>>>youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's >>>>>>assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It >>>>>>was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>>>five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or
    action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>>>>secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him
    richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Only Putin has the power to command the Russian Federation Military to >>>>do anything. And none of the above spider web is relevant to Putin's >>>>assessment of how well the Ukraine war is going.

    Joe

    He who does not want to see is effectively blind.

    Yes. Note that it works both ways.

    Joe

    Yep!

    But it must be noted that if YOU cannot see them because you have your eyes closed, they can see you with their eyes open.
    Easy target
    Driving with eyes closed is also asking for trouble (OK maybe in a fully autonomous telstar eeeeh tessalad whatever you get to where you want,
    in one piece ? It all depends...


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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 08:06:17
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:53:21 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 31/08/2026 1:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:14:33 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 30/08/2026 6:08 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?= =?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?= <thanks-to@Taf.com>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje schreef:
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Nice name! |
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dank u wel!

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Better make peace with Russia here and let the You Ash self destruct [. . .]|
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Destructions are not good.

    Depends, some microbes and virusses and pests etc are better get rid of! >>>
    It's called "sterilisation" and it doesn't work with microbes unless you >>> can introduce inoffensive microbes that will hog the ecological niche.

    Antibiotics will kill one generation of microbes, but Darwinian
    selection will pick out any microbe that is insensitive to the
    antibiotic, and they become resistant to that particular antibiotic.

    Viruses are better tackled by boosting your own immune system with vaccines.

    There's something to be said for clean drinking water.

    It's a good beginning. Water is chemically simple - just H20 - but any
    water you drink is contaminated with a little bit of CO2.


    Contaminated? Peligrino has a lot. As does Coca-Cola.

    Unfortunately, staying alive depends on you ingesting more complex >chemicals, and keeping them pure is more difficult.

    https://waterforgood.org/7-most-common-waterborne-diseases-and-how-to-prevent-them/



    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 02:25:46
    On 1/09/2026 1:06 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:53:21 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 31/08/2026 1:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:14:33 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 30/08/2026 6:08 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?= =?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?= <thanks-to@Taf.com>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje schreef:
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Nice name! |
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dank u wel!

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Better make peace with Russia here and let the You Ash self destruct [. . .]|
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Destructions are not good.

    Depends, some microbes and virusses and pests etc are better get rid of! >>>>
    It's called "sterilisation" and it doesn't work with microbes unless you >>>> can introduce inoffensive microbes that will hog the ecological niche. >>>>
    Antibiotics will kill one generation of microbes, but Darwinian
    selection will pick out any microbe that is insensitive to the
    antibiotic, and they become resistant to that particular antibiotic.

    Viruses are better tackled by boosting your own immune system with vaccines.

    There's something to be said for clean drinking water.

    It's a good beginning. Water is chemically simple - just H20 - but any
    water you drink is contaminated with a little bit of CO2.


    Contaminated? Peligrino has a lot. As does Coca-Cola.

    But they aren't advertised as pure water.

    Unfortunately, staying alive depends on you ingesting more complex
    chemicals, and keeping them pure is more difficult.

    https://waterforgood.org/7-most-common-waterborne-diseases-and-how-to-prevent-them/

    Scarcely relevant. You can kill bacteria and viruses by heating water - boiling at atmospheric pressure is usually enough but some very
    resistant bugs can survive that, and you have to use an autocalve

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoclave

    to get the sample hotter - 125C or 134C.

    A pressure cooker is a sort of domestic autoclave.

    Needless to say, this all too expensive for the people who suffer most
    from water-borne diseases.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 10:27:53
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or
    Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>>> Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>
    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how modern >>>>>> economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship either >>>>> Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$ dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading Usenet, >>>>> It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated.
    Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman.

    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ?Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the U.S. since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000 drug-involved overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ?
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated >significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries in 2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The trends show that while gun deaths have generally increased over the decades, recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although gun suicides have reached record levels.
    ? Johns Hopkins University
    ? Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends in violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the highest >totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable increase in >suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range Key Trends
    1920s-1960s Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant increases
    during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s A marked rise in gun violence, particularly homicides, often linked
    to drug-related crime.
    2000s Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing attention to
    gun control debates.
    2010s Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw slight declines in
    homicides.
    2020s Recent years have shown a decline in homicides, while gun suicides
    have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have increased, >indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun deaths remains >high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic. The best and the worst people come here
    from all over the world.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.


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  • From joegwinn@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 31, 2026 16:46:12
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:25:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:05:24 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>>>>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>>>Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>>>>most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>>>>software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>>>>knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population.

    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>>>>>defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>>>>schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries
    resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people >>>>>>>>and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane >>>>>>>>and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>>>>All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>>>>>and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by
    youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes. >>>>>>>>and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's >>>>>>>assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It >>>>>>>was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>>>>five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or
    action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>>>>>secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him
    richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically, >>>>>>as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Only Putin has the power to command the Russian Federation Military to >>>>>do anything. And none of the above spider web is relevant to Putin's >>>>>assessment of how well the Ukraine war is going.

    Joe

    He who does not want to see is effectively blind.

    Yes. Note that it works both ways.

    Joe

    Yep!

    But it must be noted that if YOU cannot see them because you have your eyes >closed, they can see you with their eyes open.
    Easy target
    Driving with eyes closed is also asking for trouble (OK maybe in a fully >autonomous telstar eeeeh tessalad whatever you get to where you want,
    in one piece ? It all depends...

    That Yep! lasted only ten minutes. Driving is different than
    thinking.

    Anyway, you may have the last word.

    Joe

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 15:05:14
    On 1/09/2026 3:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>> Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>>
    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how modern >>>>>>> economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship either >>>>>> Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$ dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading Usenet, >>>>>> It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated.
    Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman.

    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ‹¨¬Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the U.S. since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000 drug-involved overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ‹¨¬
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated
    significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries in 2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The trends show that while gun deaths have generally increased over the decades, recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although gun suicides have reached record levels.
    ‹¨¬ Johns Hopkins University
    ‹¨¬ Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends in violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the highest
    totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable increase in >> suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range Key Trends
    1920s-1960s Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant increases
    during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s A marked rise in gun violence, particularly homicides, often linked
    to drug-related crime.
    2000s Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing attention to
    gun control debates.
    2010s Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw slight declines in
    homicides.
    2020s Recent years have shown a decline in homicides, while gun suicides
    have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have increased, >> indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun deaths remains >> high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic.

    If heading rapidly downhill is an indication of dynamism, you confidence
    isn't misplaced.

    The best and the worst people come here from all over the world.

    The same applies to any country that accepts immigrants, even the ones
    who imagine that they screen their immigrants carefully.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.

    In civilised countries, voluntary assisted dying is offered to the
    terminally ill. The person who ends up dead first has to talk to quite a
    few people to establish that suicide is appropriate.

    The problem with guns as a method suicide is that it is easy to side
    step all those tedious conversations, and end up killing yourself when
    it isn't remotely appropriate. Somebody silly enough to keep guns around
    the house in easily accessible places isn't a great loss, but it can
    upset their relatives.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 07:59:47
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Yep!

    But it must be noted that if YOU cannot see them because you have your eyes >>closed, they can see you with their eyes open.
    Easy target
    Driving with eyes closed is also asking for trouble (OK maybe in a fully >>autonomous telstar eeeeh tessalad whatever you get to where you want,
    in one piece ? It all depends...

    That Yep! lasted only ten minutes. Driving is different than
    thinking.

    Anyway, you may have the last word.

    Joe

    Thank you! :-)
    It is interesting, it made me think about Tesla and all the AI and 'autonomous' stuff and politics

    You see more and more US action against Chinese companies with as motivation
    'they collect all your data etc etc '
    But wait a minute, there is Tesla with its autonomous driving cars

    You tell it where to go and it goes there.
    It collects all your data and is connected to their networks
    and interacts with it
    And its leadership is extremely linked to the current king Kong big ape in the gold plated warhouse.

    Then there is noting in the way of the car locking the doors, taking you to the edge of a cliff and over it,
    before that changing the logging to show after investigation of the on board computers YOU were driving!
    It was a suicide!
    Any political enemy driving it would be at risk.
    It's an easy one to get rid of your enemies.

    So, . .do not buy that if you are not into King Kong!

    Better get a Chinese one, cheaper
    https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/15/researchers-say-tesla-overstated-self-driving-safety-claim-dutch-approval-process

    Of course Tesla denies...

    But I would not drive a Tesla even if I got one for free.

    So...

    The spider's web

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 08:09:37
    john larkin <jl@htigct.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>> Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>>
    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how modern >>>>>>> economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship either >>>>>> Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$ dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading Usenet, >>>>>> It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated.
    Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman.

    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ?Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the U.S. since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000
    drug-involved overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ?
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated >>significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries in 2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The
    trends show that while gun deaths have generally increased over the decades, recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although
    gun suicides have reached record levels.
    ? Johns Hopkins University
    ? Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends in violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the highest >>totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable increase in >>suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range Key Trends
    1920s-1960s Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant increases
    during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s A marked rise in gun violence, particularly homicides, often linked
    to drug-related crime.
    2000s Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing attention to
    gun control debates.
    2010s Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw slight declines in
    homicides.
    2020s Recent years have shown a decline in homicides, while gun suicides
    have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have increased, >>indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun deaths remains >>high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic. The best and the worst people come here
    from all over the world.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.

    There are people that climb mountains, and then do not return.
    I would never try that.
    Death is pretty much automatic anyways,
    just make sure you get your 4 COVID shots
    else they do not let you into heaven.

    I once tols AI that I was send back because I did not have the required shots and then went down below where the boss there did not want any competition,
    so I am stuck here in the middle with you :-)
    Not sure if it is repeating that if sombody asks how to get to heaven...





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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 12:50:11
    On 8/31/26 08:23, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 8/30/26 18:05, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows
    https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or
    Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of >>>>>>>> Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>> defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist
    schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries >>>>> resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon.
    All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>> and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>> youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's
    assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It
    was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>> five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or >>> action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>> secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him >>> richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.



    Sounds ever more paranoid schizophrenic to me, and a lot of pot, kettle.
    Conveniently forgetting the extreme sacrifice, blood and treasure,
    as the UK and US helped dig Europe out of the mess it got itself into,
    twice, in two world wars, where millions died. Just because the US

    In WW2 it was Russia that defeated Hitler and killed him.


    Well, they certainly helped, but not without the material help from
    the US, UK and others. First to Berlin is not an accurate metric
    of who won the war. We all did, even though the US were very
    reluctant (sensibly) to be involved. That was until Pearl Harbor.


    currently has an apparently unstable president, doesn't speak for the
    whole country.

    True, but his actions destroy the US and its reputation (if it had any left).



    I would try looking closer to home, where the unaccountable,
    dictatorial, intolerant and corrupt EU is far worse in it's
    policies and intentions.

    Well so far people are happy, EU is making new trade agreemnts with other countries ,
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=new+EU+deal+with+south+american+countries%3F
    The European Union and the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
    signed a landmark trade agreement on 17 January 2026, with the interim deal provisionally
    applying from 1 May 2026

    That is unlike killing people and abducting leaders and putting a puppy in their place like in Venezuela,
    just to steal their oil.
    And unlike hungering and hurting people in Cuba!
    And tariffs on everybody (like Canada and EU) and threats and hitting Iran and supporting genocice in Palestine.
    What a piece of low life ciminals the US is,
    having an egomaniac insane criminal as leader is no excuse.
    Stand up to that ape!


    Definately living inside your head, like thousands of others. He'll be
    gone soon, so who should replace him ?.


    The anti democratic fascist EU state. The UK just escaped in time. The
    whole system has failed, chocking under its own sclerotic contradiction,
    and some wonder why we see more and more extreme right wing populism.

    The UK wants back in the EU, leaving the EU has hit their economy very hard.


    Iceland have very sensibly, just said no. The EU were gagging for that,
    as the inclusion of another, poorer country would be been offset by
    Iceland's contribution.

    Rotten to the core, and well on the way down. Right wing parties on
    the rise all over Europe. Why do you think that is ?.

    Chris


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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 12:55:59
    On 9/1/26 06:05, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 3:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>> wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today.˙ Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>> Financial Times.˙ FT published the original study that showed >>>>>>>>>> that
    most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US >>>>>>>>>> state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and >>>>>>>>> wrote
    software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per >>>>>>>>> U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the
    population.

    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how >>>>>>>> modern
    economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan ) >>>>>>> will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship >>>>>>> either
    Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made >>>>>>> that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is
    worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that bank >>>>>>> in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$
    dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and
    without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading >>>>>>> Usenet,
    It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated.
    Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    ˙ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman.

    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ‹¨¬Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the U.S.
    since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000 drug-involved
    overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ‹¨¬
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated
    significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries in
    2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The trends show
    that while gun deaths have generally increased over the decades,
    recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although gun suicides
    have reached record levels.
    ‹¨¬ Johns Hopkins University
    ‹¨¬ Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the
    past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends in
    violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the
    highest
    totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable
    increase in
    suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Key Trends
    1920s-1960s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant
    increases
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ A marked rise in gun violence, particularly
    homicides, often linked
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ to drug-related crime.
    2000s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing
    attention to
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ gun control debates.
    2010s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw slight
    declines in
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ homicides.
    2020s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Recent years have shown a decline in homicides,
    while gun suicides
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have
    increased,
    indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun deaths
    remains
    high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic.

    If heading rapidly downhill is an indication of dynamism, you confidence isn't misplaced.

    The best and the worst people come here from all over the world.

    The same applies to any country that accepts immigrants, even the ones
    who imagine that they screen their immigrants carefully.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.

    In civilised countries, voluntary assisted dying is offered to the terminally ill. The person who ends up dead first has to talk to quite a
    few people to establish that suicide is appropriate.

    The problem with guns as a method suicide is that it is easy to side
    step all those tedious conversations, and end up killing yourself when
    it isn't remotely appropriate. Somebody silly enough to keep guns around
    the house in easily accessible places isn't a great loss, but it can
    upset their relatives.

    But, who decides what is appropriate, and what is not ?. The
    individual concerned should always have that choice, and the
    last word on the issue. Nobody else's business, especially
    the state.

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 16:52:47
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 8/31/26 08:23, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 8/30/26 18:05, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today. Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>> Financial Times. FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and wrote >>>>>>>> software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the population. >>>>>>>
    Yep. Look at the financial history of WW2. At least that was for >>>>>>> defense. The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>> schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other countries
    resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>> All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has nukes), >>>>>> and make their own weapons, de-stabilization of Europe now is caused by >>>>>> youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not. But this has nothing to do with Putin's
    assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone It >>>>> was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>> five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of invasion (or
    action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin hits a >>>> secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will make him
    richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.



    Sounds ever more paranoid schizophrenic to me, and a lot of pot, kettle. >>> Conveniently forgetting the extreme sacrifice, blood and treasure,
    as the UK and US helped dig Europe out of the mess it got itself into,
    twice, in two world wars, where millions died. Just because the US

    In WW2 it was Russia that defeated Hitler and killed him.


    Well, they certainly helped, but not without the material help from
    the US, UK and others. First to Berlin is not an accurate metric
    of who won the war. We all did, even though the US were very
    reluctant (sensibly) to be involved. That was until Pearl Harbor.


    currently has an apparently unstable president, doesn't speak for the
    whole country.

    True, but his actions destroy the US and its reputation (if it had any left).



    I would try looking closer to home, where the unaccountable,
    dictatorial, intolerant and corrupt EU is far worse in it's
    policies and intentions.

