OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[bazza]

If you think this merkin's been hard done by, you've rocks in your f**king head. It's the words of his contemporaries that damn him, not some onlooker or bystander, merkins that served with him.

Yes - he has been very hard done by since returning from service. He only got that executive level job at Channel 7 through his own hard work and expertise of the media industry

 

[King-Gutho94]

Bruce lerhmann interview was on C7 last night. Who was alleged to have raped Brittany Higgins.

But I hear Lisa Wilkinson hasn't come out looking great in it.

For all those years on Today show I thought she was carrying Karl.

But actually Karl now looks like better individual then the clown Wilkinson will be remembered for.

 

[Gronk]

We were at Bar Italia yesterday when this went down. The owner in the beret was being interviewed when we walked into the back garden.

 

[hindy111]

Whats the go with he trains. Are all lines shut every weekend for a year? Or just be similar to now which seems to be about every 5 weeks

 

[the phantom menace]

If you go here https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/train/about-trackwork and then scroll down to here:

...you can get a PDF with the trackwork schedule for the next three months.

 

[the phantom menace]

This guy seems like a real catch...

Roberts-Smith’s ‘threatening and controlling’ acts towards ex-lover laid bare

A Federal Court judge was not satisfied the former SAS soldier had assaulted a former lover but said he had engaged in other disturbing behaviour against her.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Gronk]

 

[hindy111]

This guy seems like a real catch...

Roberts-Smith’s ‘threatening and controlling’ acts towards ex-lover laid bare

A Federal Court judge was not satisfied the former SAS soldier had assaulted a former lover but said he had engaged in other disturbing behaviour against her.

www.smh.com.au

Find out about the train system for me please. I'll make this your goal for the day. I'm very f**king busy.

 

[Bandwagon]

With the issue of costs yet to be decided, further action or defence might well hinge on his ability to raise funding And if you attach shit to the culture wars it's far easier to raise money for your cause from those invested so heavily in such things.

 

[Gronk]

With the issue of costs yet to be decided, further action or defence might well hinge on his ability to raise funding And if you attach shit to the culture wars it's far easier to raise money for your cause from those invested so heavily in such things.

It's not like people would seek to cash in on a culture war. Surely people are better humans than that ?

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

That Sydney Powell Kraken lady could learn a thing or two from this. Comprehensive or what.


The crazy thing is, all Trump needed to do is hand all the boxes back. Instead he chose to take the "be difficult" route.

Aaaand here we are. No point playing the victim merkin.

 

[the phantom menace]

Hard to disagree with Jacqui Lambie here.

‘He didn’t try hard enough’: Lambie calls for Defence chief to hand back medal

Military experts say it would have been easier to remove honours from more junior officers if the nation’s most senior military leader handed back his own.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Gronk]

Right wing nut jobs just can't shut up.

 

[Eelogical]

What a f**king circus federal parliament has become even allowing for the fact that it was always a Ringling Bros sideshow. What all sound minded aussies want is a parliament that does what they're elected to do but we'll never get that. Maybe if they all got their minds on the job instead of thinking of erections instead of elections then we might go somewhere.

 

[Suitman]

What a f**king circus federal parliament has become even allowing for the fact that it was always a Ringling Bros sideshow. What all sound minded aussies want is a parliament that does what they're elected to do but we'll never get that. Maybe if they all got their minds on the job instead of thinking of erections instead of elections then we might go somewhere.

Indeed.
What has happened over the past 24 hrs is mind boggling and worse still, embarrassing.
These people are elected to serve their constituents and furthermore their country.
Seriously, it is no better than a child care centre.
I despise almost all politicians of every persuasion.

 

[Eelogical]

Indeed.
What has happened over the past 24 hrs is mind boggling and worse still, embarrassing.
These people are elected to serve their constituents and furthermore their country.
Seriously, it is no better than a child care centre.
I despise almost all politicians of every persuasion.

The problem is that nobody can or is willing to do anything about it. Parliament as a whole is a disgrace, it's just a reality TV show that happens to have a major influence on our lives. Maybe I'm just being seen as an older person yelling at clouds but I don't think that's the case. No matter which side a person is on, climate change, housing and cost of living policies haven't got us anywhere under either government (but let's keep sexual scandals in the limelight).

 

[Bandwagon]

The problem is that nobody can or is willing to do anything about it. Parliament as a whole is a disgrace, it's just a reality TV show that happens to have a major influence on our lives. Maybe I'm just being seen as an older person yelling at clouds but I don't think that's the case. No matter which side a person is on, climate change, housing and cost of living policies haven't got us anywhere under either government (but let's keep sexual scandals in the limelight).

I think to a point you have to just accept that politics is often a sideshow and that the media ( which presents how you view politics ) will accentuate that side of it because the actual work of parliament is pretty boring unless you are either invested strongly in the outcomes directly, or you're a policy gronk.

The real interesting stuff is in the cattle trading over legislation rather than the argy bargy of political point scoring, but you'll rarely see that mentioned unless it's being propped up as a loss for a party.

Unfortunately the real work, which is to introduce and pass legislation is sidelined for the more theatrical elements, but if you look past all that, which admittedly takes a fair bit of effort, you can see that a lot of work actually gets done, whether you agree with the outcome or not of course is another thing.

For mine though this past week has been entertaining, the week starting with the opposition doing their best to further politicise the Higgins matter, only to end the week with one of their own a dead man walking over the very same subject matter has that schadenfreude thing working it's arse off.

But then it's the only reality TV I'm interested in if I'm gonna be completely honest.

 

[the phantom menace]

For mine though this past week has been entertaining, the week starting with the opposition doing their best to further politicise the Higgins matter, only to end the week with one of their own a dead man walking over the very same subject matter has that schadenfreude thing working it's arse off.

Yes, the airing of the opposition's own alleged activities in Parliament (while in government) put an abrupt end to its failed attempts to try and pin any failings in the Higgins matter on the current government (from a time when they were in fact in opposition). Stunning turnaround and own goal.

 

[strider]

I think you'd have to be nuts to think the Higgins thing is clean. A tonne of unanswered questions with that one. Mostly likely that everyone involved f**ked up in some way.
The timing of nailing the creepy Van guy was incredibly convenient too.