Renton

Yeah, I've got that pencilled in as our next important game. I don't fancy us against West Ham and but don't care as long as we win this.

The best bit of this post is reading it back in Alexa's voice.

We're unbeaten since Man City in the league, which was 2 months ago. I've taken my protective sheet off.

Aye. I wasn't getting carried away with his performances at first but he's an absolute monster in midfield now. Like having a new player.

Reading some of their thread, we were lucky, Villla were shit, Gerrard has been found out etc. Par for the course with them. But apparently now it's also a massive conspiracy by the Premier league to keep us up, because "they the need Saudi money". They're doing it through the manipulation of VAR apparently. Its hilarious watching this lot lose the plot.

Great performance there, again. In Beheddy Eddy, I believe. Sounds like a right squealer is next to the Sky crowd mic like!

Post of the year.

So if he's passing Westminster, he can still nip in for a piss? Seriously though, this is a non-partusan issue. Mainly tories affected but still plenty from other parties.

Whatever. Another Yorkshire/Scots tip. If you get a shit room, complain. We stayed at a premier Inn in the city, just before the pandemic. Got a shit basement room. Complained it was too noisy, and we're upgraded to the pent house suite, for 50 quid a night (4of us) with these views.

No. Wouldn't pay for a nice hotel, more like. When city seeing, I normally go budget anyway, although prefer Premier Inn to TravelLodge if possible. Stuff yourself with breakfast, and you don't need to eat again until the evening. And you're really only using the room to sleep in, so why pay more? I'm half Scottish of course.

Sanctions will hurt although I fear they will continue looking eastwards in that regard which is another concern. Worth remembering Russia is an economic minnow btw. But thousands of Russians in body bags? They were defeated in Afghanistan, just like we have been. Have you got a link to the massacre propaganda?

Well all the more reason t' stuff thar face.

Or it's a bluff by Putin for political reasons. I can't see any scenario Russia gains anything through invasion but it has a lot to lose. We'll soon see I guess.

Eat as much fried breakfast as you want/can is one if the highlights of staying in a budget hotel tbf. Gemmill, this transforming your old laptop into a chrome book malarkey is about 8 years old. Give us some new life hacks like putting frozen grapes in wine please.

Always thought Leeds look more vulnerable than Everton, Brentford too. I'd prefer them to draw today to keep Everton twitching but realistically they're not going down.

Double barrelled name fun with added irony. Ms. Caressa Dick-Balls.

I don't get this post at all.

I prefer to take a more scientific, objective approach. Are Villa that good? They're currently in the bottom half of the table, and have lost half their games. Is Gerrard some miracle worker? We are actually above them in the form table. All this points to a Newcastle win or draw. However, I'm not going. Newcastle lose I'm afraid.

I don't think NATO should intercede directly in Ukraine mind, as it is not a member of NATO. I'm perfectly happy with the US and UK, France, to supply Ukraine with free weapons to repel Russia and drag them into a horrific guerrilla war, as well as fuck them economically with sanctions. The Russians are not our friends.

A crucial difference here is that NATO has not expanded through militaristic intervention. If France chose to join the old soviet union, then I wouldn't advocate we invade them. I've not been to Eastern Europe but I do know quite a few people (mainly through work) from the Baltic states and Finland (as well as a couple from UIkraine). All of them want to "belong" in the west and none want a union with Russia. Their choice should be respected.

On the other hand, Normandy was a huge distraction for the Germans and made it a lot easier for the Russians to take Berlin. Also Germany weren't an existential threat, at least immediately, to the US, so you have to recognise with some gratitude the sacrifices they made. Only an utter fool would not recognise the sacrifice of mothe Russia of course, but they really had no choice. And ultimately, the soviet system was a failed one which has been outlived by the western model for decades now. How long this remains true we'll soon see is my guess.

Without looking up from memory Hiroshima was bombed with a uranium gun type weapon (Little Boy) which was pretty much guaranteed to work. However, enriching uranium is incredibly time consuming and expensive and it was therefore a one off. Nagasaki was destroyed with Fat Man, a plutonium bomb similar to Trinity, therefore also pretty much guaranteed to work. It had a higher yield. And yes, nuclear technology was always going to happen so it was crucial to get there first, had Hitler developed these weapons first the consequences would have been unimaginable. IMO the US were certainly a force for good in WW2 and we're lucky it turned out the way it did. The post-second war hegemony is increasingly fucked now though and this is a huge concern to me.

I didn't find Havana busy really, just very poor with personal freedom clearly lacking. The state was set up such that taxi drivers who received tips from westerners earned more than hospital consultants. Having said that its a wonderful country to visit, I'd recomend it over Jamiaca, Barbados and many other destinations. Completely agree with your latter point, see also Scandinavia. It seems to me that to maximise happiness we need a blended political system, with some countries getting this more right than others. I'm sure its what people want here but its not possible with FPTP and constant gaslighting.

I'm fascinated by nuclear weapons and personally would say, with some reluctance, Hiroshima was a necessary evil. Not sure where you are going with here with the "experimental reasons", they were used to end the war quickly before Russia joined the fray and to (hugely) reduce the US casualties that would have happened otherwise. I also think the nuclear deterrent has prevented inevitable (major) war in Europe since (so far).

I loved Havana when I was there, but it was no utopia by any means and despite the weather I wouldn't want to live there.