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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
None of this strategic losing garbage in case you can only beat them once.

Thats a losers mentality.  Winning is winning.  If you can beat them now, you can beat them in the big one. If you cant win now, the belief in the final may not be there.
Agreed, you never strategically lose, it will burn a winning culture once you start picking and choosing when to try. Sends all the wrong signals to the existing list, and kicks mud in the face of sponsors who support you financially and support staff who volunteer precious time and resources.

For the very same reason you should never throw games for draft lotto, because it burns the bird in hand for just a hope of future good fortune.

I'm not sure how you could deliberately lose a game of footy.  The coach could deliver an uninspiring address, bench the better players and play others out of position, but the players are still going to try their hardest.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
Apart from the resounding repudiation of Taco and MAGA, the US mid-terms and gubernatorial elections have seen a remarkable number of firsts:

Keisha Lance Bottoms is the first ever black woman elected governor (Georgia).
Gina Hojosa is the first Latina elected governor of Texas.
Chris Pappas is the first openly gay man elected to the Senate.
Xavier Bacerra is the first Latino elected governor of California.
Byron Donalds is the first black governor of Florida.
David Crowley is the first black governor of Wisconsin.
Abdul El-Sayed is the first Muslim elected to the Senate.
Deb Haaland is the first ever Native American woman elected governor (New Mexico).
Peggy Flanagan is first ever Native American elected to the Senate.
Amy Acton is the first woman elected governor of Ohio (yes, Ohio is a State despite Donny jnr's claims).
Amy Klobuchar is the first woman elected governor of Minnesota.
Marsha Blackburn is the first woman elected governor of Tennessee.
Juliana Stratton's election makes Illinois the first State to be represented by two women of colour in the Senate.
Aaron Ford is the first black governor of Nevada.
Annie Andrews is the first woman elected to the Senate from South Carolina.
Claire Valdez is first Native American woman elected to Congress from New York.
Adam Hanaway is the first Muslim elected to Congress from New Jersey.
James Talarico is the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Texas since 1988.
More than 100 women were elected to serve in the 120th Congress.
Hakeem Jeffries is likely to become the first black Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Given the overt misogyny, racism, bigotry and Islamophobia of Taco's administration and his MAGA cult, these are unexpected but very welcome firsts.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Thryleon -
You will also see it move in 4 week cycles.  In a bullish market trend, 3 weeks of green, followed by a week of red.  In a bearish market, 3 weeks of red, with a week of green.  In a mix condition market (what we see now) 3 green days a week, 2 red days a week, with the odd weeks of green, and the odd weeks of red. 

Its all based on sentiment, not actuals.  Look at companies who have the key performance indicators being good, and a public negative sentiment, and you will find your buying opportunities.  There are some that are genuinely too big to fail too, but those prices remain bouyant.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: LP – on
After several years of unhinged unregulated profiteering and insider trading the Walls St billionaires are throwing a tantrum, that is what we are seeing at the moment.

It will be interesting to see the short and long term effects of this, the media will blame the politicians but of course the media is owned by the billionaires. How brave or belligerent will the billionaires become, it's going to be interesting.

Compared to any country's economy, even billionaires and trillionaires are just a drop in the bucket, but ego prevents them seeing that!

The echo chamber is cracked, the rats are fleeing before the ship sinks entirely.

What Joe Average thinks of when hearing discussions on deregulation, is not the same thing that is thought of by the likes of Gina Rinehart. The freedom the billionaire cries for is not freedom for Joe Average at all, it's closer to fiscal slavery.
Historically, post mid terms, a split house leads to a green day on the stocks (this happened yesterday).  Today was a predictable sell off, and consequently we are seeing similar on the ASX.

Its all gamesmanship. 

The big money sells the majority to other big money.  Often at a loss, to offset a win, and its all there as a giant tax dodge, to ensure you continue making money.

I wouldnt read too much into it, only ones that get burned are retail investors.  Once you know the game, you sleep easier at night, and it also helps you spot buying opportunities for stocks artificially depressed.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
After several years of unhinged unregulated profiteering and insider trading the Walls St billionaires are throwing a tantrum, that is what we are seeing at the moment.

It will be interesting to see the short and long term effects of this, the media will blame the politicians but of course the media is owned by the billionaires. How brave or belligerent will the billionaires become, it's going to be interesting.

Compared to any country's economy, even billionaires and trillionaires are just a drop in the bucket, but ego prevents them seeing that!

The echo chamber is cracked, the rats are fleeing before the ship sinks entirely.

What Joe Average thinks of when hearing discussions on deregulation, is not the same thing that is thought of by the likes of Gina Rinehart. The freedom the billionaire cries for is not freedom for Joe Average at all, it's closer to fiscal slavery.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by LP -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
None of this strategic losing garbage in case you can only beat them once.

Thats a losers mentality.  Winning is winning.  If you can beat them now, you can beat them in the big one. If you cant win now, the belief in the final may not be there.
Agreed, you never strategically lose, it will burn a winning culture once you start picking and choosing when to try. Sends all the wrong signals to the existing list, and kicks mud in the face of sponsors who support you financially and support staff who volunteer precious time and resources.

For the very same reason you should never throw games for draft lotto, because it burns the bird in hand for just a hope of future good fortune.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by Thryleon -
Do we dare put something like this in there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJz6Oqm4UoY

Its Erika for those who dont want to open a link.  A german national marching song....  :D

If nothing else, the comments are comedy gold:

"I played this at my favorite Mexican restaurant.
It's now an Argentinian restaurant."

"Set this as my alarm, right arm rose before I did."

"I was listening to this in my Nissan and it turned into a Volkswagen"

This comment probably belongs in the comedy thread, but I think we all are a bit bored this time of year... :D
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: kruddler – on
In all honesty, we are better off not winning this one.

Even if we beat them now, we'd come up against them in the Grand Final anyway and would try and catch lightning twice.

Better yet, we try a few things, but get through the game unscathed. Save some things up our sleeve for the Grand Final rematch should we get there.

It is about our best lineup possible.

Maybe Tayla McMillan swapped out for someone else.
Bohanna must surely be done with. Not even on the emergency list.

None of this strategic losing garbage in case you can only beat them once.

Thats a losers mentality.   Winning is winning.  If you can beat them now, you can beat them in the big one. If you cant win now, the belief in the final may not be there.