Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. They keep using this metaphor “backstop.” “It’s dead.” What I want to know is what he intends to do at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, if anything. Not in code words, but in plain English.
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  2. Random Guy — If it is EU law that requires border controls, that is up to the EU and the Republic of Ireland, not the UK.
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  3. Nobody is paying attention to this fool.
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  4. The problem is, there are no checks and balances. The House of Commons has somehow managed to monopolize the political power. The queen can fire the PM of Australia. Why not of the UK?
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  5. Of course President Trump will not be convicted by a Senate dominated by Republicans. The impeachment is for history, and to establish a written record.
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  6. Only one configuration of the MAX is grounded, and only for inspection.
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  7. UK is sovereign today, 29 March. Congratulations!
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  8. They said that the Flight Data Recorder was damaged, and that it was being sent to the NTSB in the United States. There, it will have to be disassembled and the data extracted by unusual means. Then it will be sent back to Korean authorities. The NTSB will process it in their usual way, but it is up to Korean authorities to report to the public when they have something to report. Your impatience is not a factor.
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  9. They are both partisan impeachments. I do not expect presidential impeachments will become routine, though. Very few presidents commit acts which are a plausible basis for impeachment. Ironically, the one impeachment which had bipartisan support never happened. President Nixon resigned because he knew the House would impeach him and he believed he had lost enough support from senators in his own party to be convicted.
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  10. She died first. Mr. Hackman had dementia so was unable to cope with the situation.
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  11. “Impossible” is a good thing. “Clean break” it is.
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  12. It likely was tested, but the particular vulnerability was not covered in the test environment. Most people don't know how complicated software can be.
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  13. This seems pretty old for having just been posted. It has been clear for several weeks the the aircraft had a dangerous flaw.
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  14. These two commentators are both wishy-washy. The first priority for the investigators is, of course, to recover the recorders and analyze the data. The first priority for the airlines should be to ground the aircraft until the problem is resolved.
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  15.  @JohnHaroldFinnegan — But they write "BBC."
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  16. She should quit first. Why would anyone believe her?
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  17. That is what was missing here. How did a bad module get installed in so many places in such a short time?
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  18. I don’t understand why Finland would want to do that. Finland is a model of how to get along with a Russian neighbor. Other nations would do well to follow her example.
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  19. Almost nobody knows who the electors are. That’s normal. I was a prospective elector once, but my candidate lost, so I did not become an official elector. It would be difficult to drop the Electoral College, because some of the states which get an advantage from it (the smaller states) would have to agree to the change. It can’t be explained in ten seconds.
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  20. No, because necropsy is done for animals.
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  21. Alex Blaze — That’s simplistic. I’m an American who has no use at all for Trump, but I want to see a sovereign U. K.
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  22. More irony. Impersonator 45 had a real .45.
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  23. sam sneede — No, the delay between Earth and the moon is obvious. It’s physics, not the technology. There is no delay between people at Houston.
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  24. The person holding a firearm is in charge of it at that moment.
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  25. There are many technological aids to managing airplane traffic. Those, combined with human intelligence, work well. It is better to fix an actual problem, when it is determined what happened, than to imagine that a new system will solve all our problems. It won't.
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  26. They showed his photograph. Color is irrelevant.
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  27. Frank ten Horn — That would be up to the people of Northern Ireland and the people of the Republic of Ireland, not the British government.
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  28. The asymmetry of the surroundings caused the fireball to move to the right. The RV was close to a large, sturdy wall on the left. The pressure was therefore higher on the left. Air and other gasses will move to equalize an imbalance in pressure.
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  29. Ron Russell, who was presented with the George Medal.
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  30. As long as people are involved in things, there will be screwups. To err is human.
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  31. Ukraine has been committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine for eight years. That never gets reported.
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  32. Musk has shown before that he has liitle regard for rules governing corporations. He should be barred from holding any corporate office, in my opinion.
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  33.  @1Animeculture — Some are trained better than others.
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  34. The only solution is to elect a new Parliament with a sovereignty party in control.
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  35. TNA2Me — In raw recordings you can hear the delay between a question from Houston and a response from the moon. The other way, the delay occurs before you hear the question from the moon. Some audios are edited to cut out some delay.
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  36. Still in psychiatric custody.
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  37. Alec Baldwin did not do his job. He did not apply and enforce industry safety protocols for firearm safety. That is his job both as a producer and as an actor handling firearms.
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  38. Not all Max 9s have been grounded. Those that have been may fly again after a satisfactory inspection.
