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Random historical thought - I wonder why Europeans were so slow to colonise sub-Saharan Africa? The Berlin conference took place in 1884 and 1885 - very late in the day when you consider how it was centuries earlier that European powers established colonies in the Americas. I mean the Aztecs were c...

Random historical thought - I wonder why Europeans were so slow to colonise sub-Saharan Africa? The Berlin conference took place in 1884 and 1885 - very late in the day when you consider how it was centuries earlier that European powers established colonies in the Americas. I mean the Aztecs were c...

Not to be too pessimistic but I've a feeling this Fury-Usyk fight will be a damp squib.

I hope I am proven wrong because I am certainly looking forward to it, its just their respective styles look like they will not be conducive to a fun fight. Both technically too good.

On that note (regarding the Aztecs) I went to Mexico City a month or so ago and did some historical sight seeing. I got a few good pictures which I will try and put up in the next week or so once I figure out a hosting site and such.

Random historical thought - I wonder why Europeans were so slow to colonise sub-Saharan Africa? The Berlin conference took place in 1884 and 1885 - very late in the day when you consider how it was centuries earlier that European powers established colonies in the Americas. I mean the Aztecs were co...

Senior Republican lawmakers in the US say withholding US weapons shipments to Israel increases the danger to civilians in Rafah, and will encourage an Israeli operation in the city. At an ongoing news conference on Capitol Hill, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham - a vocal critic of Joe Biden - ...

The language used by the Left is pretty insane. By simply labelling 10s of millions of Americans who simply want a safe and productive America with a slur like "MAGA" tells us all we need to know. That being you're probably a privileged Socialist Commie Twat and you look down on people. T...

Oh and the biggest scam is when governments who have pushed austerity measures (and plead poverty and the need for belt tightening) magically find money for military aid.

. Yeah but many left wingers oppose government spending on military aid because they think the funds that could be used to solve domestic problems, which is actually the same view as MAGA. War is an incredible waste of resources when there are domestic needs where that money could be spent though -...

Also, Im not sure horseshoe theory has much merit. There are going to be times that right wingers and left wingers agree on things and don't conform to the centrist consensus. A right winger might oppose funding or supporting a war based on a desire to trim govt spending. A lefty might oppose the sa...

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that since the West helped overthrew the democratically Ukrainian Gov in 2014 and the ensuing chaos that we're actually the bad guys. Again. You might be onto something. For starters who sells most of the arms in the world? Nice demonstration of the horseshoe th...

I am sure I posted on here years ago about him? When I was working I had a female colleague from the Borders who knew him, and his family, since he was a vey young kid. She didn't mince her words, as per most Borderers, and was very disparaging about Hogg, saying he was arrogant and conceited and n...

Got it.

David in Gwent wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 6:57 pm How people can't see through the IMC and the Democrat party in the USA these last years is beyond me.

People have been divided into Left and Right and they have played us all perfectly.

Wym by the IMC?

No one can win. Middle East is full of religious dictatorships ran by arseholes. Netanyahu is very nearly conforming to that norm. Without the USA they will quite happily be killing each other at anyrate. US government and MIC is always a common denominator. In virtually all conflict throughout the...

No surprise here. USA always fucks up in the Middle East. No one can win. Middle East is full of religious dictatorships ran by arseholes. Netanyahu is very nearly conforming to that norm. Without the USA they will quite happily be killing each other at anyrate. US government and MIC is always a co...

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 7:42 am This is deeply sinister. No information on why he's banned or how it came about. This isn't exactly Abu Hamza here.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/prominent ... t-on-gaza/

Heaven forbid a surgeon share his perspectives.

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 5:57 pm Social mobility has decreased in the UK over the last few decades. University tuition fees, increasing house prices and a whole other array of factors have had that effect.

Boomers probably had the greatest scope for social mobility of all time, correct?

From what I understand of it social mobility in the 20th century was deeply affected by the two world wars, a lot of posh kids died in WW1, by the time WW2 was over a lot of working class people had been welcomed into industries and professions that would not previously have been open to them. Inte...

Born the son of a tenant farmer and a housekeeper. Rowed for Cambridge, then became a District Commissioner and a medical doctor. Was social mobility greater in 1930’s Britain than it is today? Laurie himself was a damn good rower too. Was in the Cambridge eight for the boat race and on route to be...

