Hopefully the Cincinnati can be true to their namesake, grit their way to a deserved win, save Rome, and then return to the plow …
I am pro Bengal as they seem to be underdogs/underbengals and their city is named for the greatest Roman & his legacy of a military society that finally goes home after a war
Realistically the Cincinnati should have SPQR on their helmets … a missed opportunity here for educating the youth
If there were this many ridiculous stoppages in a rugby game there would be brawls in the stands and the stadium would be on fire by now
These referees seem to alternate between not doing very much and then helping the chiefs to cheat … the lot of the Cincinnati to set these affairs to right
Not sure who the coach of the Cincinnati is but he looks like a solid fellow who is going to check on a concrete pour at a building site after the game.
The Cincinnati driving up the field in a manner worthy of their namesake … referees probably plotting a way to help these chiefs cheat after an abysmal turnover
The chiefs quarter back looks like some popinjay who belongs in a 90s boy band whose members subsequently went to prison for exotic tax planning by their mysteriously deceased accountant
Victory for the Cincinnati … even all the blatant chiefs cheating and obscene refereeing patronage could not save them from the legions of Cincinnatus’ faithful … may they go forth and conquer
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There is a whole generation whose knowledge of Gregorian chant results from Enigma's "Sadeness" in the early 1990s ....
"You see, kids, before the codification of police powers and the Evidence Act, criminal law was basically what you see in the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' video.
Are there any questions before we finish the class?"
The early 1990s had some amazing music and I am not sure anyone foresaw Grunge etc being replaced by the saccharine immorality and trashiness of the later 1990s … It really did presage the end of a civilisational epoch
American & European liberalism (right & left variants) - notwithstanding 20 years of disastrous inability to bring rainbow flags to the Pashtu etc - have now determined that ex Soviet klepto states (that few of them could find on a map) are the next frontier for 'freedom'....
There is a realistic case for involving yourself in various parts of the world - food, energy, balance of power, etc - but there is no really strong moral case, as of now. Taiwan would possiblt be an exception but Taiwan also matters & hard to see Ukraine similarly right now.
Hopefully in his now retirement, Admiral Schonbach writes more ... it will be unpopular in Europe but will find a very receptive audience "east of Suez" as the British would say.
If you listen to what the visiting German Admiral Schonbach says in India here - it is rough & off the cuff - it is basically the TL:DR/‘quiet part out loud’ of most serious Western analysts re Russia & China & the grave danger of #DragonBear for Eurasia
Noticing media commentary upset that the Admiral says he is a 'radical Roman Catholic' - I suspect as English is his second language, he meant 'rooted' (in German same thing) as he was discussing Putin as a non believer. If this upsets you, call Captain von Trapp to the bridge
To my knowledge, Putin has said his mother was religious and that he was baptised Orthodox. On any view, whatever, the Russians in Syria did manage to do more to protect the rights of Christian minorities than the Americans - arming "moderate Al Qaeda" etc - ever did, frankly.
Ongoing thread here re Russia, Ukraine, prospects for War & its consequences, and a certain #Realpolitik about the 'Russian way of war' .... noting you can find my #DragonBear comments elsewhere.
Firstly, good maps here from the NYT of current Russian military dispositions ivo Ukraine, the Baltics, Georgia, etal. Russia recovering the Crimea in 2014 enormously useful in all directions (as well as bases for logistics & Intelligence collection) nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Secondly, I did a whole thread here before Christmas on how the Russians approach war and statecraft (TL:DR there is a long historical method and very little that is surprising to anyone who reads & has basic common sense) ⬇️
Not one to reflexively defend Joe Biden but he is right to try and ratchet down tensions with the Russians over Ukraine. It is January, the Russians are in a (very) good position to drive (all) over Ukraine & few local NATO members want a war over it. Some refreshing realism.
Am no Biden apologist BUT I am intrigued by the idea that the US esp would want to be poking the Russian Bear right now (in the Russian winter) over Ukraine when *the Germans* were seemingly denying airspace to British ammunitioning and support flights
The Ukrainian problem is only going to be solved by diplomacy and those who would never renounce the Monroe Doctrine for the US also realising that the Russians (who were a mature empire when America was rebellious colonials) claim a sphere of influence of their own
As I enjoy twitter for everything that is not Law - I will (rugby) punt or flick pass you to the very good coverage of the Djokovic matter by @jeremy_gans & Jeremy seems to be undertaking the Sissyphean task of understanding the Djokovic and Govt cases.
I may live tweet some of what happens tomorrow morning esp if Djokovic's hearing involves a Federal Court "full court" of 3 judges sitting on a Sunday morning .... this should be 'interesting'
The original sinner in all of this is Tennis Australia which seems to have told everyone - players, State of Victoria, Australian Govt- what they each wanted to hear in order to get the Australian Open on. Kudos on how Tennis Australia has escaped scrutiny here.