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by Turbogoat
Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: D Day anniversary thread RIP
Replies: 137
Views: 9347

Re: D Day anniversary thread RIP

Current US Doctrine for a bog standard 9 man infantry squad is 2-3 SAWs, backed up by at least one grenade launcher. This can be altered by mission, vehicle restrictions/ mounted weapons etc... There are so many variations, new possibilities etc... that there isn't much agreement about what works be...
by Turbogoat
Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Aaaaand the voice mail from Trump attorney (at the time) John Dowd to a Michael Flynn attorney as been released as the judge ordered.
https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/statu ... 2076637184
He says if Flynn "implicates the President, then we've got a national security issue..."
by Turbogoat
Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Jesus christ. Does he listen to his aides? Can he stop waffling? https://mobile.twitter.com/BrexitBin/status/1136604437621944321 I love that although Trump praises every PM or president he ever meets for doing a great job, no-one has ever returned the compliment. You have to feel for the poor basta...
by Turbogoat
Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein
Replies: 44
Views: 3212

Re: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein

Aaron Cruden/ Wayne Shelford.

The scrotal scar tissue alone would be Frankensteinish (ok, ok, Frankenstein's Monsterish) enough
by Turbogoat
Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein
Replies: 44
Views: 3212

Re: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein

paddyor wrote:
Turbogoat wrote:Retallick could win the Frankenstein award all on his own, shurely.

Reiko Ioane's pace/size with DMac's step would be the first one to spring to mind.
Frankenstein was the Doctor......
You don't expect the monster to be giving out the award do you?
by Turbogoat
Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein
Replies: 44
Views: 3212

Re: Dumb thought experiment of the day; Team Frankenstein

Retallick could win the Frankenstein award all on his own, shurely.

Reiko Ioane's pace/size with DMac's step would be the first one to spring to mind.
by Turbogoat
Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Can somebody explain to me their bit about how climate change “goes both ways”? There were many fine climates on all sides... ON ALL SIDES! When he's backed into a corner and feels compelled to express something his fanbase may not agree with, it's easier to simply phrase it as a counterpoint to an...
by Turbogoat
Thu Jun 06, 2019 7:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

happyhooker wrote:Oh great, he's late for the dday ceremony
So he 'll go on E-Day instead, what's the big deal?
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Merely pointing out that you're being terribly brave by sticking to your guns of predicting that the RA will "get reamed" as you did prior to the other hearings that were a "defence lawyers wet dream" etc... and get "ordered to pay 4 mill+ damages and court costs" etc... Well they either will or th...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

It's not necessarily controversial, it's just a bit dumb, particularly in light of recent facts. Then I will end up being wrong. It isn't like I am going to lose any sleep over it. I'm not emotionally invested in it, like some other posters on here seem to come across being, but then that is probab...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Merely pointing out that you're being terribly brave by sticking to your guns of predicting that the RA will "get reamed" as you did prior to the other hearings that were a "defence lawyers wet dream" etc... and get "ordered to pay 4 mill+ damages and court costs" etc... Well they either will or th...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Merely pointing out that you're being terribly brave by sticking to your guns of predicting that the RA will "get reamed" as you did prior to the other hearings that were a "defence lawyers wet dream" etc... and get "ordered to pay 4 mill+ damages and court costs" etc...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

And.... He's got 7 days to appeal. Can we hope that he doesn't go down that path? He will appeal. You can pretty much count on it I think. Then it will go to the whatever version of an independent employment tribunal you guys have. They will over rule it and order RA to pay him 4 mill' + damages and...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

And...
Dark wrote:All getting a bit OTT now

It will work out

I am sure once the RA give Folau his 4 million and court costs in his out of court confidential settlement and he shoots to Japan or France to play, everything will go back to normal
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Must've been another poster then... Actually if the RA had any brains they would settle out of court before and pay him 4 mill and maybe any costs before they get reamed and look even more stupid Oh, really Darkie? Is that what you would do if you were running RA? Thought it was pretty obvious Cave ...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

If he goes to court which it looks now like he is doing, it will take for ever, drag RA through the mud, cost a fortune, he will end up winning and it will all be a mess, but fairly humorous. RA should have just bit the bullet when they stuffed up and given him 4 mill' You made similar predictions ...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

And so it begins Folau confirmed he had hired law firm Macpherson Kelley to prepare a challenge after he was fired for publishing an Instagram post that paraphrased the Bible by saying hell awaits homosexuals, as well as drunkards, adulterers, atheists and other “sinners”..............................
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Well, this is one hell of a tweet. And I can't find one from her apologising for anything recently Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make “your great...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Mitch McTurtle is just the worst, just the worst: http://time.com/5597395/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-2020/ It's not as though there was any possibility that his previous insistence that there couldn't be a Supreme Court position filled in an election year was ever about any morally high minded p...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mass shooting in Darwin
Replies: 42
Views: 4498

Re: Mass shooting in Darwin

The only compelling argument against the death penalty is you might get the wrong guy. With mass murderers that’s usually not an issue. It's not really a compelling (or practical) argument to legislate the death penalty though... The fact that the US has executed a significant amount of innocent pe...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mass shooting in Darwin
Replies: 42
Views: 4498