    Well so far people are happy, EU is making new trade agreemnts with other
    countries ,
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=new+EU+deal+with+south+american+countries%3F
    The European Union and the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
    signed a landmark trade agreement on 17 January 2026, with the interim deal provisionally
    applying from 1 May 2026

    That is unlike killing people and abducting leaders and putting a puppy in >> their place like in Venezuela,
    just to steal their oil.
    And unlike hungering and hurting people in Cuba!
    And tariffs on everybody (like Canada and EU) and threats and hitting Iran >> and supporting genocice in Palestine.
    What a piece of low life ciminals the US is,
    having an egomaniac insane criminal as leader is no excuse.
    Stand up to that ape!


    Definately living inside your head, like thousands of others. He'll be
    gone soon, so who should replace him ?.

    Obama was OK.
    Someone who brings the people together.



    The anti democratic fascist EU state. The UK just escaped in time. The
    whole system has failed, chocking under its own sclerotic contradiction, >>> and some wonder why we see more and more extreme right wing populism.

    The UK wants back in the EU, leaving the EU has hit their economy very hard. >>

    Iceland have very sensibly, just said no. The EU were gagging for that,
    as the inclusion of another, poorer country would be been offset by
    Iceland's contribution.

    Rotten to the core, and well on the way down. Right wing parties on
    the rise all over Europe. Why do you think that is ?.

    Chris

    Actually the 'right wing party' already was voted away here in the Netherlands in 2025
    the current government it is no part of:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Freedom

    But yes, there are other 'right wing parties' in other EU countries
    but calling those 'right wing' is a bit over-simplifying things.
    AFD is strong in Germany (next door to here) France a similar case.
    But much of what those stand for makes common sense,
    Like better relations with Russia for example.
    And as far as I am concerned that is better than being a US puppet.
    As far as I go NATO is a bunch of Russofobia suckers.
    We need our own nukes and if needed - teach the YouAsh King Kong club s lesson. Boycott all YouAsh products until King Kong and his shit is gone.


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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 03:41:31
    On 1/09/2026 9:55 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/1/26 06:05, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 3:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today.˙ Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>>> Financial Times.˙ FT published the original study that showed >>>>>>>>>>> that
    most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US >>>>>>>>>>> state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading >>>>>>>>>> and wrote
    software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican? >>>>>>>>>> The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per >>>>>>>>>> U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the >>>>>>>>>> population.

    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's how >>>>>>>>> modern
    economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like Japan >>>>>>>> ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their friendship >>>>>>>> either
    Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made >>>>>>>> that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is >>>>>>>> worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that
    bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$
    dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and
    without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after reading >>>>>>>> Usenet,
    It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated. >>>>>>>> Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    ˙ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario')
    is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman. >>>>>>
    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ‹¨¬Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the
    U.S. since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000
    drug-involved overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ‹¨¬
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated
    significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries in
    2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The trends show
    that while gun deaths have generally increased over the decades,
    recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although gun suicides
    have reached record levels.
    ‹¨¬ Johns Hopkins University
    ‹¨¬ Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the
    past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends
    in violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the
    highest
    totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable
    increase in
    suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Key Trends
    1920s-1960s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant
    increases
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ A marked rise in gun violence, particularly
    homicides, often linked
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ to drug-related crime.
    2000s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing
    attention to
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ gun control debates.
    2010s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw slight
    declines in
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ homicides.
    2020s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Recent years have shown a decline in homicides,
    while gun suicides
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have
    increased,
    indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun deaths
    remains
    high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic.

    If heading rapidly downhill is an indication of dynamism, you
    confidence isn't misplaced.

    The best and the worst people come here from all over the world.

    The same applies to any country that accepts immigrants, even the ones
    who imagine that they screen their immigrants carefully.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.

    In civilised countries, voluntary assisted dying is offered to the
    terminally ill. The person who ends up dead first has to talk to quite
    a few people to establish that suicide is appropriate.

    The problem with guns as a method suicide is that it is easy to side
    step all those tedious conversations, and end up killing yourself when
    it isn't remotely appropriate. Somebody silly enough to keep guns
    around the house in easily accessible places isn't a great loss, but
    it can upset their relatives.

    But, who decides what is appropriate, and what is not ?. The
    individual concerned should always have that choice, and the
    last word on the issue. Nobody else's business, especially
    the state.

    An individual who is suffering from suicidal depression is likely to
    want to make such a choice.

    This is mostly a transient spell of mental illness, and if the affected individual can be prevented from acting on the impulse, they stop being suicidal in a fairly short time.

    Such suicides upset friends, relatives and associates - it does affect
    other people, and in that way it is other people's business. The state
    has a legitimate interest in discouraging people from acting out that particular impulse without due deliberation.

    Voluntary assisted dying has to be negotiated with enough deliberation
    to let you screen out the people suffering from short term aberrations
    of brain chemistry.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 03:52:48
    On 1/09/2026 9:50 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 8/31/26 08:23, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 8/30/26 18:05, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh-treasury/ >>>>>>>>>>

    Russia Today.˙ Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>> Financial Times.˙ FT published the original study that showed that >>>>>>>>> most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the US >>>>>>>>> state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading and >>>>>>>> wrote
    software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will come >>>>>>>> knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican?
    The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per
    U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the
    population.

    Yep.˙ Look at the financial history of WW2.˙ At least that was for >>>>>>> defense.˙ The present-day debt is mostly to fund various populist >>>>>>> schemes; these are now being chain sawed.

    I bet that Putin regrets having underestimated Ukraine.

    US main income is from weapon sales, stealing and robbing other
    countries
    resources too.
    Selling weapons to their own people that kill their own people
    and a CIA that supports uprisings all over the globe to trigger
    wars everywhere,
    Senile puppet president ByeThen was used to make war in Youcrane
    and US making war in Europe already happened by precedent clignon. >>>>>> All to sell US weapons.
    Now that the EU wants to go nuclear itself (France already has
    nukes),
    and make their own weapons,˙ de-stabilization of Europe now is
    caused by
    youcrane ever sucking more funds...

    My opinion (here in the Netherlands) is that we should make peace >>>>>> with Russia
    kick out US CIA trouble makers, arm ourselves with EU nukes.
    and leave 'merrica to self-destruct itself using its current idiot >>>>>> leader.

    The Ukraine war was a US plot and they had Northstream 2 pipeline >>>>>> from Russia
    blow up to rob us of cheap Russian gas so YouAsh could ship
    expensive gas over
    here.
    US steals it from Venezuela these days..

    Perhaps, perhaps not.˙ But this has nothing to do with Putin's
    assessment of how his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has gone˙ It >>>>> was supposed to take maybe a few weeks, but it still grinds on, almost >>>>> five years later, at ruinous costs in blood and treasure.

    It is an interesting 'game'
    do you remember precedent ByeThen mentioning the exact date of
    invasion (or
    action) of Putin before it happened?

    And now, mysteriously -just after a CIA boss visited Russia- Putin
    hits a
    secret munition storage in a Youcrane city?
    Did US give Russia that location?

    What games are played?
    We know trump will sell his country to Russia if he thinks it will
    make him
    richer.
    He did it with his building projects.
    Was that location forwarded to Russia for some reward?

    Anyways .. Those people in that part of Youcrain had voted to be
    part of Russia,
    but the corrupt CIA clown lensky and his clan had orders to make war
    in Europe
    so You Ash could sell more weapons, crappy noisy F35 specifically,
    as Europe was giving their good old F16s to Youcrain

    If tramp gets impeached and arrested he may run and ask for
    political asylum in
    Russia before he is send to Guant namo Bay in Cuba.

    Links ... see the spider web?

    I do not believe in Coincidence very much.


    Sounds ever more paranoid schizophrenic to me, and a lot of pot, kettle. >>> Conveniently forgetting the extreme sacrifice, blood and treasure,
    as the UK and US helped dig Europe out of the mess it got itself into,
    twice, in two world wars, where millions died. Just because the US

    In WW2 it was Russia that defeated Hitler and killed him.


    Well, they certainly helped, but not without the material help from
    the US, UK and others. First to Berlin is not an accurate metric
    of who won the war. We all did, even though the US were very
    reluctant (sensibly) to be involved. That was until Pearl Harbor.


    currently has an apparently unstable president, doesn't speak for the
    whole country.

    True, but his actions destroy the US and its reputation (if it had any
    left).



    I would try looking closer to home, where the unaccountable,
    dictatorial, intolerant and corrupt EU is far worse in it's
    policies and intentions.

    Well so far people are happy, EU is making new trade agreemnts with other
    countries ,
    ˙ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=new+EU+deal+with+south+american+countries%3F
    ˙˙ The European Union and the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil,
    Paraguay, Uruguay)
    ˙˙ signed a landmark trade agreement on 17 January 2026, with the
    interim deal provisionally
    ˙˙ applying from 1 May 2026

    That is unlike killing people and abducting leaders and putting a
    puppy in
    their place like in Venezuela,
    just to steal their oil.
    And unlike hungering and hurting people in Cuba!
    And tariffs on everybody (like Canada and˙ EU) and threats and hitting
    Iran
    and supporting genocice in Palestine.
    What a piece of low life ciminals the US is,
    having an egomaniac insane criminal as leader is no excuse.
    Stand up to that ape!


    Definately living inside your head, like thousands of others. He'll be
    gone soon, so who should replace him ?.


    The anti democratic fascist EU state. The UK just escaped in time. The
    whole system has failed, chocking under its own sclerotic contradiction, >>> and some wonder why we see more and more extreme right wing populism.

    The UK wants back in the EU, leaving the EU has hit their economy very
    hard.

    Iceland have very sensibly, just said no. The EU were gagging for that,
    as the inclusion of another, poorer country would be been offset by
    Iceland's contribution.

    Rotten to the core, and well on the way down. Right wing parties on
    the rise all over Europe. Why do you think that is ?

    People with money frequently have right-wing ideas and spend the money
    on spreading propaganda. The rise of artificial intelligence and social
    media have exposed a lot of people to their nonsense.

    America is even more susceptible to this mechanism - their Supreme Court
    wants rich Americans to be able to buy all the political influence they
    want to, so American politicians do seem to end up remarkably well-off.

    Donald Trump has done remarkably well out of his second term.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 19:55:41
    Suicide is not appropriate.
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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 22:05:27
    On 9/1/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 9:55 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/1/26 06:05, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 3:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:
    But disaster is knoking on the US door as its deficit grows >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rt.com/business/644735-jackson-hole-warsh- >>>>>>>>>>>>> treasury/


    Russia Today.˙ Sure....

    I'd suggest a financial newspaper like Wall Street Journal or >>>>>>>>>>>> Financial Times.˙ FT published the original study that >>>>>>>>>>>> showed that
    most countries in Europe had lower per-capita GDP than the >>>>>>>>>>>> US state of
    Mississippi, in 2023.

    Joe

    Is so happens I did a financial training and option trading >>>>>>>>>>> and wrote
    software for it.

    Just accept it: the You Ash is bankrupt
    Soon Japan and China and Luxembourg that hold that debt will >>>>>>>>>>> come
    knocking on your door to take all you have away
    Do you know the 4 trilling dollies are debt per 'merrican? >>>>>>>>>>> The current U.S. national debt is approximately $119,107 per >>>>>>>>>>> U.S. citizen
    as of August 9, 2026.
    This figure reflects the total federal debt divided by the >>>>>>>>>>> population.

    The US will just print as many dollars as they need. That's >>>>>>>>>> how modern
    economics works.

    That is inflation, and the ones that hold US 'debt' (Like
    Japan ) will lose money.
    Not a good thing to keep friends
    And invoking tariffs on those does not increase their
    friendship either
    Most of the world is now disgusted over US tariffs, Canada made >>>>>>>>> that very clear.
    If you cannot buy things from other countries as the dollar is >>>>>>>>> worth nothing
    then your industry is dead.

    Imagine you loaning from a bank, and then start hurting that >>>>>>>>> bank in many ways ..
    Now many americans cannot even pay the interest on the 100k$ >>>>>>>>> dollars they borrowed
    It is all over now.


    Buy property.

    Yes but what is the value when nuked flat and radiating and >>>>>>>>> without power and
    water and food and transport?

    I was thinking about the Roman empire this morning after
    reading Usenet,
    It was huge, covered much of Europe.
    Then they went religious and then they were simply obliterated. >>>>>>>>> Some weird emperors
    You too Brutus?
    ˙ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman_Empire

    Your current emperor / nutcase (now renaming 'Lake Ontario') >>>>>>>>> is not a great help to get your countru out of the pits
    It is degeneration in excess.

    It's all over now


    Have a nice day!

    Thank you, the same to you all,
    it may help to just vote against that gold-plated warhouse madman. >>>>>>>
    And yes, maybe communism IS the better way?
    :-)


    It's great for population control. Megadeaths.


    https://fallen.memorial/

    You have already drugs as population control?
    Search Assist
    ‹¨¬Over 1.25 million people have died from drug overdoses in the
    U.S. since 1999. In 2023 alone, there were over 105,000 drug-
    involved overdose deaths.

    And your gun sales policies, everybody shooting everybody else.
    ‹¨¬
    Search Assist
    Over the last hundred years, gun deaths in the U.S. have fluctuated
    significantly, with 44,447 people dying from gun-related injuries
    in 2024, marking one of the highest totals recorded. The trends
    show that while gun deaths have generally increased over the
    decades, recent years have seen a decline in homicides, although
    gun suicides have reached record levels.
    ‹¨¬ Johns Hopkins University
    ‹¨¬ Pew Research Center
    Overview of Gun Deaths in the U.S.
    Gun deaths in the United States have varied significantly over the
    past century.
    The total number of gun-related fatalities reflects broader trends
    in violence,
    legislation, and societal factors.
    Recent Statistics
    In 2024, 44,447 people died from gun-related injuries, one of the
    highest
    totals recorded.
    This figure includes both homicides and suicides, with a notable
    increase in
    suicides in recent years.
    Trends Over Time
    Year Range˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Key Trends
    1920s-1960s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Fluctuations in gun deaths, with significant
    increases
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ during periods of social unrest.
    1970s-1990s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ A marked rise in gun violence, particularly
    homicides, often linked
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ to drug-related crime.
    2000s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Continued high rates of gun deaths, with increasing >>>>> attention to
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ gun control debates.
    2010s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Gun deaths remained high, but some years saw
    slight declines in
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ homicides.
    2020s˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Recent years have shown a decline in homicides,
    while gun suicides
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ have reached record levels.
    Current Context
    Homicides have decreased in recent years, but gun suicides have
    increased,
    indicating a shift in the nature of gun violence.
    The overall trend suggests that while the total number of gun
    deaths remains
    high, the dynamics between homicides and suicides are changing.

    The US is certainly dynamic.

    If heading rapidly downhill is an indication of dynamism, you
    confidence isn't misplaced.

    The best and the worst people come here from all over the world.

    The same applies to any country that accepts immigrants, even the
    ones who imagine that they screen their immigrants carefully.

    If suicide is appropriate, a gun is reliable, if messy. Do it
    outdoors.

    In civilised countries, voluntary assisted dying is offered to the
    terminally ill. The person who ends up dead first has to talk to
    quite a few people to establish that suicide is appropriate.

    The problem with guns as a method suicide is that it is easy to side
    step all those tedious conversations, and end up killing yourself
    when it isn't remotely appropriate. Somebody silly enough to keep
    guns around the house in easily accessible places isn't a great loss,
    but it can upset their relatives.

