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by Leinster in London
Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64934
Views: 3584301

Re: War in Ukraine...

camroc1 wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:22 pm
Floppykid wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:53 pm
shabadoo wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:51 pm

Big Leinster fan :thumbup:
Joe has always had kind words for Irish rugby. 8)
Louth connections, I believe.
He's related to the Kearneys.
by Leinster in London
Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...
Replies: 422
Views: 71782

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...

Ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison and his old mate, Gary Wang have pleaded guilty and are ratting him out. He's also arrived in the US via his extradition: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64036615 Summed up here nicely, including SBF patents weird reaction in court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
by Leinster in London
Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

There's a lot of shit being written about Jan 6th. The mad thing is though, the actual history is probably contained here in this board. In the period between the election in November, and Jan 6th there was a lot of discussion about the legal and or semi legal manoeuvre's for Trump to retain the pre...
by Leinster in London
Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: MESSI or MARADONA
Replies: 96
Views: 3597

Re: MESSI or MARADONA

My favourite player to watch in a WC when I was young was Cruyff. I did see all the 1970 WC, but 1974 made a bigger impact. Judging it again, the difference between a Cruyff highlights tape, and the Pele one put up here would be that both were great dribblers, but Pele's runs seemed to result in a l...
by Leinster in London
Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: MESSI or MARADONA
Replies: 96
Views: 3597

Re: MESSI or MARADONA

Maradonna for his creativity.
While both could do anything with a ball, could Messi have come up with the Hand of God response in a press interview?
by Leinster in London
Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64934
Views: 3584301

Re: War in Ukraine...

Where did you drag this marvel of disinformation up from? The Nato attack on Libya was direct retribution for him welching on a 'done' deal to supply Europe with gas from the huge gas fields in Southern Libya via sub-sea pipeline to Italy and into the Europe wide network. The deal would have reduce...
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Replies: 41313
Views: 2498751

Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread

Thought you might have mentioned this Rocketz Good news for the world’s autocrats – EU sleaze is a huge own goal for democracy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/18/good-news-for-the-worlds-autocrats-eu-sleaze-is-a-huge-own-goal-for-democracy Focus on a minor nobody virtually unknow...
by Leinster in London
Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: South Africa franchises Europe test
Replies: 185
Views: 6415

Re: South Africa franchises Europe test

bok_viking wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:59 pm
message #2527204 wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:11 pm Question saffas. How do i say ' pick my most beautiful team' in afrikaans?
Kies my mooiste span.
Kiss my wet arse?
by Leinster in London
Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Harry and the Malignant (Race Card) Narcissist on Netflix Malarkey
Replies: 1972
Views: 68976

Re: The Harry and Meghan Bellends on Netflix Malarkey

DragsterDriver wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:11 pm I’m not entirely sure the yanks will fall for it completely. I hope he’s coined enough to last a lifetime. What would be series 2?
Find My Past, a full history of the Hewitt family.
by Leinster in London
Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...
Replies: 422
Views: 71782

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...

What jargon are you confused by? KPI? Really? Anyway all I’m saying is that a lot of these big firms appear to be focused on growing funds under management (FUM) rather then making good investments. Funds under management gives them great recurring management fees and it’s much easier to do that th...
by Leinster in London
Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...
Replies: 422
Views: 71782

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...

Not sure it’s ‘being conned’ it’s more an urgency to put capital to work which seems to be the biggest KPI now, more so than risk adjusted returns . Plus if the market isn’t demanding the DD be done, then the dude responsible at say a Blackstone can justify not doing it to his IC. If they say no, t...
by Leinster in London
Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...
Replies: 422
Views: 71782

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Goooone...

