All Purpose Politics and News Thread

[Natalka]

Russia Plane Crash Flydubai Boeing 737-800

Investigators have found the black box from a passenger plane that nose-dived and exploded into a fireball in southern Russia, killing all 62 people on board.The Boeing 737-800, operated by budget airline flydubai, crashed while trying to land at Rostov-on-Don airport early on Saturday.
The plane was pulverised into tiny fragments, but experts managed to find both of the flight recorders undamaged.
The Investigative Committee of Russia said it was probing three possible causes of the crash: pilot error, technical failure or bad weather conditions.

Vasily Golubev, governor of the Rostov region, said: "By all appearances the cause of the air crash was strongly gusting winds approaching hurricane weather."
He said the plane crashed about 250 metres (800 feet) short of the runway.
The aircraft had been forced to abandon an initial attempt to land, Russia's emergency ministry said.

The aircraft was in a mid-air holding pattern and had been circling around the area for about two hours before making another attempt to land.
Its wing hit the ground on its second landing attempt and burst into flames, the Rostov region's emergency ministry said.

Most of the 55 passengers on board the airliner, which was flying from Dubai, were Russian, most likely returning from holidays.
Eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbek were also on the flight, the airline confirmed. Four children were among the dead.
FlyDubai said the crew included five men and two women. The pilots were from Cyprus and Spain, while the cabin crew included two Russians and citizens of Seychelles, Colombia and Kyrgyzstan

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russia-pla...120512354.html

[lecale]

Two American admirers got down on their knees last week to beg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to run for U.S. president.
"All our guys are so bad!" one says. "We'll do anything. We're literally begging you."
Then, they drop to their knees.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/i-act...dent-1.2824250

[DaveP]

Two American admirers got down on their knees last week to beg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to run for U.S. president.
"All our guys are so bad!" one says. "We'll do anything. We're literally begging you."
Then, they drop to their knees.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/i-act...dent-1.2824250

Gotta love the American left, they don't know a Canadian born in Ottawa to Canadian parents can't be President. Kudos to Justin though, I guess someone told him.

[gryphon]

Canada's most dangerous woman released from prison and we have to read about it in a foreign paper

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...killer-7588678

[Darth Penguin]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2585258/wa...out-of-prison/

was reported yesterday(Friday)..on Global

[Natalka]

Gryphon, I had heard about it on CBC radio during the week. They interviewed one of the men she had fleeced.
She's one scary woman, and I'm pretty sure she'll do it again.

[gryphon]

My mistake then

[gryphon]

So hours before Obama arrived in Cuba, the government arrested several dozen dissidents

[Andit]

Ukraine putting up a 'wall' along Russian border:

http://www.dw.com/en/focus-on-europe...-19073141-9798

[gryphon]

GM Butts continues to taunt and show contempt for those who do not share his exact views.....This man has a position of power in the government..

[Natalka]

^ Wowsers, I just read through his twitter feed. What a nutbar.

[Natalka]

Sophie looks so scared by the carbon given off by the candle wicks during Earth hour!

Oh, and if that's a real log in the fireplace - Yikes on the amount of carbon crap that sucker is giving off while burning!

[lecale]

Gerald Butts ‏@gmbutts Mar 19
Nothing brings out the flat-Earther Conservatives like a few climate change tweets. Patrick Brown has his work cut out for him.


tee hee.

[gryphon]

Sophie looks so scared by the carbon given off by the candle wicks during Earth hour!

Oh, and if that's a real log in the fireplace - Yikes on the amount of carbon crap that sucker is giving off while burning!

Well Nat, he doesnt know any better. Bless his heart, he is trying but he doesnt know that burning a log releases 3 times the CO2 emissions than electricity

[DaveP]

Logs are cool. Woodlots grow back and suck up carbon while doing so.