Richard Wright
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Grumpy old man. Former Liberal voter. Not sure if I will ever return. Certainly not under its current leadership. Plays chess and piano, both of them badly.
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I joined twitter so I could rant and get things off my chest.
Instead I found a community of people I will never meet yet still consider to be my friends.
As an old man who lives alone I now share a coffee in the morning or a glass of wine at night with friends.
Thank you all.
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Caroline Kennedy has been the US ambassador to Australia for less than a week. She attended the Garma Festival. Peter Dutton couldn't be bothered. Pretty much says it all.
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Morrison says
#AlboForPM
doesn't have a magic pencil. But I got one today. Polling booths have them. You scribble a few numbers on a piece of paper and it makes Morrison disappear. Magic!
#ausvotes
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Matt Guy has promised to match Dan Andrews but he will rename Maroondah Hospital the Royal King Arthur hospital. All operating tables will be round.
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Jenny Morrison was a political figure. She willingly took part in the 60 Minutes interview. She publicly complained about Grace Tame. She was fair game for political commentary.
1/5
#auspol
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In 2009 Amanda Stoker sought preselection for Qld state election and failed. In 2013 she was a Qld Senate candidate, and failed. In 2018 she was appointed to the Senate, not elected. In 2022 she was unelected again. Says something, I think.
#auspol
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I held off this tweet until I had a few glasses of wine. Now I am emboldened.
@AlboMP
was wrong. Mark Dreyfus should not have apologised. He did not shout. He spoke a little louder because the Sky reporter kept interjecting.
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I'm old. Morrison says I have to play my part and downsize my house. Anyone know where I can get a 0 bedroom house?
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#LisaMillar
has every right to interview the Treasurer. But for God's sake brush up on economics beforehand. "Are you lying?", "are you lying?", "are you lying?" is not interviewing. It is banal muttering of an incompetent lunatic. ABC, fix this bloody mess!
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We all know that Scott Morrison misled the parliament on numerous occasions. Sometimes by omission and sometimes by very deliberately lying. In days gone by a minister would resign. But not Morrison. Perhaps the most egregious example was in relation to Brittany Higgins.
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BREAKING: If elected in November, Premier of the People, Matt Guy, has promised to appoint Prince Charming as next Governor of Victoria.
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4 years ago as Morrison was celebrating his first xmas as PM he flew to Hawaii during our worst bushfires in many years. He later lied to parlt saying that he told Albo where he was going. He did nothing of the sort. He would later blame Jenny for the holiday.
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How the hell does Albo expect to be taken seriously? He has been to Japan, Indonesia, France, Spain, Ukraine and he didn't pack a ukulele. He never flew the plane and he didn't sweep any floors. Australians demand better!
#auspol
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When the Murugappan family get home to Biloela, and the Uluru Statement is implemented in full, Australia will show the world that we can do things for no other reason than that they are the right things to do. Then we can hold our heads high once again.
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And she provides some normality to a busy PM's life.
Jodie Haydon, I, for one, commend you and respect you. Please keep doing whatever magic you are doing.
There is no comparison between Jodie and Jenny.
</end of rant>
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Anyone else feeling anxious? Shorten was winning until the last week of the campaign. Howard won in 2001 on the back of his lies about children overboard. Hewson lost because of GST on a cake. Anything can still happen.
#auspol
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Let's be very clear.
#AlboForPM
has NOT had a makeover. He has lost weight and appears healthier and fitter, ready to take on a demanding job. In any other circumstances he would be applauded.
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Morrison, the master campaigner, is having his campaign launch on Sunday, after a quarter of the country have already voted. What strategy meeting came up with that brilliant idea?
#ausvotes
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France is the only European nation with a serious presence in the Pacific region. Morrison destroyed our relationship with France. In 3 weeks Albo fixed it. Enough said.
#auspol
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I am expecting a drunken twitter party on election night. Who's in?
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My father fought in WWII. For most of the 6 years he was overseas doing what soldiers do. He never talked much about the war but when he did he never said that he was fighting for our flag. Not once. Every year this argument about our flag gets worse and more Americanised.
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Niki Savva in SMH reiterating what
@RonniSalt
has been saying for weeks. The Libs biggest battle now is internal. The final week of the campaign and they are turning on each other. What an election this is!
