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Spinbad wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:01 am

It was telling, I thought, that the President mentioned during closing arguments Engeron's nauseating incapacity to attentively listen (throughout the abortive proceedings).

Drump is not the President. He is the former President.

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grievous wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:59 am Its looking serious, nowhere to buy our Oz flag thongs and wifebeaters for OZ day.

Is there a chance these same retailers could also ban hot cross buns and xmas sales?

They'll sell whatever they can make money from. Obviously the Australia Day stuff is not profitable.

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7,305 days ago, on 11 January 2004, I woke soaked in sweat from a brutal nightmare involving alcohol. I took our dog for her morning walk and when I sat down for breakfast, my wife passed me the contact information for the local sobriety support group, with a gentle "maybe it is time to give them a...

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He would be in my all time XV. Fabulous player.

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On the general subject of scrums and idiocy, how about the shambles that follows when a hooker gets a card.

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A neighbour of ours flies for Qantas. He loves Boeing. Or at least he prefers Boeing to Airbus, thanks.

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Admittedly, Brunswick Heads is more doable when there's only two of you. Those donga-equivalents in the camping ground are not too bad out of high season. Used to love the pub at Brunswick Heads, but have not been down there for a fair while, due to Covid and also we had friends who lived there and...

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I imagine some people might have changed their travel plans when the tornado ripped through the Goldie?

Plus heaps of storms up the coast as well. Port Douglas has been cut off.

Better to stay at home.

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He went the same way a Seymour Hersch. He may once have been an actual journalist of moral integrity, but in the end he he became a fully paid up apologist for monsters. He got old sadly Show me someone who got old happily and I'll show you someone with dementia Mmmmm. Getting old is not for wimps,...

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You're a bit late, mate.

Happy New Year to you and yours, and the whole bloody world (except for all warmongers, despoilers of the natural environment, corporations who exploit the poor and self-interested, selfish, politicians).

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It's pretty obvious that there is no obvious and workable solution that would be acceptable to all the actors.

The Palestinians threw away the chance of a two state solution.

Sad situation.

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True Blue wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:19 am Australia's bowling attack certainly is very strong. Three excellent pace bowlers and a very useful spinner.

Useful? 500 Test wickets is more than useful.

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 am Susan Ley, ey? I'd cut her head off and shit down her windpipe.

Just sayin', like.

Sussan - nassty name. Almost as bad as Michaelia. No wonder they grew up hating the world.

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None.

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I don't mean to cast aspersions, but I do remember as a youngster in the late 80s, that people at the time were talking about Alan Jones' close relationship with player Brian Smith. I thought it was just innuendo, but now as these revelations come to light, I'm beginning to wonder if there was some...

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I wonder how many of these stories SMH/The Age have in the can... https://www.theage.com.au/national/schoolboy-went-to-police-over-alan-jones-indecent-assault-allegation-20231210-p5eqe3.html More than they need to squash him like a bug. Are they going to drip feed them so that several politicians a...

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Slim 293 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:41 am I wonder how many of these stories SMH/The Age have in the can...

https://www.theage.com.au/national/scho ... 5eqe3.html

More than they need to squash him like a bug.

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Sounds like he didnt want to be there, toxic environment, poorly managed game by RA, getting smashed in the press every week. More may go for the same reasons. Mungoes having a field day in SMH comments. And we are not even sure what we are getting with Sualli. However that hasnt stopped Waugh sayi...

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If "Hamas and their supporters need to be totally eliminated" I suppose that means World War 3?

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ticketlessinseattle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:03 am
wamberal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:55 pm Slow Horses Series 3!!!! Worth the wait.
yup, looking forward to it

It is available in Australia on Apple.

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Don't put ice in your G & Ts.

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QLD will almost certainly change hands at the next State election.

If it does, that will be good news for the Feds. There are some hillbillies in the QLD LNP.

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The SMH is predicting that Albo is looking like a one-term wonder. I preferred him to Shorten but he has underperformed amazingly.

Minority ALP Government next time around unless they pull their socks up.

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Slow Horses Series 3!!!! Worth the wait.

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I've done a lot of travelling in the last 10 years and regional and rural Australian towns are just getting worse. Esk is pretty enough but then you encounter the "fuggenyoulookenatyafuggenkuntfuggenstabya" types. All those small towns are weird now. Full of "Sovereign Citizens", anti-vaxes, and so...

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In political terms, what saves this policy is the existence of the Catholic school system. Indeed. But, mistakes in Policies back in the day shouldn't be used as an excuse for an unfair system There are probably zero private schools with demountables on the playing fields It's politics though, noth...

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In political terms, what saves this policy is the existence of the Catholic school system.

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Back when I left school in the early 2000s the Brisbane GPS schools were hands down the best academically in terms of year 12 marks and placement into uni. Different to nsw with the selective schools. No idea if it’s changed now though. It's shifted somewhat but there are no state high schools in t...

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I’m a bit sick of this lose:lose approach to the NRL. They’ve got a better club comp in only this part of the world. Union has a superior international game. For union to succeed it needs a portion of league people to pick it up as a secondary sporting interest. Gee, if only we had thought of this....

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That's a pretty mixed up proposition. One of his companies (which plans to operate in Port Kembla) is sponsoring St George Illawarra. So what? This is how business works. Put your inane comment to those that raised it , I didnt, you dont seem to comprehend that. There's sod-all inane to be found in...

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Those that thought Twiggy Forrest could be the White Knight for rugby will have to think again, hes getting into sponsoring NRL. That's a pretty mixed up proposition. One of his companies (which plans to operate in Port Kembla) is sponsoring St George Illawarra. So what? This is how business works.

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towny wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:09 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:24 am The obsession with Private Schools in Oz is franky, odd
They’re good schools and parents naturally want their kids to have a good education. It’s not so hard to understand.

Okay for kids who cannot get into the top State Schools, which dominate the rankings.

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What do you define as luxuries though? I think young people are doing much the same as young people always have - head to the pub for drinks with their mates on a Friday and Saturday night. My personal entertainment spend has plummeted in the last few years due to kids. I can’t remember spending my...

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I'm too old to be a Boomer :) but I had it a lot easier financially when I was on the way up than people do today. It is hard to believe today, but money that went into super back then was refunded when you changed jobs, and was taxed at a very low rate. I worked in the financial sector during the s...

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Dear oh bloody dear. Mighty Reds in full flight!!!

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One of them was Matt Comyn, CEO of CBA. Pretty hard to fudge up the largest mortgage book in Australia :lol: I have worked for a large bank (not in Australia) and I can assure you that they present complex and challenging managerial problems.

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Thats what put them in this hole in the first place. They need to branch out and find a good sports administrator/business person who has ties to rugby but not so much to shore and the other schools where most of those wealthy business people come from. They just need to find the right person. GPS ...

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Did you know that the first Palestinian flag in 1936-1939 during their first rebellion looked like that? https://www.fotw.info/images/p/ps%5E1938.gif A crescent chomping on the cross of Jesus. Not very inclusive of all participants in the regions either, is it..... Muslims venerate Jesus.

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To who’s benefit? Ours. We would field the strongest teams for a change if the best players from both codes were available. What RU rules would you change for this hybrid game? Rules would have to be agreed to by all parties. I would like to see a game that is based on rugby's rules, but with a gen...

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towny wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:18 pm
wamberal wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:10 am It has occurred to me that maybe the southern hemisphere should go it alone, playing a hybrid game incorporating both rugby and rugby league.
To who’s benefit?

Ours. We would field the strongest teams for a change if the best players from both codes were available.

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