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Bowens

Australia is in the Asia-Pacific region chief. He was (maybe still is but the prospects are looking dim) trying to replace SR with his comp and link it with Asia particularly China. I understand Chinese investors were sought. Anyway you’re the guy who started every match thread for the competition s...

Bowens

Julian I preferred your old stance on this. Knowing Pichot he is not talking about the game, he is talking about "money", and he clearly says so: “If you ask me as a businessman, the business side of it is not working". He is not thinking about the game per se but about how he (and his partners) ar...

Bowens

Julian I preferred your old stance on this. As I'm sure you know, Julian misread the landscape then - and he's misreading it now "If rugby wants to be big and a sound business, we cannot behave like an old-school organisation. We have a group in Sydney to reopen the door, then I think all parties s...

Bowens

So obviously moving the team over to France along with our national team is a logical step. Soon we'll have our academy players, pro club team and national team all operating in one country. When we start playing our home games in our new home base in France and pocketing the cash then we will begi...

Bowens

Julian I preferred your old stance on this. Knowing Pichot he is not talking about the game, he is talking about "money", and he clearly says so: “If you ask me as a businessman, the business side of it is not working". He is not thinking about the game per se but about how he (and his partners) are...

Bowens

I always find it funny when someone like Woodward, who probably watches minimal T2 rugby outside of World Cups, wants to lecture T2 nations about what is best for them. Clearly Fiji made the best choice for their interests and are now being rewarded with increased engagement with France.

Bowens

A bunch of black men armed to the teeth storm a Federal building. What happens next? Is that a Federal building? There is a historical example, where the men were peaceably disarmed and removed from the building with no casualties. Some also identify that incident as the genesis of the modern gun c...

Bowens

A few random international NBA teams I thought up. Probably forgetting some names. Canada PG Nash SG Barrett SF Wiggins PF Thompson C Wennington Aussie PG Delly SG Mills SF Ingles PF Simmons C Bogut Euro PG Parker SG Doncic SF Giannis PF Dirk C Sabonis Sr Latin America PG Barea SG Manu SF Nocioni PF...

Bowens

Nice. Yep the old days of the Planet Rugby live match tracker. Probably the last time I visited the main page.

Bowens

In the early days of YouTube that was as close as you could get to the game in a place like the US. No rugby on TV, internet streams were essentially unwatchable, no ESPN+, and Youtube didn't have clips longer than 10 minutes, let alone full matches. That was the clip that came up when you searched...

Bowens

Aussies call for Taiwan’s return to WHO :thumbup: https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/australia-to-back-taiwan-s-return-to-the-who-20200429-p54oaa.html Has america abandoned it's one china policy so? The US One China policy is different than the PRC’s. It acknolwedges that they make a claim over T...

Bowens

Aussies call for Taiwan’s return to WHO

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/au ... 54oaa.html

Bowens

I think it’s to ensure they aren’t breaking quarantine. Big data collection for other stuff.

Bowens

War. I wasn’t a fan when I was younger but their early 80s stuff has grown on me.

Bowens

We’re going to have to take a look at what worked and what didn’t in various countries and see which systems would be best to copy aspects of. I know Taiwan (which has universal healthcare) is looked at as the gold standard right now. Hopefully we can gain some insights from them. Neighboring state...

Bowens

We’re going to have to take a look at what worked and what didn’t in various countries and see which systems would be best to copy aspects of. I know Taiwan (which has universal healthcare) is looked at as the gold standard right now. Hopefully we can gain some insights from them. Neighboring states...

Bowens

I don’t know how much that had to do with it. Even if he had joined the party, like Trump in 2016 he still had lots of policies at odds with the establishment. Democrats have a popular ex-president who was able to influence the contest behind the scenes with an unprecedented consolidation and endors...

Bowens

Bernie moved away from his populist economic message and focused more on identity politics stuff which didn’t play well with blue collar voters. That and some of his 2016 support defected to Trump . Biden isn’t a good candidate at all. My family in Ohio are mostly moderate Democrats and their enthu...

Bowens

Bernie moved away from his populist economic message and focused more on identity politics stuff which didn’t play well with blue collar voters. That and some of his 2016 support defected to Trump . Biden isn’t a good candidate at all. My family in Ohio are mostly moderate Democrats and their enthu...

