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My reading tells me they can (incredibly enough) ban a march, but they cannot ban a gathering. So if they ban the march hold a gathering instead.

(checks VPN) I'd upvote that, but I don't want to wind up on a list. Switzerland, me.

Second try I really enjoyed "Slow Horses", mainly because of Oldman's performance. Looking forward to season 3.

I've been watching football for almost 40 years and certainly as a neutral, I would say that was one of the most enjoyable games I've seen for so many different reasons. It was absolutely box office and that is why the Premier League is the best league in the world by an absolute country mile! Carragher really doesn't know his arse from a hole in the ground.

Was the first half as entertaining as the second? I think I've done myself an injury laughing at Chelsea. Oh, they almost went full Spurs. And now Jackson celebrating like he's just slalomed through the defense single-handed. Hilarious.

The comparisons to WWII are interesting. Except that instead of the Marshall Plan, the Allies leave central Europe in it's rubble, limit it's access to food, water, electricity and freedom of movement, and then every decade or so, come back and bomb whatever they've managed to rebuild back down to rubble, killing thousands of innocent civilians in the process. Forever.

Mike probably "bangs his gavel" to the naughty bits in the bible.

hahahahahaha

Was curious about Forest's attendance in the Championship. Went back to look and in 17/18 they were averaging 23k plus. Impressive.

Best keeper in the world? (He's actually a good keeper, one of the best in the Prem IMO.)

Arsenal look like shite, to put it bluntly. Have they created a chance the entire match?

Judging by their performance thus far, VAR is going to allow it.

Can that be looked at retrospectively, or is that out the window now that VAR is in place?

Now that's a red card.

Maybe it's just a product of watching this year's LFC, but Arsenal look a bit slow--passing, movement, etc. A bit uncertain.

Alternates between cheap shots and rolling around on the pitch in agony.

Dunk with a worldie, but looks offside.

"The Can Live in the Desert and Nowhere Else" Ronald Grigor Suny 2015 history of the Armenian genocide. If you want to know about the subject, this is the book to read.

Someone's watched "Interstellar".

"The Package" Hackman, TL Jones and Dennis Franz in a cold-war conspiracy thriller. An awful lot of talent in a run-of-the-mill movie. 6 of 10

The Crusaders/Joe Cocker "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how they distinguish between "recovering hostages" and "military action" given that the latter is a necessary component of the former.

Could they have picked a slightly-less generic name? Is "The Detectives" a British show? Any idea of the year it was made/first broadcast? How many episodes? Ah to hell with it. I'm going to watch "Beach Volleyball Detectives Part I" instead.

When they equalized I said to myself "Ah fuck it, it's just the Cariboo Cup" and left for a dentist appointment. But then realized that, judging by the strength of the line-up and the subs, Klopp doesn't feel the same way. And then further realized that, no matter how much I like James Milner, the people in charge have done a masterful job of renewing the squad.