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Russia has already lost. So has Ukraine. This war has been a lose:lose situation for everyone involved. NATO has won though We're 8 months away from a US election where the candidate leading in the polls has been openly calling to abandon NATO allies from any future Russian attack It's a bit early ...

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Farva wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:22 am But its been a win for the US and her allies.

That's too broad and sweeping a generalisation. Even among US allies there have unquestionably been some losers.

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The four suspects from the shooting appeared in court yesterday. One with a visibly swollen face, another with the remnants of a plastic bag around his head, a third in a wheelchair. https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1772134448546353393?t=zJyz3FW-G5zg_hyhEcNX2g&s=19 Margarita Simonyan tweeting "w...

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What does a Russian victory look like? We are slowly grinding towards a Cyprus outcome to this war. An outright Russian victory would be a partition line drawn along the Dnieper (the Chinese delegation accidentally revealed as much when they shared their proposal for a negotiated peace last year). ...

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Some absolutely gruesome footage being shared on Telegram channels of the suspects from the shootings being publicly tortured by Russian officials. One suspect had his ear cut off and fed to him, another lying prone on the ground with his testicles wired up to a battery I suppose this is the Russian...

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The official news channel of ISIS just published bodycam footage of the shooting. Astonishing that there are people still refusing to believe it was done by them

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Chilwell has been appalling, Gallagher not much better.

Gordon looks great on the left, at least.

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A minor quibble. Like failing to heed the warning about an imminent attack from the Yanks in the first place. I am surprised the Russians don't claim that the US knew because they helped organize the attack. Shows that there are still some lines they do not want to cross. ISIS are a US creation. On...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm Thankfully rugby isn't a charity. It's a meritocracy.

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Say what you will about the quality and competence of the Russian intelligence apparatus but they managed to take all four suspects alive and identify they were fleeing toward Ukraine where a ‘window’ had been prepared. Fantastic stuff. After letting them escape and travel 6 hours unimpeded towards...

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I have just come across this though…. https://x.com/football__tweet/status/1770581114576408607?s=46 France’s depth is ridiculous. I think England can take their Fourth team.. I think we’d beat their best frankly. England haven't beaten France since 2015. And England's last victory against France at...

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That's not true, though. The 'aura' of the 6N is that the matches have been played annually for 100+ years. Not that it contains the world's best teams. It also generates a lot of money. All the 6N unions are also members of FE. Two tournaments of equal standing, and generating equal money would be...

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I'd have no problem with a proper European Championship instead because i'm an edgy iconoclast type but it would just be group stages to set up play offs for the 6N sides for decades at least. Which would likely mean fewer fixtures between these sides which would likely mean less money That argumen...

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@KevinRothrock Based on recent reports, the emerging narrative seems to be that someone (presumably this will be the Ukrainian military) hired recently immigrated Muslim men to carry out yesterday's terrorist attack in Moscow. Ukrainian PSYOP "scammers" have already been blamed for compelling Russi...

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I'd have no problem with a proper European Championship instead because i'm an edgy iconoclast type but it would just be group stages to set up play offs for the 6N sides for decades at least. Which would likely mean fewer fixtures between these sides which would likely mean less money That argumen...

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All good points, Pumita, but there’s no way any other teams are getting into the 6 Nations. It’s like saying that Australasian golf deserves a place at the Ryder Cup. They either sack off the 6N and replace it with a more inclusive, wider European tournament or they leave their ancient, much-belove...

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@KevinRothrock Based on recent reports, the emerging narrative seems to be that someone (presumably this will be the Ukrainian military) hired recently immigrated Muslim men to carry out yesterday's terrorist attack in Moscow. Ukrainian PSYOP "scammers" have already been blamed for compelling Russi...

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Putin has given a formal address to the country and - yep, you guessed it - has emphasised the supposed "escape route" prepared by the Ukrainians for the terrorists

Translated speech here: https://twitter.com/wartranslated/statu ... 3424377137

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The official Russian narrative seems to have been decided, that it was in fact Ukraine Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Zakharova: "Ukraine has been turning into a centre of terrorism for 10 years - terrorists tried to flee there after the attack" Russian head of the state Duma: "Ukraine and its...

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Baza (Russian news outlet) reporting that the suspects have been arrested - 4 Tajik nationals This definitely lends more credibility to the ISIS links - Tajik nationals signed up in decent numbers to fight for ISIS (Tajik nationals were involved in a suicide bombing in Iran this year). Plus there i...

