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November2019

By comparison with Zionist Jews feeling unsafe walking against marchers in London this feels like a very minor tragedy:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68903591

November2019

The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine [March 2022 Istanbul Communiqué ] By Samuel Charap and Sergey Radchenko (foreignaffairs.com) excerpt: in the midst of Moscow’s unprecedented aggression, the Russians and the Ukrainians almost finalized an agreement that would have ended the war and...

November2019

Ken Burns made a great series on the Vietnam war. If I remember correctly Ho Chi Minh was primarily a Vietnamese nationalist and wasn't inclined towards communism. When the Americans wouldn't help them against France he then turned to USSR. Essentially a Nationalist because Võ Nguyên Giáp was to hi...

November2019

Ken Burns made a great series on the Vietnam war. If I remember correctly Ho Chi Minh was primarily a Vietnamese nationalist and wasn't inclined towards communism.
When the Americans wouldn't help them against France he then turned to USSR.

November2019

Remember collateral murder?

Ethan McCord and the boy he saved

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nryH-x9m3 ... 4gbWNjb3Jk

November2019

God love you Duff Paddy, lapping up Nolanator's sh1t.

November2019

it's weird isn't it? Back when we hadn't 2 pennies to rub together our Medical Schools were producing almost 100% domestic graduates. Now we're cash rich but like still poor really, as per Duff Paddy, we must rely on poor countries to subsidise our med schools. My horseshit detectors feel tingly Ye...

November2019

it's weird isn't it?
Back when we hadn't 2 pennies to rub together our Medical Schools were producing almost 100% domestic graduates.
Now we're cash rich but like still poor really, as per Duff Paddy, we must rely on poor countries to subsidise our med schools.
My horseshit detectors feel tingly

November2019

That journo is completely unreliable and blatantly got things wrong in the past. Nothing there is exactly a scoop considering those are three names which have been posted online on other articles before this. Richie Murphy & Jared Payne. Which is the third name there? Frans Ludeke wasn't it? Kubota...

November2019

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:02 pm I’d want to put Malherbe in that list too.

Rings a bell

November2019

I'll be shocked if Ulster lose, that Cardiff game was the first one of the season. I think they start favourites!!! Too many average players in the Ulster 23. On another note, Bel tel reporting that there are two leading contenders for the Ulster job. Richie Murphy & Jared Payne. That journo is com...

November2019

So we’ve bought our first car and a decent hifi system we are still far from wealthy I think we're wealthier than you're giving us credit for but that wasn't what I responded to. We're in the second stage of having a bit of cash, not the first like you suggested. In my adult lifetime we've built th...

November2019

I wouldn't say that, they beat Cardiff and Edinburgh away from home (as well as Zebre), we've only won 2 away from home ourselves. I'll be shocked if Ulster lose, that Cardiff game was the first one of the season. I think they start favourites!!! Too many average players in the Ulster 23. On anothe...

November2019

They’re the only ones paying the true cost of healthcare and pharmaceuticals - and their population is subsidising us in some cases Yeah, I don't think so. How do you think they can sell pharmaceuticals at different prices in different countries They charge what the market can bear, lots of interna...

November2019

It’s not usually to graduate med school in the states with student debts north of $750k. But they make it back there. Do people want to pay US prices for healthcare because it is all linked The American model is about the most dysfunctional there is. They’re the only ones paying the true cost of he...

November2019

I agree with Miguel. However, even if he is wrong and yours is the "actual reason", isn't that shameful for one of the world's wealthiest countries? Why? If we charged appropriately, a medical degree would probably cost hundreds of thousands of euro. That's beyond the vast majority of people. It’s ...

November2019

The actual reason is that teaching medicine is really expensive and really difficult. Foreign students subsidise Irish students. I agree with Miguel. However, even if he is wrong and yours is the "actual reason", isn't that shameful for one of the world's wealthiest countries? Why? If we charged ap...

November2019

I look forward to reading Israel's inquiry into the hundreds of dead bodies buried beneath hospital sites. I suspect they all stripped themselves naked beat themselves with batons then killed themselves and tied their own hands behind thie back. A few probably sexually abused themselves and mutilat...

November2019

Having the best women's rugby team is like having the best men's knitting team.

November2019

I agree with Miguel. However, even if he is wrong and yours is the "actual reason", isn't that shameful for one of the world's wealthiest countries? The cost of "education" is expensive because these establishments themselves are the cause of the expenditure and the expense. The entire "education" ...

November2019

Deco2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:17 pm
hermie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:54 am
Deco2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:36 am

URC Champions 23/24: Munster*

Well, that's an own goal dammit

The years go by so quick, innit?

