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How are the government allowed to just refuse to publish this report about Russia's involvement in Brexit until after the election? If this was Labour the media would be absolutely all over it (rightly) calling them corrupt and hiding it from the public, but because it's the Tories it's just getting vague lip service from a few outlets. Dominic Grieve should just come out and tell everyone what it says. Appalling.

That genuinely took me back to Florida and in particular Sonny's BBQ. My friend tapped a 5 foot nothing lady on her shoulder and asked her if she could hurry up as he was starving and she took the tongs and gave him a look that made him step back. Keep in mind that my friend was 6'2ish and rowed for crew but he said that look in her eyes was like a rabid animal. Lesson for life, do not push for people to move in a buffet.

Man arrested after calling to report stolen marijuana https://www.al.com/news/2019/11/man-arrested-after-calling-to-report-stolen-marijuana.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&fbclid=IwAR2hxnzEhD8opophLHGu__UKXr0hkcD_cUNPCv67Hazpo9CS6nVBVmJeCTE Two arrested in Alabama after a fight over crab legs at a buffet got out of hand. Sweet home Alabama

It's called "Konferenz" on German SKY, and I'm watching that as well

Gotta thank the Goals Show on BT Sport for this one

Apart from the fact James O'Brien has literally taught himself almost every word of what EU Membership means and contains, he employed a sitting researcher 2 years ago that sits in the studio with his producer and in any phonecall from a caller that researcher is immediately onto the details relating to what said caller is talking about and between his own extensive knowledge and then the exact wording within the subject being debated, he pulls the caller apart. He himself says that there is absolutely no benefit for leaving the EU... NONE! I remember his talk at Waterstones and he reiterated that there isn't a single minuscule benefit for Brexit and due to this fact he has taken it upon himself to make sure this is made public. Aside from his book (How To Be Right In A World Gone Wrong) which was the international best seller in all English speaking countries for many months, he also made the New York Times front page some months back on how he has almost off his own back taken Brexit to account in the UK. He has even made it into newspapers of most of Europe and has political fugures following him from Asia, through Europe to the Americas.

It's a relief. Sounds like his ankle took the brunt of the damage, which is not as bad as if the break had occurred in his lower leg like Oviedo, Coleman, McCarthy all had. I'm glad he will make a full recovery. We can't take it for granted that he'll be the player he used to be though. This is a guy who openly admits he struggled with mental health issues at Barcelona so it's easy to see him taking some more time to feel comfortable fully committing to every sprint and tackle when he's back on the pitch. This also isn't a given though, he could be no different to any other player in that sense.

I KNOW it’s another James O’Brien radio excerpt (from yesterday morning’s show), but listen to it carefully. It’s just another example of the fucking hundreds over the past 3+ years that prove ONCE AGAIN that this is all fucking bullshit!

3 last year, it's normally about 2 or 3 a year but strangely none for next year. I'm running out of mates getting married, think I'm one of the last one's now which is not ideal. My GF's holiday is limited next year work wise so we may have to ease up on our trips. We have Rhodes for her Dad's 60th end of May booked in but other than that, nothing else. I'm keen for a city break. Would like to get Reykjavik done soon so I can cross that off but the fact its so 50/50 whether you see the Northern Lights clearly has always put me off. Still, the place has more to offer than that. For anyone that has been, any tips on best time to go? Better to hire a car and do a Golden Circle tour of your own?

Voyagers shed light on Solar System's structure Data sent back by the two Voyager spacecraft have shed new light on the structure of the Solar System. Forty-two years after they were launched, the spacecraft is still going strong and exploring the outer reaches of our cosmic neighbourhood. By analysing data sent back by the probes, scientists have worked out the shape of the vast magnetic bubble that surrounds the Sun. The two spacecraft are now more than 10 billion miles from Earth. Researchers detail their findings in six separate studies published in the journal Nature Astronomy. "We had no good quantitative idea how big this bubble is that the Sun creates around itself with its solar wind - ionised plasma that's speeding away from the Sun radially in all directions," said Ed Stone, the longstanding project scientist for the missions. "We certainly didn't know that the spacecraft could live long enough to reach the edge and leave the bubble to enter interstellar space." The plasma consists of charged particles and gas that permeate space on both sides of the magnetic bubble, known as the heliosphere. Voyager probe 'leaves Solar System' Voyager 2 probe 'leaves Solar System' Measurements show that the identical probes have exited the heliosphere and entered interstellar space - the region between stars. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, Voyager 2 crossed over late last year. The key sign in both cases was a jump in the density of the plasma. This showed that the spacecraft was passing from an environment with hot, lower density plasma characteristic of the solar wind and entering a region with the cool, higher density plasma thought to be found in interstellar space. The boundary between the two regions is known as the heliopause. "We saw the plasma density at the heliopause jump by a very large amount - a factor of 20, at this rather sharp boundary out there," said Prof Don Gurnett, from the University of Iowa. "Actually, with Voyager One we saw an even bigger jump." The findings suggest that the heliosphere is symmetrical, at least at the two points that the Voyager spacecraft crossed. The researchers say these points are almost at the same distance from the Sun, indicating a spherical front to the bubble - "like a blunt bullet", according to Prof Gurnett. The results also provide clues to the thickness of the "heliosheath", the outer region of the magnetic bubble. This is the point where the solar wind piles up against the approaching wind of particles in interstellar space, which Prof Gurnett likens to the effect of a snowplough on a city street. The heliosheath appears to vary in its thickness. This is based on data showing that Voyager 1 had to travel further than its twin to reach the heliopause, where the solar wind and the interstellar wind are in balance. Some had thought Voyager 2 would make that crossing into interstellar space first, based on models of the magnetic bubble. "In a historical sense, the old idea that the solar wind will just be gradually whittled away as you go further into interstellar space is simply not true," says Don Gurnett. "We show with Voyager 2 - and previously with Voyager 1 - that there's a distinct boundary out there. It's just astonishing how fluids, including plasmas, form boundaries." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50289353

Started watching His Dark Materials last night. It's fantastic. @Bluewolf @Viva la FCB

Since fat Philly had a field day, i except the same treatment. Me and the wife on our first anniversary dinner.