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Hopefully he's replaced by a CDU Chancellor who isn't afraid of the dark, who gives Ukraine Taurus missiles. Not a blatant Putin appeaser like Merkel, but Olaf is a coward. Always had to wait for multiple other countries to provide any weapons system firstly and still one's like Taurus he won't...

These are the key ones. The AFL is devoid of players that'd have been called a 'character' these days. Sure don't be racist, sexist, homophobic etc., but the AFL is determined to go beyond that and have cookie cutter player personalities, that are bland as can be. They can say the right words...

On-field Adelaide should always be a strong rival. Off-field though they SHOULD be our strongest ally. They’ve always had too many with the SANFL attitude, that the only way to succeed is to pull down Port. They’ve repeatedly taken shit deals, because Port got worse.

Haven’t been a Member (after being one since Port joined the AFL and a supporter long before that) for around 3 years now. Don’t miss it and will only get a 3 game membership when Hinkley finally goes. And that is more for the pre or post game meal / wander round town with the eldest. It’s a...

Team 51 as well, and honestly can't remember the last time watched FTA. If you include catch up TV on website, maybe a handful of times the last 5 years. Actually FTA live though, honestly can't remember, it'd be at least 3 years.

The only reason it even cracks that much is shows forced to be on FTA by governments. Anti-siphoning laws are a desperate hold onto the 1950's, family around the TV, by FTA networks.

Yes, raising interest rates is pointless for them. They are designed to force a change in behaviour, that then allows to come down. Obviously though in Russia inflation is due to the war, and interest rates of 121% wouldn't change Putin's rearrangement of the economy to prioritise everything to...

We're a soft touch as a club. The suspensions are so the AVFL can show 'tough on offenders', without touching their favoured clubs or players. As we never call them out loudly / repeatedly as clear bias, they keep happening. We get the dregs of the draw because again we're not a favoured club...

It's a stuffed system. If the MCG has to get Grand finals every year, then every side should get a minimum of three games there, with non-Victorian sides having one of those within the last 4 rounds. If that means a few less for Victorian sides there, then so be it. Worst of all worlds (I.e...

There isn't that much of a difference in percentages between Australia and the US - 86/87% for Australia - 82/83% for the US, for living in Urban areas. I think there's a few factors that are in play in the US that aren't here. One, there's not as great a cultural divide here. Gun...

We are not considered Victorian is all that matters. Carlton were gifted years of Friday night games whilst a steaming pile of shit. It's no surprise, we'll keep getting few Friday night games until we don't have a majority of clubs based out of Victoria.

If I was stilling going to games, I'd be happy with this. Thursday night is good on TV, but unless it's a public holiday the next day or in School holidays, it's poor as the home team. Glad to see there's a bunch of Vic sides wanting it. Frees up more Saturday night games (in theory). I'd say...

Not afraid to dip down the ladder, to bounce back up rather than remain in mid-table hell. Also not afraid to cut older players or trade them if get a decent return(cough Hartlett for a 1st. cough Lobbe for a first cough ). Also stick to their guns on what they want for players. Pretty much an...

The biggest idiocy in the West (well except for voting Trump back in), is thinking supplying Ukraine / giving Ukraine fewer restrictions is escalatory. Putin has escalated each time the West has shown weakness, not strength. He knows he's got a weak hand, but the West still allows him to win...

Russia withdraws from Ukraine. Russia gets to rejoin the world's markets. Sanctions lifted. The legitimate calls for compensation put aside to get peace (real peace). No one gets everything they want, but Ukraine is allowed to be it's own country, free from Russian occupation.

If the premise is a country can willingly give up territory, then if Ukraine 'has to' give up territory for a peace, what's to stop them 'giving up' a bit more, but this time to a NATO country? Ie. if the borders change to what Russia holds, then why not Ukraine give up a 2 km wide strip to...

LOL, she's well aware of his behaviour. Why do you think she barely appears with him anymore? I think she's in line to get more if he dies (and she's still with him), then in a divorce, which is why she hangs around.

You act like you're in year 8 or 9 and your team won the GF. 12 or 13 year old's don't have fully developed frontal lobes, so there's some excuse for their behaviour (random aside, it doesn't fully develop until mid-20's which is why I support raising the voting age, not lowering it). I'm...

I’ve never voted ALP or Greens in my life (and would have voted for Reagan, Bush x2, McCain or Romney if a US citizen) and think you’re a nut job.

Ukraine and it's supporters should be trying to sell it to Trump, that Biden was weak, because he couldn't beat Russia. It's Trump's chance to let Ukraine take the gloves off and show he can finish the Russian's, as Biden, Obama etc. couldn't.

4 is a steaming turd, but 5 is a decent nostalgia hit.

Wanting to eat a McDonalds 'burger' is the most offensive thing anyone has posted in this thread so far by a long way.

He was no saint, but he was what the world needed at the time. One of the few to realise early the risk of Hitler, and got the 'oh Churchill and his Hitler thing again' until it was almost too late. Much like Obama's 'the 80's wants it's policies back' line to Romney, about Russia/Putin, that...

Churchill was right on Democracy "Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried" Democracy works best when the electorate is informed. That's never been further from case than now. Lies, misinformation and echo chambers (the latter across all...

Democrats are more sensible than the likes of the Greens here. They realise to have the money to fund all the social programs, you need to first generate that money, so don't overly regulate / tax those generating the money, to the point they'll go elsewhere.

Material and economic exhaustions are the ones to look for. They'll keep increasing military salaries and adding more 'crimes' and making it easier to convict said 'crimes' to keep numbers up for the meat attacks. I see economic and material exhaustion happening before Putin has to do a 'real'...

I get some like Sanders, but there's no way he would have won. The Democrats win elections when they put up candidates considered more moderate. Clinton wasn't from the Left wing of the party, Obama wasn't Left, Biden wasn't. You can go back half a century. Carter was the last Left and he got...

It's all of the above. Racism, sexism, poor campaign, poor candidate (tied to Biden's legacy). The latter two, IMO, much more consequential, but you can't discount the first two completely. If Biden's VC had been a white dude, who'd done an average at best job as VC, they'd still likely have...

Nah, Trump is a senile lunatic, but the exit polls (the method used each election), clearly show he made in-roads into traditional Democrat groups. Whether those who then voted for him from those groups were idiots is another matter. Definitely some were sexist/racist, but given Biden was on...

The Democrats ran a poor campaign, but you can't also avoid that there was an element of racism / sexism driving Trumps vote. Obama was both a first non-white guy and also was a guy. Being the first non-white contender, he captured those who wanted someone different, because they were different...