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Ugly from the Steelers. Lamar Jackson impressed me. He looks to have improved a great deal from his rookie year. But the opposition does have to be taken into account. Ravens fans should certainly be encouraged though. Cardinals will be a step up (Suggs, Jones, Baker). By the end of week 3 (Away at ...

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Bears Packers is what you get when pre-season is too dangerous to risk your starters in. Offenses look rusty in week 1. Easier for a pass rush to hit the ground running.

Still, footballs back! Can't wait for Sunday.

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They are HKers and I know some have been shunned by friends and family and come under pressure outside of work. They are in a tough spot and I'm sure some of the over-reaction and aggression stems from the prolonged period of intense front line conditions they have been dealing with. I'm also sure t...

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Trouble is the humble pie price might have gone up. What the public would have accepted in June (Bill withdrawal) may not be enough after 3 months of police acting like thugs. The rumour that they beat a man to death last Saturday in Prince Edward MTR & covered it up is still all over social media h...

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HK Govt have pledged to formally withdraw the extradition bill which caused all the fuss and mass marches. That's just 1 of 5 demands the hardcore protesters have though and early indication is they won't back down yet. I'm sure a large number of sunday peaceful marchers will be satisfied with it th...

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15? Meh, he's an older one. They arrested a 13 year old with a molotov on Saturday.

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And plenty of suspicion that the molotovs being thrown are by undercover cops.

https://twitter.com/BeWaterHKG/status/1 ... 1095705600

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It's absolute chaos all across town on the MTR tonight. Cops beating people who are quite clearly not protesters. Some poor guy on his way home from a hospital visit in Yau Ma Tei. It's f**king vile.

https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status ... 3431828480

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This town is f**ked thanks to the brown-shirt thugs working for Carrie Lam. There's no curfew but it's basically illegal to be on the street at night these days if you happen to be in an area where it kicks off. Just now the police rushed onto an MTR train in Prince Edward, tear gassed the passenger...

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Several pro-democracy leaders were arrested this morning ahead of what might be another weekend of violence. The protest march organised for Saturday had been banned by police and the organisers were beaten up yesterday by auxiliary police officers (or Triads as they are commonly known). There's a g...

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One of the three stabbed on Monday morning is in critical condition. The knifeman was caught at the border trying to sneak back into China. It's been 7 days without tear gas in HK, but that looks about to change. Hardcore protesters have taken over Yuen Long MTR station & barricaded it. They are usi...

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https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/20/staff-member-uks-consulate-hong-kong-missing-10-days-mainland-china-business-trip/ Well this is worrying. A staff member from the British Consulate General in Hong Kong has been missing in mainland China for over 10 days after crossing the border for a business ...

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Always thought it was inevitable that China would hoover HK up, not sure what The protesters hope to achieve? At some point the Chinese will just mow them down. Or just wait them out . There's zero reason for the heavy fist to drop right now. As long as the protests stay relatively peaceful I guess...

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Here's Sham Shui Po MTR right now. Tear gas fired into the subway station of one of the most densely populated places on earth. It's not even that late at night, plenty of people coming home from work or dinner and no involved with protesting. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB7-RMgUwAAoUP8?format=jpg&n...

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chaps - all I will say for now, is that not everything that your read is true, there are far more sides to the stories than are being circulated. Can you confirm that every officer dressed in HK Police gear is from the HKPF and not mainland Chinese police / security forces? Because people on telegr...

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chaps - all I will say for now, is that not everything that your read is true, there are far more sides to the stories than are being circulated. Can you confirm that every officer dressed in HK Police gear is from the HKPF and not mainland Chinese police / security forces? Because people on telegr...

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And yes there are some extremists among the protesters and last night at the airport was a disgrace by them. And to balance out my fury at the police for the treatment of the above by-standers, the cop who got beaten up and pulled his service revolver but had the discipline not to fire it deserves a...

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Open letter from Jan Bochenski, ex-HKPF, arrested last Sunday. It paints a very clear picture of the total incompetence being displayed by most of the HK Police. They've become an absolute joke. Zero respect for them here among the Gweilo community, let alone among the locals they have been beating ...

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https://twitter.com/jgriffiths/status/1 ... 1468525568

This tweet and the whole thread is quite depressing. They really aren't going to stop until the shit hits the fan I think. Cop or not, looks like the guy is lucky to get out without a lynching.

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Man caught among the protesters at the airport, armed, and allegedly a Chinese cop.

https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1 ... 4753163265
https://twitter.com/tweets_hk/status/11 ... 7012050944

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The UN has raised concerns about how the police have behaved. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24888&LangID=E Meanwhile the airport was shut down again this afternoon. So far all softly softly with so many tourists in that area, but I can't see the protesters being a...

