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First time for a while England have had me yelling at the telly in a good way! I have to ask though: being in the USA, parenting a toddler etc., I don't watch as much domestic rugby as I used to: Is Danny Care really the second best scrum half we can put out? (Small old lady rant: I hate this thing ...

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:28 am Tend to agree. Red for being an absolute dumbcunt.

I was very surprised it was not a red and I don't think that he would have had much argument had it been.

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, Found out today that my wife and I have miscarried for the second time. Both miscarriages were missed, so we had no indication of problems before the scan and we have no children. Words like heartbroken and devastated don't feel adequate to describe the feeling. It's like all your dreams go pop i...

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Foot Up, I don't know you but my heart goes out to you. I had two miscarriages before having my daughter (aged 40). The pain is indescribable and I remember having the same fear. I also remember having to hold in the tears as other people shared their pregnancy news. I truly hope that you have a hap...

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Bringing in Manu, is it not a bit like wearing your lucky socks and hoping makes a difference ? HOW DARE YOU?! My lucky socks have POWER! Ireland are the best team in this year's tournament, the Grand Slam will be deserved (though I am still putting a sneaky fiver on France for the RWC). As for Eng...

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QED Quality riposte. Everything's just great in the US of A. Apologies for having even minor doubts. There's nothing else to say to someone who thinks they know anything about the American political system who thinks the Senate is being actively gerrymandered or the Electoral College for that matte...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:13 am
P in VG wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:30 am I think most of the games are on Amazon Prime over here (UK) - so maybe available in the US as well?
That would be amazing.

Based on last year, they would only be with a UK prime account. Florugby has updated its schedule and looks like most, if not all the AIs are in there.

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Thanks, both of you! Looks like a combination of Amazon workaround and Florugby should do it! Woo hoo!

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Any US based posters who is showing the Autumn Internationals this year? Last year, Florugby had the Autumn Nations Cup but no mention of this year's games.

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This was not the way Trump was going to pull out and making NATO members live up to their spending agreements is not attacking them. You think trump would have cooked something better? Yes. The greatest withdrawal the world has ever seen? It would be the best withdrawl, everyone says he is the best...

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Thanks, FOG!

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Thanks, guy smiley, eldanielfire, The Frog, paddyor, Kiwias, DOB: won't fully believe it or relax until she is in my arms, but still excited. Of course, when she is born, I will be able to relax completely, as parenting is a totally stress-free experience, right?! Back on topic, a pretty scathing ta...

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paddyor, I heartily agree that this was 20 years in coming, and that staying longer would not have made any difference to the outcome. That doesn't mean it isn't a clustermuck or that Biden hasn't handled this part of it badly. The biggest blame lies with Bush and co., but still all the presidents t...

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Cheers, camroc and Enzedder!

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Thanks camroc1 - and I share your bewilderment!

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It was way back in the dim and distant days of pre-COVID, but, if I recall, Trump wanted to withdraw just as abruptly but was stopped by Pentagon brass. Which is NOT to say that Biden didn't handle this very badly, because it is a tragic and despicable disaster. I just don't think that anyone invol...

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How would trump have framed it do you think? Trump did not do this. Biden did. It was trump's shitty deal tbf. So how would he have framed this outcome? If he had followed Trump's deal exactly, you would have a point. He didn't. It is 100% on Biden. Runs away (well shuffles away) without taking que...

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It was way back in the dim and distant days of pre-COVID, but, if I recall, Trump wanted to withdraw just as abruptly but was stopped by Pentagon brass. Which is NOT to say that Biden didn't handle this very badly, because it is a tragic and despicable disaster. I just don't think that anyone involv...

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:07 am
MrDominator wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:53 pm 'Good bloke-itis' is an absolute cancer in rugby.

Quite ridiculous nearly 20 years into professionalism
Nearly 30 years into it

Stop reminding us all that we are getting old.

