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Couldn't catch it last night but just watching the highlights - Guedes is very obviously offside for his second goal, but still a good finish. (That's the split second before Podence's pass, not after.)

4-4-2 Diamond was the FM meta at the time, and if the game's good enough for scouting...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/13/israel-gaza-historian-omer-bartov Thought this was a fascinating read. Really gets to the nub of so much of the psychology of what we've been seeing.

It's a pretty common (albeit also, ironically, somewhat posh-coded) name here!

I always think of them as two parallel competitions. League title vs FA Cup, most prestigious to do the double.

Nobody is calling "a big chunk of the population" extreme right-wing. For all the destruction across the country, we're looking at a hard core of a few thousand EDL-types and then another few thousand people who are tagging along because they see an opening for chaos (as per all riots). These...

Talking as a veteran of a bunch of anti-fascist actions, I can say that the only difference in policing I've ever seen when it comes to the far-right is that the police pretty much do what they can to avoid confrontation. Their standard operating procedure is to stand back and form a cordon to...

This. Worth pointing out here that the instigating factor here is fascist street thugs conducting Islamophobic violence, and communities are unsurprisingly arming to defend themselves in response. And when that happens - when things break down so much that you have large groups of people having...

OK sure, but... that's why weight classes exist. Boxing and other martial arts are already set up to allow for separating different types of competitor based on physical strength. Plus: 1) Imane Khelif is a woman, and has competed as one for years, including losing a bunch of fights. She's...

It's OK - they're playing a long game. Increase the number of pensioners killed each winter, by the time of the next election it'll be safe to put rejoining back on the table.

Kicking someone in the head IS a more lethal response of force!

You're kidding? The guy's on the floor and no threat to anyone. At that point there is zero justification for stomping on his head. Doesn't matter if he's Lex Luthor.

Alex James is part of the Chipping Norton set with Cameron, Clarkson, etc., but I seriously doubt Damon Albarn's a Tory. Coxon probably not one either but there are a bunch of unsavoury allegations (as yet unproven) about him, so maybe it's a wash?

It has to be Harris. It's already bending party procedures to even contemplate having the designated nominee drop out at this stage. This isn't the 60s, delegates aren't chosen with the expectation that they might have to negotiate a brokered convention, they're just there to wave signs and...

Secret Service details for former presidents and presidential candidates (pre-confirmation at their party's national convention, which this event was) are much smaller than actual presidents and confirmed candidates, with local police often pulled in to fill the gaps. From the sounds of it there...

He only does rallies in fields these days because he ripped off so many venues by booking them but never actually paying during his first run.

The Supreme Court has recently laid the groundwork for a redefinition of the constitution to change how the DOJ works, with the intent that when Trump comes back to power he can wield it against his enemies without checks and balances. Part of that new interpretation of the constitution is that...

True. Already seeing way too much pulling back from criticising him now in the media. He's got a halo, and if he can keep hold of it he's sorted.

Idk, with a bit of distance from the initial shock I'm starting to doubt it actually helps him that much. Like, who out there is going to like Trump more because he almost died? It energises his base, sure, but outside of that it's a perfect opportunity to point out that Trump has celebrated...

Trump pushed them away because the man is always, always thinking about his angles. He is kayfabe personified. Still digesting the fact that he came that close to being killed. If he hadn't turned his head to the right a few seconds before the first bullet, the back of his skull would have been...