anything under 9 is herding kittens.
minis is a good area to start.
Minis. wouldnt worry at all. Its more managing them or as syd says herding kittens...
minis is good place to start. can get into good habits and build up to under 13 when full pitch, 15 a side starts
Is there any decent bars in Dun Laoghaire these days folks?
Not Wetherspoons.
The lighthouse is a brewtonic bar (Bernard Shaw people) and is grand. I think O Loughlins in DL has a great outdoor area with a decent pint.
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Any Detectorists fans? This is wonderful news!!
So did the Ukraine win because they had the best song or was it because of everything g that the country is going through right now? To be clear I have no issue with that I just didn't watch it and am curious
Nah, their song was fine - nothing special, a bit weird. Classic Eurovision. In a normal year, it would have been mid-low table I reckon.
Sounds to me as if you're both spreading Russian disinformation.
da comrade
This track off Kendrick Lamar's new album has me fighting tears every time. The gradual build to the final verse and catharsis is just masterful. One of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. Hope it helps start a conversation about the "generational curse" of sexual abuse not just in the black community in America but wherever it's needed (fyi, trigger warning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRIqBR4POg
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou passed away recently. A wonderful musician and composer.
One of his first bands was Aphrodites Child. A 1960s progressive rock band.
He was famous for his collaborations with Jon Anderson in the 1970s and 80s. 'I hear you now' is such a joyous piece of music.
He also composed and played in a number of high profile movies. Winning an Oscar for the soundtrack of 'Chariots of Fire'
IMHO Blade Runner would not be the same film without his music.
RIP Vangelis.
BCS S6
There’s Howards End and then there’s Howard's end. Did not see that coming. Great season so far it must be said.
America is fcuked
Again?
Evidence of innocence isn't enough
More of a state of permanence now than a past, present or future tense.
Gunman kills 14 students and one teacher in mass shooting at Texas elementary school https://jrnl.ie/5773314
That one will go under the radar now as well. But pretty grotesque.
That's absolutely terrifying
That one is bad, really bad.
That one is truly shocking though. Land of the free?
Now the count is 19 children
The stories coming out about the police during this school shooting are just horrendous. why even bother being in the police if you aren't going to help in those situations? they seem like just a bunch of dicks that want to play soldier dress up.
Everyone's got a plan until they get a punch in the mouth. This is why the "good guy with a gun" logic runs completely contrary to everything we know about the human psychological response to extreme danger. So few of us are mentally equipped to deal with an active shooter situation. Even the Uvalde police force completely froze, despite their training and years of experience in law enforcement, firearms usage and threat engagement. Armed response teams recruit people specifically looking to experience those situations and then put recruits through intense training to make sure they're up for it. Drop-out is enormous because, did I mention, most of us just aren't programmed for this stuff.
Might also be a time to point out that a Republican governor passed gun control laws pretty much overnight in the 1960s. The reason, you may ask? Black Panthers were availing of their inalienable right to form a militia: https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
Ponder on that...
Their "training" is not worth much which is a large part of the problem. It is short and there is no real oversight of it. The town had a SWAT team and spent a large amount of money on their police force and well...
There'll be worse changes to the police story to come, from what's been said thus far. The whole situation is totally f*cked.
Cops in the US have no responsibility to aid or protect anyone except themselves, ever. This point has been litigated endlessly and while occasionally cops are fired for the sort of dereliction and refusal to get involved in risky situations seen in Texas, the courts in the US side with the cops on this always. That small town spends 40% of its budget on its police department, they even have a fully loaded swat team, but I'm sure the cops spend all their time conjuring traffic stops to look for warrant arrests and or fines, harassing migrants and homeless people, or playing Pokemon on their phones. Copaganda always leads with how dangerous being a PO is in the US or 'our courageous law enforcement officers', it's absolute nonsense. Being a cab driver is far more dangerous, also being a pilot, logger, fisher, roofer, road worker, fire fighter and plenty of other professions where one is asked to perform dangerous tasks or work in dangerous environments.
The cops in Texas sat on their hands while kids were being shot in a building, and refused to enter for an hour as the victims bled out. Imagine if fire fighters sat outside a burning school while children died inside because it was dangerous. It would simply never happen.
Bataclan is an alternative version of this event, there the cops went in very quickly and took down the shooters without any cops being shot iirc. I'm sure many who were rescued were saved because they got medical help more quickly as a result. The Pulse nightclub was another US mass shooting where cops sat outside til the smoke had cleared (and long after) while victims bled out inside. There it took 3 hours for police to confront the guy. They'll shoot an insane homeless person with a pair of scissors within 30 seconds.
Also worth remembering that 65% of US cops who died 'in the line of duty' last year died of covid, and their vaccination rates are far below the general population. Cops 'don't like being told what to do'.
To be honest, while the conversation shifting toward police incompetence may be in some ways warranted, it's incredibly unhelpful. The more we normalize the "right way" to deal with the situation, the more we normalize the utter insanity that a maniac can enter a school with a legally purchased military-grade weapon. Another slightly terrifying thing about Uvalde, is that the perpetrator grew up doing active shooter drills in school and likely knew exactly what the school would do once he entered....
"The more we normalize the "right way" to deal with the situation, the more we normalize the utter insanity that a maniac can enter a school with a legally purchased military-grade weapon."
The US is waaay past this point, unfortunately.
I dunno, it feels different this time. Protests outside the NRA meeting in Houston today for e.g.:
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1530252617296891906
Also, the overwhelingly positive response to Beto gatecrashing Abbott's press conference yesterday really surprised me.
Land of the Free Fire Zone........
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