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Messages - tonyo

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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Trump's narcissism is reaching extreme levels now.  The John F Kennedy Memorial for Performing Arts Centre in Washington (named 2 months after JFK was assassinated as a living memorial) has had 'The Donald J Trump and....' prefix added.  The change was voted by a Board that was selected by Trump himself. and the letters were added the very next day, despite the fact that it would require Congress to agree to the change.   

To top it off, the new class of battleship to be built by the US is going to be called the 'Trump Class'........

This country is doomed if they don't get rid of this self-centred flog.   They'll be changing the US Dollar to the US Donald next.


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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
List building can only generate success if you have the right development program in place.

Let's hope that the apparent re-directed focus towards recruiting talented youngsters is accompanied by (i) building a development program that allows them to reach their full footballing potential and (ii) increasing the profile of quality role-models among the existing playing group to show the way.

For the first time in many years at CFC, it feels like there is a good core of young guys who may make the grade.  I cannot wait to see if the natural enthusiasm of talented youth will drive some of the existing playing group to new heights.

While the players who have left are undoubtedly talented, there was also a fair whiff of prima-donna about them.   Give me hard-working, committed players over show-ponies any day. 

I am an eternal optimist, but I think we may all be pleasantly surprised by what we see in 2026.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
If Trump had nothing to fear, he would have had these files out the minute he took office.

That, and the fact that he has his own FBI stooge making sure the manilla folders don't get opened, suggests there is substantial stuff that he is very aware of.

Just waiting for Ghislaine Maxwell to get her pardon, followed by a Press Conference where she 'exonerates' the Orange One.

One day, just maybe we will find out the whole truth.
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Robert Heatley Stand / 2026 Fixture
It's out - AFL haven't done Michael Voss any favours, 5 interstate trips in the first 11 games.

Play WB, StK, Coll, Rich, Bris twice.

On the whole, I reckon that's a tough draw for a team that finished 11th.....
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Elimination Final 2025 Carlton vs West Coast
I went - the third quarter was truly impressive.

I thought the architect of the third quarter was Jess Good - played a great term in the ruck and basically kept the ball locked into out half for the whole quarter.

Given the conditions, the contributions of both Good and Breean Harrington, were remarkable.

And, if only we had a male version of Erone Fitzpatrick....
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
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Quote from: Thryleon – on
does that mean left leaning papers just dont consider it newsworthy?

Beware the echo chamber.

Newscorpse has a very well understood and documented approach to "news." It's not really a left or right issue. To characterize news outlets as simply left or right is IMO a mischaracterization.

Newscorp is becoming increasingly biased - they stopped being a media organisation long ago, and now specialise in trying to manipulate consumers into their world view. 

When does news end, and opinion begin?  That line is very blurry in the halls of Newscorp organisations......

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Lewis Young
This thread is so Freudian.........

It's supposed to be about Lewis Young, yet the whole last page is talking about a bunch of other players.  He can't even get a gig on his own discussion thread!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Lewis Young
Lewis Young has turned into the 'Accidental AFL listed player', right place, right time.    The Mario Bortolotto of the 2020s........
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
'Back to the Future II' was revisited in 2015 to see how many of their future predictions were correct, like hoverboards and flying cars...

In the movie, Biff the bully runs the gambling house, is totally corrupt, and effectively owns the police and the judiciary




Wow, they even got the hair and the arrogant look right........
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
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Can't wait for his first tweet in response to this announcement. 

Cue Karoline Leavitt

'President Trump has decided to cease all aid funding to the Venezuelan government and will impose 500% tariff increases on Venezuelan imports (except nose candy which we will continue to blow out of the water, together with some unsuspecting fishing boats.....)'
Apparently Norway are expecting to get whacked as well.

Looks like the neighbourhood bully doesn't take too kindly to be upstaged.......