November2019

anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:23 am The actual reason is that teaching medicine is really expensive and really difficult. Foreign students subsidise Irish students.

I agree with Miguel.
However, even if he is wrong and yours is the "actual reason", isn't that shameful for one of the world's wealthiest countries?

November2019

...and the other is too spend as little time as possible at altitude: just turn up on the day and play. Not sure there is a ideal solution tbh. I'd not heard that one before. If that's what they did for the Bulls game, it worked anyway with a bit of help from the red card. I had a quick google and ...

November2019

If I was to guess i'd say it is because arguing with someone who cannot maintain consistency on their points is a futile exercise. You are either stating something you believe or not. Teams by fielding weakened teams are disrespecting the competition and that reduces the credibility of the competit...

November2019

CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:05 am
Leinsterman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:03 am
CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:50 am

I'm just using your argument. Do you want to retract your point?
You really can't help yourself. You should know better at this stage to engage with him
Just a bit of fun.

That's the spirit!

November2019

I'm just using your argument. Do you want to retract your point? Why are you using my argument? If I was to guess i'd say it is because arguing with someone who cannot maintain consistency on their points is a futile exercise. You are either stating something you believe or not. Teams by fielding w...

November2019

I think that Munster's unlikely journey on the road at the end of the last season greatly enhanced the competition that year. Drawing away to the Sharks Beating the Stormers away Beating Glasgow away in a brutal QF game in which players were dropping like flies. Beating Leinster away by going the l...

November2019

I think that Munster's unlikely journey on the road at the end of the last season greatly enhanced the competition that year. Drawing away to the Sharks Beating the Stormers away Beating Glasgow away in a brutal QF game in which players were dropping like flies. Beating Leinster away by going the le...

November2019

And they failed last year because of a weakened side, therefore the competition lost its lustre last year by your definition and we need to put a star next to the winners. Well they had home advantage for every knockout game and still blew it in both competitions. Nienaber will get a lot of kudos i...

November2019

I was making a slightly different point, that Leinster despite their obvious quality have been failing to get the job done at season's end for a few years now. Munster are spending this week in Cape Town because they really like their base there. I can't help but fear that that's a risk seeing as h...

November2019

Charger21 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:21 am ...and the other is too spend as little time as possible at altitude: just turn up on the day and play.
Not sure there is a ideal solution tbh.

I'd not heard that one before.
If that's what they did for the Bulls game, it worked anyway with a bit of help from the red card.

November2019

I was making a slightly different point, that Leinster despite their obvious quality have been failing to get the job done at season's end for a few years now. Munster are spending this week in Cape Town because they really like their base there. I can't help but fear that that's a risk seeing as ho...

November2019

themaddog wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:28 pm
November2019 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:48 pm Not claiming he's top 5 in the world but John Hodnett always makes more yards after contact than he has a right to.

https://youtu.be/4_Au8YQTZ6s?si=ebo0kjLSYyDddVkp&t=143
He's not in the top 5 backrows in Ireland. The point of the thread seems lost on you.

November2019

How does Man City getting knocked out of the FA Cup remind you of Leinster being top of the URC table with 4 games left in the season? If teams don't take a competition seriously then the competition itself loses a lot of its prestige, innit? HTH It's a shame you think Munster winning last year has...

November2019

He is married 37 years I presume considering who the alleged crimes have been committed on (from rumours) this would all be after his wedding 37 years ago takes us back to 1987 and the first offence was alleged to have occurred in 1985. Two different relatives. Not good odds for Ser Jeffrey then, o...

November2019

Not claiming he's top 5 in the world but John Hodnett always makes more yards after contact than he has a right to.

https://youtu.be/4_Au8YQTZ6s?si=ebo0kjLSYyDddVkp&t=143

November2019

Amassing the most points is disrespectful now. Leinster should have thrown games earlier in the season and made sure the fixtures in SA were still relevant to the final standings instead. For the league. Well ideally it wouldn't be happening Reminds me a bit of this: https://www.theguardian.com/foo...

November2019

The protests seem to be growing in the US. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/not-like-other-passovers-hundreds-of-jewish-demonstrators-arrested-after-new-york-protest-seder Hundreds of Jewish anti-war protesters arrested in NY for protesting near chuck Schumer's home.. (presumably not f...

November2019

Best Hooker in the world is Sheehan (Dan, not Frankie!)

Also is it fair to select Dupont before Gibson-Park when the latter is tearing it up and the former is a currently a 7s player?

November2019

Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:33 pm Aki, Penaud, Doris, Dupont, Savea

I wouldn't have Doris over Tadhg Beirne if I was picking a team.

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