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plan or coordinate the elements of (a situation) to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously. "the situation has been orchestrated by a tiny minority" synonyms: organize, arrange, put together, plan, set up, bring about, manage, mobilize, mount, stage, stage-manage, mastermind, choreograph, coordinate, direct, engineer; rare - concert "he threatened to orchestrate a campaign of civil disobedience"

Somewhat Daesh related http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1449152163&section=12&typecate=06

336 days, 355 mass shootings The shooting in San Bernardino yesterday, where 14 people died, brought the number of mass shootings in the US to 355 this year. It was the third mass shooting in the country since last Friday, when a gunman opened fire on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, killing one police officer and two civilians. The figure of 355 comes from the Mass Shooting Tracker maintained by the Guns Are Cool subreddit. The Reddit tracker defines mass shootings as incidents in which four or more people, who can include the gunman, are killed or injured by gunfire. The Mass Shooting Tracker is different from other shooting databases in that it uses a broader definition of mass shooting - the old FBI definition focused on four or more people killed as part of a single shooting... Speaking after the Colorado Springs shooting last week, President Obama urged Americans to not let this type of violence "become normal". But the data shows this type of incident already is normal. There have been more mass shootings than calendar days so far this year. more at - http://www.nzherald....jectid=11555556

Supreme Court not allow Yingluck to leave kingdom The Nation December 2, 2015 5:40 pm The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has rejected a request by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel to Europe at the invitation of European Parliament members. In its order, the court said the invitation was insufficient reason for Yingluck to leave the country at this time and therefore her request, filed with the court earlier this week, was turned down. A copy of the court order was seen by The Nation Wednesday. European Parliament members Elmar Brok and Werner Langen, in their letter dated October 7, invited Yingluck to exchange views on the Thai political situation either in Brussels, Belgium, or Strasbourg, France. The invitation letter was just publicised last week. Yingluck is facing a legal case to be tried by the Supreme Court in connection with her government's corruption-plagued rice-pledging scheme.

I voted Yes, but not Yes or Yes, for personal reasons.

A house full of pipe bombs and bomb making gear demonstrates a certain aforethought... Lots of travel including to Saudi, Saudi the place that is known to play both sides of the current problems in Middle East et al. Becoming difficult not to see this as linked to some sort of Daesh.

What about all the folk what bought cars on the credit cards?

In case they think this has gone unnoticed: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/12/thai-bind http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34981372

I've always thought that Facebook would eventually fail, when people suddenly woke up to the way it worked, behind the facade they paddle in. This chap seems to be bringing that awakening forward somewhat. Now is the time for another social network. I once pitched a "Travel Notebook" to company I worked for, basically an online space for travellers to post photos and links and messages for and with their family and friends, the Marketing Dribbles, didn't want a bar of it, then there was Myspace, then Facebook. Oh the chagrin...

