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Personally I'm on the fence on Nuclear energy despite probably knowing more about it as an electrical engineer than the average citizen. The advantages are huge and very tempting but the consequences of the risk are too great. I once used to argue for nuclear energy to be considered a clean and 'renewable' (since Uranium is fairly abundant and you need only need small quantities of it) source of power. But I fully understand the concerns. But it also feels very dirty and wrong to be on the side of the "energy lobbies". Anyway, the point was that regardless of how you feel about it, if the majority don't want nuclear reactors then there should not be. As for East Asia, I'm by no means and expert, but after Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, you have to feel that the US will either move to direct confrontations with the 'big heads' of the axis of resistance, i.e. Russia, Iran and China or some sorts of political agreements on key issues. We've seen signs of both from the Iran deal and hints of a Russian-American agreement over Syria on one side and the Ukrainian issue and US supported Saudi aggression in Yemen. So when Japan, a US 'ally' (as not to say a US lieutenant as a US official once described the UK) comes up with a decision like this in a time like this you have to be wary because direct or even confrontation with any of Iran, Russia and China will no doubt have disastrous effects world-wide.

He was brilliant in his pressing off the ball and excellent in his movement and linkup. My MOTM. Much of both Cesc's and Nemanja's improved performances today are down to him, I thought.

Honestly, I've never disliked a Chelsea player more. I'm not saying this for dramatic effect and honestly don't care what anyone says but Diego Costa does not belong in football. And then you have Jose trying to justify his actions.... Aside from the antics he actually had a very poor match. He made some good runs as he always does and even won some excellent second balls at 11vs11 but on the ball he was atrocious. And I mean below championship level. Why in the world he thinks he is a good dribbler I will never understand. His slow decision making in and around the box killed most of our attacks. PS: When the hell has "moralist" become an insult?!

Not from a humanitarian point of view of course. At least not directly. Corporations sponsored wars are undoubtedly the biggest catastrophe in the world at the moment. Adding a country like Japan and reigniting those wars in East Asia would of course be another huge blow and will only increase the suffering of millions. Democracy, in its traditional sense, is mostly irrelevant in neo-liberal countries. That is why the Fukushima reactor was restarted despite overwhelming opposition. Same could be applied to the US, to give you examples closer to you, in issues like the war on drugs, mass incarceration, GMOs labeling, offshore oil drilling, standardized school testing, the bail system, the TPP and TTIP...etc. the list is almost endless.

Never even attempted to convince you of that. You're trying too hard to put me in a stereotypical box because you only know to debate the issue through the same rhetoric you have been taught. Any deviation from the usual points and you instantly turn to complete irrationality or diversion tactics.

Yup that's the truth of the whole Palestinian movement. Their hatred of Jews goes so deep that for hundreds of years they pretended to coexist with them peacefully (they were still called Palestinian Jews back then) just to lure in millions of Jews from around the world to create a Jewish state in their lands so they would have them all in the same place to make it easier to kill them all. They are so evil about their hatred of Jews that they forced the Zionists to bomb them and murder them (but mostly women and children) by the thousands just to spread their antisemitism and hatred of Jews around the world. And there's no way to talk them out of their irrational prejudice. Their hatred knows no ends. Unfortunately, we MUST kill all Palestinians down to the last child to stop their evil. It's the only rational thing to do.

That's what frustrates me most. Had we gotten a top fullback during the window that is capable of slotting into the starting XI then Iva would have been an extra option available to solve our CB issues.

Hello. I couldn't help but notice that your posts did not exactly address the particular points I was raising. But thank you for your needlessly aggressive post. You'll no doubt fit right in here at TalkChelsea

Why can't you leave me wallow in misery?!

Worse, they're going to start getting involved conflicts all over the world at the beck and call of the US and start joining "international bombing campaigns" for "peace and freedom" which everyone knows to mean "The US wants more oil and business for their corporations". Might even be used to stir up old tensions to put pressure on China. So could definitely be the start of something bad for south east Asia.

