Solemn Sloth posted:

It’s outside the rules (electorate staff should not be performing political tasks in an election), the ombudsman has accepted the MPs version of events that they did not realise what they did was in breach of the rules, and the Labor party has paid the State back prior to these findings being released.

Yes what they did was wrong, up to you whether you believe they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong at the time they were doing it, it pales in comparison to LNP corruption.

Robodog posted:

Can they use this argument to get the afl to let the girls kick a loving full sized ball like normal?

NTRabbit posted:

In 2016 my local club across the road had 0 women's teams. In 2017 they had an open (16+) women's team, and enough U14 girls players to put out a 14 or so player team. This year they have a women's team, a women's U18 team, a girls U16 team, and a girls U14 team

bandaid.friend posted:

Last I heard Seven was refusing to broadcast the women's league on the main channel and to advertise games

DancingShade posted:

Was it on advertiser revenue grounds or something else?

CrazyTolradi posted:

I suppose rugby is fun if you're into watching fisting.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Did someone say Rugby League?

iajanus posted:

Stop quoting from my thread's op

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Did someone say Rugby League?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/hannahhollis_/status/970943737562984448

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Also

https://twitter.com/IllyBocean/status/977015658301894657

hawaiian_robot posted:

To people who say “Diversity is good because we get to eat lots of different food from different cultures”...
Well aside from the fact that I don’t think ‘exotic food experiences’ make up for rape, terrorism, racially motivated murder, rampant car-jackings, home invasions and possible societal collapse, I will tell you a story of my experience with ‘food from another culture’ that you might find interesting.
I went to an Ethiopian restaurant about a year ago in northern Melbourne.
My girlfriend at that time had previously lived in Africa for a year or two while accompanying her old man who was a manager of sorts for an international oil company. She consistently talked about how delicious ‘Ethiopian’ was. I doubted it from the beginning but my appreciation for her and for food compelled me to book a table for us there one Friday night.
Bless their hearts for trying but it was terrible. Running the place was an older African woman and her early–twenties son. No one else was there. Plastic chairs and plastic placemats on top of bedsheets for tablecloth. No serviettes and no cutlery (none at all) because ‘that’s their culture’.
The menu consisted of various medium meat slops or large meat slops. I suggested we just buy the largest meat slop and go for it together which was instinctive of me because apparently that’s how you order. You don’t order your own meals you just order once and everyone eats off the same oversized plate –with their hands.
But ‘homemade style’ bread which looks like pancakes was necessary to ‘scoop’ the meat slop from the central feeding trough without actually getting it all over yourself and the table.
I had to request more of the bread because we didn’t have nearly enough to eat without actually scooping our hands into the slop itself, but we were told there was no more available.
I insisted that we box it up and eat what remained at home with a fork/spoon and so that’s what we did.
This experience really put into perspective how primitive this culture is when compared with our own. Even though the restaurant was styled as a ‘cultural experience’ I had never realised how much more socially developed and eloquent our food preparations and eating styles were compared to what these people consider normal. In reality I had not experienced any actual culture at all by eating there, I had experienced a small episode of African poverty –And the reality of that poverty in most of Africa is probably far worse than what I had endured at this trendy Melbourne eatery. I could picture 20 black children all fighting each other to devour with their bare and dirty hands probably only a small fraction of what we had purchased at that restaurant.
It was a gloomy affair. But how was the food itself? Well the bones weren’t removed from the meat chunks in the slop which made for uncomfortable eating. Included in the slop were beans, crushed tomatoes and various spices which weren’t fully mixed through the slop, making some portions inedible due to being ridiculously spicy and other areas on the plate less than mild.
It was something I would never do again. But as I already said, this dinner really put things into perspective for me and I think many privileged ‘academic’ Leftists often mistake poverty for culture.
I certainly learned to fully appreciate the food and eating styles of my own culture and people: Clean cuts of seasoned or marinated meat accompanied by hearty vegetables followed by sweets to spike insulin production which helps the body to break down and shuttle nutrients to the muscles, my own plate from which only I eat, knives, forks, spoons, serviettes, etc.
Our culture is a great culture.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

drunkill posted:

would be good.


