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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Did you play that mix game in bonnington on Friday? How did it go?
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Originally posted by zuutroy View Post
Yea played for about three and a half hours. Completely card dead...VPIP about 10% Id say. Hard to adjust to the speed of live poker particularly when not playing any hands! Disappointingly decent standard from the other players too.
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Originally posted by zuutroy View Post
Yea played for about three and a half hours. Completely card dead...VPIP about 10% Id say. Hard to adjust to the speed of live poker particularly when not playing any hands! Disappointingly decent standard from the other players too.
After you left we had a man call a raise in 2-7 from the small blind and then draw 5 cards. It was beautiful. A man's gotta have a dream.
Good meeting you and hopefully see you there again soon.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View PostGreat time at Glinners 'secret' gig yesterday
Looks like the pre-sales of his book are promising. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tough-Crowd...s%2C126&sr=1-1People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
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First day in Dogpatch today. Started the day with a two-hour teardown about how my whole business model from the perspective of potential funders was a joke. Also that the general business idea of doing everything for everyone could maybe do with a bit more focus. Just as I was internalising the way the business needed to change she then mutters: of course someone was giving me this talk yesterday and they said the exact opposite of what I've just said, so who knows really."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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While I generally think the whole Irish language thing is a bit of a scam, this story does turn rather sweet towards the end after the bit of moaning about services: https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...401048752.html"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostBrand stuff is pretty bad. The investigation seems pretty on point. I’m sure there will be more and more coming out.
Him describing the attacks as “baroque” is the strangest choice of word though.
You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Kayroo View Post
It's not really strange. He's a spoofer. Spoofers use fancy sounding words out of context to sound clever and fool gullible people. It's a pretty old grift frankly. It's basically what English undergrads do to impress the girls in their class.
That guy got lucky - he almost picked a fight with Batman but got saved by Jason Bourne .
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Originally posted by Theresa View Post
Howerya Reggie!
I guess my point was more that I'd much rather the US remain the world police,.
I would also rather that the US remain the largest economy and I'd rather they remain the centre of the banking world, the worlds reserve/trading currency and have the control over trade deals, sanctions and what not. I feel they align with my, and most western countries interests more than China, Russia or India. Not that they will always be lockstep with what I want, but more lockstep than the others.
I think India or China becoming a much larger power is something very possible. Especially China as the northern passages for trade start opening up and they don't have any fear of US trade blockades and such. India is taking strides too. Lucky for the west, India and China will likely never see eye to eye.
I'm not on IPB much these days - my wife just gave birth to our second kid just over a week ago. First one is just under a year and a half. So, along with work and stuff, I'm kept pretty busy! We also just bought a house there which we'll be moving into by the end of the year...
Anyway, back to your point:
You're making the assumption that the likes of India or China dominating the global stage would be worse than the US doing so. I don't necessarily think they would be better but can't really see them being any worse. They're just not starting many illegal wars in white countries, or overthrowing any democratically elected European leaders so they can steal resources. If 'Western Values' are represented by US imperialism, they don't represent my values anyway.
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Originally posted by cardshark202 View Post
Hey Steven, I'm good by the way! You?
I'm not on IPB much these days - my wife just gave birth to our second kid just over a week ago. First one is just under a year and a half. So, along with work and stuff, I'm kept pretty busy! We also just bought a house there which we'll be moving into by the end of the year...
Anyway, back to your point:
You're making the assumption that the likes of India or China dominating the global stage would be worse than the US doing so. I don't necessarily think they would be better but can't really see them being any worse. They're just not starting many illegal wars in white countries, or overthrowing any democratically elected European leaders so they can steal resources. If 'Western Values' are represented by US imperialism, they don't represent my values anyway.
I am making that assumption, and I am assuming that due to the weight of evidence of their internal and foreign policies. China, being autocratic, undemocratic and espousing a diluted and controlled from of capitalism. India, less so I would say but Modi is moving it in a direction that has just sanctioned the killing of a foreign citizen on their own soil and it seems getting more confrontational.
To your point about starting illegal wars, or overthrowing elected leaders etc, well, Russia are doing this right now, and have in the past (and the convo started about the Ukraine war and the western support for it) but to address China and India specifically neither of these powers have ever had an equal footing, never mind the higher ground, and both have enough people to get there( I disagree with Raouls take that Chinese demographics are terminal) so we don't know. This is dyed in the wool conservatism, but better the devil you know on this front for me. \
Ramp up that US Defence budget and keep the US at the head of the table imo.
