The CCP military parade must be destroying Trump right now.
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The CCP military parade must be destroying Trump right now.
He was arrested six hours ago.
I think the celebrations will last much longer. The whole thing that is saving us is that Trumpism is built on nothing. VD Vance won't have the mojo to carry it off.
Lol just copped a two day ban on reddit for stating that it's OK to punch Nazis. Prissy little Melbourne mods.
How vile. Fun fact for your correspondent, there's a generation of wonderful young people who are more than ready to double down the fight against these arseholes. youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0
Not sure if Matt wants head scratches (cute) or headbutts (dick move).
Thanks Bob Carr for setting out your reasons for your trip to China to commemorate the end of WWII. The Chinese and Russian peoples were Australian, UK and US allies during that conflict. We must work harder now to remove the threat of another world war. 👇
Scammers are evil, yep, but gift cards for the Government, that's on you (or your carer).
I can clearly see the argument raised by the residents that the light rail would promote over-development of the coast.
I cannot state more clearly that Nazis are all losers. Both in the general sense that Nazis have lost every war they've contested, but also in the more individual sense that people become Nazis as a reaction to being a sad, pathetic loser.
The biggest ongoing con in Australia is how the business class has convinced the government that their own incompetence is the government's fault.
Any and all deals or accommodations we make with the USA right now should come with automatic repeal/review provisions in 3 1/2 years.
the only thing that slowed (though arguably maybe not stopped) uncontrolled car bloat in Norway (nasty shit in massive EVs with wildly overpowered electric motors) was our stringent weight-based tax introduced in 2023 robbieandrew.github.io/EV/ www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/du...
People are incorrigibly dumb, and I don't think phone distraction can be socially or regulatorily stamped out. It is a strong argument for autonomous vehicles.
Turo sounds like a terrible idea, there's no way in hell I'd rent either from or to a private citizen. You'll end up with idiots like her.
Something that the Democratic Party won't ever fix. Good luck with your democracy, you're going to need it.
My wife has always wanted a donkey.
Looking at affordable, sustainable alternatives to a basic septic system. Got any advice? Water saving not required, prefer wet systems.
Any jedi or sith can sense the midichlorians in another.
I don't understand the power Trump has over Europe. It must be humiliating.
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OMFG ABC news reporting Senator Patterson's 'deep concerns' that Albo hasn't met Trump. What is this confected bullshit, why is it considered news worthy of a national bulletin?
They're as trained to pick up garbage as they are to provide civil police services.
Given there were ten cops, they must have thought there would be trouble, but somebody fucked up the operational plan.
Half the capability of Ukrainian sea drones at ten times the budget I'll bet.
Everyone in the Flora and Fauna Directorate which cooked up this scheme was deep green and deeply cynical about it all. Get them over a beer on Friday night they'd wax about Deep Ecology, Arne Naess, Thoreau... But this is the system we operate in.
At a minimum, selfish cnuts with no self-reflection. More generally, full of hate and resentment, wanting to follow orders while dominating the 'weak'.
And DTF were immune to all arguments that didn't have a dollar value. So we relied on spurious willingness to pay methods of valuation that we absolutely had to manipulate to make it add up. All terribly disheartening. This of course led to habitat hectares & biobanking. More dodgy accounting.
When I was helping draft the first Victorian Biodiversity Strategy we commissioned research on how much the general public cared or understood. Turned out, very very little.
One thing history teaches us, there is never a shortage of brownshirts.
But seriously if you actually believed this then you already *knew* that kids are getting involuntary sex change, that COVID is a bioweapon, that Labor are taxing the family home,.... and you get all your news from Sky clips on Facebook.
It's a rule that the word count rises, plot declines. If you can't say it in three books you're just banging on.
There's a pretty well known and established cooker community up there, my wife had a small but unpleasant interaction with them - security required - and they've terrorised the Council for years now. This is an almost inevitable outcome of their insular cult system.
I'll still wager there's no conscription in this country in the next two decades.
Not really the same thing though, as Germany has a long and recent history of conscription, and has a far more imminent threat from Russia. Happy to predict there will be no conscription in Australia in the foreseeable future. Which doesn't make AUKUS any less of a terrible idea.
Wait you want nuance???
Don't believe the astroturfers, many/most farmers want wind farms, as long as they share the benefits and aren't imposed by faceless outsiders.
You didn't warn me it was about Joe Rogan. That was more of that creature than I've ever had. What *is* the appeal?
C'mon Robert, you're now allowed to carry more than 100ml of liquid on to a plane. (apart from Nazi propellants, has anyone anywhere made a two part liquid explosive?)
Also a reminder for the terminally thick that walk amongst us, whatever their ideology, both Israel AND Iran can be bad.
The additional police powers and budgets will be retracted immediately.
Porter Davis execs pulled the same shit.
At least NFTs were mostly harmless ways to extract cash from idiots.
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Oh longer than than. Stern Gang and Irgun were out and out terrorists.
Without any knowledge of the system, let me guess it was designed by one of the consultancy firms and ticked off by Treasury.
It's a pity that we don't have the brains or coordination to utilise this waste heat in a vaguely circular economy. But hey that's capitalism.