#ausvotes
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To the few women who send me DMS. I am an old man, unattractive and with no spare money. I am not here to buy you presents or send you cash. This is Twitter, not Tinder. If this keeps up I will send you a photo and that will scare the hell out of you.
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There is a kangaroo standing on my porch keeping out of the rain. He'll be demanding coffee and smashed avocado on toast pretty soon.
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After Morrison is voted out I refuse to deal with any company that appoints him to it's board of directors.
#morrisonfailure
#scottymustgo
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There are 2 very good reasons Morrison won't have an ICAC.
1. Angus
2. Taylor
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Is
@andrewprobyn
serious? He complains about Richard Marles calling himself Deputy PM rather than Minister for Defence. Why didn't he complain when Morrison called himself PM rather than Minister for Every Bloody Thing?
#insiders
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Tonight's rant.
When Albo forgot the official cash rate and the unemployment rate it was described as a major gaffe and a turning point in the election campaign. Described by whom? Journalists. Why was it important? Journalists said so. 1/6
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For 3 years the LNP govt has moved that
#AlboForPM
be no longer heard. They can't shut him up now. A few days ago
@AlboMP
said he was angry. Increasingly he sounds angry for Australians. At his
#NPC
address he was asked who Albo is. We are seeing it everyday.
#auspol
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Linda Burney told the Opposition to be quiet during
#qt
. And she just referred to one opposition member as "the member of wherever you're from." I'm loving this.
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The apology is owed to me, and you, and every other Australian citizen. The LNP party room enabled Morrison and now they complain. Frydenberg and the rest, despite their bleating, just don't get it.
4/6
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I am not a psephologist but there are 4 takeaways from the
#DunkleyVotes
result and none are good for Dutton.
The first is that much of the swing to Liberal came from One Nation and UAP voters who had nowhere else to go.
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To all those who wish to criticise her dress sense, her marital status, or anything else about her, I say bugger off. You have no right to do so.
She has done Australia proud, something we had no right to expect.
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I may be late to the party but could we change Australia Day to the date that Morrison actually resigns from parliament? I will be dancing in the street, not a pretty sight but I won't be able to contain myself.
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The biggest travesty of 2022 is that Rex Patrick will be leaving the Senate in 2 weeks. Someone do something!
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How many voters did Morrison put offside with his video showing his wedding ring? Is being married superior to being single? Does it make you a better person? I live alone but that does not make me dishonest or untrustworthy. I may be, but not because I am single.
#auspol
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I am so bloody sick of all this crap about the stage 3 tax cuts. I am sick of the pious bleatings of the LNP. I am tired of Sussan Ley promising to wind back Labor's changes and then when corrected by Dutton lying about it and saying she was verballed. She wasn't.
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Did anyone eat bubble and squeak when they were younger? I have thought of making it again.
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They are emblematic of all that is wrong with the LNP and is why they will remain in opposition for a long time. Frydenberg isn't owed an apology. He, too, owes me one. He let Morrison get away with it. So did Dutton and all the others.
5/6
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At the National Press Club
@latingle
asked the PM the question about whether a broken promise would hurt him politically. But she did it respectfully and intelligently. Take note
#LisaMiller
and ABC. Interviewing is not ranting.
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Tonight as I leave I am grateful again for my twitter friends. I haven't gained followers tonight but I did gain friends. For that I thank you. The past few years have been unlike any others I have experienced in my 70+ years. Thank you all.
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Is Bettina Arndt deliberately obtuse? She claims that Lerhmann is being "aggressively pursued" by the media. She forgets that is all due to Lerhmann aggressively pursuing the media in the case he just lost.
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Peter Dutton says we cannot have Muslims in parliament. Vote LNP and there will never be any of them. What a slimy, grubby b*rst*rd he is! I cannot believe that in 2024 any party would allow him to be the leader. Dutton, fvck off!
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Many years ago the ABC had the best of journalism. Barrie Cassidy, Kerry Obrien, Andrew Ollie and Paul Lyneham,
@latingle
and
@Milliganreports
, with a few others remain. But for the most part their current affairs is based on Frontline.
@David_Speers
is a parody of Mike Moore.
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There are two issues which have woken the sleeping giants of the LNP over the last few days and their cries of the coming calamity will get louder over the next three weeks. Senators Cash and Henderson are loudest in their blatant dishonesty and hysterical hypocrisy.
