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“ What is first target, Komrad Putin, Whitehouse?” ” Nyet…” ” House of Parliaments ?” “Nyet…” “ Reichstag?” ” Nyet…” ”Then where Komrad Putin?” ” Boldon Dogs… obliterate it”

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It's absolute bollocks that he's even being given the opportunity to sell. If he's sanction-worthy, fucking sanction him, don't give him a chance to liquidate assets.

Burnley lose boro win Palace win (so our match gets postponed - breathing space) And Boros scorer was released by Sunderland Mint night

Not one for stereotypes or judging peoples looks but Agbonlahor is an ugly, thick brummie cunt

Nah it won't have done much to the spreadsheet, so it is simply not worth my incredibly valuable time. You'll have to wait til the weekend you dirty Yorkshire bastard!

Meanwhile Liz Truss is given a long leash to start World War III by proposing UK civilians join the Ukrainian forces. Which is actually illegal under British law and has been for about 250 years.

Any current valuation would also need to account for the £500m fee it would take for a rival club to acquire Joelinton

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you….

I can understand that viewpoint but, I’ll take 14th now tbh. Especially after the shambolic start to the season. Next year is the time to properly look up

Spot on. I've been looking at various sides of the aisle in recent days, too, and I find it quite funny that neither side seems comfortable with simply condemning Putin. There's a distinct discomfort there as Putin is seen as some ancillary sideshow to the ongoing 'problem' of Western society. I think it stems from something like the horseshoe theory playing out for extremely radical political positions. These are motivated by ideas that are ostensibly the opposite in their inclination but somehow coincide instead in some sort of bizarre agreement on fundamental dualisms (i.e., freedom vs. determinism, individualism vs. collectivism, pacifism vs. military force). I think it is probably suitable to preserve the notion that these positions are not necessarily aligned in their motivation and so are able to be differentiated (at least from the perception of internal factors) so accusing one side of being 'no better' than the other is perhaps not incredibly productive, though it's definitely enjoyable to watch political ideologues squirm at their undeniable agreement with their signed-and-sealed "worst enemy". I think, fundamentally, these positions coincide on the basis of a lack of sophistication of thought which denies the acceptability of a plurality of opinion. They're cults essentially that brook no challenge to their authority. Thus, whatever 'values' they may prescribe, they are only upheld for the 'in group' and as such are not true values at all. Thus the application of force, the restricting of freedom, and the implementation of collective thought-policing is all mandated for dissidents under the umbrella of "necessity"/"protection" in a political system that is not theorised but rather idealised through the symbol of "first" principles or the personage of an "elected" demagogue. I think in this case the lack of reason used by the adherents to these types of ideas is the product of an inability to abide with uncertainty. This discomfort with the unknown drives people toward these radical positions that promise 'answers' to what are problems that are, really, probably intractable. You see this manifest as the type of mysticism associated with conspiratorial thought, where the problems of society (or any situation) must be the consequence of some identifiable enemy that is within their remit (at least in theory) to influence with ideological infiltration or overthrown with force (soft or hard). Thus, Putin is outside and, therefore, rather uninteresting; it's all really the fault of NATO for both sides as NATO can be manipulated sufficiently to be held up as some internal symbol of the antithesis of everything these ideologies oppose and want to influence and overthrow. /waffle (sorry I really got inspired for a moment there)

That and mammy makes all the decisions anyway

This guy is a boring real life WUM with nothing to add to society except clickbait hot takes where he flaccidly attacks people who are way better at life than he is. Has he demanded a report on the information Ant has on him yet?

Isn’t he asking for £3B? It honestly seems like just a gesture to take the heat off and make it look like he’s trying to sell to ward off any asset stripping situation. Maybe he thinks alongside the public statement where he has distanced himself from running the business, he thinks if he’s showing he is trying to sell it the UK Govt might be okay leaving it with that.