I read that, had he put his inheritance into a New York real estate trust that he had no control over, he'd be tens of billions richer by now.
And yet my border collie is smarter than some people, on a scoop of chips and chunk of roll.
Unfortunately civility does not breed civility. Trump is extremely likely to stop breathing in the not too distant future. What happens next is anyone's guess.
$750 for under 65.
Machine graded timber my arse.
I can't help but look myself up and wonder what I've done to offend people I've never interacted with. Or those who completely misunderstood me.
The one path that could finally bring the Victorian Liberal party (and their shock jock fellow travellers) back to govt but it would never ever occur to them
Are you aware of clearsky?
Robespierre was misunderstood
But there will be so many innocent victims. We will have to vow that it never happens again. A bit of psychological reinforcement will be required. I am of course referring to guillotines.
I believe recent AI, crypto scams are merely the end point of the metascam of financialisation that has been under way since the 70s. When it all tumbles down, I'm not going to have much sympathy for merchant bankers, day traders, tax lawyers etc. They can jump out the nearest window frankly.
Normal person: Genocide is bad Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political
Are citizens expected to provide their own pitchforks and flaming torches, or are they government provided? Maybe a rebate system?
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social the freeze on the NCC is absolute crap. Draft changes are minor sensible improvements, if your business can't handle them you shouldn't be building. www.permitpoint.com.au/whats-new-in...
The way I see it, it's impossible for me to verify, & if they are legit you're giving cash to black marketeers who control tunnels. There's plenty of aid waiting to be delivered, and many reputable charities trying to operate.
Typically good simple direct article by Gittins www.rossgittins.com/2025/08/want...
Guling
Funny and true and well worth a watch, not just because it features friend of the @theshot.net.au @purplepingers.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9k-...
You could probably make the same claim about the NSW Right faction re the USA.
Staying the 2025 NCC changes is very on brand for this govt. Fall victim to rentseeking lazy whingers, delay sensible improvements that benefit home owners. Kick can down the road. Zero 'productivity' gain.
I said, “Howard. You’re a cunt. You haven’t got my support, you never will have and I’m not going to rubbish you or the party tomorrow but I feel a lot better having told you you’re a cunt.”
Zero compensation should be offered for any industries after that date.
Official binding Australian government policy via treaty obligations since UNFCCC 1992.
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Those two and a dash of Worcestershire sauce = hamburger & steak sanga sauce.
Once Putin has been defenestrated we'll stop worrying about him.
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Isn't YouTube (Google) running a HC case on two grounds? 1) not social media 2) implied right to political communication, including for u16s.
I work in the new estates and they're 90%+ treed. Only small, obviously, need to grow, but this is a common misconception about these places.
The new urgent care clinics are great, too.
Twenty flamingos would permanently decommission a refinery. Ukraine will be able to take out two a month soon. I don't think Russia can survive that. We look forward to it.
Literally every street in the new estates have street trees. And there's a guideline that estate layout must be 70% east west oriented.
Not the worst article, but not my experience. Yes my wife is my #1 confidante, but that's mutual. And we do things together and separately with overlapping circles of friends.
I don't think calling Russia's aggression against Ukraine 'resolving a border dispute' to be a great or useful characterisation.
Kiwi getfuckedness is just as high as Aussie. If shit goes down, these oligarchs won't be treated cruelly, but they'll be out in the sheep paddock in three seconds flat.
The only reason I can think for that is to somehow protect the oligarchs building bunkers there? Anyway, sweet gig for the officers posted there.
That horse hasn't just bolted, it's three farms over living its best life.
They won't though, will they. I mean, I hope they have mostly fair elections again, but they're never getting corporate money out of their system.
One thing that makes me sleep a little easier at night is the knowledge that slim Jim will never ever be our foreign minister.
@3rrrfm.bsky.social helps make Melbourne awesome. I can't believe you're not a subscriber.
Obscure glass would be required here (8 metres to private open space or a habitable room) except that they got in while the rest of the estate was building. It's rubbish.
Angus is such a triumph of marketing, I pity the Hereford, Charolais, Murray Grey producers.
A question nobody asked. You're not too old spud, you were too unpopular and bad at the job.
'legal' because the day the building permit was issued these weren't occupied. No matter that everyone knew they were going to be in breach for the rest of the shitty house's life.
Overlooking requirements? Never heard of them.
Policies that arent vaguely radical, that would be incredibly popular, if we lived in a democracy.
Really trying to make a two tone joke here, coming up with nothing
You know better than me that the age has always been captured by real estate industry.
Is it the vocal fry?
Preach. A box they're spending tens of billions inflating. Saw an estimate 35% of US stockmarket current 'value' is AI hype, while a trillion dollar spend on data centres next few years is what's keeping the economy afloat. There will be blood.
Been hearing a lot of complaints about Sydney weather. I am very sorry to hear it.
Poland has grown from 100k to 300k in a decade, more than enough to clean out Kaliningrad and provide a spare corps to Ukraine . Belarus isn't suicidal, they'd stay out of that fight. Finland would do enough to sink/paralyse the Murmansk fleet. Putin would be risking defenestration.