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Reply | Breakdancing in Olympics
at 23:17 24 Jul 2024
Does that make football a sport or not? I've seen some pretty "subjective" refereeing over the years! |
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Thread | Breaking a journey to Scotland from London
at 23:03 24 Jul 2024
I need some advice from the hive mind. We are driving up to Scotland for a holiday this summer and looking for somewhere to break the journey on the way back. Also trying to find somewhere nice but affordable to stay on the way up. Any suggestions? |
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Reply | Breakdancing in Olympics
at 22:54 24 Jul 2024
Early history if the Olympics is all a bit mad. The French are the current hosts of the gold medal for cricket. I suspect they won't retain their title in LA though... |
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Reply | Donald trump just got shot on the news!
at 13:14 14 Jul 2024
Regarding the weapon used .22 is caliber not mm. The standard NATO round is 5.56mm which is the same as .22 caliber.
We tend to think of .22 as less lethal in this country as it's associated with air rifles but a .22 round in a firearm is highly lethal, just ask JFK. |
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Reply | Donald trump just got shot on the news!
at 12:13 14 Jul 2024
Problem with this argument is most dictators that have taken over a democratic state (from Caesar to Hitler) have done so by getting voted in. Usually through populist rhetoric that exploits a gap created by the failure of the existing state to meet people's needs. Frequently assisted by the hubris of existing leaders (see Cameron and Brexit).
The question is how to prevent someone who is prepared to use undemocratic means from gaining power without resorting to such means. I would argue that any attempt to circumvent such means is more likely to accelerate a collapse into autocracy. After all Caesar was never Emperor but his successors found it easy to assume the role in the chaos left by his assassination.
Personally I believe that Trump wants to assume some form of autocratic rule. Evidence for this being his stuffing of the supreme court, refusal to accept the result of a democratic election, attempts to gerrymander certain states etc. However trying to kill him will only strengthen his position and make it easier for him to adopt antidemocratic practices once in office.
Those suggesting some kind of false flag operation need to also consider how they'd respond had this situation been reversed and the Trump team were suggesting something similar. |
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Reply | Cricket, bloody hell!
at 22:44 3 Jul 2024
Watched some of that from my office window. Thought the train might save Essex at one point but missing a player to sickness set them back too far. |
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Reply | Cavendish day ?
at 21:30 3 Jul 2024
So pleased for him but gutted I saw it on the news before I got to watch the highlights. |
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Reply | Joe Rodon
at 20:17 12 Jun 2024
Came up as a possible target in the KoA pod as well. Albeit as a suggestion rather than any kind of confirmed link. |
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Reply | I bet Col Who are chuffed about this
at 16:46 10 Jun 2024
Send to be a party of at least one Hitler sympathiser according to the BBC article linked further up. Not just a member but a candidate in fact. |
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Reply | England...
at 08:16 10 Jun 2024
You mean the Aussie women's team that's been the most successful in the world for many years? That Aussie women's team? |
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Reply | City Vs the Prem
at 12:37 9 Jun 2024
Perhaps more the potential damages City might sure for. |
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Reply | City Vs the Prem
at 08:23 9 Jun 2024
Hope you're right. Analysis I just read in the Guardian suggests that the league won't be able to afford the legal costs if they were to expel them, meaning they have no ultimate sanction they can apply. |
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