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by Clio

31 July 2026 11 hrs

The AFL Is Really An Expanded VFL

Watching Fox Footy you cannot escape the fact that it is Melbourne-centric in its coverage. Virtually all its footy experts are based in Melbourne and they pander to the big local clubs like Collingwood, Carlton and Richmond. The AFL is really an expanded VFL and, indeed, that is how it came about. If you barrack for an interstate team, you will feel the neglect when you watch your side on Fox Footy. Channel 7 probably does a better job of having some tokenistic input via local boundary riders when covering home games for the interstate teams.

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by Clio

27 July 2026 5 dys

The Media & Its Role In Our Lives

Rupert Murdoch upon being questioned about Fox News and its blatant political bias defended it via these words. “It is not red or blue, it is green.” Green as in greenbacks, the American currency. Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, was telling us that the primary role of his network was to make money by exploiting the market for right wing news. The fact that Rupert Murdoch himself is a rabid supporter of right wing politics is neither here nor there, according to the billionaire businessman. I leave it to you the reader to weigh up the truthfulness of said statements. That news networks, like Fox, have left the anchoring principle of ‘objectivity’ far behind in their pursuit of viewers and advertising revenue is the real shame here. What is the point of having news platforms at all if they only tell one side of the story? It is not journalism but PR. The media and its role in our lives has been diminished by purveyors of it like Rupert Murdoch.

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Antisemitism Has Been Weaponised By The Far Right As A Witch Hunt

by Clio

23 July 2026 1 week

From Raiders & Enslavers To Right Wing Politics Today

There is a direct line through history from raiders and enslavers to right wing politics today. The fundamental belief underpinning all of these positions is that it is OK to enrich yourself at the expense of others. Further to that, the primary focus is always on your own desires and bugger the greater community around you. The Vikings are most famous as raiders, who came to other places to slaughter and pillage. They would enslave their most saleable surviving victims to enrich themselves, even more. This attitude to life and getting ahead still exists in a tempered form for right wing folk. The belief that it is a dog eat dog world and that only the strong will thrive flourishes in far right politics today.

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Episode 29: Caveman Sports & The Mysteries Of AFL Coaching - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

Robert Sudha HamiltonContact sports in the guise of AFL or rugby are coming under increasing scrutiny in regard to head knocks to players. The truth is that modern human beings are not designed to crash and bash into each other at speed. We have, obviously, evolved away from the need to do so in the natural world. Survival does not call for such behaviour these days and that has long been the case. It is, rather, recreational pursuits in the form of team contact sports which have become the unhealthy danger in recent years. The professionalism and commercialism within these sports have motivated players to become bigger, stronger and faster in pursuit of material rewards. The resultant clashes between these modern day gladiators are fuelling an increasing amount of brain injury diseases showing up in past and present players. Is it a situation where caveman sports have no place in a healthy life?The Mystery of Coaching AFLHighly paid but bloody hard work too.More likely to fail than find ultimate success, but still ex-AFL players try their hand at the caper. In this podcast we dig a bit deeper into the whole coaching challenge..Michael Voss & Brad Scott are the latest victims.Why were they unsuccessful????Robert Sudha Hamilton is a keen, longtime AFL fan. He like many wonders why? About so many things...

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You may or may not have noticed a dearth of Indigenous footy players running around in the current crop of AFL players. Indeed, you may be aware of the absence of star players like Bobby Hill...

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Victim blaming is popular among men, just ask their wives and girlfriends. The Fox Footy AFL media blame the Gold Coast Suns for their inability to succeed on an uneven playing field...

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22 Jul

Concerning video footage has confirmed what I suspected. Sydney Swans players are hugging and embracing each other prior to running out on the field. Now, I am all for public displays of affection at the appropriate times... https://www.golfdom.com.au/hey-sydney-stop-hugging-start-contesting-like-you-mean-it/