    But, who decides what is appropriate, and what is not ?. The
    individual concerned should always have that choice, and the
    last word on the issue. Nobody else's business, especially
    the state.

    An individual who is suffering from suicidal depression is likely to
    want to make such a choice.

    This is mostly a transient spell of mental illness, and if the affected individual can be prevented from acting on the impulse, they stop being suicidal in a fairly short time.

    Such suicides upset friends, relatives and associates - it does affect
    other people, and in that way it is other people's business. The state
    has a legitimate interest in discouraging people from acting out that particular impulse without due deliberation.

    Voluntary assisted dying has to be negotiated with enough deliberation
    to let you screen out the people suffering from short term aberrations
    of brain chemistry.


    It may be transient, but we really can't generalise. But again,
    who makes that decision against the wishes of the individual
    concerned ?. Who watches the watchers ? It's been going on for
    years already, doctors prescribing end dose of painkillers to
    speed up the end, but that does expose doctors to a potential
    murder charge, depending on the circumstances.

    There obviously needs to be safeguards, but that can only be
    framed through the law. Here in the UK, the assisted dying bill
    has been frustrated on several occasions. Organised religion,
    and those who think they have the right to dictate to others,
    on such personal matters.

    In the absence of coercion etc, the primacy of the individual
    should always take precedence.

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 14:40:47
    On 2/09/2026 7:05 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/1/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 9:55 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/1/26 06:05, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 1/09/2026 3:27 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:23:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:15:39 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:31:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:42:23 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid> >wrote:

    But, who decides what is appropriate, and what is not ?. The
    individual concerned should always have that choice, and the
    last word on the issue. Nobody else's business, especially
    the state.

    An individual who is suffering from suicidal depression is likely to
    want to make such a choice.

    This is mostly a transient spell of mental illness, and if the
    affected individual can be prevented from acting on the impulse, they
    stop being suicidal in a fairly short time.

    Such suicides upset friends, relatives and associates - it does affect
    other people, and in that way it is other people's business. The state
    has a legitimate interest in discouraging people from acting out that
    particular impulse without due deliberation.

    Voluntary assisted dying has to be negotiated with enough deliberation
    to let you screen out the people suffering from short term aberrations
    of brain chemistry.


    It may be transient, but we really can't generalise.

    Public policy is necessarily general. It does have to generalise, and
    provide options for appeal and review to cover the corner cases.


    But again, who makes˙ that decision against the wishes of the individual concerned ?

    Typically a mental health professional, but in the first instance
    anybody who doesn't like seeing irrevocable decisions being implemented without due care and attention.

    Who watches the watchers ?

    Professional review bodies. Professionals who don't act as carefully as
    they should can and do lose their professional accreditation.

    It's been going on for
    years already, doctors prescribing end dose of painkillers to
    speed up the end, but that does expose doctors to a potential
    murder charge, depending on the circumstances.

    It can also get them disbarred and forbidden to practice.

    There obviously needs to be safeguards, but that can only be
    framed through the law. Here in the UK, the assisted dying bill
    has been frustrated on several occasions. Organised religion,
    and those who think they have the right to dictate to others,
    on such personal matters.

    Most people think that they have the right to stop an obviously
    distraught person from killing themselves.

    In the absence of coercion etc, the primacy of the individual
    should always take precedence.

    Not if they are out of their minds. They have to prove that they are
    sane before they can be allowed to kill themselves. It is an irrevocable decision, after all.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 17:45:27
    Jan Panteltje schreef:
    |-----------------|
    |"[. . .] |
    |It was a suicide!|
    |[. . .]" |
    |-----------------|

    Murderers and murderesses often explain murders away as suicides.
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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 18:31:38
    ChrisQ <syseng@GSSys.co.UK> wrote: |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"There obviously needs to be safeguards, but that can only be |
    |framed through the law. Here in the UK, the assisted dying bill|
    |has been frustrated on several occasions. Organised religion, |
    |and those who think they have the right to dictate to others, |
    |on such personal matters. |
    | |
    |In the absence of coercion etc, the primacy of the individual |
    |should always take precedence." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" reported many weeks ago that the U.K. repeatedly
    threatens to kill a disabled campaigner who is against an
    assisted-dying bill. He campaigns against this bill because he fears
    that this bill would be used to murder him.

    Cf. murders in the Netherlands by a female so-called nurse who
    professes so-called euthanasia.

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 11:33:20
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:

    Yep!

    But it must be noted that if YOU cannot see them because you have your eyes >>>closed, they can see you with their eyes open.
    Easy target
    Driving with eyes closed is also asking for trouble (OK maybe in a fully >>>autonomous telstar eeeeh tessalad whatever you get to where you want, >>>in one piece ? It all depends...

    That Yep! lasted only ten minutes. Driving is different than
    thinking.

    Anyway, you may have the last word.

    Joe

    Thank you! :-)
    It is interesting, it made me think about Tesla and all the AI and 'autonomous' stuff and politics

    You see more and more US action against Chinese companies with as motivation
    'they collect all your data etc etc '
    But wait a minute, there is Tesla with its autonomous driving cars

    You tell it where to go and it goes there.
    It collects all your data and is connected to their networks
    and interacts with it
    And its leadership is extremely linked to the current king Kong big ape in the gold plated warhouse.

    Then there is noting in the way of the car locking the doors, taking you to the edge of a cliff and over it,
    before that changing the logging to show after investigation of the on board computers YOU were driving!
    It was a suicide!
    Any political enemy driving it would be at risk.
    It's an easy one to get rid of your enemies.

    So, . .do not buy that if you are not into King Kong!

    Better get a Chinese one, cheaper
    https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/15/researchers-say-tesla-overstated-self-driving-safety-claim-dutch-approval-process

    Of course Tesla denies...

    But I would not drive a Tesla even if I got one for free.

    So...

    The spider's web

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.


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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 19:11:49
    |--------------------------------------|
    |"You are anti-american and pro-china."| |--------------------------------------|

    He lived in America. He likes Obama.
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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 12:34:25
    On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 19:11:49 -0000 (UTC), C?il?n Niocl?s?n Glost?ir <thanks-to@Taf.com> wrote:

    |--------------------------------------|
    |"You are anti-american and pro-china."| >|--------------------------------------|

    He lived in America. He likes Obama.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    Curiouser and curiouser.


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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 04:51:59
    john larkin <jl@htigct.com>wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:

    Yep!

    But it must be noted that if YOU cannot see them because you have your eyes >>>>closed, they can see you with their eyes open.
    Easy target
    Driving with eyes closed is also asking for trouble (OK maybe in a fully >>>>autonomous telstar eeeeh tessalad whatever you get to where you want, >>>>in one piece ? It all depends...

    That Yep! lasted only ten minutes. Driving is different than
    thinking.

    Anyway, you may have the last word.

    Joe

    Thank you! :-)
    It is interesting, it made me think about Tesla and all the AI and 'autonomous' stuff and politics

    You see more and more US action against Chinese companies with as motivation >> 'they collect all your data etc etc '
    But wait a minute, there is Tesla with its autonomous driving cars

    You tell it where to go and it goes there.
    It collects all your data and is connected to their networks
    and interacts with it
    And its leadership is extremely linked to the current king Kong big ape in the gold plated warhouse.

    Then there is noting in the way of the car locking the doors, taking you to the edge of a cliff and over it,
    before that changing the logging to show after investigation of the on board computers YOU were driving!
    It was a suicide!
    Any political enemy driving it would be at risk.
    It's an easy one to get rid of your enemies.

    So, . .do not buy that if you are not into King Kong!

    Better get a Chinese one, cheaper
    https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/15/researchers-say-tesla-overstated-self-driving-safety-claim-dutch-approval-process

    Of course Tesla denies...

    But I would not drive a Tesla even if I got one for free.

    So...

    The spider's web

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    There was an interesting program on TV here yesterday about cars doing sudden breaking.
    By law there is a computer system these days in the cars here in the EU that will take over if the 'computer thinks' braking is required.
    It overrides the driver.
    Accidents with sudden braking and the car behind then hitting were shown.
    When the victims demanded the computer data from the manufacturer (for the insurance to prove it was the computer and why it did it) the manufacturer refused
    In showed that tin France there is a whole lot going on in the media about those cases (several).
    Would I like to drive a car like that ? No way.


    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    You miss the point as your knowledge is limited to ? I dunno, but I can scratch a few from the list
    I am not gay, but if they are against the genocide is-a-hell and trumpoline are committing they are right.
    As is anybody else who objects to it.
    Those that for money or licking trumpoline's or not-a-yahoo's feet out of devotion are COMPLICIT in the genocide.
    Got it?


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 17:59:00
    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't
    seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-standers

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 02:38:09
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the >international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 20:57:27
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was
    understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't
    seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just psychopathic irresponsibility.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 12:17:05
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40 >>> and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >>> understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >>> seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-
    standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Chris




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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 07:37:22
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40 >>>> and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >>>> understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people - >>>> 344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >>>> seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-
    standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Chris



    When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel
    doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.

    Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.

    Israel could be a major asset to that part of the world, and the more
    sensible neighbors know it, but the militant muslims won't have it.

    And every time the crazies attack Israel, Israel gets bigger.

    A big part of that is the militant muslims' attitude towards women.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 17:48:43
    On 9/3/26 15:37, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40 >>>>> and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while. >>>>>
    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >>>>> understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people - >>>>> 344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have >>>>> killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >>>>> seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-
    standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Chris



    When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel
    doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.

    Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.

    Israel could be a major asset to that part of the world, and the more sensible neighbors know it, but the militant muslims won't have it.

    And every time the crazies attack Israel, Israel gets bigger.

    A big part of that is the militant muslims' attitude towards women.


    Absolutely, second class citizens with no rights. Not
    forgetting young pre puberty girls into forced marriages,
    and nefarious stuff with young boys.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 03:41:52
    On 3/09/2026 9:17 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere
    between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while.

    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals
    was
    understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people - >>>> 344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have
    killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they
    don't
    seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-
    standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Nobody likes Hamas, but they are brutal minority in the countries which
    find themselves stuck with them. Iran does seem to find them useful,
    which is another problem.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Hamas are definitely murderous, but they aren't primitive savages. The savagery is extensively rationalised, like the Israeli antics.

    A little rational disengagement on both sides could save a lot of lives,
    but neither side seems to be interested in going there.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 03:52:34
    On 4/09/2026 12:37 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40 >>>>> and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while. >>>>>
    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >>>>> understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people - >>>>> 344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have >>>>> killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >>>>> seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by-
    standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    When terrorists embed themselves in the civilian population, Israel
    doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.

    That's one way of putting it. Israel doesn't seem to put a lot of effort
    into killing just the members of Hamas

    Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.

    Or so they tell us. The kind of warning that could save civilian lives
    would also let Hamas get away from the strike zone.

    Israel could be a major asset to that part of the world, and the more sensible neighbors know it, but the militant muslims won't have it.

    And every time the crazies attack Israel, Israel gets bigger.

    Israel does have sub-population of militant Zionists who aren't all that
    sane.

    A big part of that is the militant muslims' attitude towards women.

    The more extremely orthodox Jews aren't all that feminist either. And
    some Christian sects aren't any better.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 03:56:05
    On 4/09/2026 2:48 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 15:37, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> >>>>> wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere
    between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the >>>>>> international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while. >>>>>>
    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like >>>>>> murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop
    festivals was
    understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378
    people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have >>>>>> killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting >>>>>> Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they >>>>>> don't
    seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by- >>>>>> standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared >>>>> to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Chris



    When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel
    doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.

    Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.

    Israel could be a major asset to that part of the world, and the more
    sensible neighbors know it, but the militant muslims won't have it.

    And every time the crazies attack Israel, Israel gets bigger.

    A big part of that is the militant muslims' attitude towards women.

    Absolutely, second class citizens with no rights. Not
    forgetting young pre puberty girls into forced marriages,
    and nefarious stuff with young boys.

    Sounds a bit like the problems that some Roman Catholic clergymen created.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 12:20:43
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:48:43 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 15:37, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> >>>>> wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere between 40 >>>>>> and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the >>>>>> international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while. >>>>>>
    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like >>>>>> murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop festivals was >>>>>> understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378 people - >>>>>> 344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have >>>>>> killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting >>>>>> Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they don't >>>>>> seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by- >>>>>> standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared >>>>> to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Chris



    When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel
    doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.

    Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.

    Israel could be a major asset to that part of the world, and the more
    sensible neighbors know it, but the militant muslims won't have it.

    And every time the crazies attack Israel, Israel gets bigger.

    A big part of that is the militant muslims' attitude towards women.


    Absolutely, second class citizens with no rights. Not
    forgetting young pre puberty girls into forced marriages,
    and nefarious stuff with young boys.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head
    coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.


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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 19:35:43
    John Larkin wrote: |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:|
    |[. . .] |
    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher | |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem |
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*. |
    |
    |[. . .] |
    |
    Chris |
    |
    " | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. |
    | | |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. |
    | |
    |[. . .]" | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From JM@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:18:10
    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:43 -0700, john larkin <jl@htigct.com> wrote:

    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head
    coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.

    Iran is a very interesting place. The Iranians are very well
    educated, friendly and have a great pride in their culture. There is
    a great appreciation of all the arts (in all age groups). Vandalism
    and anti social behaviour seems to be non-existent (you could eat of
    the sidewalk). If you're a Christian you are still welcome in any
    mosque (but be prepared to explain the holy trinity as best as you
    can). There is zero tolerance of some things which it seems
    American's cannot live without (producing hard core pornography
    carries the death penalty). In peoples homes it seems to be the women
    who wear the trousers (the men do as they're told) - I didn't expect
    that. I would certainly go back there.

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 03, 2026 14:02:30
    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:18:10 +0100, JM
    <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:43 -0700, john larkin <jl@htigct.com> wrote:

    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head >>coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.

    Iran is a very interesting place. The Iranians are very well
    educated, friendly and have a great pride in their culture. There is
    a great appreciation of all the arts (in all age groups). Vandalism
    and anti social behaviour seems to be non-existent (you could eat of
    the sidewalk). If you're a Christian you are still welcome in any
    mosque (but be prepared to explain the holy trinity as best as you
    can). There is zero tolerance of some things which it seems
    American's cannot live without (producing hard core pornography
    carries the death penalty). In peoples homes it seems to be the women
    who wear the trousers (the men do as they're told) - I didn't expect
    that. I would certainly go back there.

    Iran/Persia could be great again, and an ally of the USA and of
    Israel, if they could kick the crazies out.

    One could say the same about Russia.


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 16:19:32
    On 4/09/2026 7:02 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:18:10 +0100, JM
    <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:43 -0700, john larkin <jl@htigct.com> wrote:

    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head
    coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.

    Iran is a very interesting place. The Iranians are very well
    educated, friendly and have a great pride in their culture. There is
    a great appreciation of all the arts (in all age groups). Vandalism
    and anti social behaviour seems to be non-existent (you could eat of
    the sidewalk). If you're a Christian you are still welcome in any
    mosque (but be prepared to explain the holy trinity as best as you
    can). There is zero tolerance of some things which it seems
    American's cannot live without (producing hard core pornography
    carries the death penalty). In peoples homes it seems to be the women
    who wear the trousers (the men do as they're told) - I didn't expect
    that. I would certainly go back there.

    Iran/Persia could be great again, and an ally of the USA and of
    Israel, if they could kick the crazies out.

    One could say the same about Russia.

