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If we wanted to see how many lives have been taken by who in Iraq etc I reckon the US/Israel wins by a country mile.

But then again "lives" aint just "lives" are they ? It all depends..
 


Javad Zarif ✔ @JZarif

Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched.

We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.

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From this statement it looks as if the rocket strikes against the US bases are the proportionate response they are are giving to to the assassination of their General. And it looks like that is it.
Be interesting to see the damage reports but realistically probably far less critical overall than the damage done to the Saudi oil fields.

From a military perspective I reckon the Pentagon would breathe a sigh of relief . On the face of it this is not a big deal given the targeted killing of the Iranian leaders .

But Trump ? The man has no boundaries .
 
wayneL said:
Declare your side boys.

I stand with our allies.

And @chiff ... Murder with impunity?

Does it not strike you that that is what Iran has been trying to get away with for years?

Come on! Critical thinking skills required here, not TDS!
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I was passing throught Kuala Lumpur about 2 years ago when a Palestinian engineer working there was murdured-two men were seen running wasy.
When Iranian scientists were being murdured on the streets of Tehran the UN said in other circumstances it would be a declaration of war (Mossad responsible) With the US behind them Israel acts as it pleases.I thought it would flush a blinkered ideolog.Why do you always use the perjorative denigration Wayne?What do you think is the difference between someone on the so called left and someone on the right Wayne? Briefly will do.
 
Entire Russian government has resigned:

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/busi...t/news-story/0cb1db7258d06117fc4a4988f264f5ef

We seem to be living an era where what would once have been once in a generation sort of events are now routine to the point that they're barely even newsworthy.

Consider all the goings on in the US alone or for that matter various things in Australia or Europe. If they'd happened in 1985 then they'd have still been getting a mention in the news into the 1990's but these days these sort of "major" happenings have become so common as to be forgotten within days it seems.
 
Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough
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That new immune cell carries a never-before-seen receptor which acts like a grappling hook, latching on to most human cancers, while ignoring healthy cells.

In laboratory studies, immune cells equipped with the new receptor were shown to kill lung, skin, blood, colon, breast, bone, prostate, ovarian, kidney and cervical cancer.​





Genome-wide CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals ubiquitous T cell cancer targeting via the monomorphic MHC class I-related protein MR1
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent, T cell–mediated targeting of cancer cells would allow immune destruction of malignancies in all individuals. Here, we use genome-wide CRISPR–Cas9 screening to establish that a T cell receptor (TCR) recognized and killed most human cancer types via the monomorphic MHC class I-related protein, MR1, while remaining inert to noncancerous cells. Unlike mucosal-associated invariant T cells, recognition of target cells by the TCR was independent of bacterial loading. Furthermore, concentration-dependent addition of vitamin B-related metabolite ligands of MR1 reduced TCR recognition of cancer cells, suggesting that recognition occurred via sensing of the cancer metabolome. An MR1-restricted T cell clone mediated in vivo regression of leukemia and conferred enhanced survival of NSG mice. TCR transfer to T cells of patients enabled killing of autologous and nonautologous melanoma. These findings offer opportunities for HLA-independent, pan-cancer, pan-population immunotherapies.​

 
Obvioulsy the penny has dropped, there isn't enough room for any more supermarket chains.
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/kaufland-to-exit-australian-market-043330822.html

European supermarket giant Kaufland has revealed it intends on pulling out of the Australian market.

Kaufland was set to open 14 stores in Victoria alone, and purchased three sites for new stores in Queensland and a number of blocks of land in South Australia.

The company, which has 200 employees in Australia announced it would undertake an “orderly withdrawal” from the Australian market.
 

Given the amazing success of Aldi I would have thought they would be a great success, perhaps something in other places needs urgent attention and funding.
 
Oh no, as if this wasn't already bad enough. Story is still developing this afternoon..

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...e-air-tanker-crash-in-southern-nsw/ar-BBZeRdJ
Air Fire Tanker crash suspected in Southern NSW [C130 Hercules]
3pm, Thurs 23 Jan 2020
The ABC understands a Large Air Tanker has crashed while fighting a bushfire in southern NSW.
In a statement, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said "contact had been lost with a Large Air Tanker which was working in the Snowy Monaro area".
 
World's wurst driver: Oscar Mayer Wienermobile gets frank warning from officer

Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy has beef with novelty vehicle after it fails to make room for another car


The wienermobile takes heat from the sheriff’s department. Photograph: Waukesha county sheriff's department/Facebook
Mario Koran
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/28/oscar-mayer-wienermobile-police-stop-wisconsin

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A Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy pulled over a 27ft Wienermobile and grilled the driver for failing to obey traffic laws.
 

Sudesh Amman, 20, was released around a week ago after serving half of his sentence of three years and four months for terror offences.
He was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack on Streatham High Road, which police believe to be an Islamist-related terrorist incident.
 
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