Planet Rugby Forum

Saint

I would like to know the justification for Biden having these documents in his home. Is there a system where each new classified document is given a unique tracking number so that at the end of a Presidency, the National Archives and Records Administration knows immediately if some have not been tu...

Saint

Saint, can you ELI5 the pros/cons of smooth bore versus rifled, and how that impacts the doctrine around the use of the respective weapons systems? Thanks! Umm - I'll try, but you have to look at this from a historical aspect. The pros/cons today are radically different due to advances in ammunitio...

Saint

Actually I think another issue with the Challenger is the ammunition. As far as I'm aware it's L30A1 120mm munitions are not compatible with other NATO 120mm guns. The Leopard and Abrams both use the Rheinmetall 120mm L/44 and L/55, and the Leclerc the GIAT 120mm CN120-26, but all have interchangea...

Saint

From what I've heard, and it makes the most sense, Western tanks will be grouped in their own units with Western IFVs (maybe BTR-4s too), rather than with ex-Soviet kit. Big mailed fists of complementary machines used in mass. Which is a much more succinct version of what I said. The strategy would...

Saint

More coming out now. Twelve countries will transfer a total of approx 100 Leopard 2s to Ukraine. That's an entire tank brigade. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: That gets a triple thumbs up. :smug: 100 Leopard 2s. 12 or Challenger 2s A bunch of Bradleys and Strykers I think they need stacks more. Not ...

Saint

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/politics/biden-documents-fbi-search-political-fallout/index.html Will Biden have to resign? I would like to know the justification for Biden having these documents in his home. Is there a system where each new classified document is given a unique tracking number so t...

Saint

Straight red

Saint

Indeed. No sympathy for the prem barons. Still, for me, a thread implies both sets of fans are invested. But doubt we'll see any Saints fans partaking here. In fairness though, that's a handy Saint team on paper. Well, this place is pretty toxic, and NPR accused me of being racist. So I tend not to...

Saint

A thread for this sack of shit? Saints won't give a toss for it #spivpremiership#losers#changetherules. Indeed. No sympathy for the prem barons. Still, for me, a thread implies both sets of fans are invested. But doubt we'll see any Saints fans partaking here. In fairness though, that's a handy Sai...

Saint

I initially read "2 tanks" :lol: In all seriousness though, which European countries have enough modern tanks to spare significant numbers? The UK has 227 Operational Challenger 2s and 22 training tanks. 148 are scheduled to be upgraded to Challenger 3 (they are all but being taken back to bare cha...

Saint

Challenger 2s confirmed? https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1613211458653020160?s=46&t=bpejBYBR3cRwnea7L0DGFg I initially read "2 tanks" :lol: In all seriousness though, which European countries have enough modern tanks to spare significant numbers? The UK has 227 Operational Challenger 2s and 2...

Saint

Thanks! :thumbup: Poland is going to be one of the properly big boys after all this washes out. Pretty much. Their ground game will be pretty much latest gen Abrams, their airforce will be a mix of F16 Block 70s and F35s. If you take nuclear out of the game, by themselves they could probably defeat...

Saint

The Yank version of the Abrams is service pack 3, or whatever they call it, isn't it? Have they exported that version at all, or only let their allies have the older versions? At this point in time it's a toss-up whether Poland or the US is the largest operator of the M1A2C/M1A2-SEPv3. The US has 1...

Saint

TRP reporting that Gustard has left Quins with immediate effect

Saint

Will smartwatches and tech sound the deathknell of traditional watches? Probably not, but it might force some lazy manufacturers to up their game. Like when TAG Heuer tried to get into the mobile phone game? https://www.cnet.com/pictures/tag-heuer-meridiist-almost-an-anagram-for-it-is-merde/ I have...

Saint

Can someone talk me through the timeline of tonight please? When will results start to be annouced, and when will the president be all but confirmed? 'All but confirmed' is impossible to say, will depend on how close the votes are in each state. By midnight ET, maybe (this is a huge maybe) we will ...

Saint

Trump has a massive lead in New Hampshire right now. Currently has 62% of the vote :shock: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/929737746/new-hampshire-live-election-results-2020?t=1604394748519 27 votes have been counted? Have I read this correctly? Midnight voting in NH. Dixville Notch and Millsfield o...

Saint

Who plays 10 if Farrell gets injured? Eddie seems to think Furbank can play 10. Surely Slade to 10 and Lawrence to 12, otherwise its Furbank to 10, Watson to fullback and Thorley to wing Slade or Furbank. Both have started Premiership matches at 10. As others have pointed out he's looked short if c...

Saint

I’ll bite: Willis Malins Umaga Lawrence To get first starts. Jonny Hill off the bench. All five are asterisked... meaning they're only there for the ride unless something very strange happens. If Malins and Umaga are there just for the experience that means Slade is backup fly-half That's not what ...

Saint

Anyway, with over 220 million Americans having died in last few months, it matters little who gets to run this 2/3rd de-populated country. I have to credit Kamala Harris for pointing out the true human disaster of Cov19 Yes, only 4% of the world's population but 20% of the world's deaths. I wonder ...

