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wamberal99

Yes, none of the candidates have been confirmed yet, but it appears as if one of Barilaro or Constance will run, if not both. How popular would these two be in a Federal poll? In many ways the Federal Govt have a huge advantage in this bye election given we are in the grips of a global pandemic. I ...

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:lol: Dan Tehan tried to pressure Victoria to reopen schools, but he went from raging bull to mewling kitten https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/may/03/dan-tehan-tried-to-pressure-victoria-to-reopen-schools-but-he-went-from-raging-bull-to-mewling-kitten The best journalist in the h...

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Back to the US. The Orange Buffoon has wedged himself, I reckon. In advocating for the earliest possible end to restrictions, he is putting a large part of his base offside, a disproportionate number of whom are elderly.

Am I right, or am I right?

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Well as an anti-Trump right winger who leans towards herd-immunity. I haven't been very impressed by these anti-lockdown protests. According to a poll I saw on the PBS Newshour a large majority of the population are not in favour of a speedy end to lockdowns and other restrictions. And really it is...

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Great thread. Pity you guys are all too young to have been knocked over by this stuff when it first erupted onto the (very small) pop music scene. I was a teenager then. The really sad part of it all, to my mind, is that we were not exposed to the real thing at the time, most of what we heard was s...

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Great thread. Pity you guys are all too young to have been knocked over by this stuff when it first erupted onto the (very small) pop music scene.

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Dutton forgets to include property asset in declaration of interests to parliament. *sigh* Well, he is so busy protecting us from all those dangerous foreigners who keep trying to seek asylum here. Not the ones who come by plane (or used to). They're okay. It's the desperate ones who risk their liv...

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Andres Segovia. I saw him perform at the Sydney Town Hall many years ago. Just him, and his guitar. No amplification, of course. He filled the place with the most glorious music. :thumbup: Amazing. But surely he was amplified. Nup. The Town Hall was not huge, and it had wonderful accoustics. Maybe ...

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Andres Segovia. I saw him perform at the Sydney Town Hall many years ago. Just him, and his guitar. No amplification, of course. He filled the place with the most glorious music.

He rescued the classical guitar répertoire from the scrapheap, single-handedly.

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grievous wrote: Which school do you teach at, the parents deserve to know

The parents are virtually all leaguies, I would bet pounds to peanuts on that. Maybe they deserve to know that AC is a closet rah rah?

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It would be the first time in a century, apparently, if it happens. It would be a blow, no doubt about it, especially given the impact of the fires on the electorate.

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A three cornered contest might also be an issue, although you'd think that one of Constance or Barilaro will step away. Having two tory candidates is not a disadvantage under a preferential voting system. Mike Kelly was a wonderfully qualified member for the seat, a lot of current and former servic...

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The idea behind the app may be a good one but I'm not entirely convinced. You have to be in close contact with an infected person for 15 minutes? What happens if you pick it up from a contaminated hard surface? Seriously? Does the contaminated hard surface possess a smartphone, with the app downloa...

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Maryland deployed their national guard to protect a plane full of tests to protect it from being snatched by the federal government.... https://twitter.com/postlive/status/1255878355016134656 “Their” National Guard? Can see this ending in a civil war... By the way, the Maryland Governor is Republic...

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Mr Mike wrote:Hasn’t he retired yet?

Hasn't this thread been retired yet?

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Ali's Choice wrote:Mike Kelly just resigned from parliament. Bring on the bye-election.

A very tough seat to win. Kelly was the ideal candidate, good military background.

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Good post, MightyReds!!!

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merry! wrote: yup. clearly he was putting the welfare of simpletons before his own reputation.

Makes sense for once. His base comprises a few faceless billionaires and a multitude of simpletons.

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usermame wrote:John Wesley has a lot to answer for.

The Wesleys did a lot of good things, actually. Harold Wilson once said that the Labour movement in the UK owed a lot more to Methodism than to Marx.

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Ali's Choice wrote:Latrell Mitchell and Ado-Carr are facing court over firearm charges.

Their total lack of any awareness just boggles the mind. I mean, had they just kept it all quiet it would probably been okay. Dear oh bloody dear.

