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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject: THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END! |
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Thank you, Rupert Murdoch for making the world a better place.
Going, going ...
Time is running out if you want to read up on the latest world news in Britain's best selling newspaper.
Seems News of the World, "The world's greatest newspaper," is being shut down, and today is its last issue.
Can't understand why. Here's an archive of their Pulitzer Prize winning news coverage:
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/nol_archive/
Some also-ran newspapers are a wee bit jealous of Rupert, like The New York Times:
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LONDON � In 2004, Clare Short, a Labour member of Parliament, learned what could happen to British politicians who criticized the country�s unforgiving tabloids. At a lunch in Westminster, Ms. Short mentioned in passing that she did not care for the photographs of saucy, topless women that appear every day on Page 3 of the populist tabloid The Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch�s News Corporation. �I�d like to take the pornography out of our press,� she said.
Big mistake.
� �Fat, Jealous� Clare Brands Page 3 Porn� was The Sun�s headline in response. Its editor, Rebekah Wade (now Rebekah Brooks and the chief executive of News International, Mr. Murdoch�s British subsidiary), sent a busload of semi-dressed models to jeer at Ms. Short at her house in Birmingham. The paper stuck a photograph of Ms. Short�s head over the body of a topless woman and found a number of people to declare that, in fact, they thoroughly enjoyed the sexy photos.
�Even Clare has boobs, but obviously she�s not proud of them like we are of ours,� it quoted a 22-year-old named Nicola McLean as saying. |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/world/europe/10britain.html
Now why didn't anyone in America think of that: paying women to show their boobs for publication? Be proud of your *beep*, Britain! There could be money in it. Thank God, Rupert's not snuffing The Sun.
Oh, and then publishing sex scandals of Britain's political leaders and celebrities having (Horrors!!!!) sex. Endlessly creative sex. Titillating sex. And, most of all, embarrassing sex.
Yes, on behalf of all your loyal "readers," thank you Rupert Murdoch for making the world a better place.
And thank you, Australia, for sharing your dear Rupert with us.
Any chance you might take him back?
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johnnyenglishteacher2
Joined: 03 Dec 2010
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Now if it can just take the Sun down with it... (goes into a happy daydream) |
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Gorf
Joined: 25 Jun 2011
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: |
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I just wish people would stop calling it "hacking". Most people like the dead girl are too dumb to ever change their phone PIN so it's just a matter of calling her number and typing in "1234" or "1111" or "0000" or something. That ain't hacking, that's taking advantage of someone's stupidity. |
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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Gorf wrote: |
I just wish people would stop calling it "hacking". Most people like the dead girl are too dumb to ever change their phone PIN so it's just a matter of calling her number and typing in "1234" or "1111" or "0000" or something. That ain't hacking, that's taking advantage of someone's stupidity. |
Yes, being dead does limit one's intellectual capacity.
It appears that not everyone in Britain is blind, deaf and dumb.
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Rupert Murdoch crisis: Nick Clegg says News Corp should drop BSykyB takeover bid
Industry insiders even raised the possibility that News Corporation now risked being stripped of its current 39 per cent share of the firm it fails a "fit and proper" test.
As shares in the company continued to decline, experts revised their predictions over the bid�s success from 50:50 to 90:10 in favour of it failing.
Analyst Alex DeGroote, at Panmure Gordon stockbrokers, said: �Our new assessment is 10:90 in favour. In other words, we believe the deal is all but dead.�
He also raised the possibility of a forced divestiture of News Corp's 39% shareholding in BSkyB.
"If the 'fit and proper' test is applied rigidly by Ofcom and events elsewhere worsen, it could become a factor," he added. |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8629800/Rupert-Murdoch-crisis-Nick-Clegg-says-News-Corp-should-drop-BSykyB-takeover-bid.html
If only the FCC had some balls. |
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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps I should clarify my previous posts, having noticed over the years that Dave's posters and readers are not always proficient at detecting sarcasm, or other forms of subtle literary devices.
Perhaps I should clarify my previous paragraph regarding Dave's posters proficiency at detecting sarcasm. What I really mean is ... Oh, never mind.
Regarding Rupert Murdoch, I do not mean he actually made the world a better place (the World yes, the world no).
What I actually mean is he is the lowest form of pond scum the human race is capable of producing. He appeals to the very worst in human nature and seeks to profit from it by dragging the rest of humanity into the sewer with him.
While it is Mr. Murdoch's meddling in Britain that is in the news currently, his manipulation of politics and public opinion in the United States has caused damage beyond calculation, and continues to make things even worse.
Perhaps I have still not made myself clear.
