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    Opinion INTERNATIONAL Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    The Military Industrial Complex is definitely one of the reasons why Trump went ahead, though I would have thought they would have already been busy building replacements for the weapons sent to Ukraine. As for the US not dealing with asymmetric warfare... This is partly due to their mindset...
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    Opinion INTERNATIONAL Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    Gulf War I had a limited objective - kicking Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. That limited objective enabled them to build a significant coalition, including a number of Arab nations. The objective was achieved, the Kuwaiti Govt was restored, and everyone went home. Iran are MUCH stronger. In...
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    Opinion INTERNATIONAL Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    Gulf War I was won pretty decisively, though it did lay the foundations for Gulf War II which turned into a quagmire. They've also had a few other minor military operations which went relatively smoothly - the invasions of Panama & Grenada. Korea ended up as a stalemate. Vietnam & Afghanistan...
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    Buffy reboot canned

    When you look at it, Buffy has an interesting history. It first appeared on screen as a movie, which bombed big time. Weedon then re-developed it into a TV series, which went on to run for 7 seasons and was widely acclaimed. The Buffy reboot was never going to be a straight replication of the...
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    Buffy reboot canned

    There's 2 sides to every story... SMG claims that it was canned by a single executive who wasn't a fan of the original series and was proud of the fact that they'd never watched it. Disney claim that the pilot was bad, so SMG & co did a re-write which was also bad, which is why it was...
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    Preview R2: Changes vs. Western Bulldogs

    Agreed - closing their eyes and praying he doesn't get injured is definitely the right move.
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    ROB's absence has nothing to do with him becoming too comfortable. ROB's ruck game was based on strength & wrestling, which has effectively been banned by the AFL (at centre throw-ups). Now height & leap are of primary importance, and we all know ROB struggles to leap over a sheet of tissue...
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    There really isn't any more to it than that.
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    When you say "they let him walk", that's a massive re-writing of history. They delisted him with the expectation that no other club would be interested in signing him. When Adelaide signed him it was originally to the SANFL side, but he impressed so much over the pre-season that they opted to...
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    He had 4 pre-seasons before then too, at Sydney. The AFC showed no inclination to pick him ahead of ROB in 2025, and there are precisely zero reasons to think that would have changed in 2026 without the AFL's changes to the ruck rules.
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    Opinion AUSTRALIAN Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    As a non-smoker, I wouldn't know first hand how much they sell for in the illegal tobacconist shops. From memory, media articles I read in the past suggested it was around $20-25 per packet, which is around (or less than) half the price of a legally purchased pack. I could be VERY wrong on...
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    There is no evidence whatsoever to support that theory. The AFL rule changes boosted the importance of his strengths (height & leap), while eliminating his weaknesses (his lack of physical strength); conversely, they robbed ROB of his strengths and boosted the importance of his weaknesses...
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    He's probably not the first... but he wouldn't have turned it around if the AFL hadn't changed the ruck rules.
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    Review R1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

    The question is how many of those ruck contests were centre bounces (not throw-ups) and how many were stoppages around the ground? I don't have any problem with him doing around the ground stoppages, only the centre throw-ups. There's no risk of players jumping into each other and clashing...
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    Opinion AUSTRALIAN Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    The problem with adding more tax to cigarettes these days is that (almost) nobody is buying them legally, and paying tax on them. Almost 90% of cigarettes sold in Australia these days are bought from black market sources, with no taxes paid. This is why there are so many tobacconist shops...
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