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Monthly Archives: May 2011
NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Tsushima
It’s pronounced “Sue-She-Ma”. Name: The Battle of Tsushima, also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait, or the Sea of Japan Naval Battle. The War: Russo-Japanese War When: 27-28th May 1905 Where: The Straits of Tsushima, between Japan and Korea. … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 1905, baltic, battleships, borodino, combined fleet, decisive battles, empire, great powers, japan, korea, manchuria, nebogtov, port, portsmouth, prot arthur, rozhestvensky, russia, russo-japanese war, strait, togo, tsushima, war
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The Royal Visit: How I Ended Up In A COIN Campaign
It was while I was in the middle of a three and a half hour journey home from work, because of Dublin Bus, Luas and Irish Rail alterations due to the Queen’s visit, that I began to get a little … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Politics, War
Tagged bomb threats, bombs, coin, counter insurgency, dublin, dublin bus, elizabeth, hoax, ira, ireland, irish rail, luas, queen, republicanism, royal visit, war
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Football 10/11: Vs Blackburn (away)
Long hard scrape, but we’ve done it. Frustrating game to watch, Blackburn’s “park the bus” tactics not being very attractive to watch. Bit of an off day for the defence. Aside from some communication issues between Ferdinand and Vidic, Kuszczak has probably played his … Continue reading
Posted in Football 10/11, Sport
Tagged 1-1, blackburn, epl, football, man utd, penalty, rooney, sport, sport]football
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Running On Skin?: The Eurovision
I never fail to get sucked in by this thing. Impressions: Finland Looked like a young Daniel O’ Donnell. He’s just as intolerable too. Bosnia/Herzegovina Quite the age difference in this group. Very, ahem, rustic in appearance. Some random guy … Continue reading
Hanna
Somewhat meh. Hanna has lots of good elements going for it, but it is let down by some very obvious flaws. Ronan gives a great performance as the titular teenager, keeping the movie going as the frequently confused, socially maladjusted … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, TV/Movies
Tagged cate blanchett, eric bana, film, hanna, reviews, saoirse ronan
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The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: The Breaking Of The Fellowship
We’ve come to the end of The Fellowship of the Ring. The fellowship pitches camp next to the falls, but no decisions have yet been made by the group, the eight of them content to stretch it out as long … Continue reading
Making The Corps By Tom Ricks
It’s an engaging narrative, but it isn’t one of Ricks’ best. I adore Tom Ricks’ two books on the Iraq War, Fiasco and The Gamble, but this is one of his earlier ones. It’s the story of a Marine recruit company … Continue reading
Happy Birthday To Me
Today, Never Felt Better celebrates its first birthday. And many happy returns. It’s been a hell of a year, a lot of writing, a lot of hits and a lot of love. It started out with something that I’m somewhat … Continue reading
Football 10/11: vs Chelsea (home, EPL)
It was a hell of performance, just when the team needed it. Coming off the defeat last week and the nothing game that was Schalke, United needed to play a big game and then did so. The Old Trafford roar … Continue reading
Libya: Crossing The/My Line
I am realist. I have little regard for things like treaties or the institutions of international law, the things that are treated as sacred by nations only when it suits them. I roll my eyes when people scream about the legality … Continue reading
