Nick Against the World (108 Viewers)

[The Pado]

i still think they will go for Di Natale

Why? Did someone beat Berlusca with a "Stupid" stick? Di Natale might be the flavor of the month, but where has he been the last 29 years? He's just a fap in the pan.

 

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[sateeh]

Why? Did someone beat Berlusca with a "Stupid" stick? Di Natale might be the flavor of the month, but where has he been the last 29 years? He's just a fap in the pan.

imo he would benefit milan more than Toni. They have players who "could" finish upfront but they dont have a support striker. I think they would go for that kind of player and Di Natale could do them well.
Anyway u could be right and he could be just the flavour of the month and just rot at Udine.

Wat is it over there anyway ?

 

[swag]

Word to what Pado sez.

Di Natale is the next Vieri.

 

[vletrmx]

some people just found a body of a child in a fountain near the place where i work.. fucks sake..

kur cia taip?

 

[Slagathor]

I haven't seen this new channel yet. But this article seems to be a whole lotta BS. Reality is that it is pretty depressing and shitty around the world. And they intend to shed light on it. For the first time, there is a news channel that will show the other side and peoples eyes will be opened to the harsh realities, and not just see all the sugar coated bull they're shown in the West. Especially when it comes to the Muslim world.

Oh don't go there mate. I'm flooded with Dutch news on a daily basis (I have to be updated now that I work on an embassy, serious downside) and there is no sugar coating done on our channels, trust me. Nobody here will refrain from showing the type of videos from Palestine and Iraq that require the news reporter to warn audiences they are "unsuitable for a younger audience". Dutch news is about as graphic as it gets.

There is no harm in showing the other sides of things after all the horribleness. Which is why most Dutch news programmes end their shows with reports about succesful stories. Yesterday for example, NOS Journaal showed a report about how many women in Afghanistan, despite difficulties, are fighting for their rights and succeeding in doing so.

Every grey could, no matter how humongous, has a silver lining. It wouldn't hurt Al Jazeera's new channel to show the lining every once in a while.

And in the very least, they could stop their overhyping of (potential) nearing disaster like the alledged Tsunami in Japan. That's disgusting.

This morning I heard something fishy about the Belgium-Poland game. As Belgium were absolutely awful I was convinced someone had attempted to bribe Belgian players. When I found out they had tried to bribe Poland, I realised why exactly I don't have any nationalistic emotions.

EDIT: and another thing, Bak was the Polish player who claimed someone had offered him money. You want to know how Uefa responded? They will conduct a serious inquiry and investigate Bak. Am I really the only one who thinks this is fucked up?

I'm with you on this one. What's the lesson here? Don't come forward if you do the right thing?

 

[Slagathor]

Since I'm stuck reading articles about economic performances of Belgium's main trading partners, I thought I'd share this particular piece with you lot just in case anyone should be bored or interested:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,440054,00.html

Half the world is impressed by the low levels of unemployment in the United States. The other half knows that these statistics aren't official, but the result of a voluntary telephone survey. Many of those who declare themselves employed are assistants and day workers. Working just one hour a week is enough for one to be classified as "employed." Given that it's considered antisocial to declare yourself unemployed, the US statistics may well say more about American society's dominant norms than about its actual condition.

The US economy's high growth rates aren't to be completely trusted either. They are the result of high public and private debt. In no way do they express an increased output of domestically produced goods and services that the United States has achieved by its own strength. They say more about the successful sales ventures of Asians and Europeans. New loans taken by the US government were responsible for fully one-third of US economic growth in 2001. In 2003 they were responsible for a quarter. The United States is an economic giant on steroids -- doped so its decline in performance doesn't become too apparent.

and in conclusion:

The crash can be deferred, but not stopped

The dependence of foreign central banks on the dollar will defer its crash, but it won't prevent it. Today's snowdrift will become tomorrow's avalanche. The masses of snow are already accumulating at breathtaking speed. The avalanche could happen tomorrow, in a few months or years from now. Much of what people today think is immortal will be buried by the global currency crisis -- perhaps even the leadership role of the United States.

Incidentally, the commission that former US President Bill Clinton created to investigate the negative balance of trade concluded in clear terms that the government has to do whatever it can to put an end to the growing disparity between imports and exports. It demanded that the public give up its optimism and return to realism, that people start saving again and that the state reduce its imports in order to prevent too hard a crash landing.

None of that has been done. In fact, what is being done is the opposite of everything the experts recommended. Debt is growing, imports are increasing and an optimism now lacking every basis in reality has become official state policy. Lester Thurow, a member of Clinton's commission, draws the sober conclusion that no one will believe the US balance of trade could produce a crisis "until it happens."