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  39. hfredydl — Corbyn is hilarious, but I find the whole business depressing. As an American, Zi want the UK to be a strong, competent ally.
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  40. Mayank Abhishek — All three are well known.
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  41. He’s right. As old as British government is, they don’t have the constitutional foundation of the judicial system that we enjoy in the United States. Occasionally, we do have seemingly politically motivated supreme court decisions, but they are rare. We also have cases where courts have refused to get involved in political matters. I have never heard of a case which was widely seen as a purely political controversy in which the US Supreme Court decided unanimously that it was not.
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  42.  @abansalify -- You should add that a 40' container is two TEUs, so it was near capacity.
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  43. That incident was considerably different.
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  44. cristybello — There is a vast difference between getting to the moon and conquering the universe. Incomprehensively vast. It won’t happen.
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  45. Wrong. "Prop" just means "property,". Any object provided by the property department for use in a film is a prop.
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  46. Pamela Rice — Clearly, you have done no research at allon the subject of the Apollo program. There were several modules required, first to get into orbit, then to an orbit around the moon, then to the lunar surface, then back to lunar orbit, back to Earth, then splasdown. Along the way, a lot of hardware was left behind. The simplest and safest way to get down was in a capsule, falling into the ocean.
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  47. Yes, but the official preliminary report just came out. That is what they are reporting on.
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  48. What the LibDems did wrong was to oppose leaving the EU.
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  49. The primary cause of the disruption was the building of additional locks, which are much larger. As originally designed (by US engineers), the Canal operation was sustainable.
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  50. Arcade Alchemist — According to the Good Friday Agreement, the people of Northern Ireland have the right to choose.
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  51. Jeff Green — No, the House of Representatives impeaches. Impeachment is a charge. The Senate tries the charges.
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  52. There is snow on the runway but it is dry? Must have been dry ice. It's colder there than I thought!
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  53. There was a garrison of Argentines there for about three months in 1833 who were expelled by the British. A few years earlier, some Argentines were expelled by the US Navy for interfering with sealers from the United States. There were never Argentine settlers.
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  54. Without knowing exactly what happened, in detail, we do not know that lack of testing explains it. It could be that the module was corrupted after testing, for example. It is also the case that every end user affected installed it without their own testing. Why are companies updating their software without testing? Automatic updates could be an aspect of the problem.
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  55. Crimea is legitimately Russian. It was annexed to Russia in 1783 and was part of Ukraine only briefly and merely for administrative purposes.
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  56. All reporters are not software engineers. You cannot reasonably expect to get the details of a software problem from the news.
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  57. Ignorant remark. The difference is that we are causing climate change on a human time scale, which is disruptive to our lives. The planet isn’t being destroyed. Earth will survive. The question is, how long will humankind survive?
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  58. No. It is simply a consequence of the asymmetric geometry. The RV was close to a large, sturdy wall on the left (west). There was much more room on the right. When it exploded, there would be high pressure on the left and lower pressure on the right. Air (and other gases) will move to equalize pressure, so the heated air and combustion gases moved toward the center of the street.
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  59. Andrew MacDonald — They won’t, because Johnson won a large majority in the Commons.
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  60. The EU should just let go. No deal. No extension. Clean break.
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  61. Baldwin is certainly not a scapegoat. He is the person who pulled the trigger, as well as the executive producer. A scapegoat is a minor player who takes the fall to protect the higher-ups. Baldwin is the higher-up.
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  62. Baldwin appears to be the person most responsible.
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  63. Betta Blue — Hard to say. That didn’t play out in public to the extent this has.
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  64. Free Spirit — A “not guilty” plea is normal.
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  65. Source?
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  66. No, murder requires intent.
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  67. It appears to me that the noncombatants are hostages of the hard-line resistance.
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  68. No, I would not assume he is knowledgable and responsible about such things. Why would I? I don’t know him, but he does not seem to me to be especially level-headed.
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  69. Only the Trumplicans should feel shame, but they are shameless.
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  70. No, anyone who has to handle a firearm is obligated to learn to handle it safely.
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  71. Baldwin deserves to be sued for this. There will be more suits. If this one is without merit, then it won’t succeed, but most will.
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  72. What decision is that? Do you have documentation?
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  73. It was decided two weeks ago. The recounts are just a sideshow.
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  74. That would be assistant director Halls, who was charged and who took a plea deal.
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  75. Sometimes.
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  76. Ukraine has bullies also. I think the western nations are foolish to choose sides between Russian bullies and Ukranian bullies.
