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jamesfreeman

People need to chill out. It is going to take a while for Vaai to adjust to playing 6 at Test level it is a shame he wasn't played there for the Chiefs. It is going to take Savea a while to adjust to playing 7 after playing the last 3-4 seasons at 8 at international level. It is going to take Reiko...

jamesfreeman

We're witnessing history of a dismantling of a democracy. Trump has his own domestic army. He's just hastening the decline of the American Empire, neither party will be able to stop it. Ultimately what I want to see is America to eventually go back to basics but would be a repeating cycle though......

jamesfreeman

We're witnessing history of a dismantling of a democracy. Trump has his own domestic army. He's just hastening the decline of the American Empire, neither party will be able to stop it. Ultimately what I want to see is America to eventually go back to basics but would be a repeating cycle though......

jamesfreeman

Tragic news.

He was a very handy player to have on the field when you needed a spark to change a game...

jamesfreeman

Netenyahu comes out of this looking weaker. Starts a war while pushing the perception of Israeli military exceptionaiism. That the initial strikes against the Iranian nuclear program and decapitation strikes were it,tit for tat retaliation and then it became known that they didn't even have the job...

jamesfreeman

Netenyahu comes out of this looking weaker. Starts a war while pushing the perception of Israeli military exceptionaiism. That the initial strikes against the Iranian nuclear program and decapitation strikes were it,tit for tat retaliation and then it became known that they didn't even have the job ...

jamesfreeman

I did laugh at Trump calling Israel and Iran f**king idiots today :lol: :thumbup: Talking to his base, rebuking the zionists to come out of this looking tough. At least Nixon (Trump has been reminding me of him last the last week) dropped his f bombs on tape not live to reporters but gets a good la...

jamesfreeman

https://i.imgur.com/PA2ezi8.jpeg looks its all been performative nonsense from Trump as always Shocked, absolutely shocked. Who could conceive they would see through the Israeli/USA so easily. Planned by Putin, executed by trump. Move your nuclear shit, I'll bomb the empty mountain then demand that...

jamesfreeman

Trump has certainly in the last week shown to be very Nixonian with George W. vibes. Here's hoping his reckless gamble will pay off. Who needs a Rollercoaster ride when you can live in these crazy times...

jamesfreeman

CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:04 pm
Akkerman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:02 pm looks like peace in our time

TACO moment

Time to deescalate the Israel Iran War now and at least kick the can down the road...

jamesfreeman

Iran gave advance notice of its plans to launch a missile attack against US bases in the Middle East, the New York Times is reporting. Three Iranian officials said they had coordinated its strikes with Qatari officials in a bid to minimise casualties. Donald Trump was also aware of the attack in ad...

jamesfreeman

Well done OKC! Keep the core of your team please so you can have a good era...

jamesfreeman

The fog of war in this conflict is thicker than the fog at the 2006 Super 14 Rugby Final. I am looking forward to this conflict being resolved quickly but am uncertain if it will as anything could happen in the Middle East. Israel obviously is unimpeded on their airstrikes so far and Iran as was obv...

jamesfreeman

Trump just put a target on every American around the world. I suspect Israel had dirt on Trump from Epstein, and threatened him with it, in order to drag the US in. It would not have been hard for Netanyahu to suck him in anyway, he's such an idiot. They already tried to link the assassination atte...

jamesfreeman

Trump just put a target on every American around the world. I suspect Israel had dirt on Trump from Epstein, and threatened him with it, in order to drag the US in. It would not have been hard for Netanyahu to suck him in anyway, he's such an idiot. They already tried to link the assassination atte...

jamesfreeman

I do think Iran will fold officially after this, but I suspect they will be plotting pretty heavily against US assets in the area long term. Maybe even the US mainland. Sky News seem to think Iran will make a token reply to save face, their expert thinks Iran is taking a serious thumping in the pas...

jamesfreeman

World will hold its breath now. Israel needs to cease and desist all air strikes into Iran now as ball in Iran's court in regards to response to American airstrikes. Netenyahu started this as he launced Operation Rising Persian Cat without the necessary tools to do the job properly without the US ge...

jamesfreeman

Israel the bully is finally getting punched in the face. And thats a good thing. Perhaps they'll finally put Bibi behind bars, where he belongs. Huh? In what reality is this happening, Hamas a ghost, Hezbollah defanged, it took Israel what 2 days?, to control Iranian airspace with no jets lost, the...

jamesfreeman

You’d be sadly wrong. Yes China would take a fair pasting initially (if the war started today) but once they got going China would be unstoppable by anything other than WMD. US simply can’t compete with China’s manufacturing capability, which still wins wars. :thumbup: A war with China would defini...

jamesfreeman

I truly wonder why American's think China is still some backward peasant inhabited place. They've evolved very rapidly and are out pacing the US in many fields. The US couldn't decimate China in seconds ffs. There are cities in China like Chongqing which are barely known in the outside world which ...

jamesfreeman

Lot of delusion flying around about Iran. To borrow Rumsfeld's phrase there are a lot of unknown unknowns about what is happening there.

