David Zampatti

writing on theatre and other popular arts for the From the Turnstiles blog

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@Christo62423019 @rocknrollofall Cold Chisel. It’s an Australian thing.

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@freocookster She’s done her work for the LNP. Now she’ll just get thrown some scraps by Dutton and get to be a minor go-to talking head for the Australian and Sky.

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@orwellian22 @AlboMP @Bowenchris According to the CSIRO, one nuclear power station will cost AUD8.5 billion to build (or around four times the Cook government’s commitment to battery technology). So what on earth are you talking about?

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@dny951 @DockerBoy79 Wouldn’t it be great if everyone who said they were out got up and went.

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@lozza929406 @mr_chitafa He already has. Only questions are when (asap) and where (big Melbourne club).

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@TheLlamaKingg A bloke I knew well believed Fyfe was the best player he’d ever seen (going back to the late ‘50s), because he thought a team of 18 Fyfes would beat a team of 18 of any other player.
Just one man’s opinion, but he was in the AFL Hall of Fame, so I guess he was worth listening to.

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@Guy1ncogn1t0 All you people who say you are “done with”, Justin, or Nat, or Son Son, or all the other of our players/staff you’ve moaned about this year, please tell me: if you’re “done”, what do you plan to “do?).
Because one without the other is just useless.

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@BradKlibansky @cinchingsteve John Coleman?

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@cinchingsteve @BradKlibansky Not over here they don’t, Steve. Greatest player ever is Harley Reid.

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@CalltoActivism Scab

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@PhilUnfiltered Would like to see Bont get it - will need maximum votes from his best games. I do think N. Daicos is special, but. Maybe not enough this year.
Wouldn’t be surprise, though, to see Neale and Serong go one-two or two-one. The umps won’t miss the amount they produce in the guts.

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@AngelaBelcamino Perfect guillotine candidate

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@CrucibleOfThght Trump’s Boss Man Messiah acolytes did him a big favour jumping on Gus before Trump got the chance to in one of his late night rambles.
Because, have no doubt about it, he would have - and that would have blown his campaign apart.

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@Jinky_n_CardiP @freocookster I’d say betting on the likelihood of war is obscene.
On the other hand, winning a 2027 Freo membership (in their second premiership year) might be worth it.

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@Culture_Crit It’s a myth. The tower isn’t leaning, it’s falling down.

Very slowly.

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@DylanMcEvoy @BernieBrinkman @Rxstaaaa Both of them bring different things. If you had to choose between them, though, surely you’d take Warner every time.

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@laceoutofficial What a disgraceful commentary. Forget Houston - I’d give them all weeks for it.
As for the “back in our day” line, well big f#x§~ng deal. There are so many ways players show courage on the field, but those blokes are getting all rigid over that?? Jesus.

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@ThinkAppraiser @SarahisCensored Again, let’s get this clear. She was not marked “zero” - her opponent won the point (and the other 17 points on offer). There’s nothing obscure about a zero score in sport; happens in the world’s biggest sport all the time!

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@blowingtom2 There’s something comforting about Morrison. With most politicians you’re in the stressful position of not knowing whether they are lying or not.
With Morrison, you can relax. You know he is.

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@PhilLeahy @danilic Seriously, you can tip a bit if you got world-beating service. Generally, though, not necessary (restaurant/bar staff here get decent wages, superannuation etc).