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It appears the Labor opposition leader in NSW is gone for feeling up an ABC reporter "The party moved from Parliament House to Martin Place Bar after a number of hours. Later in the evening, Luke Foley approached a group of people, including me, to say goodnight. He stood next to me. “He put his han...

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Latham will be elected

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4.55% is the quota. For the last seat 2.5% is enough and Animal Justice was elected from 1.78%. Latham will be easily elected.

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Bit quiet in here this morning. Have the man-children gone off in the huff? Both sides are carefully calculating how to spin this. Dems win House which was always going to happen but Republicans increase Senate majority so they have an iron grip now Obama lost 50+ in the house in 2010 and survived ...

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If you think there wasn't a Beto factor you might be on acid? And if you think Trump won (the electoral college) on policy that's just more evidence for the theory. There were myriad factors that led to an increased Dem turnout across the nation. I’m not going to explain all of that as it’s been we...

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Bit quiet in here this morning. Have the man-children gone off in the huff? Both sides are carefully calculating how to spin this. Dems win House which was always going to happen but Republicans increase Senate majority so they have an iron grip now Obama lost 50+ in the house in 2010 and survived ...

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ukjim wrote:I love Bare foot running.

It makes up a significant portion of my sports medicine practice.

Yeah my doc suggested that I was essentially exercising in between repetitive strain injuries

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When dietitians attack

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ol-deniers

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Good interview with Craig Laundy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2018/oct/26/inside-the-madness-and-power-of-the-canberra-bubble-australian-politics-live-podcast He made an interesting point re who gets promoted in each side (hint you aren't in a marginal seat usually) and if it is ...

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The Vegans have something else to whinge about WHILE Australia was the first country in the world to produce banknotes made from plastic (polymer), what many people don’t realise is that our currency uses tallow — rendered animal fat from sheep, pigs and cows — as a ‘slip agent’ to prevent friction ...

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We ended up in a small restaurant full of gondoliers having lunch, it was very cool No idea where it was, we were lost, but it was busy, full of locals and wonderful Another thing to do before going to Venice or while you are there is read The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt, it provides a gr...

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A few 4-5 euro negronis with Cicchetti then a pasta with onions and anchovies is my memory of Venice

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I love how predictable Kiwi preciousness is. Believe it or not, there's probably more than a few "legends" who have donned the black jersey, who are in fact, total assholes. Think about that. Regardless of what you think of Quade. Thorn doesn't seem like a total asshole. He just seems like a bit of...

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CrazyIslander wrote:My respect for Thorn has diminished due to the way he treated Quade. No respect. It seems he brought personal beef during the playing days.

He watched the guy for a season as assistant coach, watched him ignore the game plan, not put in and decided they were better off without him.

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And in other obvious news, Kevin Rudd thinks everyone else is useless and dumb https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/cry-baby-chalmers-treacherous-jason-clare-stupid-wayne-swan-rudd-unloads-on-ex-colleagues-20181021-p50az0.html Has he got a book to sell? He should just farkoff into the distance h...

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And in other obvious news, Kevin Rudd thinks everyone else is useless and dumb

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal ... 50az0.html

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It’s all Malcolm’s fault for not campaigning :lol: If he did campaign, they would have complained about that as well The scary thing is watching the looney right suggest that they aren't looney enough and that Wentworth is just a hotbed of leftie pinkos Phelps was a very safe way to protest, promis...

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Will Phelps fall in and guarantee support if she wins? Or would she just want to watch the world burn? Phelps open to tearing down the government - The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au › national-affairs 17 hours ago - Kerryn Phelps has left open the prospect of voting against the govern...

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Pompeo assures us the Saudis will carry out a complete and transparent investigation into Kashoggi's presumed death. That is more than the FBI did into allegations against Kavanaugh. They could always just sell them a few drones so they could use the Obama approach of blowing 16yro US citizens up v...