I’m sure I’ve said this on here before, but I used to work opposite City Hall and his favourite restaurant was under our office, so I used to see him a lot. Every time he walked down he would get a small crowd around him and would banter away, be it the dustman or the PWC types, and have everyone l...

This is an interesting one. How the Chinese set down on a path toward Communism as a consequence of WWI. Wanted to participate in the Great War but was essentially given a supporting role by the Entente whereby they did not provide soldiers but workers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Labour_...

30 years ago one of the greatest drivers ( up there with Jim Clark IMHO ) lost his life at Imola. Even after all this time the emotions that this day brings back are still pretty raw Sempre Senna Cannot believe that is 30 years ago. I loved F1 in the Mansell/Piquet/Prost/Senna era and it makes me s...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/29/idf-human-rights-violation-gaza-us-state-department The US is not a member of the ICC, but under the Trump administration, it sanctioned court officials after complaining about its investigations of US military operations in Afghanistans and Israeli act...

Suspect it will be mental er as in early August Paris has the Olympics. fixed :lol: :clap: I was surprised nobody else had mentioned it tbh. Thanks all. Yes, we have purposefully booked Paris for the Monday after the Olympics ends. My mum has never been and we are going via Eurostar. Very excited!

The only place I have been in Germany was the Mosselle valley, on a school trip in 1992. Of course it been 30+ years but I remember it being a very nice part of the world.

Unfortunately for those posters who don't believe Israel has a right to exist, No-one has said that. No-one in here is anywhere near close to that view. You. Have. No. Credibility. He doesn't act in good faith. Its all strawmen & gaslighting. Nevermind the "fake genocide" in Gaza will...

Froome's wife is mad. Aside from the sheer stupidity of the "No innocent Gazans" comment it would be so easy for some nutter to stab him and she just made him a target. Peak moron.

Very interesting post Guy. Thanks.

This is an interesting one. How the Chinese set down on a path toward Communism as a consequence of WWI. Wanted to participate in the Great War but was essentially given a supporting role by the Entente whereby they did not provide soldiers but workers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Labour_C...

On top of that, though... is the horror of watching the 'civilised world' sit back and watch, doing nothing as what we like to call our humanity, our noble ideals are stripped away and trodden into blood soaked mud. Over all else. Don't quite know how to process other than it's been tested and foun...

I must admit I’m struggling to be comfortable with this Lavender AI deciding who is Hamas. Is it as crude as fighting age male, Palestinian? Or is it accessing their bank transactions and social media ? Location data, etc? The way it was explained in that Gaurdian article left me gobsmacked. Glad t...

Although I suppose Robin Brooke, Ian Jones, Michael Jones, Josh Kronfeld & Zinzan would be another incredible 2nd/backrow.

Not sure how many tests they played together but I think they were on the 1996 AB tour to SA.

As a unit, Whitelock, Retallick, Kaino, McCaw and Read must be one of the all time great back fives of the scrum, even if some of them don't make the GOAT team individually. Yes, as a unit I can't see how they could be surpassed. That is the perfect blend of everything you want in the 2nd/back row.

So the Aid workers death investigation is being carried out by err representatives of Israel an "independent professional body" Pmsl I bet if HAMAS appointed an independent professional body from Hamas' ranks they would be rightly laughed at. The investigation was always going to amount t...

Its quite obviously terrorism. If Muslims were killing western civilians in these numbers and with such disregard for the lives of innocents/noncombatants it would be called terrorism. Americans have been doing the same for decades. Who is calling it terrorism? Presumably the victims? One would ass...

Its quite obviously terrorism.

If Muslims were killing western civilians in these numbers and with such disregard for the lives of innocents/noncombatants it would be called terrorism.

Its actually terrorism.

Absolutely appalling article. "The AI told us to do it" is going to be their defence. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other The ratio thing is completely bonkers. It is - 15 innocents for one low level Hamas fight...

It is this exactly! The hard right fanatics in the Israeli Government want to clear Gazza and take over what they see as their rightful land. I 100% agree and to that end they have: - slaughtered innocent Gazans in the tens of thousands, - made Gaza uninhabitable due to the number of dwellings they...

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