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National Cabinet agrees to removal of all air traffic controllers. We expect to lose about one 737 a month. We have to learn to live with things falling out of the sky, the PM said
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Alan Tudge has a law degree. He was taught the importance of reading and understanding legislation. His appearance before the RC into Robodebt was damning.
1/7
#RobodebtRC
#Tudge
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Australians can't afford petrol and they can't afford food.
Morrison - "Some can, some can't"
That is his economic plan.
#AusVotes2022
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Most Australians work 5 or 6 days a week. The PM, and most ministers, work 7 days/week, and very long hours. If Albo wants a couple of days off to see Taylor Swift with his partner, Jodie, I say good luck to him. He needs a break occasionally.
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Andrew Probyn said
#AlboForPM
was too long winded. Not at all. He showed that unlike Morrison he was prepared to stay and answer questions. A perfect statement of differentiation at the start of the campaign.
#auspol
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He promised to assist the Bell Inquiry into his multiple ministries. Of course, he lied. But he also showed his cowardice. If ever a man was unfit for office he has demonstrated his incapacity to hold any job. Who could trust him?
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I am 73 and live alone. My social life is not what it was 30 or 40 years ago. My tweets and replies are usually political in nature. But sometimes I get the chance to engage with Twitter friends.
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ABC's Antony Green says of the Independents, "None of them will be elected because of Simon Holmes à Court." Important point.
Like him or not,
@simonahac
is not the leader of a party. Independents will be elected on their merits. And they have merit. As does
@simonahac
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Antony Green turned 64 yesterday. It won't long until he retires. How will be ever know who wins elections when that happens? The government needs to commence a cloning program immediately!
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David Adler is president of the Australian Jewish Association. He has the right to speak up for Jews. He has absolutely no right to threaten us. He needs to be warned that this is not acceptable. His views are as abhorrent as the behaviour of Zionists in Gaza.
@AlboMP
, speak up.
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Let the world know, I do not give a rat's clacker who Julie Bishop is dating, so long as it isn't me.
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However, from all that we have seen, and the success of the PM's recent trip, she has been an asset to Australia. She didn't stand for election. We don't pay her a salary. We get her warmth, good nature and personality for free.
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Every time Jason Clare speaks I am more impressed with him. I think the campaign is in very good hands.
#ausvotes
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I have to go to bed because my cleaner is coming in the morning and I have to clean before she gets here. Does anyone else do that?
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After the French election Macron is arguably the most important leader in Europe. And Morrison screwed him over. That's going to be helpful for the next 5 years, isn't it?
#AusVotes2022
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No PM will ever do all that any of us want. But compare the two. Which has more integrity? Which is more respected internationally? There is no comparison. You may not like all that Albo has done but he is way ahead of the alternative.
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Is this really Morrison's grand plan?
Bob and Mary both want to buy a house. They both take $50,000 from their super fund and go to the auction with their extra cash and bid against each other.
#ausvotes
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Jodie Haydon has done none of those things. She has not insinuated herself into the political world. She has done no more than assist the man she loves as he went about his business campaigning and then becoming PM.
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It is freezing today. If anyone around Sussex Inlet needs a bed for the night and some very ordinary soup I have a granny flat that is empty.
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But there is more to this. Josh Frydenberg's complaint is that Morrison hasn't apologised to him. I don't give a rat's about that apology, and neither should Frydenberg. It isn't the point.
3/6
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Morrison thinks the country is laughing with him at his memes. Is he so obtuse that he doesn't recognise ridicule?
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It is disingenuous of the ABC to say that they won't cut off Albo's pressers once the election has been called. Morrison has been flat out campaigning for over 4 months.
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Morrison has lied to us. He trampled on the foundations of parliamentary democracy. But Stuart Robert, the $38,000 internet wizard, says any further investigation is tory bashing. I WANT MY BLOODY APOLOGY!!!!!
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As a country we will never recover until we rid ourselves of every last vestige of this most disgusting and incompetent PM and government in our history.
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Angus Taylor just pulled up by the Deputy Speaker. SHE said "You have called me Mr Speaker at least a dozen times." He resumed his speech for about another minute and called HER Mr Speaker another 4 times.
