46 thoughts on “Friday’s Papers

    1. benblack

      From the IT article;

      “No details about the 14-year-old have been provided by the HSPC.”

      He could have been knocked down by a bus and tested positive, or, had serious undelying conditions and tested positive.

      We will never know.

      Makes a good headline though and guarantees future Covid payments.

      IT’s a scam, alright.

    2. ManT

      A bit of an assumption but assuming he had the vaccine as he is over 12 if he died of covid then statistically you are more like to die from covid with the vaccine than without

      1. benblack

        In fairness, Chris, he may have closed the account himself.

        We’ll have to wait and see.

        Still front page news, IMO.

          1. Chris

            It’s long been know how to treat it IVM/HCQ – but that wouldn’t be as lucrative as experimental jabs.

  1. Steph Pinker

    That’s a fantastic soccer moment captured by the photographer on the front page of The Examiner; bring on the All Blacks on Saturday!

      1. Steph Pinker

        I know very little about soccer, but based on that still photo it appears that it was a foul by the Irish player – why would a player do that in mid-air? Where’s the ball? At the very least in rugby it’d be a yellow card due to a high [dangerous] tackle, potential head injury or even a penalty try depending on where the incident happened.

        It doesn’t look very sportsmanlike.

        1. Hank

          Normally you’d be right but, for this World Cup, all qualifying matches have been played in an air football format. It’s very similar to normal football but players must levitate at least 18 inches from the ground at all times. It was introduced as an initiative by FIFA in an attempt to make the act of deliberately diving in an attempt to get a free kick or a penalty more painful for the player and, thus, hopefully eliminate it.
          FIFA have said, if the trial is successful, then the forthcoming World Cup will be rebranded as the inaugural Air Football World Cup.

        2. paddy apathy

          If I recall correctly, the ball was about to be defended openly and fairly by Duffy who seemingly had beaten Ronaldo to the ball. Ronaldo has been around a long time and knows all’s not lost. So instead of playing the ball he backs into Duffy in mid-air, incidentally something that is illegal in rugby and rightly so. In the moment this photo has captured, Duffy is now unbalanced, needs to right himself for fear of falling dangerously to the ground and is reaching out to steady himself. The only thing to fasten onto now airborne is the bould Ronaldo who instigated this by fouling Duffy in the first place.

          Conclusion 1: CR7 through guile and cunning, some may say cheating, has drawn a foul from an otherwise honest attempt by Duffy to field the ball fairly.

          Conclusion 2: a snapshot in time analysed through a focused lens reveals a momentary truth, but most importantly, it does not reveal the whole truth.

          Conclusion 3: You are right, you know very little about soccer!

  2. johnny

    this may end badly,backfilling secondary space from bankrupted tenants like Century 21 is assuming its not location related,hell of a bet on old fashioned, outdated bricks and mortar.

    “Irish retailer Primark is expanding its presence in New York, landing a big lease at the City Point development in Downtown Brooklyn.”

    -Primark is rooting its clothing store in a space previously occupied by Century 21, which closed its location there after filing for bankruptcy. The Dublin-based company operates 13 stores in the United States and is looking to increase that number to nearly 60 in the next five years.-

    https://therealdeal.com/2021/11/11/irish-retailer-primark-takes-70k-sf-at-city-point/

      1. johnny

        ..its like a line from the commitments in 1981 …the irish are the..

        (yeah its Busta Morrison words)

        so english not irish then.

        “His reaction back to me was that he was referring to slaves from, you know, England from way back,” Cray says.”

    1. goldenbrown

      dotcom covid stocks bubble of epic proportions long going on here
      I’d long since abandoned any thought that an iota of fundamentals are associated with the markets anyway
      surprising me how long it’s taking to pop tho…almost like the stability of America itself depends on a lie, wha
      ah. it’s a too big to fail cesspit, nothing but virtualised greed for monopoly money, staying away from it all myself

  3. SOQ

    You know things are changing- at least in England- when a nightclub is using the fact that they are no longer requiring Vaccine Passports as a means of promotion.

    Envi Nightclub, Bathgate tweeted this yesterday evening.

    “NO MORE VACCINE PASSPORTS❌

    If you’re partying with us we won’t be asking to see your vaccine status!

    we evolve, we move, business as usual”

    https://twitter.com/Envi_Nightclub/status/1458838146624458761

    People vote with their feet and especially, with their money.

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