Ken

OK, I'll be serious for a moment; So on the day that NK announced the readiness of and released photos of Kimmy inspecting what was thought to be a thermo-nuclear warhead that it just so happens that an earthquake caused by the natural shifting of fault lines at a depth of 0km occurred by sheer coincidence? Righto.

Another suspected nuclear detonation; http://www.smh.com.au/world/south-korea-says-north-korea-may-have-conducted-a-sixth-nuclear-test-20170903-gy9q5v.html

NK realise that if they took aim at Guam then it ensures the annihilation of its regime. They wouldn't do it. They are acting like gangsters hoping that it will eventually bring the US, SK, Japan and China to the negotiating table to come to some agreement that favours NK regarding sanctions. The only thing that will bring NK to its knees, in my opinion, is a major natural disaster unfortunately. It is prone to drought and floods and this brings along with it mass famine. Misery on this scale brings about dissent against authority. Kim would be happy to sacrifice his kingdom population to make a 'sacrifice' against 'aggressive' and 'unjust' sanctions but a major human catastrophe may induce revolution from within.

Rattle Trump? A goal they have achieved. NK knows America can't do anything militarily without severe repercussions. China aren't happy, but will not intervene. China still sees NK as a buffer zone irrespective of NK's recklessness. Sanctions will only be effective if China participate, not merely through words but actions.

Where it will have an opposite effect.

He had his own uncle, a high ranked general iirc, killed for nodding off at some get together while Kim was speaking. Tied up and had a rocket fired at him I believe.

I can't see where tbh.

No it isn't. He is as safe as houses in his little puppet kingdom. He is just trying to legitimise his regime externally and has an aim to get sanctioning countries to the bargaining table. Trump will not have a bar of it, in fact if it were up to him he would have bombed the shit out of them already.

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It will never collapse. Kim has killed all his opponents and potential adversaries internally, he had his half brother killed using a nerve toxin in Malaysia as well, and he has kept external adversaries on notice with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

A new level of provocation. http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2108875/kim-jong-un-pledges-launch-more-north-korean-missiles-pacific

It was expected though, 49-0. What was unknown particularly with those who had never seen McGregor fight was how he was going to go about it.

You can put any spin on in that you want. McGregor dominated the first 3 rounds because he landed more punches than Mayweather. Yes, I understand that it was Mayweather's game plan to allow McGregor to punch himself out which he did, McGregor is really only a 25 minute fighter and had only gone 25 minutes against Nate Diaz and he was off his feet by the end of that fight. The vast majority of his fights had ended very early. Training to go 12 rounds against a very cagey and undefeated fighter was always going to be a huge task - impossible really. That is what I forecasted before the fight, that McGregor needed to stun Mayweather early and go for the knockout because Mayweather would just get stronger as the fight went on. McGregor is an excellent fighter, he troubled Mayweather because of his southpaw stance, his timing, angles and volume of punches, he was quicker to the punch early on as a matter of fact but he was never going to be able to sustain it and he was literally off his feet by round 7 against one of the greatest boxers of all time. If the ref didn't stop it when he did, Mayweather would have given him a massive beating, the rusty 40 year old not known for his knockout power that he is.

McGregor landed more punches certainly in the first 3 rounds and won them, so he did dominate the first few rounds. Wasn't a bad effort for someone fighting his first pro fight against a seasoned pro.

It was a decent fight and went as expected. McGregor dominating the first 4 rounds then gassing out and Mayweather owning him in rounds 8,9 and 10. Just knew it wasn't going to go the distance when McGregor was on rubber legs in round 8.

Poor patter Irishman

There is no entrance fee as such, rather it is an agreeance to split costs. OK?

Who? Me? Hardly you ranga. If I would have missed the fight it wouldn't bother me. The same applies for my 5 mates coming over. Basically we pay $10 without the fuss of being annoyed by pissed Irish backpackers at the pub as the alternative. $10 is a reasonable amount to pay to watch at home on a big screen I reckon.

I've done the same tbf. I'll have 5 mates over and each pay a tenner with the total cost of the purchase at $60. I'll have the bbq on and while drinks are sorted each of them will bring something.

Yeah, I pay for FOXTEL but will not pay for Optus to watch the EPL on top. Yeah, I had always watched the Spanish Primera which was on ESPN now shown on BEIN Sports. I get to watch the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 now as well, so losing out on the EPL is not that much of a hit tbh.

Can't watch PL games anymore myself. Optus bought out rights from FOXTEL year before. I will never buy to watch PL. Waste of time and money. There are fools who do though. I enjoy Spanish Primera and Bundesliga more anyway so not having the EPL as an option is of little consequence. Newcastle are a team of Championship plodders. Rafa will have to work his magic to make the team compact and defensive. That is the aim to try and stay up.

Shouldn't be dictated other than by weight of numbers.

If the LGBT community in Newcastle want to create a supporters group then fair play. But creating one for the sake of it funded by the club is social engineering and political correctness.

Will it make any supporters of the club any more comfortable at all? What difference does it make? Sorry to say this is the most ridiculous thing I have read in ages. Considering the likes of Wolfy and the far left-wing garbage that is espoused, a new low has emerged.