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Corby, Northamptonshire, UK
Joined September 2010
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Told myself I wouldn't do this to myself again, but here it is. The UK number one singles when our Year 7's were born. Holy shit.
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Okay, let's have a serious look at what's interesting about this clip, which to me is the effectiveness of the response from a "crisis management" perspective (heavy term for a tournament golf incident, but you get my point) and how it stands in contrast to others we've seen. First, let's get the truth of the incident out of the way, which is that what Rory did was clearly against the rules, but more importantly, it created a situation where there is absolutely no way for him to prove he didn't cheat. That's a hugely important part of this: Because we can't see inside his head, we will never know if he cheated intentionally or not, and there's nothing he can say to exonerate himself. We all have our own beliefs, based on what we saw and what we believe about his character and his history, but there is absolutely no definitive proof either way. The minute he got himself into that situation, he threw himself at the mercy of opinion. What differentiates Rory is that he *knows* this. So in this interview, he takes a three step approach. 1, he faces the press and answers the question without hostility. 2, he admits it was a penalty and looked bad. 3, he invokes his reputation and implicitly makes the argument that you should trust that he wouldn't do it intentionally. CRUCIALLY, though, he doesn't harp on that point. It's more of the "if you want to believe me, great, if not, fine" variety. There is no defensiveness. He has a resigned smile on his face the whole time. He's not getting angry or upset. There was one small part of this clip that was most interesting by far. At one point, he mentions the fact that by the language in the rule book, there may be some potential gray area because of the definition of the word "press." When I heard that, I inwardly cringed, but it's the exact kind of thing you want to avoid—some absurd bit of semantics that will have everyone who saw the incident rolling their eyes. BUT, just as quickly, he said "at the same time, I don't want the perception of people thinking I got away with something either, so I'm happy to take the two-shot penalty." That's deceptively important. He intuitively understands how much perception matters here, and that trying to force his innocence down our throats would be counter-productive. Again, to sound like a broken record, there is absolutely no proving your innocence here, and human nature 101 is that the harder you protest, the worse you'll look. Rory gets there are things you can't change, and he gets the futility of desperately trying to be "right." When we compare to similar situations we've seen, there is absolutely nothing that happened on the course that makes his act seem any more or less intentional. But because of his tactic of acceptance, he's going to get off so much easier in the court of public opinion. This will be forgotten by almost everyone but the true haters in a matter of...24 hours? And they will decry that as a double standard, but instead of fixating on that, they should ask themselves a far more interesting question about that outcome: Why?
Rory's take on the incident...
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WE PROMISE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN (OR HEARD) THIS BEFORE 😭 Fans of Valenciennes, now languishing near the bottom of France's 3rd tier, played circus music mid-match to show their dissatisfaction 🤡
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We have to say “Mississippi” after each number
Wtf takes Mississippi so gahdamn long to count votes??
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I hope everyone is learning Arabic.
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This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Does this whole tiger thing mean Hull City fans will stop with that fucking chant?
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Genuinely the funniest thing I’ve ever watched in my life
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“What is the charge, eating a man? A succulent autistic man?”
🚨BREAKING: The tiger who attacked a man who entered his enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park is alive and will not be euthanised as a result of the incident
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There are times when you think AI has gone too far, but then there are moments when you see Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scoring Mesut Özil's goal against Ludogrets, and suddenly it all feels worthwhile.
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Daniel Jones is just bad. #Colts #NFLLondon
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The sudden pivot in the middle of this makes it incredible.
I’ll take you there
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Formerly and historically rivals, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are now set to become sister networks after the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger has been officially approved. The merger is expected to close on October 6th.
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Louis van Gaal off the top rope!
🇳🇱 Louis van Gaal advised to call in lawyers over Manchester City role in Manchester United sacking ➡️ LVG was fired after missing out on CL place 💬 "The team that finished fourth that year. Indeed, you guessed it: Manchester City. The club that was definitively exposed this week as the biggest cheat in football history, following fraud and deception on a staggering scale." 💬 "The entire English football world has turned against the club. But let us not forget the unforeseen individual victims in all this: Van Gaal, too, deserves vindication. Sue them into oblivion, Louis." sportwitness.co.uk/louis-van… #mufc #mcfc
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Ironically, Lord Pannick will be the calmest man in the room.