:lol: Though as always, the big question in my head was how did he con big banks, big investors, the crypto world and most of the media who all seemed to skip any and all due dilligence and any reserach to worship his "boy genius" persona? NEA, IVP, Iconiq Capital, Third Point Ventures, Tiger Globa...
by Leinster in London
Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Nuclear fusion only 20 years away
Replies: 81
Views: 3239

Re: Nuclear fusion only 20 years away

Well electric cars were deemed an impossibility when I was 15 - something we would never see in our lifetime they said. And now they are here; setting to overcome fossil fuel ones. To me it is perfectly possible I will see my house fueled by nuclear fusion in 20 years time. As it is extremely possi...
by Leinster in London
Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Replies: 41313
Views: 2498751

Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread

ALL. :lol: The Ballsbridge campus amounts to 870,000 sq. ft. Meta are occupying the balance (495,000 sq.ft). And who’s taking the rest ? Tic tok...... I would think it is too big for a single player, so would imagine the landlords would market the space to a shared space management company, ie Regu...
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64934
Views: 3584301

Re: War in Ukraine...

Short video of a Ukrainian strike in Melitopol, maybe 200 dead? https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1601726488281518081?s=46&t=_lPjzsGSaoveDwy_xLeDpg https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1601711739606683648?s=20&t=vBnnHGTPXx194N_eNdTDig I like that comment, "The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed!"
by Leinster in London
Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Replies: 41313
Views: 2498751

Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread

https://www.cityam.com/post-brexit-reforms-hunt-aims-to-turbocharge-economy-with-biggest-banking-shake-up-in-30-years/ Hunt to cut red tape to boost growth. It's about time. Among key measures announced are plans to drop Solvency II capital requirements on insurance firms and ease current bank ring...
by Leinster in London
Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A tasty original creation? Or just watching the world burn?
Replies: 16
Views: 1206

Re: A tasty original creation? Or just watching the world burn?

Jeff the Bear wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:56 am Looks like a fancy fish finger sandwich.
Excuse me, Croissant avec des morceaux de poisson panés et fromage
by Leinster in London
Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64934
Views: 3584301

Re: War in Ukraine...

Thats a pretty huge and scary escalation of the war if accurate. It's not an escalation, Russia has literally no way to respond further. What this does mean though is that Russia is going to be forced to pull AA batteries back into Russia to protect airfields, depots, and bases. I think that Russia...
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pele Goiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg
Replies: 33
Views: 2024

Re: Pele Goiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg

From what I've seen he's the 3rd best after Messi and Maradona. In that order. Well there's a lot of ways of looking, but I see that Pele has more WC's than the other two combined. Roque Junior must be better than all of them then as he won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and Wor...
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pele Goiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg
Replies: 33
Views: 2024

Re: Pele Goiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg

mdaclarke wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:55 pm From what I've seen he's the 3rd best after Messi and Maradona. In that order.
Well there's a lot of ways of looking, but I see that Pele has more WC's than the other two combined.
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64934
Views: 3584301

Re: War in Ukraine...

I reckon Belarus are going to join the fight - there’s likely a tonne of mobiks in Belarus, so I expect those plus the Belarusian army to have another crack at Kyiv. There are 200k AFU troops in that area. Every bridge has been blown, watercourses diverted to flood land, roads mined, and chokepoint...
by Leinster in London
Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw
Replies: 316
Views: 11231

Re: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:02 pm
happytramp wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:55 am The English clubs and their dodgy owners.
:o Cheers.The farts of rugby.
The Old Farts are the blazers in the RFU. The Spivs are the Club owners.
by Leinster in London
Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

I got bored watching that Utube. So what is the corruption?
I did see a bit where the mods were asked to zap some multis?

It seemed important to the presenters, but nothing strange for us, the long term residents of this here Hotel California.
by Leinster in London
Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Replies: 1934
Views: 82271

Re: United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Jensrsa wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:56 pm FT: Leinster 38-29 Ulster
The score a couple of minutes before HT was 3-22 against a 14 man Leinster.
Huge choke by Ulster. Some great 2nd half performances from Leinster.
by Leinster in London
Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dubia Sevens
Replies: 14
Views: 632

Re: Dubia Sevens

I see it is SA v Ireland in the final.
by Leinster in London
Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw
Replies: 316
Views: 11231