Rupert Murdoch is the most selfish, vile, greedy, dishonest, dishonorable and mendacious creature to walk on the Planet Earth. The last remaining space shuttle should be refurbished to send him to the Moon and leave him there. Or better yet, Mars.
That's the ticket. I nominate Rupert Murdoch to be the first sentient being on Mars.
With a one-way ticket.
Now THAT would make the world a better place!
Have you no shame, Mr. Murdoch? Is there nothing you would not do for money and power?
You could have done good. You chose the opposite.
May you, Rupert Murdoch, rot for eternity in Hell, where I am sure you will feel right at home.
I hope this clarifies matters. I apologize for any confusion that may have arisen from my earlier posts. |
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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hindsight, take off the kid gloves already! Tell us how you really feel.
<-- See that thing? It is called an emoticon. Since online we do not have the benefit of seeing your facial expressions and hearing your tone of voice, these can be very useful when trying to convey more complicated concepts such as sarcasm. Try it. You'll like it. |
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ryanbrezzi
Joined: 23 Jun 2011 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Very nice sarcasm. Well executed. |
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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:34 am Post subject: |
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Friend Lee Ghost wrote: |
Hindsight, take off the kid gloves already! Tell us how you really feel.
<-- See that thing? It is called an emoticon. Since online we do not have the benefit of seeing your facial expressions and hearing your tone of voice, these can be very useful when trying to convey more complicated concepts such as sarcasm. Try it. You'll like it. |
How do I really feel?
I don't feel anything; I think.
What do I really think?
I think real writers don't use emoticons. *
Did Shakespeare use emoticons?
What do I really, really think?
I think anyone who needs someone to draw them a picture should stick to reading comic books. Or the News of the World.
Not there's a though: The Official Emoticon Edition of King Lear.
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British Tabloid Sought Phone Data of Investigators
By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and RAVI SOMAIYA
Published: July 11, 2011
LONDON � Shortly after Scotland Yard began its initial criminal inquiry of phone hacking by The News of the World in 2006, five senior police investigators discovered that their own cellphone messages had been targeted by the tabloid and had most likely been listened to. |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/world/europe/12yard.html?ref=europe&pagewanted=all
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Murdoch Tabloids� Targets Included Downing Street and the Crown
By JOHN F. BURNS and JO BECKER
Published: July 12, 2011
LONDON � The scandal that has enveloped Rupert Murdoch�s media empire in Britain has widened substantially with reports that two of his newspapers may have bribed police officers or used other potentially illegal methods to obtain information about Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
On Tuesday, Mr. Brown accused The Sunday Times � a newspaper owned by News International, the British subsidiary of Mr. Murdoch�s News Corporation � of employing �known criminals� to gather personal information on his bank account, legal files and �other files � documentation, tax and everything else.� |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/world/europe/13hacking.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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two former journalists for The News of the World � the newspaper at the epicenter of the scandal, which the Murdoch family closed last weekend � said police officers had been bribed to use restricted cellphone-tracking technology to pinpoint the location of people sought by the papers in their pursuit of scoops. |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/world/europe/13hacking.html?hp
Gorf wrote: |
I just wish people would stop calling it "hacking". Most people like the dead girl are too dumb to ever change their phone PIN so it's just a matter of calling her number and typing in "1234" or "1111" or "0000" or something. That ain't hacking, that's taking advantage of someone's stupidity. |
I think Gorf may be on to something. His theory could explain a lot about those Scotland Yard senior investigators, Britain's Prime Minister, and the Queen of England, not to mention half of Britain.
What do I really think?
I think Gorf better hope that Murdoch's News Corp. starts publishing news in comic books.
I think that if blackmail, extortion and invading people's privacy are good things, then Rupert Murdoch deserves the Nobel Prize!
Headline in The Sun: Hindsight says "Rupert Murdoch deserves the Nobel Prize!"
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LONDON (AP) � British prime minister David Cameron says his heart goes out to his predecessor Gordon Brown after reports that The Sun newspaper obtained confidential information that Brown's infant son Fraser had cystic fibrosis. |
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMH5rlMk3XBBoZzcAv0eGcogOTPg?docId=d2404ae0e4844ab5a03687cc532d5d0d
And what do you think?
Or in the case of Friend Lee Ghost, how do you really feel?
I feel sick.
* The essence of sarcasm is ambiguity. Emoticons are the antithesis of ambiguity. Therefore, emoticons are the antithesis of sarcasm.
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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:46 am Post subject: |
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And one more thing, while we're on the subject of Rupert Murdoch.
I was talking with an Australian woman who criticized American television as utter garbage.
Had she been to the United States? Of course not, she would never visit such a horrible country.
She had watched these American shows in Australia.