Re: Mass shooting in Darwin

The only compelling argument against the death penalty is you might get the wrong guy. With mass murderers that’s usually not an issue. It's not really a compelling (or practical) argument to legislate the death penalty though... The fact that the US has executed a significant amount of innocent pe...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

apparently if you receive a subpoena then you don’t get a choice to ignore it There's been a lot of this stonewalling, telling people not to cooperate, refusing to hand over documents, ignoring direct court orders etc... with some growing frustration but remarkably little pushback so far. They're g...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:05 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

apparently if you receive a subpoena then you don’t get a choice to ignore it There's been a lot of this stonewalling, telling people not to cooperate, refusing to hand over documents, ignoring direct court orders etc... with some growing frustration but remarkably little pushback so far. They're g...
by Turbogoat
Wed Jun 05, 2019 12:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mass shooting in Darwin
Replies: 42
Views: 4498

Re: Mass shooting in Darwin

Horrible news. Sadly, can see right wing Americans trotting out the old "a good man with a gun" nonsense. Why do you always have to bring America into things? You're very right that it's in the *too soon* category, but it's inevitable that it'll get brought up in this context given the amount of ti...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tank Man 30 years ago today
Replies: 42
Views: 4163

Re: Tank Man 30 years ago today

backrow wrote:did tank dude survive, or get pulped ?
Think he survived the tanks ok, but seeing as he was never identified or heard from again after that, probably didn't survive the 're-education.'
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Eid Mubarak to everyone
Replies: 117
Views: 13634

Re: Eid Mubarak to everyone

iarmhiman wrote:I'd say Masterji is tucking into some seviyan now.

Delicious sweet Pakistani dish

That's the not-rice pudding with extra diabeetus kinda thing isn't it?
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mass shooting in Darwin
Replies: 42
Views: 4498

Re: Mass shooting in Darwin

Shitballs, that's terrible news.
Very glad to hear they managed to shut him down before it got worse.
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tank Man 30 years ago today
Replies: 42
Views: 4163

Re: Tank Man 30 years ago today

30 yrs already? This is one of the few protesters I've really had a lot of respect for in recent memory, and that's mainly because of a romanticized image of this bloke, as some bystander going home with his shopping, taking a spur of the moment decision to stand up to a heavily armed reaction to th...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Guardian are reporting the police deputy who didn't run headlong into a gun battle at Parkland is to be charged with, well, just about everything the prosecutor could think of. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/04/parkland-police-deputy-arrested-florida-school-shooting-failure-confront-g...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

George Nader - the creepy go-between for the Trump campaign and the Saudi/UAE rulers has now been arrested (again) on child porn charges as he re-entered the US. On his phones he had vids involving kids as young as three years old x( https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-nader-witness-in-mueller-inv...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

George Nader - the creepy go-between for the Trump campaign and the Saudi/UAE rulers has now been arrested (again) on child porn charges as he re-entered the US. On his phones he had vids involving kids as young as three years old x( https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-nader-witness-in-mueller-inv...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Really? Are those the accepted social media guidelines of Christianity? No idea. What does the Bible say about Twitter? John 1:12 Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete. In other ...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

So apparently IF didn’t take his tweet down because his dad said he’d go to hell if he did :lol: I actually feel sorry for Izzy. Apparently he was going to take the tweet down before his ol' man damned the move. It has echoes of Izzy's early RL career where all his big salary went to his father wit...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

George Nader - the creepy go-between for the Trump campaign and the Saudi/UAE rulers has now been arrested (again) on child porn charges as he re-entered the US. On his phones he had vids involving kids as young as three years old x( https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-nader-witness-in-mueller-inve...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Alabama and abortion law changes...
Replies: 269
Views: 14729

Re: Alabama and abortion law changes...

The earliest recorded surviving baby was at 21 weeks, so no idea where 18 weeks came from. Below 26-28 weeks survival rates are pretty low You'll find some very generous numbers being thrown about in the anti-abortion literature, among some very emotive arguments - like the late term abortion red h...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Avon Goooooonnnnnnneeeee.
Replies: 17
Views: 2635

Re: Avon Goooooonnnnnnneeeee.

Sad. Blake's 7 was brilliant SF, with laughably crude special effects. All in the writing and the acting. Too often they try to do it the other way around. I'm sure the SFX models were left over creations from Playschool creations made from toilet rolls and sticky back plastic. Amazing what they ma...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056685

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

The perils of outrage-hunting amid clickbait.
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 481660

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Folau and his wife Maria secretly met with a religious leader on the Monday – the day between the second and third sitting of the tribunal — seeking guidance about social media use that would allow him to express his beliefs without putting his employers in jeopardy. Hmmm... So can Izzy now sue his...
by Turbogoat
Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: tragic state USA
Replies: 73
Views: 6999

Re: tragic state USA

Nah they just like imprisoning people, like that poor kid in NY who got sent to prison for over 3 years for an alleged backpack theft, then got abused inside and ended up psychologically damaged. Some other kid rapes an unconscious girl and gets 3 months. If you wanted to make a decent amount of ca...