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Racist granny isn’t quite the same as “former Nazi Death Camp guard” The details are broadly the same. Both will spit on the floor when Jews get mentioned. But one didn't help kill 6million or so of them. I recently read Hitler's Willing Executioners which does a pretty thorough analysis of how man...

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I was just reading some clickbaity take of "5 things we learned from the Lions tour" that suggested that we had learned that Gatland was "still the man" for 2025. It made me wonder if I was crazy and had watched the tour in a parallel dimension. Not sure the bored is the best for reassurance on this...

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eweeg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:47 pm Apologies if this has already been covered but does anyone know who has the broadcast rights in the US? Nothing on the lions site nor has google been my friend.

I thought it was ESPN, but looks like it may be the NBC streaming platform, Peacock.

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CH4 is only for the Japan match and VPN messing about is an absolute pain in the arse that I'm happy to pay to avoid in any case. Though the hockey and basketball are over and baseball is mid season I'm guessing the Olympics being on at the same time isn't ideal. At the same time there are about a ...

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Congratulations, Ireland. By far the better team.

England need to grow a brain. The lack of discipline killed us.

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Question to the Americans" what is this black flag flying under the American flag and next to Mitch during his speech ? Is this the ISIS flag? :shock: Are the Mick, DAC and Santa of this world right and Islamists are already taking over? Am guessing it was the POW/MIA flag for soldiers who aren't o...

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Not on any mainstream sites, but some folks we know in DC saying that Pence's chief of staff is now being refused entry to the White House because Lil Donny is mad he didn't use the Mikey didn't use his magic VP powers today. You know because VPs get to do that: that is how Al Gore made himself pres...

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Mr. HC put his noise-cancelling headphones on as he walked past on his way to get a drink.

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Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:01 am Someone on CNN just called it a "shit show".

Right after Jake Tapper called it, “a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck.”

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Not a lot.

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As FR said, the campaigns would not accept it. Would be interesting to see what would happen if they tried though - do the networks need the debates as much as the candidates need the air time?

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Summary of this debate... a play about pieces of faeces...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tAiOVMYFY

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Canada is suddenly looking VERY appealing.

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So then they are fücked to the max. I presumed with her fervent wish line she was saying they were fücked as well She was on record as saying she was hoping to ‘hang on’ until the election Poor old girl. Tough as boots. RIP She was impressive. In keeping with the conservative conspiracy theory mill...

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So, out of interest, where does this thread stand in the pantheon of "longest PR threads"?

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First of all, sympathy. Insomnia is a bitch and colours your whole world a little darker. I was dependent on sleeping tablets for a good while in my 20s and 30,s but have been trying for a baby for 2.5 years so had to cut out the chemicals so had to focus on routine/sleep hygiene. The most useful th...

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I did wonder - but I knew that this place had a lot of South Africans and thought they might enjoy the chance to educate Americans on the subtleties of their history. To be fair, I'd suggest the Americans should take a look at their own racist and murderous history which makes South Africa's look l...

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Google and Wikipedia Jesus :blush: Avoid both of these at all costs. What a terrible message to send out to students. I assumed he was joking, but yeah, that is EXACTLY what I am trying to teach them not to do. Thanks to those who have offered suggestions: at the very least, MY reading list has exp...

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As for King Leopold, there is an excerpt the students read that refers to him to explain that in an African context, he would be way above Hitler in a lot of people's list to go back in time and kill. Most American students will have zero context for that comparison, so rather than just giving them...

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At least 100 pages. 2 bannings. 5 posters vowing to flounce. *gets popcorn* Long time no see HC, you should pop in more. Don't think this was a wise choice of a topic to mark your return. There are so many subtleties, large chunks of history that's going to be ignored, reasons for certain things, m...

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Dearest South African Posters, First of all belated congratulations on the RWC. Definitely the better team on the day in that final. Second, I am looking for help. I am writing a series of 12th grade (US) lessons on Trevor Noah's Born a Crime and am hoping to have students unpack some of the referen...

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