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by laurent
Tue Apr 01, 2025 7:34 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

I’ve no problem about her conviction on embezzlement, she did it and was caught, but for me this decision is politically motivated and unjust compared to the previous cases as her sentence will be in forced even as she appeals it, which is often never the case in France. Fillon got same nothing pol...
by laurent
Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

TB63 wrote: Tue Apr 01, 2025 12:48 pm So, Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud..
nice :clap:
by laurent
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:27 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Brussels pundits seem to agree that parties from just about every country and across the political spectrum have done something very similar, Le Pen is the only one dumb enough to have her own fingerprints on it. May prove a blessing in disguise for her party Cant remember the same outcry when Sark...
by laurent
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:25 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

What is distinct about what was done in this case Vs other parties who've on the face of it similarly (miss)used such funds and not received a similar sanction? One doesn't want to rush to the defence of Team Racist but it certainly has an air of establishment convenience about the sentence. Thus t...
by laurent
Tue Apr 01, 2025 6:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3946
Views: 269266

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Not even trying to hide it anymore. Aid workers slaughtered, buried in shallow graves along with their ambulance and at least one of them with arms tied. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_...
by laurent
Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:31 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

What is distinct about what was done in this case Vs other parties who've on the face of it similarly (miss)used such funds and not received a similar sanction? One doesn't want to rush to the defence of Team Racist but it certainly has an air of establishment convenience about the sentence. Thus t...
by laurent
Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Re: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Biffer wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:09 am She left the courtroom before the verdict was finished - are you allowed to do that while you're being sentenced to prison?

Probably be in Hungary before this evening.
2 years under a bracelet 2 suspended ... plus if they appeal that part is not applying (the ineligibility is non suspensive)
by laurent
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 35
Views: 815

Le Pen Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone

Le borgne is dead and his daughter got 4 years... and 5 years ineligible https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2025/03/31/en-direct-jugement-de-marine-le-pen-la-dirigeante-du-rn-reconnue-coupable-de-detournement-de-fonds-publics-suivez-le-prononce-des-peines-en-direct_6588724_823448.html I think i'l...
by laurent
Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:08 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Techie Q&As
Replies: 35
Views: 1714

Re: Techie Q&As

Tichtheid wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:39 am Is there a way to post Bluesky in the same way as X posts? I know that you substitute "twitter" for "X" in the address and that posts the item in full rather than a link.

Is there a similar thing for bluesky?
Please add Mastodon too :)
by laurent
Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 59425

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

by laurent
Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

French companies have received threats from US embassies if they don't implement racist/discriminating policies...

Scum don't know that the french were never an apartheid state ... although we are going there. :(
by laurent
Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 59425

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

30 mins in and I don’t think the French have put it past the 10, just constant pick and go’s and offloads - they are very good at it but a surprisingly limited game plan They're such an intriguing case. Utterly dominant at U18 and U20, but almost getting worse at the senior level or at least not le...
by laurent
Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

French president has announced 2 billion weapon package VAB AMX10 anti tank missiles (Milan) Mistral short range air defence and Mica (for Mirage 2000) + more mirage being delivered apparently. Basically France continues to provide older weapon systems (VAB AMX10 and Milan) as our army is getting de...
by laurent
Tue Mar 25, 2025 7:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Planet Rugby
Replies: 34
Views: 1074

Re: Planet Rugby

Somebody said barricades !

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by laurent
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:48 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Grizz Wylie Goooooooooooooooone
Replies: 12
Views: 332

Re: Grizz Wylie Goooooooooooooooone

Sad to hear he did a stint in 'tarf
by laurent
Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:47 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 59425

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

Ovals wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:41 pm
laurent wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:26 pm
Slick wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:07 pm Hate to say it, but Holly having a bit of shocker in the middle so far in the Ireland v France game
Not as bad as France was the level of play was atrocious.
Yeah - I don't think that game will be giving England any sleepless nights.
60+
by laurent
Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 59425

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

Slick wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:07 pm Hate to say it, but Holly having a bit of shocker in the middle so far in the Ireland v France game
Not as bad as France was the level of play was atrocious.
by laurent
Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:59 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Are my friends dodgy streaming days over?
Replies: 19
Views: 582

Re: Are my friends dodgy streaming days over?

My friend has managed to get it working after a bit of a struggle. I hear he's using Chrome with AdBlock. There were a few popups but once he got past them it's working fine. So I hear. My friend asks which adblocker to use as there are flipping loads apparently. uBlock Origin Lite still works on C...
by laurent
Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:21 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Are my friends dodgy streaming days over?
Replies: 19
Views: 582

Re: Are my friends dodgy streaming days over?