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On this topic actually the recently released All in chat with Graham Allison is brilliant.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Kayroo View Post
It's not really strange. He's a spoofer. Spoofers use fancy sounding words out of context to sound clever and fool gullible people. It's a pretty old grift frankly. It's basically what English undergrads do to impress the girls in their class.
I take your point though and I agree with you on your perception of Brand.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by cardshark202 View Post
Hey Steven, I'm good by the way! You?
I'm not on IPB much these days - my wife just gave birth to our second kid just over a week ago. First one is just under a year and a half. So, along with work and stuff, I'm kept pretty busy! We also just bought a house there which we'll be moving into by the end of the year...
Anyway, back to your point:
You're making the assumption that the likes of India or China dominating the global stage would be worse than the US doing so. I don't necessarily think they would be better but can't really see them being any worse. They're just not starting many illegal wars in white countries, or overthrowing any democratically elected European leaders so they can steal resources. If 'Western Values' are represented by US imperialism, they don't represent my values anyway.
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Its not possible for any country to rule the world . The leading Superpowers will continue to lock antlers . All the leading Superpowers are murderers to varying levels in our peception . The US has 70million that would be happy to NUKE EM ALL.
The US is still the only country to use NUkes on a different country , effectivly wiping out the citizens of 2 cities . Think about that - the justification of it to this day is galling to me .
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
You can't see how the CCP ruling the world would be worse than a democracy with broadly similar values to ours?
Don't get me wrong though, I don't have any desire to move to China, neither do I have that desire to move to the US though. India, well I do love Indian food so would have to factor that in...
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostThe US is still the only country to use NUkes on a different country , effectivly wiping out the citizens of 2 cities . Think about that - the justification of it to this day is galling to me .
i.e. at that exact moment in time, with the information the US had."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
What do you think the justification was?
i.e. at that exact moment in time, with the information the US had.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Been over this on here before a few years ago plus the defence of it is widely versed . I think personally that it was one of the most evil horrific things in history . I realise i'm in the minority ."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
You obviously don't agree with the decision but you can't say what the real-time drivers of that decision were?"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
You obviously don't agree with the decision but you can't say what the real-time drivers of that decision were?
However if you believe the act itself were simply to bring an end to the war well we have nothing more to add to the conversation
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It would be foolish to think that China won't move towards a more democratic system over time. Similar to Japan and South Korea and Indonesia. That part of the world being collectivist cultures is probably a net positive when they do reach economic ascendancy. Collectivist cultures are probably a lot more internally focused. More broadly, the West benefits significantly if the Global South continues to economically develop. It opens up far more opportunities for us to accumulate further wealth. Plus its good for the world in general. Even though we have benefited massively from US global leadership, I'm not sure the world has. They are just simply too self-centred a nation."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Went to the gym last evening. As i mosied up the stairs I noticed 8 people in the floor i was on. ALL eight were on their phones. Ok I know im a wierdo with lack of self awareness sometimes but I blurted out like i do to my kids. Hands up who is not on thier phones? . 2 girls giggled , a couple of blokes hurriedly put their phones down and a few looks / glares
WHY WHY ? trying to maintain gym decorum after that was awkward .
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIt would be foolish to think that China won't move towards a more democratic system over time. Similar to Japan and South Korea and Indonesia."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Except it's become more of a dictatorship under Xi, not less.
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Good podcast series on Xi but best I’ve heard on China was with former Aussie PM Kevin Rudd.
Fluent in Mandarin and China studies happens to be his area of expertise
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Pain in arm/shoulder the last few days, takes 5 minutes to put on a t-shirt, can't sleep much as can't get a comfortable position.
Didn't really seem like a GP thing and they weren't going to be able to see me until Thursday anyway, so rang the VHI Swiftcare clinic yesterday, appointment for the afternoon arranged in Swords.
Pretty sweet deal really (for €75 with my low-level policy). Seen within minutes, x-rays, going to get sent for an MRI scan next month, possible surgery down the line.
Do think the triage nurse made it worse though pre x-ray, by rather violently taking my arm/shoulder through a series of tests to test it's limitations! "Will it hurt if I extend your arm this far", * AJ screams in mortal pain *, "ah, yes, that seemed to be sore for you".
Anyway, seems to be some form of shoulder tendonitis, random bits of calcium floating around and causing the rotator cuff to not be doing it's job properly. No one thing that caused it, just a build-up probably decades in the making and just reached a tipping point last week.
