Oh, The Irony

Woman beat her husband for 20 years as he cowered in foetal position​


Prison reform chief Sheree Spencer, a mother of three, was jailed for her savage campaign of domestic abuse.

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Sheree Spencer, 45, made her husband Richard's life a living hell with physical attacks and verbal humiliation, leaving him with mental scars "that will last a lifetime".

On one occasion she beat him with a wine bottle so hard it permanently disfigured his ear.

In furious wine-fuelled tirades she would call him "a p---y" and "dumb dumb", and caused bruises and scratches that he would cover with make-up before taking their children to school and nursery.

It was described as "a great irony" that Spencer had done so much work aimed at investigating the effect of custodial sentences on the family in her work at a high level within HM Prison and Probation Service.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...d-every-day-20-years-cowered-foetal-position/

maximus otter
 
The outlook darkened in Hungary in 1514, when the Turks stepped up their attacks. They were looting more towns than ever and capturing girls to sell as slaves. To stop the Turks, Hungary appointed a Romanian warrior, Gyorgy Dozsa, to raise a peasant army and fight back. The Turks terrified the peasants and Dozsa easily found recruits. Once he had an army, he forgot the Turks and turned his forces on the Hungarian nobility and aimed to make himself king. The peasants hated the nobles even more than they hated the Turks. They jumped at the opportunity to attack the rich. In an early victory, Dozsa captured the fortress of Cenad and gave Dracula a nod by impaling the bishop. It looked as if Dozsa would overrun the country.

From:
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
Greg Steinmetz
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...d?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=xK7gq7WDSl&rank=3

And:

Leo liked the idea of the Albrecht indulgence right away because he understood better than anyone the ability to fleece the faithful. He summed it up with another of his arresting statements: “How very profitable has been this fable of Christ.” But he and Albrecht had to take care. While churchgoers could support a crusade or a construction project, even the most naive would question the bailout of a banker. The plotters needed a cover story. They found one in St. Peter’s Basilica.
 
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uair01 said:
Jordan Peterson corrects the Pope on his religious views :)
Comment on hubris, not on politics!...
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Well, a little while later he was getting worked up about paper towels, so you've kind of got to admire the breadth of his rancour: unless - you know -he'd just got his papal tweets mixed up with his paper sheets.

Oh, come on - that's comedy gold right there. I've been sitting on that for days. What's wrong with you people?
 
Spookdaddy said:
Well, a little while later he was getting worked up about paper towels, so you've kind of got to admire the breadth of his rancour: unless - you know -he'd just got his papal tweets mixed up with his paper sheets.

Oh, come on - that's comedy gold right there. I've been sitting on that for days. What's wrong with you people?
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To be fair, paper towel dispensers get me worked up too. Maybe not for the same reasons, but still....
 
Charles Sutherland, 31, was caught on video last June spray-painting the word “groomer” on entrances to public libraries as Capital Pride Week festivities were taking place. At the time of his arrest, Sutherland was school librarian at Northview Elementary School in Bowie.
As he was being taken into custody, he consented to a search of his home and admitted that there was child porn on his computer.

https://deadstate.org/man-who-spray...ested-and-charged-with-possessing-child-porn/
 
On 19 May 1498 the Papal Commission reached Florence, and by now the public mood was evident, for as the commission members rode through the city, the crowd of onlookers lining the streets shouted, ‘Death to the friar!’7 Remolino replied, ‘Indeed he will die.’ The Arrabbiati were overjoyed at the attitude of the ambitious young bishop from Rome, and in gratitude despatched to his residence a beautiful young prostitute dressed as a pageboy. The grateful Remolino assured his hosts that there could be no doubt about the outcome of the coming trial: ‘We shall have a good bonfire. I have reached the verdict already in my heart.’
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At the same time, the authorities launched a concerted attempt to extirpate Savonarola’s teachings. Immediately after his execution, Bishop Remolino announced that anyone in possession of writings by Savonarola was to surrender them within four days or face excommunication. He then returned to Rome to deliver his official papal report, taking with him the beautiful young prostitute he had been given. The grateful Alexander VI would later reward Remolino by making him a cardinal.

From:
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City
Paul Strathern
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...e?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=sUFxbZBlvC&rank=1
 
A factor, perhaps, but I think the invasion was more about Stalin-like agression, stoking nationalism, and increasing resources on the Black Sea.
However, the narrative to the Russian people was protection from Western Expansionism (which was never a thing) ... which he'll turn into 'A Thing'. I doubt he can do owt about it (think: never fight on two fronts) but it gives him something to moan about.
 
Stormkhan said:
A factor, perhaps, but I think the invasion was more about Stalin-like agression, stoking nationalism, and increasing resources on the Black Sea.
However, the narrative to the Russian people was protection from Western Expansionism (which was never a thing) ... which he'll turn into 'A Thing'. I doubt he can do owt about it (think: never fight on two fronts) but it gives him something to moan about.
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Absolutely! I wasn't agreeing with Putin. Just citing one of his justifications for the war, which has clearly backfired enormously.
 
Listening to several Times Radio interviews on You Tube, one statement was "if Putin was told that the invasion would be stalled and last for over a year, increase the NATO border to the West, and become the subservient partner in the East to China, he might've reconsidered the invasion. But he believed in the might of Russia and discounted his advisor's fear of him."
 
Looks more like a duster broom. I've used one on hard surfaces for large areas (in my case it was a dance studio); it's not bright to try vacuuming, but the shop doesn't look too big. She could've set one going as a demo, but I see the irony in the photo rather than her action. :)
 
Stormkhan said:
Listening to several Times Radio interviews on You Tube, one statement was "if Putin was told that the invasion would be stalled and last for over a year, increase the NATO border to the West, and become the subservient partner in the East to China, he might've reconsidered the invasion. But he believed in the might of Russia and discounted his advisor's fear of him."
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Putin: "I launched this war to prevent further expansion by NATO"
- And how will that work?
Putin: "Well by scaring neutral nations into joining NATO of course!"
 
The scare tactics might've worked ... if the Russians quickly bombed Ukraine into submission. That such a small nation has actually resisted the 'might' of Russia for so long suddenly made people question the 'received wisdom' that Russia was a military steamroller.
Don't get me wrong - they still have the people and the almost suicidal determination - but, like Putin, we've come to see much of the tech. is out of date or badly maintained, the army to be fragmented in disciplined command, the reliance on a mercenary group (who need paying for loyalty) and much of the military budget being siphoned into oligarch pockets.
 
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