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JokerEel

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So we circle back to where I said that Sky News After Dark doesn’t take her seriously. They don’t.

Chris Kenny sees her as nothing other than a useful idiot. The hillbilly at the end of the street that they need to keep happy because they might need to borrow her tractor sometime in the future.

Unless you think it’s viable for PHON to be part of a 3 way coalition? Hey maybe she could be Foreign Minister in the new government ? That would be a hoot. 🤣

Let's circle back to you not listening to the interview... As Kenny even said the questions he is asking are basically what he asks the government and opposition which she also gave a straight up answer to.

Why would it be a hoot everything she said in the interview the government is looking at implementing in 2026...
 

JokerEel

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Anyway back to how shit our actual government are .. 70 Mill for Australians or 50 million for the Taliban.... Who don't allow women to go to school or university..

 

Gronk

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Why would it be a hoot everything she said in the interview the government is looking at implementing in 2026...
No, she said the Nationals were re booze excise. Yawn.

In fact if you actually lift up the hood nd take a look ,their policy is nothing more than saying that Albo’s draughty beer ban should be extended to Canada Dry etc.


PHONs policy is actually removing all booze excise at venues. Nobody has copied that. That’s a budget black hole thought bubble.

^^ which is exactly what I was saying about Chris Kenny and Pauline. He and his Sky News peeps cannot take her seriously. She wants to ban or chop all foreign students - Kenny says that basically education is one of our biggest exports, another budget black hole thought bubble. She just gets angry…

If you can’t convince the mad merkins at Sky News, you’re never going to be anything other than a novelty making up the numbers.

 

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Gates is a filthy creature.
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JokerEel

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No, she said the Nationals were re booze excise. Yawn.

In fact if you actually lift up the hood nd take a look ,their policy is nothing more than saying that Albo’s draughty beer ban should be extended to Canada Dry etc.


PHONs policy is actually removing all booze excise at venues. Nobody has copied that. That’s a budget black hole thought bubble.

^^ which is exactly what I was saying about Chris Kenny and Pauline. He and his Sky News peeps cannot take her seriously. She wants to ban or chop all foreign students - Kenny says that basically education is one of our biggest exports, another budget black hole thought bubble. She just gets angry…

If you can’t convince the mad merkins at Sky News, you’re never going to be anything other than a novelty making up the numbers.


Beer tax ok that's the big issue...

Well we shall see at the next State elections how they are going.

On Sky news I thought they were Murdoch media and everything they said was propaganda.....
 

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When incompetence sits at the top, the gutter inevitably starts to look appealing. That’s not Pauline’s doing — that’s the legacy of this government.
f**kin oath. 100%

Aussies are disillusioned. The traditional 2 parties are failing the country and they are just desperate for something else.

When your government only gets about a third of the primary vote, you know they are shit. Preferences handing over a big majority is the secondary story that the Libs are a diabolical mess.
 

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GERMANY SAYS "f**k YOU" TO AMERICA AND RUNS TO CHINA
So here's another chapter in Trump's masterclass on how to destroy American economic dominance: Germany, Europe's economic powerhouse, America's most important European ally, just slashed their investment in the United States by 45% in Trump's first year back in office. That's nearly f**king HALF, mate.
German companies invested €10.2 billion in the US from February to November 2025, down from €19 billion the year before. Even compared to the 10-year average, German investment in America is down 24%. And you know where that money went? Straight to f**king China.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL REVERSAL IN MODERN ECONOMICS
German investment in China hit a four-year high in 2025 - €7 billion, up 55.5% from the previous year. That's not a typo. While German companies are pulling out of America faster than rats abandoning a sinking ship, they're pouring money into China at the fastest rate in four years.
BMW just dropped €2.8 billion upgrading their Shenyang plant in China. Volkswagen threw €2.5 billion at Hefei. BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Infineon - they're all doubling down on China while Trump's over there wondering why nobody wants to invest in America anymore.
China just overtook the United States as Germany's largest trading partner. Let that sink in. The country that's been America's most important European ally for 80 years just looked at Trump's America and said, "Nah mate, we'll go with the Chinese, thanks very much."
GERMAN EXPORTS TO AMERICA? ABSOLUTELY CRATERED
German exports to the US fell 9.3% in 2025 - that's €147 billion total, down from previous years. But here's where it gets really f**king good:
- German auto exports to the US: down 17.5%
- Machinery exports: down 9%
- Chemical exports: down 14%
The German automotive sector got absolutely skullf**ked. Volkswagen's profits plunged 58% in the first nine months of 2025. Mercedes-Benz's net profit was cut in half. Porsche saw a "dramatic decline" in operating profit. The German auto industry reckons Trump's tariffs are costing them billions.
And here's the kicker - Germany's trade surplus with the US dropped to its lowest level since 2021, during the f**king pandemic. Trump's tariffs have done more damage to German-American trade than COVID did.
MEANWHILE, CHINA'S LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK

