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I'm on the ABC bandwagon. Anybody But Celtics! For some reason, I can't warm to the current Celtics team. Not sure why, I'm usually soft on the the Celtics, they haven't done anything wrong, but I can't get inspired by them. Cause neither of Tatum or Brown are exciting players or engaging personali...

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Agreed but I am aware I am on a forum of libs and am trying to meet them half way. :lol: Ultimately I am what would have been called centre left a decade or two ago although apparently that has become hardcore communist in the eyes of many these days :roll: As such I believe in looking at things th...

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This is true and yet the lack of any real choice in liberal democracies is a huge part of the disaffection with the political class and rise of "populism" at the same time. It's f**ked. Yep, it's completely FUBAR'ed. The r in this instance stands for Reason and Recovery. Populism* being the answer ...

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Vennells due in front of the inquiry this week. Burn her, burn her! Marina Hyde nails it: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/17/britain-rev-paula-vennells-post-office-inquiry-jail If you're not familiar with her work, Marina is usually hilarious when bringing down the powerf...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 10:04 am You wonder how some people can live with themselves knowing innocent people have gone to prison, gone bankrupt, committed suicide...

That's what gets me. I couldn't sleep well knowing that.

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Kahu wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 8:41 am I'm on the ABC bandwagon. Anybody But Celtics!

For some reason, I can't warm to the current Celtics team. Not sure why, I'm usually soft on the the Celtics, they haven't done anything wrong, but I can't get inspired by them.

eldanielfire

I'm hoping for Timberwolves v Pacers match up in the NBA finals. I've got a soft spot for small market teams winning the NBA championship as they largely build their teams from the draft. We have 4 different style teams in the Conference Finals. This should be interesting (for basketball fans anywa...

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Trump has already damaged the GOP in my opinion and he will continue to shape it when he is gone through his ability to influence what candidates are selected to run in elections, even though in competitive races that is a net negative. You only have to see how GOPers like Bill Barr and others like...

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Trump has already damaged the GOP in my opinion and he will continue to shape it when he is gone through his ability to influence what candidates are selected to run in elections, even though in competitive races that is a net negative. You only have to see how GOPers like Bill Barr and others like...

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Some informative analysis on the implications. Government popularity is at an all time low, they looked at consolidating their power, but, this could empower the public to react. However will the candidates be puppets or a genuine choice. 5 mins in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtrZ5bvgZ8 Hopin...

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Trump has already damaged the GOP in my opinion and he will continue to shape it when he is gone through his ability to influence what candidates are selected to run in elections, even though in competitive races that is a net negative. You only have to see how GOPers like Bill Barr and others like...

eldanielfire

Some informative analysis on the implications. Government popularity is at an all time low, they looked at consolidating their power, but, this could empower the public to react. However will the candidates be puppets or a genuine choice.

5 mins in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtrZ5bvgZ8

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bimboman wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 5:27 pm Someone on X made a joke that the Mossad took out the Iranian president and the agent was named Eli Copter. Palestinian telegram channels repeated it as a fact, and this news anchor quoted it as if it’s real.

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Ultimately it doesn't make any difference to how Iran is run. The Iranian president is just a token role to give some semblance of democracy. Has about as much impact as Kamala Harris dying in a helicopter accident tbh He was in line to be the next leader and a bridge for the current Ayatollah’s so...

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Surely a country known for exporting coaches to the NH can find someone to harness and steer to potential Kiwi female talent. Comments here kinda make me think they're doing what many national orgs do with women's programs... use it as a testing ground for newbie coaches (or one of the old boys) ra...

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also canada go to 2 in the rankings and NZ for the first time ever drop out of the top 2,to third. auckman, is bunting on a long term contract with ferns? given the poor WXV results and now losing for first time to canada,he must be under a bit of pressure now presumably,as these results are below ...

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Canada beat the Black Ferns for the first time in history:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... ggr98j86wo

Highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj-KqAeehWc

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Oh and a brilliant and informative film on how Iran came to be the way it is Persepolis, a animated film made by French Iranian director based on her own life during the Iranian revolution and how extreme Islamic groups used it to take over and dominate the country. It's genuinely a funny and brilli...

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How realistic is that, and even if they did would they actually be able to make any difference? Not really, and none particularly. It's rather like speculating who Putin is going to appoint as the next Prime Minister. Ceremonial position at best. It's a bit more than that, the President can have a ...

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I asked it before, but how the hell the the world's richest and most powerful nation end up with 2 such terrible candidates going head to head? Again! 3rd time in a row of terrible old people. I also add why has this generation got such a grip on political power and political infrastructure in the ...