Max Schrems launches new legal broadside at Facebook Facebook can't protect Europeans' data from U.S. spying, says man who brought down Safe Harbor pact http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/590077/max-schrems-launches-new-legal-broadside-facebook/ After bringing down the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor data transfer agreement, Max Schrems is turning his legal guns on the other mechanisms that enable the transatlantic commerce in Europeans' personal information -- and Facebook is in the line of fire again. Schrems wants Ireland's privacy watchdog to order Facebook to keep his data in Europe, along with that of other Europeans, and maintains that there is no legal basis on which it can safely export it to the U.S. He has filed two new complaints about Facebook's handling of his personal data, and updated another, he said Wednesday. The new complaints are with the Belgian Privacy Commission and the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Commissioner in Hamburg, Germany. He also updated the complaint, filed with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, that ultimately put an end in the Safe Harbor Agreement. What's bothering Schrems is that Facebook Ireland, the entity through which Facebook operates its business outside the U.S., is transferring personal information about him to the U.S. in a manner that he maintains is illegal. European Union privacy law requires that companies only export the personal data of Europeans to countries that provide an adequate level of privacy protection, a level that includes freedom from illegal surveillance by government bodies. U.S. and European privacy laws differ significantly, yet many of the world's biggest data processors are based in the U.S. While the EU's 1995 Data Protection Directive provided a number of ways to reconcile the two legal systems -- including the use of model contract clauses, binding corporate rules or the obtaining of informed and unambiguous consent from the persons whose data is processed -- these mechanisms add costs and delay the flow of information. To make it easy for U.S. companies to serve European customers and comply with EU privacy law, in July 2000 U.S. officials and the European Commission brokered the Safe Harbor Agreement, under which companies could register and self-certify that they would respect EU standards of privacy protection when processing data in the U.S. But Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013 about the U.S. National Security Agency's PRISM data-gathering program and other intelligence service activities showed that such activities were above the law -- or at least above the laws governing Safe Harbor participants. Facebook was one of the companies named on NSA slides describing PRISM leaked by Snowden, although the company has issued carefully worded denials that it was involved in the program. This prompted Schrems to file a complaint about Facebook's handling of his data -- in Ireland, because that's where the Facebook subsidiary legally responsible for European users' personal information is based. The Data Protection Commissioner dismissed his complaint, and Schrems, unsatisfied, appealed to the High Court of Ireland, which in turn referred questions about the interpretation of the 1995 directive to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The CJEU replied very broadly to the Irish court's questions, affirming that national data protection authorities had not just a right but an obligation to investigate complaints like that of Schrems even if they called into question deals made by the European Commission such as Safe Harbor Agreement -- and then declared that agreement invalid. The European Commission and the national data protection authorities put a brave face on it, saying that they were close to finalizing a stronger data protection agreement with U.S. authorities, giving companies reliant on Safe Harbor a three-month grace period in which to make alternative arrangements -- and reminding everyone of the alternate legal mechanisms that Safe Harbor was brought in to simplify. While the CJEU's ruling specifically targeted Safe Harbor, it raised doubts in the minds of legal scholars about the validity of the other legal mechanisms to protect data transfers. German regional data protection authorities like the one in Hamburg were so concerned, they refused to issue new authorizations to use such mechanisms, and said they would audit and even prosecute companies that did not have appropriate protections in place. The safest place for Europeans' data, they said, is in Europe. Schrems' latest complaints make that same point, seeking to demonstrate that no legal mechanism available to Facebook Ireland can oblige or enable its U.S. parent company to protect his personal information to the extent required by EU law. Facebook has repeatedly said it is not concerned by the demise of Safe Harbor because it relies on other legal mechanisms to enable the export of its customers' data, while declining to specify what those mechanisms are. It now appears, though, that since November 2013 the company has been relying on a binding corporate rule, which it updated on Nov. 20. A few days before Schrems filed his updated complaint -- and some six weeks after he requested the information -- Facebook provided his lawyers with a copy of its contract with Facebook Ireland governing the exchange of data. Facebook did not respond to a request for comment on Schrems' complaint, or to questions about its response to the CJEU's ruling.

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only in Middle Earth

You truly have no taste, I'm envious.

In order to save face, one discontinues one's routes to L.A. when one is notified that there will be a down grade. This allows one to say, "This does not affect me".

The Special Ops Forces that got Bin Laden, Saddam, and Zarqawi are finally being sent by the dozens to go after the Islamic State’s leaders. Can these troops turn the tide? The Obama administration is dispatching a targeting force of elite U.S. special operations troops into northern Iraq, after top U.S. defense and intelligence officials warned the ISIS network is growing faster than the coalition that’s fighting it, senior U.S. officials tell The Daily Beast. The new special operations task force is aimed at denting the so-called Islamic State Group’s popularity by decimating its leadership, and gathering the intelligence needed to cut off more of its operations before they can launch. It will be roughly 200 strong, based in northern Iraq, according to a senior defense official. more - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/01/obama-unleashes-hunter-killers-on-isis.html

I'm gonna have to wear me chastity device, next time we're out drinking...

