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by Bowens
Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

CJ Henderson to the Jags at 9. Good pick.

Kinda surprised Tristan Wirfs is still on the board.
by Bowens
Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

Top three picks former Ohio State players :thumbup:
by Bowens
Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/15169/production/_111877368_tv061127674.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/5C19/production/_111877532_tv061127683.jpg Hero. He's America's version of man-with-shopping-bags-in-front-of-tank. Something tells me he’s not going to disappear like...
by Bowens
Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

OK then....getting false reports from the media I use then. :thumbup: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52328957 Ok then...according to that piece there have been 207 nursing home deaths included in the figures for England up to 2 days ago... seems low, don't you think ! They're missing 17 days...
by Bowens
Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

I must have missed it, but what makes the Chinese numbers so unbelievable? Confirmed cases 82,367. Deaths 3869. Inactive phone accounts. The phone accounts was likely to cut off people who had separate cell phones that couldn't be tracked or kept turnng off their data. It's the Urns that matter. Pr...
by Bowens
Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

https://fortune.com/2020/04/17/uk-boris ... g-network/

Good. Hopefully Canada dumps them too.
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The mixed race international rugby 15
Replies: 70
Views: 6654

Re: The mixed race international rugby 15

7 George Smith - Aussie/Tongan
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

That it escaped from a lab is something worth knowing, but not for mine the crux of where a big chunk of the culpability of China (and WHO) lies. There are issues about the initial smearing by the CCP, that's a stupidity inherent in the system which the CCP will need to work through otherwise they'...
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

At least 50 per cent more people died in China’s virus epicentre of Wuhan than previously counted. The Chinese government has denied it covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, after it was revealed the country had a higher virus death toll than previously reported. At least 50 per cent m...
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Evidence mounting that virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. The BBC's take on the escape from the lab theory. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539 Basically no, as in 0, evidence for it. Then again, the BBC is a well known propaganda mouthpiece for the CCP. If only that article conta...
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Yeah you don’t get it at all if you think the intelligence agencies are doing Trump’s bidding on this, or ever. Especially not two years ago when the cables originated. They mostly think he has been too friendly with China (and Russia).
by Bowens
Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Evidence mounting that virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. The BBC's take on the escape from the lab theory. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539 Basically no, as in 0, evidence for it. Then again, the BBC is a well known propaganda mouthpiece for the CCP. If only that article conta...
by Bowens
Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Brian Dennehy Gooooonnneeee
Replies: 42
Views: 5188

Re: Brian Dennehy Gooooonnneeee

Shit. I’ll always think of him as Big Tom Callahan.
by Bowens
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

:thumbup:
by Bowens
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Ted on Ted crime.

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by Bowens
Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Let's go one by one with this nonsense: When there was no evidence of human to human transmission, that's what they said. They ignored Taiwan's alert in December that there was evidence of human to human transmission, largely because of China's influence over them. Have you got a link for that? Acc...
by Bowens
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

The WHO has been an abomination pretty much every step of the way. "No human to human transmission", "don't stop travel", "masks don't work, don't wear them"... When there was no evidence of human to human transmission, that's what they said. The WHO didn't issue a travel advisory based on the evid...
by Bowens
Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

Clive Simms wrote:Anyone rate Panthers' new coach Rhule?
He’s solid but the real splash they made was hiring Joe Brady from LSU as offensive coordinator. One of the best young coaches in the game.
by Bowens
Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: College Football 2019
Replies: 136
Views: 14645

Re: College Football 2019

Two college football seasons within three months of each other - I’m down for that.
by Bowens
Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL 2020 Democratic presidential nominee thread
Replies: 5706
Views: 457296

Re: OFFICIAL 2020 Democratic presidential nominee thread

They seem to think one of their candidates is something called a “Rabi.”
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

This has nothing to do with defending Trump. The paper and the columnist are anti-Trump and Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community has been contentious. Many of them feel he has been too close with Xi and China and these cables originated two years ago when that was definitely the case...
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

The lab is located a block or so from the wet market. They were working on this virus with this particular bat species. The bat‘s natural habitat is hundreds of miles away and reportedly they aren’t commonly sold at the market. Diplomatic cables stated that the lab had security concerns. As the arti...
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Smallest XV of the Professional Era
Replies: 44
Views: 4573

