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  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    edited June 2014
    I've just reinvested a small portion of my winnings on Oz to win this, at 50/1
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,054
    edited June 2014
    I hope all of you guys closed out profitable positions on Australia when they were ahead!

    Also, thanks for the tip earlier TSE!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    edited June 2014
    MaxPB said:

    I hope all of you guys closed out profitable positions on Australia when they were ahead!

    Also, thanks for the tip earlier TSE!

    No probs, in case you missed it, also backed Chile to beat Spain and Cameroon to beat Croatia.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    The Dutch win but I think the Aussies deserved more out of that.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,406
    BobaFett said:

    Betting post

    The £30 risk free bet with BetBright is free money....

    DYOR

    Is that a new account offer ?
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    SeanT said:

    Anyone who has the good if mischievous fortune to see the Duchess of Cambridge at her most, ah, callipygous, in those notorious French photos, would not call her "dull".

    Naughty Mr T
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    malcolmg said:

    malcolmg said:

    malcolmg said:

    malcolmg said:

    Anorak said:

    Might I recommend you view the tail-end of the previous thread. It seems that someone hasn't spotted the new one :)

    Leave Malcolm be.

    He's knocked back a few whiskies and is relaxing before his minicab shift starts.
    You not crawled back under your rock yet
    The Stone of Scone?
    A scone would make more sense than the drivel you post for sure
    Ah ha. A new line from your handler.
    You really are a dumpling, I pity any family that have to look after you.
    You should get a job Tweeting for Scottish charities.
    Perhaps he already has? The vocabulary sounds familiar........
    The turnips are mating

    I don't think we need to know how you're spending the early evening.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Odds on nothing being done?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27908236

    Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,682
    Got to say (and I never thought I would say this) Owen Jones just made a lot of sense on C4 news.
  • SeanT said:

    ToryJim said:

    SeanT said:

    Anyone who has the good if mischievous fortune to see the Duchess of Cambridge at her most, ah, callipygous, in those notorious French photos, would not call her "dull".

    Naughty Mr T
    She is an exceptionally lovely young woman, with an extremely pert butt. Let's be honest.

    The Prince chose a beautiful bride from the lower classes, which is what princes are meant to do, genetically.
    Only if the slipper fits.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    edited June 2014
    Well you know how this is going to be potrayed.

    Ukip has formed a new grouping in the European Parliament, including an MEP elected as a member of France's far-right Front National.

    Nigel Farage said the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group would be the "people's voice" in the European Parliament......

    ...Ms Bergeron was elected as a member of Marine Le Pen's Front National in May but quit the party just days later, claiming "their philosophy is no longer mine" and sits as an independent in the European Parliament.

    http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ukip-forms-new-european-parliament-grouping-that-includes-french-national-front-9546876.html
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189

    Well you know how this is going to be potrayed.

    Ukip has formed a new grouping in the European Parliament, including an MEP elected as a member of France's far-right Front National.

    Nigel Farage said the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group would be the "people's voice" in the European Parliament......

    ...Ms Bergeron was elected as a member of Marine Le Pen's Front National in May but quit the party just days later, claiming "their philosophy is no longer mine" and sits as an independent in the European Parliament.

    http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ukip-forms-new-european-parliament-grouping-that-includes-french-national-front-9546876.html

    He really does have an obsession with prefixing everything with "people's" like some sort of rancid demagogue.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited June 2014
    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    He was in jail a few months ago but the security services screwed up in allowing him to leave the country.
  • taffystaffys Posts: 9,753
    Owen Jones is good but:

    He is a young man in a hurry and so over plays his hand.

    He clearly has no experience of, or empathy with, the people he purports to speak up for.

  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    AndyJS said:

    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    He was in jail a few months ago but the security services screwed up in allowing him to leave the country.

    Not necessarily, if he's gone to Syria so long as he never comes back no problem really.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    taffys said:

    Owen Jones is good but:

    He is a young man in a hurry and so over plays his hand.

    He clearly has no experience of, or empathy with, the people he purports to speak up for.

