Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - BabyforV

[Emmet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgwr2Nj_GQ

[Bodybuilder]

Had one cigarette yesterday morning, vaped the rest of the day.

Feel so much better this morning than I did yesterday morning. Sinus clear, no morning breath, able to breath deep. Got a really good sleep.

I've been quitting smoking for a long time now, off for a few months, on again, on off, on off, this is exactly how I feel that first day as a non smoker.

I would seriously recommended this to someone struggling to quit.

Do you drink? I always found drinking too much was the surest way to a set-back because it makes you more base and fucks with your brain chemistry. I think for big drinkers (regular irish drinkers) cutting back on the booze can definitely aid in cutting out the fags.

[Emmet]

anyone looking for the oneplusone.

Invites here - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...7251489&page=6

akin to the old gmail invites, join the list and promise your invites when you buy.

[Lazare]

Do you drink? I always found drinking too much was the surest way to a set-back because it makes you more base and fucks with your brain chemistry. I think for big drinkers (regular irish drinkers) cutting back on the booze can definitely aid in cutting out the fags.

Absolutely. They go hand in hand for most people. I'm cutting right back on the drinking too at the moment.

Speaking to a mate last week, a guy that's really fit and healthy, I said to him 'I really need to change to a healthy lifestyle soon'
'Soon was five years ago, you need to do it now' he replied.

Scared me a little.

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[luckforsome]

...Didn't catch as much football last season as I usually do...And I think it's gonna affect my FF team...Half the players I've barely seen play...

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[Raoul Duke III]

Its pretty low id say.
What have Hamas got to gain from peace?
When will Israel be happy when all of Gaza is occupied by illegal settlements..

Mick, there are precisely zero Israeli settlers in Gaza, illegal or otherwise.

[Raoul Duke III]

Your whole 'they're only killing brown kids so its okay' thing is a bit distasteful imo

What? Where did I ever say that? Must be some hangover you have there.

[elbows]

Some performance from Damien McGrane

[shrapnel]

Commonwealth Games rugby 7s QFs are delivering big time. Great fun!

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[Raoul Duke III]

That's because they drew new borders around Gaza to make that appear to be the case. Seriously I've no idea what you think your getting from defending people who bomb kids out for a day at the beach. Is there some geopolitical point that justifies that?

Back up your bus. Pop quiz: who agreed to and who rejected a ceasefire?

You seem to be a bit hormonal today.

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[Raoul Duke III]

That's because they drew new borders around Gaza to make that appear to be the case.

Please don't make up 'facts'. Israel dismantled all illegal settlements in Gaza nearly ten years ago and dragged the various nutjob settlers out kicking and screaming (a process they should repeat in the West Bank).
The Gazan borders haven't altered since 1948. A quick trip to a history book will confirm this.

So either you're making up facts to suit your argument (whatever that is, it's incoherent) or you're ignorant of the facts. Either way, your argument is fatally flawed.

[dazzler]

Back up your bus. Pop quiz: who agreed to and who rejected a ceasefire?

You seem to be a bit hormonal today.

Presumably the only correct answer is the 800 plus civilians who have been bombed to death.

[Lazare]

Listening to a whole load of Guy Clark today, Dublin Blues is an outstanding album, what I wouldn't give to be able to write songs like that.

Oleras' 'Randall Knife' is the last track, such a beautiful song.

I really love this, lyrics are just so good....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4T0QmSCTq0

[Raoul Duke III]

Presumably the only correct answer is the 800 plus civilians who have been bombed to death.

Two (democratically elected) governments, two nations. One conflict. One agreed to stop the conflict, one decided not to. It's not a hard question to answer.

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[RasTa]

Good to see RD still defending Israel, I like the fact it doesn't bother him how many kids they kill.

[Raoul Duke III]

Ahh the whole incoherent/hungover/hormonal anti-argument. Look at that pic

Pretty pathetic HH. You try to attack by inventing 'facts', these get exposed as bullshit so you then insert a picture as the sole justification for your argument (whatever it is). You could just as easily insert pictures of the aftermath of suicide bombings. Or Palestinians celebrating 9/11.

Anyway I see that Hamas, after ignoring last night's ceasefire and continuing to blast away with rockets, have now announced their own ceasefire. Pity they couldn't have taken the one that all other parties accepted last week.

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[Lazare]

Two (democratically elected) governments, two nations. One conflict. One agreed to stop the conflict, one decided not to. It's not a hard question to answer.

But Glyn, c'mon now, it's far far removed from such simplistic analysis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR1LGoNg5p4

[oleras]

A link to the hurling would be much appreciated.

[6starpool]

A link to the hurling would be much appreciated.

Can you not watch in the rte player?

