Dr. Gonzo

If it passes narrowly, it will be over mate. Long term maybe the UK rejoins the EU. But in doing so, we probably won't get any of the concessions the EU gave us when we first joined... so we'd still be comparatively worse off to how we are currently as an EU member. No disproportionate say in finance regulations and no pound sterling either. I've heard some remainers think this is the best option for us. I don't know why though.

May's deal was better than Boris's for us economically, so I have a hard time understanding why exactly Tories who weren't willing to back May's deal would be willing to jump onboard with this... other than election posturing. I think the Brexit party just want a hard Brexit so their commodities trading leader can make an absolute killing, and in the alternative if that's not going to happen they'd prefer to stay in the EU (which sounds like a paradox at first)… but because if we're still in the EU they still have their mission to get us out of the EU, thus they have political capital & Farage can still be paid handsomely to do nothing but stick two fingers up to the rest of Europe (and our country) as an MEP.

This shit is fucking crazy: https://www.kusi.com/mexican-president-defends-retreat-in-face-of-cartel-violence/ Mexico's government needs serious help.

Oh I hadn't seen this til just now - so sorry for bringing discussion back to something you said a month ago @Teso dos Bichos, but the homeless problem in California is a super tough issue to face. And it's not just California's fault that the big cities are flooded with homeless people. We've got to deal with people from shittier states sending their homeless people to California because they don't want to deal with them: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Nevada-Settles-Homeless-Dumping-Lawsuit-369736411.html California's got the economy to provide a better social safety net for the extremely poor, so other states feel like it's okay to dump homeless people in California. But what they're doing is creating an unfair burden on California, when really they should be looking at what makes states like California (and New York... and even Texas, so there's a red state model for the red states as well) have strong economies so they can better provide for themselves. It's a ridiculous situation these other states have created for themselves. California pays in more money to the IRS than any other state - they also invest heavily in themselves with their own taxes. This gives the state the ability and resources to provide better services than other states. Meanwhile states that put in far less money to the federal government than they take out from the federal government. They don't invest in themselves, they just want to let the wealthy of their state get richer while the state overall struggles... and then they pass off their homeless problems from their crumbling economy onto California. And then they have the fucking nerve to complain about the homeless problem in California that they've exacerbated. There's a rising hatred in California for these states that don't invest in themselves, take out more money than they put into the IRS per year, and try to shift their problems to California. And it's just getting worse - and it's also dangerous as fuck for these poor people they're dumping onto our streets. A few years ago, basically right after the homeless population had a massive explosion, there was a serial killer here in San Diego. He was hammering a railroad spike through homeless people's heads... then lighting their bodies on fire. One of the murders was actually a block from my condo and I remember hearing the police and firefighters come at 3AM so I went outside for a cigarette and to see what was going on. Don't think I'll ever forget that night. And it's also dangerous for the people just trying to live. San Diego, LA, and San Francisco all had hepatitis outbreaks because of the recent homeless population explosion. I think it was Georgia that released a serial rapist from prison and then bussed him to San Diego... where he then raped some young woman at a trolley stop. This rising tide of resentment towards the rest of the country is growing pretty rapidly here, and I don't see it changing unless these other states start pulling their weight more. But I also don't see those states ever really pulling their weight. It's an interesting dynamic - but it's probably not great for the USA as a whole.

What a great stat. Looking at all of the other clubs that have been in the league the whole time and me being able to say: wow, you dirty fucking bastards. Blackpool and Barnsley are pretty fucking impressive as well.

Will this deal pass parliament? I don’t think so. The EU always had most of the leverage with Brexit. So I wouldn’t take people too seriously when they blame anyone else with the poor hand we were dealt.

Cheers @CaaC (John), now I Feel Free will be stuck in my head for hours

So uh... Bill Gates hung around Epstein a lot, it turns out. After his conviction too, so while he was a known sex pest. And he set up a charity where Epstein was the beneficiary. Sad to say, the circumstantial evidence points to Bill Gates being a pedo

I love shit like this.

Video footage of Turkish forces executing Kurdish prisoners was posted to social media by a Turkish soldier...

That lineup is 100% one of the best in metal history. And Rust in Piece is an absolute fucking masterpiece

Turkey knows where all the US bases are/were in Syria. So for them to bomb close to one doesn’t strike me as much of an accident as much as it strikes me as a threat to the US military to clear out and leave the Kurds to be slaughtered

I feel fortunate that I haven’t enjoyed a game made my Activision-Blizzard in some time (well I liked the latest CoD for about 4 weeks before getting tired of it) - cos I feel inclined to not buy any of their shit for a while after this. And if I do get the Modern Warfare reboot out of nostalgia, I’ll buy it used so they don’t get my money. The situation in Hong Kong is fucked up, and all of these western companies bending to China’s censorship is also fucked up. South Park has it right, they just need Tegridy.

Yeah definitely do not take that shit before driving mate

Codeine's in that shite, so watch out with drinking on it. Or if you're an alcoholic: Zapain helps you get drunk quicker. But it's also quite habit forming mixing codeine with drinking, so still be careful.