Lamborghini driver calmly texts while hanging out of car after fatal crash http://www.stuff.co....ter-fatal-crash (tragic - too privileged to get out of the car on his own... texting for help as locals beneath his contempt) A driver uses his mobile phone as he hangs out of his crashed Lamborghini that killed one person and seriously injured two others. A driver has been filmed using his mobile phone while hanging out the window of his wrecked supercar after three pedestrians were mowed down in the crash. Police in Surabaya, East Java, in Indonesia, have arrested the driver, Wiyang Lautner, and claimed the ugly early morning crash occurred during an illegal street race with a Ferrari. The Daily Mail reported that Lautner's Lamborghini crashed into Mujianto, 44 and Srikanti, 41, while her husband Kuswanto, 51, was killed as his body was dragged several metres by the supercar. Online footage of the crash aftermath shows Lautner texting and speaking on his phone as he tries to get out of the wreck which is wrapped around a tree. The two pedestrian survivors suffered broken legs. Lautner, 24, reportedly suffered only minor injuries from the shattered glass. He has said one of his tyres locked and car veered left as he attempted to overtake his friend's Ferrari and smashed into the roadside stall and a motorcycle. Police are yet to locate the driver of the Ferrari. Footage of the aftermath can be viewed below. WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPc9xsIZyw

U.S. aviation body downgrades Thailand over safety issues The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday downgraded Thailand's safety ratings after its civil aviation body failed to tackle flaws in its commercial aviation standards. Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was taken to a category 2 from 1 because it "did not comply" with its standards, the FAA said in a statement. That means Thai airlines are prevented from launching or expanding services to the United States, either directly or as code-share partners. Although none of the kingdom's airlines currently fly to the United States, the lower safety rating could hurt the image of a country with a thriving tourism industry and a long-established commercial air travel sector that handles scores of domestic and international routes. Bangkok is a regional airline hub that has forecast some 30 million tourist arrivals this year. In July it was given 65 days by the FAA to take make improvements over what the it said were critical omissions in safety standards. Prior to the announcement, a DCA source told Reuters the FAA's inspections detected "some three or four" unresolved issues and the DCA "cannot meet the deadline." The FAA did not specify where Thailand had failed, but said its category 2 rating would apply to an aviation authority that "is deficient in one or more areas, such as technical expertise, trained personnel, record-keeping, or inspection procedures". It follows a series of red flags and concerns that have put Thailand's air safety standards under the microscope this year. The Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Authority, a division of the United Nations, downgraded the kingdom to category 2 from category 1 in June. Its January audit found Thailand had a shortage of technical officers and certification problems in transporting hazardous goods. South Korea, Japan and China had previously stopped Thai-based airlines from flying charters and new routes over safety worries that emerged in an international audit. Those restrictions have since been relaxed. Thailand had been given time to take corrective measures over what the FAA said were critical omissions in its safety standards. Patee Sarasin, chairman of low-cost carrier Nok Airlines told Reuters the FAA decision would hurt the local industry's reputation and may also lead to countries like South Korea or Japan limiting flights and routes by Thai operators. Flag carrier Thai Airways, however, said its business would not be affected. "There is no commercial or customer impact as THAI had already ceased operations to its only U.S. destination of Los Angeles," its president, Charamporn Jotikasthira, said in a statement. { in other words the commercial and customer impact has already kicked in } ----- http://uk.reuters.co...N0TK4J920151201

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/12/01/what-happened-to-the-new-york-times-front-page-in-thailand.html

I'm glad I was 30 when I was 30, and not now." Me too, actually I woulda preferred being 30, 35 yrs ago. But what do I know.

"snag a new guy in Middle Earth" well they do you know, but there're a lot of blokes what never get to go out of the country, 'cause limited horizons are bred into them. Here's a stereotypical bloke And what passes for a minor celebrity woman, note the botox.

I became a whore the moment I accepted, my first paid job, and again repeatedly, throughout my career, if I'd been born an attractive blonde girl, I'd be mega rich by now.

The Secret Agent 1996 - A great little movie, just when you think it's going to end it twists off. Grungy 1880s setting. Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, and an unbilled Robin Williams.