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A little more clarification for you..............read the court ruling regarding a viewer trying to sue FOX for misleading information. The ruling found that as Fox was not considered a creditable NEWS outlet, and the views broadcast on it were only the presenters own views, that they shouldn't be taken seriously, and the case was dismissed. A news outlet my derriere!! A faux news channel for the weak minded.

Through the eyes of a trumpist, of course two lines mentioning NATO out of 19 lines would equate to "mainly pertain" in your language, but it wasn't the main point of my post, but you chose to focus on it........can't get out of the trump mindset I suppose. And the likelihood of trump negotiating anything successfully would be fairly remote given his IQ level, business failures and utter dumbness. I will agree though that other nations were falling behind on their financial obligations towards NATO, and they needed to be brought into line with this, however last year, trump suggested a move tantamount to destroying NATO: the withdrawal of the United States. Senior administration officials told The New York Times that several times over the course of 2018, trump privately said he wanted to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. So much for negotiating.

I came across a movie which was made in 2016, so decided to download it and watch it! The movie is called "Swiss Army Man" and stars Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe, and despite the fact it was given a 6.9 rating on IMDb, I found it to be tedious/boring and a complete waste of time so I switched it off after about 15 minutes or so. View at your own discretion, especially if you like "farting scenes".

Watching these events unfold, and also seeing the posts here, I get a horrible feeling that trump might just get off of any serious charges with a slap or two on the wrist! I loathe the orange man for his lies, corrupt practices, and general stupidity/dumbness, however these are not enough to be able to put the man away, and from what I can see there is no real clear cut and overwhelming case to do so, unless something else is proven. In addition, he has a lot of powerful friends who would happily lie on his behalf, having drunk the Kool-Aid and therefore being unable to see what he really is. There is one further thing which I consider could be telling, from an overarching standpoint, and that is should he be found guilty of some serious misdemeanour and jailed (hopefully) it will reflect badly upon the USA as a whole, not only as a country in which a corrupt and dumb person can rise up through the ranks to become president, but that just about half the population condone/support it, when these sort of events only happen in other countries which are supposedly nowhere near as advanced (I'll leave it at that). In summary, what sort of country has the US become whereupon this can happen, and it was only a short while ago when this dumb ex-president was berating NATO and wanting to pull out of it, when it has now been seen that it is very necessary to be able to bring some stability to Europe. Irrespective of all of the above, it may well be that should he be cleared of most things, he won't be around to run for president again, because a fat lump of lard, with poor dietary habits and what looks to be high blood pressure could well be stoking fires down below.

Good album by the Moody Blues!!

PS. Sorry to bother you again Will27, but you obviously know more about VPNs than I do, so one question for you if I may: – do I need to keep signed into the VPN all of the time, or can I just engage it when I want to see something from overseas?

Ah we have something in common.......who'd have thunk it!!!!!!!

Hey thanks Will27 as I remembered that I had a VPN (Cyberghost) on my other laptop but which I had stopped using because it was unreliable, but now that I have got Fibre installed I thought I'd give it another try on my new laptop....AND it works AND I got onto Stan and signed up, so should be ready for kick off on Saturday!! Great, thanks for the info, much appreciated.

PPS:- And I hope the mods will forgive me for doing this, because I couldn't find anywhere else to post this which would get a response (I did try one thread, but it only had a couple of posts on it, and I've heard nothing back), and I am desperate for help (no comments please) because I need some feedback urgently!! And there will surely be some bright sparks on here who are much more up to speed with websites and streaming sites et cetera than I am! Where can I, or what can I log onto (subscription is not a problem) to be able to watch the All Blacks play Ireland for the next three tests, which starts this Saturday. Also would love to watch England versus the Wallabies. Urgent responses required, moderators permitting, PLEASE.

I forgot to mention that to the producer of this movie is the same one who produced "Annihilation", which I thought was a very good movie, and you will notice a similarity in what happens to one of the guys later on in the piece – – not saying any more!

