NJS

It can be a bit simplistic to say that "most" of the people who voted for Trump are the neglected white males alluded to here - just like those blaming brexit on neglected northerners/Welsh etc, etc. There were plenty of votes - see those Americans chez mentioned and see how many voters in the SE who voted for brexit - who voted just because they are selfish cunts.

I've always said that sanctions are about assuring mail readers that a jack boot is being applied to the poor's necks.

I've mentioned before that one of the things that makes me proud of my hometown (not many things do really) is my parents telling me of remembering and them being told about when Moseley supporters marched there in the 30s and "decent" people led by the unions got together and kicked the living shit out of them. I've always argued for a two pronged response to fascists - words and violence.

As I said the pace contrast is striking. I usually record it on sky and FF the ads. I'll probably watch the finale live as it's the bank holiday.

I was away last night so sat down to watch it before leaving the hotel this morning on Sky Go only to find you still have to suffer adverts and the app kept crashing. I fucked it off and watched it on Kodi.

I'm conflicted about how this is going. To see six years of intricately plotted slow threads come together in a sudden explosion of serious shit happening in every scene is becoming a bit much. As a complete aside I found myself watching a bit of the Fifth Element last night and it struck me how Gary Oldman's character reminded me of Littlefinger - I hope the latter suffers the same fate but at the hands of Arya.

I ranted and raved at the SO at first as I thought he'd bought Alli holding his face but the replay shut me up. Some positives but we need more quality

I used to use a vpn/proxy I got with giganews but they suspended my account for downloading copyrighted material via BT. This would have been TV and films as they had no problem with the terabytes of porn I downloaded from newsgroups. After a couple of suspensions I dropped the entire account. This suggests they were monitoring the actual use of the proxy which defeats the point. I'm not sure regarding Kodi as I only stream rather than download - not sure if they care.

As Rayvin suggests, the terms have become a bit misused. Businesses use VPNs to use the Internet to be able to login in to an internal network remotely with associated encryption and controls. Proxy servers use the concept of me connecting to a server in Sweden or wherever so I can use the pirate bay without interference. I suppose the term could be used as the login to the remote server is probably via a VPN but it's the subsequent IP masking that's the main aim rather than the login. Clearer Renton?

I use NordVPN for downloading - works well - about £2 pm.

Yeah that was when she gave her "you're all fucking shit" bit and Jon advised her to use the dragons better tactically. Jon and Davos then walked down the steps later meeting Missasndei along the way before meeting Theon.

Just watched it again and I was talking shite - Jon told Theon the Queen was gone - Tyrion must have travelled with the Dothraki.

I think Sansa, though she has had a hard journey, is reverting a little bit to the girl at the start who was a self-centred brat who wants to be the centre of attention. I also think they're answering questions about Bran's creepiness by selling the idea he isn't Bran anymore with the "you died in that cave" line.

It doesn't spoil my enjoyment - I just find it a bit jarring.

Having him at the battle was fine (in the context of the Dothraki being there as well) - but he was on the beach when Theon arrived and told him she'd gone.

Enjoyed the Arya stuff and I'm all for exciting action but the teleportation thing is getting beyond a joke now. Even if we overlooked the Dothraki transportation, having Tyrion be on the beach to tell them the queen's gone and still have him overlooking the battle was fucking stupid.

They're a much better band without him but the lyrics aren't as good.

Pre-season friendly and they're still diving and play acting like cunts - I suppose they need to sharpen those skills too

I overheard a couple of Spurs fan on the train earlier in the week slighlty moaning that they hadn't signed anyone but them moved on to Sissoko with "what the fuck was he thinking signing that load of shit" - couldn't help bursting out laughing.

Incidentally I'm assuming Jaime didn't know what Cersei had done to the Sands before letting her get her lips around his chopper.

My reading of the trailer was they made have their first victory by way laying the delivery of the Tyrell gold to the bank, leaving the Lannisters broke.

I'm getting the feeling they're desperate to finish it as quickly as possible so they can get on to the spin-offs. This 7/6 episode thing is wrong - a normal 10 ep season would have allowed a lack of these glaring timeline anomalies. It reminds me a bit of Babylon 5 which was meticulously written to last 5 years but because of a cancellation threat too much was crammed into S4 and then S5 had to be filled out a bit after it was confirmed. This meant S4 was a breakneck fantastic ride but overall it was too quick with the same kind of timeline jumps.

Read something about Cersei /Jaime knowing Tyrion too well and knowing he'd give a shit about Casterly rock when they don't - makes sense. Bran was a fucking creep like.

Tuscany? Parky/Chez territory.

SLP?