[Sirtoyou]

Mini brag, at the turn of the year I was 23.5 stone size 46 waist size 52 chest. I had a communion coming up on May 19th so I bought a suit 48 chest 40 waist to motivate me to lose the weight.
March 1st not a thing done same size probably worse I didn't check. So I cut the bread, spuds, rice,and pasta. Still ate loads of fruit and veg etc. Anyway I got into the suit for the communion badly fit tbh I certainly wasn't a 40 waist or 48 chest but struggled into them anyway.
1st of June joined the gym and got an induction etc. Weighed in at 19 stone 2 and I was a comfortable 42 waist at that stage. Went for the 8 week review this week and I'm down to 18'6 but more importantly a 38" waist and 46" chest.

Not doing a log or anything but putting up this post to motivate me to drive it on further and get to my new targets.

[oleras]

Can you not watch in the rte player?

In Italy so geo blocked.

[Raoul Duke III]

But Glyn, c'mon now, it's far far removed from such simplistic analysis

I know it's not simple, because I know the history. If you don't know the history, you end up with the highly simplistic 'what about the dead kids?' arguments and\or calling people Nazis (which is always helpful).
Essentially, seeing a picture in the paper or on de interwebs and extrapolating a whole 'Israel be bad' narrative is both simplistic and unhelpful. Hitch has inadvertently shown that today by making up facts and then resorting to whatabouttery when faced with facts.

I was just trying to get agreement on one fact but for some reason no-one wants to do that.

[shrapnel]

there's an irish section in my local supermarket

always nice to see the irish and the polish close to each other

[6starpool]

In Italy so geo blocked.

Can you not use hola unblocker extension on chrome for it?

[Denny Crane]

What were the Israeli bombs actually achieving besides encouraging a new generation of attacks and producing those kind of photos? Hamas were still firing their ineffectual rockets undeterred.

[Guest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU

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[Raoul Duke III]

What were the Israeli bombs actually achieving besides encouraging a new generation of attacks and producing those kind of photos? Hamas were still firing their ineffectual rockets undeterred.

What alternative would you suggest?

Genuinely interested.

[Strewelpeter]

No good guys and war crimes clearly visible on both sides.

Its a human mess that allowed a nutjob Zionist movement have a whole part of someone elses country but it is not going away but yet we keep letting the zionists compound the mistake and create generation after generation of fear and loathing.

Unless you can agree to reverting to 1967 boundaries you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Palestinians are just the same as any other people.

The moral bankruptcy of the west is not at its most pronounced when we see people buying zionist propaganda hook line and sinker and regurgitating the slippery arguments everytime the Israeli armies are out on one of their periodical social control missions, they jokingly refer to as mowing the lawn, slaughtering innocents at a ratio of c. 500:1 civilian casualties. The moral bankruptcy is most clear during the intervening years when we choose to ignore the plight of a people under siege in conditions that indeed do not bear comparison to the Warsaw Ghetto because they are in many respects worse, not least because we are looking at them day by day and turning out heads away.

Maybe this time the world will wake up to the reality of life under occupation / blockade / siege or whatever other weasel words are in vogue to attempt to disguise sheer disparity in power that creates and feeds Hamas the bogeyman that the extreme right needs foster to to stay in power in Tel Aviv.

[ArmaniJeans]

I didn't know we have a European Olympic Games now, first edition in Baku next June.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Games

I like these multi-sport events, even find the Commonwealth Games quite watchable. Hopefully it'll work out and should be lots of decent medal opportunities for Irish.

[RasTa]

I was just trying to get agreement on one fact but for some reason no-one wants to do that.

What fact? Why shouldn't Israel agree with the new ceasefire purposed by Hamas?

[Guest]

there's an irish section in my local supermarket

always nice to see the irish and the polish close to each other

Recently sat smirking to myself in an O'rish bar watching a plump (cute out) Irish girl try to explain to her stunned looking skinny assed date that she was not going to eat the 10+ bags of Tayto she just bought, that they are hard to get and......

[Denny Crane]

What alternative would you suggest?

Genuinely interested.

What's the rush, what do they gain by sending in ground troops? The Iron Dome burns cash but it means Hamas are irrelevant. Lets be realistic, Israel isn't defending itself here.

Take the long view, build schools don't blow them up, no one is going to strap a bomb to themselves if they've work in the morning.

Perpetuating the cycle of violence blowing up irrelevant launch sites and breeding a new generation of people who've seen their childhood friends blown up seems counter-productive.

[newbie2]

Normally I wouldn't have too strong an opinion on this kinda stuff, but is this not absolutely ridiculous from RTE? I'm assuming what's said in the article is true.

This literally makes me sick to my stomach. Shame on you RTE.

RTE responds

RTÉ News Report on Gaza broadcast 23 July 2014

RTE wishes to clarify that the news report on Wednesday 23 July 2014 did not misinterpret or misrepresent the views of a woman featured within the footage from Gaza.