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Whole HK airport has been shut down. All flights in and out cancelled as the airport is flooded with mass protest over police brutality. Last night the cops fired tear gas rounds inside 2 MTR stations & then followed that up with pepper balls at very close range directly into a crowd & clubbed down ...

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there have been many depressing clips of all sorts of violence that show members of the public taking the law into their own hands. Anyone who does not bow down before the cockroaches (for clarity, that's the protestors), is beaten badly. There are also numerous clips of Molotov cocktails being thr...

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Joshy Wong doesn't like gweilo. Happy to say when I've seen the doxxing going on in HK rugby club related facebook groups the posters have been told in short order to fark off. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/joshua-wong-says-british-police-commander-in-hong-kong-is-a-disgrace-js0f2pchf The...

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What's the story with this place below - the ex-olympic London Stadium? Obviously, by the name on the stands, West Ham now play there. But, going by the photo (and I dunno how old it is), the inner ring of seats seem to be removeable. Is this the case? https://i.imgur.com/9fHmIUA.jpg If so, could i...

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Poor Drake :lol: https://twitter.com/i/status/1147393999969370112 I guess Canada can go back to loving hockey and ignoring basketball now. Rumours of the Heat in for Westbrook. They would need to put together another incredibly complicated multi-team deal to make the cap-maths work but Pat Riley has...

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Footage from inside the legislative assembly seems to show that as the protestors began to batter their way inside they tossed in at least 1 gas bomb / canister of unknown substance (about 1 minute into the video). Must have been a scary few minutes for those police before they were withdrawn and th...

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Happy Canada Day, or as its better known in NY, happy laugh at the Islanders day. :D https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/photos/308146730/1024x576/cut.jpeg He's going to go well with Ziba and Buchnevich and with Chytil, Kravtsov, Kakko, Kreider, the Rangers should be back in the east if Trouba, Shatte...

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I do wonder if this has not played into the hands of the authorities (the vandalism is bound to put a lot of HKers off the movement). Might that be why the police withdrew and allowed them in? I walked through Admiralty this morning, right past LEGCO's broken windows. Had to keep my eyes on the pave...

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JT Miller was my favourite Ranger when he was with us. Hope he goes well in Vancouver. The Kaapo Kakko era is here in NY! It's going to be a great rivalry with the Hughes (and Subban) Devils. Rangers 1st round pick last year Kravtsov is also coming over from the KHL, so there is hope we will have qu...

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Might be kicking off again tonight in HK. Gloucester Road, Fenwick Street, Arsenal Street all blocked. Wan Chai Police HQ surrounded by black shirt student protesters who have started trying to cover the external CCTV cameras. Revenue Tower occupied. Of course today had to be the day I was renewing ...

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Yeah, certainly it will be interesting to see how Trouba goes without Morrissey for stay-at-home support. He is best buddies with Brady Skjei, so the expectation is they will be line mates, but while that will be a good pair, it's not elite 1st line D for sure. We have a logjam of Dmen who you would...

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Sharks have re-signed Karlsson to a huge 8-year contract that makes him 3rd best paid player in the league. Meanwhile the Rangers pulled off a great deal to land Jacob Trouba. Winnipeg fans not happy. Their GM traded Trouba (and a Lemieux) for Neil Pionk and the playoff rental of Kevin Hayes (now a ...

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Living and working in HK for the past 5 years (and I just commuted without any disruption through Admiralty where the protest is based) and I do think the BBC / Western press are rather over egging the level of protest. Yes, there was a big (but no way 1m people) peaceful march on Sunday (they've h...

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It is definitely growing in numbers. At lunch I walked through and it was still confined to Admiralty govt buildings but this evening's commute has seen clumps of kids in black t shirts congregating in Central. I think they may well be waiting for dusk to fall. Occupy 2.0 in Central perhaps. It will...

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Living and working in HK for the past 5 years (and I just commuted without any disruption through Admiralty where the protest is based) and I do think the BBC / Western press are rather over egging the level of protest. Yes, there was a big (but no way 1m people) peaceful march on Sunday (they've ha...

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One for the history lovers on the bored. Set during the fall of Constantinople. Turns out there was a Scottish mercenary among the defenders. God only knows what he was doing all that way east. It's a good read and the author's note at the end is quite interesting too as a lot of the bits I assumed ...

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It was the missus's birthday yesterday so I took the day off and we went to the cinema. There was a Korean movie called "Birthday" showing, which seemed appropriate, so we saw it. They were handing out free tissues at the door. Free gifts are not that uncommon in Asia, so I didn't think anything mor...

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Yes it's a steal for Miami, no doubt. Rosen gets time to learn the offense and develop while Fitzpatrick starts the season. Cardinals have mismanaged things horribly.

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Rams take a RB with their second pick. That and resigning Brown does not bode well for Gurley's health outlook.

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