Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They don't have to pay someone to translate news articles from America, and footage is cheap and easily obtained. It's laziness/budget-driven rather than fawning.
why the bbc is going down the pan
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They don't have to pay someone to translate news articles from America, and footage is cheap and easily obtained. It's laziness/budget-driven rather than fawning.
skyscraper101
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It's when they say 'President Obama' that gets me. Not 'American President, Barack Obama'
They always preface other countries' leaders names with which country they represent, so there's an air of preference to the US. "President Obama today announced..." president of who? UK? No? Then don't just say 'President' like it's assumed he rules over us.
Pet hate.
They always preface other countries' leaders names with which country they represent, so there's an air of preference to the US. "President Obama today announced..." president of who? UK? No? Then don't just say 'President' like it's assumed he rules over us.
Pet hate.
krtek a houby
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I hate it when they say "Prime Minister David Cameron" as if he rules over us. Not on my watch.
Pickman's model
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so what do you think he does do, if he doesn't 'rule over us'? back in the 80s they said 'the premier, margaret thatcher' or 'margaret thatcher, the prime minister': and it was the same for major and blair and brown. david cameron does rule over us: even if you don't like it.
krtek a houby
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He doesn't rule over us. Nobody rules over us. We shall not, we shall not be ruled.
Pickman's model
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ah. you're away in cloud-cuckoo land.
skyscraper101
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Not really the same anyway.
The point is, if they're a foreign president, they should spell out which country they 'preside' over. Even if its obvious. Or else its just an assumption we know, and then that should be applied to all countries equally. If not then it shows preference for the USA, which is bullshit. And it sounds like he's our president, which he ain't.
The point is, if they're a foreign president, they should spell out which country they 'preside' over. Even if its obvious. Or else its just an assumption we know, and then that should be applied to all countries equally. If not then it shows preference for the USA, which is bullshit. And it sounds like he's our president, which he ain't.
krtek a houby
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Listen buddy, you may, for all I know, enjoy being ruled over but nobody owns my ass. Nobody.
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it's not a matter of being happy about it, it is a matter of recognising reality. for example, cameron's government has dreamed up and enforces a range of measures which affect you, e.g. the tax rate, the tax on cigarettes, etc etc etc. while he may not tell you what to do on a day-to-day basis he governs the country.
krtek a houby
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Yes, yes - however, in that case - when someone like the American President makes a decision on foreigm policy, war etc - that can also affect the rest of us. In a way, he is "our" president.
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i look forward to the day he is the people's president
krtek a houby
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Glad you have something to keep you going, so
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i'm sorry you don't.
krtek a houby
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It must be a blast being you. A real blast. So much hatred, so little to contribute. Always willing to stalk posters and come up with your playground quips. Silly pumpkin.
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hatred? stalking? don't talk such bollocks you plum.
Flanflinger
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"Veteran BBC broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan has died aged 77, after short illness, his family confirms"
a short illness.
But his wig will live on forever.
RIP Tel.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Numerous articles with grammatical and other errors, not least of instead of off in one I had the misfortune to see yesterday.
J Ed
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bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
skyscraper101
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Is that not just a weird way to say petri dish?
bi0boy
Power User
Yes, but it's Radio 4. Their science correspondents shouldn't be using weird ways to say anything - it leads one to think they don't know what they're talking about.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Perhaps he went to Awwxfud?
Are they from Chilay?
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gosub
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Current most read story Russian warplanes 'aggressively' pass US missile destroyer - BBC News
One official called the events on Monday and Tuesday "one of the most aggressive acts in recent memory".
- slightly less agressive than 12/4/2014 when a Su-24 used Khibiny to disable the Donald Cook's radar and missile systems in the Black sea
One official called the events on Monday and Tuesday "one of the most aggressive acts in recent memory".
- slightly less agressive than 12/4/2014 when a Su-24 used Khibiny to disable the Donald Cook's radar and missile systems in the Black sea
Flavour
hang the bankers
Viewpoint: Why green campaigners should embrace capitalism - BBC News
"For some reason green campaigners don't tend to be very interested in international finance.
Many environmentalists believe capitalism - and the financial architecture that supports it - is the source of the climate change problem, rather than a potential solution.
That is a mistake.
Because if anything is likely to save us all from the catastrophe that is uncontrolled global warming, it is global capitalism."
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Oxford-educated author Justin Rowlatt, once known as "Ethical Man"... I kid you not.
"For some reason green campaigners don't tend to be very interested in international finance.
Many environmentalists believe capitalism - and the financial architecture that supports it - is the source of the climate change problem, rather than a potential solution.
That is a mistake.
Because if anything is likely to save us all from the catastrophe that is uncontrolled global warming, it is global capitalism."
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Oxford-educated author Justin Rowlatt, once known as "Ethical Man"... I kid you not.
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