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  77. The news reader did mention the wall. This is straight reporting about the current status of the investigation.
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  78. First, weed out the Trump appointments.
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  79. I don’t find anything sympathetic about Assange. He isn’t actually a journalist. All he does is publish any stolen documents he can get his hands on. When he was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy, he didn’t have the dignity to walk out like a man. He’s a pathetic creature.
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  80. Teddi786 OG — News doesn’t have to help you in your life. Anyone who is not intetested in the story may ignore it.
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  81. The prisecution is based on the law, not on whether he is haunted by his actions. If his conduct was reckless or negligent, then he has some culoability.
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  82. The West must NOT help Ukraine, militarily. The idea that we would fight Russians directly is crazy. Ukraine got into this situation by thinking they could join the West and the West would protect them from Russians. That was delusional thinking. We should offer humanitarian aid when possible, though.
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  83. He won’t be able to pay off the NM authorities if they decide to charge him.
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  84. Small planes do not require a co-pilot, at least in the USA.
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  85. Mr. Muldoon is mistaken. A lead bullet was fired. It was a large calibre, going through Ms. Hutchins (causing a fatal wound) and striking Mr. Souza.
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  86. katy henderson — The House impeaches, the Senate tries the impeachment.
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  87. That accuser has no credibility. Nobody talks about that anymore.
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  88. That's a dumb reason to sue somebody. Walk out and demand a refund, maybe.
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  89. We don't know exactly how this happened. There probably was some kind of testing procedure.
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  90. She died at the scene of the hospital. Why do people have trouble understanding this?
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  91. No, American democracy has not died. On the contrary, American democracy allowed the people to vote our fascist president out of office, despite his best efforts to prevent it. The Republic is alive, if not entirely well.
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  92. The Senate has no direct say in whether any aircraft is grounded or not. The MAX has been grounded much longer than any other aircraft with a defect, so Boeing have clearly not received favorable treatment from the new FAA administrator.
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  93. If you buy it, you can scrap it.
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  94. Do you mean "only in America" that someone should be shot negligently, or "only in America" that we would prosecute for it? I don't think either is exclusively American.
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  95. I don’t think that was insane, or even foolish. But flagrant disregard of safety protocols is reckless. I would say criminally negligent.
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  96. Calhoun is not the person who messed up the company.
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  97. There are two sides to most issues, including this one. I'm not defending Begum, but certainly others have a right to speak on her behalf.
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  98. This is completely wrong. More than a hundred have been arrested. We know who they are.
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  99. I like Farage but part with him on his opposition to the method of voting in the U. K. It is election by plurality which produces majority government when there are more than two strong parties competing. An alternative voting system might well have produced another hung parliament.
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  100. The current generation is probably the last.
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  101. iluvcamaros — As an American, I disagree. Our President is dangerous and capable of far more harm than the PM. She may have harmful intent, but she did not have the power to carry out her wishes.
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  102. It was inside the RV. That’s why the RV was torn to pieces while the vehicles parked in front and in back of it were not.
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  103. Vegan Egoist — The leadership of the United States in the advancement of science and mankind is a given, known to all. No bragging is required.
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  104. No, it isn’t. Almost everybody recognizes Biden as President-Elect. We have been doing presidential elections for a long time. Customarily, a candidate is recognized as Presidenr-Elect within a couple of days, when the result becomes clear. There are very few instances when it has taken longer, and this isn’t one of them.
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  105. Deal, who is leaving immediately, is an engineer.
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  106. She died at the scene of the hospital. He didn’t say she died at the scene of the shooting.
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  107. Murder requires intent. This appears to be negligence.
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  108. The similarity of their shirts is interesting.
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  109. Rahim Rahim — The way to regulate that is simply to withdraw public funds when they become partisan.
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  110. Same reason they have actual horses. Simulation is more expensive.
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  111. This has been answered before. Police were called to the area because of reports of gunfire. Then the RV strarted announcing warnings that it would explode. That caused more police to be sent to the scene (for six total) to block the streets and evacuate people. There is nothing suspicious about the police response.
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  112. The investigation is not finished.
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  113. Trump should be charged with inciting a riot, at least.
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  114. An Airbus recently lost four exterior window panes.
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  115. If, as an actor, he handles firearms, handling them safely is part of his job.
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  116. No, she merely suspended his royal duties.
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  117. Burning debris.
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  118. He’s someone with an inflated ego and a desire for martyrdom.
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  119. Just go away.
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  120. goldy girl — The feds do not do perp walks.
