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Yes, that is the problem I have with Red Flu becoming Red Rust. Human's diet all over the world is very diverse. We eat from different parts of plants of different species. Sometimes the species of plants that we eat are are different as human and crocodile. Point is, plants diseases are different across species. It is amazing if Red Rust affects only to crops as we still see Greek and Italian lush countrysides. AFAIK, Red Flu only affected humans. However, even if it is true that Red Rust does affect only crops, surely there are goats around to grow with all that green plants?

Just a heads-up for fellow Canadians. Because of the 2-episode premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, the episode will not be on Space this week and consequently it will be a week late. It is not yet known if the series will be delayed a week or if Space will air this episode only on special time before episode 8.

I know this has been discussed ad nauseam, but really? A spoiled brat giving order to a Greek Naval Commander? No, belay that. She gave order to a squadron? Who died and appointed her Commodore? And she apparently had the knowledge and experience in leading surface warfare and maneuvers. Bravo Zulu, Lucia! Man, those Royal Navy men are really strong. Apparently Heart of Oak are not their ships but their men. After the rogue crew of HMS Achilles managed to disappear just by diving into water, now Fletcher escaped also by jumping in the water, with storm nonetheless? He did not have life vest, no diving equipment, all we saw was swimming flippers. Speaking of which, even if we believe that Fletcher survived the storm, how did he get rescued? Did he really swim to Asteris Island, hiked to the other side and got rescued there? Remember that the Nathan James still has her radar on. Any ship approaching Fletcher in open water would surely be detected. In previous episode there were sentries guarding the sick bay. Presumably they were killed by Harry when he escaped. But then, why put sentries to guard the precious cargo if people can just get in by pretending to be sick and be left alone with the unarmed corpsman? Speaking of Harry, post-mortem they found in his belongings that he was not a trawler captain at all. Did the crew not vet the rescuees when they came aboard? It had been several days already, surely they wanted to keep themselves free of intruder? The Master-at-arms was really shit, was he not? He pointed a pistol to Fletcher and yet he let Fletcher be close enough to strike him with something. And he did not react when Fletcher spun around. "General quarters, general quarters. Secure all exit access." Yet all doors going to the main decks were unguarded and the MAAs were running around in the passageways like Storm Troopers. In fact the comedic scene of Fletcher hiding from the MAAs is ripped off Luke and the Death Star. So Vanek is working with a Greek Navy Admiral. And so the Navy provides him with warships to secure the seeds. Presumably meaning that the Greeks are official. Then why did his son going around terrorizing Greek population? Oh, forgot about this one. Let me add it quick. SCPO Taylor and Sgt Kandie were in the storage room. Entered Cdr Fletcher going through the equipment (whatever they were). And they both just chilling there, just get whatever you need. Seriously? No signing out, no inventory check, no approval check, not even a single question as to why he needed those?

So Ray burned his bridges with his clients, with law enforcement, even with organized criminals. How does he get his jobs then? Why would somebody hire a fixer who does not put his clients' needs first? As well, how did Avi get drunk in a bar that did not sell alcohol? The good etiquette would be to read this episode thread (even if you do not watch any other episodes or participate in their threads) thoroughly before posting a question. Doing what you did may be considered rude or inconsiderate.

It does not matter whether Jon actually speaks the language or not. The production should have made sure that his pronunciation is 100% correct, particularly as it is a narration, not live speak. They should have led him to speak it phonetically or whatever to get it right. It was post-production, they could have done it in as many recordings as necessary.

On the other hand, if the woman does not want pregnancy and she knows that the sex is not protected, maybe she should protect herself?

Why?

If racers mangle French pronunciation, we can understand. But if Jon the host can not say Parc-des-Ancêtres and l'Île-d'Orléans properly, I find it rather inexcusable for a national TV in a country that is officially bilingual.

Once I saw in the episode that the hosts would be the ladies from The Social, I removed After the Race from my PVR. James Duthie is tolerable, those women are certainly not.

You were Army and you had to learn about the Marines' customs and courtesy while in an Army school? I do not think it is a red envelope. I think it is a red plaque of sign that they put on their terminal during EMCON - emission control, in which time the ship are not to emit any electromagnetic or acoustic signal, that is radio, radar and sonar. The sign reminds them NOT to activate any signal-generating function.

