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Wow, Belgium vs Brazil......what a result. I'm very happy At my work everyone put money in a pool and randomly drew which team was there's. I drew Belgium, I am still supporting England but Belgium is my " work draw team " Imagine Belgium winning !!!!

All African countries look the same for Bruce it seems... No its not that, I always support an African team I generally have 3-4 teams I support

Im very disappointed that Cameroon and Germany are out but I still have my other team in, England Despite there loss to Belgium, it wasnt the best team England could field

I don't think most people find it hard to imagine at all. Agreed, it is actually very easy to imagine

Iceland vs Nigeria.....go Nigeria

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-06-14-western-cape-mosque-attack-leaves-three-dead/#.WyZ626czZPY This is now the second attack on a Mosque in SA, the Muslim community has made no announcement to how they plan to look into this and help the poilice When 9/11 occurred Mosques in SA were cheering, they always believed the USA was involved in some campaign to destroy the Islamic world. Very few Muslims would now deny ISIS is real yet despite the fall of the ISIS Caliphate I have yet to see any change from SA It is getting irritating, immediately after this Mosque attack a Muslim women phoned a prominent radio station to say " the media mustn't jump to conclusions " .....I almost responded very harshly as she obviously thinks we must just pretend nothing is unusual Also remember this arrest in SA, can you believe the audacity of the family by expecting the SA public to believe such a absurd lie about there travels to Syria !!! http://www.newsweek.com/who-are-south-africa-twins-accused-links-isis-syria-481802

Is this the same type of fake news as with fish feeding in Japan? It all depends on how you define " fake news " If you consider this photo fake news that would mean you reject 100% real and proven events and developments .....in this case even the WH accepts this saluting as real. But you can believe what you want, thats the beauty of freedom of thought https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/06/14/north-korea-state-media-airs-unseen-video-trump-salute-general.cnn Well, since I specifically asked about the fish feeding in Japan do you think I asked because of concerns about the photo being real or because of false narrative about the photo. Think hard Oh for the record for me its not a big deal with Trump saluting, this is just part of his strategy to get NK to denuclearize As usual these types of global events are nuanced and have to analyzed from a strategic perspective and a simple question needs to be asked " is this going to be better for a more stable, prosperous and progressive world " ? For me absolutely, if Trump can get NK to become part of the global community this is a good thing. Whatever he needs to do to convince NK to drop the development of nukes I support There has been decades of failed foreign policy in NK, I dont blame previous US presidents because NK has always been intransigent and unreasonable when it comes to negations So lets see if this works, I hope it does

Is this the same type of fake news as with fish feeding in Japan? It all depends on how you define " fake news " If you consider this photo fake news that would mean you reject 100% real and proven events and developments .....in this case even the WH accepts this saluting as real. But you can believe what you want, thats the beauty of freedom of thought https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/06/14/north-korea-state-media-airs-unseen-video-trump-salute-general.cnn

Good old Paul

Definitely watching, go World Cup 2018 I am supporting 3 teams due to different reasons Nigeria is my African team England and Germany my other teams, England will become my choice if these 2 go against each other

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/11/white-house-economic-advisor-larry-kudlow-suffers-heart-attack-trump-tweets.html Larry Kudlow has had a heart attack, he is recovering nicely I wonder if the " outrage " that was expressed about Justin Trudeau's G7 speech added to this ? https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/10/larry-kudlow-calls-justin-trudeaus-verbal-attacks-/

He beat the heroine addiction as far as I know but he may have still been battling with depression https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html

This is the first person I have read on this thread that has died that has saddened me He was an amazing person to watch on TV, I loved his tours of wild and untraveled lands. He truly ate everything and was one of first celebrity chefs to truly inspire me to cook, I have always followed this saying of his " if you dont eat all types of food you will never challenge your palate to reach great heights " ( or something similar ) I would suggest all his fans read this book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33313.Kitchen_Confidential

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/05/politics/supreme-court-masterpiece-cakeshop/index.html I see the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the baker, Im disappointed

In its current state, 2015. But if you at the reasons for this long conflict in Yemen how is the USA responsible, it has nothing to do with the USA but rather Islamic extremism and the ancient Shia/Sunni animosity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)

It does not have to be this way. But it will be until people realize there are options beyond the one we have now. Yes... one A melancholic assessment of the state of US politics my friend ....pass the razor blades But under Obama the USA , apart from understandable drone strikes, tried very hard to stay out of the ME and other geographical hot spots of political and social instability But Trump has brought the USA back into the interminable struggles of the ME, thats on him No, Obama is 100% responsible for our involvement in Libya, Syria (not the mess, just our involvement in it), Yemen, and several African countries. As you my melancholic assessment: "When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing — when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors — when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice — you may know that your society is doomed" Libya, Syria and Yemen are conflicts caused by the Arab Spring and the horrific civil wars we now see are a symptom of the leaders of these countries refusing to be more inclusive of there own citizens in economic and political transformation The USA was involved after the Arab Spring started, the Arab Spring was not caused by the USA https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Arab_Spring I would strongly suggest no one in the USA accepts responsibility for the Arab Spring but of course if you do you are absolving the appalling dictatorships and lack of human rights that exist, and use to exist in the ME, and this needs to be addressed by the ME leaders What African countries is the USA responsible for causing wars or bombing in the last 20 years ?

Well he never convinced me about one thing, he was very anti-Western He was like Zora but prone to incredulous, unsubstantiated and incoherent ramblings about " Westlings " and " pure white races living in tribes in mountains "

It does not have to be this way. But it will be until people realize there are options beyond the one we have now. Yes... one A melancholic assessment of the state of US politics my friend ....pass the razor blades But under Obama the USA , apart from understandable drone strikes, tried very hard to stay out of the ME and other geographical hot spots of political and social instability But Trump has brought the USA back into the interminable struggles of the ME, thats on him

This is my experience as well, I have heard the argument from feminists and gender equality activists around why opening doors for women can be seen as a negative but in RL I have never had anyone actually criticize me for doing it

Dying Light, I am really enjoying it. Good Zombie killing

Greetings Welcome to the forums Can I borrow money from you, maybe $2000 and I should be fine ?

Unions in South Africa are both recalcitrant and intransigent, they have become a major stumbling block to address economic transformation They are stuck in some bizarre view where they still think its the 1980's where you ignore the P&L statement and just protest at the expense of the sustainability of the company. They are completely out of control and our government really needs to reign them in So yes you can imagine I do have an issue with SA trade unions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(TV_series) Guys this is a brilliant series and highly recommended if you haven't been watching it

Now this is a man who appreciates the value of pageantry and ceremony Good on you sir !!!