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Someone spoke to Soon or too Soon? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html?_r=0

That just puts us on their level. It doesn't matter how many of the jihadists that you kill, they become martyrs and a whole new generation of martyrs rises... this is exactly what resulted from Bush's war on terrorism following the Sept 11 attack. I don't know what the answer is (no-one does), but as far as I'm concerned, the old biblical approach of an eye for an eye will change nothing for the better and will surely make things worse for all concerned.

6PR 2nd half is about 10 minutes in

Apparently the all stars have just 2 players over 190cm... so they are at a major disadvantage when it comes to height. Haven't heard Nev mentioned a lot, but Lewis Jetta is getting quite a bit of it.

A friend of mine, Louiza Zervos, was one of those killed in the Bali bombing... she would have been one of the last people to call for the death penalty.

I would have thought that as it is appearing on a page headed Comment, it is probably an editorial opinion piece... in which case, the Chief Sports Editor (whoever that is) may have penned it?

I would not be in the least bit surprised to see a small spike in our memberships over the next week or so, following all of the press that Hogan and Garlett's efforts in the Intra Club match got.

It's footy when there's not much else happening footy-wise... I'll always be interested :-)

Who's that with the dreads? Looks like he's wearing #22? One of the Casey inclusions?

To go with the porkies?

I think he was rested for the entire fourth quarter

Hogan has 3 now?

Frost is being played as a forward?

Actually, I would have thought that what is acceptable and what is not could be controlled by the user/administrator... that is, there would be an editable file containing words and "D ick" would be in there by default.

I believe two almost suffocated.

Cruel and unusual? or... a blessing in disguise?

I'm having a Foxtel connected 55" LED TV (with a Foxtel Sports subscription) buried with me OD. No way I'm going to miss it when it finally happens.

Mecca lecca high mecca hiney ho, Hird and his boys are bound to go

And this last week just shows why the gap will never narrow anytime soon... From "View From the Street" column in the Sydney Morning Herald:

Well, I agree that we have lost a lot of our traditional values and that as a country we have become greedy and obsessed with our own personal status. One thing though, what do you mean when you say "I understand a religious tone"?

I really have to take issue with this "charity begins at home" comment. Charity should begin where it is most needed. yes we should be caring for our underprivileged and under-serviced indigenous communities, but equally we should be caring for others in parts of the world that have no hope of caring for themselves, or when there are disasters that strike even affluent communities down. For example, the Pakistan flooding (I had absolutely no hesitation in contributing to aid their recovery) or the tsunami that struck north Honshu in Japan (we had garage sales and contributed to an NGO in Japan to assist in relocation and rebuilding). You make comment about the world becoming divided along various lines... well, sharing and providing charity is one way of healing some of the rifts (obviously not all). One of the big reasons for the divisions we see these days, is the lack of diplomacy and little attempt to understand cultural differences by major world powers who are only interested in preserving their interests in resources (oil etc). America's war on terrorism is the perfect example... it made the world a more dangerous place (in my opinion) as it created a whole new generation of martyrs. As for terrorists tainting frozen foods... you are saying that they couldn't do it if the foods were produced and packaged here? I agree that our farmers are treated shabbily, but I would be blaming corporations who are looking to maximise profits and reduce expenses at all costs, for that. This is NOT just a matter of Asian countries undercutting our farmers, it is also a matter of our own local corporations getting more and more greedy - would you be complaining if the shoe was on the other foot and it was our farmers/suppliers who were undercutting the producers in Asian countries and reaping the rewards? Somehow I think not. To raise the spectre of terrorism as a reason to produce locally doesn't work. And to use the emotive argument of the "diggers" dying for our freedom no longer applies either. Yes we should never forget them or what they stood for, or what they did for our forefathers (and by extension, us), but we also have to recognise that times have changed, as has our position in this world. If we were to dwell on the past, I would not have my two wonderful sons as I would never have met my (now ex) wife who was from Japan.

"ESSENDON will be restricted to recruiting players who have been on AFL lists in the past two seasons should any of its squad be suspended by the League's Anti-Doping Tribunal." http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-16/league-sets-topup-rules

"Kicking and screaming"? Really? TDI said: "See my report on the injury in the training thread, mods can we close this thread can be covered inn the training thread, and it was his left knee not the right which he has supported with strapping" TDI then joined in the discussion and the suggestion to close the thread was never raised again. Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that you started that particular thread would it? I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't have started a separate thread (in fact, I'm glad it is separate), but really... how many millions of times have you been told not to exaggerate.

Well you would have to think that at least he won't be afraid of a contest.

We have no idea what we lost by not having Hogan as he was untried at the AFL level... same goes for Petracca now.