Now, let's see, who would be showing American television programs in Australia?
Rupert Murdoch.
And what programs would he be showing?
His Fox Network shows.
Yes, I would have to agree with her that most of Fox programing is utter garbage that belongs in the sewer. But there are many other networks, including PBS.
And where was Rupert Murdoch born?
In Australia.
(Yes, he became an American citizen so he could legally own an American television network, but actually he is an AINO - and American In Name Only.)
And she had the gall to blame the United States for this garbage?
Murdoch-owned News Corp' headquarters was in Adelaide, Australia until 2004, when many of his Australian staff and managers were moved to the U.S. and Britain.
Now, I don't want to blame all Australians for producing this monster. But I do suggest they be a bit more circumspect when criticizing other nations.
That includes the Republican Party, which Murdoch thinks he owns, along with the Tea Party.
And he is probably correct.
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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Hindsight wrote: |
Or in the case of Friend Lee Ghost, how do you really feel? |
I feel really good. Thanks for asking.
I feel really good since the world is not coming to an end for at least a year and a half or so. Didn't you see my thread on Massive Solar Flares? |
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Hindsight
Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:01 am Post subject: |
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I'm a little confused. Is your name Dan Gerous?
Clever.
Solar flares run on an 11 year cycle. Every 11 years or so they reach a solar maximum and in between, 5.5 years later, they reach a solar minimum. During the solar maximum there are a lot of solar flares, hence the name. during the solar minimum two humongous vents form on the equator of the sun at about 180 degrees apart, with streams of solar plasma spouting out.
If you are, improbably, 10 years old or less, a solar maximum would be a new experience. If you are, say, 45 years old, you would have been through them about four times. Of course, some solar maximums are more max than others. What is so special about this one?
And then there's our meandering magnetic field, which is threatening to do a polar flip any century now. Now that could be interesting, especially when combined with a solar max. Did you know there are more forest fires during a solar max? So what would happen when the magnetic shield is down?
You are worrying about some measly little solar flares? What a wimp.
Now here's something to worry about: The clathrate gun hypothesis.
You wanna know how the earth ends? Read it and weep.
Stick around, buddy. It's going to get interesting.
Me, I'm planning to reincarnate on Andromeda. I hear they have good pizza.
You know who is going to inherit the world? Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp employees (and perhaps Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his moonies). What's left of it, that is.
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The latest on Rupert "Big Brother" Murdoch:
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According to Mr. Watson�s statement in Parliament, in 2002, Ms. Brooks was told by senior police officers �that News of the World staff were guilty of interference and party to using unlawful means to attempt to discredit a police officer and his wife. She was told of actions by people she paid to expose and discredit David Cook and his wife, Jacqui Hames, so that Mr. Cook would be prevented from completing an investigation into a murder. News International was paying people to interfere with police officers and doing so on behalf of known criminals.�
The man accused of the murder Mr. Cook was investigating later worked for The News of the World as an investigator. |
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/latest-updates-on-british-phone-hacking-scandal/
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Earlier this week, the UK paper The Daily Mirror reported claims by a former New York police officer that the News of the World offered him money to give the paper access to voice mails and phone records of 9/11 victims and their families. Just sick. |
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/12/in-light-of-alleged-crimes-in-england-should-the-u-s-government-investigate-rupert-murdochs-companies-in-the-u-s/ |
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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hindsight wrote: |
I'm a little confused. Is your name Dan Gerous?
Clever. |
I got married and changed my name.
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Solar flares run on an 11 year cycle. Every 11 years or so they reach a solar maximum and in between, 5.5 years later, they reach a solar minimum. During the solar maximum there are a lot of solar flares, hence the name. during the solar minimum two humongous vents form on the equator of the sun at about 180 degrees apart, with streams of solar plasma spouting out.
... What is so special about this one? |
That is only one of the solar cycles. There is another with a different timing, and every 100-200 years they reach a max together. That is what will happen in 1-2 years. The last time it happened was in 1857 (1859?). Google the "Carrington effect." It knocked out telegraph communications, one of the few things dependent on electricity at the time. Nowadays with just about everything dependent upon electricity (like nuclear plant cooling systems, for example), consequences will be much more dire. |
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Cliff for King
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Aaaaaand back to topic...
Any sign of an apology for poor old "Now who's declared war on News International?" Vince Cable? I will admit (on a message board obviously, never in real life) to harbouring a tiny bit of sympathy for him, I think he may once have had a real, blood-pumping heart before it was ripped out and/or turned to stone by the coalition bad boys. |
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Koreadays
Joined: 20 May 2008
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:24 am Post subject: |
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the world might end, but the sun will remain! hahahahah |
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