Off-Topic III: The Revengening!

[Psychosplodge]

I'd worry more if I lived in eastern europe and he's having a go at putting the cccp back together

[Wolfshade]

Golden rule of war, don't engage those that are on a similiar technical level to yourself. The casualty rate is unacceptable.

Will we interceed, very unlikely.

Russia is flexing her muscles again, after "losing" the cold war and then having social/economic issues and the breaking up of the USSR it has been quite down trodden.

Putin won't get voted out, he is far too popular at home. Abroad that might not be the case.

At a time when European coutnries are trying to split, look at Basque Republic, the Scots, the Cornish (yes no one takes a cornish seperatist seriously), the instability of a lot of the Slavic states, it makes sense to try and increase your dominion.

More people, more soil = more wealth.

[Deadlift]

I can see down the road this will bring NATO together and refocus it. I think NATO has lost it's way and started to become irrelevant recently.

I do tire of the Wests seemingly inability to do anything but wag fingers at Russia whilst they seemingly do what ever the **** they want.

[Mr Mystery]

It's not just Russia either.

Sadly, the majority religion of a specific country means anything said against it in criticism would lead to a Godwin's Law comparison.

[Wildeybeast]

congrats on the new house Wildey, I take it the inside projects will be a gaming room first, followed by a brand new army to put in it

the outside project, a nice patio for the other half after getting told off about the gaming room

A two bed semi, so probably not room for a gaming room, but I will be converting one of those bedrooms into an office/painting area. And there is plenty of loft space I could convert for gaming.

Wildey, I offer you a sincere and heartfelt **** you
Not that I'm jealous and bitter or anything.

Seriously though, congratulations. What did you get? You manage to stay in Derby or you going to have to commute from one of those former pit villages?

Yeah, one of the cheaper but nice burbs of Derby. I'm not sure my long standing admiration for Thatcher would make me very welcome in those former pit villages.



In other news, Sherlock photobombs U2. Why? Perhaps because if ever a pretentious arse needed photobombing, it is Bono? Maybe because it is bloody hilarious? Or maybe just because BC is stone cold awesome and whatever he does is awesome.

[Wolfshade]

Most interesting thing about U2.

Though champion photobomber: Aragorn

[Darren Richardson]

And what do people think of the Godzilla trailer?



As a huge Godzilla far (pun!) I'm pretty optimistic. Returning more to the "cataclysmic force of nature" vibe by the looks of it that the later space aliens and camp humour of the later films (though Godzilla Final Wars' [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKUtU8ErcU"]handling of first the US failure[/URL] was pretty funny and I don't think this [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EukSN6v0Xs"]take on New York[/URL] will be quite the same)

I hope it will be a good film, I'm almost certain I'll try and go to the cinema to watch, assuming I can get and evening off, I've been doing 6 day weeks lately (admitingly only part time hours 4-5 hours each evening but still)

[Darren Richardson]

In other news, Sherlock photobombs U2. Why? Perhaps because if ever a pretentious arse needed photobombing, it is Bono? Maybe because it is bloody hilarious? Or maybe just because BC is stone cold awesome and whatever he does is awesome.

Yeah spotted that on Yahoo while checking emails...

He's made me like him even more, and thanks to his portryal of Sherlock, I already like him an awful lot!

[Wildeybeast]

Apparently he did it twice to make sure someone got a photo. Bonehead was apparently completely oblivious.

[Mr Mystery]

Poor old Bonio. Nobody likes him!