It's not going to be a very nice western world in a few years or so.
Everyone flee to NZ or Canada. (Maybe not Canada, not sure yet)
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It's not going to be a very nice western world in a few years or so.
Everyone flee to NZ or Canada. (Maybe not Canada, not sure yet)
Any new Zealanders or Canadians can give us a msg about the state of politics? Is the up and comer a person who wants to stop the boats /stop immigrants /refugees /foreigners?
To the UK family - here's the guy to blame
In my world it's because conservatives are evil. EVIL!!!!
The Tories? UKIP are a protest party, like pretty much every party in the EU parliament. No one that's angry with the EU is going to vote for one of the mainstream parties because they fundamentally agree with the project. Unless that voter is vitriolic in their hatred of the EU that likely won't translate to domestic elections.
European Union parliament, a kind of ridiculous body that can't even propose legislation. All the power is with the unelected European Commission (the executive). The parliament can vote down, amend or send back legislation but it has no right of legislative initiative. UKIP - party centered around the idea that Britain should not be a part of the EU gained high numbers of support and topped the poll. Meaning that under their proportional representation system, UKIP are sending the most MEP (members of the european parliament) to Brussels. The liberal democrats were reduced to 1 MEP from 11.
What it means for them: It's likely some of the more traditional parties will have to offer a referendum on membership of the EU.
What it means for us: Nothing. Zip. Nada.
Well, sort of. Britain's situation is not even slightly analogous to our own when it comes to immigration.
Anyone in the EU can freely move to the UK (or anywhere else for that matter) and settle. This was expanded to a number of former eastern bloc countries and massive droves of people in those countries have resettled into the UK. The sheer scale of what they've seen is so far beyond what we've been experiencing. More than 3 million people have resettled in the last decade. It's a truly staggering number.
Not at all.
And this is a problem because the EU isn't homogenous enough socio-economically for that to work
Or culturally, or linguistically. There's no European identity like there's an Australian identity, or American Identity.
bobnowhere
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Lol wat South Australia?
Is it a full defection or is he just getting a cabinet position?
Is it a full defection or is he just getting a cabinet position?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-27/martin-hamilton-smith-defect-labor-minister-/5480710
Former Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has declared himself a South Australian independent Liberal and joined the Labor Government as a minister.
The former Liberal will become Industry, Trade and Defence Industries Minister.
Mr Hamilton-Smith says businesses need certainty and stable government.
"I have spoken to [current SA Liberal leader] Steven [Marshall] and explained my position," he said.
"What I am focused on is making a contribution.
"We are here to do everything we can to make South Australia a better place."
Wow!
Former Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has declared himself a South Australian independent Liberal and joined the Labor Government as a minister.
The former Liberal will become Industry, Trade and Defence Industries Minister.
Mr Hamilton-Smith says businesses need certainty and stable government.
"I have spoken to [current SA Liberal leader] Steven [Marshall] and explained my position," he said.
"What I am focused on is making a contribution.
"We are here to do everything we can to make South Australia a better place."
Wow!
Next time around Labor should bring Gillard back and make her the speaker.
The fuck is this horseshit?
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...athomable-depths/story-fni6unxq-1226933323469
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...athomable-depths/story-fni6unxq-1226933323469
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A More Normal Bird
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Why would he have to cross no-man's land to get to his own comrades? Why was there no question mark at the end of that sentence? Why is "okay, that might be a tad strong," followed by "that is exactly what he has done,"? Why is this opinion piece listed under news? I demand answers Adelaidians.
The 'Tiser actually went all-in on this one. They released two opinion pieces on it within a few hours.
old white men make for better "looking" evil villains in movies/tv/etc soIs this Lib Government the most photogenically creepy government in recent memory or is that just a trait native to all politicians?
Isn't Adelaide now run by The Advertiser, and by extension newscorp?
Yes, old white politicians are very good at being extremely creepy. But Pyne turns it up to eleven. He's not even downright terrible like that misogynistic fascist in Russia, he just says really annoying things while looking like the smuggest person in Australia. Its really easy to take bad photos but Pyne never looks good in any photo.
Speaking of LNP stuff, Frances Abbott's design folio (?) drives me nuts because every single piece of text in there is flush left/ragged right. There's nothing wrong with that choice but you have to justify your typography choices. A lot of her work just has ugly typography where whole blocks of sentences have identical length, destroying the entire reason why you might pragmatically choose to use flush left/ragged right. Since she went to Whitehouse, they had to provide her with the software and education to do typography well but her work isn't better than most architects I went through undergraduate with.
Speaking of LNP stuff, Frances Abbott's design folio (?) drives me nuts because every single piece of text in there is flush left/ragged right. There's nothing wrong with that choice but you have to justify your typography choices. A lot of her work just has ugly typography where whole blocks of sentences have identical length, destroying the entire reason why you might pragmatically choose to use flush left/ragged right. Since she went to Whitehouse, they had to provide her with the software and education to do typography well but her work isn't better than most architects I went through undergraduate with.
Holy crap it's true. As someone who is involved in the technical side of things that justification is flat-out wrong. More resources are required to capture and deal with the vast amount of information coming into the royal commission.
The Liberal party as a whole are increasingly fitting the textbook definition of sociopath:
Its great because its as if no one in the Liberal Party thought "hey this might backfire". If there's one thing that Australians hate more than asylum seekers, its pedophiles.
In other news, the Business Council and IMF are basically saying Abbott's budget is shit. Does a single person out in Australia actually like or agree with the budget? Because I'm not seeing it. Consumer confidence has tanked to GFC levels, capitalists don't like it, economists don't like it, students don't like it, academics don't like it, rural residents aren't fond of it.
In other news, the Business Council and IMF are basically saying Abbott's budget is shit. Does a single person out in Australia actually like or agree with the budget? Because I'm not seeing it. Consumer confidence has tanked to GFC levels, capitalists don't like it, economists don't like it, students don't like it, academics don't like it, rural residents aren't fond of it.
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Having the headline in all caps in the sidebar was a nice touch.
I'm pretty sure there's actual science that shows that if you have a soul you will be instinctively repulsed by the sight of the physical manifestations of evil that populate right wing politics.
Or at least that genetics may influence your views to some degree, pretty much the same thing.
On that note, Windsor spitting hot fire:
Tony Windsor said:
The shit literally writes itself.
Absolutely disgusting - trust me the shit those kids went though and the compensation some have been given is an absolute joke.
NEVER DONATING TO THE "SALVATION" (MORE LIKE PEDO) ARMY EVER AGAIN!
Having customers is good for growth? HOW ABOUT THAT SHIT
bobnowhere
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Apparently he stopped at a Macca's and everyone loved it!
Macca's! (*with bonus creepy Abbott picture)
I once went to a place once at a time without media and everyone there said I was awesome and stuff as well.
Crazy the heel turn that the IMF has done in recent years. Or maybe they just didn't go off the deep end.
You're teaming up with Martin Hamilton-Smith, Chris Davis and Dennis Jensen to form a new party?
Was this the second blackop for the young liberals?
coz... the adelaide now/advertiser is a part of newscorp. i not need say any more... fuck murdoch
WAT. Just wait for the GM license owning company to come knocking on Marsh's door now demanding license fees for growing crops using their licensed seeds.
Why would they when they weren't hoarding the licensed seeds for use (and actually removed the GM crops when discovered) unlike a certain other legal proceeding?
Yeah. Stand up for poor little Monsanto.
GM licensing lawsuits are collectively the worst Jurassic Park sequel ever
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