    Or America. Trump's repeated claims that Iran is desperate to sign a
    cease fire deal are now starting to sound delusional.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney




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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 11:29:27
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote: |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:|
    |[. . .] |
    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher | |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem |
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*. |
    |
    |[. . .] |
    |
    Chris |
    |
    " | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. |
    | | |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. |
    | |
    |[. . .]" | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    Living in England, and born here, Channel 4 news has a long history of supporting suspect and morally dubious causes. Watched it every
    evening for some years, until the obvious bias and propaganda made
    it unwatchable. The BBC, Chan 4 and Sky news are often little more
    than shills for the government, and other extreme political
    interests.

    Not interested in left or rights here, just labels, but expect
    accuracy and truth from unelected media that has serious
    political influence. Passing off as morally superior, when they
    are far from it.

    No longer watch any TV news here in England, completely
    untrustworthy. The most extreme BBC example being the hatchet
    video editing job done on Trump, like him or not. I hope he
    sues the ass off them.



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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 11:38:30
    On 9/3/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 9:17 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    You are anti-american and pro-china.

    Trump and Netanyahu recently got together to murder somewhere
    between 40
    and 48 of Iran's political leaders, leading to a sudden rise in the
    international oil price.

    China hasn't done anything quite that anti-social for quite a while. >>>>>
    There's a lot of that going around lately. Curious.

    There shouldn't be anything curious about it. Society doesn't like
    murderous thugs.

    Sort of like Gays For Gaza.

    The Israeli reaction to Hamas massacre at one of their pop
    festivals was
    understandable, but disproportionate. That massacre killed 378
    people -
    344 civilians and 34 security personnel. So far Israel seems to have >>>>> killed some 50,000 Palastinians - they claim to have been targeting
    Hamas militants, but since the dead include a lot of children they
    don't
    seem to have gone to too much trouble to avoid killing innocent by- >>>>> standers

    Israel seems to have a ratio of how valuable an Israeli is, compared
    to how valuable an Iranian (or proxy) is.

    The number seems to average about 25.

    Killing off people who have nothing to do with the original offense,
    isn't a matter of attributing value to innocent bystanders, it's just
    psychopathic irresponsibility.

    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.

    Nobody likes Hamas, but they are brutal minority in the countries˙ which find themselves stuck with them. Iran does seem to find them useful,
    which is another problem.

    Since we cab never expect truthful reports in a war
    situation, either from media, or governments, I tend to give
    Israel of lot of slack as to what is actually happening,
    and don't judge.

    No idea what it must be like, being surrounded on all sides
    by murdering primitive savages, who just want to erase the
    state of Israel from the map. Under such circumstances,
    I might tend to take an extreme view of how to resolve the
    situation.

    Hamas are definitely murderous, but they aren't primitive savages. The savagery is extensively rationalised, like the Israeli antics.

    A little rational disengagement on both sides could save a lot of lives,
    but neither side seems to be interested in going there.


    Absolutely, when all side really want peace and an end to
    the suffering, then there will be.

    The elephant in the room is Iran, who have been sponsering
    terrorism and disorder in the ME for decades. All part of
    their long term plane to erase the state of Israel. It may be
    a mess right now, but cut off the head of the snake, and
    all their dependents will eventually become powerless, and
    be forced to negotiate.

    Still, what do I know ?. Easy for me, in the safety of the
    UK, but it's a very difficult problem to solve, with no
    easy answers.






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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 00:07:34
    On 4/09/2026 8:38 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 9:17 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> >>>>> wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    A little rational disengagement on both sides could save a lot of
    lives, but neither side seems to be interested in going there.


    Absolutely, when all side really want peace and an end to
    the suffering, then there will be.

    The elephant in the room is Iran, who have been sponsering
    terrorism and disorder in the ME for decades. All part of
    their long term plane to erase the state of Israel. It may be
    a mess right now, but cut off the head of the snake, and
    all their dependents will eventually become powerless, and
    be forced to negotiate.

    Trump and Netanyahu thought that they could "cut off the head of the
    snake" by assassinating some 40 to 48 of Iran's political leaders.

    It doesn't seem to have worked.

    Still, what do I know ?. Easy for me, in the safety of the
    UK, but it's a very difficult problem to solve, with no
    easy answers.

    Which doesn't seem to stop some people from experimenting with some very distasteful "answers", making the problem even harder to solve.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 08:06:01
    On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 16:19:32 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 4/09/2026 7:02 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:18:10 +0100, JM
    <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:43 -0700, john larkin <jl@htigct.com> wrote:

    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head
    coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.

    Iran is a very interesting place. The Iranians are very well
    educated, friendly and have a great pride in their culture. There is
    a great appreciation of all the arts (in all age groups). Vandalism
    and anti social behaviour seems to be non-existent (you could eat of
    the sidewalk). If you're a Christian you are still welcome in any
    mosque (but be prepared to explain the holy trinity as best as you
    can). There is zero tolerance of some things which it seems
    American's cannot live without (producing hard core pornography
    carries the death penalty). In peoples homes it seems to be the women
    who wear the trousers (the men do as they're told) - I didn't expect
    that. I would certainly go back there.

    Iran/Persia could be great again, and an ally of the USA and of
    Israel, if they could kick the crazies out.

    One could say the same about Russia.

    Or America. Trump's repeated claims that Iran is desperate to sign a
    cease fire deal are now starting to sound delusional.

    The majority of the population would love a deal. But the crazies
    still hold the guns.

    No human events are predictable, so any policy has only some
    probability of working. But crumbling centifuges with bunker-buster
    bombs definitely works.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 08:18:16
    On Sat, 5 Sep 2026 00:07:34 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 4/09/2026 8:38 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 9:17 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> >>>>>> wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    A little rational disengagement on both sides could save a lot of
    lives, but neither side seems to be interested in going there.


    Absolutely, when all side really want peace and an end to
    the suffering, then there will be.

    The elephant in the room is Iran, who have been sponsering
    terrorism and disorder in the ME for decades. All part of
    their long term plane to erase the state of Israel. It may be
    a mess right now, but cut off the head of the snake, and
    all their dependents will eventually become powerless, and
    be forced to negotiate.

    Trump and Netanyahu thought that they could "cut off the head of the
    snake" by assassinating some 40 to 48 of Iran's political leaders.

    It doesn't seem to have worked.

    Still, what do I know ?. Easy for me, in the safety of the
    UK, but it's a very difficult problem to solve, with no
    easy answers.

    Which doesn't seem to stop some people from experimenting with some very >distasteful "answers", making the problem even harder to solve.

    What they did was keep the crazies from having nukes.

    The militant muslims would nuke Israel even while expecting nuclear retaliation. They like creating martyrs and have their tunnels to hide
    in.

    Weird, how those people love tunnels.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 18:17:51
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] Channel 4 news has a long history of |
    |supporting suspect and morally dubious causes. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    Channel 4 is not perfect.

    |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] The BBC[. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    It broadcast court hearings related to this document by the
    International Court of Justice: HTTPS://WWW.ICJ-CIJ.org/sites/default/files/case-related/186/186-20240719-pre-01-00-en.pdf
    and "Channel-4 News" broadcasts similar accusations.

    |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] |
    | |
    |[. . .] |
    |[. . .] The most extreme BBC example being the hatchet |
    |video editing job done on Trump, like him or not. [. . .]|
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    I find this editing to be not misleading. As far as I am aware, he did
    not win a court case over this editing.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 20:58:43
    On 9/4/26 19:17, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] Channel 4 news has a long history of |
    |supporting suspect and morally dubious causes. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    Channel 4 is not perfect.

    |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] The BBC[. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    It broadcast court hearings related to this document by the
    International Court of Justice: HTTPS://WWW.ICJ-CIJ.org/sites/default/files/case-related/186/186-20240719-pre-01-00-en.pdf
    and "Channel-4 News" broadcasts similar accusations.

    |---------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] |
    | |
    |[. . .] |
    |[. . .] The most extreme BBC example being the hatchet |
    |video editing job done on Trump, like him or not. [. . .]|
    |[. . .]" | |---------------------------------------------------------|

    I find this editing to be not misleading. As far as I am aware, he did
    not win a court case over this editing.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    as far as i know, it hasn't reached court yet. Win or lose, the BBC
    were guilty of a massive fraud as to what happened, splicing
    whole sections of video footage. They really are scum, and the sooner
    their licence fee tax is cancelled, the better. You even need the
    licence to watch non bbc content.

    Truth matters, and if you will believe everything you watch or
    read in the media, you really need to sharpen up a bit. Still,
    confirmation bias works every time, right ?.


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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 04, 2026 21:00:47
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote: |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:|
    |[. . .] |
    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher | |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem |
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*. |
    |
    |[. . .] |
    |
    Chris |
    |
    " | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. |
    | | |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. |
    | |
    |[. . .]" | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.


    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 15:24:41
    On 5/09/2026 5:58 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/4/26 19:17, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote:

    <snip>

    I find this editing to be not misleading. As far as I am aware, he did
    not win a court case over this editing.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    as far as i know, it hasn't reached court yet. Win or lose, the BBC
    were guilty of a massive fraud as to what happened, splicing
    whole sections of video footage.

    That's what editors do. They highlight the sections of the video
    material that are relevant to the case they are making, and discard the
    rest.

    It is a process that can be abused, but it takes an independent court to assess whether the selection was misleading.

    They really are scum, and the sooner
    their licence fee tax is cancelled, the better. You even need the
    licence to watch non bbc content.

    I lived in the UK for 22 years, and didn't form the opinion that the
    public broadcasters were scum. They did reflect prevailing social
    opinions which made them perhaps less objective than they might have
    been, but you'd have to have fairly exotic opinions to be worried by it.

    Truth matters, and if you will believe everything you watch or
    read in the media, you really need to sharpen up a bit. Still,
    confirmation bias works every time, right ?.

    Sadly, truth is in the eye of the beholder. Trump's approach to reality
    is erratic and self-serving and he's been launching lawyers at people
    who don't flatter him as enthusiastically as he likes to be flattered
    ever since he started losing money in the real estate business.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 15:30:42
    On 5/09/2026 6:00 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:|
    |[. . .]˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |[. . .]˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    Chris˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    "˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel |
    |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |[. . .]"˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ |
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    One of the ambulance workers who ended up dead was Australian, and the
    case has had a lot of air-time on Australian TV. The Israeli defence
    forces involved do seem to have murdered a bunch of international aid
    workers who they should have known to be international aid workers -
    none of the victims had any link to Hamas.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 15:43:08
    On 5/09/2026 1:18 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Sat, 5 Sep 2026 00:07:34 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 4/09/2026 8:38 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 18:41, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 9:17 pm, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 11:57, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 3/09/2026 7:38 pm, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> >>>>>>> wrote:

    On 3/09/2026 4:33 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:59:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:36:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje
    <alien@comet.invalid>

    <snip>

    A little rational disengagement on both sides could save a lot of
    lives, but neither side seems to be interested in going there.


    Absolutely, when all side really want peace and an end to
    the suffering, then there will be.

    The elephant in the room is Iran, who have been sponsering
    terrorism and disorder in the ME for decades. All part of
    their long term plane to erase the state of Israel. It may be
    a mess right now, but cut off the head of the snake, and
    all their dependents will eventually become powerless, and
    be forced to negotiate.

    Trump and Netanyahu thought that they could "cut off the head of the
    snake" by assassinating some 40 to 48 of Iran's political leaders.

    It doesn't seem to have worked.

    Still, what do I know ?. Easy for me, in the safety of the
    UK, but it's a very difficult problem to solve, with no
    easy answers.

    Which doesn't seem to stop some people from experimenting with some very
    distasteful "answers", making the problem even harder to solve.

    What they did was keep the crazies from having nukes.

    Obama had already done that, but Trump cancelled that agreement.

    The militant muslims would nuke Israel even while expecting nuclear retaliation. They like creating martyrs and have their tunnels to hide
    in.

    The militant muslims haven't nuked Israel yet. Israel does already have nuclear weapons, and - as an American - you should be able to sympathise
    with Iran's desire to get into a position where they too get into a
    position where they can rely on mutually assured destruction to protect
    them from other states with nuclear weapons.

    It strikes me that a position where nobody had nuclear weapons would be
    a whole lot safer, but all the people who make money out of making
    nuclear weapons wouldn't like that. It's a great job-creation scheme for nuclear physicists, but we could probably find more useful jobs for them
    to do.

    Weird, how those people love tunnels.

    People who keep on getting bombed and shelled do develop an affection
    for deep tunnels. The ones that don't tend to end up dead.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 08:43:56
    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:|
    |[. . .] |
    I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher |
    moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem |
    to get a free ride, as the *victims*. |
    |
    |[. . .] |
    |
    Chris |
    |
    " |
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel |
    |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. |
    | |
    |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. |
    | |
    |[. . .]" |
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com




    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 11:31:45
    Dear ChrisQ,

    Journalists do indeed lie.

    ?Bravo to former colleagues in the Foreign Office who protested about
    UK policy on Gaza.

    The FCDO's response was lamentable, if predictable. Nothing has been
    learned from the illegality and lies over the Iraq War, over which I
    resigned in 2004 (I had long worked on Iraq as a diplomat). It is
    entirely right to question the legality of British policy when Israel
    is openly and unashamedly committing war crimes. Officials have to
    defend this policy; some have to implement it. Would you like to be
    complicit in war crimes or defend sharing intelligence with the IDF as
    it starves and slaughters Palestinians, as the UK has done?

    It is insulting and dismissive to tell those concerned to resign if
    they don't like it: 'put up or shut up'. Resignation is a heavy price,
    as I know - you lose career, income and pension. Officials have
    mortgages to pay and families to feed. Why should they pay that price
    while those who stay silent - and complicit - carry on with their
    comfortable salaries and careers?

    Questions about the legality of mass killing should be welcomed, not
    shot down. Many are the lawyers and others qualified who are in no
    doubt that Israel is committing war crimes through its indiscriminate
    slaughter and deliberate (deliberate!) and openly-declared starvation
    of the inhabitants of Gaza. To claim that the government 'rigorously'
    complies with international law in this circumstance beggars belief.

    I have some ideas about what the protestors should do next. Do not
    resign. Stay together. Become public. Perhaps strike. Give interviews
    and leak documents. Let them fire you and then sue them for wrongful
    dismissal (as Josie Stewart has successfully done over the
    government's lies about the Kabul evacuation). Get legal advice.

    To all government officials and diplomats, a simple message: do not be complicit in blatant and horrific war crimes.

    If those concerned want to talk to me, please get in touch.

    And please share this post with those who might want to see it.

    https://lnkd.in/ewpmUYY7
    ? said Came Ross on circa 11th June 2025 via LinkedIn.

    "The ongoing and worsening barriers to accessing health services, the
    situation on the ground with starvation, displacement, diseases, and
    the war unfolding in Gaza probably make this the worst
    conflict-related humanitarian catastrophe with which I?ve had any
    professional contact"
    says HTTPS://Dignity.Dk/en/news/psychologist-the-level-of-psychological-trauma-in-gaza-is-unlike-anything-i-have-seen-in-my-lifetime
    by a charity which helped me.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 22:19:32
    On 5/09/2026 1:06 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 16:19:32 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
    wrote:

    On 4/09/2026 7:02 am, john larkin wrote:
    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:18:10 +0100, JM
    <sunaecoNoChoppedPork@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:20:43 -0700, john larkin <jl@htigct.com> wrote: >>>>
    This is cool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9AUvd5oOm4

    Mashad is the holyest of Iranian cities.

    Lots of ripped jeans and exposed belly buttons, and maybe 1% head
    coverings.

    All the tee shirt text is in English, as are many of the shop signs.