Never forget the Crowening

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Important thread on Aviation

Aye they definitely said that in the Caulkin interview.

16 years later This forum will probably soon qualify as resource of historical importance tbh.

How lucky was Rees Mogg to get rid of his shares just before all this happened. Corrupt as fuck.

Just finished reading it, a superb interview indeed. It got me thinking though about all the good work Putin has done to sow misinformation and bullshit on both sides of the political spectrum. My (hard-core leftwing) friend absolutely and fundamentally believes that this is on NATO. And then you go over to the right wing YouTube community and that's what they're all saying too. I pointed out to my friend that he was basically agreeing with Farage and he just gave me the "even a stopped clock" line, but the reality is this isn't a twice a day issue. It's almost every issue. The left and the right are uniting in their backlash against the international order that has kept us at peace for over half a century, and they're both too blind to realise that they are now absolutely two sides of the same coin. In fact, people on both sides have started telling me that there is no left and right anymore, it's all just freedom versus control. And like, maybe that's true - but if it is, it's because both sides have lined up in close proximity to Putin - without even realising it I might add. Their talking points have been sown for years by agents of disruption and misinformation. That's what Cadwalldr was saying, that's what Fiona Hill is saying. So that's why they think there's no left or right anymore, because there isn't. There's just propaganda. Neither side trusts the government except over sacred cow style issues, and neither side is prepared to listen to reason. Putin owns both the brexit voting accidental destroyers of Western liberalism, along with the communism demanding, intentional destroyers of Western liberalism (due to their belief that behind the psychotic and murderous eyes of Putin lies a cuddly figure who only wants a fair world). Useful idiots, IMO. Anyway, hard to imagine how we even break out of this.

When your parents buy you something shit for Xmas so you go and play with your mates toys instead.

I can’t get over how shite that ginger yank is for Norwich. Probably too busy thinking about NASCAR to be any good at football

Tbf to Craig, he thought it was a joke already posted ten years ago.

I mean you have Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary deciding on the future of Channel 4 who didn't even know that it wasn't in receipt of public funds and Diane Abbott, a Labour backbencher, who had a simple slip of the tongue. They aren't comparable unless you're a massive racist... Craig.

First thing that jumped to my mind was Groucho's 'tache

Borussia Dortmund have stripped former chancellor Schröder of his honorary membership because he is refusing to step down from his positions as a board member of Russian companies like Rosneft.

Wonder when the SSB will blow up their first US/UK scheduled flight? I imagine all that could come before the nuclear option...

This is why I failed my accountancy exams.

abramovich asking for £3bn for chelsea

The US & EU have sanctioned hundreds, we've given most 30 days to get their loot out of the UK. Proud to be British etc etc 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Fuck off, Bruce. You slumlord cunt. Just pleased he’s someone else’s problem now

He should be sanctioned with the rest of them, but Government won't do it until the Russkies have had a chance to move their assets.

Frankly, I think he is just a Cath word, which is why I have taken Andrew's advice.

chill mate, I don’t think Boldon is going to be one of the first strike targets

Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel voices frustration over Roman Abramovich questions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/60577456 They fucking don't like it do they eh? Different when it's aimed at small. Newcastle though eh

The kid with the suit on and his phone out enjoying a game of football and getting carried away no doubt especially after having attended some of Sunderland's games, must be like going from Hiroshima after the bomb dropped to a glimpse of paradise. Odds on he'll get a Liverpool shirt.

Gemmil’s grandson maybe.

"Yeah, not getting dragged into this endless NUFC twitter Steve Bruce thing but, WHAT'S THIS?! Bruce has them in midtable just like he had Newcastle in midtable EXACTLY THE SAME AS MIGHTY RAFA so I don't know what else to add to this debate which is now getting a bit boring. Move on Newcastle fans. Another beer? Don't mind if I do. How'd Newcastle get on? I don't know, I haven't covered them for a few weeks now. Boosh!"