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Messages - PaulP

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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2025 (Poll added)
The stories certainly have legs : the issue is how many legs and whether they are isolated spot fires or symptomatic of a greater radicalization of Australian politics. Neither Dutton, nor Palmer, nor others of their ilk have made any attempt to conceal their mimicking of Trumpism.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Election 2025 (Poll added)
I'm just passing on what I've read on socials. There are a couple of stories that have already made the news. The rest are just ordinary people describing their experiences at various electorates around the country. The stories are either true or they're not. That's for others to decide.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Quote from: LP – on
It's bizarre that his boosters take away the colour of the suit as the prime discussion point, and not what it represents.

@PaulP Julia Gillard indeed, so poorly treated by the media, systemic misogyny on full display!

There's a massive difference between a serial offender like Trump being called out for all manner of factual and demonstrable indiscretions, and the vicious, full blooded, hate filled targeting of Julia Gillard. What a trash organization the Murdoch empire is. Decades of low brow "journalism" have indisputably made the world a worse place.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Quote from: deepbluesee – on
On a side note, did anyone make sense of the Geelong jumper.  Looked like every player had slid across the paint on the ground.

https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1757428/anzac-day-guernsey

"A moment that shaped the national identities of both Australia and New Zealand, Geelong's ANZAC guernsey pays tribute to the bravery, resilience and sacrifice of the ANZACs.

The guernsey features an illustrative representation of the Gallipoli landscape and its four natural elements — the sky, the hills, the beach and the water — which have all been thoughtfully intertwined between the traditional navy hoops, creating a powerful visual story of place and remembrance."
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Quote from: Baggers – on
Well just watched the Chris Scott media conference post match... and... you'd have thought we were lucky to win, and we only really won because the Pussycats just had 'one of those games' where their mistakes and failures allowed us in.

I see it a little differently, Christopher. If you apply enough effective, sustained pressure to just about any club, they just might make uncustomary mistakes. And if you've got some serious talent on the paddock who can capitalise on those errors...

Rather disingenuous post game summary, Christopher! Scoreboards seldom lie.

I watch a lot of press conferences. That's pretty much his standard MO. He rarely gives the opposition their due, at least not without qualification and not without equivocation. It's irritating for opposition supporters, but he knows exactly what's he doing. Very clever in how he goes about it IMO.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Cats were pretty efficient and made the most of their opportunities - kept them in the game for sure. It's definitely something we can learn from and definitely an area of improvement for us. Other than that, it was a pretty dominant performance. All the key stats are in our favour, and we even got the rub of the green from the umps. A good day all round.