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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
Privately, I think this is the election no one is going to want to win.  The next term looks to be the most volatile in history, and you can add an impending world war as one more reason why you would rather lose this one.

Perfect election to go independant.

Not sure about the World War....I suspect it will be a Cold one.
But I think you're probably right about a win being a 'poison chalice'.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
Doubt we've reached the bottom of it yet, we are trending down at a fast rate of knots with respect to Poli IQ so the future looks ever more bleak if you ask me. As George Constanza once said:
Jerry: You have no idea what an idiot is. Elaine just gave me a chance to get out and I didn't take it. This (pointing to himself) is an idiot.
George: Is that right? I just threw away a lifetime of guilt-free sex, and floor seats for every sporting event in Madison Square Garden. So please, a little respect, for I am Costanza, Lord of the Idiots.
Roxanne: (Yelling out the window) You're all winners!
George: But suddenly, a new contender has emerged.

My favourite Seinfeld moment :))

I'm just wondering whether it's an election worth winning.
The winner is probably going to be faced with forming a minority government in what promises to be a difficult and traumatic couple of years.
It might not be the best time to be in government.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
Uninspiring choices have been a common theme in Australian elections for some years. I reckon we've just about reached the bottom of the barrel.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2022 Post Game Celebrations Carlton vs Adelaide
Interesting comment by Cripps in the post match pointing out the efforts of the small forwards.

"even our small forwards today, they didn't kick the goals, but you know the blocks they did, the pressure. That's the stuff a lot of people on TV don't see, but that's the stuff we highlight behind the scenes"
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2022 Post Game Celebrations Carlton vs Adelaide
Absolutely Lods, but it’s still better than a 20 pt win.
Maybe people want to hark back to our glory days under Mick, Brendon and David…? 🤷🏼‍♂️

It certainly is better...
I guess with improvement though, the bar gets raised.
It's always going to be the case.
Expectations increase.
So now the 'expectation' is that if we have a team by the throat we finish them off.

That needs to be the aim, because there is still a feeling amongst some that we are susceptible to a lull where sides can quickly put goals on the board.

I still get the feeling it's a belief amongst opposition sides, which means if we don't maintain the scoreboard pressure they think they're a chance...no matter how far behind.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2022 Post Game Celebrations Carlton vs Adelaide
It was a comfortable win.
I guess the disappointment mainly stems from the fact that our percentage is the lowest of any side inside the eight.

There was a real opportunity there to add a few points to that.

While it may not be a huge issue now, it could be at the end of the year.
It may determine if we make finals.
It may also determine our position inside the eight and double chances and home finals etc.

So when that opportunity presents itself and we don't take advantage of it, even if we do have a good win, there will be some level of disappointment.

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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
I don't know, some things are more restrictive, but just thinking back....

They used to close the pubs at 6.00pm

You had to have a licence to watch television.

They'd pull a marble out of a barrel and send you overseas to fight in a dubious war in a steamy jungle.

Same sex relationships were a criminal offence.

I reckon (pandemic restrictions aside) we're probably a lot freer than we've ever been.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
A lot of candidates being outed as not living in their electorate, seems reasonable.

However, I'd ask this question, on working in or running a business in an electorate versus living there. If I live in one electorate and operate a business with employees in another electorate, should I be able to nominate for either location?

To me being an employer in an electorate is just as valid as a form of residency, perhaps even more valid given many might move house several times but maintain the physical location of a factory, store or pub!

I reckon that's probably fair enough.
You're probably employing people from the electorate your business is in so you would be across their concerns.

I think it's more of a problem if you're standing in  Townsville and you live in Pakenham as a One Nation candidate seems to be.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
The rules that apply to political reporting apply to sports reporting and all reporting, it's no longer professional, the aim is to collect hits and all you need is a twatter type grab to achieve your goal.

Perhaps we should stop referring to them as journalists and start calling them by what Murdoch has made them, bloggers.

I find it quite amusing that people write me off as paranoid about the way Carlton seems to be treated in the media, dismissing any suggestion of a media bias as my navy blue perspective, then many of the same posters spend time highlighting how the media is biased in the political debates!

I don't necessarily think it's a bias in the political reporting at the moment.
It's more a 'falling over themselves' to be the one to make a hit on the politician.
It's a 'Look at me, aren't I clever'
It's not specifically targeting any side and they'll take the 'kill' wherever they can get it.
Albo's under the pump at the moment.
These vultures can sense a vulnerability and it is clearly taking a toll on him.
They won't back off, they'll double down.
I'm sure he's starting to dread any press stops.
He won't know what's coming at him.

Some may say 'That's politics' ::)
You're right when you say it's not journalism.