I wouldn't applaud the writer for his extremely balanced view, but he does make very valid points. I appreciate the paradox that the US is on its way to crash (therefor the world is too) and it's because of their massive purchasing streak that has kept industrial production lines all over the world growing for the past decade-and-a-half.

"For better and for worse, in sickness and in health"

 

[Slagathor]

 

[Seven]

Since I'm stuck reading articles about economic performances of Belgium's main trading partners, I thought I'd share this particular piece with you lot just in case anyone should be bored or interested:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,440054,00.html



and in conclusion:



I wouldn't applaud the writer for his extremely balanced view, but he does make very valid points. I appreciate the paradox that the US is on its way to crash (therefor the world is too) and it's because of their massive purchasing streak that has kept industrial production lines all over the world growing for the past decade-and-a-half.

"For better and for worse, in sickness and in health"

I once read that low standard jobs in the US don't pay enough to stay alive and that people like waiters are obliged to have up to three jobs. I say "the US", because I don't remember the investigated states in the article. Anyway, if you want to get a lucrative job the US aren't your best bet.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Oh don't go there mate. I'm flooded with Dutch news on a daily basis (I have to be updated now that I work on an embassy, serious downside) and there is no sugar coating done on our channels, trust me. Nobody here will refrain from showing the type of videos from Palestine and Iraq that require the news reporter to warn audiences they are "unsuitable for a younger audience". Dutch news is about as graphic as it gets.

There is no harm in showing the other sides of things after all the horribleness. Which is why most Dutch news programmes end their shows with reports about succesful stories. Yesterday for example, NOS Journaal showed a report about how many women in Afghanistan, despite difficulties, are fighting for their rights and succeeding in doing so.

Every grey could, no matter how humongous, has a silver lining. It wouldn't hurt Al Jazeera's new channel to show the lining every once in a while.

And in the very least, they could stop their overhyping of (potential) nearing disaster like the alledged Tsunami in Japan. That's disgusting.

Agreed.

On another note, did you catch this:

Netherlands to propose burqa ban
The Dutch cabinet has backed a proposal by the country's immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places.

The burqa, a full body covering that also obscures the face, would be banned by law in the street, and in trains, schools, buses and the law courts.

The cabinet said burqas disturb public order, citizens and safety.

Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk is known for her tough policies, and has clashed with past coalition partners.

Late last year she said the government would look into a ban after a majority in the Dutch parliament said they were in favour.

An estimated 5% of people living in the Netherlands are Muslims.

But there are just a few dozen women in the Netherlands who choose to wear the burqa, a traditional Islamic form of dress.

Critics of the proposed ban say it would violate civil rights.

The country's relationship with its Islamic community has been under scrutiny since the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremists in November 2004.

The decision by the centre-right government comes days ahead of an election in which questions of immigration and nationality are likely to play a key role.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6159046.stm


:faq1:

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

What is the going on, boys?

 

[Seven]

Verdonk

 

[Menace]

I hate ugly fat and black things

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Verdonk

I'm going to put my Verdonk in your butt.

 

[Martin]

But there are just a few dozen women in the Netherlands who choose to wear the burqa, a traditional Islamic form of dress.

I've yet to see one person wear that in almost a year. It's such a non issue that passing a law to arbitrate it is pretty much the definition of time wasting.

 

[swag]

Menace: turn off Oprah already, will ya.

 

[Martin]

Menaco, go see Inter: http://www.alwaqt.com/art.php?aid=26876

 

[Menace]

Menace: turn off Oprah already, will ya.

Haha, how can people stand to look at her?

Just another one of life's great mysteries, I guess.

 

[Seven]

I've yet to see one person wear that in almost a year. It's such a non issue that passing a law to arbitrate it is pretty much the definition of time wasting.

So why disrupt the lives of the two women that actually want to wear them? Because they're threatening the security of the Dutch people?

 

[swag]

I'm going to put my Verdonk in your butt.

Ever have one of those dreams where you have to recite something in front of your class in a burka, and yet you're standing there buck naked with your Verdonk hanging out?

 

[Martin]

Haha, how can people stand to look at her?

Just another one of life's great mysteries, I guess.

I love Oprah. Okay, not love it, but I like the show, watch it now and again. Hell it beats the absolute majority of what's on tv, cause at least it's about real people and real life, not some idiotic reality show or the run-of-the-mill action/hospital/lawyer show.