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Ministers give China's 'mega-embassy' green light despite MI5 admitting risks can never be eliminated... as Starmer is accused of 'kotowing' to Beijing
Wednesday 01/21/2026

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Caribbean-Latin America
The Pentagon seized the tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean Sea
Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab (sub-group of Al Qaeda) militants attacked Somali Forces base in Baidoa area of the Bay region
Afghanistan
Islamic State - Khurasan Province (ISKP) carried out a suicide attack targeting Chinese nationals in Kabul.
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SDF redeploys from Al-Hol currently being stormed by tribes & ISIS elements, then new hudna announced; Trump earlier pointed out HTS's al-Sharaa is no choir boy
India-Pakistan
Pakistani Armed Forces struck
Taliban positions and outposts on the border
India-Pakistan
Rifts Deepen Among Pakistan-Focused
Militant Groups Under Afghan Taliban Patronage
Paraguay Accepts Trump's 'Board
of Peace' Invitation, others still pondering

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Posted by Fred 2026-01-21 02:11|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1815 views ]  Top

1 Snaps or buttons ?
Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-21 03:37||   2026-01-21 03:37|| Front Page Top

2 Either way Besoeker, they're 'pop-able'!

I'll sit to watch that!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-01-21 04:05||   2026-01-21 04:05|| Front Page Top

3 Here, let me help you with that...
Posted by technochitlin 2026-01-21 07:48||   2026-01-21 07:48|| Front Page Top

4 Need a button hook for that, I think. Those loops look like stainless steel.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-21 08:40||   2026-01-21 08:40|| Front Page Top

5 Lovely, but died tragically young at age 50.Unsurprisingly she very popular as a WW2 pin up girl.
Posted by EMS Artifact  2026-01-21 09:17||   2026-01-21 09:17|| Front Page Top

6 ^ given the way she crushed her internal organs, early death was a) predicable b) possibly a relief
Posted by Mercutio 2026-01-21 10:11||   2026-01-21 10:11|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-21 10:49||   2026-01-21 10:49|| Front Page Top

8 ina completley un-related story: What 5 megabytes of computer data looked like in 1966: 62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-01-21 13:23||   2026-01-21 13:23|| Front Page Top

9 In 64 we used paper tape. You can not trust the punch card…One or two probability have spilled coffee on them.
Posted by Old Salty 2026-01-21 13:58||   2026-01-21 13:58|| Front Page Top

10 I had 2800 cards alone for Ms November 1973 or 74 (I forget which and don't remember if she was playboy or penthouse... kind of why I crashed ARPA Net at the node before the Offut AB hole.. when an io clerk destroyed my MS November cards in front of my face... (slinks away ..)
Posted by 3dc 2026-01-21 14:33||   2026-01-21 14:33|| Front Page Top

11 IO clerk was a woman way over 230 lbs..
Posted by 3dc 2026-01-21 14:36||   2026-01-21 14:36|| Front Page Top

12 The "Yehudit" organization filed a complaint with the police against a woman who removed her shirt in front of a group of haredi protesters on Highway 4 near Bnei Brak.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-01-21 16:46||   2026-01-21 16:46|| Front Page Top

13 ...did she have pink hair? No. Did she have a nose ring? No. Was she over 92 kg? No. Sorry that doesn't meet the 'crimes against humanity' requirements.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-21 16:55||   2026-01-21 16:55|| Front Page Top

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