Park Life

This is a little off topic, but we need to do away with coal. According to NASA's lead climatologist, if we don't find a way to clean up the emissions from coal, in a few decades we will see major ecosystem collapse. Not to mention the melting of the ice caps. Whether it's for political reasons or not, alternative energies need to be researched and employed. I'm not a fan of nuclear power because it's not that safe to store, but it's cleaner than some. Russia seems to be giving up on the nuclear power and shifting towards hydrocarbons. The planet has been cooling since 1998. Non?

Yeah, that's why the United States is trying out Iraq. It's why the EU needs an army and not just talking shops.

To Putins credit.

If he's big and black get him in. Parky are you sure you don't hang out at the same bars on the reeperbahn that Martin use to enjoy?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. So long as they have oil they will stay afloat. Not sure who these days has a diversifyied economy. Military arms complex yes...making bits of plastic yes... Yes. AbsolutKazakh probably knows about the topic more than I, but Russia has enormous amounts of natural resources. She can survive on this alone imo, although I have no idea how big there reserves are, but I'm pretty sure they have many untapped resources they can exploit in the future. Sure Russia may have no manufacturing industries (apart from a military one obviously) that can boost its economy like China, nor a strong finance sector but it doesn't need one. I could be wrong though. Time will tell, and if they do go bust and nationalism really gets into the psyche of the everyday Russian, we could really find ourselves in a new Cold War, if that hasn't already started already. 3rd biggest arms exporter. Cold war is the only time anyone makes any money.

Coe's running round Beijing licking IOC arses left, right and centre. Who is of interest in the 800 and 1500 these days?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy. They're a nuclear petrostate that has failed to modernize. How is that a good thing? Why is that do you think? Because they bank on their natural resources as exports. 63% of their exports is oil and gas vs .3% being high-technology. As they become more dependent on natural resources, the Kremlin has been focusing more on power, antagonizing the west, and bullying their neighbors. If their ambitions weren't so global, it wouldn't be a bad thing, but since they are, it's terrible for geopolitics. Wrong. Cause they are frozen out of the Western banking system and financial tools needed for development. This is being done purposefully to strip it of its assets on the cheap and is why they kicked BP out.

Bit boring Ashley innit? No mood swings, no silly comments to the press, no ringo, no flim-flam, no under the table...Just a big fat rich chubby grin.

If he's big and black get him in.

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. So long as they have oil they will stay afloat. Not sure who these days has a diversifyied economy. Military arms complex yes...making bits of plastic yes...

I don't really watch it till the athletics gets going. Is Coe and Ovett running?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy. They're a nuclear petrostate that has failed to modernize. How is that a good thing? Why is that do you think?

The rise of Russia is really nothing spectacular. Their economy has a false bottom and the government is fake. People see that the GDP grew, yet they fail work on the inflation and are forced freeze food prices. Not diversifying their economy is going to do them in at some point in the near future. Russia now had massive energy resources that are being tapped and paid for by Europe. Russia will move into the EU and the final hand will have been dealt on U.S. hegenomy.

A rare photo of Parky out of his house: Just about to chow down on some gold leafed fish.

Loaning Tiago would be quite some trick.

WTF are you babbling about? Kitman got it. He lives in N.Z. all he gets is shagging hairy beasts in the middle of the night.

I'd have it sorted in 7 days. It'd be chaos. Anarchy I tells ya Well all the mods need banning for a start. Ban ban ban. It's all you senior admins think about My main interest isn't in banning, more like culling...I'm thinking Pol Pot year 0.

WTF are you babbling about?

I'd have it sorted in 7 days. It'd be chaos. Anarchy I tells ya Well all the mods need banning for a start.

It's been dragging on for so long I couldn't carel less if Obama was unveiled as the new midfielder.

I'd have it sorted in 7 days.

I normally try and forget about the OP after the first page.

Shocking racism from Ashley tbh Mind boggling. He'll be buying a farm in Texas next.

Off his rocker.