Saint

If Trump wins it will because a) enough Americans do not want their neighbourhoods smashed-up by left-wing lunatics b) 55% say they are better-off than before Trump came into office c) people may decide that Biden is actually corrupt d) everyone despises Kamala Harris His base is 40%. A lot are fed...

Saint

Looks like Clinton and Obama and the swamp creatures won’t be doing the perp-walk anytime soon I am shocked. Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election “This is the nightmare scenario. Essentially, the year and a half of arguably the number one issue for the Republican base is ...

Saint

Is that a shot at FR? It literally doesn't matter at all who he votes for. Trump is going to win Indiana. 1. fonzeee is correct. Last poll I saw is Trump up 53-39-5, with 3% undecided. 2. I've switched parties, become a dues-paying member of the Indiana Libertarian Party, and am going to help start...

Saint

The options are: 1. Vote A 2. Vote B 3. Can't be arsed 4. What election 5. Jo Jorgensen, because I’m, like, such a free thinker. Is that a shot at FR? It literally doesn't matter at all who he votes for. Trump is going to win Indiana. 1. fonzeee is correct. Last poll I saw is Trump up 53-39-5, with...

Saint

Mrs Saint is confused by all of this. The local surgery and community nurses are only planning on starting up flu jabs in the next week or so - but that's going to be nearly a month ahead of when they normally start down here

Saint

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8655351/BBC-considering-dropping-Rule-Britannia-Land-Hope-Glory-Night-Proms.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/rule-britannia-faces-axe-in-bbcs-black-lives-matter-proms-0fvhwmwlm?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1598150117 "Dalia Stasev...

Saint

New guy wrote:
YOYO wrote:OMG!!!

What a knock out by Drago!!!!
Pretty much the first punch he landed all night. Unreal.

Whyte will be gutted.

Described on R5L as the best punch he has ever, and will ever, throw

Saint

Rick Gates: Convicted. Paul Manafort: Convicted. George Papadopoulos: Convicted. Mike Flynn: Convicted. Michael Cohen: Convicted. Roger Stone: Convicted. Steve Bannon: Arrested. All the Best People :thumbup: Process question, has Flynn been convicted? He pled guilty - in the UK that counts as convi...

Saint

I'd assume they're some mix of idiotic, partisan and corrupt. But they do have options, and now is the time to look at them not wait until after there's a problem they could have prevented or at least mitigated What a quaint idea. They should either be willing to do it, or be willing to have to def...

Saint

If we don't get a vaccine soon, then the next thing will be a rapid test. If they can get an accurate rapid test available then you can be tested on arrival at the airport (before you even enter to check in), then probably get tested again once you've landed before you clear immigration. On the whol...

Saint

UK positive tests rise above 1000 for the first time since 26 June, slow but steady rise since 1 July is not good. :uhoh: Yep, positive tests have gone up from 0.6% to 0.61% of the tests taken. Yep, clear correlation between increased testing and postive results :roll: https://i.ibb.co/NpD8CXy/corr...

Saint

5 days worked at home, in the office for the rest of it. It was weird and quiet for April but much more preferred to working from home. The only bonus from working at home is not doing the wasted travel time and South West f**king Trains. £4k a year to be saved if that could be avoided daily. I'd n...

Saint

I'm back in the office full time now, and the company seems to have lost it's appetite for allowing staff to work from home. I've even been on a plane, and have several more trips booked, although we have restricted the amount of travel we are doing where possible. My dog misses what he remembers a...

Saint

There's a lot of thought going into this type of thing, and best practise is only now beginning to emerge. One of many things people need to realise is that Covid lockdown WFH had very little to do with the "normal" WFH experience. Especially at the start there were many more distractions, obvious c...

Saint

I wonder what effect an October Covid vaccine roll out would have on his numbers First up in the US would be working out HOW to rollout a Nationwide vaccination process. I've seen some of the provisional ideas for the UK, and they seem fairly unrealistic even with effectively unlimited labour and n...

Saint

Looks like we are in for a long struggle with this shit. Wellcome Trust director Prof Sir Jeremy Farrar told the House of Commons' Health Committee "things will not be done by Christmas". He went on to say humanity would be living with the virus for "decades". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53488142...

Saint

Trump may need to diverge Main Street from Wall Street. Cant claim just the upside https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/2020-07-20_12-32-00.jpg Of course he can. He's demonstrated that over the last ...

Saint

Merc dominating for the 8th season in a row is getting tedious. They clearly have the best engineers power unit... Everything really... Bht by god its tedious. Couple of seasons ago Ferrari were favourites for most of the season. It was a strange season. Ferrari had the better car but Hamilton buil...

Saint

Had to chuckle. Ginsburg is trying to hang on until the elections. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-cancer-chemotherapy/index.html Having said that, the Republicans held out in appointing a new SCJ for months just before the end of Obama's 8th year. So unless Trump wins, ...

Saint

It will be interesting to see if they can convince either Thomas or Alito to step down prior to the election. If they can get another 50 year old on the bench it will deliver significant continuity for the next two or three decades. So goes the theory Roberts and Gorusch displaying an unwanted tend...

Search found 15819 matches