Lebanon has a very fragile and struggling economy as well as a massive 80 billion dollar public dept. The ridiculously rich gulf states have taken in ZERO refugees. They could have housed and fed a couple of million people for the money they've spent buying City (UAE prince) and PSG (Qatari government) alone. Jordan have taken in about a million refugee but they've kept them in camps near the border. I'm sure those people are grateful to be safe but they are literally not allowed to actually go into Jordan and seek work...etc. Regardless, the vast majority of people are being forced to leave and would return when it becomes safe. Leaving your country is an incredibly tough decision and trying to start a new life from scratch in a new one is even tougher. And not just financially but culturally and socially. Especially if you don't know the language. My parents were refugees in Switzerland during the Lebanese civil war in the late 80s and early 90s (where I was actually born). They lived a small heavenly village and made more money than they can dream of making in Lebanon. Yet the moment the war ended they headed back to Lebanon. I sometimes tease them "Who the hell leaves Switzerland?!" but when I graduated and spent 7 or 8 months unemployed I refused to pursue working opportunities abroad because I didn't want to leave. There is something inherent and instinctive about attachment to the place and culture you were born in. No one wants to leave home.

Tbh, most of them don't have anything near a decent living here. Unless they already had money to start a business or find work (which is hard seeing as unemployment is over 40% for young Lebanese people let alone Syrians) then they have to either live in slums in the suburbs somewhere or worse in refugee camps.. Though it has gotten a bit better in the past year or so due to A LOT of work by many NGOs here you can still find people living under bridges and in public parks and you can still find children begging around busy intersections. The fact that public schools can't accommodate both Lebanese and Syrian children despite running morning and afternoon 'shifts' coupled with the unwillingness of a lot of Syrian parents to send their kids to school means that thousands of children are not getting an education. The lack of funding for UN organizations and NGOs helping Syrian and Iraqi refugees has been nothing short of disastrous. Then you have the worryingly rising racism against Syrians even in main stream politics among right wing Christian sectarian parties in particular which peaked about a year ago but has thankfully started to decline as everyone has started to see that all the fear mongering was pretty baseless. But overall for most Syrian refugees they stand very slim chances of being integrated into mainstream Lebanese society and being able to lead a decent and rewarding life.

Jeez that might be more depressing than the actual table!

Kill them. KILL THEM ALL!! I'm more of a Thatcher on Reagan type of guy!

Reporter: Is Hazard still on penalty duty after that miss? Jose: To be fair I don't think we have a problem because really how many penalties do we get in the premiere league?!

Watched it and if I hadn't checked the lineup before the game I probably wouldn't have known he was playing.

Thanks for that mental image!

And you JUST noticed now?!

Btw, I read today that Corbyn is a gooner! Genuinely felt disappointed reading that

Frankie Boyle: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/14/cameron-refugees-europe-humanitarian-british-government-migrants-camps-frankie-boyle This part is just brilliant:

THREE FUCKING YEARS TOO LATE! Nonetheless I hope this is true. Who the hell is Sami Mokbel?!

Problem is we don't have a very convincing replacement. That's why I said had Baba came up with a performance like RLC yesterday we wouldn't be even having this conversation. It's all a balance with A LOT of factors involved. Of course Jose and the board are to blame. We've needed a top CB and another fullback from two seasons now. That's 4 transfer windows where we've failed to address that. Really? Regardless of what happens? What if all of Arsenal's keeper get into a huge fight and they all injure each other and Wenger has to goal himself?!

Yeah, but thing is it's never that simple as you always have hope in the possibility that Iva will improve because you know he's better than what you've seen while with Baba you don't know if he can do better because you've never seen him do for Chelsea. So in a crucial game like Arsenal Jose tends to go with players he knows and I tend to agree with him on that. Even if Iva returns to his form of last season (which was still not good enough for me) it would be worth the risk of playing him.

LOL

Yeah I think Hazard should be benched and not just because of yesterday but the whole season so far. But Jose won't do it especially with both Pedro and Willian out because he can still come up with that one moment of magic. Costa I'm not a huge fan of generally an not just now but he remains our best striker. We don't have better options than him so he has to start. Not sure what your basing your assumption that "Baba has much more to offer than Ivanovic" on. Surely can't be based on yesterday's performance?! It's not about Azpi it's about who will be our second fullback. Think it will be Rami and Iva on the right. Had Baba put in a great performance like RLC did I think he would be starting instead.