The pictures and information featured in the report were received by RTÉ from the European Broadcasting Union's news service. The material contained pictures of a woman with a lengthy sequence of her shouting in the street. The woman begins by referring to children dying, but she then goes on to say that she is ready to wear an explosive jacket and join the fight.

The voiceover on the report was not intended to be a direct translation. The reporter was paraphrasing the woman's view - clearly stated in the information RTÉ received - that she was ready to resist the Israeli offensive. There was no attempt on RTÉ's part to misconstrue the woman's message or any intention to cause confusion.

The following is information received by RTÉ accompanying the footage:

Date Shot: 23-JUL-2014
Location: GAZA
Country: PALESTINE, STATE OF
Sound: NATURAL Language: ARABIC

Various parts of Gaza streets are under the rubble. A four storey building collapsed last night leaving more victims among defenseless civilians. EPTV camera was there the moment the building turned into dust.

Shotlist of EPTV correspondent in the street along with residents.

10:27:54:09 Forward zoom of building collapsing live next to ambulance.
10:28:09:22 SOUNDBITE (Arabic), male resident: "There's one dead their with a severed head, we also found a dead little girl. Down there, we found a dead woman and the corpses of three little girls around her."
10:28:25:04 - VS of the survivor being rescued
10:28:29:09 - VS of ambulances rushing in the wounded to hospital
10:28:42:24 SOUNDBITE (Arabic), woman in shock and awe shouting: "Four to five children die every single day, where are you people? ...a four-storey building fell on their heads, it is horrific, Allah is great, there's no god but Allah and Mohamed his prophet."
10:28:57:20 SOUNDBITE (Arabic), woman crying out in despair: " Stop the war, stop the truce, never say Hamas, never say Fatah, just say Nation of Allah. Listen to me all, I am ready to wear the explosive jacket and joint our fighters...all our children are dying..."
10:29:27:13 - Close of dead teenager wrapped in shroud
10:29:34:05 - GVs of crowd holding stretcher down the street

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[Guest]

Mick, there are precisely zero Israeli settlers in Gaza, illegal or otherwise.

I stand corrected.

[oleras]

Can you not use hola unblocker extension on chrome for it?

I shall look into that.

Thanks Tom.

[Strewelpeter]

Superb goal

[Guest]

ooh and Shrap; you are over here just about long enough to start to figure out that while there is tons of stuff to do in that Landan, actually finding out about them is a pain in the hole as listings are a load of arse.


For gigs try something like the songkick app, looks at your music library and notifies you about gigs by your bands/ linked bands well in advance

[SatNav]

A while back someone put an article or link here about a hippy type comune place where drugs were legal I think. It was in a middle of a city. Belgium or somewhere like that. I remember reading further on wiki. Can anyone shed light on it. Can't remember where it was

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[ArmaniJeans]

A while back someone put an article or link here about a hippy type comune place where drugs were legal I think. It was in a middle of a city. Belgium or somewhere like that. I remember reading further on wiki. Can anyone shed light on it. Can't remember where it was

Christiana in Copenhagen.

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[Denny Crane]

Sample of texts sent to a prominent TCD prof over last two days. Oh dear.

"I'm too drunk to respond, but generally agree with your point"

"It seems like a great point though"


"A haircut with a beer. Living the dream."

At least you're not professing drunken love for him.

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[Wesley Harms]

Remy failed his medical, deal off

[Strewelpeter]

It has already got good reviews here but its worth banging on about just how great Alpha House is.

Its a half hour comedy made for Amazons streaming network created by Garry Trudeau of Doonsbury fame and stars John Goodman

IMO Trudeau has really aced it he's created a TV show that has all the incisiveness and wit of Doonsbury with a lot more belly laughs. Goodman and Clark Johnson and all the supporting cast are great but Matt Malloy steals the show as a sexually confused Mormon Senator from Nevada.

According to wikipedia, Malloy who I'd never noticed in anything before was inspired to start acting by his Uncle who was a well known character and comedy actor from the 60's who was also at his best doing comedy turns. I'l leave it as a guessing game if you fancy it, I think he's very lilke his uncle not just in looks but in his performance.

[Zod]

Fuck property management company/estate agent cunts. That is all.

[6starpool]

I didn't know we have a European Olympic Games now, first edition in Baku next June.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Games

I like these multi-sport events, even find the Commonwealth Games quite watchable. Hopefully it'll work out and should be lots of decent medal opportunities for Irish.

I wonder will this be replacing/incorporating the European athletic championships?

[Fuzzy Logic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqy0r8MrzG8

[Lazare]

Pic of Tallinn

Take a trip to the marina while you're there and have a look at the boat.

[Denny Crane]

Trudeau has really aced it he's created a TV show that has all the incisiveness and wit of Doonsbury with a lot more belly laughs.

Ehh...