Babbling 'brook

There were 388 deaths of healthy under 60s from covid. . That's a false interpretation of data being put out by the likes of Hartley-Brewer That number is derived by excluding anyone with any other condition... Irrespective of whether that condition had an impact on expected death. Therefore a 30 y...

blockhead wrote: ↑

January 11th, 2021, 3:09 pm

Watchin Vids of MAGAs being arrested in Airports n'such is hilarious.

Particularly liked the one of the guy who discovered he is on the "no fly" list and goes off on one - "They are trying to ruin my life" he shouts with zero sense of irony

He is such a loser, wonder what damage he’ll do before Jan 21st Very little IMO. In a lot of cases the business of govt continues as it did even when Trump tweets. Not too long ago the DOJ had to argue in court that the President hadn't declassified anything and his tweets are meaningless. Pardons ...

Toulon have just pulled out of tonights game vs Scarlets citing health concerns. Scarlets had a positive case but the game was due to be played

blockhead wrote: ↑

December 16th, 2020, 6:58 pm

Reports say BT have told senior staff, BOD etc, that their £40M/year offer to the Prem has been turned down and it's going elsewhere.

And then the Prem turned around and looks like they are taking a £110mm deal for three years.

riocard911 wrote: ↑

December 10th, 2020, 1:54 pm

I like the42 rugby podcast too, but our very own trio infernale of John, Dave and Jason from Blues Talk TV top the bill for me!!!

I'm very fond of the output from Mr. D Mole of this parish - though it is sparodic

Neil Armstrong's motive for pulling rank were, however, well intentioned. Just before he stepped onto the moon he is reputed to have muttered under his breath "This one's for you Mr Gorky" Allegedly in 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the back...

munster#1 wrote: ↑

November 26th, 2020, 11:08 am

Lancaster is already an assistant coach, so he may see it as a step up?

Doubt it. Farrell used be assistant to Lancaster - and rumour had it wasn't completely harmonious

munster#1 wrote: ↑

November 26th, 2020, 9:35 am

Perhaps Ireland could bring in Lancaster as a senior advisor or something similar?

I wonder what the reaction would be if it was suggested that Lancaster stepped in to assist Farrell - on both sides

Flash Gordon wrote: ↑

November 17th, 2020, 1:57 pm

If you're a fan in Wales, Scotland or Italy it's not much fun to watch your team getting killed each week particularly if you have the option of watching Celtic/Rangers or Swansea/Cardiff City as an alternative.

And how do you feel when the SA clubs arrive?

Can we stop talking about this loser? It will be 300ish for Biden in the college. He is such a loser, wonder what damage he’ll do before Jan 21st Very little IMO. In a lot of cases the business of govt continues as it did even when Trump tweets. Not too long ago the DOJ had to argue in court that t...

Anyway. Gonna be tight in Georgia. Biden needs ajust under 40k votes from about 100k left in districts trending +75% Dem. PA has been chuggin along at the same rate for over 12 hours now and it looks like Biden will win out 60k-80k more than Trump. MI is outside the margin for a recount at the mome...

If you're a hillbilly in the Rockies do you want a hippie in California making the laws for you. The EC system tries to address that I think. It's the balance of House vs Senate that does this - the President doesn't make any laws. You're splitting hairs. No I'm not. I'd be splitting hairs if I poi...

Oldschool wrote: ↑

November 2nd, 2020, 11:06 am

If you're a hillbilly in the Rockies do you want a hippie in California making the laws for you.
The EC system tries to address that I think.

It's the balance of House vs Senate that does this - the President doesn't make any laws.

Getting rid of the electoral college requires a constitutional amendment which wouldn't be simple. There is an initiative to get around the problems with the Electoral College - the National Popular Interstate Compact ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact). The pro...

bluestalktv wrote: ↑

October 29th, 2020, 2:06 pm

This week, we take a look back at Leinster’s victory over Zebre, Ireland’s Six Nations win over Italy and preview the visit of Leinster to Glasgow, Ireland’s final Six Nations game against France and the rest of the week’s news and results

.... and Trump's tackle

neill_m wrote: ↑

October 28th, 2020, 4:46 pm

Round 1 – 11/12/13 December 2020 Leinster v Montpellier
Round 2 – 18/19/20 December 2020 Saints v Leinster
Round 3 – 15/16/17 January 2021 Leinster v Saints
Round 4 – 22/23/24 January 2021 Montpellier v Leinster

It's the hope of having some spectators at the January game that'll kill me!!!

If I can shill for a friend of mine, she owns the award winning Woodbine Books in Kilcullen - fully admit to being biased, but its a superb bookshop with a great kids section https://www.woodbinebooks.ie/ If I could pile on - another book shop in Ranelagh, owned by a friend and season ticket holder...

Yeah contact tracing is and has been a shambles. I don't have a TV. How could there be evidence to support a 5km limit? It's a blunt rule to stop congregating and to slow the geographical spread. I haven't seen the evidence for communion and GAA games. It doesn't stop congregating though. If you sh...

What sort of witchcraft is this??? Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Alex McHenry, Rory Scannell, Matt Gallagher; Ben Healy, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Rhys Marshall, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne; Jack O’Donoghue, Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander (C). Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, James ...