I downloaded and watched the movie, "Men" last night and found it intriguing, mystifying and a little scary, and didn't really know what to make about the ending, although with certain graphic scenes, I think I've gotten somewhere near the meaning of it. Rory Kinnear was absolutely brilliant in it and the only thing I will give away is that he plays several roles in it. Over to you to be the judge of the movie.

Capitol riot Donald Trump bombshell: Six takeaways from ex-aide's surprise testimony about the attack Hutchinson said Trump knew of the threat of violence by his supporters but was unconcerned by it, since they were not targeting him; and that he sympathised with them as they chanted for the execution of Vice President Mike Pence, who had refused his entreaties to overturn the election. And she testified that senior aides had tried in vain to persuade Trump to call off the mob, but he resisted for hours. Her testimony was replete with stunning revelations. They are not here to hurt me.' Trump encouraged an armed mob to go to Capitol Hill. A furious Trump ordered security officials to allow people milling outside the security perimeter into the space so the event would appear well attended. Informed that some of those people were standing outside because they had weapons and didn't want to pass through metal detectors, the president urged that they be allowed in anyway. Much more in The New York Times.

Wait and be educated!

HELP needed as I want to watch the rugby union series between the All Blacks and Ireland but can't seem to find anywhere to stream or download it. I did subscribe to Rugby Pass last year, but that seems to be unavailable now, and I don't mind paying for a subscription, but where on earth can I watch it, subscription and all? Helpful replies would be much appreciated. Many thanks in anticipation.

I watched the movie, "Idiocracy" last night because it was mentioned previously, and it was enjoyable enough and I thought it was a great parody of the state of the USA right now, and I'm sure I saw how the trump followers came to be.............

Going back to your original post where you mentioned that 1337 was giving you some grief, well I've just started experiencing that myself with all sorts of strange links being shown when I want to download or look at the IMDb rating on it!! I have just installed an antivirus because I thought I might have a virus, but that didn't seem to work so I may well transfer Malwarebytes over from my other laptop to see what happens. On a completely different subject I have watched the first 2 episodes of, "The Old Man" and apparently there are 2 more available, yet I haven't been able to find them, so any ideas as to where they may be?? Anybody??

I do like the occasional Kiwi, "Dad's steak mince and cheese pie", but I don't have an oven and it doesn't quite work in the microwave when it's on convection, probably because it's over 12 years old and not fully functional?? You mentioned that you cook pies, if I had a defrosted pie, how long would it take to heat through (please).

Ok, short time it is then!!!!

I can just see it now – – you bending over a cabbage in your garden, about to cut it for dinner, crying and wailing because you're about to end a "life". ????

Sorry, I meant to answer that, but obviously didn't!!!! Although I was a keen player and played for 40 years and for many years it was basically "my life" and I lived and breathed it, but since my retirement, moving here and reaching the age of 75, I've really not been keeping abreast of football events, apart from watching Match of the Day whenever I can. So I don't know who is available who would fit into United I'm afraid, as my focus on football now is very narrow, however what did surprise me was how Donny van de Beek was signed by United, then basically didn't get any game time and then was loaned out – – what on earth was that all about? Unless it points to what I have been trying to say, that "something is wrong in the state of United" (apologies to Hamlet). You are up to play with English football, much more than me, as I left there in 1984!! So who would be your picks for summer signing and what about the Utd back line?

That's where we differ, because I'm not "crying over spilt milk" I'm stating that whoever was in the position to sign those players and didn't or whomever had a hand in not signing them shouldn't still be with the club working behind the scenes – – it's that simple for me. And as Mavideol has said in one of his posts where you have the likes of Carrick (I think that's whom he meant) and Fletcher assisting the manager/coach, then you are potentially asking for problems. Another thing that strikes me is, "how good is their scouting program" and who is in charge of that. I ask because I remember Tony Book (at the age of 30+) being signed by Manchester City from a team in the West Country when he was playing senior amateur/semipro football, and he proved to be an excellent signing, and for the record, a scout from QPR came to watch me play in several games when I was playing senior amateur football in Sussex and asked the manager/coach if they could approach me to go to QPR for trials. My point is that in those days, the scouting network was very widespread, and I wonder what it is like today?

