Brian
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Irish people need to move on and develop an identity not based on victimhood and the illusion of the moral high ground
𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙶𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗@KateGleeson1
This beaut arrived this morning. #FreePalestine
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@OzKaterji @ZoeJardiniere @Frances_Coppola If the situation was reversed and a radical Zionist came to the UK and stabbed 2 innocent Muslims going about their day she would be calling for us to bring back hanging
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@ZoeJardiniere @Frances_Coppola I can easily do that, it needs no explanation. The officers involved deserve commendations.
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You cannot tell me you watch this video and think the police behaviour needs no explanation.
Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno
Hold on - what? If police officers think someone might be carrying explosives, protocol is to kick them in the head repeatedly like this? Is that actual police protocol? If so, how is it a wise police protocol? Can someone explain the reasoning?
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@EsotericRambles @nonregemesse Mongols used armor, had heavy lancers, and were experts at siege warfare. All things the Dothraki don’t do. Mongols also utilized foot soldiers. Dothraki are based heavily on Nomadic Native American tribes. ASOIAFs armor is way more advanced than 13th century.
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Instead the realm unifies behind Robert Baratheon as he smashes a massive army of barbarians who have no armour and no siege capability
ADA@Uc_heyy02
If Khal Drogo had sailed for Westeros the moment he married Daenerys Targaryen, the entire story flips There is no War of the Five Kings as we know it No time for the Lannisters to tighten their grip on power A full Dothraki horde crashes into a divided continent, with three dragons still on the way Robert is already dying Ned is already in danger And now the realm is not fighting itself, it is trying to survive her arrival The real question is not whether Drogo wins It is who even lives long enough to choose a side Westeros got lucky he waited
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@LandonSmiley @nonregemesse I think ASOIAF is more 13th century (no gun power and war of the roses parallels) so If we are talking real history I refer you to the mogul conquest of Georgia and Hungry
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@EsotericRambles @nonregemesse Thats because GRRM is a fantasy author, not a Historian. Unorganized light cavalry that doesn’t believe in armor would get decimated by any organized European style armor, especially ones of the 15th-16th century which Westeros is based on. They don’t even use lances.
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@LandonSmiley @nonregemesse Ser Jorah and Danny have this discussion in GOT. He’s not so sure
asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/top…
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@EsotericRambles @nonregemesse Well the free cities have no militaries. They all just hire mercenary companies when they need to go to war. Way different than a ton of individual lords who all have knights and men at arms on retainer. Dothraki would get folded in their first battle in Westeros
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Babycam posting must continue to increase the birth rate.
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As predicted in @RestPoliticsUS the attack on the Pope was designed to hurt Vance and it devastated him.
Financial Times@FT
Opinion: After a series of setbacks, the vice-president is no longer Trump’s obvious successor. ft.trib.al/mspS83l
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🚨 NEW: Green leader Zack Polanski will call for policies to end the "affordability crisis" tomorrow
- The introduction of a 10:1 pay ratio, whereby the highest-paid employee earns no more than ten times the lowest-paid
- Free school meals for all primary and secondary pupils
- Universal energy bill support for households and stronger rent controls
- A customs union with the EU to cut business costs
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I haven't read fire and blood but wouldn't this be people surrendering for 2 hours
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
An ‘AEGON'S CONQUEST’ movie is officially in the works. Coming soon to theaters.
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@Sourceofboxing That 91 unbeaten streak works out to nearly a championship fight a month for 8 years
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Which achievement do you think is more impressive? 🏆
▫️Ray Robinson going on a 91-fight unbeaten streak from 1943-1951
▫️Manny Pacquiao capturing world titles in 8-divisions
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@Sephanade “versatile” Jamie Fox. Can pull off comedy, musicals, superhero, action and Oscar winning bio pics
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@boxingkingmedia This is a lovely gesture I hope it helps AJ find some peace with his loss
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@_alice_evans Also just a small point we live in the least Bio diverse country on earth…we can’t even put any of the cool animals on the bank notes
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Jane Austen celebrated a woman’s prerogative to choose a man for emotional companionship and devotion. This is one of the most foundational aspects of Western gender equality.
Turner captured the feeling of being at sea, in awe of the ocean’s power and turbulence. Like other Romantics, he elevated not religious dogma or social convention but each individual's *subjective feelings*.
Turing embodied the spirit of scientific endeavour for national progress, saving us all by cracking the code. And his tragic demise reminds us of the crimes of past illiberalism. Churchill rallied a nation under existential threat.
Brilliantly chosen, they represent British history. These figures form a part of our "imagined community", our shared sense of history, who we are.
"Social cohesion" cannot be built by memos. It comes through story-telling, rituals and celebrations, including our everyday bank notes.
So it's a real shame that Britain may be scrapping historical greats, for owls.
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@timothy_stanley Yea it progress lol progress doesn’t mean perfect
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Peerage by inheritance is finally gone, replaced with peerage by purchase and influence. And the ghastly meritocratic class calls this progress.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes bbc.in/4seAibO
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@realhansard But then we are back to this. Understand what you are saying but my point is difference is so stark and the sample so big that the answer is clear these uni’s are sub standard
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@EsotericRambles Not necessarily, since people doing certain subjects may be more likely to apply to certain universities.
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In news that will surprise no one, students attending the best universities earn more after graduating than those who attend the worst ones.
Tom Calver@TomHCalver
This week's column: choose your university wisely Post-1992 providers have been rapidly expanding business, law and computing courses. Yet the returns for students 5 years after graduating from these courses have, to date, been woeful 1/4
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