Re: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw

SA sides need to step it up a notch in Europe. The 3 big Irish provinces will raise the intensity significantly for a European match. These guys are a few levels above most of the Scottish/Welsh/Italian sides. Also much more physical than URC , particularly the French. And the English? Pussies
by Leinster in London
Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw
Replies: 316
Views: 11231

Re: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw

ZuLurk wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:04 am
Leinster in London wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:32 pm Quins are shit, but so are Cardiff.
Sharks to be tinned.
Quins are third on the Premiership log so they can't be that shit
Well Sjarks will then have to up their game even more.
by Leinster in London
Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw
Replies: 316
Views: 11231

Re: 2022/2023 Champions Cup Draw

Quins are shit, but so are Cardiff.
Sharks to be tinned.
by Leinster in London
Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

An article on the person who'll be directing the US's semiconductor industry investment. https://us.yahoo.com/news/rising-star-biden-administration-faces-153219914.html Raimondo is an impressive character and well known to anyone who listens to the Hacks on Tap podcast. She would have been an excel...
by Leinster in London
Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Anybody into Crypto
Replies: 3097
Views: 197656

Re: Anybody into Crypto

When I sit at my desk making a payment to another country I am in control as to how long it takes. While it may not be immediate, if I do a same day payment it will get there the same day if done in the correct time window. If the payment has taken 5 days it is because the person who made the payme...
by Leinster in London
Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Anybody into Crypto
Replies: 3097
Views: 197656

Re: Anybody into Crypto

When I sit at my desk making a payment to another country I am in control as to how long it takes. While it may not be immediate, if I do a same day payment it will get there the same day if done in the correct time window. If the payment has taken 5 days it is because the person who made the payme...
by Leinster in London
Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Anybody into Crypto
Replies: 3097
Views: 197656

Re: Anybody into Crypto

Exchanges are not part of the crypto ethos. They're middleman who have setup shop to make a profit from both ends. As per the BTC whitepaper: "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial...
by Leinster in London
Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Criminal Ancestors v Criminals, Sat Nov 19th
Replies: 1391
Views: 29991

Re: Criminal Ancestors v Criminals, Sat Nov 19th

The photo does actually hint at the problem. Look at Casey, the Irish SH. This time keep your eyes fully on Casey, and you may then see where and when the offence was committed. There was no touching of the ball holders back by the offender. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/tupou-facing-leng...
by Leinster in London
Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Oh, and Hunter Biden is only implicated in human trafficking. Do not bother looking into this though, eh? Isn't this a matter for the cops and not the House Oversight Committee? It’s not a heavy lift to demonstrate a legitimate legislative purpose in investigating politically connected persons (esp...
by Leinster in London
Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Because there is evidence the two of them are business partners. You could watch the link I posted yesterday, but I can understand your reluctance. Maybe it will help if you link to reputable sources, not some GQP politician :lol: Are these elected politicians semi-fascist, and a threat to democrac...
by Leinster in London
Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

They can't really do anything to Hunter Biden, he's a private citizen, but they are trying to link Joe Biden to any shady deals his son might have done So why must Hunter Biden produce anything to those clowns? Because he’s highly suspected of criminal activity, and closely related to the countries...
by Leinster in London
Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Jensrsa wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:31 pm
Leinster in London wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:28 pm
Who elected Hunter Biden, and to what position?
They can't really do anything to Hunter Biden, he's a private citizen, but they are trying to link Joe Biden to any shady deals his son might have done
So why must Hunter Biden produce anything to those clowns?
by Leinster in London
Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 50368
Views: 2700659

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

argus wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:54 am
Leinster in London wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:01 pm
argus wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:38 pm

I wrote that badly

Not disclosing to the general public
But to select committees
Are you having a go at Hunter Biden or Trump?
I’m not having a go at anyone, just stating my beliefs

Both and all of the elected officials
Who elected Hunter Biden, and to what position?
by Leinster in London
Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Anybody into Crypto
Replies: 3097
Views: 197656

Re: Anybody into Crypto

Real money debts, but assets were overvalued tokens.

As I've always felt, wtf do you do with a crypto?
I'm buying an investment property. If it does not provide a decent return, I'll live in it myself.