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- Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
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Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Lads my missus, who carries out these tests, showed me Big Don's test. It's for fücking dementia the stupid prick :lol: The last five questions which are 'very hard' according to Don included 'repeat as many f words as you can in a minute' and 'whats the similarity between a watch and a ruler' havi...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
sewa wrote: message #2527204 wrote: sewa wrote: message #2527204 wrote: Brexit has already happened - and there's still paracetamol on the shelves. Eh, no. You are still in the transition period. Do try and keep up The UK left the EU at 11 p.m. GMT on 31 January 2020 And are now in a transition per...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Self-immolation? How do you figure that? What's the process? If it is not apparent to you by now nothing I can say will convince you. But on the off chance, there is a mega thread devoted to it. :lol: Fuckin hell! You really do think that Trump is here to save the World, don't you? It's genuinely d...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
It strikes me that another 4 years of Trump will probably accomplish the same thing.Short Man Syndrome wrote:Self-immolation or another four years of Trump... hmmm...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
They do persist in trying, though.Leffe wrote:You can't make this stuff up!sewa wrote:Eh, no. You are still in the transition period. Do try and keep upmessage #2527204 wrote:
Brexit has already happened - and there's still paracetamol on the shelves.
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
The atmosphere is becoming so unbearable in this country, it makes France almost look like a paradise, with Melanchon and Le Pen, the Yellow Vests but Macron in power.... Independently of political opinions of US citizens, and ensuing reluctance to look at anything contrary to their believes with a...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
The atmosphere is becoming so unbearable in this country, it makes France almost look like a paradise, with Melanchon and Le Pen, the Yellow Vests but Macron in power.... Independently of political opinions of US citizens, and ensuing reluctance to look at anything contrary to their believes with a...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
As a matter of interest, what's happening with the CPTPP?
Is that feasible?
Is that feasible?
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Migraines.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2893
Re: Migraines.
I started getting ocular migraines last year. I've had 3 of them and the first time I thought I was having a stroke. You don't get the classic pain but your vision is farked for a good 30 minutes. Basically a blurry patch moves across your field of vision and you can't focus. The last one happened ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
You probably expect to be offered cake.Mick Mannock wrote:I expect Barnier to dial back his rhetoric soon.tc27 wrote:FWIW I follow quite a few trade geeks on Twitter and the consensus is that a deal is far more likely than not, nothing will happen until late Autumn and all the histrionics are largely for show.
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
e] It's all of you. You may not be happy about it, but I don't think you have much choice in the matter if you expect to get a deal with Trump: you were the one suggesting that "Trump's negotiators [were making] it clear that they did not want the UK to have a deal with the EU" (your words), after ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
That "oven ready deal" looking very rancid. At least we'll have £700m worth of lorry parks in Kent to look forward to Do you reckon the government is happy with WTO terms because they will earn so much on import duties from EU exporters that it will help pay off the Covid debts that have built up? ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
That "oven ready deal" looking very rancid. At least we'll have £700m worth of lorry parks in Kent to look forward to Do you reckon the government is happy with WTO terms because they will earn so much on import duties from EU exporters that it will help pay off the Covid debts that have built up? ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Well looks like we'll be trading on WTO terms in a few months. Britain about to give up on negotiations with EU. That "oven ready deal" looking very rancid. At least we'll have £700m worth of lorry parks in Kent to look forward to Do you reckon the government is happy with WTO terms because they wi...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Well looks like we'll be trading on WTO terms in a few months. Britain about to give up on negotiations with EU. That "oven ready deal" looking very rancid. At least we'll have £700m worth of lorry parks in Kent to look forward to Do you reckon the government is happy with WTO terms because they wi...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Well looks like we'll be trading on WTO terms in a few months. Britain about to give up on negotiations with EU. That "oven ready deal" looking very rancid. At least we'll have £700m worth of lorry parks in Kent to look forward to I notice that legislation intended to protect the NHS from rapacious...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
- Replies: 9918
- Views: 839831
Re: Boris goooooone or just Cummings?
He has just realised that we now have the most left wing government in living memory. They have borrowed over £120 Billion in 3 months FFS. That's not especially a hallmark of the left. It's a hallmark of some of the rhetoric of the right about the left, but there's plenty of borrowing to go around...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
- Replies: 9918
- Views: 839831
Re: Boris goooooone or just Cummings?
This thread really has died a death since Bimbo went on holiday. He has just realised that we now have the most left wing government in living memory. They have borrowed over £120 Billion in 3 months FFS. That's not especially a hallmark of the left. It's a hallmark of some of the rhetoric of the r...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
I don't really care. If you want to interpret my post in a way that I had not intended it to be read, that's up to you. You'll do that anyway. Despite the fact I already said I might have misread that and was seeking clarity? Seeking clarity on what? Your nuanced semantics are an attempt to expose ...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Well, if you do too much testing, then you are going to find stuff.Sefton wrote:So there is no evidence of interference from Russian in the referendum because the government haven’t looked for any evidence. Brilliant.