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  121. How many films with guns has he made? However many, any actor who handles a firearm even once must learn firearm safety and follow the safety protocols. As executive producer, Baldwin was in charge of everything. He should have demanded strict safety protocols, but he was one of the people using the guns for recreational shooting with live ammunition.
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  122. A poorly planned transfer.
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  123. I don't get your point. Involuntary manslaughter is a criminal act. It arises out of negligence or recklessness, for which blame is appropriate.
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  124. Not a store. It was a telecommunications equipment building.
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  125. He’s not a Senator. Congressman Graves is an idiot, but then most Republicans are idiots.
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  126. I listened to it. There isn't much in it. This video is not helpful to understanding the case.
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  127. The wishes of MPs? They have had three years to get together a plan and they have failed. They have no collective wish and they are out of time. This is typical hyperbole.
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  128. If he were in costume, he might not have been carrying a phone.
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  129. No, this is nothing like WW II.
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  130. Ukraine does not know how to achieve a long life, unfortunately.
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  131. We don’t know how this played out. Maybe she wasn’t aware he was going to take practice shots while she was standing there.
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  132. That may not be kniwn.
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  133. The only North American I have heard of having moved to Russia is the traitor, Edward Snowden.
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  134. We all want accountability.
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  135. The inauguration ceremony is privately funded with donations.
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  136.  @Pfromm007 -- No, he was charged because it is the job of the District Attorney to prosecute violations of the law in Santa Fe County. A homicide is a serious matter which should not be brushed aside.
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  137. I guess you’ll be booking a flight to Mars, then, when they become available.
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  138. Niki 9ine — We want him out even more than you want May out.
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  139. That is probably the maximum. The verdict is the important thing, not the sentence.
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  140. It's a Ford.
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  141. You seem to be suggesting that the entire blame may be placed on the armorer. No, it isn’t that simple.
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  142. I doubt he is into guns, so I wouldn’t think so. But any actor who uses a firearm should be properly trained in firearm safety.
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  143. Krishna saud — No issue of human rights is present in this process.
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  144. Even if she is convicted of something, it won’t be a life sentence.
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  145. Countless films have been made safely using real firearms, but there should be no live ammunition on a set.
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  146. What you don't understand is that Google is the publisher and may publish comments or not as they please. BBC owns the site, and may also remove any comments they do not want published.
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  147. Hans Wurst — They should have voted “aye” on no confidence. What does it take to get rid of a PM who has failed utterly on her major policy?
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  148. An A321 lost four exterior windows recently.
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  149. That’s a travesty, to have a Supreme Court getting into politics. If I were Johnson, I would resign immediately and petition the United States to get my U. S. citizenship back (he was born in NYC). The (dis)United Kingdom is going down the drain. And if I were the “sovereign,” I would refuse to do whatever is required to reconvene Parliament until time for the speech. Of course we all know that the Queen has no teeth or backbone, so she will do whatever she is told to do.
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  150. Magnus Walker — Yes, but Stalin was Georgian, not Russian.
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  151. Alfie — Because it is very expensive and there is not much reason to be on the moon.
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  152. Well, of course. That just means one person has caused the death of another.
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  153. It was a 737-800, the most common commercial aircraft in use.
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  154. Peacekeeper — No. What a strange question!
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  155. More likely carelessness. They had live rounds because they shooting the gun recreationally during their down time. The gun was not properly checked before being used on the set.
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  156. You are wrong. The easiest fact to determine is the location of the blast. It was inside the RV. You can even tell the RV exploded by looking at this video.
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  157. An idiot.
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  158. SuperStrik9 — Call the U. S. Marshals Service. Maybe they will send you an autographed photo.
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  159. At the scene of the hospital.
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  160. Just ignorant and reckless handling of firearms.
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  161. The person who said she “died at the scene” meant at the hospital. He didn’t say she died at the scene of the shooting.
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  162. This was not a design problem.
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  163. Most of us will be glad not to have constant drama from the White House.
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  164. The plastic panel just covers the inside. It isn’t structural.
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  165. Enderwiggan1 — Everybody knows that, but the representatives have done nothing to resolve the matter in three years. Enough is enough. Get a new batch of representatives.
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  166. Cosi Fan Tutti — He just gave his opinion, not a ruling.
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  167.  @alexg5107  — If his target was AT&T, he did not. There was service interruption for a few days. A temporary inconvenience. He failed.
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  168. She was not even present. Assistant director David Halls was standing in for her. He is not female.
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  169. What you are hearing here on that point is hearsay. We are not hearing directly what a Microsoft spokesman said, so it cannot be explained.