While German exports to America are cratering, you know what's happening? Chinese exports to Germany jumped 9%. China's redirecting goods that would've gone to America straight to Germany instead, because Trump's made the US market so toxic that even the Chinese are going around it.
Germany's now at €163.4 billion in trade with China versus €135.8 billion with the US. China won. Trump's "America First" policy just handed Germany - Europe's industrial powerhouse - to China on a silver f**king platter.
German companies are literally saying they're investing in China as a hedge against American unpredictability. One German economist put it perfectly: "The United States is no longer a reliable trading partner and sales market."
IT'S NOT JUST GERMANY - THE WHOLE WORLD IS SELLING AMERICA
But wait, there's more! Because apparently Germany wasn't enough. The entire world is in what economists are calling a "Sell America" trade.
Foreign direct investment in the United States dropped to the worst level of any post-World War II quarter not associated with a recession. Let me repeat that: The worst FDI drop since WWII during peacetime. That's 9 million American jobs that depend on foreign investment, just evaporating.
India's holdings of US Treasuries fell 26% from their 2023 peak - down to a five-year low. Countries around the world are dumping US bonds, selling US securities, and getting the f**k out of American assets because Trump's made America a "high-risk bet."
Denmark's pension funds are divesting from US Treasuries. Germany's calling for their gold back from the Federal Reserve because they don't trust America anymore. European allies hold $8 trillion in US bonds and equities, and they're starting to pull out.
Bloomberg literally reported that a global consensus is emerging among investors: "Quietly turning and walking away" from America.
THE DOLLAR'S COLLAPSING AND AMERICA'S BECOMING A JOKE.

The US dollar is dropping against foreign currencies. Gold and silver are hitting record highs because people are fleeing to safe havens - and apparently America isn't a safe haven anymore under Trump.
One economist described what's happening perfectly: "Across the world, in every major financial sector firm, there are teams of finance and economic specialists attempting to model risk. We've become a high-risk bet."
Trump's foreign policy - threatening allies, breaking trade deals, trying to annex Greenland, imposing random tariffs - has turned America from the world's most stable investment destination into a f**king casino where nobody knows what's going to happen next.
TO THE MAGA DIPSHITS: THIS IS YOUR LEGACY
And to all you f**king MAGA muppets sitting there in your trailer parks, covered in Cheeto dust, watching Fox News tell you how great everything is - you're watching America's global dominance collapse in real time.
Germany - America's most important European ally, the country you rebuilt after World War II, your partner for 80 years - is now choosing China over you. They're not being forced. They're not being tricked. They're making a rational economic decision that America under Trump is too unreliable, too unstable, and too f**king stupid to do business with.
Every major German company is pulling investment out of America and putting it into China. Every German automaker is expanding in China while contracting in the US. Every German economist is saying the same thing: America is no longer a reliable partner.
You wanted America First? Congratulations. You got America Alone. America Abandoned. America Irrelevant.

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE
Let's review what Trump's accomplished:
1. German investment in the US down 45%
2. German investment in China up 55%
3. German exports to America down 9.3%, auto exports down 17.5%
4. China overtook the US as Germany's largest trading partner
5. Foreign direct investment in the US at worst levels since WWII
6. Global "Sell America" trade in full effect
7. US dollar collapsing, gold hitting record highs
8. India dumping US Treasuries to five-year lows
9. American allies calling for their gold back
10. Germany's trade surplus with US at pandemic lows
Every single thing Trump said his tariffs would accomplish - bringing manufacturing back, making America stronger, protecting American jobs - has done the exact f**king opposite. He's pushed America's allies away, strengthened China's position, made American investment toxic, and turned the United States into a global laughingstock.
THE BEAUTIFUL IRONY
Trump came into office talking about making America great again, about being tough on China, about bringing back American manufacturing. And what's he actually accomplished?
He's made China Germany's most important trading partner. He's pushed billions in German investment away from America and into China. He's made America so unreliable that the entire world is diversifying away from US assets.
Germany's building its future with China. Canada's building EVs with China. America's allies are abandoning ship while Trump threatens to annex Greenland and randomly imposes tariffs on wine because he's having a tantrum.
This is economic suicide on a global scale. This is watching the American empire collapse because you elected a f**king game show host who thinks tariffs are magic.

THE REALITY CHECK
Germany was America's friend. They were your ally. They trusted you. They invested in you. They built factories in your country, created American jobs, and chose to do business with you over everyone else.
And Trump took all that goodwill - 80 years of partnership, billions in investment, decades of trust - and set it on f**king fire. For nothing. For ego. For headlines.
Now Germany's turning to China. India's dumping US bonds. Canada's partnering with Beijing. The entire world is pulling money out of America because nobody trusts you anymore.
You had every advantage. The strongest military. The best allies. The reserve currency. The most stable economy. And you pissed it all away for a spray-tanned conman who bankrupted casinos.
This isn't Make America Great Again. This is Make America Irrelevant. This is Make America Alone. This is Make China Great with European Money.
And you f**king voted for it.
Enjoy watching Germany build their future with China while American jobs disappear, American influence craters, and the rest of the world moves on without you.
Cheers, you absolute f**king ballsack MAGA lemmings.
 