Ratchett gave me a few printouts with various stretching exercises I've to do. Pretty much failed at them all first time last night but apparently that's the plan, keep trying and each day should be a milimetre or so better.
So well worth the €75 but bit disappointed now when I read an old RD3 post from 2017 where he said " Swiftcare Clinic gave me Lyrica (painkiller especially for nerve pain), anti-inflammatories, some sleeping tablets and Solpadol". I got none of that good stuff, just "do the exercises, buy some otc ibruprofen, sleep on your back and stick an extra pillow under your arm and we'll see after the MRI". Where's my drugs, Joe.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Except it's become more of a dictatorship under Xi, not less."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I would imagine there is some sort of theory out there saying that countries become more dictatorial, right in the run up to becoming more democratic. But I'm not basing this on this months news stories, but rather a general trend that tends to happen. Plus I'm not too sure about 'more dictatorial'. Weeding out corruption has been his big fundamental drive. That is a necessary building block to allowing countries to transition, and was the same in Singapore, South Korea, as it removes people with economic vested interests in the dictatorship system.
China’s authoritarian regime has become increasingly repressive in recent years. The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten control over all aspects of life and governance, including the state bureaucracy, the media, online speech, religious practice, universities, businesses, and civil society associations, and it has undermined an earlier series of modest rule-of-law reforms. The CCP leader and state president, Xi Jinping, has consolidated personal power to a degree not seen in China for decades
Of course, in order to transition to democracy, the CCP would fundamentally have to agree to give up its monopoly on political power. Very, very hard indeed to see that happening in our lifetimes."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
The second bomb has been widely agreed to be 'testing'. So that's where the criticism tends to lie. While the first bomb tends to be viewed as definitely hastening the end of the war.
Was it not the Japanese leaders didn't believe reports of the damage caused by the initial bomb, and refused to declare a surrender?
I have not seen Oppenheimer yet, so there may be new common pop culture knowledge at this stage that i'm unaware of.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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Watched this over the last 2 nights,
A good whirlwind look back at the rise of some Dictators.
How to Become a Tyrant (TV Mini Series 2021) - IMDb
Although I would have preferred if they spent longer on the cause and actions of their retrospective downfalls.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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Originally posted by Murdrum View PostGood podcast series on Xi but best I’ve heard on China was with former Aussie PM Kevin Rudd.
Fluent in Mandarin and China studies happens to be his area of expertise
If you want a good current affairs China story, the curious case of the missing Ministers is suitably mad and entertaining."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIn more interesting news, one of my Indian students this year has the first name 'Monalisa'. I'm not sure her parents quite anticipated how that name would be perceived in European circles.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIn more interesting news, one of my Indian students this year has the first name 'Monalisa'. I'm not sure her parents quite anticipated how that name would be perceived in European circles.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
China's democracy scores have worsened under Xi. It's just a fact e.g.
Maybe Xi is just a blip on the road to democracy, who knows.
Of course, in order to transition to democracy, the CCP would fundamentally have to agree to give up its monopoly on political power. Very, very hard indeed to see that happening in our lifetimes.
In 2006, the Financial Times reported that Freedom House had received funding by the State Department for "clandestine activities" inside Iran. According to the Financial Times, "Some academics, activists and those involved in the growing US business of spreading freedom and democracy are alarmed that such semi-covert activities risk damaging the public and transparent work of other organisations, and will backfire inside Iran."[64]
On December 7, 2004, former U.S. House Representative and Libertarian politician Ron Paul criticized Freedom House for allegedly administering a U.S.-funded program in Ukraine where "much of that money was targeted to assist one particular candidate." Paul said "one part that we do know thus far is that the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), granted millions of dollars to the Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative (PAUCI), which is administered by the U.S.-based Freedom House. PAUCI then sent U.S. Government funds to numerous Ukrainian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This would be bad enough and would in itself constitute meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. But, what is worse is that many of these grantee organizations in Ukraine are blatantly in favor of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko."[65]
Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman have criticized the organization for excessively criticizing states opposed to US interests while being unduly sympathetic to regimes supportive of US interests.[66] Most notably, Freedom House described the 1979 Rhodesian general election as "fair", but described the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election as "dubious",[66] and found the 1982 Salvadoran presidential election to be "admirable".[66]"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostWatched this over the last 2 nights,
A good whirlwind look back at the rise of some Dictators.
How to Become a Tyrant (TV Mini Series 2021) - IMDb
Although I would have preferred if they spent longer on the cause and actions of their retrospective downfalls.
