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Jon AS

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  1. Basically I think people care when it serves their interests to do so. The president said something you agree with? Great, here's the head of state making a good point why everybody should do as you say! The president said something you disagree with? Who cares, it's just a symbolic office with no real power anyway. In that respect I believe Joanna's right in that it will embolden those opposed to further aid to Ukraine or harsher sanctions.
  2. Oddly I'm in the middle of a B5 rewatch right now. Not sure if this can significantly improve on the original. Sure, there was some awkward filler, particularly early on, and the budget was tiny even by 90ies standards, but the things that made the show great are still damn good. I have a hard time imagining any two actors repeating Jurasik's and Katsulas' performances and dynamic. On the other hand, given that none of the spin-offs panned out it seems as good an idea as anything if one is set on creating more B5.
  3. So no record win for Cavendish, instead a third stage win by van Aert. Winning after attacking up Mont Ventoux, in the time trial and on the Champs Élysées, that guy is just impressively versatile.
  4. Yeah, it was obvious why UAE wasn't chasing down Martin, I was wondering about his motivation, and whether this weekend went more or less as planned for Cofidis, whether Saturday was a fluke/blind luck or whether he expected to do better on Sunday.
  5. Pretty entertaining stages over the weekend, with Martin first climbing up the ranks only to fall behind again the next day. I wonder whether he miscalculated or whether he expected to lose time on Sunday and so tried to build up a bit of a buffer on Saturday. Or maybe it was just dumb luck that he was in the group that was allowed to get away. Anyway, bring on the final week!
  6. Definitely no collapse by Bernal, even with both Yates and Caruso managing some pretty convincing stage wins in the last few days. But man, what a terrible mistake by Cavagna in the last corner. That was shaping up to be a super close finish for the stage win. Glad he didn't seem hurt, and even with that crash he still managed to salvage 2nd place.
  7. Nice win by Martin that sees him join the club of riders who have stage wins in all three grand tours under their belt. Bernal definitely looked vulnerable today, but even if that's not a one-off, that time cushion should still see him through to the final day.
  8. Good call on that, Bernal looked pretty comfortable there.
  9. I hopy you didn't put down any money on that. Holy crap, that was an absolutely incredible final day for the GC.
  10. I actually find this quite interesting, as it showcases both climbing and descending abilities, particularly with Peters' victory the other day. Yet another reason why I'd never finish a Grand Tour: the other day I got terribly nervous on a fairly harmless descent during a little cycling excursion where my speed probably never exceeded half of what those guys are doing (though to be fair, I had to share the road with normal traffic and became acutely aware early on that I need new brakes). Anyway, harsh for Hirschi to be caught 2km from the finish line after such a ride and then not quite clinching it in the final sprint.
  11. Yeah, I just finished listening to it, and it probably would have been more enjoyable with a beer or three. He seems pretty enthusiastic talking about one of his hobbies, though, and thanks to that energy it was still reasonably entertaining to listen to. Probably didn't hurt that I was listening to it while playing a video game that is based on a board game which was essentially an outgrowth of the kind of historical wargames he was talking about.
  12. That's because it's one of those Amazon affiliates links. This one should work. If not search for "Babylon 5: The 22 Volume Collector's Set - Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski." Finding these translation errors could be fun. Like how the translators for The Simpsons clearly had no idea what "Dungeons and Dragons" was.
  13. Ten years ago, humanity faced extinction. The Minbari weren't messing around, they were out to wipe out every human they could find, completely ignoring all offers of surrender. The Babylon project was not just an idealistic pipedream, it was considered vital to ensure the survival of the species. And after four attempts costs were definitely becoming an issue, which is why B5 was significantly smaller than B4 and Earthgov accepted backing from the Minbari at the cost of giving them veto rights when it came to naming the station commander.
  14. So the Swedish Academy is like the Mafia? I guess that makes sense.
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