Lord Pannick KC - set to defend #ManCity vs the #PL - typically charges around £5,000 an hour, but has been known to request up to £10,000. At the top end, come the trial when he is working full-time, Pannick could be paid £80,000 a day, or £400,000 a week. [via @TheLawyermag]
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Fold the club. Let Lancashire use the land to build an even bigger temporary stand
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Is Allen Stanford the only fraudster still in jail?
Trump has pardoned the following people charged with fraud: —George Santos, wire fraud —Ross William Ulbricht, fraud with identification documents —Rod R. Blagojevich, 8 counts of wire fraud under color of official right —Brian Kelsey, conspiracy to defraud the United States —Devon Archer, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Trevor Milton, securities fraud; 2 counts of wire fraud —Jason Galanis, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud; investment adviser fraud —Ozy Media, Inc., conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud —Carlos Roy Watson, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft —Michele Fiore, 6 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud —Scott Howard Jenkins, conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; 3 counts of honest services wire fraud —Julie Chrisley, 5 counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws —Todd Chrisley, conspiracy to commit bank fraud; 5 counts of bank fraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws —Lawrence S. Duran, conspiracy to commit health care fraud; 11 counts of health care fraud; conspiracy to defraud the United States and to receive and pay health care kickbacks — Michael Gerard Grimm, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns —Marian I. Morgan, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 7 counts of wire fraud; 5 counts of transfer of funds taken by fraud —John G. Rowland, conspiracy to defraud the United States —Charles Overton Scott, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Glen Casada, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 4 counts of honest services wire fraud; use of a fictitious name to carry out a fraud —Cade Cothren, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 6 counts of honest services wire fraud —Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr., health care fraud —Joseph Lewis, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; 2 counts of securities fraud —David Gentile, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; 2 counts of wire fraud —Jacob Deutsch, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud —Adriana Isabel Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; 7 counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting —Andres Enrique Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; 7 counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting —Julio M. Herrera Velutini, 2 counts of honest services wire fraud —David Levy, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Hollie Ann Nadel, conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud —Mark T. Rossini, honest services wire fraud —Wanda Vazquez Garced, honest services wire fraud —Terren Scott Peizer, securities fraud —Timothy S. Smith, conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service —Stephen E. Buyer, 4 counts of securities fraud —John Dougherty, 24 counts of wire fraud; conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and federal program bribery; 7 counts of honest services wire fraud —Joshua L. Davis, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act —Matthew Sidney Geouge, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act —Adam R. Kidan, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud; wire fraud —Spade K. Bailly, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Clean Air Act
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Opening NFL weekend is the perfect time to reminisce on an accidentally heroic deed by Terry Bradshaw who, in 1976, saved dozens of lives by beating the home team Baltimore Colts SO badly that fans went home early. Which was the only thing that kept them from being hit by a plane
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In the Champions League game between Manchester United & Sabah, 21 different nationalities feature in the starting line-ups: Manchester United 🇧🇪 Senne Lammens 🇩🇰 Patrick Dorgu 🇦🇷 Lisandro Martinez 🇫🇷 Leny Yoro 🇲🇦 Noussair Mazraoui 🇧🇪 Youri Tielemans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kobbie Mainoo 🇨🇲 Bryan Mbeumo 🇵🇹 Bruno Fernandes 🇧🇷 Matheus Cunha 🇸🇮 Benjamin Sesko Sabah FC 🇰🇿 Stas Pokatilov 🇩🇿 Akim Zedadka 🇦🇿 Rahman Dashdamirov 🇿🇦 Aden McCarthy 🇵🇱 Tymoteusz Puchacz 🇺🇿 Umarali Rakhmonaliev 🇭🇷 Ivan Lepinjica 🇯🇲 Kaheem Parris 🇷🇸 Veljko Simic 🇳🇬 Christian Nwachukwu 🇷🇼 Joy-Lance Mickels
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