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
Fair play to the EU. Apparently they have agreed to pay vast funds from the rich northern countries to the poor southern ones. Interesting precedent. A mixture of grants and loans. There has been a transfer of wealth for decades within the EU. See Target 2 Transfers. Eurozone is a mess. Not at all ...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
If I correctly understand EDF's post then he is basically saying many voted Leave because they did not trust their own UK (Labour and Conservative) governments. I guess this is what is known as "Leaver" logic... :? To be fair, it's very difficult to make a coherent case for Brexit without expressin...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump took says ‘it’s supposed to be easy’ Trump also said that medical staff were “very surprised” by how well he did. “They said, ‘That’s an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did.’ ” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-doctor-behind-a-co...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
This has taken a strange turn. If you attempt to predict the consequences of something which doesn't actually come to pass, you are regarded as a liar? It does seem as though there are a few people who need to brush up on their basic use of English. If you are the finance minister and you say if th...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
This has taken a strange turn. If you attempt to predict the consequences of something which doesn't actually come to pass, you are regarded as a liar? It does seem as though there are a few people who need to brush up on their basic use of English. It is the narrative that is important, fact can t...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
This has taken a strange turn.
If you attempt to predict the consequences of something which doesn't actually come to pass, you are regarded as a liar?
It does seem as though there are a few people who need to brush up on their basic use of English.
If you attempt to predict the consequences of something which doesn't actually come to pass, you are regarded as a liar?
It does seem as though there are a few people who need to brush up on their basic use of English.
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
That's a very much a two way thing. The amount of blame heaped on Brussels by UK politicians over the years has been considerable. Strangely enough the UK population weren't exactly in rush to put said politicians right... Why was that I wonder? The same technique us being used by the Scottish gove...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
I knew all this. And have pointed out in the past the actions of our governments, saying one thing and doing the exact opposite of the population they represent, has been one of the major factors in why the country turned to Brexit. That's a very much a two way thing. The amount of blame heaped on ...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
If there is one benefit of this thread, it is the British little by little are actually learning for themselves the truth about the EU (thanks to posters like AlanBengio) and not just going by what their toxic media have been feeding them since 1973. Better late than never I suppose. Oh really? Wha...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Have we done this yet? Fun times in Portland, Oregon . Unidentified paramilitary police in camo gear dragging protestors off the streets and into unmarked cars without probable cause or giving reasons for detaining citizens. Totally normal. Portland is a violent and mental enough place without thes...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
If there is one benefit of this thread, it is the British little by little are actually learning for themselves the truth about the EU (thanks to posters like AlanBengio) and not just going by what their toxic media have been feeding them since 1973. Better late than never I suppose. I very much do...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Islamist insurgency in Mozambique
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7803
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370915
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
National Records Scotland is collecting figures where CV19 is refernpenced on the Death certificate. That’s the clearest number for us, so far as I’m concerned. But even then, it’s complex. If it says Lung cancer complicated by Covid19, should that count as a coved death or not? It can be argued bo...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Burnley condemns white lives matter
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 71663
Re: Burnley condemns white lives matter
None of Fatcat’s mates have a problem = everything’s OK 👍 And how about your pals - are they okay? If not, what will you all do about it, take a knee and post black squares on Insta? I have black friends in the States who worry they will lose their lives every time they get stopped by the cops and ...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Burnley condemns white lives matter
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 71663
Re: Burnley condemns white lives matter
What does he get right? He just seems to either be stating the obvious using flowery language, or he was previously a racist and is trying not to be one. Personally I don't know anyone who doesn't think black lives matter but maybe he does? If you insist that he has it wrong, that's fine. You obvio...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Burnley condemns white lives matter
- Replies: 1370
- Views: 71663
Re: Burnley condemns white lives matter
Faf du Plessis gets it right:
'All lives don't matter until black lives matter'
'All lives don't matter until black lives matter'
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 711195
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
I'm sure Putin would like to think so. But I doubt it had that much effect. The swing voters who decide elections tend to be less dogmatic than the rest of us. They're not welded to a party or an ideology like most others. And the examples I've seen of troll farm efforts are just too low-res to get...
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9054761
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
I'm not pretending anything. I'm answering AC's question about personal perception. You're free to disagree with my understanding, of course. But it doesn't mean it's not real. On the Republican party standing four square behind Trump. I don't think there's anyone in Washington who believes it's a ...
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40921
- Views: 2104513
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
How's this thread coming on without Bimbo? Pleasantly. It is, isn't it? MM is doing his best, but he lacks the conviction required to respond to posts with the right level of arrogance needed to cart the conversation off in a tangential direction in order to obscure the point being raised. Quite cl...