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- Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Reddit v Hedgefunds
- Replies: 28
- Views: 717
Re: Reddit v Hedgefunds
Hopefully these Robinhood investors never discover forex.
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
Parliament's backbenchers are supposed to be the formal check and balance on the executive via parliamentary committees. Your executive is de jure the monarch and governor general, unless you're saying the Prime Minister is the head of government and de facto head of state, or again, presidentializ...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
There's no such thing as balance in the Westminster system. I love it when people who live in a republic tell us how to run our democracy. ;) The Westminster system functions so well, in so many countries (including closely related versions in, e.g. Japan, India) because of the checks and balances ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
No, but unlike the queen, the GG 1. Actually does things in Aus; and 2. We'd need an equivalent even if we got rid of the monarchy. Not having a GG wouldn't have a substantive cost iimpact (without a drains up system redesign) Well you can have a republic and change your head of state to the Govern...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
Despite clear shifts in voter intentions over recent years there has been a clear duality in parliament for decades, entrenched to the extent that only some massive upheaval will see that change. It’s unrepresentative. It is representative. Just not proportionally so in the lower house. Actually no...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
I'd support a republic, but wouldn't spend $5 to achieve it. The 'monarchy' is a polite figurehead paid for by the British populace. Britain pays for the residence, grounds, and salary of the Australian Governor General? No, but unlike the queen, the GG 1. Actually does things in Aus; and 2. We'd n...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
I'd support a republic, but wouldn't spend $5 to achieve it. The 'monarchy' is a polite figurehead paid for by the British populace. Britain pays for the residence, grounds, and salary of the Australian Governor General? No, but unlike the queen, the GG 1. Actually does things in Aus; and 2. We'd n...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Politico: REPUBLICANS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES OVER IMPEACHMENT: Consider what Sen. TIM KAINE (D-Va.) told reporters this morning after 45 Republicans voted Tuesday to essentially call the second impeachment of Trump unconstitutional because he’s no longer president. “To do a trial knowing you’ll get 55...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1701
Re: Australian republic....gooooooooooooone
I'm a Republican fan but I like the parliamentary system. It is a million times better than the shitshow divided govt bollocks in America or the weird French system. The only problem is if you get months and months of endless coalition negotiations like in Europe. If I was to design a new parliamen...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Wikipedia: The European Parliament can dismiss the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, through a successful motion of no confidence. Such a motion requires a two-thirds vote. A successful vote on the motion leads to the resignation of the commission.[9] Like with Trump and...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
It also allows EU leadership an easy scapegoat to escape their own culpability. No chance of that now the German EU has just called them out in quite a large way. Whilst the Italians think it's a UK stitch-up. So if the EU fall on their sword, who's getting forced to resign in EU government? Does t...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Well yes, if we didn’t want to use our excess to vaccinate more of our citizens help the Eu out. But that’s not what they want, they’re angling to take them by force at threat to AZ and paint the U.K. as the bad guy. It’s not a request, it’s gangsterism. Well, welcome to government. I altered my po...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Has there been any independent analysis of the Russian vaccine? Any published reports from reputable sources? We'll know in the end if it works based on what happens. If a country buys a vaccine en masse and it fails, they're going to have buy the vaccine for their population twice. Not cheap. Some...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
https://twitter.com/sam1fleming/status/1354428407124262912?s=21 EU believes contract with AstraZeneca entitles it to vaccines produced at its UK plants, not just the EU ones, officials say. So if there are production shortfalls in an EU plant then AZN should tap the other plants. This could get ver...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
You have to asked yourself how a hated (by the Germans) and failed third rate politician ended up leading the EU. Parliament vs. Commission spat on who should run it. Parliament refused their heeded advice that the Commission would not consider anyone with no executive experience, and the EPP group...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Juries are the worst lottery of all tbf. A bunch of random untrained f*ckwads who can't even figure out how to get off jury duty (or who have nothing better to do) deciding your fate? F*ck that. Believe it or not there are some sick f u cks that actually get excited about it. :blush: I won't go so ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Juries are the worst lottery of all tbf. A bunch of random untrained f*ckwads who can't even figure out how to get off jury duty (or who have nothing better to do) deciding your fate? F*ck that. Believe it or not there are some sick f u cks that actually get excited about it. :blush: I won't go so ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Interesting take on the Biden agenda Krystal Ball: Bernie's Plan Puts Biden To Shame Bernie has been preparing for this for a long time. He would have been good as POTUS but seeing as he's the head of the Senate Budget Committee he can hopefully make some changes there. Not a single bill regarding ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Senate votes 55-45 to table (suspend consideration indefinitely) Rand Paul's motion that the Senate trial is unconstitutional since Trump is no longer in office. If 45 nays hold though, it means he won't be convicted. You need the 5 that say it's constitutional plus 12 more.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uni in the UK
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1410
Re: Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uni in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55804123 The piece by BBC News highlighting what has been obvious to many for years. The failure of successive governments to deal with the issue of why white working class kids, apart from in London,seemingly underachieve in schools are are underrepresented in ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uni in the UK