    He'd have more credibility if he'd ever done a proper job.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    SeanT said:

    AndyJS said:

    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    Well, that's a relief. Indeed I am sure 100% of the Brits now radicalised and fighting for ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria will stay out there, forever, and settle: they will open corner shops, maybe run a small garage, they will get attached to Mosul and Fallujah, subscribe to local magazines, do some serious gardening, you know. Put some roots down.

    No way any of them are coming back to try and blow us up. No way.

    Most of them will settle in Syria, probably in multiple pieces.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    It's truly bizarre that a group most people hadn't heard of a matter of days ago is now a serious threat to the UK according to none other than David Cameron in the HoC.
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    SeanT said:

    AndyJS said:

    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    Well, that's a relief. Indeed I am sure 100% of the Brits now radicalised and fighting for ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria will stay out there, forever, and settle: they will open corner shops, maybe run a small garage, they will get attached to Mosul and Fallujah, subscribe to local magazines, do some serious gardening, you know. Put some roots down.

    No way any of them are coming back to try and blow us up. No way.

    Let them meet their maker on sandy killing fields far away. Darwinism at work.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited June 2014
    At first I couldn't understand why there was any need for a new group like ISIS. What was wrong with Al Qaeda? But then you realise that, to most teenagers, years like 2001 and 2005 are a bit like ancient history; probably Al Qaeda was starting to be viewed by them as being a bit over the hill. That would explain why ISIS has seemingly taken over as the grandaddy of terrorist groups.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    If you can't do gardening in the garden of Eden, where can you do gardening?
  • SeanT said:

    Got to say (and I never thought I would say this) Owen Jones just made a lot of sense on C4 news.

    I feel the same. I detest a lot of his views, but he is 1. very smart, 2. very articulate and 3. very well briefed - he really knows his stuff (and he's a pretty good writer, tho better on TV).

    He's the only guest I've seen make Andrew Neil look intellectually uncomfortable on This Week.

    Talent is talent, and he's got it.

    A bit like your good self, Mr T?
  • MrJonesMrJones Posts: 3,523
    AndyJS said:

    At first I couldn't understand why there was any need for a new group like ISIS. What was wrong with Al Qaeda? But then you realise that to most teenagers years like 2001 and 2005 are a bit like ancient history. Probably Al Qaeda was starting to be viewed by them as being a bit over the hill. That would explain why ISIS has seemingly taken over as the grandaddy of terrorist groups.

    AQ is a franchise operation. Each region has its own AQ franchise - like the one for north africa is called x, the one for yemen is called y, the one for syria is called z etc.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    He did not demonstrate his smartness on this occasion:

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC3RMstJl8&feature=kp&cd=1&ved=0CB8QyCkwAA&usg=AFQjCNF_bHaTRxNv66oFfWUDARRpob-1dQ
    SeanT said:

    Got to say (and I never thought I would say this) Owen Jones just made a lot of sense on C4 news.

    I feel the same. I detest a lot of his views, but he is 1. very smart, 2. very articulate and 3. very well briefed - he really knows his stuff (and he's a pretty good writer, tho better on TV).

    He's the only guest I've seen make Andrew Neil look intellectually uncomfortable on This Week.

    Talent is talent, and he's got it.

  • MrJonesMrJones Posts: 3,523
    edited June 2014
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  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    AndyJS said:

    It's truly bizarre that a group most people hadn't heard of a matter of days ago is now a serious threat to the UK according to none other than David Cameron in the HoC.

    Someone's watched Quantum of Solace too often.

    I'm waiting to hear that Campbell's been googling on HMG's behalf, and that the latest batch of fundamentaloons could attack us within 45 minutes.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,682
    SeanT said:

    AndyJS said:

    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    Well, that's a relief. Indeed I am sure 100% of the Brits now radicalised and fighting for ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria will stay out there, forever, and settle: they will open corner shops, maybe run a small garage, they will get attached to Mosul and Fallujah, subscribe to local magazines, do some serious gardening, you know. Put some roots down.

    No way any of them are coming back to try and blow us up. No way.

    The staggering thing about this is that he had already served time for hacking into both US and UK government systems and was known to have been radicalised. He was on watch lists and should not have been able to leave the country to travel to Syria.

