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I have to admit feeling like an idiot for questioning his performance last week. I also admit to an old "sod reality" reaction when he sort of clashed with De Jong very late on and I was screaming "stamp on his knackers" with no thought to the suspension that would have brought.

Believing the Tories on healthcare is like believing Brian Kidd that De Jong "isn't like that". I also seriously worry about anyone who can watch Cameron and not think he's a twat - its just basic human nature imo.

Next 45 mins would be better

Another corrupt ref

I hope the way Tiote was having a word with De Jong means he's going to sort the cunt.

I'll get my complaint in about Pleat now - save me time later.

I grew up pretty much only eating peas and carrots as an accompanyment to meat - however my Mam certainly did sprouts and broccoli occasionally and I don't remember expressing a preference so I must have done so pre-memory. As an adult I've been able to eat just about everything and found nothing unpallatable so I guess my palate has changed.

Now there's a thing. This board is already divided over the Standing/Sitting arse wiper debate - can we have a show of hands for the pro-sprout crew please? Buttered with bacon… mmmmmm I find all greens questionable in terms of whether the effort of putting them in your mouth and eating them is worth it - I get the benefit argument but it still seems like hassle. I'm not a complete carrnivore - I don't mind tatties in all their form and the odd green - I used to work with a lad who was virtually meat only.

I'm going to see my Senior Manager tomorrow to see if I can volunteer for redundancy. If not I'm leaving anyway - I'm guessing he'll say no as with other departures I've become too important from a knowledge/support pov. As mentioned above we're in the middle of a downsizing and more of the "bright" future is being revealed everyday and it's not a pretty sight. If I get the redundancy I'll go back to contracting, if not I'll just look for permanent stuff. I activated my CV on Jobserve the other day and I've already had 5 recruiters on the phone asking to put me in for stuff. The only downside is having to deal with these idiots again (no offence to Stevie).

I would put the original Wicker man into the category of films that seemed quite scary when watched on a Friday night when I was a kid but when I attempt to watch them now I find them a bit cringeworthy. Things like Village of the damned and the original Thing come to mind.

RIP Can't help thinking about the quantity and quality of the women he'll have had.

Can someone change the thread title and/or deport KD before I go insane please? (Yes I know I have a problem)

Never said that. We said if it does turn out to be complete nonsense like the Old Trafford thing then we have the right to ask what they were doing without them just being able to say "none of your business". but you do. You say it all the time. How do you know it's nonsense ? What rubbish. It's "nonsense" if it's prevented...........think about what you're saying. The Old Trafford and Heathrow scares produced no charges. Now you can think they just couldn't quite "get the bastards" but I think its because there were no plots and the stories were simple propaganda. There have been plots foiled which have resulted in charges which is completely legitimate and worthy of praise. However the "we're sorry we tortured you and ruined your life but we were wrong" cases shouldn't go with just your shrug of "they were probably guilty anyway". It's the latter beleief and its underlying reason that I object to.

Never said that. We said if it does turn out to be complete nonsense like the Old Trafford thing then we have the right to ask what they were doing without them just being able to say "none of your business".

Anti-colonial terrorism has usually won (Malaysia, Israel, Zimbabwe, USA) - NI just took the longest because it was the closest to home - in the end the coloniser gets sick of the hassle and negotiates. What's difference now is there's nothing you can really give them - I don't think an Israel/Palestine peace would make that much difference - As I've said before the best way to de-radicalise militant Islam is to corrupt them with Western decadent values.

Given the fact they weren't "being open and wearing uniforms in a proper battlefield" or whatever it is you say about Muslims then I'd say yes.

The US has been attacked by foreign terrorists on its own soil once in 60 years of fermenting conflict around the world. Now either they have the best intelligence agencies in the world - almost perfect bar one slip-up - or the day to day threat is actually practically nil. (The truth is somewhere in the middle but towards which end is open to debate) Now why do you think they need to exaggerate the threat to the point where millions of people accept execution squads beyond the law without question?

I am not going to lower myself to 'debating' such a ludicrous proposal. You only take people seriously who you respect, and I can't respect people who obviously don't understand the basic construct of the U.S. government and its various bodies, and go on to claim that if we were to point out the differences between North Korea and U.S.A we would be splitting hairs. That displays a level of idiocy that is usually reserved for mentally retarded poultry. I shouldn't have to point out that the U.S. isn't a military dictatorship, as that is an axiom. The demographic who believe this nonsense to be the case is comprised of terrorist sympathizers, why would I bother engaging with those types, pointless exercise. My point was that unquestioned state execution with no recourse to law would be defined as feature of somewhere like NK - you can't claim to be the land of the free and consider such actions as consistent with that definition. Of course there are limits in any democracy but what amounts to "death squads" should be condemned no matter where they exist.

LM's overbiding position is of course founded on even if the person killed is innocent, one less Muslim in the world is a good thing - there can be no "unjustified" killing in his world so its pointless arguing about it.

What have the IMF said about Ireland looking like a double dip CT?

I filed that in my "interesting premise for a Sci-fi film which ultimately disappointed" file - see also Babylon AD most recently.

The liberal rubbish that forms the basis of the article on NK you Linked to? Because they have absolutely no history of lying do they? What would be your limits - how many people would they be allowed to kill before you said hang on there's something not quite right here - 10, 100 - a thousand - more?

I remember Souness letting Dynamo Kiev (I think) train on Ibrox then reducing the width before kick-off.

What's the difference between a dictatorship like North Korea where the leader cannot be questioned by any means and a so called democracy where the leader cannot be questioned by any means? you should read up on North Korea, or better still, try to go there and see for yourself the difference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea I'm sure Amnesty have a huge file on the USA - try reading about the Patriot Act for starters.

What's the difference between a dictatorship like North Korea where the leader cannot be questioned by any means and a so called democracy where the leader cannot be questioned by any means?