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Baza (Russian news outlet) reporting that the suspects have been arrested - 4 Tajik nationals This definitely lends more credibility to the ISIS links - Tajik nationals signed up in decent numbers to fight for ISIS (Tajik nationals were involved in a suicide bombing in Iran this year). Plus there is...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:06 pm The big difference, of course, is that the remaining football Euros squads aren't made up of moonlighting binmen and dentists.

The teams with the binmen and dentists don't tend to make it through qualifying

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There might be more to the ISIS links than initially thought. US intelligence has apparently been warning about an ISIS-K attack in Russia for a few weeks, and just two weeks back the FSB stopped a plot by an ISIS cell to attack a synagogue in Moscow

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The unions own the 6N, and all would have to vote to agree to relegation (and their potential financial suicide). Not. Going. To. Happen. The whole concept of the Six Nations is bizarrely anti-competitive. You'd imagine there's some European law that prohibits a closed shop like it Imagine the equi...

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The unions own the 6N, and all would have to vote to agree to relegation (and their potential financial suicide). Not. Going. To. Happen. The whole concept of the Six Nations is bizarrely anti-competitive. You'd imagine there's some European law that prohibits a closed shop like it Imagine the equi...

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Didn't ISIS go through a stage of claiming anything and everything, even after their capacity to organise stuff abroad had been destroyed?. The only thing that prevents me from ruling it out entirely is where the attackers are allegedly from - it would be not at all surprising if a jihadist cell ba...

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Well, ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack - while at the same time Russian intelligence services have reportedly ruled out ISIS as a possible candidate

Worth bearing in mind they have claimed credit for a bunch of attacks in the past that they had nothing to do with

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News being circulated by a number of Russian TG channels that an arrest warrant is out for 3 men from Ingushetia in connection with the attack on Crocus: https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1771273672000524714 Russian Vchk-OGPU telegram reports security forces looking for 3 men from Ingushetiya: G...

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News being circulated by a number of Russian TG channels that an arrest warrant is out for 3 men from Ingushetia in connection with the attack on Crocus: https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1771273672000524714 Russian Vchk-OGPU telegram reports security forces looking for 3 men from Ingushetiya: Gu...

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CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:02 pm If anything will kick off domestic protests in Russia, this will.

No it won't. It's more likely that a shortage of eggs will trigger protests in Russia than mobilisation will.

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:06 pm Is Cockhead still coaching Georgia for any length of time, or was it just for the season?

It's a "one-plus-three years" contract, which presumably means they'll decide whether to extend it or not after this summer.

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:29 pm Nice warm up for Georgia. Maybe even give their young players a run out

Last time the two sides met it was a comfortable 43-19 win.

Georgia are overreaching themselves here.

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It's a terrible look for any country reliant on US security guarantees - pretty much exposes that the maximum length of time you can reliably depend on support from the US is the length of a single Presidential term No doubt this is your way of coming out in support of Biden, then. Given the altern...

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You may not have noticed, but the FT didn't say anything about driving up oil prices and the impact on Biden's re-election. Paragraph 5: Russia remains one of the world’s most important energy exporters despite western sanctions on its oil and gas sector. Oil prices have risen about 15 per cent thi...

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Georgian Rugby has issued a challenge to their Welsh counterparts, calling for the Six Nations side to play them in an international test this autumn. For the first time since 2003, Wales were handed the Six Nations wooden spoon after they finished bottom of the table with no wins. Head coach Warre...

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It's a terrible look for any country reliant on US security guarantees - pretty much exposes that the maximum length of time you can reliably depend on support from the US is the length of a single Presidential term

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According to the FT, US officials are urging Ukraine to stop the attacks on Russian oil refineries, as it risks driving up oil prices and affecting Biden's chances of re-election https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c Washington is also concerned that if Ukraine keeps hittin...

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On the topic of a new wave of Russian mobilization: https://twitter.com/MassDara/status/177 ... ql_wQ&s=19

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For the record, I don't know a single person voting Tory and I would usually know loads. Same. Most Tories I know have basically gone silent since the Liz Truss debacle. The brand damage was so catastrophic (especially as the Tory go-to was that Labour would crash the economy) that it still hangs o...

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For those in the know on here. Will Tory voters who say they are going to vote Reform, change their minds back to voting Tory at the GE to keep labour out or are they seeing this as a chance to punish the Tories and accepting that the party they hate will run the country for next 5 years? Unless so...

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