Z is painted on much of the Russian war kit. It’s their equivalent of a swastika.

Agreed and agreed. The ISIS fighter jets one got me. That woman is thick as a plank.

Thanks as always for the explanation post. I’ve a decent grasp on Roman history but it’s so wide ranging that it’s difficult to remember the individual details.

Some great pictures of the inside in this BBC article.

I’m gonna say this as someone who used to fight muay thai in my youth and who is still a lot younger than Tyson…

You lose speed with age and not a small amount.

Tyson looks in absolutely phenomenal shape for his age and there is no doubting his fight IQ and I really hope he wins but Paul is also in superb condition and looks strong and fit. I’m predicting a close fight, possibly with Tyson gassing. That would be my tactic if I were Paul.

We have always had to do that when using private healthcare (Ireland). Up front and non-refundable cost was around 700 euro iirc so not a wildly different amount and probably higher now. They always told us up front though. Being told while you’re standing there is tremendous pressure to put someone under who may be struggling financially and faced with “I need to care for my baby”.

Having said that our public system is fully free and very good. We have gone both public and private.

Perfect summary. Harris did a superb job of instantly uniting them under her banner the second it became obvious Biden was fucked. This navel gazing from Pelosi is utter nonsense.

North of 10M voters who turned out for Biden didn’t show up for Harris. She was a great candidate but the democrats message didn’t resonate after the years of inflation.

My eggs are more expensive too. So are everyone elses in the world. I just blame Putin for destabilising and the stores for blatant price gouging the second they felt they could.

I feel like Ireland is still mostly reasonable despite some recent nonsense. Elections just got called yesterday so I may eat my words in three weeks but I don’t think so. The extremists were roundly rejected in the recent European elections which was comforting.

Ah the UK and EU are inexorably intertwined. Don’t stress too much. We’re still best buds.

Well that’s fucking terrifying. Project 1997.

Jesus Christ that last thought hadn’t even entered my head. I can’t see Poland or the Baltics putting up with that though.

FML.

Thanks will check then out.

If you get the chance, Sylvan Esso are incredible live. Seen them a few times now.

Shambles. :)

I’m gonna grasp at that being positive. My favourite band at a ripe old age, Sylvan Esso, are from NC.

Did you get your sausage?

I think you hold the record so far!

Edit: also fair play to you for sticking it out.

They cheat to win however they can.

From the outside looking it it does appear that way but it seems so…un-American. I’ve spent a decent bit of time over there over the course of my life (north of 6 months total, mostly up and down both coasts) and I’m genuinely very fond of the US and its people and that has given me this internal sense of what “un-American” is if that isn’t a ludicrous statement.

The whole “rig things to your advantage” thing is really mask off at this point and I’m surprised that it’s tolerated.

poll workers actually came out and designated someone as the last voter

I did wonder about this. That’s cool to know and seems like a fair way to run it if you’re in the line before the station closes. Thanks for the insight.

Awesome about Rosario Dawson too!

That’s an interesting one. I live in a small town (~10K). It’s a fairly middle-class suburb of Dublin and the only place I’ve ever voted (but many times). Makes me curious if it’s different in other neighbourhoods.

GOOD GOD!!!