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I disagree, I think the anti-semitism was there already, but ahs an excuse for coming out. It was definitely already there... But theres probably been an increase due to stupid people linking Judaism on a whole with israel's actions. Unfortunately it's hard for that not to happen when there is a si...

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Somewhat ironic that due to AIPAC convincing a huge amount fuckwits (on either side of the argument) that supporting Israel and being Jewish go hand in hand.....that Biden has probably played a major role in any increase in anti-Semitism by giving israel the bombs to kill civilians. I disagree, I t...

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I don't think what Israel is doing is making Israel safe nor even safer. But I can see why someone might conclude the US failing to support Israel could encourage others to act against Israel, because there is more going on that Israel's latest. yeah. I'm inclined to not be to judgemental on Biden ...

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Like I said, it doesn't matter what he does, people are blaming him for it. If he hadn't supported Israel from the get go, he'd have been absolutely condemned, ridiculed from all quarters at best as a hypocrite, anti-semite would be the more likely label and losing all Jewish based support in the U...

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Most of Europe has insurance based payment and huge amounts of private provision , I’m not really sure if you know this claiming them to be a success of “state provision” . Biggest issue is how far away foverm Is from the service demand and provider. Leaping for the US as the only example of privat...

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As for road building being paid for by national builders and council provision, this is largely a nonsense. The majority of roads built for development are internal and the builder hands the maintenance burden off to the local authority as quickly as possible despite the road construction technique...

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Most of Europe has insurance based payment and huge amounts of private provision , I’m not really sure if you know this claiming them to be a success of “state provision” . Biggest issue is how far away foverm Is from the service demand and provider. Leaping for the US as the only example of privat...

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Here you state there’s been no real austerity , I agree. You then claim the “right wing economics have failed” Both statements are directly juxtaposed. Start there with the failure post 1996 when the budget was last balanced . Hey while we are there let’s discuss the bond crisis in Sweden and the l...

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No one claimed the industries were the exact same. But you are claimed heavy industries steel and cars are not key parts of Swedish industry, just like.....the north? Quit already with your goal post moving and misrepresentation of other posters points. As for stupidity Nordic societies spend more ...

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You wot? Industrialisation was occurred only a century before Thatcher. What's this about "centuries"? Also by the end of the industrial revolution Denmark was one of the most industrialised nations in the world. Please stop with your claims you are being truthful. Only Finland could be described a...

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Short termism is a big problem with both Tories and Labour since the 80s. Selling off assets, doing it at bad times (the gold under Brown and the Post Office by Vince Cable under Osbourne) are all signs you are making up a financial shortfall, or just serving the rich. The then Chinese government a...

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Not commenting on that particular case but the UK justice system has a terrible record with miscarriages of justice. That guy locked away for 15 years for a rape he never commited and was let out only recently In the 70s and 80s an Irish accent was enough to get you put away on terrorism charges. U...

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:lol: , Nothing more successful economically than de industrialisation of the UK. Nothing there that didn’t occur acros Europe. Services and finance aren’t the “banking industry” , however it has been a huge importer of foreign earnings and the only thing that saved us over the years. Housing benef...

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:lol: , Nothing more successful economically than de industrialisation of the UK. Nothing there that didn’t occur acros Europe. Services and finance aren’t the “banking industry” , however it has been a huge importer of foreign earnings and the only thing that saved us over the years. Housing benef...

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Out of interest, what were Thatcher's 'long term damaging policies'? Her reconstruction of the economy without providing support for re-training and re-skilling allowed a long term unemployed underclass to rise up and a demand for mass immigration to fill the skills shortage later on. The deindustr...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 8:35 am Seen that video of all the leaks in Old Trafford? Even corporate boxes getting flooded

That club is a total shambles. Rotten to the core

There' seven on of water pouring into Arsenal's dressing room at OT.

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As this is the defacto UK politics thread, I have to say I can't disagree with Sunak here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/13/rishi-sunak-speech-labour-tories-latest-politics-news-updates Sunak says Starmer's shift from embracing Jeremy Corbyn to Natalie Elphicke show he has 'no p...

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Good points EDF. Your Irish take aside. However, the Tories have done eff all on any alternative policies, so increased immigration remains the only significant lever - at this point - to address the UK's labour/taxpayer v elderly inactives imbalance. Instead of any actual policy, we get the distra...

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but they also are fixated on pro-corporate power and neo-liberalism, both factors which want to encourage mass immigration The Tory right aren’t though. Depends what you mean by right. They aren't a smooth completely unified group. Braverman is quite out of sync there with Liz Truss or Jacob Ress-M...

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I agree with your point that immigration bats the growing taxpayer-inactive in-balance down the road. It is also, imo, the single most significant tool available for the next few years. I partly agree with your point about unwanted cultural change. But unwanted by whom? What about those of us who a...

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