Bowens

Bernie moved away from his populist economic message and focused more on identity politics stuff which didn’t play well with blue collar voters. That and some of his 2016 support defected to Trump. Biden isn’t a good candidate at all. My family in Ohio are mostly moderate Democrats and their enthusi...

Bowens

And now he finds himself standing amongst a bunch of folks thinking "Well, maybe having a broader manufacturing base would be a good idea..." In a nation of consumption he will have an eager workforce ready to work and eager consumers ready to consume any and all local manufacturing. The whole scen...

Bowens

Like everything with Trump it’s something his more deranged haters hope to use to bring him down (not having learned any lessons from two impeachment flops that strengthened the resolve of his supporters) but I would agree with the assessment that it’s been a mixed bag. Democrats were opposed to th...

Bowens

The job’s not as high profile but on the plus side he gets to have a college football team he’s not embarrassed about now.

Bowens

Abbott is off the hook either way, he’s now the Ohio governor.

Bowens

I was in Houston when the Rockets won it in 94, went to the victory rally. That was a great series. Went 7 games and every one of them was close.

Bowens

Like everything with Trump it’s something his more deranged haters hope to use to bring him down (not having learned any lessons from two impeachment flops that strengthened the resolve of his supporters) but I would agree with the assessment that it’s been a mixed bag. Democrats were opposed to th...

Bowens

Like everything with Trump it’s something his more deranged haters hope to use to bring him down (not having learned any lessons from two impeachment flops that strengthened the resolve of his supporters) but I would agree with the assessment that it’s been a mixed bag. Democrats were opposed to th...

Bowens

If you take it out of context maybe not but it was clear from fonz’s post and the reply by goeagles that fonz agreed with that they both think he has done an average job. Which doesn’t mean good. Sorry to harp on. But "average" means that there were some who were better and as many who were worse. ...

Bowens

If you take it out of context maybe not but it was clear from fonz’s post and the reply by goeagles that fonz agreed with that they both think he has done an average job. Which doesn’t mean good. Sorry to harp on. But "average" means that there were some who were better and as many who were worse. ...

Bowens

If you take it out of context maybe not but it was clear from fonz’s post and the reply by goeagles that fonz agreed with that they both think he has done an average job. Which doesn’t mean good.

Bowens

He’s too friendly with China and Russia. One of his biggest weaknesses. Someone like Rubio or even Bernie wouldn’t have been. When I say that his response has been a mixed bag, praising the response of the Chinese government and calling Xi a great guy were two of the worst things he did. Thankfully ...

Bowens

Do you think that America has become great again under Trump? Or do you think that it has receded in the way that the article contends? I know that Goey was saying that Trump's response to the pandemic was better than some Western leaders, but I find it difficult to think of anyone as bad (I did as...

Bowens

How many people in Düsseldorf or Dublin are wishing they lived in Detroit or Dallas? If they wanted a Democrat mayor. Is Dallas such a bad place though? Its no Austin but still. He coud have used LA or Baltimore but gain it would be an own goal with Democratic mayors. It was used for alliteration b...

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How many people in Düsseldorf or Dublin are wishing they lived in Detroit or Dallas? If they wanted a Democrat mayor. Is Dallas such a bad place though? Its no Austin but still. He coud have used LA or Baltimore but gain it would be an own goal with Democratic mayors. It was used for alliteration b...

Bowens

Saints vs Bucs the new NFC South rivalry for sure :lol: For me, overall draft winners are Ravens, Colts, Cowboys. Cowboys got a couple of guys on day 3 (Biadasz and Anae) that can become starters early on. Colts got Eason at a point where it was worth it to see what he can develop into. Having a cou...

Bowens

Yeah he’s solid and so is the TE they got.

Ravens the clear day 2 winners but after them the Saints did as well as anyone. Colts up there too.

Bowens

Weird pick. Obviously Wentz has had injury problems but it seems like bad luck more than anything.

Last two picks Epenesa to the Bills and Dobbins to the Ravens. A couple of steals. Both should have an impact next year on good teams.

Bowens

This is a pretty deep draft. Still lots of impact players on the board. Epenesa, Winfield, Dobbins, Kmet are all guys I think will do well at the next level.

Bowens

Bucs trading up for Wirfs. This is a steal at 13.

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Aaaaaand the Raiders pick the fastest WR in the draft.

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