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What a complete waste of his time and money.
one narcissistic nob vs another. wonderful
bobnowhere
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I want Dr. Cornel West to host Q&A from now on.
shanshan310
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Yeah, he's been great!
One tweet asked why ?uestlove from The Roots was on Q&A. I laughed.
But jesus, the bigots in that audience last night. That woman who bitched about not making cakes for gay weddings? Come the fuck on. And she couldn't even wait for the microphone to blast forth her homophobia.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/fed...lthy-from-tax-disclosure-20150608-ghiv74.html
No surprises here, well they did say they will be a "no surprises" government.
I love Ludlam. He's the first real MP that has a solid grasp of gen X and Y issues and how to communicate with us without coming off as pandering or trying too hard.
Hell, I think I might even have some kind of a man-crush on him.
Aarglefarg
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Ceiling cat is watching you negative gear.
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Joe Hockey tells aspiring first home buyers: 'Get a job that pays good money'
Man of the People, Joe Hockey.
Man of the People, Joe Hockey.
That is literally "let them eat cake" in the original meaning.
We provide those things to individuals by forcing other individuals to fund them. Some individuals benefit more than others, some individuals pay more than others. If you're personally in favour of robust state funded health, education, and welfare, then fair enough. I don't see how it arises cleanly from your principle though, or at least requires an unreasonably specific definition of "collective". Someone sharing your principle is going to object to paying tax to fund the health and education of the local economy, because in their eyes that's sacrificing the individual for the collective. I'd be interested to know how you'd approach an argument with someone who held that view.
We're talking about two different levels of organisation. An individual might or might not know how to best organise their own life, but knowing how to organise a country is a different matter altogether. All I mean by the "I know best" quote, was that's how those in favour of state funded health, education and welfare are often characterised by those opposed to it. I'm not in favour of the state micromanaging peoples lives.
like on one hand i realise yeah, calling people homophobes and bigots does nothing to change their mind and just hardens attitudes etc, but it's also, like, what the fuck guys, you're being bigots and homophobes, get it the fuck together
scott morrison is a twit regardless though
scott morrison is a twit regardless though
I voted for him. Twice.
Why don't poor people just buy more money?
Colourful language Leyonhjelm. Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm was confronted by protesters from the Flat Earth Institute this morning as he turned up to a hearing for the Senate Inquiry into Wind Turbines. Leyonhjelm told the pair to "fuck off" and they asked if he would "come frack with them". When the Senator was challenged about the incident on Twitter he said that the protesters were "not citizens, but parasites". Guessing their free speech is not so important then?
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bobnowhere
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There is something creepy about how he uses "citizen." Those who agree with him are and those that don't...
Reminds me of something.
Reminds me of something.
Deleteeeeee
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Its one thing to have a team that can actually do stuff properly, and its another thing for the leader to be actually able to wield that work like Ludlam can.
This is where going on Alan Jones' radio show and just nodding and agreeing with him doesn't work for you. Over and above going on Alan Jones' radio show.
viciouskillersquirrel
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He and much of the regression he represents will be dead in the medium term.
Hah, Ludlam just tweeted "Some days they make it easy for us" with this link: Tony Abbott says his daughter proves it is possible for young people to get on the property ladder
Edit: I just had to laugh at Ludlam's location on Twitter, too:
Edit: I just had to laugh at Ludlam's location on Twitter, too:
So she bought a property in Canberra, where the government has slashed public service jobs in a local economy that is driven by the public service sector......what does that have to do with housing prices in Sydney?
Not without much wasted money and many attitudes forged. The specific regression is irrelevant because humans will remain susceptible to anyone that appeals to our base emotions, and given that it a path to money and power, that will continue to happen. "Progression happens eventually" is cold comfort in cases where action is needed quickly, say in the case of climate change. Children are locked up in offshore prison camps by us with our knowledge for that reason. 73% of people believe that the government should revoke the citizenship of sole nationals if they're suspected of terrorism. We're on a fast slope towards a type of fascism that is completely supported by both major parties.
So yeah, we'll probably ultimately get more wind farms and less coal. We'll also all be performative nationalists whereby it will be illegal to not salute when passing an Australian flag, we will have state mandated southern cross tattoos, and new ADR rules will say that all cars must have "If you don't like it, leave" stickers on the back. This is the future and I have seen it.
bobnowhere
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So she bought a property in Canberra, where the government has slashed public service jobs in a local economy that is driven by the public service sector......what does that have to do with housing prices in Sydney?
Housing is stagnant in Canberra, it hasn't really dropped and is still very expensive. The issue is that the cheaper housing at the edges of Canberra instead of being 2 hours of Sydney traffic from her job she would be a 1/2 hour in not particularly heavy traffic away from her job. Plenty of of nice new and established housing for <300k-450k, 20-30mins from Parliament house. She sure as hell hasn't bought in North or South Canberra, plenty of 1mill+ stuff there.
Probably should also mention that she is not well liked in her department as she was promoted way beyond her qualifications and talent because well, she has a famous Dad. Also I imagine she is last in line for a forced redundancy.
I eventually watched "The Killing Season" last night, I found it boring and not particularity insightful. Rudd's an egomaniac, Labor aren't even as close to as bad as the LNP make out, Turnbull a moron etc... Nothing we haven't seen before.
Huh, I'm surprised you know quite a bit about Canberra and her specifically. Something you read or just gleaned from various articles and stuff?
bobnowhere
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Live in Canberra!
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More curious about Abbott's daughter though. It's almost an uncomfortable amount you know about her job
bobnowhere
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More curious about Abbott's daughter though. It's almost an uncomfortable amount you know about her job
One of those well known things around Canberra.
SMH Article
Probably the worst sin the public service is jumping over others for promotion, at lower/mid levels especially when the nepotism is so obvious. The public service, what's left of it, is basically just a big queue, no jumping! It's also very left leaning. People do eventually top out according to the Peter Principle but the higher ups are packed with genuine talent
smells a bit like burning coal .
Indeed.
also this is pretty amazing. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...back-asylum-seeker-boats-20150611-ghm5ru.html
Holy shit. So isn't that encouraging smugglers to try getting people over here if they'll get paid? What's stopping smugglers dumping the boat and keeping the money?
Christ almighty.
Elaugaufein
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It's even more meaningless in politics and business where people will deliver bald faced lies rather than shuck bizarre bylaws and regulations on when information can be shared.
Elaugaufein
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I'm not against investigating potential dangers, the thing that annoys me about Wind Farms is that we've done this investigation, multiple times, finding nothing.
Furthermore if you repeat an investigation enough times, sheer random chance says you'll eventually find that its a statistically significant risk to health (if there's a 5% chance that you'll erroneously diagnose something as being dangerous then after 20 studies there's a 64% chance you'll get an erroneous positive).
Furthermore if you repeat an investigation enough times, sheer random chance says you'll eventually find that its a statistically significant risk to health (if there's a 5% chance that you'll erroneously diagnose something as being dangerous then after 20 studies there's a 64% chance you'll get an erroneous positive).
shanshan310
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Generally yeah. I guess it depends on the context though. The quote is a bit... ah..
Host: "surely we wouldn't pay people smugglers - they're criminals!"
Abbott: "*sighs* well what we do is, we stop the boats. By hook or by crook. Because that's what we've gotta do and that's what we've successfully done".
If they aren't doing it definitely sounds like he's not against the idea.
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