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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: Lods – on
Looks like the boys are dividing up the world.

Count Vlad gets Europe
Emperor Xi gets Asia and
King Don get's the Americas ::)

Realistically, Vlad’s Ukrainian excursion has shown that Europe has got his measure, particularly with the huge losses in men, materiel and budget.

Xi seems to have had Asia stitched up for some time, but you never know what strange bedfellows may get up to.

King Taco might try to grab low hanging fruit but he didn’t earn his nickname lightly.

Just finished watching the BBC production of War and Peace...very good, barracking for the Russians for a change. :D

Russia always plays the long game.

Capturing land in Ukraine is one objective they're struggling with, but in the end it is unlikely  that any of the land they have already captured will return to Ukrainian control.

Destabilising NATO would also be an objective, and while some countries hold firm there are a few waiverers.
Countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey don't seem to have the same commitment as others...and could the allaince really count on the USA if the chips were down under the present administration.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
Taco's very worrying announcements include:

"We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure."

"We'll be selling large amounts of oil."

However, US oil giants haven't responded to Taco's claims.  Chevron, is the only US oil company currently operating in Venezuela, and they have undertaken to follow Venezuela's “relevant laws and regulations”.  I suspect that Taco doesn't understand that multinational companies have to operate in an international context and can't play fast a loose with the resources of sovereign nations.

The formerly US-backed opposition leader and  Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado, seems to have had the rug pulled out from under her.  Despite her "the hour of freedom has arrived" comment, Taco says that Machado doesn't have "support or respect".  He is backing Maduro's deputy, Delcy Rodriguez, saying "she's essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again." 🤮

Of course, Rodriguez is remaining loyal to Maduro and is promising to resist US aggression ... for now.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by Professer E -
Yep, let's continue to give poor old Usman a farewell summer, continue with no-rounder Green, play other bats out-of-position and expect Webster to work miracles as a change bowler.  Not impressed George.
Renshaw and McSweeney must be chafing behind the scenes, guess they're from the wrong state
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
After all the calls for Green's head, he's now bowling early on a wicket that so far this season looks like the least helpful wicket for fast bowlers, and they've gone into the game without a spinner on what appears to be the most spin friendly pitch cut to 6mm.

Furthermore, he's bowling ahead of Webster who seems to have him well covered as a change bowling option in domestic 1st class.

I'd assert on display is the full bullsh1t of Cricket Australia.

It reminds me of AFL players who put end at the last possible moment before the contract is signed.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
Quote from: DJC – on
King Taco might try to grab low hanging fruit but he didn’t earn his nickname lightly.
Putin, Xi and Lil Kim assassinate domestic opponents and occasionally a foreign based dissidents, but not foreign bureaucrats or leaders, in this regard they are somewhat smarter than RedTrump.

RedTrump is a two bob bully, and bullies never pick on someone who is capable of fighting back! ;)

It seems to me this event has exposed a major weakness in the USA, they are desperate for oil. Obviously the US domestic reserves aren't anywhere near as abundant as the GOP claim, otherwise they'd be busy enacting the "drill baby drill" protocol in their own backyard, instead they embarked on an exceptionally expensive foreign incursion.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Lods – on
Looks like the boys are dividing up the world.

Count Vlad gets Europe
Emperor Xi gets Asia and
King Don get's the Americas ::)

Realistically, Vlad’s Ukrainian excursion has shown that Europe has got his measure, particularly with the huge losses in men, materiel and budget.

Xi seems to have had Asia stitched up for some time, but you never know what strange bedfellows may get up to.

King Taco might try to grab low hanging fruit but he didn’t earn his nickname lightly.