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I post this tribute to the late Pope here in the politics section, the death of a Pope is an overtly political moment. Better people will pay tribute to the late holy father, I'm surprised by how affected I've been by his death. I think mostly because as Pope, Francis was a real spiritual...

Honestly 2024 has been the worst year of my life, it can **** right off. This year really cant be any worse, unless I die which I wouldn't mind too much. Wishing everyone a great year.

Kick it off with Ian Hislop's review of the year, Ian is the editor of Private Eye a British political satire magazine, I've watched his reviews that last few years. I always find Ian both hilarious and erudite and has a knack for just making sense.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shot So I noticed there is no thread on this, anyone want to talk about it? I would think that the vast majority of us would conclude that murder is inherently an immoral act. On the other hand, is presiding...

So I miss the elegance and footwork of great low post play and hate the way that analytics has removed the midrange and post game from the sport. I like the idea of pushing the 3 point line back significantly, there should always be a place in the game for a dagger but it should be harder. Discuss

I love an easy YouTube recipe so I thought id start a thread I eat steak and eggs for breakfast 3 or 4 times a week, I had no idea it was a traditional Australian breakfast I just figured its what people ate for breakfast everywhere... This dude is a bit over the top with the spuds and...

Place to talk all things football, Champions league, EPL, World Cup qualifiers and so on.

So Trump is looking and acting more and more like a loser. So it has me thinking what happens if he loses? Will there be violence? Will he claim the election is stolen? Will he accept defeat? Will he run again? What happens to the the Republican Party? For me there is no way he goes...

After a weekend of organised far right violence across the UK, it leaves me with some very disturbing thoughts; 1. How can this be happening? how are the lessons of history lost on so many. 2. How much of it can be blamed on the former Tory government and their media supporters at Newscorp? 3...

Wikileaks front man Assange is set to enter a plea deal with the US and return to Australia. overall this is a decent outcome, all be it 10 years too late. I will openly admit I hate Julian Assange and I think he's a detestable person, however what he did with WikiLeaks was incredibly...

General Olympic discussion thread. I'll kick it off with the spinelessness of the IOC for allowing Russian athletes to compete and where is the discussion around banning Israeli athletes give the massacre that's going on in Gaza? Now I know that after Munich the banning of Israel would be a...

So I'm sort of familiar with Ice hockey and the rules, I'm more interested in the money. What's the annual payroll of a NHL team? What would a star player be on per season? I know they have bigger rosters than the NBA but I'm guessing the cap is much lower? What are the costs? Don't most...

The Final Four is here, who does everybody like? I'd like Perdue to take it out, call me sentimental but i love a 7'4 big man who doesn't shoot the 3 dominating the game.

So my mum is about to enter end of life care, its unfortunately the trajectory of things. Im gonna resign from my job tomorrow and stay the course with mum to the end. Financially I should be ok for at least 6 months, more than enough time to get mum sorted with whatever she needs. If I need...

I had by far the worst year on my life this year. Ive lost me dad, my mum is so sick she will likely end up i care. My personal life away looking after mum and working is a train wreck.. With all my heart I hoe next year is better for all of us. [

Young Josh seems to be having some problems this season. Seems a bit distracted. https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/nba/nba-looking-into-allegations-levelled-against-australian-star-josh-giddey/news-story/756cfbaa43e36bdc7c61c046f3bc4f89 I mean the girl looks 18 to me...

Had the big vote today to enshrine an aboriginal voice to parliament in the constitution, its lost in a landslide. Even Victoria the most progressive state in the country has voted no. In 1967 Australians voted to recognise Aboriginal people as Australians, 60 years later the country is more...

Needs its own thread. Israel will obviously win but what will their war aims be and what will the cost be in Palestinian blood?

Still making headlines despite for the most part forcing her way out of the game by her rampant narcissism Cambage now claims she will play for Nigeria despite Nigeria wanting nothing to do with her...

The Saudis are offering arguably the worlds best footballer 11.6 million pounds a week, on a one year contract to play in Saudi Arabia against goat herders. here is a humorous take from the guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/24/football-daily-kylian-mbappe-al-hilal-psg