    Iran is a very interesting place. The Iranians are very well
    educated, friendly and have a great pride in their culture. There is
    a great appreciation of all the arts (in all age groups). Vandalism
    and anti social behaviour seems to be non-existent (you could eat of
    the sidewalk). If you're a Christian you are still welcome in any
    mosque (but be prepared to explain the holy trinity as best as you
    can). There is zero tolerance of some things which it seems
    American's cannot live without (producing hard core pornography
    carries the death penalty). In peoples homes it seems to be the women >>>> who wear the trousers (the men do as they're told) - I didn't expect
    that. I would certainly go back there.

    Iran/Persia could be great again, and an ally of the USA and of
    Israel, if they could kick the crazies out.

    One could say the same about Russia.

    Or America. Trump's repeated claims that Iran is desperate to sign a
    cease fire deal are now starting to sound delusional.

    The majority of the population would love a deal. But the crazies
    still hold the guns.

    The majority of the population of Iran would probably like any kind of half-way sensible deal. Trump is interested in selling the Iranian
    government a deal that he can sell as a personal victory, and the
    Iranian regime have their own rather different targets.

    The wishes of the population of Iran aren't going to have much effect on
    the deal which eventually gets worked out (if one ever does).

    No human events are predictable, so any policy has only some
    probability of working. But crumbling centifuges with bunker-buster
    bombs definitely works.

    The bunker buster bombs did have a visible effect on the entrance to he underground enrichment facility. Nobody has made any statements on the
    state of the centrifuges. One would expect them to have been designed to
    cope with local earthquakes.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 18:20:50
    On 9/5/26 06:30, Bill Sloman wrote:
    On 5/09/2026 6:00 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:| >>> |[. . .]˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>to get a free ride, as the *victims*.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |[. . .]˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>Chris˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |>>"˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | >>> |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes.˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |[. . .]"˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    One of the ambulance workers who ended up dead was Australian, and the
    case has had a lot of air-time on Australian TV. The Israeli defence
    forces involved do seem to have murdered a bunch of international aid workers who they should have known to be international aid workers -
    none of the victims had any link to Hamas.


    A very sad situation, but stray or try to operate in a live
    war zone, the risk of getting shot at or killed, must be quite high.
    Not only that, but mistakes under such pressure must be common, but it's
    not in the interests of Israel to intentionally go round trying to
    kill non combatants, however convenient such a smear may be for some.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 18:45:00
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"A very sad situation, but stray or try to operate in a live | |war zone, the risk of getting shot at or killed, must be quite high. | |Not only that, but mistakes under such pressure must be common, but it's | |not in the interests of Israel to intentionally go round trying to | |kill non combatants, however convenient such a smear may be for some." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Various allegations against Israel during recent years are:
    * Israel allegedly guaranteed to not kill ambulance workers whom
    Israel coordinated, but Israel murdered them;
    and
    * Israel allegedly systematically targeted specific body parts on
    different days, like a video game.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 19:57:31
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote: |
    |[. . .] |
    | "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern| Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered | ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly | avoid targetting them. |
    | |
    |[. . .] you believe every word they tell you ?." | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    I do not believe every word "Channel-4 News" tells me. I am not able
    to disprove that Israel murdered thousands of innocent children.

    Disbelieving victimisation is not nice. Cf. this file by a UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/drochdhliodoiri/tortura/Charter_of_Rights_of_Victims_and_Survivors_of_Torture_and_Other_Cruel_Inhuman_or_Degrading_Treatment_or_Punishment.PDF

    I suffer such disbelieving (though my victimisation is not nearly as
    pathetic as of persons in Gaza and Israel).
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 21:45:18
    On 9/5/26 19:45, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"A very sad situation, but stray or try to operate in a live | |war zone, the risk of getting shot at or killed, must be quite high. | |Not only that, but mistakes under such pressure must be common, but it's | |not in the interests of Israel to intentionally go round trying to | |kill non combatants, however convenient such a smear may be for some." | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Various allegations against Israel during recent years are:
    * Israel allegedly guaranteed to not kill ambulance workers whom
    Israel coordinated, but Israel murdered them;
    and
    * Israel allegedly systematically targeted specific body parts on
    different days, like a video game.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    Yes, yet more "allegations". You really are quite naive, on the
    realities of war, aren't you ?.

    1) Tell me: did those ambulance workers clear it with the idf,
    getting safe passage, before entering that area ?.

    2) Did thos ambulance workers have irrefutable evidence of who
    they were, and present it, after entering that area, to avoid
    being categorised as Hamas's usual ploy, passing off as aid or
    humanitarian workers ?.

    Perhaps neither of those conditions were met ?.

    No skin in this game, but the absolute racist antisemitism,
    and smear, from supposedly intelligent people, beggars belief.


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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 20:50:12
    Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@IEEE.org> wrote: |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] |
    | |
    |The militant muslims haven't nuked Israel yet. Israel does already have | |nuclear weapons, and - as an American - you should be able to sympathise| |with Iran's desire to get into a position where they too get into a | |position where they can rely on mutually assured destruction to protect | |them from other states with nuclear weapons. |
    | |
    |It strikes me that a position where nobody had nuclear weapons would be |
    |a whole lot safer," | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    "And that is why I almost love the Bomb."
    says David Zindell (cf.
    HTTPS://WWW.DavidZindell.com/blog/loving-the-bomb
    ) less pessimistically than in "The Parable of the Mad King" in
    "Neverness".

    |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"but all the people who make money out of making | |nuclear weapons wouldn't like that. It's a great job-creation scheme for| |nuclear physicists," | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Nuclear physicists are evil inept prostitutes.

    |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |" but we could probably find more useful jobs for them |
    |to do." | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Nuclear physicists are inept. Do not rely on them to achieve.

    |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"> Weird, how those people love tunnels. |
    | | |People who keep on getting bombed and shelled do develop an affection |
    |for deep tunnels. The ones that don't tend to end up dead." | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Hamas allegedly used a tunnel to murder many innocent victims in
    Israel.

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 22:21:32
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] You really are quite naive, on the |
    |realities of war, aren't you ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    I am so lucky that I am never in a war.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"1) Tell me: did those ambulance workers clear it with the idf,|
    |getting safe passage, before entering that area ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    I had written that e.g. "Channel-4 News" reported such an
    allegation. Luckily for me, I am not one of those international aid
    workers whom Israel allegedly murdered in Gaza. Asking me these
    questions whose true answers I obviously cannot know is pointless.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"2) Did thos ambulance workers have irrefutable evidence of who|
    |they were, and present it, after entering that area," | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Exactly the same as 1) above.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |" to avoid |
    |being categorised as Hamas's usual ploy, passing off as aid or |
    |humanitarian workers ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Do you know that to be Hamas's usual ploy? How can you give the answer
    that you will give to the previous question?

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Perhaps neither of those conditions were met ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Perhaps. I have no intention of endangering my life by investigating
    these topics.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"No skin in this game, but the absolute racist antisemitism, |
    |and smear, from supposedly intelligent people, beggars belief."| |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Persons who profess to be Jews allege that Israel perpetrates
    illegally in Gaza? Do they practise antiSemitism? Are they racist? Do
    they smear?

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, September 05, 2026 17:06:28
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:| >>> |[. . .] | >>> |>I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher | >>> |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem | >>> |>to get a free ride, as the *victims*. | >>> |> | >>> |[. . .] | >>> |> | >>> |>Chris | >>> |> | >>> |>>" | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | >>> |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. | >>> | | >>> |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. | >>> | | >>> |[. . .]" | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZ8zFtswoY


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 00:30:25
    Many persons who profess to be Jews criticise the Israeli
    Government. E.g. Sue Pentel who was arrested in Northern Ireland
    because she protests against Israel perpetrating genocide in
    Gaza. Cf. HTTPS://Tuairisc.Ie/na-dean-in-ar-n-ainmse-e-bean-ar-giudach-agus-gaeilgeoir-i-gafa-ag-leirsiu-ar-son-mhuintir-gaza

    "[. . .]
    A/63/855
    S/2009/250
    4 09-33894
    Summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the
    United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry into certain
    incidents in the Gaza Strip between 27 December 2008 and
    19 January 2009
    [. . .]
    A/63/855
    S/2009/250
    09-33894 11
    Incident (e): Small-arms fire affecting an UNRWA convoy in the Ezbet Abed
    Rabou area on 8 January 2009 and related damage to a United Nations vehicle
    40. Around 5 January 2009, an UNRWA Field Procurement and Logistics Officer became aware of the death of one of her staff and learned that his family were not in
    a position to retrieve his body. A decision was accordingly made that UNRWA should try to retrieve the body of its staff member for burial by his family. This
    would necessitate the dispatch of a convoy through the Ezbet Abed Rabou area, which was by that time occupied by the IDF. It would therefore be necessary to coordinate the recovery operation with the IDF, through its Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA), to ensure a safe route and time for travel. The UNRWA Field Procurement and Logistics Officer concerned routinely coordinated the entry of trucks into Gaza with the IDF. Although another United Nations official
    routinely coordinated the movements of United Nations staff, his usual counterparts
    in the CLA were the same as those with whom the Procurement and Logistics Officer routinely dealt. She accordingly contacted one of her regular counterparts in
    the CLA and provided him with the necessary details and was given a ?go-ahead? for a specific date and time. The CLA gave instructions not to take a particular road.
    41. The Board found that the convoy left the UNRWA Gaza Field Office on the afternoon of 8 January 2009. It consisted of three vehicles ? a leading car, carrying
    United Nations personnel and flying a United Nations flag, a Ministry of Health ambulance and another car, also containing United Nations staff. The convoy avoided taking the road mentioned by the CLA. The UNRWA Field Procurement
    and Logistics Officer who was in the lead car informed the Board that seven or eight
    rounds of small-arms fire were directed towards the lead car. The Board found that
    the car was hit three times, but that no injuries were sustained. The front car stopped
    and the firing ceased. Following an abortive attempt to contact the CLA, a decision
    was taken that the convoy should return to the UNRWA Field Office compound, which it did without further incident.
    42. The Board noted that, as a result of that and other previous incidents, UNRWA
    announced on 9 January 2009 a temporary suspension of all movements of personnel throughout the Gaza Strip due to a breakdown in the effectiveness of coordination mechanisms between UNRWA and the Israeli authorities. The Board observed that this suspension affected UNRWA humanitarian operations. Later that
    day, at a high-level meeting, the United Nations received credible assurances that
    the security of United Nations personnel, installations and humanitarian operations
    would be fully respected and that there would be undertakings for improved liaison
    and more effective internal coordination within the IDF. The United Nations subsequently resumed movements of its personnel.
    43. The Board concluded that the firing came from the IDF and was intended as a warning. It found that the UNRWA Field Procurement and Logistics Officer who initiated the coordination of the convoy did not commit any error in coordination
    procedures or in her interface with the CLA. It further found that the firing occurred
    as a result of failure of communication within the IDF, specifically between the
    CLA and forces on the ground.
    44. The Board concluded that there was a failure to accord the property and assets
    of the Organization immunity from any form of interference. It noted that such immunity could not be overridden by demands of military expediency. It found that
    A/63/855
    S/2009/250
    12 09-33894
    the Government of Israel was therefore responsible for the damage to United Nations property and assets caused by its actions.
    45. The Board found, moreover, that the IDF did not make sufficient efforts or take adequate precautions to fulfil the responsibilities of the Government of Israel to
    protect United Nations personnel and other civilians travelling as part of the convoy
    and to protect United Nations property.
    Incident (f): Injuries occurring at, and damage done to, the UNRWA Field Office compound in Gaza City on 15 January 2009
    [. . .]
    United Nations S/2018/614
    Security Council Distr.: General
    18 June 2018
    Original: English
    18-09913 (E) 210618
    *1809913*
    Implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016)
    Report of the Secretary-General
    [. . .]
    15. During the reporting period, 135 Palestinians, including 16 children, were shot
    and killed by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza, 118 of them during the ?Great Return
    March? protests, 68 on 14 May alone, the peak of the protests. Hamas and Islamic
    Jihad have publicly acknowledged that a number of their members were among those
    killed in the protests and other incidents. Based on local estimates, during the protests,
    3,778 Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition, resulting in scores of life -
    altering injuries. Two Israeli soldiers were injured during the protests.
    16. Since the beginning of the protests, 54 health workers were injured and
    45 ambulances affected. On 1 June, Razan al-Najjar, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman
    volunteering as a first responder, was shot and killed. She was one of two medical
    workers killed during the protests. According to eyewitness reports, Al -Najjar was
    dressed in clothing clearly distinguishing her as a health -care worker and was attempting to reach injured protesters when she was shot. The Israel Defense Forces
    opened an internal investigation and, on 5 June, released initial findings indicating
    that ?no shots were deliberately or directly? aimed at Al-Najjar.
    [. . .]
    United Nations S/2021/584
    Security Council
    Distr.: General
    18 June 2021
    Original: English
    21-08205 (E) 230621
    *2108205*
    Implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016)
    Report of the Secretary-General
    [. . .]
    24. On 11 May, Israeli forces shot and killed one Palestinian man and seriously injured another at Za?atara checkpoint, under uncl ear circumstances. On 12 May, a
    Palestinian man was reportedly shot and killed by Israeli security forces during
    clashes in Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. Israeli security forces prevented
    Palestinian ambulances from reaching the man.
    [. . .]
    United Nations S/2021/1047
    Security Council
    Distr.: General
    15 December 2021
    Original: English
    21-19017 (E) 221221
    *2119017*
    Implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016)
    Report of the Secretary-General
    [. . .]
    33. On 28 September, Israelis from the Yitzhar settlement attacked employees of the
    International Committee of the Red Cross with pepper spray during a visit by the
    Committee to olive groves in Burin, south of Nablus. Israeli forces subsequently
    provided an escort and first aid. Israeli police have launched an investigation.
    34. On 10 November, Israeli settlers erected a tent in Khalleyt Athaba? in southern
    Hebron. Although Israeli forces dismantled the tent, settlers returned to erect it again
    and Palestinians reportedly threw stones at them. The settlers shot live ammunition at
    the Palestinians and set a Palestinian tent on fire. Five Palestinians were injured, and
    five Palestinian vehicles, including two ambulances, sustained damage.
    35. Between 16 and 28 November, Israeli security forces and armed settlers repeatedly attacked Palestinian school students and residents in Lubban al -Sharqiyah,
    Nablus. The attacks included physical assaults and the use of stun grenades, tear gas
    and rubber-coated metal bullets. At least 83 Palestinians, including 75 students, were
    injured.
    [. . .]"
    says
    HTTPS://WWW.ICJ-CIJ.org/node/202817

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 16:47:47
    On 9/5/26 23:21, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] You really are quite naive, on the |
    |realities of war, aren't you ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    I am so lucky that I am never in a war.

    Same here, and forever grateful to my parents generation, who
    sacrificed so much blood and treasure, to to protect democracy,
    and keep Europe free. For that reason,would tend to support any
    country that was being invaded by the bad guys, or continuously
    threatened from outside.

    So yes, pretty sympathetic about the state of Israel, but just
    as much about Ukraine. Don't expect them to be perfect, and
    even the allies did a lot of bad stuff in WW2. That's the true
    reality of war. All concepts of humanity can become suspended,
    in any war.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"1) Tell me: did those ambulance workers clear it with the idf,|
    |getting safe passage, before entering that area ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    I had written that e.g. "Channel-4 News" reported such an
    allegation. Luckily for me, I am not one of those international aid
    workers whom Israel allegedly murdered in Gaza. Asking me these
    questions whose true answers I obviously cannot know is pointless.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"2) Did thos ambulance workers have irrefutable evidence of who|
    |they were, and present it, after entering that area," | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Exactly the same as 1) above.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |" to avoid |
    |being categorised as Hamas's usual ploy, passing off as aid or | |humanitarian workers ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Do you know that to be Hamas's usual ploy? How can you give the answer
    that you will give to the previous question?

