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09-03-2018 01:30PM

prawnsambo wrote: »

Apparently 21 people have now been treated after the attack on Sergei Skripal. Frightening to think that innocent passers-by could be poisoned by a nerve agent like that. Also they are saying that it was a 'very rare' nerve agent which to me means that the perpetrators want it to be attributed to them.

If they ever manage to pin this on Russia, with evidence, surely that is an incredibly serious incident? It's almost an attack on the UK by a foreign actor at this point surely?

Zzippy · 09-03-2018 01:38PM

Sloane Nutritious Ham wrote: »

If they ever manage to pin this on Russia, with evidence, surely that is an incredibly serious incident? It's almost an attack on the UK by a foreign actor at this point surely?

Have you forgotten Litvinenko? No repercussions there. Putin doesn't give a f*ck anyway...

09-03-2018 01:39PM

Zzippy wrote: »

Have you forgotten Litvinenko? No repercussions there. Putin doesn't give a f*ck anyway...

Of course I remember him but I don't remember a load of collateral damage along with him.

Zzippy · 09-03-2018 01:55PM

Sloane Nutritious Ham wrote: »

Of course I remember him but I don't remember a load of collateral damage along with him.

The investigation found traces of polonium everywhere Litvinenko had been after the poisoning, and everywhere the two assassins had been. His house was declared uninhabitable, a car he travelled in was unusable. They even found traces on the BA jet the Russians flew back to Moscow on. The difference is he ingested it whereas anyone else only came in contact with it.

09-03-2018 03:28PM

Sloane Nutritious Ham wrote: »

If they ever manage to pin this on Russia, with evidence, surely that is an incredibly serious incident? It's almost an attack on the UK by a foreign actor at this point surely?

Have Russia not effectively pinned this on themselves through state media yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/russian-state-tv-warns-traitors-not-to-settle-in-england

Bazzo · 09-03-2018 03:56PM

The only viable stick anybody had to beat Putin with was trade sanctions and now he knows he has nothing to fear from the largest economy in the world.

prawnsambo · 09-03-2018 04:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Have Russia not effectively pinned this on themselves through state media yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/09/russian-state-tv-warns-traitors-not-to-settle-in-england

"People falling out of windows in industrial quantities."

Looks like another Brexit dividend.

Swan Curry · 09-03-2018 08:50PM

Sloane Nutritious Ham wrote: »

If they ever manage to pin this on Russia, with evidence, surely that is an incredibly serious incident? It's almost an attack on the UK by a foreign actor at this point surely?

The tories won't do a thing, when Theresa May was home secretary she personally intervened to have an investigation into Alexander Litvinenko's death delayed

prawnsambo · 09-03-2018 09:19PM

Swan Curry wrote: »

The tories won't do a thing, when Theresa May was home secretary she personally intervened to have an investigation into Alexander Litvinenko's death delayed

And that was before Brexit. Now they're even less likely to do anything more than tut tut.

ClanofLams · 10-03-2018 09:56PM

Wow. Tiger Woods looks like he's properly back. Didn't expect that to happen.

CatFromHue · 11-03-2018 03:35AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbnAHshuIM

Wowsers!!

cfuserkildare · 12-03-2018 11:51AM

Odd how Russia is Instantly Suspect Number One,
Which country was recently embroiled in a High Profile Nerve agent assassination?

prawnsambo · 12-03-2018 12:03PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Odd how Russia is Instantly Suspect Number One,
Which country was recently embroiled in a High Profile Nerve agent assassination?

It's not a bit odd. Russian spy who was convicted in Russia but released in a prisoner exchange, of whom the current President said would 'kick the bucket' and who's son died in unexplained circumstances in Russia.

There are legions of quacking ducks marching past in strict formation on this one.

Zzippy · 12-03-2018 04:18PM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Odd how Russia is Instantly Suspect Number One,
Which country was recently embroiled in a High Profile Nerve agent assassination?

I dunno, which country?

prawnsambo · 12-03-2018 04:19PM

Zzippy wrote: »

I dunno, which country?

North Korea.

But that was almost clumsy enough to have been Russia again.

Zzippy · 12-03-2018 04:22PM

prawnsambo wrote: »

North Korea.

But that was almost clumsy enough to have been Russia again.

Ah, forgot that one. I guess NK would have a big motive to kill a Russian in England alright... :rolleyes:

Jack Kanoff · 12-03-2018 05:16PM

Football game in Greece halted at the weekend between PAOK and AEK Athens.... PAOK had a goal disallowed in the last minute and the PAOK owner led a pitch invasion from the bench
.....oh...and he had a handgun...I'd say the ref shat himself... think the Greek league has been suspended for the moment.

prawnsambo · 12-03-2018 05:21PM

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Football game in Greece halted at the weekend between PAOK and AEK Athens.... PAOK had a goal disallowed in the last minute and the PAOK owner led a pitch invasion from the bench
.....oh...and he had a handgun...I'd say the ref shat himself... think the Greek league has been suspended for the moment.

He had bodyguards too. That's a proper pitch invasion.

Dave_The_Sheep · 12-03-2018 05:29PM

Oddly enough, apparently the arrest warrant that's out on him in Greece at the moment isn't for the gun or for (allegedly) threatening to kill the referee, it's for the pitch invasion. Bizarre.

Zzippy · 12-03-2018 05:32PM

Is it just me or is he wearing the gun backwards?

irishbucsfan · 12-03-2018 05:34PM

Zzippy wrote: »

Is it just me or is he wearing the gun backwards?

Maybe he is trying to protect himself from himself

pickarooney · 12-03-2018 06:42PM

He's gone full gangster.

stephen_n · 12-03-2018 09:30PM

prawnsambo wrote: »

North Korea.

But that was almost clumsy enough to have been Russia again.

A North Korean agent, pretending to be an Iranian spy, posing as a Russian agent. The perfect trifecta.

12-03-2018 10:00PM

Anyone know how long it takes for something to go up on the RTE player from when it was broadvast live?

aloooof · 13-03-2018 06:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone know how long it takes for something to go up on the RTE player from when it was broadvast live?

I've seen things take 24 hours before appearing previously, but I don't know if there's any hard and fast rule.

13-03-2018 06:46PM

aloooof wrote: »

I've seen things take 24 hours before appearing previously, but I don't know if there's any hard and fast rule.

I missed against the head. It was up in a few hours. Not sure exactly when.

Stheno · 13-03-2018 09:16PM

So in my new job there is no dress code at all

I initially thought this was deadly and I'd live in jeans and nice tops.

A couple of weeks later I'm sick to the back teeth of jeans and never want to see them again

prawnsambo · 13-03-2018 09:21PM

Stheno wrote: »

So in my new job there is no dress code at all

I initially thought this was deadly and I'd live in jeans and nice tops.

A couple of weeks later I'm sick to the back teeth of jeans and never want to see them again

#FirstWorldProblem :P

Stheno · 13-03-2018 09:22PM

prawnsambo wrote: »

#FirstWorldProblem :P

I'm gonna wear a nice frock tomorrow

Podge_irl · 13-03-2018 09:38PM

Stheno wrote: »

So in my new job there is no dress code at all

I initially thought this was deadly and I'd live in jeans and nice tops.

A couple of weeks later I'm sick to the back teeth of jeans and never want to see them again

My job is similar. I have progressed over the last few years from making an effort anyway to basically just wearing jeans and a tshirt every day. I wear proper clothes when meeting external people and stuff.

Just could not be arsed if there isn't a reason for it.

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