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Good article today. Nails it here: For decades we have been told by the mandarins of the foreign policy establishment that the Chinese follow some Sun-Tzu-Confucius-Zhou-Enlai-Deng-Xiaoping-Middle-Empire hybrid of seven-dimension chess, that they are as amoral and cynical as we can imagine, and unb...

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This looks interesting. Has some Last of the Mohicans vibes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7S1vHEf3Gg Hmm ... this is one of my eras but I'm a bit sceptical (or maybe it's because I had an idea of writing a Game of Thrones like story using our history and I'm jealous! :lol: ) I'm not into shows wh...

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Grilled burgers and kielbasa over charcoal yesterday. Chicken in a Carolina Gold sauce and shrimp today.

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Jay Cee Gee wrote:Disney World confirmed as preferred option. Still a lot to work through, but July restart looking promising.

WWOS is pretty much the ideal facility. It has a couple of basketball arenas (one can be divided up into multiple courts) and loads of nearby hotel space.

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Is this what a bitch slapping looks like ?? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/25/australia-has-unnecessarily-exposed-itself-to-beijings-fury-but-relying-on-the-us-now-is-risky Reads like a swing and a miss to be honest. The result of China’s actions will be Australia working much m...

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deadduck wrote:Letting pro rugby die in Australia would do more damage to emerging unions than diverting a small amount of funding.

If the pro game floods with unemployed Aussie super rugby players what do you think happens to all those players from emerging countries who are on marginal contracts?

This.

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Curry is a great scorer but he’s not a great defender. Again what sets those Bulls teams apart is that they had three all time great defenders and Harper who was pretty damn good too. Aside from Draymond and maybe Iggy I don’t think GS really have anyone on that level. And MJ did all of his scoring ...

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Rugby isn’t in a position where it can let the sport fail in certain markets in the hopes that it will catch on in others. You need to grow the small number of nations that can compete at the top. Cutting off Australia, or Italy as some suggest, wouldn’t achieve that. Elevating Japan is a good step ...

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RuggaBugga wrote:So good

https://youtu.be/x6E0Z8wqNDQ

https://youtu.be/x6E0Z8wqNDQ

https://youtu.be/9EKi2E9dVY8

https://youtu.be/nWK0kqjPSVI

That Unplugged performance is the GOAT in that series IMO. Layne’s health was in decline at that point but he still had it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V-scGZMgxp8

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There is now a rail link connecting China and Germany ending in Duisburg. You say “now” like it’s something recent - it’s been running for a decade. As for the rest of your Baghdad Bob post about growing ties between China and EU countries, that relationship is more strained now than at any point i...

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I'd say MJ breaks Durant's will by game 2, and he spends the rest of the series focusing on which franchise he's going to next... in the meantime getting beaten up by an ageing Rodman, fresh off a 24 hr Vegas binge. :nod: Well that's easy... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FYKP0OJNXqY/hqdefault.jpg :lol:

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Rodman shut down Malone for most of the 98 finals. Someone did a series of videos on it. Only made a few baskets while Rodman was guarding him in games 1-4. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0B-9Ma-8M https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NWwI1_8WEco https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LksCGBWXWds https://m.youtube...

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I don’t know if there were ever three defenders as good as MJ, Pippen and Rodman on the same team. All three are arguably top 10-15 defensive players in league history. That’s the biggest issue GSW or anyone else would face against the Bulls from that era.

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I'm with CI on this one. KD is a top 15 player of all time. The greatest scorer of his generation. He really bought into the system in that first year at Golden State. They had the number 1 offense in the league, and the number 2 defence. I'd back them against any team any time, and I'm over 40 and...

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I'm with CI on this one. KD is a top 15 player of all time. The greatest scorer of his generation. He really bought into the system in that first year at Golden State. They had the number 1 offense in the league, and the number 2 defence. I'd back them against any team any time, and I'm over 40 and...

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I’m obviously a big Cavs fan and that series was an all time great memory. But I don’t see anything in the Warriors run that suggests that they were a better team than the 90s particularly late 90s Bulls. They don’t have anyone who could guard Jordan. Pippen would have given KD a tough time otoh.

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But have any of those guys ever come against a team like the Warriors? With Durant? Well the Bulls beat Magic’s Lakers for their first title so... Magic and who? The 91 Lakers were pretty much the Showtime roster with a young Vlade in place of an old Kareem. Vlade actually had a better finals in 91...

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CrazyIslander wrote:But have any of those guys ever come against a team like the Warriors? With Durant?

Well the Bulls beat Magic’s Lakers for their first title so...

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Credit where it’s due - the letter Trump sent to the WHO was very good. He mentioned Taiwan twice which will piss off Beijing to no end. Hopefully we give them full diplomatic recognition soon.

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Coalition of 62 countries backs joint Australian, EU push for independent inquiry into coronavirus outbreak https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-17/coronavirus-inquiry-world-health-assembly-china-covid-19/12256910 Has the C C P lost face? It seems they can't find their face atm ;) Aussies have compl...

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This has pretty much all of them...

http://putlockers.cm/search-movies/30+for+30.html

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Watched 42 to 1 the other night. Buster Douglas is such a humble dude. Now gives free boxing lessons for kids at rec centers in Columbus.

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Akkerman wrote:Interesting thread

https://web.archive.org/web/20071111142 ... 63f3a43c86

It’s immortal

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Floppykid wrote:
Bowens wrote:One of those cases where you can’t tell if it’s a Titania McGrath style parody or a real person.
https://twitter.com/meilixzn/status/1260184152852197376

I’m glad they’re coming around to the lab theory.

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Seems like a lot of info is coming out of the woodwork now, this from Belgian intelligence of all places. https://euobserver.com/science/148244 Chinese spies have targeted Belgian biological warfare and vaccine experts, Belgium's security service suspects. What the fu c k do they have BW experts fo...

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One of those cases where you can’t tell if it’s a Titania McGrath style parody or a real person.

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With regard to the whole oft-repeated idea that we could just take football players in their 20s and make them into pro-standard rugby players (which seems to be a big part of this), over time I've become much more skeptical of this whole idea that there's this army of Dan Lyles waiting to be uncov...

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There was a report a day or two ago that the Lions are still planning to play Japan at home so maybe these are additional home Lions matches they are talking about? Not sure though.

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Stipe took 100 of his best shots.

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Same as TUF.

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http://bfstrms.xyz/watch/ufc-249

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France the dirtiest team in rugby.

In other news from 1985, Ronald Reagan has been sworn in for a second term.

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https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/ ... ue-manager

Oh hell yeah. Make it happen.

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Sabonis was a freak. Similar build to Shaq but skills almost like a guard. Jokic reminds me of him a little bit.

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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 going to make more profit from the game it...

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This looks interesting. Has some Last of the Mohicans vibes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7S1vHEf3Gg

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guy smiley wrote:
shanky wrote:nailed it, Bones and Julian

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Jordan was a pretty big villain in Cleveland over the years (knocked the Cavs out of the playoffs four times including this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WUOnTxwPw

) but I think he comes across well in the series. Straightforward and cared more about winning than fame or any other bullshit.

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