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Perhaps neither of those conditions were met ?." | |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Perhaps. I have no intention of endangering my life by investigating
    these topics.

    |---------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"No skin in this game, but the absolute racist antisemitism, |
    |and smear, from supposedly intelligent people, beggars belief."| |---------------------------------------------------------------|

    Persons who profess to be Jews allege that Israel perpetrates
    illegally in Gaza? Do they practise antiSemitism? Are they racist? Do
    they smear?

    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)


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  • From joegwinn@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 16:30:02
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:17:05 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:| >>> |[. . .] | >>> |>I tend to agree, but Israel does seem to be held to a higher | >>> |>moral standard of expectations, compared to Hamas, who seem | >>> |>to get a free ride, as the *victims*. | >>> |> | >>> |[. . .] | >>> |> | >>> |>Chris | >>> |> | >>> |>>" | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Hamas and Israel's Defence / Defense Force are
    guilty of murders.

    |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> |"When terrorists embedd themselves in the civilian population, Israel | >>> |doesn't allow that to keep them from hitting them. | >>> | | >>> |Israel has warned civilians before some strikes. | >>> | | >>> |[. . .]" | >>> |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>
    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
    Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party
    line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media organization.

    .<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    Joe

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 16:50:51
    On 7/09/2026 1:47 am, chrisq wrote:
    On 9/5/26 23:21, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote:

    <snip>

    I am so lucky that I am never in a war.

    Same here, and forever grateful to my parents generation, who
    sacrificed so much blood and treasure, to to protect democracy,
    and keep Europe free. For that reason,would tend to support any
    country that was being invaded by the bad guys, or continuously
    threatened from outside.

    So yes, pretty sympathetic about the state of Israel, but just
    as much about Ukraine. Don't expect them to be perfect, and
    even the allies did a lot of bad stuff in WW2. That's the true
    reality of war. All concepts of humanity can become suspended,
    in any war.

    Put pretty much everybody under enough pressure they will end up
    behaving badly.

    Concepts of humanity aren't suspended, they are just ignored. When the pressure comes off the people who have committed the atrocities tend to
    feel bad about them (though there are always a few psychopaths around
    who don't bother).

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 16:54:40
    On 7/09/2026 6:30 am, joegwinn@comcast.net wrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>wrote:
    On 9/3/26 20:35, C??il??n Niocl?­s??n Glost??ir wrote:
    John Larkin wrote:
    =

    "Channel-4 News" from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern >>>> Ireland claims that Israel's Defense Force deliberately murdered
    ambulance workers whom Israel's Defense Force informed to purportedly
    avoid targetting them.

    Right, and I suppose you believe every word they tell you ?.

    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party
    line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media organization.

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    But if you listen to a range of news sources at least some of the
    partisan interests will get cancelled out, and more of them will become obvious.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 07:10:50
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:
    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party
    line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media >organization.

    .<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    Joe

    That is why I follow many news channels, yes also the BBC.
    German channels, news and science (yes they have science TV channels).
    Al Jazeera is not so bad, at least not endles jingles and stuff like CNN.
    Each country's channel has its own political jive,
    ZDFino in Germany has almost everyday a program about the old DDR and all the bad things it had..
    (German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.)
    Last week it was flleing the DDR in a balloon
    The intersting part is that now the AFD party in Germany has scored a huge election with (44%, more the any other party)
    and they are for better relations with Russia.

    So pick your news!

    See the trends!
    Do not just repeat the trumpist crape
    IF you want to learn, study some history too, plenty thre to learn from, history has that tendency to repeat itself, - empires come and empires go - Now with everybody and their cat having nukes, the US rule by fear no longer works.
    they are the ones shitting their pants in fear now.
    Fear even for simple hardworking low payed immigrants!
    Braimwashed by a King Kong type money sucking egomaniac criminal leader.
    So history....


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  • From joegwinn@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 09:51:38
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:50 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:
    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite.
    else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party
    line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media >>organization.

    .<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    Joe

    That is why I follow many news channels, yes also the BBC.
    German channels, news and science (yes they have science TV channels).
    Al Jazeera is not so bad, at least not endless jingles and stuff like CNN. >Each country's channel has its own political jive,
    ZDFino in Germany has almost everyday a program about the old DDR and all the bad things it had..
    (German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.)
    Last week it was fleeing the DDR in a balloon
    The intersting part is that now the AFD party in Germany has scored a huge election with (44%, more the any other party)
    and they are for better relations with Russia.

    So pick your news!

    See the trends!
    Do not just repeat the trumpist crape
    IF you want to learn, study some history too, plenty there to learn from, >history has that tendency to repeat itself, - empires come and empires go - >Now with everybody and their cat having nukes, the US rule by fear no longer works.
    they are the ones shitting their pants in fear now.
    Fear even for simple hardworking low payed immigrants!
    Braimwashed by a King Kong type money sucking egomaniac criminal leader.
    So history....

    Historically, the pollsters greatly underestimate how many votes the
    MAGA folk and Trump will receive in the actual election. (Like Brexit
    in the UK and maybe AfD in Germany.) But Trump cannot succeed
    himself, both for constitutional reasons and for biological reasons.

    In the US, the Midterm Elections in November will tell us a lot about
    which path the US will take.

    Joe


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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 15:36:24
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 07:55:41
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 16:30:28
    On 9/7/26 15:55, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Absolutely, countries like China must be running
    megawatts, judging by the signal strength. Getting
    the message across, as they always have. What has
    gone, are the national press agencies running 50
    baud teletype. Needed a decoder,but remember xinua
    (China) reporting the death of chairman mao at the
    time. Just about every country ran such press agency
    services on shortwave.


    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 15:57:46
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:50 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>wrote:
    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite. >>>>else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party
    line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media >>>organization.

    .<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    Joe

    That is why I follow many news channels, yes also the BBC.
    German channels, news and science (yes they have science TV channels).
    Al Jazeera is not so bad, at least not endless jingles and stuff like CNN. >>Each country's channel has its own political jive,
    ZDFino in Germany has almost everyday a program about the old DDR and all the bad things it had..
    (German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.)
    Last week it was fleeing the DDR in a balloon
    The intersting part is that now the AFD party in Germany has scored a huge election with (44%, more the any other party)
    and they are for better relations with Russia.

    So pick your news!

    See the trends!
    Do not just repeat the trumpist crape
    IF you want to learn, study some history too, plenty there to learn from, >>history has that tendency to repeat itself, - empires come and empires go - >>Now with everybody and their cat having nukes, the US rule by fear no longer works.
    they are the ones shitting their pants in fear now.
    Fear even for simple hardworking low payed immigrants!
    Braimwashed by a King Kong type money sucking egomaniac criminal leader.
    So history....

    Historically, the pollsters greatly underestimate how many votes the
    MAGA folk and Trump will receive in the actual election. (Like Brexit
    in the UK and maybe AfD in Germany.) But Trump cannot succeed
    himself, both for constitutional reasons and for biological reasons.

    In the US, the Midterm Elections in November will tell us a lot about
    which path the US will take.

    Joe

    Yes, midterms..
    But what will an insane leader do if his scores are low?
    I see now that when his Iran game fails he will start doing something weird to distract attention, like renaming lake Ontario.

    Is-a-hell was killing people in Lebanon again today
    not a word from the US 'leader' about it, his 'peace treaty broken'. Palestinians killed again too, and no food for those.

    So, new world map, where Africa is now a lot bigger,
    and the US looks even smaller.
    Maybe better give up on 'United'' states and south to Mexico and North to Canada?
    East to China and west to Russia?

    I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain health at old age,









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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 02:10:02
    On 8/09/2026 1:57 am, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:50 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>> wrote:

    <snip>

    I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain health at old age,

    The question is, did learning the new language give their brains useful exercise, or did the capacity to learn a second language select people
    who already had healthier brains?

    You have to design your experiments carefully to get meaningful results.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 16:22:12
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise

    Netherlands has blocked rt.com (pro Russia channel) on internet,
    but I just get around it in Linux,
    wrote a small script that selects google as nameserver

    raspberrypi: ~ # cat /usr/local/sbin/set_4g
    #!/usr/bin/bash

    if [ "$1" == "off" ]
    then
    echo "ececuting ifconfig eth1 down"
    ifconfig eth1 down
    echo
    elif [ "$1" == "on" ]
    then
    echo "executing ifconfig eth1 up"
    ifconfig eth1 up
    echo
    echo "executing cp /etc/resolv.conf.GOOGLE /etc/resolv.conf"
    cp /etc/resolv.conf.GOOGLE /etc/resolv.conf
    echo
    echo "executing cat /etc/resolv.conf"
    echo
    cat /etc/resolv.conf
    echo
    else
    echo "Usage: set_4g on | off"
    fi

    -------------
    that uses /etc/resolv.conf.GOOGLE to replace /etc/resolv.conf

    cat raspberrypi: ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf.GOOGLE
    nameserver 8.8.8.8
    nameserver 8.8.4.4



    And having satellite, EU blocks the Russian channels, but on satellite you at least have freedom from cable companies

    kingofsat.net
    just search:

    https://kingofsat.net/find?question=Radio%20Romania

    7 r‚ponse(s) - DerniŠres mises … jour: 2026-03-02 10:08 CET
    Pos Satellite Fr‚quence Pol Txp Zone de couverture Standard Modulation SR/FEC R‚seau, D‚bit binaire NID TID
    ? Nom Pays Th‚matique Bouquets Cryptage SID VPID Audio PMT PCR TXT Mise … jour
    Eutelsat 16A (16.0řE)
    16.0řE Eutelsat 16A ?7 11512.30 V D04 Europe B DVB-S2 8PSK 29950 2/3 58 Mb/s 1 200
    Radio Romania Actualitati Clair 21 2110 rom 7020 2110 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania Cultural Clair 22 2210 rom 7021 2210 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania Muzical Clair 23 2310 rom 7022 2310 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania Antena Satelor Clair 24 2410 rom 7023 2410 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania International 1 Clair 25 2510 rom 7024 2510 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania International 2 Clair 26 2610 rom 7025 2610 2026-03-02
    Radio Romania International 3 Clair 27 2710 rom 7026 2710 2026-03-02

    Plenty to see hear, free to air, no noise.

    I have a movable dish, so can point to several satellites.

    I will check 7220 kHz later tonight here and in the early morning.





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  • From john larkin@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 09:38:35
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:30:28 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/7/26 15:55, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Absolutely, countries like China must be running
    megawatts, judging by the signal strength. Getting
    the message across, as they always have. What has
    gone, are the national press agencies running 50
    baud teletype. Needed a decoder,but remember xinua
    (China) reporting the death of chairman mao at the
    time. Just about every country ran such press agency
    services on shortwave.


    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

    I guess the real question is, do people still have shortwave
    receivers?


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

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  • From chrisq@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 18:47:11
    On 9/7/26 17:38, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:30:28 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/7/26 15:55, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but >>>> last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins, >>>> so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Absolutely, countries like China must be running
    megawatts, judging by the signal strength. Getting
    the message across, as they always have. What has
    gone, are the national press agencies running 50
    baud teletype. Needed a decoder,but remember xinua
    (China) reporting the death of chairman mao at the
    time. Just about every country ran such press agency
    services on shortwave.


    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

    I guess the real question is, do people still have shortwave
    receivers?


    Don't know about now, but in the past, Russia distributed
    transistor receivers with several short wave bands, to
    developing countries as part of aid packages, to get the
    propaganda across. You could buy them in the UK, and the
    standard of construction, sensitivity (short whip ant) and
    stability were quite good.

    Being into short wave radio since a kid, the press agency
    thing was of interest, to get a different take on the news,
    and an excuse to build decoders. BBC and other uk media,
    always had their own slant on the news, so alternate
    sources were welcome.

    Several problems with data over hf radio. The code used
    at the time was 5 bits, with two characters reserved for
    letters and figures shift. That is, it had state, so if
    either state change was missed the the printer would output
    rubbish. Radio teletype uses frequency shift to define
    zero or one, but hf links suffer from selective fading, one
    or other shift frequency would fade into the noise, and
    electrical noise could wipe out several characters. Not a
    very reliable system, so they use receiver and / or
    antenna diversity. No real error correction at all.

    Very little traditional radio teletype now, replaced by
    error correcting codes, satcom and internet. There is one
    in Germany that transmits maritime weather reports, 24
    hours a day, several frequencies, and they get round the
    error problem by stuffing additional letters / figures
    characters in the stream, to keep the link in the correct
    state.

    A bit tldr, but the history and progress of technology
    is always of interest here.



    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics


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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 04:02:11
    On 6/09/2026 6:50 am, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@IEEE.org> wrote:


    |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"but all the people who make money out of making | |nuclear weapons wouldn't like that. It's a great job-creation scheme for| |nuclear physicists," | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Nuclear physicists are evil inept prostitutes.

    Inept? Sadly, their bombs seemed to go off.

    |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |" but we could probably find more useful jobs for them | |to do." | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Nuclear physicists are inept. Do not rely on them to achieve.

    A past generation created nuclear bombs that left large holes in the landscape. I wouldn't rely on the ineptitude of the current generation.

    There are a whole lot nuclear reactors around and they seem to generate
    quite a lot of electric power most of the time. The physicists who look
    after them can't be entirely inept.

    Some of then seem to want to put together nuclear-powered space rockets,
    which offers the entrancing prospect highly radioactive space junk
    falling out a clear sky. I don't think that we can rely on them being
    inept enough for their rockets to stay safely in their own back yards.

    |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"> Weird, how those people love tunnels. |
    | | |People who keep on getting bombed and shelled do develop an affection | |for deep tunnels. The ones that don't tend to end up dead." | |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Hamas allegedly used a tunnel to murder many innocent victims in
    Israel.

    They may have murdered people in tunnels, but they've killed them in all
    sorts of other places too. Once they get into their relatively safe (for
    them) tunnels they don't seem to be any more murderous than they are in
    other environments.

    I'd stay out of their way when I had any choice in the matter.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 19:24:14
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise
    [...]

    I will check 7220 kHz later tonight here and in the early morning.

    Try it at 23:00 British Summer Time.


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 19:32:59
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:30:28 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/7/26 15:55, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but >>> last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins, >>> so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Absolutely, countries like China must be running
    megawatts, judging by the signal strength. Getting
    the message across, as they always have. What has
    gone, are the national press agencies running 50
    baud teletype. Needed a decoder,but remember xinua
    (China) reporting the death of chairman mao at the
    time. Just about every country ran such press agency
    services on shortwave.


    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

    I guess the real question is, do people still have shortwave
    receivers?

    The answer is "Yes".

    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From joegwinn@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 15:01:57
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:57:46 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
    wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:10:50 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>wrote:

    joegwinn@comcast.netwrote:
    On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:43:56 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> >>>>wrote:
    You should watch Al Yazeera if you can for news, it is on satellite. >>>>>else online:
    https://www.aljazeera.com

    Al Jazeera is owned and operated by Qatar, and reflects their party >>>>line. They are no more the Arbiters of Truth than any other media >>>>organization.

