I guess a dot at 6K looks the same as a dot from a larger target at 10K.

There were multiple transcontinental flights in that path at that time. The MH17 wasn't the only one nor the NOTAM was covering them, they were legally flying over the closed airspace. Of course, that distinction won't stop a twat throwing a missile at you.

I love that movie. I don't think many /.'ers will get the reference.

Looks like the bastards were under the impression that Russians had closed the whole airspace down whereas the NOTAM only closed it up to 32k feet, the flight was at 33k feet and legally flying over the area...

The captured audio calls between the rebel scum clearly show they thought it was a military plane.

Erm, "he should have stopped before doing those" because he never did those?
They are completely unauthorized drawings and not done by him.

IMHO, Matt Groening's real genius can be seen in Life in Hell sketches. The Simpsons is a pale mismash of typical American values compared to Life in Hell.

I'd kill for a large Hobbess plush, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Occassionaly I look at 90s Dilbert cartoons - those are really funny, these days, a constant stream of "meh"...

In the London occupations, people learned that their batons are as hard as the rest of them.

City of London Police is a private police force covering the City of London (a tiny bit of London) which takes its orders not from the Government but from the City of London Corporation directly. They are also an 'expert' in fraud and do their best by not finding any within the City borders.

They also employ thugs worse than usually found within the Police service for the rest of London, The Metropolitan Police Service. Also there is no elected commissioner (unlike the rest of the country) for this police force, it's totally separate and he is assigned by the Corporation - which is run by the rich corporates in the area.

It's totally fascist, whatever way you look at it.

A big [Citation Needed] since what you claim is plain old bollocks.

We're talking about osteopaths, they wouldn't know their arse from their elbows...

I do wonder if anyone is counting the assaults on inmates by prison staff and what would that number be....

Someone still has to push a button and watch the grizzly outcome. Only a psychopath would enjoy that.

There is a big difference between state-mandated murder and personal-choice suicide.