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by Margin__Walker
Wed May 15, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
Replies: 120
Views: 4167

Re: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby

Just finished reading it. It's a decent attempt at her defence but it leaves out a lot such as her nearly getting caught in the act. At about 9pm on 3 August 2015 a mother arrived on the neonatal unit with expressed breast milk for her five-day-old twin boys, known in court as Child E and Child F. ...
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 15, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 40
Views: 1528

Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

Uncle fester wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 5:26 pm Can you imagine the uproar if it was westerners being cooped up in an Indian harbour?
Yep, we'd be hearing about it on day 2 and they'd be off the ship that evening.

Unbelievable that they are still stuck there like non people.
by Margin__Walker
Tue May 14, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

You've got a lot in place for you at Bath. Hooper's underperformance was really stark and it ill be interesting to see how far they can go under Van Graan
by Margin__Walker
Tue May 14, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Yeah, I'd agree. Skivs has got away a bit with the B team narrative to explain it away. Sure it's a rotated line up, but there's a ton of prem experience in that starting 15 still. 90 - 0 is an incredibly bad result, even against and in form Saints team. I watched some awful LI teams in relegation ...
by Margin__Walker
Tue May 14, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

This article is a few years old, but I don't think any of the margins of defeat have been exceeded since (happy to be corrected)

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/premiers ... r-defeats/

That Gloucester result is 14 points worse than the largest defeat on that list.
by Margin__Walker
Tue May 14, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Yeah, I'd agree. Skivs has got away a bit with the B team narrative to explain it away. Sure it's a rotated line up, but there's a ton of prem experience in that starting 15 still. 90 - 0 is an incredibly bad result, even against and in form Saints team. I watched some awful LI teams in relegation s...
by Margin__Walker
Sat May 11, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Who's the Irish prick on comms for the bris sarries game? G Murphy?

Crying about Maro's yellow and Lautua not having to have an HIA.
by Margin__Walker
Fri May 10, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: World Rugby confirms radical law changes ahead of Test season (1 July)
Replies: 16
Views: 428

Re: World Rugby confirms radical law changes ahead of Test season (1 July)

Hope they tighten up ref focus wise on head above hips supporting your bodyweight to compensate for the outlawing of croc rolls to keep it a good contest.

Glad the croc roll's going though. Seen a few really bad leg injuries (Akker VDM and Jack Willis spring to mind) result from legal croc rolls
by Margin__Walker
Thu May 09, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Steve Albini RIP
Replies: 12
Views: 389

Re: Steve Albini RIP

Jesus, that's an eye opener. Cheers
by Margin__Walker
Thu May 09, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Steve Albini RIP
Replies: 12
Views: 389

Re: Steve Albini RIP

Not exactly - shies away from talking about his historical interest in a magazine printing kiddy porn, which was run by a mate of his who he's supported over the years. It's grim stuff. When you're this much of a counter culture contrarian I guess it's easy to cross some pretty serious boundaries, ...
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 08, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Steve Albini RIP
Replies: 12
Views: 389

Re: Steve Albini RIP

clydecloggie wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 8:17 pm Kerosene remains an utterly brilliant tune. Didn't really care about most of the bands he produced, Pixies excepted.
It really is. Albini was on my radar, but I'd never heard that track or any Big Black until Pitchshifter released a (very much inferior) cover of it in 2000.
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 08, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Steve Albini RIP
Replies: 12
Views: 389

Re: Steve Albini RIP

Really sad. What a body of work. Time for some music in no particular order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJE40OBt48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ62RzJkYUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGzXUmbyiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YFu4dvMHHY As a performer, I always loved this track https...
by Margin__Walker
Fri May 03, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145623

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Plenty of condemnation to go round to be fair imo. First and foremost for the right wing mob blowing in for a fight. However there should be a little left over for the kids playing campus gestapo, with their hi vis vests and check points to decide who goes where on site and eject undesirables from ...
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 01, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145623

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Like... checkpoints? Yep. Checkpoints Some general physical removal of uncooperative jews here and there. That sort of thing Or undesirable Palestinians going to work... while I agree that physically blocking access on the University grounds is beyond the pale, the irony is delicious. Well quite. V...
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 01, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145623

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Plenty of condemnation to go round to be fair imo. First and foremost for the right wing mob blowing in for a fight. However there should be a little left over for the kids playing campus gestapo, with their hi vis vests and check points to decide who goes where on site and eject undesirables from ...
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 01, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Hainault sword attack
Replies: 61
Views: 1680

Re: Hainault sword attack

That's pretty normal isn't it?

Charge is a formality and the court hearing just to confirm name, address etc iirc
by Margin__Walker
Wed May 01, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145623

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Plenty of condemnation to go round to be fair imo. First and foremost for the right wing mob blowing in for a fight. However there should be a little left over for the kids playing campus gestapo, with their hi vis vests and check points to decide who goes where on site and eject undesirables from t...
by Margin__Walker
Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

OHC's never been super quick as wings go. Relied on his strength and balance (for a big guy).

