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    DAMIAN SMITH

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    Ranking The South Sydney Wingers (2002 - Present)
    Damian Smith
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 23 min

    Ranking The South Sydney Wingers (2002 - Present)

    I said I'd do it and I did. I needed to figure out just how bad Campbell Graham is, just where he fits in on a list that has some truly t...
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    Taking The Tandy
    Damian Smith
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 7 min

    Taking The Tandy

    (This got a lot longer than I expected, but I do hope it's worth the journey.) For those of you familiar with me it's no secret I'm a mas...
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    World Autism Awareness Day
    Damian Smith
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    World Autism Awareness Day

    As some of you may or may not know, April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. Autism is a wonderful condition that makes you more powerful...
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    Tu quoque
    Damian Smith
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Tu quoque

    I recently posted a blog about the rampant corruption of the Liberal National Party because, well, they’re rampantly corrupt. I do things...
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    The Annual Damo Awards For Film
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Annual Damo Awards For Film

    Well once again the Oscars are done with and once again the Academy got it all wrong. Not only did they pick the wrong films, they picked...
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    A Quick Addendum
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Quick Addendum

    In the time it took me to format and upload my list of LNP fascist thuggery yesterday, they actually managed to pile on more things that ...
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    The 14 Signs of Fascism...yet again.
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 21, 2019
    • 5 min

    The 14 Signs of Fascism...yet again.

    Every so often I put out one of these lists detailing how the LNP government are fascists, with the numerous examples they provide me. I ...
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    The Corrupted Blood Incident
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Corrupted Blood Incident

    I’ve done a lot of posts lately about things I hate, how about something positive? Here’s something I like. The new card back for Hearths...
    23 views0 comments
    Review: Anthem (tl;dr - don't)
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Review: Anthem (tl;dr - don't)

    So over the weekend I downloaded the demo to the hotly anticipated BioWare “action RPG” Anthem. Now that the initial anger and disappoint...
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    Facts Don't Care About Feelings
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 5 min

    Facts Don't Care About Feelings

    (yes it's a quote from Ben Shapiro, yes he is a dickhead, but even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and then) Religion is a stic...
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    A Long Time Ago...games used to be good
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 8 min

    A Long Time Ago...games used to be good

    I’m not saying that Disney’s acquisition of all of the Lucas assets is the worst thing to happen in the history of mankind, but it is def...
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    Earn This
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 22, 2019
    • 6 min

    Earn This

    In Iron Man, the film that began the MCU all those years ago, Tony Stark is a dick. He’s a narcissist, an arrogant billionaire who cares ...
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    Stop Promoting Shit Comedy
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    Stop Promoting Shit Comedy

    Usually when I’m due for a blog and looking for inspiration I’ll just wait for something to make me angry and write about that. Today is ...
    43 views0 comments
    En Fuego
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    En Fuego

    You'll get a new blog when the heatwave ends. It's too hot to be clever.
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    Shorten's Sweet
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    Shorten's Sweet

    On the rare occasion I stoop to listening to the vox populi a regular refrain can be heard time and again: “I’m not a Liberal, but I don’...
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    Recipe For Success
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 5 min

    Recipe For Success

    (Warning up top - I'm talking film structure here. And like the arrow in the FedEx logo, once you see structure you can never unsee it) S...
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    Ranking The MCU
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 19 min

    Ranking The MCU

    Enjoy Taika Waititi narrating the Marvel Studios intro. As we move forward into 2019 I want to do a series on film structure, character d...
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    Netflix and Lies
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    Netflix and Lies

    I finally watched Annihilation on Netflix last night and it’s a rather good film. It’s an old-fashioned sci-fi film with more than a bit ...
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    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018 (In memory of John “Total Biscuit” Bain, who passed this year, and his Arbitrary Awards, bot...
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    All The Faults In The Last Jedi (updated)
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 25, 2018
    • 71 min

    All The Faults In The Last Jedi (updated)

    So a lot of you really liked it when I posted a 15,000 word article about how The Last Jedi was a steaming pile of shit (because it is a ...
    107 views0 comments
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