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JokerEel

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f**kin oath. 100%

Aussies are disillusioned. The traditional 2 parties are failing the country and they are just desperate for something else.

When your government only gets about a third of the primary vote, you know they are shit. Preferences handing over a big majority is the secondary story that the Libs are a diabolical mess.


Speaking about shit...Charmers caught out..

What kind of Dr is this dope again?

 

Gronk

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f**kin oath. 100%

Aussies are disillusioned. The traditional 2 parties are failing the country and they are just desperate for something else.

When your government only gets about a third of the primary vote, you know they are shit. Preferences handing over a big majority is the secondary story that the Libs are a diabolical mess.
Nice spin. We have a 2PP system in this country and Labor won the last election convincingly. In fact the last landslide as the biggest in 2PP % in 25+ years.

As for the 1/3 bullshit, EVERY election Labor wins (bar Rudd) with 1/3 or so of the primary vote.

You’re no historian, that’s for sure.

AND before you say that the 2PP favours Labor, in 2019 the LNP won a majority government with only a low % primary vote, but secured 51.5% 2PP after preferences.
 

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Nice spin. We have a 2PP system in this country and Labor won the last election convincingly. In fact the last landslide as the biggest in 2PP % in 25+ years.

As for the 1/3 bullshit, EVERY election Labor wins (bar Rudd) with 1/3 or so of the primary vote.

You’re no historian, that’s for sure.

AND before you say that the 2PP favours Labor, in 2019 the LNP won a majority government with only a low % primary vote, but secured 51.5% 2PP after preferences.

Can't put brains in statues.
 

Delboy

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What an amazing discourse on the hopeless Chalmers and Albo,

The RBA governor states govt spending is fuelling inflation ) its that obvious) , and Charmless goes to interviews saying it’s private spending ( not with the cost of living issues)

Albo asked about govt spendibg and replied that’s why we are handing out so many cost of living relief packages. Can’t make this stuff up. Seriously how out of touch are they. As Margaret Thatcher said , Labor is really good at spending other peoples
Money

The real nightmare is that Ley is useless
And the wet Liberals will try to keep her there. Some nutty suggestion that the Nats cant be seen to succeed in seeing her inadequacies.

That’s current politics in a nutshell , a bloated govt chasing an unworkable renewables revolution and hopeless fiscal management, now able to stuff the country as the opposition spends all its time looking in a mirror. Hopefully it won’t get any worse , but we appear to be on an edge .
 

T-Boon

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Funny to see the right scoring points so easily off Billy Eilish who made that stupid comment at the Grammys. What an idiot.

She said: "Nobody is illegal on stolen land...I don't know what esle to say or do at this stage"

Hahaha.

Then everyone went to her house which is gated and very secure and worth $14m and the local Indian tribe want her land. Hahaha. Don't let up on her Merica.
 
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What an amazing discourse on the hopeless Chalmers and Albo,

The RBA governor states govt spending is fuelling inflation ) its that obvious) , and Charmless goes to interviews saying it’s private spending ( not with the cost of living issues)

Albo asked about govt spendibg and replied that’s why we are handing out so many cost of living relief packages. Can’t make this stuff up. Seriously how out of touch are they. As Margaret Thatcher said , Labor is really good at spending other peoples
Money

The real nightmare is that Ley is useless
And the wet Liberals will try to keep her there. Some nutty suggestion that the Nats cant be seen to succeed in seeing her inadequacies.

That’s current politics in a nutshell , a bloated govt chasing an unworkable renewables revolution and hopeless fiscal management, now able to stuff the country as the opposition spends all its time looking in a mirror. Hopefully it won’t get any worse , but we appear to be on an edge .


He will go down as the prime minister who killed the gay and lesbian Mardi gra. I just find it ironic.
 

Gronk

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What an amazing discourse on the hopeless Chalmers and Albo,

The RBA governor states govt spending is fuelling inflation ) its that obvious) , and Charmless goes to interviews saying it’s private spending ( not with the cost of living issues)

Albo asked about govt spendibg and replied that’s why we are handing out so many cost of living relief packages. Can’t make this stuff up. Seriously how out of touch are they. As Margaret Thatcher said , Labor is really good at spending other peoples
Money

The real nightmare is that Ley is useless
And the wet Liberals will try to keep her there. Some nutty suggestion that the Nats cant be seen to succeed in seeing her inadequacies.

That’s current politics in a nutshell , a bloated govt chasing an unworkable renewables revolution and hopeless fiscal management, now able to stuff the country as the opposition spends all its time looking in a mirror. Hopefully it won’t get any worse , but we appear to be on an edge .
They are looking at spending 26.9 per cent of GDP in 2025-26. ScoMo was spending from his multiple portfolios at 31.3 per cent of GDP.

🎃
 
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