Victoria went from 50 women's teams in 2011 to 1000 in 2017.


They got the rights for two years for free. Zero cost to the afl to show games. They were rewarded with massive ratings for the first season, lots of free advertising money, pure profit and no cost to them apart from staff wages.

But from next season the rights will be sold off, so rumours are they are tanking the aflw so the cost will be lower due to poor ratings/interest etc. Here's hoping Channel 10 come in and try to swipe it off from channel 7 like they have done with the WBBL with channel 9.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

It's not animated in your op.

Krabboss posted:

There's an Ethiopian restaurant somewhat near me that I haven't been to yet. I like eating spicy mush with unleavened bread so maybe I'll go.

Krabboss posted:

There's an Ethiopian restaurant somewhat near me that I haven't been to yet. I like eating spicy mush with unleavened bread so maybe I'll go.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

GREENWOOD

hiddenmovement posted:

I agree lets turn this into the footy thread

Essendon have committed some shocking turnovers, but the two new guys from Adelaide look really great, Doedee in particular.

hawaiian_robot posted:

To people who say “Diversity is good because we get to eat lots of different food from different cultures”...
Well aside from the fact that I don’t think ‘exotic food experiences’ make up for rape, terrorism, racially motivated murder, rampant car-jackings, home invasions and possible societal collapse, I will tell you a story of my experience with ‘food from another culture’ that you might find interesting.
I went to an Ethiopian restaurant about a year ago in northern Melbourne.
My girlfriend at that time had previously lived in Africa for a year or two while accompanying her old man who was a manager of sorts for an international oil company. She consistently talked about how delicious ‘Ethiopian’ was. I doubted it from the beginning but my appreciation for her and for food compelled me to book a table for us there one Friday night.
Bless their hearts for trying but it was terrible. Running the place was an older African woman and her early–twenties son. No one else was there. Plastic chairs and plastic placemats on top of bedsheets for tablecloth. No serviettes and no cutlery (none at all) because ‘that’s their culture’.
The menu consisted of various medium meat slops or large meat slops. I suggested we just buy the largest meat slop and go for it together which was instinctive of me because apparently that’s how you order. You don’t order your own meals you just order once and everyone eats off the same oversized plate –with their hands.
But ‘homemade style’ bread which looks like pancakes was necessary to ‘scoop’ the meat slop from the central feeding trough without actually getting it all over yourself and the table.
I had to request more of the bread because we didn’t have nearly enough to eat without actually scooping our hands into the slop itself, but we were told there was no more available.
I insisted that we box it up and eat what remained at home with a fork/spoon and so that’s what we did.
This experience really put into perspective how primitive this culture is when compared with our own. Even though the restaurant was styled as a ‘cultural experience’ I had never realised how much more socially developed and eloquent our food preparations and eating styles were compared to what these people consider normal. In reality I had not experienced any actual culture at all by eating there, I had experienced a small episode of African poverty –And the reality of that poverty in most of Africa is probably far worse than what I had endured at this trendy Melbourne eatery. I could picture 20 black children all fighting each other to devour with their bare and dirty hands probably only a small fraction of what we had purchased at that restaurant.
It was a gloomy affair. But how was the food itself? Well the bones weren’t removed from the meat chunks in the slop which made for uncomfortable eating. Included in the slop were beans, crushed tomatoes and various spices which weren’t fully mixed through the slop, making some portions inedible due to being ridiculously spicy and other areas on the plate less than mild.
It was something I would never do again. But as I already said, this dinner really put things into perspective for me and I think many privileged ‘academic’ Leftists often mistake poverty for culture.
I certainly learned to fully appreciate the food and eating styles of my own culture and people: Clean cuts of seasoned or marinated meat accompanied by hearty vegetables followed by sweets to spike insulin production which helps the body to break down and shuttle nutrients to the muscles, my own plate from which only I eat, knives, forks, spoons, serviettes, etc.
Our culture is a great culture.

DancingShade posted:

Borrow the TARDIS from Doctor Who, dump this person in space.