OT: Sens Lounge LXXVI | The One Where the RedBlacks won and it was a good day.

[saskriders]

11.75 hour shift today

 

[bacon25]

I think i've watched everything good on Netflix. Nothing new left to watch.

Depending on your position on the morality of subverting their Geolocating, there's always the american library to explore.

Im taking a Star Trek break so I can rewatch them in a few years.

Does anyone know if theres gonna be a new season of Arrested Development and when?

If you use Google Chrome, you can get the HOLA extension which allows you to access Netflix as if you were in the US or Great Britian or wherever. GB has a great library of shows.

And I am pretty sure Arrested Development is done now. There was talk of a movie but I don't think it will happen.

 

[RedWhiteBlackGold]

If you use Google Chrome, you can get the HOLA extension which allows you to access Netflix as if you were in the US or Great Britian or wherever. GB has a great library of shows.

And I am pretty sure Arrested Development is done now. There was talk of a movie but I don't think it will happen.

If you use Firefox, you can get the MediaHint extension that gives ya access to the US library.

 

[Benjamin]

Depending on your position on the morality of subverting their Geolocating, there's always the american library to explore.

Already watched thru it.

 

[bacon25]

If you use Firefox, you can get the MediaHint extension that gives ya access to the US library.

US library is by far the worst in comparison to the Canadian and British library, IMO.

Already watched thru it.

If you want to delve into deeper internet waters, you can stream shows via projectfreetv, but be careful.

 

[RedWhiteBlackGold]

US library is by far the worst in comparison to the Canadian and British library, IMO.



If you want to delve into deeper internet waters, you can stream shows via projectfreetv, but be careful.

Are you crazy? The US Netflix is 10x's better than the Canadian version. Haven't checked out the British version tho.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

One nation with an underrated Netflix catalogue: Sweden.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Im taking a Star Trek break so I can rewatch them in a few years.

Does anyone know if theres gonna be a new season of Arrested Development and when?

If you like Star Trek and BBC shows, get into Doctor Who. The first 4 episodes of the new series are kinda slow but it gets really good by the time David Tennant is the Doctor. God, love that show.

 

[bacon25]

Are you crazy? The US Netflix is 10x's better than the Canadian version. Haven't checked out the British version tho.

I guess it all comes down to opinion, but it is weird how different the versions are. All the shows I watch are on the Canadian version, the US has a lot of kids content which is good for my kids. British version has a lot of Disney. I've never explored outside of those three though.

 

[saskriders]

Does anyone else feel that the Israel-Palestine conflict is not getting enough attention in the media?

It is a major world event, but is a second thought in the media.

**** the day after Israel invaded Palestine it was not even in the top news section of the Calgary Herald.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Does anyone else feel that the Israel-Palestine conflict is not getting enough attention in the media?

It is a major world event, but is a second thought in the media.

**** the day after Israel invaded Palestine it was not even in the top news section of the Calgary Herald.

I'm not surprised that this isn't a big news story in Alberta. It's certainly right up there with MH17 though in Ottawa and the websites I follow.

I don't really blame people for not giving it a lot of attention though. To most it's just more people blowing each other up in the middle east.

Harper and his cronies are blowing lots of smoke on the subject though so more people are interested over here in the capital.

It's pretty amazing that nations like Israel can commit these war crimes and just have it swept under the rug of the developed world.

 

[saskriders]

I'm not surprised that this isn't a big news story in Alberta. It's certainly right up there with MH17 though in Ottawa and the websites I follow.

I don't really blame people for not giving it a lot of attention though. To most it's just more people blowing each other up in the middle east.

Harper and his cronies are blowing lots of smoke on the subject though so more people are interested over here in the capital.

It's pretty amazing that nations like Israel can commit these war crimes and just have it swept under the rug of the developed world.

Having a powerful ally makes all the difference.

I wonder what the situation would be like if there were no vetos at the UN (for one thing Palestine would be a member, and I know the US has vetoed some other anti Palestine stuff in the past)

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Having a powerful ally makes all the difference.

I wonder what the situation would be like if there were no vetos at the UN (for one thing Palestine would be a member, and I know the US has vetoed some other anti Palestine stuff in the past)

Or better yet, if the UN wasn't a giant joke of hypocrisy and corruption in general.

 

[saskriders]

Or better yet, if the UN wasn't a giant joke of hypocrisy and corruption in general.

5 countries having the majority of the power goes a long ways towards making them that in my opinion

 

[Benjamin]

I'm not surprised that this isn't a big news story in Alberta. It's certainly right up there with MH17 though in Ottawa and the websites I follow.

I don't really blame people for not giving it a lot of attention though. To most it's just more people blowing each other up in the middle east.

Harper and his cronies are blowing lots of smoke on the subject though so more people are interested over here in the capital.

It's pretty amazing that nations like Israel can commit these war crimes and just have it swept under the rug of the developed world.

Isreal accepted a cease fire but Hamas kept attacking. They are defending themselves from terrorists.

 

[saskriders]

How is occupying another country defending themselves


Hamas is bad too, but the Israeli government's policies regarding Palestine are only helping Hamas stay popular

 

[Benjamin]

How is occupying another country defending themselves


Hamas is bad too, but the Israeli government's policies regarding Palestine are only helping Hamas stay popular

They are just taking out Hamas. That cant occupy what they already own.

 

[saskriders]

Who says they "own" the land. The Palestinian people have every right to their homeland

 

[Benjamin]

Who says they "own" the land. The Palestinian people have every right to their homeland

Thats not how it works in real life. Power is the only right to land.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

5 countries having the majority of the power goes a long ways towards making them that in my opinion

Totally agree.

 

[Senscore]

The UN is extremely useful for a variety of reasons, even though it does greatly suffer from corruption and wasteful spending. Unfortunately, when it comes to issues concerning inter and intra state conflict, they really can't do much more than serve as observers. However, in maintaining channels of communication and serving as a ground for discussion, albeit largely for rhetoric and grandstanding, there is still a purpose for the UN in terms of global conflict.

In the end, warfare is rarely if ever condemned or legally obliged into ending. Any sort of power the UN does hold in those regards is only so due to the hard power of the states which are members of it.

 

[BonkTastic]

Jesus *÷#%ing christ, Thailand is hot.

 

[Senscore]

Jesus *÷#%ing christ, Thailand is hot.

Stay cool. It's a jungle out there.

 

[BonkTastic]

Stay cool. It's a jungle out there.

I thought Indonesian sun would prepare me for this... local weather forecast says it "feels like" 45 degrees C.

It's awesome, though. It's Low Season in Ko Lanta, we went to the beach this morning, we were the only ones swiming for about a Km on either side of us.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Isreal accepted a cease fire but Hamas kept attacking. They are defending themselves from terrorists.

What's your definition of terrorists?

0 Israeli casualities. Israel has something called the "dome" or whatever where literally every missile by the guys who are firing it gets negated. Zero have penetrated and can't even reach the areas with people living in them.

On the other hand, there's 300 Palestinian casualties. 80% citizens. Many famous and non-famous Jews and even ex-Israeli militant officers have come out in waves against what Israel is doing recently and in the past. Like someone else has mentioned, it just doesn't get Media time.

Here's Noam Chomsky's(famous Jewish American Linguist) on Gaza's situation:

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/1...it-to-gaza-the-worlds-largest-open-air-prison

Here's a quote by former Israeli Prime Minister in 1998 that really puts things out there on how disgusting the situation is for those people:

"If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I would join, at some point, one of the terrorist groups."

I actually became familiar with all this info cause of my jewish friends who attend protests and are very vocal against the occupation.