    .<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network>

    Joe

    That is why I follow many news channels, yes also the BBC.
    German channels, news and science (yes they have science TV channels).
    Al Jazeera is not so bad, at least not endless jingles and stuff like CNN. >>>Each country's channel has its own political jive,
    ZDFino in Germany has almost everyday a program about the old DDR and all the bad things it had..
    (German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.)
    Last week it was fleeing the DDR in a balloon
    The intersting part is that now the AFD party in Germany has scored a huge election with (44%, more the any other party)
    and they are for better relations with Russia.

    So pick your news!

    See the trends!
    Do not just repeat the trumpist crape
    IF you want to learn, study some history too, plenty there to learn from, >>>history has that tendency to repeat itself, - empires come and empires go - >>>Now with everybody and their cat having nukes, the US rule by fear no longer works.
    they are the ones shitting their pants in fear now.
    Fear even for simple hardworking low payed immigrants!
    Braimwashed by a King Kong type money sucking egomaniac criminal leader. >>>So history....

    Historically, the pollsters greatly underestimate how many votes the
    MAGA folk and Trump will receive in the actual election. (Like Brexit
    in the UK and maybe AfD in Germany.) But Trump cannot succeed
    himself, both for constitutional reasons and for biological reasons.

    In the US, the Midterm Elections in November will tell us a lot about
    which path the US will take.

    Joe

    Yes, midterms..
    But what will an insane leader do if his scores are low?
    I see now that when his Iran game fails he will start doing something weird to >distract attention, like renaming lake Ontario.

    Is-a-hell was killing people in Lebanon again today
    not a word from the US 'leader' about it, his 'peace treaty broken'. >Palestinians killed again too, and no food for those.

    So, new world map, where Africa is now a lot bigger,
    and the US looks even smaller.
    Maybe better give up on 'United'' states and south to Mexico and North to >Canada?
    East to China and west to Russia?

    I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain >health at old age,

    All these points are being made here, with varying degrees of success.
    And varying degrees of claimed (or hoped for) success. Far too
    chaotic to follow.

    We will find out on November 3rd.

    Joe

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  • From ehsjr@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 18:20:38
    On 9/7/2026 12:22 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise


    Strong (S9 + 20) and clear AM signal right now (6:19 EDT) in New York.
    Ed

    <snip>



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  • From Gerhard Hoffmann@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 01:19:58
    Am 07.09.26 um 20:24 schrieb Liz Tuddenham:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise
    [...]

    I will check 7220 kHz later tonight here and in the early morning.

    Try it at 23:00 British Summer Time.


    you might try the software defined radio at Univ. Twente in NL.
    < http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ >

    I never tried it myself before.

    Gerhard


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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 07:12:42
    ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net>wrote:
    On 9/7/2026 12:22 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise


    Strong (S9 + 20) and clear AM signal right now (6:19 EDT) in New York.
    Ed

    I got a signal late last night om 7262 in a strange languege.

    Did a ducduckgo.com search:

    Search Assist
    ?
    Radio Romania International broadcasts on several shortwave frequencies, including 7220 kHz and 9700 kHz for English and Romanian programs, respectively. You can find more specific frequencies based on the time of day and language.
    ? Wikipedia
    ? shortwaveschedule.com
    Shortwave Frequencies for Radio Romania International
    Radio Romania International (RRI) broadcasts on various shortwave frequencies depending on the language and time of day. Below are the key frequencies for English and Romanian programs.

    English Language Broadcasts
    Time (UTC) Frequency (kHz)
    0100?0200 7325
    0400?0500 7220, 15250 (DRM)
    0630?0700 9620, 21470 (DRM)
    1200?1300 15460, 21470
    1800?1900 9570 (DRM)
    2130?2200 7375, 7250
    2300?2400 7220, 7325
    Romanian Language Broadcasts
    Time (UTC) Frequency (kHz)
    0100?0300 9700
    0500?0600 7220
    0800?0900 17560, 17750
    0900?1000 17750, 17640
    1000?1100 17640, 17800
    1300?1400 9570
    1400?1600 17790, 15370
    1700?1800 9810
    1800?2100 7205

    And from
    https://www.rri.ro/en/frequencies

    Not sure if my shortwave receiver can do DRM, like on 7220
    I just checked out the other frequenies for Western Europe where I am,
    but so far nothing,
    Plenty other stations though.
    I will try again in a few hours, following their schedule.

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 07:29:02
    john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:30:28 +0100, chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> wrote:

    On 9/7/26 15:55, john larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but >>>> last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins, >>>> so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    Absolutely, countries like China must be running
    megawatts, judging by the signal strength. Getting
    the message across, as they always have. What has
    gone, are the national press agencies running 50
    baud teletype. Needed a decoder,but remember xinua
    (China) reporting the death of chairman mao at the
    time. Just about every country ran such press agency
    services on shortwave.


    Those take megawatts. An SFP needs milliwatts.


    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics

    I guess the real question is, do people still have shortwave
    receivers?

    Many small transistor radios have a shortwave band.

    I also have shortwave transmitters, am radio-ham too.
    With just a few Watt you can go worldwide.
    I have even worked with South America with just a few watts from Europe on]
    27 MHz,
    Did some hitchhiking in the seventies in 'merrica and the driver was talking with the other drivers all the time.
    Now there is a high frequency band that those drivers use too.

    And there is QO100 for satellite:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es'hail_2
    Hope it still works, have not used it for a while.
    https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/

    And yes, China in English is very clear on shortwave here.




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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 07:33:11
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise
    [...]

    I will check 7220 kHz later tonight here and in the early morning.

    Try it at 23:00 British Summer Time.

    That is midnight here in the Netherlands
    I sleep at that time!
    But see my other reply for the frequencies and times.


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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 07:36:56
    Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>wrote:
    Am 07.09.26 um 20:24 schrieb Liz Tuddenham:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but >>>> last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins, >>>> so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?


    I get just noise on 7220 AM now, but maybe at night things are betetr.
    Tecsun PL-600 portable receiver indoors.
    No jammers, just noise
    [...]

    I will check 7220 kHz later tonight here and in the early morning.

    Try it at 23:00 British Summer Time.


    you might try the software defined radio at Univ. Twente in NL.
    < http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ >

    I never tried it myself before.

    I tried it, it did work, some years ago that is ... time flies...



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  • From Jeff Liebermann@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 09:21:49
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    I tried listening to 7220KHz at midnight, 3AM and about 5AM. All I
    heard was what I assume is switching power supply noise. My house is
    full of high efficiency switching power supplies which make HF
    reception problematic. During daylight hours, the RF noise is mostly
    solar charger. Maybe the "jamming" you're hearing is really a
    switching power supply or solar charger?

    For testing, I use an Alinco DJ-X2 receiver: <https://www.rigpix.com/alinco/djx2.htm>
    AM, FM, FM broadcast, but no SSB. Small, convenient, SMA antenna
    connector, but useful mostly for locating HF noise sources. For Radio
    Romania, I would normally use my Icom IC-735: <https://www.rigpix.com/icom/ic735.htm>
    However, when I turned it on, it acted dead. I have a spare parts
    radio, but I don't need another project right now. Maybe later.


    --
    Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
    PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
    Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 AE6KS 831-336-2558


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  • From Jeff Liebermann@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 10:14:02
    On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:55:41 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    Yikes, do people still have shotwave transmitters?

    HF/SW broadcast transmitters, yes. However, people who listen to SW broadcasting, is rapidly declining. I'm a member of 2 local ham radio
    clubs. In the distant past, there were a few members that like to
    listen. Today, they've all switched to getting their news and
    entertainment via online streaming, satellite streaming, and other
    alternatives that offer less noise (static), less EMI/RFI noise, and
    more convenient listening hours. The latter is most important to the
    younger generation, which has become accustomed to what was formerly
    called "video on demand". That means their listening or viewing time
    is not controlled by the broadcaster. The listening can simply select
    a station, select the desired content, and it plays content at any
    time of day or night. They can also start and stop when convenient.
    While there is probably something nostalgic about waking up at night
    to listen to a fading and noise overseas station, it's not sufficient
    to attract a regular listening audience. The few times I've listened
    to shortwave broadcast, I hear mostly propaganda (news), religious
    promotion, international politics, and foreign language.

    Those take megawatts.

    The megawatt transmitters are in the AM broadcast band:
    2 Megawatts (in the AM broadcast band): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmitter_Solt>
    HF/SW are usually 100 KW maximum. I couldn't find a list of stations
    and transmit power. Stations adjust their transmit power levels to
    accommodate changes in propagation at different times of the day. A
    stations my transmit at 100 KW during daytime hours, where propagation
    is poor, and maybe 25 KW during nighttime hours. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_radio>
    "The power used by shortwave transmitters ranges from less than one
    watt for some experimental and amateur radio transmissions to 500
    kilowatts and higher for intercontinental broadcasters and
    over-the-horizon radar"

    An SFP needs milliwatts.

    Other than a router or switch network plug-in, what's an SFP?

    John Larkin
    Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
    Lunatic Fringe Electronics
    --
    Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
    PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
    Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 AE6KS 831-336-2558


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  • From piglet@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, September 08, 2026 22:08:18
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:


    And yes, China in English is very clear on shortwave here.



    But mostly likely not all the way from China-China Radio has relay stations
    all over


    --
    piglet

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 06:56:19
    Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>wrote:
    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    I tried listening to 7220KHz at midnight, 3AM and about 5AM. All I
    heard was what I assume is switching power supply noise. My house is
    full of high efficiency switching power supplies which make HF
    reception problematic. During daylight hours, the RF noise is mostly
    solar charger. Maybe the "jamming" you're hearing is really a
    switching power supply or solar charger?

    For testing, I use an Alinco DJ-X2 receiver: ><https://www.rigpix.com/alinco/djx2.htm>
    AM, FM, FM broadcast, but no SSB. Small, convenient, SMA antenna
    connector, but useful mostly for locating HF noise sources. For Radio >Romania, I would normally use my Icom IC-735: ><https://www.rigpix.com/icom/ic735.htm>
    However, when I turned it on, it acted dead. I have a spare parts
    radio, but I don't need another project right now. Maybe later.

    I used my portable Tecsun PL600
    I am impressed with it, longwave, medium wave, shortwave,
    AM FM SSB, narrow band and wide band mode, antenna modes.
    And reliable, looks like this:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/157565076027

    I do have a big shortwave tranceiver and several RTL-SDR USB sticks can
    can be programmed to receive all sort of RF stuff fro mabot 20 MHz up, even receive GPS
    Wrote a lot of softwaee for it, spectrum analyzer:
    https://panteltje.nl/panteltje/xpsa/index.html
    Latest version has AM FM FM stereo, USB LSB
    https://panteltje.nl/pub/xpsa-0.7.gif
    There is a lot more Rf stuff hre...

    Anyways I listened last night for teh Romani statui=ion on 13750 DRM no signal at all.
    Then tried 15180 -- nothing
    13760 China, no noise perfect reception AM.

    So strange, wondered do they have power problems?

    From:
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Romania+power+problems%3F

    Romania declares state of emergency as low Danube levels hit power ...
    Jul 31, 2026 Romania has declared a nationwide state of emergency ?throughout August stemming from a decline in electricity production after record low Danube river levels ?led to the shutdown of a nuclear ...
    ?
    The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com ? world ?
    2026 ? aug ? 14
    romania-nuclear-plant-shut-down-cernavoda-danube-river-water-drought
    Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river ...
    Aug 14, 2026
    Shutting down the reactor posed immediate problems for Moldova, Romania's eastern neighbour,
    has also endured low river levels and relies on Romanian power to cover up to 60% of its own ...

    EU Today
    https://eutoday.net ? romania-power-crisis-dacia-ford-production-halt
    Romanian Power Crisis Forces Dacia and Ford to Halt Production
    Aug 4, 2026
    Romania's electricity shortage has moved from warning to industrial consequence,
    with Dacia and Ford suspending production and the government asking large consumers to cut demand.

    So, maybe they are just of-air now?


    That would explain why none of their shortwave tranmitters are on air...


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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 09:17:30
    piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:


    And yes, China in English is very clear on shortwave here.



    But mostly likely not all the way from China-China Radio has relay stations all over

    Probably ex-BBC transmitters that have been privatised amd rented-out to
    the highest bidder.


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 09:17:30
    Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 7 Sep 2026 15:36:24 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
    (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:

    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    That is why I follow many news channels,

    I often listen to the late night news on Radio Romania (7220 Kc/s) but
    last night it was subject to very strong jamming. I still managed to
    hear it and there wasn't anything different from other news bulletins,
    so I wonder why the jammers have suddenly been focussed on it?

    I tried listening to 7220KHz at midnight, 3AM and about 5AM. All I
    heard was what I assume is switching power supply noise. My house is
    full of high efficiency switching power supplies which make HF
    reception problematic. During daylight hours, the RF noise is mostly
    solar charger. Maybe the "jamming" you're hearing is really a
    switching power supply or solar charger?

    It was that one night only and it was exactly centred on 7220 Kc/s; it
    took the form of square-wave pulses of carrier at about 10c/s and 30%
    duty cycle (at a guess). There were a couple of other places in the
    spectrum where it occurred, always in the broadcast bands. There is a
    fair bit of general QRM around here but this was almost certainly
    focussed jamming.


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 09:17:31
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    I do have a big shortwave tranceiver and several RTL-SDR USB sticks can
    can be programmed to receive all sort of RF stuff fro mabot 20 MHz up,
    even receive GPS

    I was using an Eddystone 830 Rx and a 200 ft longwire aerial, NNE-SSW.

    On holiday during the summer I could pick up Radio Romania in the van,
    with a piece of wire laid along the (very dry) ground underneath the van
    and connected to the aerial socket of an Icom 706 MkII. The wire was
    acting as an earth and the van was acting as the aerial (as long as
    there are microvolts across the aerial input terminals, it does not
    matter which is actually the earth and which is the aerial).

    [...]
    EU Today https://eutoday.net ? romania-power-crisis-dacia-ford-production-halt Romanian Power Crisis
    Forces Dacia and Ford to Halt Production Aug 4, 2026 Romania's electricity shortage has moved from warning to industrial consequence, with Dacia and Ford suspending production and the government asking large consumers to
    cut demand.

    So, maybe they are just of-air now?


    That would explain why none of their shortwave tranmitters are on air...

    They are on-air and were broadcasting as usual on 7220 Kc/s at 23:00 BST
    last night. The signal was strong at the start of the transmission but
    soon experienced some deep fades. i don't know why you can't hear the
    signal, as the Netherlands is within the target area.


    P.S. currently rebuilding a K.W. Viceroy transmitter (120W SSB); hoping
    to put it on the air in a month or two as part of a vintage radio
    station at Chippenham, and District Amateur Radio Club's 60th
    anniversary.


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 10:33:31
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    I do have a big shortwave tranceiver and several RTL-SDR USB sticks can
    can be programmed to receive all sort of RF stuff fro mabot 20 MHz up,
    even receive GPS

    I was using an Eddystone 830 Rx and a 200 ft longwire aerial, NNE-SSW.

    On holiday during the summer I could pick up Radio Romania in the van,
    with a piece of wire laid along the (very dry) ground underneath the van
    and connected to the aerial socket of an Icom 706 MkII. The wire was
    acting as an earth and the van was acting as the aerial (as long as
    there are microvolts across the aerial input terminals, it does not
    matter which is actually the earth and which is the aerial).

    [...]
    EU Today https://eutoday.net ?
    romania-power-crisis-dacia-ford-production-halt Romanian Power Crisis
    Forces Dacia and Ford to Halt Production Aug 4, 2026 Romania's electricity >> shortage has moved from warning to industrial consequence, with Dacia and
    Ford suspending production and the government asking large consumers to
    cut demand.

