oojason

^ Yes mate - unfortunately, sometimes that area of the .Gov website goes down - and seemingly quite often these days.

I’ve added a couple more links in the signature for additional info.

For anyone interested in learning more about what actually happened, these programs may be of interest (be warned - they are at times a difficult watch)…

Hillsborough Never Forgotten (BBC 2013) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMHlS_mIiT4

Hillsborough Disaster : How They Buried the Truth (BBC Panorama 2013) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knOzvMi_pO4

Hillsborough (Dan Gordon - BBC & ESPN 30 for 30, 2016) - http://www.terrisus.com/misc/Hillsborough.mp4

Hillsborough: anatomy of a disaster (The Guardian 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVwG2pqxeA

Hillsborough inquest: the real truth after 27 years (Channel 4 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1auPzjDVuM

Special Report | Hillsborough: Truth, Lies & Justice (Sky News 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafilt2BG2g

Hillsborough : ITV Drama-Reconstruction (Jimmy McGovern 1996) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEbZwn5VSiQ

We’re a very friendly people, Warbler. Someone would likely explain as to why it’s not the done thing to read that rag in Liverpool (or likely anywhere) - and you’d likely be offered the opportunity to bin it, or someone may offer to do that for you.

Information and education are key.

suspiciouscoffee said:

oojason said:

‘Total Eclipse Of The S*n’…

Liverpool’s 30-year boycott is still going strong

https://theovertake.com/~protest/liverpool-vs-the-sun/

 

On a similar note…

https://stopfundinghate.org.uk/ : https://twitter.com/StopFundingHate

 

Why did you censor the name? I mean, I have only cursory knowledge of how terrible UK tabloids like itself are, but why censor the name like that?

Why not obfuscate the name of that vile rag?

‘In June 2016, Jo Cox MP was gunned down by far-right terrorist Thomas Mair. By July 2017, neo-nazi Jack Renshaw readied a plot to murder his own local Labour MP. @HOPEnothate uncovered the plot, informed the authorities, and Rosie Cooper MP’s life was saved.’ - https://twitter.com/hopenothate

More here:-

National Action informer ‘told charity about MP murder plot’ - from the BBC

Two members of banned neo-Nazi group National Action jailed - from The Guardian

‘Total Eclipse Of The S*n’…

Liverpool’s 30-year boycott is still going strong

https://theovertake.com/~protest/liverpool-vs-the-sun/

On a similar note…

https://stopfundinghate.org.uk/ : https://twitter.com/StopFundingHate

^ with more from ‘The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story’ book, with some pieces posted up here:-

https://milnersblog.com/category/star-wars/solo-a-star-wars-story/

Solo : Deleted Scene - Concept Art:-

https://milnersblog.com/2018/06/09/solo-a-star-wars-story-deleted-scene-concept-art/

and also…

‘The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story’ - some pieces of artwork:-

https://milnersblog.com/category/star-wars/solo-a-star-wars-story/

^ same here mate, and a fair amount of bonus content too 😃

For those of us in the UK - https://twitter.com/StarWarsUK/status/1019567470967808000

‘Solo is available on Digital Download September 17 - and Blu-ray September 24’

Hopefully there’ll be a ‘Big Sleeve’ edition of this for the UK too - as there was for TFA, TLJ and Rogue One.

As posted elsewhere…

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1019577141879439361

&

https://www.slashfilm.com/solo-blu-ray-release/ (with more info on the bonus content & deleted scenes etc)

‘Solo will first be made available digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD™ and on Movies Anywhere on September 14, 2018 - before it heads to shelves with its Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand on September 25, 2018.’ (For the USA)

For us rabble in the UK - https://twitter.com/StarWarsUK/status/1019567470967808000

(‘Solo is available on Digital Download September 17 and Blu-ray September 24’)

Fight the power, L3…

 

Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25stK5ymlA

featuring Hugh Laurie - of House, Blackadder, and Jeeves & Wooster fame - and far too much other quality content to mention here.
 

Also part of a great selection of music used for The Handmaid’s Tale.

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mine too! And my college. Ugh.

ah ha! So the team with the offensive name that you referenced in a debate about the Washington NFL team was either your highschool or college team.

Well thanks for dredging that discussion up again. Didn’t you see the part where I got yelled at?

It was more of a quiet word - no worries mate, though Warbler somehow missed the request to get back on topic.

G! O! - O! N! I! O! N! S!, or something 😉
 

Smart ground Philadelphia has, good to see the MLS evolving and it’s clubs having their own purpose-built stadiums - ‘B’ teams and leagues for upcoming players (at a substantial discount on ticket prices) - with some clubs featuring strong community links too.

