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1936 Olympics?rick_chasey said:True story my grandfather played football for Holland but got dropped because he refused to play against the nazis (before the war)
Spent the entire occupation in hiding and so gave up going to uni.
Got the news clippings somewhere. This “sports washing” stuff isn’t new
I'm perpetually dismayed by government and sports governing bodies being unwilling to stick their necks out and acknowledge how powerful sports are for projecting national image.
Politics and sports are linked, let's not pretend otherwise.0 -
For all the culture wars and chat about virtue signalling, turns out it’s the government that won’t walk the walk and just talks the talk0
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No later 1937 ish (too young for 1936)First.Aspect said:
1936 Olympics?rick_chasey said:True story my grandfather played football for Holland but got dropped because he refused to play against the nazis (before the war)
Spent the entire occupation in hiding and so gave up going to uni.
Got the news clippings somewhere. This “sports washing” stuff isn’t new
I'm perpetually dismayed by government and sports governing bodies being unwilling to stick their necks out and acknowledge how powerful sports are for projecting national image.
Politics and sports are linked, let's not pretend otherwise.0 -
During the occupation in order to be allowed to do anything you were forced to sign a paper declaring allegiance to Germany.
He refused.1 -
And for those asking about China.
See this:
Seems they are objectively reporting on the war. Not so good for Putin.0 -
I would find it funny if as a protest nobody went to Qatar.First.Aspect said:FIFA are going to dance on the head of a pin with this. No one will play Russia in WC qualifiers.
As I sit here now my guess is that Russia will qualify by default, because, well it's FIFA and FIFA are politically neutral and morally non-existent. And this will create a huge headache in Qatar, which is a sports washing exercise itself, because the conflict will still be going on.
Not going to happen, but it's a pleasant thought.
PS - Anyone think Scotland are going to throw their match against Ukraine?
Not lose as that's fairly predictable, but blatantly throw it.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Indeed, seems like having an economy smaller than Spain's doesn't give quite as much leverage as he'd hoped.0
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so far the official line has been pro-russia, but perhaps the ccp is realising that's not a good lookrick_chasey said:And for those asking about China.
See this:
Seems they are objectively reporting on the war. Not so good for Putin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/business/china-russia-ukraine-invasion.htmlmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Paywall.
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If you follow the link from Twitter, I think you can still read it.morstar said:
Can’t read beyond the opening as it’s behind a paywall.rjsterry said:For Chelsea fans (and plenty of others) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-snaffled-the-kremlin-cronies-cash-while-it-sneered-at-our-decadence-fssbp2k5d
But the sporting attitude to not caring how or where the money comes from is a bugbear of mine.
Newcastle don’t care. FIFA don’t care, uefa don’t care. IOC don’t care.
UCI have numerous unappealing races, F1 has trashed races with history in pursuit of races with startling budgets. The list goes on.
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Pretty clear that Chelsea are just a particularly egregious example and most of Western Europe are guilty of giving Putin far too much rope.rjsterry said:
If you follow the link from Twitter, I think you can still read it.morstar said:
Can’t read beyond the opening as it’s behind a paywall.rjsterry said:For Chelsea fans (and plenty of others) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-snaffled-the-kremlin-cronies-cash-while-it-sneered-at-our-decadence-fssbp2k5d
But the sporting attitude to not caring how or where the money comes from is a bugbear of mine.
Newcastle don’t care. FIFA don’t care, uefa don’t care. IOC don’t care.
UCI have numerous unappealing races, F1 has trashed races with history in pursuit of races with startling budgets. The list goes on.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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China actually feels like it would be a good location if Putin genuinely wanted talks. Probably the closest to a neutral company there is in this matter and not somewhere the Russians would try something stupid.rick_chasey said:And for those asking about China.
See this:
Seems they are objectively reporting on the war. Not so good for Putin.0 -
Foreign Secretary is outraged by claims we aren't doing enough for Ukrainians fleeing the war so posts link to her own department about how family members of British nationals who can apply for a family migration visa. Otherwise you need to get to a VAC in a third country and apply for a visa through the normal route there.
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https://twit ter.com/iaponomarenko/status/1497866930442616836?s=21
Taken a space in case people don’t want to see it but this is the video I was talking about re British anti tank guns and Ukrainians blowing Russian tanks up with em. It’s been verified I believe.
Who knew weapons designed to blow up Russian tanks were quite good at blowing up Russian tanks?
Pleased to see that those weeks before didn’t entirely go to waste by the Brit govt0 -
Times reckons the SWIFT measures will knock 5% off Russian GDP, can anybody remember another Boris policy that knocked 5% off an economy?
Why does nobody ask him why one is a price worth paying and the other enough to bring a madman to his senses or lead to widespread insurrection?0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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about timerick_chasey said:Germany upping defence spending to “more than 2%” of gdp. Tooling up
shame they didn't long ago pause the shut down of their nuclear power stations until renewables capacity reduced the need to burn coal and imported gas
almost as if merkel et al. wanted to make themselves reliant on russian gas for the next 2-3 decades
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not quite, it's free to register, which allows reading a few articles without payingFirst.Aspect said:Paywall.
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That’ll change pretty fast hopefully. Better late than never.sungod said:
about timerick_chasey said:Germany upping defence spending to “more than 2%” of gdp. Tooling up
shame they didn't long ago pause the shut down of their nuclear power stations until renewables capacity reduced the need to burn coal and imported gas
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I don't think it is his small economy that he has an inferiority complex about !First.Aspect said:Indeed, seems like having an economy smaller than Spain's doesn't give quite as much leverage as he'd hoped.
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Sorry Ugo. Not misuse just shitty site software.ugo.santalucia said:
For the record, I never said those things… misuse of the quote function
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I watched this live this morning. Top trolling by the USAF. It backs up what I’ve been saying in previous posts about what you can and can’t see on the flight trackers.
https://theaviationist.com/2022/02/27/f-35-tracking-online-near-ukraine/0 -
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My football club is currently in administration - to be fair so what if it gets liquidated start over. Chelsea wouldn't cease to exist it'd just cease winning trophies.Dorset_Boy said:
Should your club have ceased to exist when it went bankrupt leaving debtors?skyblueamateur said:
Yes. Yes I would. Similar to the Qatari World Cup. Reap what you sow. No sympathy.Dorset_Boy said:
So you'd be happy for the club, staff and players to suffer due to Russia's invasion?skyblueamateur said:We
Really? With how he accumulated his wealth I won’t be shedding any tears.Dorset_Boy said:
What a pathetic response, Rick.rick_chasey said:
Diddums.Dorset_Boy said:Abramovich has issued a statement saying he's handed the care and stewardship of Chelsea to the charitable foundation and trustees to try to protect the club.
Whatever rumoured links he has to Putin, at least he's trying not to drag his football club down, and cause yet more upset.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
He’s got to know that it’s the end of everything if he does that. Doesn’t he??rick_chasey said:Putin threatening nukes on nato
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At this point he seems quite delusional - I suspect the people around him are more rationaljohngti said:
He’s got to know that it’s the end of everything if he does that. Doesn’t he??rick_chasey said:Putin threatening nukes on nato
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