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The second half was better.

I think we'll be in the eight this year, but not as premiership contenders.

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Papalii last tackle hit up at the line, again? Pass it to somebody who's going to do something with it!

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Last tackle charge at the line into about 4 defenders. Stupid.

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Finally, some points.

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Well it hasn't been great so far for us, geez Melbourne look good.

So sick of them being so dominant year after year. Smith is the only big gun left, surely their time at the top has to come to an end soon...

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Woo! Good to get a win first up, doesn't happen often for us. First time we've kept a team to nil in six years, if the Fox commentators are to be believed. Quite happy with the defense, could be a little critical of all the dropped ball but there was a lot of rain. Melbourne next week, wonder how th...

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Well the defense is good so far.

Change of plans 20mins before the game, and I had to figure out how to watch live online. Took around 5mins to get Kayo going on my Apple TV; pretty good, might keep it for a while.

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We tried disenfranchisement, but people kept having revolutions There are still some people who aren't entitled to vote, though I doubt their uprising would be too successful: The following Australians are not entitled to enrol and vote: people who are incapable of understanding the nature and sign...

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I suppose it isn't salacious and have an "OMG s/he did what!?!??" effect like so many of the 'MP caught doing bad thing #258' stories we're accustomed to these days, but it's infinitely more important. Think back to the whole Barnaby Joyce affair/baby saga, when his family was still together and his...

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That's... not what I was referring to.

It's amazing that the computer networks of the major parties being hacked by a foreign government isn't considered the biggest political news story of the week.

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... and on that note, I must say I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the most notable news story of the week (not the Julie Biship thing).

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There were about 5 others arguing about this last week, where’d they all go? Just sitting round with pop corn? For reasons of employment, I try not to get too publicly involved in Australian politics. I do like watching other people discuss it, though. I generally either: Prompt discussion by askin...

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That one's never going to happen. All I'd like from our sponsor choice is for somebody non-contentious that isn't always in the news for something controversial. You know, a 'normal' sponsor - somebody like Mazda, JB Hi-Fi or LG. At the rate we're going, if Huawei doesn't re-sign we could be looking...

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Michael Ennis? Booooooo!

EDIT:
Just saw the announcement vid, one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

https://twitter.com/RaidersCanberra/sta ... 0520987649

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Finance hat on. For those that can wrap their heads around it, thoughts on the franking credit refund debate? For me, it comes down to whether you accept the core premise that income earned by companies (but passed on to shareholders in the form of dividends) should be taxed at the shareholder's mar...

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Fraser Anning formed a party a few weeks ago.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/senator-fra ... -nationals

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There's a very real chance that we'll have legislation passing from a lower house of chest beating faux class warriors into a senate controlled by a few right wing loons from the backblocks of the most ideologically hideous parts of Queensland. For the 2016 double dissolution election, they did the...

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Well here's something:

May 18 everybody, mark the date.

Meanwhile, new clues emerged confirming May 18 as the almost-certain election date, with the Liberal Party reserving space that evening at its favoured election-night hotel in Sydney.

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Surprised this thread has been so quiet for the past few weeks, there's a fair bit going on.

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True Detective season 3, huh? It's been a while - season 2 aired in 2015.

I want to watch it at some point, but I think I'm going to have to clear my backlog first. It's a pretty big backlog...

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Those of you with Xboxes - if you haven't seen it they're doing a 'first month' discount for Xbox Game Pass. $1. It's the Netflix of gaming, for those playing along at home. There's some good stuff on there, been using it a bit while I'm on break. I completed Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice, the Life is...

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Out of curiosity - I'm sure The GH has DEV/TEST environments?

Without wanting to cast aspersions at well-intentioned volunteers, this thread makes my alarm bells ring, hard.

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There's a fair bit of far-right support in QLD. Last election One Nation got about 9% of Senate first preferences there, which is more than double any other state. If there's anywhere far-right figures can get elected, its probably QLD. Last time around he was elected from the One Nation ticket thou...

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Made: Picking up piano again after ~1 year, and progressing through the 'lesson songs' really quickly, it isn't all gone like I thought it was! At my best I was intermediate-ish and could play songs like Scarborough Fair, The Entertainer, Over the Rainbow, etc. Ruined: Watching this guy and realisin...

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Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it's a little bit of assurance that our best player isn't going anywhere soon, and it makes a lot of sense.

On the other hand, I feel for Croker a little bit, and I've always had an irrational dislike for multiple captains in a team.

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Something I just discovered that's irrationally annoying: Newspoll appears to not have taken redistributions into account for their predictions. The "breakdown current prediction by" section of their site shows the ACT with two HoR seats - we now have three. I recall the consensus that the redistrib...

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I got bitten on the bridge of my nose by a mosquito while in the pool. Rude.

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gergreg wrote: ↑
December 12, 2018, 7:13 am
Who is on the board?

A bunch of dairy and food business execs. A couple of them have worked for/advised government before, but more in a contracting/public service sense - nowhere near close to having the PM on your board.

https://ccfa.com.au/management-our-people

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Why is it that the Raiders always have major sponsors that have links to politics and political interests? I know Canberra is the seat of government and all that, but the politicians are all here representing their own areas of the country - nary a Raiders supporter among them, if any. You've got Hu...

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Saw this yesterday:

Andy Serkis, the voice of Gollum from Lord of the Rings, dressed as Theresa May, doing the Gollum voice and talking about the 'precious' Brexit deal.

Whatever your thoughts on Brexit, this is definitely worth watching.

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85% black/white/grey - not just black. The colours that are either on the monochrome scale, or weird hybrids that are closer to grey than - for instance - blue. Largest chunk of that would've been white, I'd never buy a black car in a place where summer gets well into the 30s and above. If you looke...

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Read a car article today where the writer was bemoaning the loss of colour in cars, saying most cars these days are grey, grey, grey and more grey. What has been seen cannot be unseen. Having just driven home, I estimate 85% black/white/grey, 10% red and red variants, 4% blue and blue variants, and ...

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Of course it woudn't be normal if we saw an elected PM see out their full term. Haven't had that since KRudd's first stint. Further back, I think. John Howard would've been the last. Rudd was toppled by Gillard in 2010, then stayed on and re-contested his seat in the 2010 election. Not quite a full...

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Quote from the Canberra Times: Concern about “losing the base” was the best reason many of them could come up with for why Turnbull was ousted. They said Turnbull was turning off the (more conservative) Liberal Party membership. The problem with this reasoning is quite a big problem. In the United S...

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Yeah, that is a bit of a pain. Worth it though. If you keep your NAB transaction account you'll presumably be keeping a fair bit of money in there, for regular and emergency expenses - because transfers between banks takes a good day or so. That's money you don't get interest on. With a transaction ...

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