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They are still killing Palestinians in the West Bank. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-begins-operation-west-bank-city-jenin-2025-01-21/

Another conspiracy theory? 😂

The team that went down were an established EPL team. The team that went up were a new Championship team. Despite living in deepest, darkest Kent, there are a few other Saints supporters around. I was chatting to one of them, a non forum reading non keyboard warrior, non every one out agendarist, prior to the final and we agreed that, as much as we wanted to win the game, the club and the squad wasn’t ready for promotion. We finished fourth for a reason. We weren’t quite good enough. Another season in the Championship, some tinkering with the squad and we would have gone up in a stronger position. Having said that, without investing heavily in Prem quality players we would always struggle whenever we went up.

I think that most of us thought that we wouldn’t survive this season. The only surprise is how bad we have been. The upside is that hopefully it has been a wake up call for the owners and that they will finally realise how important quality recruitment is from the players to the non playing roles.

It doesn’t mean that he isn’t a far right apologist.

Trump pardons the rioters and his sidekick gives a straight arm salute twice. We all saw it. It is not a lie. You are doing what you always do. You are a far right apologist. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-salute-reaction-right-wing-extremists-1235241866/

I expect his grandad was a supporter of Oswald Mosley.

Jesus Christ. Only Day 1 and it feels like 4 years already. Roll on 2029, but it will seem like an eternity as the Trump/Musk brown nosers/apologists metaphorically knock one out every time one of their heroes makes another statement echoing the very things their country fought against in the 20th century. We are in a tin pot dictator sandwich. Trump on one side, Putin in the other.

For someone who says he isn’t supportive of Trump, you seem to be very supportive of Trump (and his conspiracy theories).

Strange man. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jan/20/elon-musk-stands-accused-of-pretending-to-be-good-at-video-games-the-irony-is-delicious

Sad to see a once great nation swear in a convicted sex offender into the highest office in the land. No doubt the irony will be lost on Musk.

Are we to assume that Albert Gronbaek is Danish for Austin Allegro?

The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim eh? No problem with the members of the IDF who kill women and children though? https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-as-israeli-attacks-wipe-out-entire-families-in-gaza/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/videos-of-israeli-soldiers-acting-maliciously-emerge-amid-international-outcry-against-tactics-in-gaza

There are members of Netanyahu’s cabinet who are not yet done with the killing and destruction of Gaza. He is under pressure to get the hostages back but also to keep the death rate going. Once the hostages are returned he will find a reason to carry on as before. Trump will see this ceasefire as a feather in his cap as he returns to office but it has been clear for some time that Netanyahu is worried more about staying out of jail and remaining in power for as long as possible than his relationship with the USA. Sadly I think that a long term peace solution is highly unlikely whilst Netanyahu and the hawks in his cabinet remain in post.

The IDF are still killing women and children despite the ceasefire due tomorrow. Will they continue to murder innocents right up to the last minute? https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liveblog/2025/1/16/live-celebrations-in-gaza-as-israel-hamas-reach-ceasefire-deal

Will Elon (or Batman) be kicking off about this any time soon?… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20kkz06ngeo.amp

Let’s just hope that he doesn’t keep us in the dark and feed us a load of manure.

Let us hope that both sides have the desire to make this work and that the emphasis now will be on finding a way to live together rather than killing each other. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/1/17/israeli-cabinet-approves-gaza-ceasefire-deal

I agree. We need to be building for the next season so that we hit the ground running. I’d like to see us play a solid core of players here now who will have the job of getting us back up (and staying up) next season.

Replace “lefty” with “alt-right” and he is spot on to be fair.

Sounds like they finally have a ceasefire deal 🤞

Sad to hear that Tony Slattery passed away today aged 65. He seemed to be in every comedy programme back in the 90’s but then suddenly disappeared. Apparently he suffered severe mental health issues but had been making a comeback. He was a very funny guy. RIP

I am not sure if Meloni was depicted as the new Hitler but she certainly has a neo fascist background. So far she has not lived up to the negative expectations that were feared given her background. So far. The rise of populism is still a problem though. I have posted this before. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseupr/2024/02/06/the-creeping-ascent-of-the-far-right-in-mainstream-european-politics-and-how-to-stop-it/

Good news so long as the recruitment improves across the board starting with a decent and effective DoF.

I’m not normally a fan of Jones but he has a point here. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/young-people-democracy-dictators-fascism-war-far-right Liberal and left ideologies are being drowned out more and more through social media platforms which in turn is being amplified by the many right leaning main media outlets. When the most powerful nation in the Western world reelects someone who tried to overturn the result of the previous election, has committed numerous felonies and decides that the “truth” is what he says it is, then we are already in an Orwellian world. Throw Musk and Zuckerberg into the mix and it just adds more fuel to the fire. The younger generations used to stand up against dictatorial bullshit. It seems now greater numbers are falling for it. Jones makes the point that the spectre of fascism from the 1930’s is vanishing from the younger generations now and he is right. The 60’s generation would not have stood by and let the likes Trump, Musk, Farage etc. get away with their bullshit now. It doesn’t bode well for the future.