Special Operators can and do wear beards while on the mission. The time they do that though, they are either not in uniform or in 'sterile' uniform. I do have issue with their in their NWU with all insignia (name, rank, service, unit) and still keeping their beard. That is a no-no, even for Special Warfare community. The Unit depicted this better. They wore their hair and beard long when downfield, dog-face and high and tight when back and in uniform.

Sorry, disagree. My cell phone in 1996 was about that big. I would not talk on my cell that long, though. Cell plans were expensive back then. I would use the hotel phone instead. Laptops were already quite common in 1997. I bought a laptop from Gateway 2000 (remember them?) in March 1997 through phone, not online, for $3000. That laptop was already loaded with Win 95 and MS Office. I do agree with the internet, though. I do not remember sending files back then (using Eudora). And besides, the mother would need to dial the internet up, she would not be able to do so while talking to her son.

I do not like their ignoring the grooming standards while in uniform, though...

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This is what I like about action series. Unlimited ammunition. They do a good job showing spent casing ejected from their rifles. Knowing that however, they all always go full automatic. As each magazine only holds 30 rounds, they should change magazines very often, which of course they never do. Hey, whaddya know. Cooper does not speak Greek. So she is not a universal translator this show depicts her to be? Even though for English speaker Greek would be easier to learn than Vietnamese, for example. I am not even going to go to Cooper's appearance. Other posters address it quite adequately. So the Nathan James now fought warships from the Russian, British, Chinese and Greek Navies? That is more navies than most U.S. Navy ships ever fought in their lifetime. Speaking of ships, this is the Nathan James that fought and victorious against a Kirov-class battlecruiser and an Astute-class fast-attack submarine. Now she hides and runs against a Hydra-class frigate? The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are bigger and more heavily armed than Hydra-class frigate. In open battle she would have been able to pound her opponent with her missiles. Why is the helicopter is marked as H-60 in the opening title? It is clearly H-1, even the crew mentioned it was H-1. Which makes a little sense since the Navy IRL does not operate H-1 anymore. So regardless of material shortage, it would have been more difficult to find working H-1 than H-60. But of course for the show's logistics, H-1 is much easier to obtain.

Just started watching, my first comment is what kind of idiot husband having sex with his Jessica Biel wife and let her keep her shirt?

Indeed he was, but time caught up and the episode became outdated as soon as it aired. My point is, maybe LCol Wintrup could have worn a uniform that did not explicitly identify him as the CO of 431 Sqn.

I wish that LCol Winturp did not wear that Snowbirds-specific uniform, particularly his jacket that read 'Commanding Officer' as LCol Winturp is no longer the CO of 431 Squadron, LCol French is. Before his great break at Vancouver 2010, I believe Montgomery was a used-car auctioneer in Calgary.

Strictly speaking though, are Jon and Dany committing incest? They are aunt and nephew, right? Jon is the son of Dany's eldest brother. I think in some culture in real life, that kind of relationship is not prohibited.

I thought Emilia Clarke stated several seasons ago that she did not want to do nudity anymore.

I know this is the third episode already, and I made similar comment last season but I am very, very impressed with Sasha linguistic ability. Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and now Arabic. Those are languages with different grammars and vocabularies and syntax. Let us see if she also knows Italian and Greek. I am also very impressed with Eurocopter that their Dauphin helo is capable to cover the distance of 500 nmi non-stop while the specification on Wikipedia says 450 nmi.

But those pictures are not just random lovers. Those are women with special meaning to the Donovans. One of them is Abby, the other ones I suppose are white Donovans' late sister and mother. I was thinking about Darryl's mother. CMIIW, I think she still lives in Palm Springs.

But she is still alive, is she not?

I wonder about the real-time polls. How can the polls already filled up the second they hit the screen? Who voted? Production staff?

Did the Queen or the Royal Family not have in-house counsel? I find it amazing that the Queen did not care to fully understand the Royal Marriages Act before she made the promise to her sister. I would think that somebody in such high profile as her would have had retained an attorney for her legal affairs and to provide legal advice before she can say or do anything. And considering that the Government and her own Household may not be always forthcoming, she should have had somebody to represent her own interests. I am not very clear why PM Eden refused to speak Arabic with Gamal Abdul Nasser? Eden spoke good Arabic as shown before. Speaking Arabic was the least he could have done to relax an already tense relationship.