OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[King-Gutho94]

I'd be more concerned when China decide to go for it.

Yep China is more the worry from an Australian point of view.

Are we prepared when they decide to make a move.

I fear we ain't.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Before the panel gets all haughty and heroic, and play Russian roulette, i entreat thee to watch this:


Write to your local member of parliament and oppose Ukraine joining NATO.

Ban nukes.

 

[hindy111]

Yep China is more the worry from an Australian point of view.

Are we prepared when they decide to make a move.

I fear we ain't.

I have prepared yes. So have a few of my friends.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I have prepared yes. So have a few of my friends.

How is your mandarin going?!

Don’t you worry, China won’t be invading us.

 

[hindy111]

How is your mandarin going?!

 

[the phantom menace]

I have prepared yes. So have a few of my friends.

Does that just mean that you've recently bought Huawei mobile phones?

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

The kid at work asked me what he should vote for in the referendum tonight and I don’t know what happened but I blurted out “ yes “

I tried to say “no” but it wouldn’t come out.

It was like Albo had taken control of me.

Frightening.

 

[Bandwagon]

Even if Russia did win what do they think would happen? It would then become a gorilla style war where Ukrainian civilians would continue random attacks in random places.

Yeah, that's probably likely.

 

[Bandwagon]

Yep China is more the worry from an Australian point of view.

Are we prepared when they decide to make a move.

I fear we ain't.

There's f**k all chance of China physically invading us.

Apart from the fact that being at the arse end of the world and surrounded by sea makes us logistically a f**king nightmare to take by force, they can just continue on their merry way and buy what they want / need.

 

[Gronk]

I see.

I think people are overstating her role here. She's only advocating for a view that involves less than 4% of the entire population. The way people carry on you'd think First Nations people is a significant proportion of the population, but in reality there is about 1 million across the country. Why would either party who has a chance to win Government choose a female Indigenous Senator from the NT as their leader? And why would any media outlet in the country advocate for it? Your argument seems to be anti News Limited, but I doubt there is a media outlet in the country that would ever promote Linda Burney to lead the Labor Party either?

Statically, there is far more chance of a female person of Chinese decent from the suburbs of Sydney or Melbourne becoming Prime Minister of Australia than either of them.

No, the OP works for SkyNews and she is advocating for JNP to be PM material. My angle is that she is either gaslighting by being hyperbolic about this woman’s prominence and respect in the liberal party or she she lives on another planet because the libs would never vote a woman as their leader and an ingenious one at that ? Not until hell freezes over (due to cyclical weather patterns).

 

[Gronk]

Trump threw his lawyer under bus.

Lawyer throws Trump under a bigger bus.

Interesting to see his breakdown of the Trump business. That Trump Tower is just a block of strata apartments all individually owned and he retained naming rights for the flex. People think he owns such a magnificent building on 5th (?) Ave but nah.

The fine (this is all subject to potential appeal) could be as high as $500m and accordingly his assets within New York have receivers appointed. They will maintain good management of those assets to ensure that the fines are paid in full as a result of all or some of those assets being liquidated. Cohen stressed that Trump is so highly geared that selling a New York 5th Ave building may not net him more than $100m.

 

[Twizzle]

On the one hand, people want to argue he’s insane.

Never heard anyone defend that

 

[Twizzle]

With regard to China, I can't see them invading other countries a la Ruskies, maybe a small island or two, but not Australia.

China rely heavily on trade as they are huge manufacturers and if they did anything to piss off the big consumers who may then impose a trade embargos then China would be royally f**ked.

They'd no doubt survive as they would continue to do business with the smaller consumers but I don't think that's their preferred scenario.

 

[Gronk]

As much as I posted a futuristic analogy of Indonesia invading the top end, the ADF have today announced a major shift to Townsville. For um strategic reasons.

Townsville emerges as new 'capital' of Army in Defence Force shake up

Townsville is emerging as Australia's new Army capital with hundreds of soldiers to be relocated over coming years, while Adelaide becomes the home of advanced land-based, long-range strike technology.

www.abc.net.au

 

[the phantom menace]

It makes more sense than having the HQ of your army/navy/air force to the south or east or west (or Canberra, lol) imo, given the geography of the globe.

 

[bazza]

So this must be an example of over inflating his assets. He tells his bank that the Florida digs is worth $1 billion, but the judge reckons it's only worth $20M.

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Why not say it is worth a trillion billion dollars

 

[Twizzle]

 

[bazza]

The OP is mapping out a pathway for her to become PM.

JNP is a useful champion for the Voice, but as an indigenous woman she will be discarded after this is all over. As if they (conservative white men) would vote for a woman to lead their party, let alone an indigenous one.

She would be a perfect wedge candidate and that is the basis of most LNP policy

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

With regard to China, I can't see them invading other countries a la Ruskies, maybe a small island or two, but not Australia.

China rely heavily on trade as they are huge manufacturers and if they did anything to piss off the big consumers who may then impose a trade embargos then China would be royally f**ked.

They'd no doubt survive as they would continue to do business with the smaller consumers but I don't think that's their preferred scenario.

Absolutely.

The have a lot of people to feed and support and rely on exports to generate income.

Other countries rely on them for all kinds of things.

Not much benefit to anyone if these relations collapse.

That said, it is an ambitious regime and rattling the sabre is good for popularity, even in a one-party state.

 

[King-Gutho94]

There's f**k all chance of China physically invading us.

Apart from the fact that being at the arse end of the world and surrounded by sea makes us logistically a f**king nightmare to take by force, they can just continue on their merry way and buy what they want / need.

They won't invade us but it wouldn't surprise me if they went after someone were aligned too in the pacific islands perhaps..

To drag us into a fight.

That was what i was more interpreting. Are we prepared for that.