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    Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 32

    The unfortunate reality, that only incidents like this against Crows players, will get real movement on both clubs getting out of the SANFL once and for all.
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    Opinion International Geopolitics

    The greatest irony out of this war, is a rabid Climate denialist is doing more to drive the world to move away from Fossil fuels then the science he despises has accomplished in the last decade.
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    Opinion International Geopolitics

    Churchill was right : "Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time". Though with the US these days his other one on democracy is more apt: "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute...
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    Europe War in Ukraine - Thread 5 - thread rules updated

    It's the Russian way. The President/Party Secretary/Czar is great, but he's surrounded by corrupt / useless lackey's. By appealing to the perfect Czar they can complain, not expecting the Czar himself to actually do anything, but that the lackey's responsible become fearful of too many...
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    Europe War in Ukraine - Thread 5 - thread rules updated

    Putin (and the Communists before them) deliberately want a serf underclass. If you're living in a city/town/village with good housing, modern facilities and a decent wage you're not going to consider the military as the best (/only) way to a better life for yourself and your family.
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    Europe War in Ukraine - Thread 5 - thread rules updated

    Ireland has hardly covered itself in glory since getting free of the UK. They stayed neutral during World War 2. Way on the West of Europe they then freeloaded behind NATO, without joining, post-WW2 through the end of the Cold War. Here again and they let others do the actual protecting of...
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    Cars & Transportation "Kill-switches" coming to all new cars in the US from 2027

    A few thoughts on this. Firstly, it should not send any data back to the manufacturer or anywhere else. Second, the concept of tracking whether drivers are fit to drive in general is fine (with proviso above). This is already rolled out in many trucking companies these days, tracking out of...
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    Books vs Movies. Which Should You Do First?

    Books first. If it's a decent adaptation, there's still always going to be things left out, that knowing the whole story can help you see what they are trying to do (E.g. two of the best adaptations in Lord of the Rings and Dune). Watching a movie adaptation of a book I've read, I like to...
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    Europe War in Ukraine - Thread 5 - thread rules updated

    Whilst Russia, the country, cannot maintain constant war indefinitely, for Putin, the individual, it only has be maintained until either the West blinks, Ukraine loses even with Western help (with his isolation from the outside world and the Russian tendency to lie up the command chain, I think...
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    Streaming Daredevil

    Season 1 of Born Again felt like Temu Daredevil. Season 2, looks like a rare case of a studio seeing 'adapted for a modern audience' didn't work and actually went back to what worked so well, that the fans actually wanted. This season so far is making good claims for best season across all to...
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    Player Watch Jack Lukosius

    And Dixon we overpaid. That the only club Gold Coast has managed to screw over (multiple times) is Port, tells you about how poor our trade team / club has been the last decade.
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    List Mgmt. 2026 Mid Season Draft - 26 May (Picks after Round 9: 4, 12)

    No one over 25 please. Though the problem was more not releasing them at the end of the year's they were drafted. If we have a desperate need to plug a gap due to injuries and grab an older player, make it clear, unless they are outstanding, they are there for the short term.
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    George R R Martin

    99% likely attention seeking by the original poster. There's no way if GRRM actually handed in a manuscript for editing/printing he wouldn't have been posting about it.
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    Banter TRTTT Part 16 - How good are fingerless gloves

    Unsure on that, but definitely agree on the old one that if you're a guy trying to look decent undressing in front of a woman, make sure socks off before pants, as just socks and undies is going to make anyone look like they've just turned into a 40 year old accountant still living with their folks.
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    Europe War in Ukraine - Thread 5 - thread rules updated

    This has been explained to you multiple times. In a war historically the attacker can expect to suffer around 3 times the casualties of the defenders. This is why Ukraine's highest casualties were during their 2023 counter offensive and Kursk offensive. Those two (relatively) smaller operations...
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