I am thinking more along the lines of what the club didn't do, when it had the chance, and whomsoever is responsible for these "misses" needs a kick up the backside, or one can only hope that they are not with the club and making any important decisions these days: – – Kevin de Bruyne – Mohammed Salah – Sadio Mane – Raheem Sterling – Van Dijk Probably some others if I got to thinking about them, but all these were available to United and have proven to be star signings. On another level, some while ago United were offered big money for David de Ghea, and they turned it down, so now he will be leaving on a free transfer, BUT quite why they didn't let him go then, good keeper that he is, I have no idea, because United had other good keepers on their books and there were others available??

I was about to reply with something similar, having just come back onto the thread, and I agree with his sentiments, that we have to look forward, but one also has to look at how we got in the position we are now, which is: – searching for (another?) good manager and hopefully having found one; having players on the books who should have gone some while ago, signing some average players, and getting beaten to the punch with regards to signing top-class players. What I was going to answer to one of RickG16's posts and I did allude to it in another of my posts, was that there is something wrong behind-the-scenes with whomsoever is responsible for making key decisions, because I haven't seen a good decision made in the club for a long time, and that includes the manager selection. It's all very well for others to say well we should move forward and look to the future and so on, but all the time the same backroom staff or staff in managerial positions of power (I use that word lightly) are still there, the same thing will keep happening and it puts me in mind of an old training saying from a very good HR friend of mine, when he used to say, "if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten" – – meaning change is necessary especially when looking into an organisation or the behaviours therein, especially if the results are not what are wanted. I'm not "harking back to the Alex days" but I wonder if his temperament was such that he ruled the roost and anybody who disagreed with him got the proverbial mouthful, so he got his way, whereas now whoever is in charge has to bear the brunt of the failures and just like anywhere, searching deep inside the company that has to be somebody who is responsible for certain things, and these people have to be held accountable for their decisions and the outcomes.

I take your point, however it doesn't really address what I was trying to address (maybe I didn't make it clear enough) and a club in our position should have been able to set a strategy that would enable them to target either world-class or upcoming players in advance so that they could lay the groundwork, not scramble around trying to pick up the crumbs, so to speak. For me this season wasn't about "success" per se, but more about the way we played, the mistakes we made and the players we tried and who didn't make it, or shouldn't make it in the future for us, and of course the players we didn't sign. If you look back at the seasons, you will see that there have been several changes in "strategies" with regards to the setup of the team, ranging from the Van Gaal era, to Mourinho and then the mess that was OGS, followed by the strange setups courtesy of RR, and it will be interesting to see what this season brings! On that subject, if one looks back then the David Moyes era was one which had what appeared to be the best set up, however newer players were needed to make it work. As regards managers, one would have to ask how other clubs have managed to sign the likes of Klippity and Pep right under our noses. In summary, IMO, a club like Manchester United should not have to "try different managers, strategies, formulas etc until something works" because the club's strategy with regards to where it's going and who it wants to appoint should be laid out as a plan to follow, with managers and players already inked in, way before it happens, the way a well-run business does.

Well, I'm a dyed-in-the wool United supporter however I'd have to agree with your post, because it is a joke. Unfortunately the beginnings of this joke started a few years ago I would think, and certainly employing OGS as manager/coach was a poor move, even worse when you consider his managerial CV. Even going back to the David Moyes fiasco, it was clear that some folks high up in United still wanted the days of Alex Ferguson to return, and wanted that quickly, hence the reason they hired and fired their managers in quick succession. That a club like this with everything at its disposal, and a huge following worldwide, cannot get the basics right, with regards to the right manager, the right players, and the quality players needed in the right positions, suggests that they've got the likes of Coco the clown in senior/decision-making positions – – nothing else stacks up!