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Thomas wrote:
grievous wrote:Do you just run around getting on tail of other arguments then weigh in when you work out where the mob is positioned and abuse posters?
Great modding.
Oh do fuck off, twat.

We should be so lucky.

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Agree, in no way blaming her, in fact I was quite keen on some of the things she was trying to do. I only meant thats all gone now anyway, not because of her, but covid 19 seems to have done it! That's as may be, Dan, but a real Aussie rugby man, especially a former captain, would have predicted Co...

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Slim 293 wrote:Everything you just typed is wrong... you’re an idiot - stop posting.

Oceanbreeze is a classic example of the worth of an "ignore" function. The breeze flows straight through his brain cavity, unimpeded, from ear to ear.\

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Such blind, irrational hatred... sad. She's a Kiwi and she's female... Just a wild guess here, anybody trying to do this job will upset one segment of the rugby community or, more likely, if they are actually good enough, they will upset ALL of us, a lot. We need a goodly dose of controlled disrupt...

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Ali's Choice wrote:
wamberal99 wrote:Not much left to grab, unfortunately.
Yes, which again makes the timing of this coup insane. Will the incoming CEO even have any staff to work with?

Power without responsibility is the prerogative of the harlot through the ages.

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Not much left to grab, unfortunately.

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So very, sadly, true.

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Never let a crisis go to waste. Hopefully this virus is a catalyst for massive change across SANZAAR nations because the way it was going they were doing their utmost best to kill SH rugby. The best way for us to save the game in the southern hemisphere is for us to break away from the northern tro...

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Signing Folau to his first contract is more at the root of RA's issues. So much money wasted on stupid signings. Really? Signing a marquee player who had enormous strengths (and some considerable weaknesses: could not kick for shit) and who quickly rose to world class status was a mistake? A player...

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Agree but not sure what that has to do with the hash job they made dealing with Folau. My post was primarily about Oceanbreeze's glib references to aspects of the Folau imbroglio that are actually totally irrelevant. The mistake that Castle made was to take Folau at his lying word. If that is the w...

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The Folau saga was her undoing. Sacking a player for his personal religous views and then gagging other religous players in a religous majority country was only going to end up one way. You know nothing about Australia, and you prove it time and time again. Have you forgotten that we had a plebisci...

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Darwinism in action.

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I don't know how the factions in the Liberal party work, but I would have thought after the knifing attempt, ScoMo would have given him a backbench role, rather than keep the status quo. I can't think of a more disliked politician from the two major parties. What you need to bear in mind is that it...

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Raelene Castle resigns as Rugby Australia chief executive Georgina Robinson By Georgina Robinson Updated April 23, 2020 — 7.57pmfirst published at 7.36pm Embattled Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has resigned. Less than 24 hours earlier, Castle's fellow directors excluded her from a board confe...

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True Wamb, anyone who has actually read anything today will know that interview with RC was done at 4.30 yesterday arvo!! I have mixed feelings about Grievous, he does love the game with a passion. But he is pretty obnoxious a lot of the time. So for a while I am going to preface any response to an...

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Raelene Castle resigns as Rugby Australia chief executive Georgina Robinson By Georgina Robinson Updated April 23, 2020 — 7.57pmfirst published at 7.36pm Embattled Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has resigned. Less than 24 hours earlier, Castle's fellow directors excluded her from a board confe...

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Interviews like what? With people? You know she does live interviews which is sort of the feature of the show? :roll: She was still blind sided so you have no point as usual. I am willing to bet that 730 Report is usually on after your bedtime. Either that or it is a bit too challenging for you to ...

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grievous wrote:Our Raelene is on 7.30 report while a board meeting is on, Mmmm

You do know that interviews like this are not usually shown in real time, don't you?

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In stark contrast, in Rugby we have a coup that is being led by powerful stakeholders external to the organisation who are capitalising on a once in a hundred year global crisis to seize power for themselves. Anybody planning to "seize control" of Australian Rugby had better make sure they have a v...

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kiwinoz wrote:There are lots of doctors stating they have used hydroxychloroquine sucessfully. Its certainly an option.

This is not a binary choice here.

I say bullshit. How many to the nearest errr five? And what is the criterion for "success"?

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