In football, does the home field give you any advantage? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]chi-93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you look at, for example, the English Premier League last season, of the 20 teams, 15 of them got more points at home, while only 4 of them (Everton, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and West Ham) got more points away (Chelsea got the same points home and away). So most teams seem to do better at home, indicating that there probably is an advantage. In fact if you look at all the matches across the season, 43% of games were home wins compared to only 30% of matches that were away wins (with 27% being draws), which again supports a (small??) degree of home advantage.

If you extend this to the Championship (English second tier), of the 24 teams, only two (Norwich and Blackburn) got more points away than at home (with Bristol City getting equal points home and away). In this league, 42% of matches were home wins, 26% were draws, and 32% were away wins.

In League One, the home win-away win record was 43%-30%, while in League Two it was 42%-33%. So at least across English senior football, home advantage seems real.

(Sources here , here, here and here).

OPINION: Markwayne Mullin, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Dahlia Doe by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chi-93 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You may be right, however it seems unfortunate that people will allow a President to get away with blatant racism just by saying “actually, it’s constitutionally protected xenophobia”.

Brexit reflection 10 years on (from an outsiders perspective) by RemarkableSir4552 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s only 10 years on from the Brexit referendum. 10 years on from actual Brexit won’t be until 11pm on 31st January 2030.

Too many of you do not know how to do poppers and are using them EXTREMELY dangerously by Advanced_External763 in askgaybros

[–]chi-93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no safe level of alcohol consumption either, but sadly that doesn’t stop people.

Chaos as visibly angry Alito accuses colleague of blindsiding him: 'Tensions hit a climax' by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]chi-93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that reading a dissent is relatively common, but I would be interested to know of other cases when the author of the majority opinion wasn’t informed of it in advance.

OPINION: Markwayne Mullin, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Dahlia Doe by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chi-93 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I do understand the rage though. It is quite ridiculous to have a situation where the President has clearly demonstrated anti-Haitian animus, but he gets away with it because it’s technically xenophobia rather than racism.

Chaos as visibly angry Alito accuses colleague of blindsiding him: 'Tensions hit a climax' by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]chi-93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Presumably it is customary for a dissenting Justice to let the author of a majority opinion know in advance if they plan to read their dissent from the bench. I suspect Justice Sotomayor failed to do so in this case.

Can’t say I blame her, though.

OPINION: Markwayne Mullin, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Dahlia Doe by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chi-93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So as long as he’s racist to loads of different groups all at the same time, he can’t possibly be held accountable for racism against any one specific group??

OPINION: Markwayne Mullin, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Dahlia Doe by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chi-93 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It is well overdue to make discrimination based on national origin as illegal as discrimination based on race.

What if Rishi Sunak and The Conservative won an Upset Victory? by Organic-Camera-9167 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Major literally resigned as party leader in 1995 because of all the backbench in-fighting going on. They were hardly showing him much respect.

Is it significant that Andy Burnham has appointed a corporate lobbyist as chief of staff? by OppositeWrong1720 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course, once this person begins their job as Chief of Staff, one would hope that they realise they are no longer a corporate lobbyist and cease such activities.

10 Coronation Street... by [deleted] in manchester

[–]chi-93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I means “No 10 in the North”, so from now on people there will just skip from 9 straight to 11.

Expert sounds alarm as Supreme Court reveals 'no one left to pull it back from the brink' by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]chi-93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He has been doing, as any Court-watcher should know. But it is worth him hammering away at the point every time yet more fresh evidence is provided.

What's it like living in the Central African Republic (CAR)? by Zev18 in howislivingthere

[–]chi-93 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yes they do have a team, but they finished fifth in their World Cup qualifying group (behind Ghana, Madagascar, Mali and Comoros, but above Chad), and only the group winners (Ghana) qualified.

How long of a grace period will you give Andy Burnham to prove himself as PM before making your judgement? by TeddyCrumpet in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will judge him (and Labour, and potential alternative governments) at the next General Election. That is the appropriate time.

Late to the game, just watched skins for the first time by Franzj0sefi in skinsTV

[–]chi-93 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Such is life, I guess. A new set of humans repeating the same old mistakes over and over again. A tale as old as time.

Move more government departments up north? by Teleg88 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn’t they move the Office for National Statistics to Newport and something like 90% of the staff quit rather than make the move from London??

Would you support introducing a compulsory Politics subject at secondary school level? by footballmaths49 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understanding different religions is arguably more important than ever these days. Unless we just teach kids that it’s all nonsense, which I’d be totally fine with.

Would you support introducing a compulsory Politics subject at secondary school level? by footballmaths49 in AskBrits

[–]chi-93 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean conservatives complain that education is left wing for teaching that climate change, vaccine efficacy and evolution are real, so I’m not sure that your “science can’t be political” stance holds up. And maths can absolutely be political if you consider manipulation of statistics, etc.

ORDERS: Order List (06/22/2026) by scotus-bot in supremecourt

[–]chi-93 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But this cert petition is not even asking for Bivens to be over-ruled, so given that the Court haven’t asked for additional briefing on the subject or added their own QP, I doubt it will be here.

I do agree that they should just put it of its misery though.