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[Borracho]

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Beautiful-looking dog, too. A Belgian shepherd.

[caja-dglh]

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"5000 shots fired but identity of two killed still unclear" just popped up on my phone. If those 5000 were on target that isn't particularly surprising.

[ursus arctos]

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The official French police Twitter account described the Malinoise who was killed as an "assault dog" (chienne d'assaut).

That's no job for a dog, particularly one as noble as Diesel

[E10 Rifle]

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The sadness in his eyes....

[E10 Rifle]

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Sorry, bit flippant there

[VTTBoscombe]

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Although its story, was mainly lost in everything else , I had to wait after picking the two youngest oiks up from footie training about 20 mins ago by police - as the very sad looking TGV engine was being transported to the nearby SNCF engineering centre up the road.

Very sobering and a bit spooky.

Main office of my company, by the Stade de France, closed all day, every one safe.

[SouthdownRebel]

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Brussels is now on full lockdown in response to a imminent threat of attack.

http://www.france24.com/en/20151121-...t?dlvrit=65413

Metro closed, events cancelled, people warned to avoid large crowds.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

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E10 Rifle wrote: Sorry, bit flippant there

Nope - we need more of this. Once you accept that stuff is going to happen occasionally, there's no point getting all po-faced and self-righteous over it.

[garcia]

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several people have apparently suffered gunshot wounds in an ongoing "hostage situation" in roubaix.

[ursus arctos]

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Multiple reports that it could be a bungled bank robbery rather than something more sinister.

[Tubby Isaacs]

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/01/marine-le-pen-front-national-political-gains-paris-attacks

The party is tipped to take control of at least two of France’s 13 mainland regions for the first time. Le Pen could win leadership of the new, expanded region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie in the north

Would she win a run off?

[ursus arctos]

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For what?

President?

That's not for another 18 months or so (Spring of 2017) and it's far from certain that Le Pen would finish in the top two.

[Tubby Isaacs]

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Regional president of Nord- Pas De Calais- Picardie.

I assume it's the same electoral system as 2010, albeit with a merger with Picardy having happened:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_regional_elections,_2010#Nord-Pas-de-Calais

I don't like the look of a run off with 3, mind.

[ursus arctos]

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There isn't a separate election for regional presidents.

The office goes to the leader of the majority.

[Tubby Isaacs]

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Ah OK.

Bad news.

[Gangster Octopus]

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Insert own appalingly tasteless joke here....

[Bored Of Education]

I think we mentioned on here what a dickhead this guy was and, Bataclan survivor or now, he's a dickhead.

[Lang Spoon]

Arsewipe. Shit music as well. Ironic metal nonsense. Has Josh Homme kept his counsel on this or is he letting his inner redneck out? (I know he wasn’t on tour but is involved with this shitty band)

[WOM]

He'll be keeping quiet after kicking a female photographer in the head at one of his gigs.

[Lang Spoon]

Nice, nice.

[Lang Spoon]

That’s a fantastic non-apology apology as well (Homme). What a prick. Been treading water a decade or more.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Jesus fucking Christ. I've mentioned on here before that I am (was, now) a huge QOTSA fan and I enjoyed the first couple of EODM records and their shonky, garage aesthetic.

After the kicking in the head thing, and now this, they can both go and get fucked. Hughes has previous in tweeting / instagramming pro-Israel propaganda so I'm not sure why I'm surprised by this TBH.

[Flynnie]

Hughes is a raging far right-winger, the content of his message isn't surprising at all, just that he felt like people wanted to know what he thought.

Homme is a right-winger too, but his problems usually come from losing his rag.

[ursus arctos]

There has been an armed attack on a Kurdish cultural centre in the 10th arrondissement.

At least three people have been shot dead and four more wounded.

[ursus arctos]

The suspect, who is now in custody, is a 69 year old man who had been in provisional detention for over a year in connection with an attack on a migrant camp in 2016.