I run Firefox as my preferred browser, have done for years. I don't trust google to provide my browsing. I've loaded the following add ons. I sometimes struggle to get a page or link to load and have to retry or 'time' my click to avoid the hotlinking... can be cumbersome but I'm still getting the ...
by laurent
Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Europe hasn't actually done anything yet. So far it's just hot air The budgetary changes etc are actually massive. Like doubling /tripling prod ? it's pretty much done on Caesar production and french 155mm ammunition the next step is finding enough qualified workers and getting more machines delive...
by laurent
Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Replies: 1004
Views: 86294

Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter.

is that a design flaw, or have assembly workers found a faster curing method that hasn't in all ways delighted the designers? or even were the assembly line pushed to develop faster systems? "Move fast & break things !" It's all very OceansGate considering the reliance on export to be...
by laurent
Mon Mar 17, 2025 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Welsh rugby: the end?
Replies: 37
Views: 1116

Re: Welsh rugby: the end?

Not enough TV money left now that the Irish have taken it all.
by laurent
Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

Marylandolorian wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:24 pm SODEKE, the English 5 is huge, 205cm/ 122kg and only 19yo
Are they still losing ?
by laurent
Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

7th try for Akrab...
by laurent
Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:17 pm Sco in the game for 20 seconds.
well ...
by laurent
Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Hal Jordan wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:48 pm
geordie_6 wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:34 am
Blackmac wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:12 am At least the US champagne producers will benefit.
With it being produced outside of France, I think they have to call it sparkling white racism.
I would bet a terrible wig that Trump has a winery making sparkling wine somewhere in the US.
He has a swill making property somewhere.
by laurent
Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:44 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Hellraiser wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:38 pm The Portuguese government has pulled out of joining the F-35 programme due to US political unreliability and will procure a European alternative instead.
Excellent :)
by laurent
Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10048
Views: 599976

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Enzedder wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:30 pm Listen to Trump? I'd rather poke out my eyes with red hot pokers, or read Muttonbird's posts to translate his garbage for me.
:lol:
by laurent
Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Final results are Up
Replies: 249
Views: 14995

Re: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Rd 4 Results up

Ireland by 20
England by 7
France by 15
by laurent
Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

One of Ukraine’s two SAMP/T surface-to-air missile batteries has shot down a Russian warplane [unspecified Sukhoi fighter] for the first time. That’s obvious good news for Ukraine, which could rely more on the Franco-Italian air defense system—Europe’s answer to the American Patriot. But the news b...
by laurent
Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:14 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746126

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Sure I've read somewhere that the MoD are phasing out our Pumas They don't work on the new carrier? They are old and the MOD are looking to replace them. No replacements announced yet. The puma was built until 1987 They are being phased out in France too there are modernised versions though that wi...
by laurent
Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Adventures in kids coaching
Replies: 257
Views: 27460

Re: Adventures in kids coaching

Our U18 had great fun Beating Racing (yes the big club) Suresnes (second club in an the association)

a few photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurentcg ... 0324295836

it was a big day (special occasion on Women's day).
by laurent
Tue Mar 11, 2025 12:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: DuPont Injury
Replies: 187
Views: 10282

Re: DuPont Injury

Uncle fester wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:28 am
Tichtheid wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:11 am
I read that French officials are looking at ways this incident and lack of action can be appealed.
Nah, that was Galthie trying to shag us up for the last game.
France only need to win the game against Scotland (you need to score 100000000 points to catch up on point difference).
by laurent
Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: DuPont Injury
Replies: 187
Views: 10282

Re: DuPont Injury

Guy Smiley wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 10:14 pm Imagine for a sec how the game could work if refs immediately penalised any player going off their feet at a ruck.
They do it for the most part in lower levels in France.
by laurent
Mon Mar 10, 2025 4:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: DuPont Injury
Replies: 187
Views: 10282

Re: DuPont Injury

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 3:38 pm
Slick wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:18 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:04 pm

TBF, 1 safa.
You're so reasonable when there isn't a game on.
Kak man, the French is the last ones who can complain about thuggish play.
Extreme Ironing...
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by laurent
Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/-on-est-en-colere-fabien-galthie-agace-apres-les-blessures-d-antoine-dupont-et-de-pierre-louis-barassi-contre-l-irlande/1545288 Galthier not happy. There's a reluctance to discuss the issue around Ireland being dirty. Well 2 players out and a yellow is a good...
by laurent
Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:24 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

looks like the turf is sharp (I hate synthetic).
by laurent
Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:49 pm TMO picking up all Fre infringements but decides not to review Irish tip tackle. Quelle surprise. :clap:
Clown show that's hardly deliberate.
by laurent
Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109796

Re: 2025 6N thread

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:45 pm FM, the discipline of this U20 side has been diabolical this tournament. :mad:
Against this irish team probably won't matter.