@raznomore said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

Checking in late.....

Warburton is an absolute class act. He knew his team had played 14 men for 50 min and only just won. He is easily one of my favourite personalties

Yeap he came across really well in the interview and was well aware that they had only just beaten a 14 man All Black team. I also liked how Read didn't use being a player down as an excuse.

Then you have Gatland who reckons they haven't been stretched by the All Blacks. Maybe I'm just arrogant but if the All Blacks had only just beaten a 14 man Lions, Aussie or SA team by three points in the last 10 minutes I'd want an inquiry

I don't think TJP is good coming off the bench - he spends 70 minutes working himself into a frenzy and is about to explode when he finally does make the field.

well after a few years of drinking French wine - I'm back to the boycott.

Mind you should have had it won before Kaino was sent to the bin.

a clip that keeps on giving

@Wairau said in US Politics:

and a survey of non citizen hispanics in the usa registered to vote, based on 2010 census, done i 2013...so obviously much to low in raw numbers, and additionally due to policy changes making voting registration easier...

Feb 18, 2017  /  Politics

Up to 2 million non-citizens illegally registered to vote in the US - TheAmericanMirror.com

A survey of Hispanics in the U.S. revealed as many as two million non-citizens are illegally registered to vote, reinforcing claims by President Donald Trump that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. The National Hispanic Survey was designed to measure the opinion of Hispanic U...

Here is a link to a review regarding the survey

The Perils of Cherry Picking Low Frequency Events in Large Sample Surveys

Stephen Ansolabehere (Harvard University, PI CCES) Samantha Luks (YouGov)

Not too sure about Jordie Barret - I'm not quite on the band wagon yet he has done some good stuff at super level but so has McKenzie. His defense is bloody suspect as well. Only change I would have made was Julian Savea.

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<p>Kiwis will get behind Joseph , but my point is he may need a bigger support base .<br><br>
id be trying to promote him in Australia as well for starters. Aussie fight fans would support him no problem , like they are doing with Mark Hunt, he is very popular here.</p>
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<p>No need to do that ~ I'm pretty sure the Aussies will start doing that themselves ~"Australasian boxer Joseph Parker wins his fight".</p>

@Salacious-Crumb said in US Politics:

You've bought into the fake paradigm that pro-war intelligence agencies -- what Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander WW2 and US President during Cold War, warned about the "Military Industrial Complex" -- exclusively wears a red tie or a blue tie. Isn't it possible they might wear both? Or neither?? Trump ran against the Establishment -- including the warmonger globalists in BOTH parties.

Didn't Trump just increase military spending? And is asking for NATO countries do the same - wouldn't that be pro "Military Industrial Complex"

@pakman said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

And an attack analysis, including the 'tricks' the Lions used to part the black sea for Murray: http://www.the42.ie/analysis-sexton-farrell-lions-all-blacks-2-3474564-Jul2017/ .

looking at the video of the first try if ALB had made his tackle instead of slipping off Daly it the movement would have been shut down. I don't think ALB committed to early as they say in the analysis he just did a shit tackle.

So how long does it take to make a new wing - a patched up one might be O.K against the British team but they will need more speed in the finals.

I think me jumping on the bandwagon might have been just enough to cause the capsize. My Canadian wife thinks I'm nuts after getting her and her whole family hooked during the last one.

@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:

@crucial said in US Politics:

The recent storm in a teacup over Trump and the families of dead soldiers is an example of how Trump behaves in a nutshell (and why many think he is unfit for the office he holds).
There was absolutely no need for him to try and claim he is better than his predecessors when asked a question. Once again he made a grand claim that he couldn't support and gave the media yet another opening to have a crack at him so he could then claim that the media are out to undermine him. His staff then waste valuable time working on a petty issue that didn't even need to happen rather than actually working on the big things. At this rate he will spend his entire time in the WH picking scraps with everybody then claiming that it is their fault that he cant get things done.
FFS man, you undermine yourself all the time with stupid grand claims because you can't stand not looking like the biggest man in the room.
Maybe it is all done on purpose as a diversion tactic, I don't know, but weight of evidence points to it simply being an ego issue.

Except yet again this has been spun, he did have support for his claim, he said it because Kelly, his chief of staff, who lost a son in combat, did not get a call from Obama.
Remember when Obama got all that grief for not calling one of his generals when he lost a son in combat? Nah me neither.
Trump was responding to criticism that he hadn't called the families within a few days. He rightly pointed out that Obama NEVER called some of the families of killed soldiers. And in fact Trump has called all of them so far.
Yet this was spun and Kelly who actually los a son, got rightly pissed off at the medias double standards and polticking.
Why the fuck did it even come up when and how Trump called families? Oh yeah... the left wing media looked yet again for a scandal.
Where the fuck where they when Obama didnt call? Up his ass lauding his Nobel peace prize.

Tump was not criticised for failing to call the families the question asked was
"Why haven't we heard anything from you so far about soldiers that were killed in Niger? And what do you have to say about that?"

Pretty fair question since in the 12 days he had tweeted about everything else under the sun.

