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(05-09-2024, 08:34 AM)Lods link Wrote:It would take courage, but wouldn't it be a 'statement' at this point of time.
It might, in a bizarre way, be exactly what the game needs to happen. Agree...That would be something and could be a catalyst for change, finding that player brave enough would be the tough task.
Maybe a gay senior AFL Administrator might be able to entice a few players to come out together and make it less pressure than just one individual having to shoulder all the attention they would get.
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(05-09-2024, 08:48 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Agree...That would be something and could be a catalyst for change, finding that player brave enough would be the tough task.
Maybe a gay senior AFL Administrator might be able to entice a few players to come out together and make it less pressure than just one individual having to shoulder all the attention they would get.
The fact that in 2024 there would be any pressure just shows how ridiculous the whole preposition is.
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https://www.afl.com.au/news/1125258/mums-with-mics
Not sure where exactly to put this. For those interested in something a little lighthearted, a chat between Tracey McKay and Jackie De Koning, mums of the McKay and De Koning boys.
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(05-10-2024, 01:44 AM)PaulP link Wrote:https://www.afl.com.au/news/1125258/mums-with-mics
Not sure where exactly to put this. For those interested in something a little lighthearted, a chat between Tracey McKay and Jackie De Koning, mums of the McKay and De Koning boys.
I listened to both episodes, a very pleasant listen. Nice to get a different perspective. Also nice there are 2 Carlton players that are sons so a bit of 'inside' talk
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05-22-2024, 01:48 AM
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Some people seriously injured in flight overnight, while I feel sorry for the people killed or injured I suspect most of the injured ignored the airline guidelines.
I've probably already been around the globe a dozen times or more having racked up 500K miles two decades ago and stopped counting, it must be hundreds and hundreds of flights mostly international.
I've never been on the flight were they tell you don't bother with your seatbelt and leave your crap on the floor. Yet I see people do this every flight, worse they undo the belt and have a sleep. I can't say how many times I've seen clear air turbulence hit one of the flights I've been on, enough turbulence to send the staff and service carts heading towards the ceiling. The worst I've suffered is having the person next to me spill a coffee on my legs. Yet people continually ignore the warnings, people are stupid!
On one flight after such an event I had to berate a passenger who unloaded on a hostess for not serving when the seatbelt light came on, people are stupid and ignorant.
Like cigarette packet warnings, as cruel as it may be for some nervous flyers, the airlines should show a movie about what happens to make passengers realise how serious the recommendations are.
It's not just the offenders who get hurt, it's the people around them.
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Odds on Oprah starts putting the kilos back on, but trust her semaglutide had nothing to do with her health crisis.
If you want to know why these young influencers are dropping dead unexpectedly, ignore the vaccine nutters and investigate the semaglutide black market. For every single one that drops dead, there are another 20 or 30 that have had a very close call! 
There is a some true irony and tragedy in young people who in social media openly rally against vaccines, claiming COVID vaccines kill, measles vaccine will cause down syndrome, etc., etc., then freely jab themselves to death with semaglutide! :o
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For anyone doing it tough this wont be helping your mindset...
https://au.yahoo.com/finance/news/607500...47428.html
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A few more nails in the American coffin :
The Supreme Court said it's ok for cities to criminalize homelessness on the same day they said courts can now toss out whatever regulations they disapprove of.
Sleeping on a bench? Go to jail.
Dumping toxic waste into the river? The statute is ambiguous, you can keep going.
Attempted to overthrow the government by storming the Capitol? That's ok as long as you didn't actually touch documents vital to a proceeding. Just don't sleep on the bench outside though, then you'll go to jail.
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(06-28-2024, 11:15 PM)PaulP link Wrote:A few more nails in the American coffin :
The Supreme Court said it's ok for cities to criminalize homelessness on the same day they said courts can now toss out whatever regulations they disapprove of.
Sleeping on a bench? Go to jail.
Dumping toxic waste into the river? The statute is ambiguous, you can keep going.
Attempted to overthrow the government by storming the Capitol? That's ok as long as you didn't actually touch documents vital to a proceeding. Just don't sleep on the bench outside though, then you'll go to jail. you know society is bereft of morals and values when they criminalise homelessness which most people have minimal control over. I haven't met someone who's homeless who said I just didn't want to live in a house anymore. They are the down trodden victims of social disorder resulting in a spiral of hopelessness and a cycle of poverty that would be difficult to break out of. Yes someone them have made some really poor choices but these people would probably choose prison over the streets. At least they will. Know where their next meal comes from.
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(06-28-2024, 11:59 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:you know society is bereft of morals and values when they criminalise homelessness which most people have minimal control over. I haven't met someone who's homeless who said I just didn't want to live in a house anymore. They are the down trodden victims of social disorder resulting in a spiral of hopelessness and a cycle of poverty that would be difficult to break out of. Yes someone them have made some really poor choices but these people would probably choose prison over the streets. At least they will. Know where their next meal comes from.
I'm not so sure myself that these people would choose prison over the streets. They can get themselves into prison pretty easily if they wanted. There's little doubt in my mind that part of the reason for this legislation is to funnel homeless people into the American, for-profit prison system, where they can be blatantly and shamelessly exploited as free or dirt cheap slave labor. I've seen reports of one prisoner being paid 13 cents an hour for their work. Every aspect of prison life is privatized - food, medicine, communication etc.
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