Tbf I think Pogba's one of the few people at United that consistently creates chances for them. I don't think he's a bad player. I just don't think he was worth what was paid for him, where you'd expect the player to be the sort to grab a match by the scruff of the neck. I understand why there's a lot of frustration with him among Manchester United fans. When you sign a player at that price, there's a sort of silent promise that you're getting someone world class. I don't think it was a decision that was made with a lot of research on what the impact for United on the pitch will mean - I think it was "let's sign this kid back, he's tearing Italy apart right now" without really considering the massive differences between United's midfield and Juventus's. They've got the ambition of a top side. But they don't have the vision or plan to get back to where they want to go. They need to sack Woodward (or limit him to just developing the club commercially) and get a Director of Football and actually start working towards a plan. If you put Pogba in a better midfield, he suddenly becomes a much better player - he's just not the sort of player that'll raise a team's level on his own. But to be fair to him, I think there are very few players like that in the world.

Yeah - I mean I've always liked the Gears campaigns and story... but the real value in the games is in the multiplayer. I'll have to check out Control at some point. Right now I'm very very tempted to get Borderlands 3... but I also don't really know if I should. Especially as The Outer Worlds is coming out on October 25... and that looks right up my alley.

Santa Ana winds (I don't really know what those are tbh, but the local news weather people keep talking about it) are making wildfire risks here in San Diego pretty high. There've been a few fires as of yesterday around Southern California recently, but they're mostly around LA it seems. There was one last night that tore through a trailer park and burned about 500 acres - pretty shit for those people.

USAToday - the official newspaper of people traveling on business in the United States - is covering it.

Iran saying the tanker was struck by 2 missiles.

The thing is... there's always been stupid people. And even stupid people are capable of learning things and then becoming less stupid. In fact, I could make a pretty decent argument (imo) that everyone (on the planet) is pretty fucking stupid in their own way (or ways). We live in a strange time though. With the internet there's more information at our fingertips than ever before - but it still feels like the world is still so very stupid. And in many regards, it seems like people are getting more stupid rather than less stupid. I think the internet's ability to provide for greater information has been dangerously hijacked and it's now used by loads of people to spread misinformation. People have been preying on the gullible for as long as people have had the spare time to come up with devious plots to separate fools from their money. And now they're not just going after actual money, they're going for political capital as well. Because with that political capital they can get more money. I don't really know what the solution is to this though, when you've got evidence of blatant lies being told to voters and various other campaign finance violations... that get no effective punishment whatsoever... there's no reason to assume that any protections will be put in place to hold people accountable for the shite they do when they campaign.

Henderson's job isn't to be a creator though? His job is to do the legwork for our creators. They're different styles of midfielders - Henderson's been used for us most recently as a box to box midfielder, and before that a holding midfielder. The way our side's set up, Henderson's got a vital role for us - we're not asking for him to be a playmaker. We're asking for him to work hard for 90 minutes in the engine-room of our side. It's not really an apt comparison. But if you wanted to compare our midfields, you could ask why one side's got a system with some pretty clear cut and defined roles for all central midfielders we have out on the pitch - and why that group of hardworking and well drilled players is so effective... and then you could ask why one side doesn't really appear to have a plan for it's midfield and keeps hoping it's most creative midfielder will just be able to bail them out on individual talent? I've said it pretty consistently since he's joined Man Utd, I don't think Pogba's a bad player - I think he's just in a situation where he's not in a midfield that's built for his skillset. And tbh there are times where he looks frustrated as fuck that he's the only one creating chances and the movement in front of him is just too poor for him to create anything really meaningful to break a deadlock. For United to get the most out of Pogba, they've got to actually build a midfield that makes use of what Pogba's good at. That's what we've done at Liverpool, we've got a creative front 3, we've got some very creative fullbacks, so our midfield really just acts as the engine room to allow our creators to... create. United have a very good midfielder in Pogba, but there's no cohesive system in the midfield that's set up to get the most out of him. It's really something that's plagued United since Ferguson left - throughout the side there's just a lack of cohesion and identity on the pitch. And ultimately, that's the first thing that needs to be addressed for United to make meaningful progress towards their goals. Cos at the end of the day, football's a team sport. Every once in a while you'll get a generational talent that'll be a part of your side that can carry even a very shit side to push well above it's weight - and while I think Pogba's very good, his time with United - where he doesn't have the wealth of talent working with him like he does with France and like he did with Juve - underscore that Pogba's not the type of midfielder that'll grab a match by the scruff of it's neck and get United the 3 points. If he were... well United would've had a different season last season and they'd not be in the bottom half right now. So the issue at Manchester United shouldn't be signing big name players to get the most out of Pogba - it should be signing the right players that fit the long term vision of the team, that'll also add into getting the most out of Pogba. But with Ed Woodward making decisions... I'm not sure how much cohesion and identity you'll have. That man is probably most responsible for the erosion of the cohesion and identity that Ferguson left you lot.

Please tell me this means you'll have Fred starting against us. Fred may genuinely be one of the worst football players I've ever seen. And I've seen Salif Diao play.

Yeah I don't blame you or anything, you're obviously not a bigot. It's something I was made aware of a few years ago while I drunkenly called someone a Mongoloid and one of my classmates at the time was of Mongolian descent and he let me know exactly why I shouldn't use that word - so it happens, I don't think most people are aware it's mocking both people with down syndrome & Mongolians. I honestly had no idea (even though... the Mongol part is in the fucking name lol), I doubt you did either.