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1410
Re: Poor white teens in 'left behind' towns not going to uni in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55804123 Poor white teenagers in England's former industrial towns and those living on the coast are among the least likely to go to university, warns the watchdog for fair access. "These are the people and places that have been left behind," says Chris Millward...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
I read that parts of the Dutch Government are putting forward a motion tomorrow to have the military on the Streets. That'll surely cause the unrest to disperse. Read quite the odd post about this: Well... I know rioting isn't the solution. All they do is hurt shopowners and the people who accept t...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
You’d believe any old bollox you gullible plonker Preston may be right, he may be wrong. I doubt he would report any old bollocks that is likely to be false though, especially as he was publically a Remainer and this is quite critical of the actions of the EU procurement of the vaccination. He’s ju...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 30243
- Views: 833842
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
This was always going to be a problem. Robert Preston has nicely explained why the EU has met this problema nd the UK hasn't ina twitetr thread. https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1354019140084916225 Robert Peston @Peston The important difference between AstraZeneca's relationship with the UK and wi...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1624
Re: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
This is from last March, but if you want to know which insurance companies to short. https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-olympics-insurance-idUSL8N2BH255 MARCH 24, 20201:40 PMUPDATED 10 MONTHS AGO Olympics delay, not cancellation, provides reprieve for insurers By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Z...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029
Re: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
Who goes finds random things to watch on streaming? Did cricket being on ESPN+ result in measurable growth for cricket in this country? It's a great thing if you have a sizable committed fanbase. Rugby doesn't have that in the U.S. Peacock announced today they're paying a billion dollars over 5 year...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1624
Re: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
I have to imagine the issue revolves around how a summer 2022 Olympics starts eating into all the Olympic sports' World Championships. Might seem a "why does that matter?" but that's how those sports pay the bills and there's always been a tug of war of sorts between the IOC and the Olympic sports' ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NRL requests players get priority access to vaccine
- Replies: 16
- Views: 441
Re: NRL requests players get7 priority access to vaccine
The NBA Commissioner tried this ploy, except he vouched for it under the guise of as a public service announcement to show their fans the vaccine is safe.
In an entirely unrelated news note, they're up to 21 games postponed in the month since the season has been going.
In an entirely unrelated news note, they're up to 21 games postponed in the month since the season has been going.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1624
Re: Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021
https://gamesbids.com/eng/summer-olympic-bids/future-summer-bids/a-tokyo-2020-cancellation-could-derail-2032-olympic-bids/ Amid unconfirmed reports that the Japanese government secretly considers the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July unlikely, regions lining up to host the 2032 edition are ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 804
- Views: 25181
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Biden doing a travel ban for non-U.S. citizens that have recently been to South Africa due to the Covid variant there, as well as Brazil and almost all of Europe. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel-exclusi-idUSKBN29T0P6 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will im...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029
Re: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
That's a shame. The decline of traditional TV does kind of worry me in terms of getting people to check out the game. The new model of streaming only really attracts the already-converted. I just can't see many people casually tuning into a game they've never watched before when there's endless amo...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029
Re: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
Not sure this is that big of a deal. Basically everything gets shifted to Peacock. If cable sports networks being a thing are gone and everything goes to streaming, how's MLR ever going to get a TV rights deal sufficient enough to subsidize the league's existence? At some point this thing has to at...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official NFL 2020
- Replies: 9093
- Views: 508204
Re: Official NFL 2020
I guess 5 klicks from the city centre/downtown just doesn't strike me as suburban but, now that I've looked, Green Bay is a surprisingly small city - about half the size of Cork. It is -- in the league's early days there were teams from all sorts of industrial towns, mining towns, etc. You had team...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official NFL 2020
- Replies: 9093
- Views: 508204
Re: Official NFL 2020
I mean like single family detached homes, lawns, and driveways. Maybe give or take some of that depending on the era in which the neighborhood was built but basically like this: https://www.kickstandsandfarmstands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Lambeau-Field-neighborhood-816-x-612.jpg I've seen a b...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: You can choose ONE song. Just one. Choose wisely...
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1654
Re: You can choose ONE song. Just one. Choose wisely...
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029
Re: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
That's a shame. The decline of traditional TV does kind of worry me in terms of getting people to check out the game. The new model of streaming only really attracts the already-converted. I just can't see many people casually tuning into a game they've never watched before when there's endless amo...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029
Re: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
That's a shame. The decline of traditional TV does kind of worry me in terms of getting people to check out the game. The new model of streaming only really attracts the already-converted. I just can't see many people casually tuning into a game they've never watched before when there's endless amo...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NBC Sports gone end of 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1029