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We already know that satellites could be launched from Newquay within the next three years. The move is thanks to a deal between Cornwall Airport Newquay and Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit. It has selected Spaceport Cornwall as a location to operate and deliver one of the first launches of its LauncherOne system outside of its US home.
Now the Aviation Minister has visited the Duchy and says there are talks underway about the future of commercial space travel.
originally posted by: caterpillage
Here's a typical day in lovely Toledo lol
www.toledoblade.com...
link
A Roanoke County judge has dismissed charges filed against Red and Minor Terry, the two tree-sitters who protested the Mountain Valley Pipeline for almost five weeks earlier this year. Judge Scott Geddes said it was clear to him that the Terrys had "a good-faith basis to believe they had a right to be on the land." "This court is not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendants on any of these charges," Geddes said. The Terrys were facing three criminal misdemeanors stemming from their protest on Bent Mountain. They climbed into their tree stands in early April, to block crews working on their family's property. And they came down in early May, after a federal judge found them in contempt and threatened hefty fines.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: CriticalStinker
Cool story
Pity they lost their battle against the company but cool the court let them off for fighting it and they don't have to pay damages/restitution.
See, just the type of local stories I love reading.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: CriticalStinker
I would have stayed in the treetops until they got specialist climbers or lifting equipment to get me down, a UK cop would not even try it, health and safety laws are at the forefront of their mind these days.
Interesting story, thanks for sharing it, I've read more about it from links now.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: CriticalStinker
The bastards blocked supplies! Sly bastards!!
Lol at you staying away in case you lost it and got nicked by cops, I'd be the same, I'd want to support my fellow citizens against big business.
I've protested and engaged in civil disobedience many time in my life, it is in my psyche.
Though there’s been concern about Dominion’s campaign contributions to Virginia politicians, rarely do we discuss a more blatant conflict. Believe it or not, some of our legislators own Dominion stock yet still vote on bills aimed at generating obscene profits for the company.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: CriticalStinker
#ing hell mate, this should be an ATS conspiracy thread on it's own!!!
Armed security sounds crazy to me, private security in the UK cannot even carry batons, but they do carry maglights so they get around the law that way.
Sounds like the landowners have been royally screwed over by the state.
The encampment protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline are heating up. Starting in April, self-described "water protectors" from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began occupying land near Bismarck, North Dakota, to halt construction of a four-state oil pipeline, saying it could poison their water supply. Then on September 9, shortly after footage emerged of dogs attacking water protectors, President Obama called on the US Army Corp of Engineers to review the risks of submerging an oil pipeline under the Missouri River, which supplies drinking water for 18 million people.
Vice News
The encampment protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline are heating up. Starting in April, self-described "water protectors" from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began occupying land near Bismarck, North Dakota, to halt construction of a four-state oil pipeline, saying it could poison their water supply. Then on September 9, shortly after footage emerged of dogs attacking water protectors, President Obama called on the US Army Corp of Engineers to review the risks of submerging an oil pipeline under the Missouri River, which supplies drinking water for 18 million people.
The Intercept. This article also goes into the techniques deployed, including spies sent into protester groups.
In the aftermath of that incident, Energy Transfer Partners turned to TigerSwan — a company with a deep background in counterterrorism operations — to oversee the work of the other security companies contracted to protect the pipeline. Other security firms working along the pipeline included Silverton, Russell Group of Texas, 10 Code LLC, Per Mar, SRC, OnPoint, and Leighton, documents show.
#ing hell, that's a crazy one, I'm googling now haha!
originally posted by: skunkape23
Homeless people in Austin are reporting a white van with large men onboard that has been kidnapping homeless people, never to be heard from afterward.
SEATTLE TIMES SOURCE ARTICLE
King County prosecutors say a 31-year-old Seattle man lied about the arsenal of guns and other weapons he had stashed inside his Belltown apartment following his arrest this month for allegedly stalking one of his neighbors. Charles Peavey was arrested Nov. 8 on investigation of burglary, harassment and malicious mischief, accused of trying to kick down the door to a woman’s apartment across the hall from his own after he became fixated on her, jail and court records show. When he made his first court appearance on Nov. 9, Peavey signed a declaration of non-surrender, claiming he didn’t have any firearms, dangerous weapons or a concealed-pistol license to turn over after becoming the subject of an anti-harassment protection order, the records say. But that wasn’t true, according to Seattle police and prosecutors, leading to charges of first-degree perjury, attempted residential burglary and stalking, according to court documents. First held on $20,000 bail, Peavey now is being held in the King County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, records show.
Two Seattle police officers trained to deal with people suffering from mental illness first encountered Peavey in July, when Peavey called 911 to report someone was tampering with his food. Officers found no evidence that anyone had been in his apartment, charging papers say. Peavey, who appeared paranoid and delusional, told the officers he’d just moved to Seattle from Ohio, say the charges. Then in early October, the manager of Peavey’s apartment building called police to report “an escalating pattern of harassment” and unwanted advances toward a female resident, who lived across the hall from Peavey and whose movements Peavey had been tracking with a motion-activated surveillance camera pointed at her door, the charges say. When officers attempted to talk to him, he refused to let them in his apartment and told them “he had just taken a big bong rip” — had been smoking marijuana — and said he did not feel comfortable talking to them, say the charges.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: CriticalStinker
British cops have used undercover tactics for like forever, some sick bastards have even formed relationships with women and had children with them. It is a current scandal in the UK, and I am a former activist...I wouldn't be surprised if the state knows exactly who I am, and I don't care.