Recent content by Ekkie Thump

Early indications seem to be that Iran is going with the "pathetic Zionist response easily dealt with" reaction. I'm not exactly confident but I think there's a fair chance both sides find ways to declare victory without any further escalation (diminishing tit for tat or similar).

This was a statement of the rather august sounding Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces as recounted on Shana.com: Could well be bluster, but certain folks on the Iranian side do seem to be making the claim.

Oh look, an Israeli's finally found a UN resolution he likes.

It does seem kind of ridiculous. If that's the other way round with Gordon going for a shot and Phillips just sticking his foot in the way then it's a penalty. It can't be a penalty both fecking ways.

It all started with those shoes:

I'm a bit confused as to what you mean by aiming for the pillar instead of the bridge? Isn't the only part of the bridge they could hit the pillar? Sorry for the daft question.

"....charged with a series of historical sexual offences against two children" "The male is facing one charge of rape and has been accused of a number of other sexual offences, including historical gross indecency. His wife is facing a number of charges relating to the alleged offences faced by...

From the position of the bridge I would guess that the port is completely cut off for the foreseeable future. Last year it moved $75bn in freight.

It does look like it, though I guess it's hard to tell. Stuck rudder or something maybe? Are container ships meant to cough up that quantity of black smoke? Edit: It also looks like it loses power at 33 seconds.

You can see vehicles travelling across the bridge prior to impact, but there doesn't appear to be any crossing at the exact moment. Just the stationary flashing vehicles. Don't know if the smoke billowing out of the back of the ship is normal or not.

I think you could see some flashing lights like a stationary cop car or something. I'm hoping that implies that they knew something was up and were at least somewhat forewarned.

A large ship has hit the primary bridge in Baltimore causing the entire thing to collapse. Many cars Thankfully it seems like only a few vehicles were on the bridge at the time. 08:20 here: Francis Scott Key Bridge: 3rd longest single span bridge in the world 11.5m cars annually (30k per...

Are taller darts players better? I genuinely don't know. I feel like short fatties win their fair share tbh. Without knowing any better the menstrual cycle affecting performance sounds plausible.

Given how established men's darts is as well as how many blokes play in comparison to women I doubt simply comparing averages is in any way conclusive.

I understand the difficulties of the American political terrain, but that shouldn't preclude criticism of a plainly awful clause, or provide a reason why attention shouldn't be brought to it. Sacrificing equity for Palestinians on the altar of the American domestic agenda remains terrible...