Am quite intrigued to see how hosting the 2026 World Cup will have on soccer in the US (and Mexico & Canada too).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
 

Torres Del Paine in Patagonia, Chile…

&

Mt Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina…

&

Kirkijufell under the stars in Iceland…

all three by, and more, at https://imgur.com/user/grafixartphoto

The new football seasons start soon - it’s like football never stops 😉

(Though for the US and South American leagues it has continued as usual throughout the Summer/World Cup)

Should be intriguing to see who ends up where after the transfer markets close, which clubs have strengthened - or taken gambles, and who’ll be the surprise upcoming teams this season…

As usual, I’ll be rooting for the underdogs throughout (Liverpool apart of course - who’ll hopefully continue to move in the right direction - and maybe win some silverware 😃)

Good luck to the new MLS teams - and for those franchises to come - seems footy is kicking on in the US (awful & lazy pun intended)…

‘The Writer Experience’ podcast…

https://soundcloud.com/writerexperience

‘Interviews with professional writers of fandom, comic books, and science fiction. Guests include Marc Bernardin, Athena Finger, Alan Dean Foster, Michael Kogge, etc.’

https://twitter.com/writerexp
https://www.instagram.com/writerexperience/
 

Episode 4 of the podcast had Alan Dean Foster on it - seems the host manages to get some quality writers on his show - and thought it may be of interest…

No worries lads - hope we all got a little something out of it - even for the members who don’t usually watch or like football.

Personally, I thought it was a really enjoyable tournament - some quality footy, great goals, some surprises, uncertainty, and a maybe a change in just how effective the ‘outsiders’ or so-called ‘smaller’ teams can indeed compete with the ‘big boys’.
 

‘Russia 2018 - An Unforgettable World Cup’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILOFwBBcGv4

‘30+ Amazing Goals Of The World Cup 2018’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74R_T2pYTEQ

‘World Cup 2018 Highlights & Moments’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POU02IGaSps

However… this is worthy of note:-

Why didn’t any ‘World Cup heroes’ stand up for Russia’s LGBTQ+ people? - an opinion piece from The Guardian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies

‘A Croatian family walking through Brussels gets the most heart melting congratulations as their country reaches World Cup finals’ - https://streamja.com/BOA5

‘France’s Kylian Mbappe, 19-year-old phenom, will donate World Cup earnings to charity’
 

Croatia fans watch the game in Stradun Square, Dubrovnik:-

 

Croatia fans welcoming their team back home (500k+ welcomed them - Croatia only has a population of 4.3 million people)…

French celebrating their win…

Some photos of French fans welcoming back their team:-

https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2018/jul/16/the-french-national-football-teams-victory-parade-in-pictures

The next World Cup may be quite a strange, uncertain and likely controversial event…

Qatar 2022…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies

World Cup 2022: Qatar’s workers are not workers, they are slaves, and they are building mausoleums, not stadiums

Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘slaves’

Thousands of Qatar World Cup workers ‘subjected to life-threatening heat’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar

Qatar Is Building A $45 Billion City From Scratch For The World Cup That It Might Lose

Of course, there’ll be the 2020 European Championships, 2019 Copa America, 2022 World Cup Qualifying and various other international tournaments before then…

as well as the club competitions too, and just football in general - OT.com’s general football / soccer thread

toastedzen said:

oojason said:

Personally, I love this cover - don’t know who did it (someone at fanedit.org?) - though could easily be adaptable in a Triple Feature cover? (with permission, of course)…

I have been looking for the higher quality version of this cover forever now, and I have had no luck!

Have found it on here (and available for download too), mate:-

https://ifdb.fanedit.org/the-war-of-the-stars-a-new-hope-grindhoused/

The artwork is credited to being done by ‘ThrowgnCpr’ - who is also a member on here 😃
 

Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960)

Aneurin Bevan was one of the most important ministers of the post-war UK government and the chief architect of the National Health Service.

Aneurin Bevan was born on 15 November 1897 in Tredegar in Wales. His father was a miner and the poor working class family in which Bevan grew up gave him first-hand experience of the problems of poverty and disease.

Bevan left school at 13 and began working in a local colliery. He became a trade union activist and won a scholarship to study in London. It was during this period that he became convinced by the ideas of socialism. During the 1926 General Strike, Bevan emerged as one of the leaders of the South Wales miners. In 1929, Bevan was elected as the Labour member of parliament for Ebbw Vale. In 1934 he married another Labour MP, Jennie Lee.

During World War Two, Bevan was one of the leaders of the left in the House of Commons. After the landslide Labour victory in the 1945 general election, Bevan was appointed Minister of Health, and is responsible for the creation of the National Health Service (aka the NHS). On 5 July 1948, the government took over responsibility for all medical services and there was free diagnosis and treatment for all.

“The collective principle asserts that… no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.” - Aneurin Bevan, In Place of Fear.

In 1959, Bevan was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, although he was already suffering from terminal cancer. He died on 6th July 1960.

The NHS saw it’s 70th Anniversary as of 5th July 2018.
 