It’s historical figures narrated in the first person but Maradona & Puskas are there too.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostInteresting that you go straight to attacking the source.
HH: ...
RD: Hey, stop attacking my source, no fair!
The source is always the most relevant thing."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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One fun additional titbit about 'Freedom' House is that in between supporting dictators and white supremacists being elected in friendly countries, they even managed to campaign against the establishment of the International Criminal Court - pretty much the sole legal route for convicting dictators."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Kayroo View Post
It's not really strange. He's a spoofer. Spoofers use fancy sounding words out of context to sound clever and fool gullible people. It's a pretty old grift frankly. It's basically what English undergrads do to impress the girls in their class.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
RD: Here's a dodgy source that has a history of supporting white supremacy
HH: ...
RD: Hey, stop attacking my source, no fair!
The source is always the most relevant thing.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIt would be foolish to think that China won't move towards a more democratic system over time. Similar to Japan and South Korea and Indonesia. That part of the world being collectivist cultures is probably a net positive when they do reach economic ascendancy. Collectivist cultures are probably a lot more internally focused. More broadly, the West benefits significantly if the Global South continues to economically develop. It opens up far more opportunities for us to accumulate further wealth. Plus its good for the world in general. Even though we have benefited massively from US global leadership, I'm not sure the world has. They are just simply too self-centred a nation.
I'd argue China is more self-centered than America. Maybe not on an individual person basis but on a national state basis. All their talk around the BRI is about global infrastructure development but it's really just about extending their control and power and only really ultimately benefits themselves.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I would imagine there is some sort of theory out there saying that countries become more dictatorial, right in the run up to becoming more democratic. But I'm not basing this on this months news stories, but rather a general trend that tends to happen. Plus I'm not too sure about 'more dictatorial'. Weeding out corruption has been his big fundamental drive. That is a necessary building block to allowing countries to transition, and was the same in Singapore, South Korea, as it removes people with economic vested interests in the dictatorship system.
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I was watching the joker at home a while back. About ten mins from the end - just when the mayhem starts, I heard a bang and crash. I had few seconds of confusion, wondering was that from the TV or outside.
Turns out a car had crashed and overturned on the street.
At the weekend I was watching a movie. Ten mins from the end they go to switch off the power in an area of a city. And our power went out.
So basically. If anyone knows of any movies about someone getting a major windfall and living happy ever after, I'm all ears.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I would imagine there is some sort of theory out there saying that countries become more dictatorial, right in the run up to becoming more democratic. But I'm not basing this on this months news stories, but rather a general trend that tends to happen. Plus I'm not too sure about 'more dictatorial'. Weeding out corruption has been his big fundamental drive. That is a necessary building block to allowing countries to transition, and was the same in Singapore, South Korea, as it removes people with economic vested interests in the dictatorship system.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostPain in arm/shoulder the last few days, takes 5 minutes to put on a t-shirt, can't sleep much as can't get a comfortable position.
Didn't really seem like a GP thing and they weren't going to be able to see me until Thursday anyway, so rang the VHI Swiftcare clinic yesterday, appointment for the afternoon arranged in Swords.
Pretty sweet deal really (for €75 with my low-level policy). Seen within minutes, x-rays, going to get sent for an MRI scan next month, possible surgery down the line.
Do think the triage nurse made it worse though pre x-ray, by rather violently taking my arm/shoulder through a series of tests to test it's limitations! "Will it hurt if I extend your arm this far", * AJ screams in mortal pain *, "ah, yes, that seemed to be sore for you".
Anyway, seems to be some form of shoulder tendonitis, random bits of calcium floating around and causing the rotator cuff to not be doing it's job properly. No one thing that caused it, just a build-up probably decades in the making and just reached a tipping point last week.
Ratchett gave me a few printouts with various stretching exercises I've to do. Pretty much failed at them all first time last night but apparently that's the plan, keep trying and each day should be a milimetre or so better.
So well worth the €75 but bit disappointed now when I read an old RD3 post from 2017 where he said " Swiftcare Clinic gave me Lyrica (painkiller especially for nerve pain), anti-inflammatories, some sleeping tablets and Solpadol". I got none of that good stuff, just "do the exercises, buy some otc ibruprofen, sleep on your back and stick an extra pillow under your arm and we'll see after the MRI". Where's my drugs, Joe.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
We discussed all this before. China isn't going democratic anti any time soon. The culture is totally different."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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