The stands might be full or nearly full in Sweden? Our astute and popular Nong Khai correspondent will be very happy with this win.

I have a family member who I have recently learned might have to have her galbladder removed because of gallstones. Looking briefly online I found: Open gallbladder removal is considered a safe operation. Complications are rare. However, every surgical procedure carries some risks. And: Whenever pos...

I feel sorry for Americans too. If China can get rid of the virus,the Americans shouldn't be enduring the Trump pandemic. The US should have been able to squash it. The US had been rated the best prepared nation for a pandemic. NZ's national pandemic plan was useless so we turned to the WHO and form...

A reader's post in response to Jonathan Liew's match report in The Guardian: A hard fought game against a decent Palace side. We got a penalty decision in our favour which is nice even the new rule is kind of sh[x]te. But this is an astonishingly bitter report full of snide comments. I don't know wh...

Ken Burns' landmark documentary "The Civil War" hasn't aged well: The nine-part documentary drew 40 million viewers — one in every six Americans alive at the time. President George H.W. Bush watched it. So did Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, while preparing for the Persian Gulf War. And it has had a l...

Crazy Scot. Good effort.

Everton. Everton. Still finding the back of the net.

A US election ad on Trump and the over 65s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPtLJ9qJDw

This is a direct quote for The Nation newspaper report: "Acting school director Kodiyah Kadey said the school was sorry and was ready to assist the girl's family. She said the gate had been broken for a while and school staff tried to keep it in a usable condition. She said the school would fix the...

These kinds of videos seem to attract a lot of views. They're a popular genre.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/09/24/us/24dc-military-2/24dc-military-2-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp Trouble looms for General Mark Milley. Trump won't be leaving without some argy bargy. Senior Pentagon leaders have a lot to worry about — Afghanistan, Russia, Iraq, Syria, Iran, China, Soma...

Typical man-child response, did he stamp his foot and pout, he normally does one or the other . Free and Fair, nothing in American Elections are fair. Free when it costs millions to get one person, it is not free either. 2016 was not fair and he knows it, now attempting to pervert the course of jus...

My list is short too. Thommo and Warnie are two of my favourites. Warnie isn't a Carlton supporter. Boonie was also a legend.

Jones seemed to irritate some people. Not me.

Possibly. Moving on from arrests to red cards, I read on Wiki: Since the mid-1980s, the rivalry has intensified both on and off the field and, since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, the Merseyside derby has had more players sent off than any other Premier League game. It has been referre...

The last time I looked the Toffees have had an excellent start to the season. Frequently finding the back of the net.

One of my Kiwi friends used to really hate Dean Jones so I got a lot of mileage talking Jones up over the years. If I'd known Jones was a Carlton supporter I might not have done that.

The posts have been flying in here.

7 is a splendid effort. Good luck to the Toffees this weekend.

NZ is having problems with too many NZers arriving from India with Covid 19. It's a significant risk and we might have to close the border with India.

Excellent covid related address to the nation by Boris yesterday .. i think.hes doing a great job in very very dificult and unchsrtered waters ..in fact IMO that can be said of numerous other world leaders like Trump , Putin and for that matter Prayut . =D> =D> =D> :shock: What Germans are reported...