Brazil arrests 10 Isis plotters ahead of the Olympics. Thank god they caught them.

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You know. There is nothing wrong with holding hands and lighting candles.

However, when the same people say we are not bringing this upon ourselves, and reject to address the real issues, then we are not addressing anything.

Nothing wrong with holding hands and candles...my point about that is, the likes of Merkel and Hollande think that by doing this things will sort itself out

Ah Merkel the dumb bitch.

How many more girls and boys need to be raped or families stabbed before she realizes she fucked up and tries to fix it.

Turkey's president orders closure of 1,000 private schools linked to Gülen

Turkey’s president has signed a decree that allows for the extension of the pre-charge detention period and the closure of institutions linked to Fethullah Gülen, the exiled cleric blamed for masterminding last weekend’s failed military coup.

According to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office, the decree will close 1,043 private schools, 1,229 foundations and associations, 35 medical institutions, 19 unions, and 15 universities. Their assets will be seized by the treasury. The presidency said that parliament will be able to vote on the measure.

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It is the first presidential decree since the announcement of a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday. This enables Erdoğan’s cabinet to bypass parliament and suspend rights as they deem necessary. Decrees passed during the state of emergency have the force of law and cannot be appealed.

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The government says the measure is necessary to prevent further unrest and insists it will only target those immediately associated with the coup attempt. However, there are concerns that the crackdown has been widened to root out all potential sympathisers of Gülen’s movement, turning the investigation of coup plotters into an all-out witch hunt.

The decree also extends the current maximum pre-charge detention from four to 30 days, a move that was criticised by human rights groups who have recently flagged up an increase of cases of severe ill-treatment of soldiers currently in detention.

“The decision to extend the detention period to 30 days is disproportionate,” said Andrew Gardner, Turkey researcher for Amnesty International. “It is too long and given the reports we have received so far it will facilitate torture and undermine the right to a fair trial.”

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He added that the extension was a worrying sign of measures to come. “This decree is a telling indication of what the authorities have in store and might hint at more mass detentions.”

Since the bloody coup attempt last Friday, whichkilled at least 265 people and injured more than 1,000, tens of thousands of soldiers, security officers, judges, prosecutors, civil servants and academics suspected of ties to the movement founded by Gülen, who lives in the US, have been detained or suspended from their jobs.

Erdoğan has vowed to “cleanse” all Gülen supporters from the state apparatus and civil services, drawing concern from Turkey’s western allies over his increasingly authoritarian stance.

Anyway for what it's worth here's my solution to stop/limit radical Islamic terrorism.

After reading how ISIS run away from women soldiers rather than fight them in Syria due to the shame of dying at their hands it got me thinking.

It is a fact that it is impossible to stop terrorism in any meaningful way, much like the 'war' on drugs so......

The Government of whatever country is involved in fighting terrorists (say France) announces that any dead terrorist / suicide bomber (bits of), criminal involved in terrorist acts will buried inside of a pigs carcass.

Immediate 90% cessation in terrorist acts. GUARANTEED.

Harsh times call for harsh measures.

Of course the namby pambys won't touch it mouthing weak platitudes of respecting their religion all whilst ignoring the fact authorities have to pick up suicide bomb victims (including children) in ziploc bags.

Anyway, that's my solution. Write to your local MP.

Is it me or are people who work in nursing homes always a bit unhinged or creepy?

I remember doing time at one back in highschool as part of a community service thing and all the staff are just weird as fark.

-PB

Is it me or are people who work in nursing homes always a bit unhinged or creepy?

I remember doing time at one back in highschool as part of a community service thing and all the staff are just weird as fark.

-PB

My Mum works in a nursing home.

It's not just you.

What is wrong with the world this month. Stabbing attack in Japan, 15 dead, possibly more.

It's not just the 15 dead, which is horrible, there is also 45 wounded. The guy stabbed SIXTY people.

It's not just the 15 dead, which is horrible, there is also 45 wounded. The guy stabbed SIXTY people.

A bit like that Roger Dean fella

Yeah, that bloke was a bit touched.

Asians love their knife attacks, there has been a number of mass stabbings over the years in China, Japan

Asians love their knife attacks, there has been a number of mass stabbings over the years in China, Japan

Because, surprise surprise, guns are hard to come by.

Funny that.