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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
Quote from: Lods – on
This is a classic.. :D  :D

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-bizarrely-celebrates-republican-primary-wins-as-victory-over-democrats/ar-AA28trYQ

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“MAGA CANDIDATES WON EVERYTHING LAST NIGHT IN ARIZONA, A COMPLETE SWEEP!!! I WON ARIZONA 18 MONTHS AGO. THE DUMOCRATS ARE DUMBFOUNDED. AFTER DECADES, ARIZONA IS BECOMING A REPUBLICAN STATE. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!” Trump wrote.

Problem was it was a Republican Primary.
Republican v Republican ;D

Time to implement the Jesaulenko/Fevola amendment ;)
MAGA agree, they won! :o
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL 2026 Rd 18: Carlton vs Gold Coast at Carlton
Last post by crashlander -
[1] Our 3 senior emergencies are Reidy, Flynn Young and Zac Williams. One of them will probably not play, maybe two.

[2] Playing 3 rucks? I don't like it.

[3] I am a little surprised that neither of the Camporeale boys got a guernsey this week, but we seem to think we can play finals. I hope Cerra is as fit as he is supposed to be.
I hope that boys can show enough to be considered in the last few weeks.

[4] We haven't got many KP types in the seniors, what are we going to use for them in the 2's? The only height we have is our rucks.
Well, luckily Dane Harvey and Sam Paea are performing reasonably, even if Paea can't kick.

[5] Hopefully Tucker is fit to play, as we need a few old heads out there. He is doing more than Saady is at the moment.
I really hope Saady can show some form. I'd like to give one final game. But his form of late has been less than inspiring.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Gold Coast at Marvel
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   2 Lachlan Cowan   35 Harry Dean   14 Oliver Florent
HB:   24 Nic Newman   11 Mitch McGovern   15 Billy Wilson
C:   46 Matthew Cottrell   9 Patrick Cripps   5 Adam Cerra
HF:   12 Ben Ainsworth   19 Will Hayward   44 Francis Evans
F:   39 Talor Byrne   17 Brodie Kemp   36 Cooper Lord
R:   27 Marc Pittonet   7 Jagga Smith   18 Sam Walsh
Int:   47 Wade Derksen   29 George Hewett   33 Lewis Young   26 Nick Haynes   13 Blake Acres
Em:   25 Liam Reidy   45 Flynn Young   6 Zac Williams

[1] I hope Pitto is really fit, as dropping Reidy leaves us very short.
If Pitto was 100% and playing well, I wouldn't be worrying so much, but with his coming in as he has, it is a huge risk to have only 1 ruck option.
Having 1 ruck hasn't worked the last 2 weeks; in fact has been a large factor in our losing. I didn't think we needed to take the risk of repeating it again.

[2] Mattie Cottrell had better but a tattslotto ticket, as he was pretty ineffective last week. For that matter, so was Blake Acres, who was also retained.

[3] Speaking of taking a risk, Adam Cerra had better be good to go this week. Considering how one-paced we are, he needs to be getting the pill.

[4] Who is going to play forward?
Kemp has been awful lately, one week being unable to get the ball at all, the other week being unable to score from any distance. We really need goals.
McGovern has been our best key forward, but that isn't saying much. His kicking has also been dubious.
Derksen? Maybe. Lewis Young: another big question.

Alas, with the injuries we've had in recent weeks and our inbuilt structural issues, we've really struggled lately. I hope we can change that around, but I'm not confident. Not even against a team that has no idea how to win.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: PaulP – on
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/pauline-hansons-comments-about-domestic-violence-are-more-than-vile-they-are-dangerous-for-women-ntwnfb

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/pauline-hanson-said-domestic-violence-prevented-police-from-dealing-with-real-in-2025-podcast-ntwnfb


What am I not getting about this woman ? I've been racking my brain for months, trying to understand the mass appeal of someone so intellectually, ethically and linguistically bankrupt, and I'm at a loss. Whilst her lack of empathy and understanding of the issue of DV is perfectly consistent with her lack of empathy and understanding on most topics, this, for reasons I cannot really articulate, just feels like a new low.
I could count the number of politicians in this country, that I would feed, on one hand (with digits missing). All the rest I would dig a quarry size hole, throw them alll in it and back fill it...fast. Politics in our country is a toilet.