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The reason North Korea is not truly appetising is that China doesn't want anyone next door it cannot control. One of the reasons Kim can act the way he can is that he has the option of flooding the border with those seeking to flee to China and he holds border control as a bargaining chip (in...

This wouldn't require one to one communication. De-conflict procedures involve relatively low level staff, it'd only take the proverbial two men on a bench with a cliche password. Information about the SAMs on the coast could have been leaked (e.g. down for system maintenance or something more...

The opinion I have (that it's US/Russia working in each other's interests) seems to be gaining ground elsewhere, not that it validates it any more or less. Russia were complicit and facilitated the attack in both allowing the airspace and agreeing to move their assets out of the base. It's worht...

call my cynical but I tend to look at who benefits from all of this, in theory two 'winners' emerge: Russia and the US. Trump's approval ratings are shocking and overseas action of this sort is a nice way to control the media and shore up on the bad press. Forget the wall, Obamacare etc oh and...

I agree with this, we've had 4 on the road and then a home game against Spurs. We've got Stoke at home tonight and Boro away on Saturday. Given the paucity of games left you could argue that any two are 'vital' but if we are unable to beat a Stoke team who, by definition, look like they are on...

the press are currently enjoying reframing the old clickbait topics with the brexit angle. No UK govt will offer Gibraltar up and no Spanish govt would invade it. It is, however, very handy as a distraction tactic for any Spanish govt looking for a bit of deflection if something's not going...

Keane plays way ahead of his age in terms of composure and intelligence. As some of you on here might know we've spent many a game camped in our own 18 yard box and he's certainly been tested continually this season. Most Burnley fans accept he'll leave in the summer and it's a case of how much...

I’ve often wondered this, folk tend to extrapolate the life of a pro from their experience playing at weekends with your mates and simply adding the lifestyle of the thoroughly unrepresentative 1% at the top end of the game. Yet the reality is few will be in the top 1%, so let’s look at L1 and...

when I saw this thread I immediately had that review in mind, it's simply brilliant.

if you are interested in America Politics 'Abe Lincoln's Top Hat' is very good. The host is a comedian and it's very well balanced (not over jovial or too dry).

Colin is superb at pushing you over and then picking you up, dusting you off and convincing you that you fell over and you owe him something for him helping you. A perfect old school heel WWF manager. Plays the humble-me card brilliantly as well. Remember when he said that Diouf should be...

surprised, remember him as a Claret and then hearing he'd gone on to decent things at Utd when he finished, was in charge of their Academy or such? Well thought of in that regard.

I seem to remember him being played out side for your lot, as you say he seems very clued up tactically.

As a resident Claret I was quite chuffed with our purchase of him given the positive reviews he had on here, yeah I realised he was divisive but he had something about him which could lead to him being a solid Championship player and possibly a half decent Premier one. There’s no doubt he has a...

a week is a long time in football! Thought we'd earned the club some credit with our performance against Chelsea and perhaps won a few neutrals over. Having been on the Clarets forums the only positive is that he's been roundly criticised and the concensus seemas to be for him to leave the...

caught the end of a documentary about Rod Hull, seems that he was quite unlikeable towards the end, really resented the act but understood what it brought him. The lady who played Grotbags said on the last day of filming the show they'd expected to have a post production party, Hull walks in the...

All those previous tournaments were in different countries and at different points in time, I'm unsure if they will allow you to forecast on what Russia holds. I obviously hope that you are safe but my worry is based on the police more than anything. There will be collusion between the Russian...

you've got two possible outcomes, one where lots of our hooligans go and one where few go. In the case of the former, you just have to hope that they are targeted by the Russians and/or the Russian police. The latter is scarier, the Russians will be looking for a fight and they will go looking...

just as an aside, if you've never seen this it's called Battle of the Nations. Very strict rules (no sharp edges and all kit has to be authentic), Russia and Israel regularly do very well as they are all ex forces. From what I saw of some in France I reckon the Russian hooligans are as well...

be interested to see how many fans fancy going to Russia, hooligans will be given free pass by the police. And then there's the police.....