    Whilst the security services seem to be happy to trawl the facebook accounts of millions of innocent people, they apparently were too busy to miss such an obvious threat.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340

    AndyJS said:

    It's truly bizarre that a group most people hadn't heard of a matter of days ago is now a serious threat to the UK according to none other than David Cameron in the HoC.

    Someone's watched Quantum of Solace too often.

    I'm waiting to hear that Campbell's been googling on HMG's behalf, and that the latest batch of fundamentaloons could attack us within 45 minutes.
    The only people ready to attack us within 45 minutes in the next day or so are Uruguayan.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189

    SeanT said:

    AndyJS said:

    Channel 4 News reports that a 20 year old from Birmingham is fighting for ISIS in Iraq and doesn't intend to come back to the UK.

    Well, that's a relief. Indeed I am sure 100% of the Brits now radicalised and fighting for ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria will stay out there, forever, and settle: they will open corner shops, maybe run a small garage, they will get attached to Mosul and Fallujah, subscribe to local magazines, do some serious gardening, you know. Put some roots down.

    No way any of them are coming back to try and blow us up. No way.

    The staggering thing about this is that he had already served time for hacking into both US and UK government systems and was known to have been radicalised. He was on watch lists and should not have been able to leave the country to travel to Syria.

    Whilst the security services seem to be happy to trawl the facebook accounts of millions of innocent people, they apparently were too busy to miss such an obvious threat.
    Letting him leave I'm fine with, ensuring he doesn't return is another thing. Of course there is the possibility of having turned him and he's an agent in the region which the govt will hardly admit. Think it's a remote possibility but would explain why he was allowed to leave.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Chile almost score against Spain with 45 secs on the clock.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    It seems the AQ ISIS split is that ISIS view AQ as too soft:

    http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/al-qaeda-disavows-any-ties-with-radical-islamist-isis-group-in-syria-iraq/2014/02/03/2c9afc3a-8cef-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html

    MrJones said:

    AndyJS said:

    At first I couldn't understand why there was any need for a new group like ISIS. What was wrong with Al Qaeda? But then you realise that to most teenagers years like 2001 and 2005 are a bit like ancient history. Probably Al Qaeda was starting to be viewed by them as being a bit over the hill. That would explain why ISIS has seemingly taken over as the grandaddy of terrorist groups.

    AQ is a franchise operation. Each region has its own AQ franchise - like the one for north africa is called x, the one for yemen is called y, the one for syria is called z etc.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,337
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/18/ed-balls-currency-union-independent-scotland-sterling-zone#start-of-comments

    Another dangerously tempting (for some) reason to vote Yes, after the palaver over Mr Cameron, but this time aimed at the Tories amongst us!
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Stephen Fisher of Oxford University currently predicts Con 36%, Lab 33% and Con 308, Lab 287:

    http://users.ox.ac.uk/~nuff0084/ge15forecast/
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    Chile 1-0
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    ::Buffs Nails::

    Chile lead.

    You know what do, CASH THE FECK OUT.
  • JBriskinJBriskin Posts: 2,380
    [Another dangerously tempting (for some) reason to vote Yes, after the palaver over Mr Cameron, but this time aimed at the Tories amongst us!]

    You've got Yes written all over you you quisling - Only Malcy speaks for Yes here, this has been confirmed many times.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Ch1le,
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    On this score Spain are out.
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    I haven't bet on this but i'll say it will be a draw.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Spain are heading out of the World Cup if no more goals are scored during this match.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Spain look poor defensively. Not their year...
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    AndyJS said:

    Spain are heading out of the World Cup if no more goals are scored during this match.

    Well they need to be scored at the right end too ;)
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    AndyJS said:

    Spain are heading out of the World Cup if no more goals are scored during this match.

    Will they be followed by Brazil? (not if FIFA have a say)
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    The Spain that reigned, are mainly on the plane.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189

    The Spain that reigned, are mainly on the plane.

    Very good Mr Eagles
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,189
    Is it me or does the Chile boss look like Andre Agassi?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,959
    New Thread
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Cash out strategy works again. Long may it continue to do so.
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