Looks off the pace at the moment though.
by Margin__Walker
Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Poor Newcastle, I watched Bristol's semi-opposed run out yesterday. The Toon's 14 points came from two gifts of interception passes, the first from Sinkler was really bad. Otherwise Bristol were having fun running about playing sevens in the sun, it was actually quite sad to watch. 85-14 It was a p...
by Margin__Walker
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Sydney mall stabbings
Replies: 71
Views: 1983

Re: Sydney mall stabbings

Breivik’s diagnosis was surely more about sentencing and future confinement though, rather than whether or not it should be defined as terrorism. Which it clearly was.
by Margin__Walker
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Sydney mall stabbings
Replies: 71
Views: 1983

Re: Sydney mall stabbings

This: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby Is still described as a terrorist incident, if you read enough of the article you can see he’s at Broadmoor and is being treated for paranoid schizophrenia. It didn’t look like the actions of a sane person at the time, but it’’s not mental h...
by Margin__Walker
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Sydney mall stabbings
Replies: 71
Views: 1983

Re: Sydney mall stabbings

This: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby Is still described as a terrorist incident, if you read enough of the article you can see he’s at Broadmoor and is being treated for paranoid schizophrenia. It didn’t look like the actions of a sane person at the time, but it’’s not mental h...
by Margin__Walker
Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
Replies: 68
Views: 1269

Re: Heart conditions that deserve a thread

All the best mate.

Happened to my old man at 50, which was a big shock at the time. Had stents put in etc. He's right as rain almost 20 years later, with no issues since. Albeit he probably has a healthier lifestyle than he did before.
by Margin__Walker
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 10 year passport rule
Replies: 29
Views: 829

Re: 10 year passport rule

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:16 am The WASPI women are the least sympathetic pressure group I have ever come across, they don’t deserve a penny or an apology
Yep, think that's something that almost everyone can agree on. Proper 'cry me a river' content for the most part.
by Margin__Walker
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:36 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 10 year passport rule
Replies: 29
Views: 829

Re: 10 year passport rule

Nah, it reeks of people expecting their passport expiry date to be their passport expiry date.

Unless you get the comms out there, which is now happening, the general public will be caught out by it.
by Margin__Walker
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: History thread
Replies: 199
Views: 12481

Re: History thread

As with anything like this, it's the killing of kids that gets me. Seeing the pictures taken afterwards of dead children and hearing testimony from the massacre concerning them takes my breath away. It's hard to put yourself in the shoes of others, but I can never get in the headspace of someone tha...
by Margin__Walker
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541186

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Did anyone else see 'Ukraine: Enemy in the woods' last night. Quite incredible, no holds barred, body cam footage from the front line. A very hard watch. Yep. Pretty unimaginable really. Must be incredibly hard to keep facing each day with no end in sight The small drone element especially is a rea...
by Margin__Walker
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: History thread
Replies: 199
Views: 12481

Re: History thread

Remember first reading Four Hours in My Lai in uni. The aftermath and extent of Calley's support is almost as shocking as the massacre. This thread from a couple of years ago fleshes out that article a bit with respect to Thompson's bloody mindedness. https://twitter.com/garius/status/15503974623550...
by Margin__Walker
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722266

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

The flag stuff is deeply odd for me. Virtually every Tory party conference or leadership bid seems to have a blue union jack back drop. I doubt that's because they consider it an embarrassing relic. All the union jacks in the 2012 olympic kits were blue/purple iirc. It's just something that's not a ...
by Margin__Walker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Yep. Really shouldn't be a thing from either end. They should be watching a clean or silent feed
by Margin__Walker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Got the feeling it will have some legs. You always suspect some replays aren't shown on purpose etc, but not reviewing potential foul play based on ego/dislike of the commentator is properly dodgy.

Not sure why they even let them listen to a feed with the comms
by Margin__Walker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Not a great look from whoever the TMO was. Didn't review the Lewies/Farrell incident solely because Austin suggested it needed to be looked at on comms.

https://x.com/TFinnKelcey/status/177157 ... OyNHA&s=09
by Margin__Walker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Ah. forget it. Quins are fucked
by Margin__Walker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:00 pm Saracens just edging it at half time, I reckon
It's just a flesh wound.

Marcus' script writer getting creative before the inevitable come back
by Margin__Walker
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

JM2K6 wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:23 pm Sleightholm with a quite remarkable finish through several defenders and Ibitoye
Image
by Margin__Walker
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Oxbow wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:03 pm Because of injuries and Mitchell being rested, Archie McParland starts at 9 for Saints tonight against Bristol. I hope he looks better than he did for much of the U20s.
:oops:

by Margin__Walker
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: UK Post Office Scandal
Replies: 110
Views: 4623

Re: UK Post Office Scandal

In more unsurprising news, interaction between the Post Office's (independent and unbiased) expert Fujitsu witness and their barrister wasn't remotely above board in the trial that sent a pregnant post master to jail.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68606121
by Margin__Walker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551957

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

I'm definitely encouraged. Signs of progress and more importantly I've enjoyed watching England for the first time in a long time in the games against Ireland and France. There was clearly a change of approach for whatever reason and hopefully we see more of the same from a playing philosophy point ...
by Margin__Walker
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Royal family in the news again...
Replies: 44
Views: 2433

Re: Royal family in the news again...

C69 wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:37 pm Spit it out ffs what is happening
My money is on nothing.
by Margin__Walker
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: A useful guide
Replies: 16
Views: 711

Re: A useful guide

I'm confused. Is there an abridged version of JK's indiscretions with respect to holocaust denial and nazi ideology?