Israel did the preemptive strike to remove Iran's nuclear threat so they don't need the US to join them in the fighting else why did he do the preemptive stike...

jamesfreeman

1953 CIA coup was when Iran stopped being free and 1979 Revolution replaced unpopular regime with an even more controversial one hence we are now here...

jamesfreeman

This is strange Tucker Carlson is attacking Trump on Iran. Tucker playing the anti neo conservative end of MAGA. The neo conservatives being the old ideology from the early 2000s ie george w, dock Cheney, donald rumsfeld Paul wolfowitz etc their white paper from the late 90s in terms of neo conserv...

jamesfreeman

This is strange Tucker Carlson is attacking Trump on Iran. Tucker playing the anti neo conservative end of MAGA. The neo conservatives being the old ideology from the early 2000s ie george w, dock Cheney, donald rumsfeld Paul wolfowitz etc their white paper from the late 90s in terms of neo conserv...

jamesfreeman

Enzedder wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:12 am There are 16 stratotankers flying from USA towards Europe right now.

In FlightRadar put RCH into the search screen.

https://www.flightradar24.com/RCH021/3ad1413c

Fill your cars up now as will shoot up to $3+Litre for petrol soon

jamesfreeman

Still no clear picture in this conflict yet.

Lots on social media as expected. Hopefully doesn't go on for too long or escalate/spiral out of control...

jamesfreeman

Hoping doesn't escalate too much. Interesting to see what happens. Will be a question of who wins the shootout (missiles and bombs).

With israel doing preemptive strike we will soon see how much response capacity iran still has...

jamesfreeman

RIP Stu. Earliest rugby player I remember.

Also enjoyed the One Eyed Rugby Show on Radio Pacific back in the late 90s too...

jamesfreeman

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/05/steve-bannon-trump-musk-rachael-bade-00391135 Interesting as Bannon was booted out of Trump's inner circle early in his first term. Yeah was obvious would happen, the bromance looked to similar, seems to be a pattern. Bannon was more interesting than...

jamesfreeman

Musk is just a high level grifter, funny one though. Also a false prophet as wants to turn us all into robots or replace us with robots. He hides behind good works like cutting funny overspending eg circumcisions in Mozambique, funding for Seame Street in Iraq and transgender more studies all of whi...

jamesfreeman

Horrific. Hope people pull through. Really feel for Liverpool. Seriously tragic :thumbup: Thoughts and prayers with those hit. As a Liverpool supporter is a downer all-round. No crowds deserve that, will no doubt affect future sports gatherings everywhere in terms of security and situational awaren...

jamesfreeman

Tehui wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 3:08 am I'm very happy about the Knicks advancing to the Eastern Conference finals. Their long-suffering fans are finally being rewarded for their loyalty.

Spike Lee will be happy

jamesfreeman

HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 8:44 pm VEX OIL

he's clearly a plant of Big Renewables

love ir

jamesfreeman

LEO XIV is an anagram for EVIL OX

jamesfreeman

Everyone has been worrying about the mad mullahs in PK but as I explained the PK Generals have used the bogeyman to scare the shit out of the West and back the Generals( with billions) In their power struggle against the PK people. But what no one has talked about is the extreme Right wing Ind govt...

jamesfreeman

Agreed EDF. Better to be lucky than good ay. Knicks down by 20 in the 4th. This gambler thinks their luck might have run out. Live by the 3, die by the 3. It worked for the Celtics this time. Die by the 3 today. Find it hard to understand why a defending champion team would take their successful sy...

jamesfreeman

Bob Jones goooone. He saw me reading a comic when I was like 9 or 10 and told me I'd go to jail if I kept reading comics. FHHD. Bit of a wanker. Funny with it though . Threatened to punch me once when I called him out on some bullshit he was saying art related . He was insisting that if an artist h...

jamesfreeman

LandOTurk wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:45 pm Arsenal draw, Liverpool need 9 points from 7 games.

Still quite a few Arsenal trolls and delusional fans online saying they can still win it too…

jamesfreeman

It was probably a terrible film, but I liked The Doors at the time. Val was Jim. Phenomenal method acting there. I also liked him in Heat and The Saint. Also he was in Top Secret which was a fun spoof movie and I even enjoyed him in The Island of Dr Moreau. Plus of course Tomb Stone, Kiss Kiss Bang...

jamesfreeman

I disagree. National and their voters care about consistency. It's highly unusual for National voters to care about context. I'm no fan of Jacinda but it seems churlish to have criticized her for wearing the hijab in those circumstances. But I'm sure many ministers have worn traditional headgear/cl...

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