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  1. Ponz
    How many of those goals were decisive?
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    I hope he does. More space in midfield if he partners Drogba and easier for our defenders if he starts in place of him.
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    Irrelevant from a legal standpoint. The issue is whether she was able to consent at the time that the sex occured.
  4. Ponz
    Why the fuck does anyone care how Kenny Dalglish interacts with that sack of human excrement Andy Burton? Jesus H Fucking Christ.
  5. Ponz
    He's Kenny Dalglish. He'll leave of his own accord when it's in the club's best interests for him to do so. The results of this poll are a fucking disgrace. Have a word with yourselves.
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    I'd be surprised if we lined up 4-4-2 more than 10 times in Rafa's entire tenure.
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    "rebuild relations with the FA and Manchester United". Jesus wept.
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    Disgraceful and pointless statement from the club. Luis shouldn't have mislead on the handshake (if that's true) but we gain absolutely nothing from going public with it. He feels more isolated, his detractors get more ammunition, it distracts from Evra's despicable behavior on the day and it embarasses and divides Luis' supporters. This whole matter has been appallingly handled from start to finish by the club.
  9. Ponz
    No, it isn't. On that logic, every foul Carra or Didi or Sami committed to stop a counter attack is "cheating". Knowingly committing a foul and accepting the punishment to aid your team is not cheating. ETA:
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    Much of the modern left despises Hitchens because he exposed the essential contradiction at the heart of their philosophy: A movement that was built on anti-fascist principles has become so consumed with petty anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism that it now has virtually nothing constructive to say about theocratic totalitarian regimes. His willingness to do so at such a late stage in his career and despite the personal and profressional ostracism it inevitably garnered was the mark of an intellectually honest and courageous writer.
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    I have no interest in pitting Kenny against Rafa but the bolded points are complete hearsay with no place in any objective assessment of the latter's tenure.
  12. Ponz
    I see the FF is dealing with this in its usual calm, stoical manner.
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    It's not a shell game to argue that one person giving 10 discrete $200 donations is fundamentally different to 10 people donating $200 each. He may have neutralised it against Clinton but he had no qualms exploiting it vs. McCain. Hence the cynical disavoval of his public financing pledge.
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    He raised $200m+ through individual transactions under $200. On an aggregated basis (i.e. people whose ultimate contributions totalled $200 or less), he raised about $152m. As of the DNC, he'd raised about $119m from these donors. The data also doesn't support much of a bandwagon effect on the part of big money donors. He raised an additional $185m between the DNC and the final figures on October 15th yet the percentage of $200 or less contributions drops only slightly from 26% to 24%. Am not denying that Obama was a prolific fund raiser. That says nothing about the composition of that funding, though.
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    That's been proven to be a myth. He raised about the same percentage from small donors as Bush in 04 (26% vs 25%). Obama's small donor base image is a myth, new study reveals - latimes.com
  16. Ponz
    And socialism has destroyed independent civil society wherever it's been practiced.
  17. Ponz
    Being able to transcend social and political divisions in pursuit of a common goal is the essence of what any sporting community should be about, IMO. Football as an expression of raw political allegiance has produced nothing but resentment, racism and violence.
  18. Ponz
    What a cuntish remark.
  19. Ponz
    If the criteria is receiving state financed or subsidised education, the vast majority of the population belong in Monty's "inherently valuable" category of professions. That just undercuts the argument further. And all of that funding comes from private sector tax payers. The money isn't conjured up from thin air for our benefit.
  20. Ponz
    If "public sector workers per capita" equals value, North Korea and Cuba would be the world's most prosperous societies. How much healing do you think said Doctor would do without: The engineers who design the devices used to treat/diagnose his patients. The researchers and manufacturers who develop/produce the drugs he prescribes The architects and construction workers who design/build his hospitals. The transport/telecoms infrastructure that enables him to efficiently respond to emergencies The investors who fund the above operations. The myriad of private sector workers who provide him and his family with a comfortable and secure standard of living so that he's fully focused on the job. It's non-sensical to speak of "essential" and "non-essential" roles in a complex, specialised modern economy.
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    The average business owner is not Phillip Green and the average private sector worker does not work for an investment bank. 60% of private sector employees in this country work for businesses with fewer than 250 employees. 50% work for businesses with fewer than 50 staff. The vast majority of these companies would go bankrupt if forced to provide the lavish final salary schemes offered in the public sector. The absence of strikes in this context reflects not a willingness to fight for one's interests but acceptance of basic economic reality.
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    That's a fallacy of composition. Phillip Green's salary affects only the pension schemes of his employees (who by all means are entitled to protest). Every single private sector worker subsidises public sector pensions through the tax system. Even if it were a valid analogy, that doesn't negate the issue at hand. Public sector workers receive 12% more in skill-adjusted salaries/benefits than the average private sector worker (nevermind the huge advantage in job security). The fact that a few rich twats in the private sector are vastly overpaid doesn't make that disparity justifiable.
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    You can't legislate away an economic problem. Bringing private sector pensions in line with final salary public schemes would require massive wage reductions, redundancies or placing a heavy burden on younger workers through higher contributions. The money simply isn't there.
  24. Ponz
    We should support the position of its citizens, who overwhelmingly support being part of the UK. Some are remarkably blase about imperialist aggression when the accused is not the US, UK or its allies.
  25. Ponz
    You're continually begging the question. By your argument, top class players shouldn't "only want to play for Liverpool" when we're not in the CL. That statement provides no evidence that Suarez's motivations are any different to the next top player.
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