Melbourne Cup

[Matabele]

Nothing to do with convict land.  My point was it's an exercise in marketing to the masses and the bookies laugh all the way to the bank.

Proof that a population is just as easily manipulated as it was in 1930s Germany. 

 

[ManlyBacker]

Sort of like any religious thought . It is an exercise in marketing to the masses and the 'leaders' laugh all the way to the bank. Talk about lemmings being manipulated.

 

[Matabele]

giddy up ol' fella. 

Pondering your "narrow acceptable scope" comment I did find myself watching the election news on a commercial news channel last night.  I only watch sports on commercial TV and get most of my news content from internet and static pictures - and I can't get streaming videos at work etc.

I was quite shocked to realise I don't think I'd seen Palin in TV pictures until last night (thank goodness).  But I did realise that my intake of news is quite different from the broad populace in that its more about reading content than it is about visual. 

 

[clontaago]

Well finished off a great carnival by putting my entire carnival takings on Samantha Miss @ 1.90.

 

[Nutzcraw]

I had probably the worst spring carnival of my short punting career. Would hate to know the damage.