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  170. Baldwin was the executive producer. He was in charge on this set.
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  171. It would mean they are both stupid. Why would Swedes, who have done well by their neutral posture, join a gang of warmongers? Likewise Finns, who have had reasonably good relations with their Russian neighbors for some time now.
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  172. Md Slm — The feds do not do perp walks.
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  173. The problem that killed people has been fixed. This problem could happen anywhere. We need to wait for NTSB to figure out what happened.
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  174. It's a mystery to me why Baldwin has so many defenders in the comments. Is it possible he has hired a bunch of people to do this?
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  175. Notice how the “reporter” is an advocate?
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  176. The day of the assassination of President Lincoln was a dark day. The day of the 9/11 attacks was a dark day. We have survived dark days before.
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  177. That’s not a real number. It’s a left-wing propaganda number.
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  178. A lot of people posting online have said that, but when I fly (Alaska Airlines and 737s) I have never noticed anyone concerned about whether the plane is a MAX.
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  179. Which law? Involuntary manslaughter? I'm sure other countries have something similar.
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  180. Wrong. You had better not handle firearms if you don’t understand safety protocols.
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  181. Mike Pett — Presumption of innocence is for the trial.
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  182. Don’t watch BBC, then.
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  183. One shot struck both victims.
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  184. The latter. It was .44 or .45 caliber. A large bullet.
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  185. He hasn’t been CEO for ten years.
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  186. Correct. Anyone who handles a firearm assumes responsibility for handling it safely.
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  187. No.
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  188. The new Chief Executive of Boeing has flown on the aircraft.
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  189. But they did extend. Why?
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  190. The western leaders are not merely allowing it, they are fueling it.
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  191. It’s a doorway for an emergency exit.
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  192. It is unlikely there is any. They weren’t filming.
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  193. Leeuwy — No. If the EU were ready for Brexit they would have kicked the UK out instead of extending. They extend because they hope to kill it altogether.
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  194. You are making a big leap from individual responsibility when handling firearms to “all the passive citizens throughout history.”
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  195. The incident did not happen in Hollywood, though. Nor in California.
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  196. I question why it was installed everywhere, rather than why it was sent. Automatic updates seem to be part of the problem.
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  197. Mitch Smith — The feds do not do perp walks and do not routinely release booking photos. There is a drawing of her in jail in this video, taken from a screen in the courtroom.
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  198. South Korea. Just Google "map Muan airport."
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  199. Hangman 92 — An initial “not guilty” plea is routine.
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  200. One configuration has been grounded for inspection.
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  201. In fact, 80% of the American people accept that Biden-Harris won the election. All this controversy is just a sideshow. Sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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  202. We are equal under the law.
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  203.  @Alecxace -- The shares only convey the power to sue as an interested party. They do not guarantee the result you want.
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  204. Chris Le Chat — Andrew has been dealt with already.
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  205. The plaintiff asked for a jury trial, so he has no choice. He has to go along with it, so a “demand” is just for show.
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  206. It has not been established who put the live round in the revolver.
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  207. Moscow itself is in Europe.
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  208. It is “clean break” Brexit, which means that the United Kingdom will be fully sovereign again.
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  209. Caro — Explain what, exactly?
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  210. It is not alleged that he did it on purpose. He is charged with manslaughter.
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  211. The explosives were inside the RV. That is where the blast began.
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  212. Seattle206723 — But there is a different result as of the new year!
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  213. It was over ten days ago. Republicans are pretending it isn’t just to make things difficult for Biden. They haven’t had anything positive to contribute for years, so all they can do is to try to make the Democrats look bad.
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  214. Planes of this type are common and used by every nation which can afford one. It’s just radar, which goes back to WWII, and radio, which is older.
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  215. It is crazy for the West to get involved with Ukraine. Ukrainians and Russians are cousins. They ought to sort out their differences themselves. Ukraine is not a NATO country and it should never be one. Why should US soldiers march in the footsteps of Charles XII, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Friedrich Paulus?
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  216. The quickest way to end the war is to cut off arms to Ukraine.
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  217. Johnson is wrong. He wants peace the same as most people, but he has a responsibility to defend Russian interests. The people who don’t want peace are the western arms dealers who are supplying Ukraine with arms, and the western leaders who permit or sponsor shipment of arms to Ukraine.
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  218. Warner was the only suspect. He became the suspect when the VIN confirmed that the RV was registered to him. Then his DNA was found at the scene and confirmed against another sample.
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