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Topic: Questions Of The Day | |
Mick Harper Replies: 4750 Views: 1033791 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 12:30 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day |
I have decided to impose martial law. Apparently only one person has to be in favour before you do so. | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 12:41 pm Subject: War on Terrorism |
The Russkies will also lose their only naval base outside Russia if they lose Assad (or even if they lose the bit of coast adjacent to Idlib province). They've got a remarkable lot to lose just when t ... | |
Topic: COIN | |
Mick Harper Replies: 829 Views: 378256 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:20 pm Subject: COIN |
This find is clearly kosher and should clear up quite a few Roman mysteries. If it's only worth £100,000 we'll probably buy it for the AEL's coin room.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1983700/arch ... |
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Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES | |
Mick Harper Replies: 2850 Views: 1181058 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:31 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES |
Today's ten-clapper (you have to remember I didn't get any for the first n number of months of my membership) is actually quite a good one. It arose from this story (and which may have featured in the ... | |
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1589 Views: 413693 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 9:12 am Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier |
Georgia won’t fight the good fight
“They keep electing pro-Russian governments,” say all western media outlets. As nobody in Georgia is pro-Russian and Georgia is a working democracy that re ... |
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Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 3:27 pm Subject: War on Terrorism |
Yes, he is the elephant in the room. He never forgets. | |
Topic: COIN | |
Mick Harper Replies: 829 Views: 378256 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:29 pm Subject: COIN |
But this Sponsian character is not in any sense a Roman emperor. He is a local honcho of Dacia. It may be that such people adopt the title of emperor as a matter of course. After all the real Roman em ... | |
Topic: COIN | |
Mick Harper Replies: 829 Views: 378256 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:47 am Subject: COIN |
Our friend in the north (ie Norway) sent us this https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/30/ancient-gold-coin-proves-fake-roman-emperor-real/ which raises a whole bunch of new talking points. But I thought ... | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 11:39 am Subject: War on Terrorism |
Interesting. I tend to view Erdogan as a bit of a dope. Nationalism always pays dividends in the short term. I don't think Russia is a fairweather opportunist friend. Turkey has limited options in the ... | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 6:37 am Subject: War on Terrorism |
It is true Turkey has more 'migrants' per head of (native) population than anyone else in the world. And by a long way. And seems to have avoided a native backlash more successfully that anyone else t ... | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 4:09 pm Subject: War on Terrorism |
Rebels Capture Syria’s Largest City
The Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions have seized control of Aleppo (Agencies) HTS may be an acronym new to you. There ma ... |
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Topic: AE on Telly News | |
Mick Harper Replies: 2325 Views: 817547 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:58 am Subject: AE on Telly News |
The Yardbirds (Sky Arts)
New according to the blurb but not judging by the look of everybody taking part. Every time I watch one of these 'how they got there' programmes about contemporaries of min ... |
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Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Mick Harper Replies: 1806 Views: 493355 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 10:15 am Subject: War on Terrorism |
It has to be remembered that the Assad regime--father and son--has always lacked legitimacy. They are Alawites ruling over a nation of Sunnis and Shias. Secularists in a country of religious devotees. ... | |
Topic: The Importance of Sport | |
Mick Harper Replies: 4119 Views: 1055978 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:02 am Subject: The Importance of Sport |
Mum, can I have a Saints' away strip for Christmas? I want everyone to call me a pouf. | |
Topic: The Importance of Sport | |
Mick Harper Replies: 4119 Views: 1055978 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:43 am Subject: The Importance of Sport |
Bournemouth pen
I'm still not getting it. The Wolves goalie has the ball in front of him, ostensibly under his control, he draws his foot back to hoof the ball away. In the half second this takes, ... |
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