Trump then brought up Gold Star Families and that he was going to send them letters and phone calls. He then made this statement

"So, the traditional way - if you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls, a lot didn't make calls. I like to call when its appropriate, when I think I'm able to do it. They have made the ultimate sacrifice"

That's pretty clear that he is stating that most previous presidents didn't make calls not at all. Not just Obama but Bush, Clinton, Bush, Regan.

He backed down a bit when challenged and what's he making this pretty scathing criticism of all past president assumption on - one Gold Star Parent of what must be several hundred. Kelly must have also forgotten to mention that while Obama didn't call he did go to lunch at the Whitehouse with other Goldstar families.

Yes we didn't hear about Obama not calling Kelly at the time because he never talked about what a shitty job Bush did regarding gold star families or claimed to have call all Goldstar families.

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in US Politics:

@Bones said in US Politics:

So if I'm reading this right, we've got Trump supporters saying that past elections have had nefarious goings on, despite there being no evidence. Then we've got Trump supporters saying that nothing nefarious happened with Trump Jr because there's no evidence of it happening?

It's all rather confusing.

It isnt confusing at all unless you are trying to spin this into something terrible, then of course it would get tricky getting all the threads you fantasise about into something.

For example. I am still waiting for anyone to tell me what Trump jnr did that was illegal. Pretty vital BEFORE he is accused of treason and put to death. Yes really... Democrats senators have gone that far. Let that sink in for a minutebolded text.

have you got a link for that nothing shows up in my news feeds

@antipodean said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

This game really appears to have been one massive cockup by match officials:

Jul 9, 2017

Lions star Alun Wyn Jones should not have been allowed back on after HIA, says Matt Stevens

Alun Wyn Jones should not have been allowed back onto the field during the third Test against New Zealand because he had exceeded the time limit allowed for a Head Injury Assessment (HIA), says Matt Stevens.

But wasn't he subbed after he passed the HIA by Lawes. So coming back on to replace Warburton when he went off for his HIA is all a non-issue.

3.14 Substituted players rejoining the match

If a player is substituted, that player may only return to play when replacing:
•an injured front row player in accordance with Law 3.5
•a player with a blood injury in accordance with Law 3.11
•a player undertaking a Head Injury Assessment in accordance with Law 3.12
•a player who has been injured as a result of foul play (as verified by the Match Officials).

I don't think TJP is good coming off the bench - he spends 70 minutes working himself into a frenzy and is about to explode when he finally does make the field.

well after a few years of drinking French wine - I'm back to the boycott.

Mind you should have had it won before Kaino was sent to the bin.

@Salacious-Crumb said in US Politics:

@Gary said in US Politics:

Didn't Trump just increase military spending? And is asking for NATO countries do the same - wouldn't that be pro "Military Industrial Complex"

And these days, most of the spending on U.S. military in the present-and-future is paying for the pensions and V.A. hospitals for all those unlucky sods who got their limbs blown off fighting dumbass wars that were started on hoaxes.

Not according to this

Skye Gould, Jeremy Bender  /  Aug 29, 2015  /  Military & Defense

Here's how the US military spends its billions

In 2014, the US spent more on defense then the next 7 countries combined.

Military budget of the United States - Wikipedia

see the section "Other military-related expenditures"

@Salacious-Crumb said in US Politics:

You've bought into the fake paradigm that pro-war intelligence agencies -- what Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander WW2 and US President during Cold War, warned about the "Military Industrial Complex" -- exclusively wears a red tie or a blue tie. Isn't it possible they might wear both? Or neither?? Trump ran against the Establishment -- including the warmonger globalists in BOTH parties.

Didn't Trump just increase military spending? And is asking for NATO countries do the same - wouldn't that be pro "Military Industrial Complex"

@rotated said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

They've only bottled it if we lose. Otherwise it's a masterstroke.

Ultimately the winning and losing will be done from the 10 jersey on down. So it's hardly panic stations and I'm confident the ABs will win the breakdown and tackle.

Purely in regards to Hansen's selections, it's been pretty poor planning. He released Savea and Barrett to the Canes because Hansen said they weren't in the frame to play the Lions going forward and wanted them to get a chance (while patting himself on the back after Ioane's selection). Then somehow after one of the stranger tests in recent times Hansen has done a complete U-turn on everything.

Pretty harsh on those guys.

Does Joride kick? Not ideal in your first start, but perhaps that is part of the story?

I think the issue with Ioane is his work rate - when the forwards were a man down a bit of help from one of the wingers carting the ball up would have been good.

Not too sure about Jordie Barret - I'm not quite on the band wagon yet he has done some good stuff at super level but so has McKenzie. His defense is bloody suspect as well. Only change I would have made was Julian Savea.

@Catogrande said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

@Gary the funny thing though was the Lions had their best period during the 14 v 14 time.

Probably because we weren't giving away so many dumb penalties

Might also be a case of the Lions remaining 14 players lifting their game to compensate and the All Blacks relaxing a bit mentally knowing they are back to even numbers.