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Re: NEWS 2017
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New entry in the "words coming back like a boomerang to haunt me" category is this from Bill O'reilly from 2004 http://www.mtv.com/news/1457357/ludacris...for-soda-giant/Last week, Fox News Channel's conservative ranter Bill O'Reilly denounced the soda giant for choosing Ludacris to appear in Pepsi ads, calling him a "thug rapper" who " espouses violence, intoxication, and degrading conduct toward women." Pepsi dropped Ludacris O'Reilly commended Pepsi's move, stating, " Americans should let the merchants of bad taste know that hiring corrupters and incompetents is not acceptable." Indeed.
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Re: NEWS 2017
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04/20/17 05:46 PM
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Another terrorist attack in France https://www.thelocal.fr/20170420/two-french-police-injured-in-shooting-on-champs-elysees A French police officer was killed on Thursday and another left fighting for his life after an apparent terrorist shooting on the famous Champs Elysées avenue just days before the first round of the presidential election.
A gunman opened fire on police officers on the famous avenue in the west of Paris around 9pm on Thursday evening when the boulevard was packed with shoppers, restaurant goers and tourists.
One officer was killed and two others injured, at least one them critically. The shooter was also killed at the scene, police confirmed, with sources telling French media he was known to intelligence services.
Paris police understandably on edge two hours after attack on officier in the 8th arrondissement, on the tourist hotspot Champs-Elysées. pic.twitter.com/78rKt3Vg8r — Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) April 20, 2017
A spokesman for the ministry of interior said the shooter pulled up in a car next to a police car and opened fire, before trying to flee on foot.
He injured two more officers before he was killed when a group of police officers on patrol fired back, said Pierre-Henry Brandet.
"This is a tragedy for the police and a tragedy for France," he said adding that Parisians are advised to stay away from the area. He urged caution over the identity of the gunman.
Not long after President François Hollande said that the shooting was a suspected terrorist attack, Isis claimed responsibility for the shooting.
One witness told BFM TV he saw the man pull out a kalashnikov before opening fire.
"As soon as we realized he was shooting we ran into a shop and ran upstairs and saw out of the window the police shoot him dead," said the unnamed witness.
France's counter-terrorist investigators have been placed in charge of the investigation, suggesting authorities are in little doubt the shooting is just the latest in a series of terror attacks against France and in particular its capital city in recent years.
This latest attack comes just days before France goes to the polls for the first round of the presidential election.
The Local's Oliver Gee said: "There are extremely tense scenes around the Champs Elysees as police cordon off all the roads nearby.
"There are helicopters overhead and police are treating anyone driving or walking in the area with extreme caution.
"They are searching everyone and pulling out their weapons at the sign of anything suspicious. They are on edge and the public are confused and worried."
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Re: NEWS 2017
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Small clip from last weeks Bill Maher show [video:youtube] http://youtu.be/EclzaQYZPRw[/video] Apologies for not being able to post the video on the forum I got a new phone in December and haven't been able to figure out how to get the correct webpage address
The Dude: And, you know, he's got emotional problems, man. Walter Sobchak: You mean... beyond pacifism?
Walter Sobchak: This guy f*cking walks. I've never been so sure of anything in my entire life
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Re: NEWS 2017
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Small clip from last weeks Bill Maher show [video:youtube] http://youtu.be/EclzaQYZPRw[/video] Apologies for not being able to post the video on the forum I got a new phone in December and haven't been able to figure out how to get the correct webpage address Good post and good points by Maher. Extreme ends of politics are mirror images of each other.
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