    So, maybe they are just of-air now?


    That would explain why none of their shortwave tranmitters are on air...

    They are on-air and were broadcasting as usual on 7220 Kc/s at 23:00 BST
    last night. The signal was strong at the start of the transmission but
    soon experienced some deep fades. i don't know why you can't hear the >signal, as the Netherlands is within the target area.


    I dunno, did not check 7220 at midnight here, was sleeping.
    Maybe I will check 7220 tonight.


    P.S. currently rebuilding a K.W. Viceroy transmitter (120W SSB); hoping
    to put it on the air in a month or two as part of a vintage radio
    station at Chippenham, and District Amateur Radio Club's 60th
    anniversary.

    The last ham thing I worked on was for working via QO100 satellite.
    When the building across the road was 'insulated' and became higher
    I lost much of the satellite signal.
    Have not felt the drive to move my dish even higher on the wall, so left it.

    That leaves me with 70 cm and my Baofeng.
    Even my old GPA for 27 MHz is gone now when I moved here.

    I could make a long wire in the garden..

    As the license becomes ever more expensive each year I may consider dumping it. OTOH in case of disasters the local repeater networks can be a great help.
    https://elinek.nl/repeaters-nederland/70-cm-repeaters-nederland-fm-en-c4fm/

    https://panteltje.nl/pub/testing_the_20_meter_inductive_loop_antenna_IMG_4536.JPG
    https://panteltje.nl/pub/testing_the_20_meter_inductive_loop_antenna_dunno_IMG_4537.JPG

    I have a Marine license too.



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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 20:25:17
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> schreef: |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain| |health at old age," | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Old multilingual persons are less comfortable at languages which they
    used to be comfortable at.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 07:47:07
    =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?= =?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?= <thanks-to@Taf.com>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> schreef: >|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| >|"I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain| >|health at old age," | >|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Old multilingual persons are less comfortable at languages which they
    used to be comfortable at.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    I am almost 80 years old and my language skills are getting better everyday reading and listening to stuff from all over the planet.
    Dutch, French, German, EngliTsh, some Spanish and Italian and aliens of course. The first 4 are required in high school here.
    It started with French here in Kindergarten.

    And I still design 'tronix
    Last night wrote some interesting code, fun just a few lines to solve a very complex problem.
    Idea came to me when making a nice dinner.











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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 08:06:14
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    PS

    I got signal last night on 7220 MHz after midnight local time here.
    Strong signal, OK even without the antenna of my PL600 stretched out.

    And hour before that I was listening at 9740, strong AM signal there too,
    it stopped at exactly midnight, not a clear station ID, but was about Romania., so checked 7220 with SSB mode on (then you get a beep if even a not modulated carrier,
    and indeed there was a short beep (they were testing the transmitter I think) and then at midnight here Romania with station ID. I listened to it for a while,
    but then it was about a women telling how she tried to leave her addiction to drugs so
    switched it off and went to sleep.
    There is mention on the internet about some Romanian shortwave channels being off
    because of power issues.
    That does explain other missing channels.
    Not sure how up to date those messages are.

    What do you find interesting on that Romanian channel?





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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 18:53:23
    On 10/09/2026 6:25 am, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> schreef: |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"I have read that people who speak more than one language keep better brain| |health at old age," | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Old multilingual persons are less comfortable at languages which they
    used to be comfortable at.

    Languages change continuously. You can't step into the same language twice.

    People tend to retire to one country and stay there. My Dutch now only
    gets exercised when I run into z Dutch tourist on a Sydney street.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydeney

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 12:25:19
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    I got signal last night on 7220 MHz after midnight local time here.
    Strong signal, OK even without the antenna of my PL600 stretched out.


    Good, it seems as though timing was the problem.

    [...]

    What do you find interesting on that Romanian channel?

    A lot of it is boring 'local' news, quotes from various ministers and
    general stuff that could be heard anywhere. The really interesting
    stuff is often just a casual remark about events which they regard as
    everyday but we haven't heard about, such as regular arrival of Russian
    drones in European countries or the participation of British troops in
    military exercises. Sometimes a really important item makes it to the
    BBC news but only a day or two later (e.g. the diverting of the Danube
    to keep the cooling system of a nuclear power station running).

    There is a 'commentary' piece following the news, that can sometimes be
    very revealing. They also do a weekend roundup of European news, so I
    get an idea of what is going on in other countries.


    (I still miss the Sunday morning Radio Netherlands programme, it was one
    of the stations that made me appreciate the value of listening to
    shortwave.)


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 16:14:27
    liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:

    [...]
    I got signal last night on 7220 MHz after midnight local time here.
    Strong signal, OK even without the antenna of my PL600 stretched out.


    Good, it seems as though timing was the problem.

    [...]

    What do you find interesting on that Romanian channel?

    A lot of it is boring 'local' news, quotes from various ministers and
    general stuff that could be heard anywhere. The really interesting
    stuff is often just a casual remark about events which they regard as >everyday but we haven't heard about, such as regular arrival of Russian >drones in European countries or the participation of British troops in >military exercises. Sometimes a really important item makes it to the
    BBC news but only a day or two later (e.g. the diverting of the Danube
    to keep the cooling system of a nuclear power station running).

    There is a 'commentary' piece following the news, that can sometimes be
    very revealing. They also do a weekend roundup of European news, so I
    get an idea of what is going on in other countries.


    (I still miss the Sunday morning Radio Netherlands programme, it was one
    of the stations that made me appreciate the value of listening to
    shortwave.)

    On satellite there is BVN in Dutch free to air:
    https://kingofsat.net/find?question=BVN

    Hot Bird 13F / Hot Bird 13G (13.0řE)
    13.0řE Hot Bird 13G ?1 10775.00 H 113 Europe DVB-S2 8PSK 29900 2/3 Kabelio, 59.2 Mb/s 318 11300
    ? BVN - Beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland

    Pays-Bas G‚n‚raliste KABELIO.CH Clair 252 2521 2522 aac ned 252 2521 2025-08-04 +
    Astra 1M / Astra 1N / Astra 1P (19.2řE)
    19.2řE Astra 1N ?1 12515.25 H 105 Pan Europe DVB-S QPSK 22000 5/6 M7 Group, 33.8 Mb/s 53 1105
    ? BVN - Beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland
    Pays-Bas G‚n‚raliste M7 Clair 4101 501 101 ned 2201 501 91 2025-03-08 +

    There are shortwave stations, but some do not - do no longer - work.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_short_wave_transmitters

    Anyways satellite is the best thing,
    go to kingofsat.net, get your geographic location and click an icon on the top of the page for a reachable satellite (east west location) to see what's there.

    On one of my receiver boxes I ran out of memory storing channel names, so many! A satellite dish is a good investment.
    Bought some dish, LNB, dish motor and some bolts and stuff more than 26 years ago.
    The LNB is still working perfectly to this day, so is the dish motor.
    Moved house with me several times...
    Less than 150 $ at current cost (much less back then).
    A decent DVB-S2 satellite box is less than 40 dollars from ebay / China,
    has HDMI output, some have also Ethernet.
    Those boxes get ever smaller:
    https://panteltje.nl/pub/sat_box_sizes_IXIMG_0907.JPG
    the right hand one I am using now.
    Has a USB stick in the back (the left hand one has one at the front) that came with it and records and plays back many hours of HD TV.
    There are several channels that play music all day, on Astra satellite.
    I recorded much of that stuff, they have channels for the seventies, the eighties and nineties, and rock and roll.
    And news from all over the world, English sat Astra 2:
    https://kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E
    scroll down, look for: 'now 70's
    All free to download and view

    But if WW3 starts, having a shortwave transmitter and receiver may come in handy to see if there are any places for survival left, any lifeforms left.


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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 16:48:40
    ChrisQ <syseng@GFSys.co.UK> wrote: |----------------------------------------------------------|
    |"Don't know about now, but in the past, Russia distributed|
    |transistor receivers with several short wave bands, to |
    |developing countries as part of aid packages, to get the |
    |propaganda across. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |----------------------------------------------------------|

    A European charity does likewise in Africa.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 10, 2026 20:14:40
    Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@IEEE.org> wrote: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"[. . .] |
    | | |Some of then seem to want to put together nuclear-powered space rockets, | |which offers the entrancing prospect highly radioactive space junk | |falling out a clear sky. I don't think that we can rely on them being | |inept enough for their rockets to stay safely in their own back yards. |
    | |
    |[. . .]" | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dear Doctor Sloman,

    I concede that not all nuclear physicists are inept and that skilled
    nuclear physicists conducted serious damages. I have not referred to
    those nuclear physicists.

    I am a professional non-inept nuclear space physicist who is so
    unfortunate that many coworkers - and others who author IEEE
    publications - are overwhelmingly dangerously inept. (We do not work
    on nuclear bombs. We do not work on nuclear electricity. We do not
    work on nuclear rockets.) Other space professionals who enjoy
    protectionism (instead of becoimings fired via a meritocracy) are also astonishingly incapable of doings what they are employed to.

    This is a good publication about (non-nuclear non-space) IEEE
    publications:

    @article{Asso_for_Info_Science___Tech_-_2021_-_Cabanac_-_Prevalence_of_nonsensical_algorithmically_generated_papers_in_the.pdf,
    author = {Cabanac, Guillaume and Labb‚, Cyril},
    title = {Prevalence of nonsensical algorithmically generated papers in the scientific literature},
    journal = {Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology}, volume = {72},
    number = {12},
    pages = {1461--1476},
    doi = {HTTPS://DOI.org/10.1002/asi.24495},
    url = {HTTPS://ASISTFL.OnLineLibrary.Wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asi.24495}, eprint = {https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/asi.24495}, abstract = {Abstract In 2014 leading publishers withdrew more than 120 nonsensical publications automatically generated with the SCIgen program. Casual observations suggested that similar problematic papers are still published and sold, without follow-up retractions. No systematic screening has been performed and the prevalence of such nonsensical publications in the scientific literature is unknown. Our contribution is 2-fold. First, we designed a detector that combs the scientific literature for grammar-based computer-generated papers. Applied to SCIgen, it has a 83.6\% precision. Second, we performed a scientometric study of the 243 detected SCIgen-papers from 19 publishers. We estimate the prevalence of SCIgen-papers to be 75 per million papers in Information and Computing Sciences. Only 19\% of the 243 problematic papers were dealt with: formal retraction (12) or silent removal (34). Publishers still serve and sometimes sell the remaining 197 papers without any caveat. We found evidence of citation manipulation via edited SCIgen bibliographies. This work reveals metric gaming up to the point of absurdity: fraudsters publish nonsensical algorithmically generated papers featuring genuine references. It stresses the need to screen papers for nonsense before peer-review and chase citation manipulation in published papers. Overall, this is yet another illustration of the harmful effects of the pressure to publish or perish.},
    year = {2021}
    }

    Refereeing is a sick joke. 'Scientific' publishers (and 'scientists')
    are subventions fraudsters and parasites.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From Bill Sloman@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 11, 2026 17:05:43
    On 11/09/2026 6:14 am, C˘ilˇn Niocl sˇn Glost‚ir wrote:
    Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@IEEE.org> wrote: |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"[. . .] |
    | | |Some of then seem to want to put together nuclear-powered space rockets, | |which offers the entrancing prospect of highly radioactive space junk |
    |falling out a clear sky. I don't think that we can rely on them being | |inept enough for their rockets to stay safely in their own back yards. |
    | | |[. . .]" | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Dear Doctor Sloman,

    I concede that not all nuclear physicists are inept and that skilled
    nuclear physicists conducted serious damages. I have not referred to
    those nuclear physicists.

    You didn't make that reservation all that obvious.

    I am a professional non-inept nuclear space physicist who is so
    unfortunate that many coworkers - and others who author IEEE
    publications - are overwhelmingly dangerously inept. (We do not work
    on nuclear bombs. We do not work on nuclear electricity. We do not
    work on nuclear rockets.) Other space professionals who enjoy
    protectionism (instead of becoimings fired via a meritocracy) are also astonishingly incapable of doings what they are employed to.

    This is a good publication about (non-nuclear non-space) IEEE
    publications:

    <snipped a good point about inept publications>

    If you search my published output on scholar.google using "a w sloman"
    as your search string, you will find that I have published about ten
    critical comments (mostly in Review of Scientific Instruments) about
    papers hadn't been adequately refereed. That's about two thirds of my
    output. Some the rest got messed about by marketing to degree that makes
    me unwilling to admit that I wrote most of it, but I've got about three publications that I am happy to claim - and one of them has 27
    citations, though two of those are comments by me criticising other
    authors who had cited me without reading the paper carefully enough.

    Inept papers certainly get published, but there aren't all that many of
    them. Most of what gets published isn't wrong, but not informative
    enough to be actually worth publishing. The scientific literature does
    contain a lot of dross, but it goes publish enough good papers to
    justify it's existence. Like democracy, it is an imperfect system, but
    better than anything else that's been tried.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney



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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 11, 2026 17:02:47
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> schreef: |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"I am almost 80 years old and my language skills are getting better everyday| |[. . .]" | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Congratulations. Friends and I do not do so well. I may had read a
    webpage about persons like us many months ago.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From CĂłilĂ­n NioclásĂ­n GlostĂ©ir@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 11, 2026 17:22:56
    Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@IEEE.org> wrote: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] |
    |You didn't make that reservation all that obvious." | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    True.

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |"<snipped a good point about inept publications>" | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Thanks.

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"If you search my published output on scholar.google using "a w sloman"|
    |as your search string, you will find that I have published about ten | |critical comments (mostly in Review of Scientific Instruments) about | |papers hadn't been adequately refereed. That's about two thirds of my | |output. [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    I consulted one journal publication by you before this thread. I shall
    probably consult more like this.

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] there aren't all that many of | |them. [. . .]" | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    I disagree, but as millions of publications exist so nobody can read
    them all.

    |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |"[. . .] The scientific literature does | |contain a lot of dross, [. . .] |
    |[. . .]" | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    True.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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  • From Jan Panteltje@3:633/10 to All on Friday, September 11, 2026 19:47:55
    =?UTF-8?B?Q8OzaWzDrW4=?= =?UTF-8?B?IE5pb2Nsw6Fzw61u?= =?UTF-8?B?IEdsb3N0w6lpcg==?= <thanks-to@Taf.com>wrote:
    Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> schreef: >|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| >|"I am almost 80 years old and my language skills are getting better everyday| >|[. . .]" | >|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Congratulations. Friends and I do not do so well. I may had read a
    webpage about persons like us many months ago.
    (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

    Yes, it varies, largely genetics based,
    I am a veggy, and live mainly on a Italian like food,
    lots of olives and olive oil .. olive trees live hundreds of years.
    grapes, kiwis, spaghetti, pizza, tofu, apricots, oranges, apples (not the computers), spices of all sorts...
    Running around all day.

    Been doing hardware design testing fault finding and code writing all day,
    now half past nine in the evening here,
    just got the stuff working, more code planned for later on.
    It's fun if it all works as planned.

    I had a Raspberry Pi power wall-wart that failed too, had been on for many years..
    Same problem with an other one a few years back,
    I opened that one and replaced the electrolytic caps, those wear out, fixed it. As it is all on this UPS:
    https://panteltje.nl/pub/APC_UPS_ES700_waveform_25W_edison_bulb_load_IMG_0270.JPG
    I wonder:
    Does a waveform like that (230V) shorten wall-wart's lifetime
    more than a normal sine wave?


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