Wikipedia page for Bevan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan

Wikipedia page for the NHS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service

A little info on the history of the NHS - https://www.nhs70.nhs.uk/about/nhs-history/
 

snooker said:

Something I made based on concept art from Return of the Jedi.

Like that - very McQuarrie-esque!

Massive respect to the Croatian President - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - after the World Cup Final earlier today (which they lost 4-2 to France). She hugged and consoled everyone on the Croatian team after the defeat - in the torrential rain, whilst other dignitaries stood under umbrellas, not really giving a shite.

And then heartfeltfully congratulated the French players too.

Congratulations to France.

Thought Croatia were the better footballing side in the main - and were hard done by - especially by the earlier referee decisions that went against them for France’s first two goals.

Still, France put the ball in the back of the net more times, so…

Fair play to the French lads for doing a Guard Of Honour for the Croatian side…

Respect to the Croatian President - one of the few who didn’t have an umbrella protecting them for that dangerous rain during the handing out of medals etc… (also travels economy class, watches all the games, and prefers to sit with regular match-going fans)

Fans in Paris watching the game…

^ this fan at the ground in Moscow.

Video of French fans celebrating at The Marseillaise - from msn.com

France 4 - 2 Croatia : 4pm KO - UK time : 5pm KO - CET time : 11am KO - US ET time

France team twitter : Croatian team twitter : World Cup Twitter : World Cup Website
 

FIFA’s World Cup Match Blog / Build-up / Match Report

BBC’s World Cup Match Blog / Build-up / Match Report

The Guardian’s World Cup Match Blog / Build-up / Match Report

EuroSport’s World Cup Match Blog / Build-up / Match Report

ESPN’s World Cup Match Blog / Build-up / Match Report
 

The game is live in the UK on both BBC1 & ITV1. In the USA, the game is live on Fox Sports and Telemundo.

Other countries around the world showing the match live - http://www.livesoccertv.com/match/2943963/france-vs-croatia/
 

Highlights & Full Match Replays from reddit/footballhighlights

2 minute Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsEAvRerTg
 

How France reached The Final…

Group Game 1 vs Australia, 2-1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_SXeQdIJo
Group Game 2 vs Peru, 1-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-QIE-xaueo
Group Game 3 vs Denmark, 0-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvFP1ITZ7To
Last 16 Game vs Argentina, 4-3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6oOcDFmLY
Quarter-Final vs Uruguay, 2-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YK4o-Gbppg
Semi-Final vs Belgium, 1-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQsMSuEbyg

Wikipedia page on the French national football team
 

How Croatia reached The Final…

Group Game 1 vs Nigeria, 2-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-V5h0wKr8
Group Game 2 vs Argentina, 3-0 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcM5n71XmBo
Group Game 3 vs Iceland, 2-1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfy1ojdPyzA
Last 16 Game vs Denmark, 1-1 (Cro won 3-2 on pens) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_iIW2DZ8nc
Quarter-Final vs Russia, 2-2 (Cro won 4-3 on pens) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjU8j2bj3RY
Semi-Final vs England, 2-1 (aet) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_2GELMwfY

Wikipedia page on the Croatian national football team
 

Wikipedia page for the 2018 World Cup

Belgian fans gather to welcome home their team…

More likely at https://twitter.com/BelRedDevils & https://twitter.com/Belgianfootball
 

A video from Hazard on the surrounding crowds from the open-top bus - from r/soccer

Some quality videos of the players & crowds…

https://twitter.com/ThomMills/status/1018487811304054785

https://twitter.com/CellylleC/status/1018495273046282241

https://twitter.com/DinelaSkz/status/1018473605376733184

Congratulations to Belgium - well worth their 2-0 win vs England today (and should have been a wider scoreline).

England really didn’t going until around 70 mins - a bit of pressure and some decent set-pieces - though a way off the movement, quality and awareness of a better Belgium team throughout.

Well in ZigZig 😃

Pens is an abbreviation for penalties, mate 😃

In the knockout stages of a tournament, if the scoreline is tied after 90 minutes there is an extra-time period of 30 minutes to see if one team can triumph. If the scores are still level, penalties are then used to decide the winner.

Each team gets 5 penalties each - whoever scores the most penalties, wins. Each penalty has to be taken by a different player.

However, on occasion, the ties are still level after the 5 penalties are taken… this then results in a further round of 1 penalty each (sometimes referred to as ‘sudden death penalties’) - to be taken by players who have not yet taken a penalty - and it continues until there is a winner.

Sometimes this results in both goalkeepers taking penalties, occasionally against each other - which is quite a rare event, and usually fun/entertaining to watch.

If the scores are still level after everyone has taken a penalty - it just resets back to the players who originally took the set of 5 penalties - and continues until there is a winner…

This video may show / explain it better (a 15-14 win on penalties for Liverpool a couple of years back)…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Din-5WeGwNs

😉