Re: Smallest XV of the Professional Era

Tanaka is smaller than Stringer

Kabamba Floors at flanker
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

No one said it didn’t jump hosts in a wet market there Dr Tedros. What we know is that the particular bat that it originated from doesn’t live anywhere close to that area and the virus lab is right near that Wuhan wet market. Make your shilling less obvious, you’re all over every thread about this m...
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Calculus wrote:The first known case of SARS-CoV-2 infection also dates back to Nov. 17 2019 - to someone in Hubei, but outside of Wuhan.
Chinese government data... sure, let’s go with that. :lol:
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Evidence mounting that virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. If there’s a consensus among western governments that this is the case I think you’re going to see a pretty significant response. What the U.S. officials learned during their visits concerned them so much that they dispatched two diplomatic c...
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

This is interesting. Pats reportedly want to trade up for Herbert.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patrio ... 2020-draft
by Bowens
Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

What possible reason could the WHO give for saying its fine to reopen these kinds of markets? How much money has China bribed the top brass with? Jesus. Tedros is an actual Manchurian candidate. They didn’t just buy off the top guy, they put him in charge. It’s a strategy they are using across inte...
by Bowens
Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

bimboman wrote:https://twitter.com/ChinaAvReview/statu ... 1835900928


Well someone’s not being truthful. God knows who.
Given the way both countries have acted about this and tried to use it as a joint propaganda offensive it’s pretty embarrassing that they are now infecting each other.
by Bowens
Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371201

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Pictures emerging from Russia of long queues of ambulances lining up at hospitals with nowhere to put the patients. Currently building 14 field hospitals to try and help the situation. :( There’s this story too. Suggestions that the problem there is worse than they’re letting on. More than half of ...
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

This would be a just outcome. Covid could cripple BRI.

https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/china-c ... -pandemic/
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

We all know what China’s “diplomacy” consists of. They offer loans to strategic (mostly poor) countries that they can’t repay so the Chinese can move in and seize infrastructure as collateral and expand their Belt and Road supply chain project. Basically everything they are involved in is connected ...
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can't Tackle/Won't Tackle XV
Replies: 100
Views: 8962

Re: Can't Tackle/Won't Tackle XV

Diego wrote:Garbajosa in the back three somewhere. And Iain Humphreys is the one most deserving of this list. If there was a consistently worse defender I never saw them play.
This should be called the Xavier Garbajosa XV.
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

It’s possible. He’s a good fit in Belichick’s system.
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Japanese government paying firms to leave China. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/japan-to-fund-firms-to-shift-production-out-of-china It's going to be very interesting to see how the politics of this plays out in our election. I'm having trouble seeing Biden flexible enough to pi...
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

Gavin Duffy wrote:Looking ahead to the draft, I see Jake Fromm is on the list. I remember him from QB1, any idea what his fate is likely to be?
Probably a round 3-4 pick. He’s kind of a high floor low ceiling guy. I can see him having a long career as a backup. Case Keenum would be my comparison.
by Bowens
Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official NFL 2022
Replies: 10569
Views: 867170

Re: Official NFL 2020

Some analysis I found on the top 3 QB prospects. Short version: Burrow = excellent, Tua = Elite, Herbert = Bust. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dj7WuwwosM&list=PLgsLQb7BgK2ImLuOK-wb8H-1-e4QtkSGB&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58G7IQFzlQI&list=PLgsLQb7BgK2ImLuOK-wb8H-1-e4QtkSGB&index=3 ht...
by Bowens
Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China backlash?
Replies: 1098
Views: 131929

Re: China backlash?

Japanese government paying firms to leave China.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... t-of-china
by Bowens
Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055458

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

I mean, fonz said he voted for Hillary so calling him a MAGA is pretty hysterical. There was an article in the Washington Post yesterday by Josh Rogin (definitely not a Trump supporter) talking about how the reaction to China’s handling of the crisis crosses party lines more than maybe any other is...
by Bowens
Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055458

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

I mean, fonz said he voted for Hillary so calling him a MAGA is pretty hysterical. There was an article in the Washington Post yesterday by Josh Rogin (definitely not a Trump supporter) talking about how the reaction to China’s handling of the crisis crosses party lines more than maybe any other is...