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And what is this society you speak of? Legally, considered a woman, yes. Unambiguously unfair that this individual is allowed to enter female competitions because he is physiologically a man. I am not interested in those other examples, I am expressly saying it is unfair that he is allowed to compe...

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I have no problem with Transgender athletes competing against women. How else are they meant to compete in sport? I suspect the posters who have an issue with this are simply uncomfortable with the whole concept of 'Transgender'. I suspect Trans people make them feel uneasy. Joe Rogan has a decent ...

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Pompeo assures us the Saudis will carry out a complete and transparent investigation into Kashoggi's presumed death. That is more than the FBI did into allegations against Kavanaugh. They could always just sell them a few drones so they could use the Obama approach of blowing 16yro US citizens up v...

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What do posters think would be the lesser of two evils, sending a child to a conservative private religious school or to a left leaning public school that was saturated in gender politics and diversity / equity politics? I found myself pondering this question this morning as I expect the madness to...

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If the Trump's fundraising numbers are correct, I suspect that he will find it impossible to resist using the bulk of that money to commission larger-than-life portraits and sculptures of himself to be erected at public buildings and golf courses. In all seriousness, there is a zero percent chance ...

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:lol: Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s release of a DNA test that suggested a lineage to a distant Native American ancestor has roiled the Cherokee Nation and others in indigenous communities frustrated about the seizure of cultural and social ties for political maneuvering. The Massachusetts Democrat, a lik...

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Biden is the only unit they have so far that could actually get in the trenches with Trump and appeal to middle america

Options like Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand will poll wonderfully where they would already get votes

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No, our 1% is the issue

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I think some type of outside the box thinking like this will work out a solution here are two of many being looked at SYDNEY researchers are pushing ahead with controversial plans to fertilise the ocean off Australia's coast and use plankton to slow climate change. The director of the University of ...

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Just possibly a little over the top Donna Brazile: 'Kanye West has set us back 155 years' Former interim Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile tweeted Thursday that Kanye West has "set us back 155 years" in response to his exuberant praise of President Trump while meeting at the Whi...

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Are we going to solve climate change? Unlikely

But we will work out ways to alleviate some of it

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:lol: :lol: Including it as part of an installation within an arts festival isn't really about selling restaurant seats. Your life must be a sadly sterile world of black and white. Really? An arts festival created with Destination NSW isn't about promoting tourism? And what is the outcome of touris...

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It has been used before and will so again Two things... when and what for? and why does that make it ok? https://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/06113310/operahouse-wallabies-600x468.jpg OK? It is used to promote Sydney each year for Vivid - throw some "art" on it to sell restauran...

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Meh, it is a building that has been used for advertising before and that is laden with sponsorships and corporate events. If it was the Louis Vuitton polo series no one would have cared Look, I don't really care myself, but using it as a glorified advertising board is a bit demeaning no? Whats next...

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Sensible Stephen wrote:
I had lunch at Bennelong a few months ago. Very 70s feel. Need to tear that thing down and start again. I'll write a letter to Jonesy.

Jones has had a beef with the Opera House for years, he lives next door and the noise is continually complained about by the residents of the toaster.

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It's some sort of weird bullshit equivalence trying to discredit the protests this week by conflating modern gambling with public lotteries used as fundraising vehicles. Yes, lotteries are gambling but hardly organised social destructives like industry gambling is now. Then there's the tricky busin...

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UncleFB wrote:
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wamberal99 wrote:It is worth remembering that the Opera House exists because of gambling. The "Opera House Lottery" was huge in its day.
Yep, history is an interesting thing and easily forgotten.
Don't be silly, society moves on. That's not forgetting history.

sort of like societal alzheimer's - when it suits

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wamberal99 wrote:It is worth remembering that the Opera House exists because of gambling. The "Opera House Lottery" was huge in its day.

Yep, history is an interesting thing and easily forgotten.

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8 weeks of pain, I did a couple of ribs skiing at christmas (and hurt them twice more during the week)

Voltaren and harden up, sleep will be shit and don't get a cold - coughing is hell

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