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What he said was dead right. Sussan Ley was dead wrong. It is way past time that Labor stopped appeasing the far right of Sky News. When they are idiots they should be called out.
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It is appropriate to thank
@RonniSalt
, and those who assisted her for bringing this to light. The Governor General is not above reproach. To suggest otherwise is a legal fiction. The evidence has shown otherwise.
#auspol
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Dear MSM and assorted racists. Seeking asylum or refugee status is not illegal. Quite the contrary. I just wanted to clear that up for you.
Thank you for listening. Will you get it right now?
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Tonight's rant.
Every week
@David_Speers
tweets about
#insiders
, or else retweets the
@InsidersABC
tweets. He knows that Twitter is a platform where people interact. But not people like him. According to him we are 40 anonymous trolls.
1/4
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I am retired, I have no skin in this game. But no one earning $21/hour views cost of living as a political issue. It is a survival issue of food and shelter. The same with Jobseeker.
#ausvotes
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Jane Hume and Michael Sukkar both had Hansard amended. Sukkar is Assistant Treasurer. Frydenberg lied about it on Insiders. Why haven't these three been strung up by their thumbs in the village square? APS is Public service not LNP service.
#auspol
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Morrison is totally buggered. These latest revelations will ruin any chances of him getting a corporate position and he will remain a pariah in parliament. Interesting times ahead.
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This is
@latingle
at her best. Ms Tingle is much younger than me but still old enough to remember a different era in politics and journalism. I remember those days and my favourite columnists:
1/6
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I just watched
#AlboForPM
's press conference. When he is fired up he is brilliant. And he put some of the press pack back in their place.
#ausvotes
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This is why the Governor General is unfit for office.
He took part in the Australian Future Leaders Program. It isn't just his duplicity about his involvement although that is bad enough and has been well documented by
@RonniSalt
. Everyone should read her analysis.
#auspol
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Far from being a sewer, twitter is often a community, at times a village. Ronni won't ring an ambulance for me, we aren't that close although we follow each other. And that is how it should be. But others will, and for that I am grateful. Thank you Ronni. We all need good friends
@xskinn
Just an update. I rang Ian, bossed him around (a little bit) and then rang an ambulance for him.
They're on their way
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I'm hoping someone can help me, I'm a bit confused. When Morrison quits parliament will there be 1 by-election or 6?
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I am looking forward to Morrison's final speech to parlt next Thursday. He will read from the four Gospels, St Scott, St Scott, St Scott and St Scott.
He will tell us of his last supper at the Lodge
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Is anyone else feeling as helpless as I feel? Never before has an election seemed so important and yet there is so little I can do. Perhaps that is because of old age and infirmity.
1/8
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Mark Dreyfus says LNP care about no one and should be "tarred and feathered." He doesn't usually appear this angry.
#qt
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Twitter, like other social media, has often been described as a sewer. If so, it is very nice to swim in this shit with friends.
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I have a daughter who has been married to an Indian for 20 years. She has slept with him, they have two sons, not born from immaculate conception. And yet she has not become Indian. Being Indian is not a communicable disease.
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Angus Taylor, commenting on the budget, says that the govt has broken their promise to reduce electricity prices. That promised was predicated on prices which he dishonestly kept secret. I cannot believe the gall of the man. Totally disingenuous.
#budget
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There are another 2 weeks until the election. In that time Christian Porter will "earn" over $8,000. I wonder what he is doing to earn it.
#auspol
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A manager has two jobs. One is to support the organisation that employees him/her. The other is to support those who report to him/her. Justin Stevens has failed at both. He should therefore be sacked.
1/4
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When my wife left me I cooked rice in the microware. I eventually progressed to the pressure cooker. Tonight I cooked rice in a saucepan without any instructions.
I almost feel like a grown up.
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I have been watching Nemesis tonight. It reminds me how vile Joe Hockey and Mathias Cormann are. While sucking on the public teat for all their working lives they denigrate others who do so. So long as they live the high life, bugger the others. A pox on both of them.
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The LNP strategy is that Labor can't be trusted. I prefer to trust a leader who is prepared to take the political heat that comes with changing policies when circumstances change. The LNP haven't changed a thing since the Howard years.
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I watched the
@PRGuy17
interview by FJ. Most interesting were his comments about MSM. There was a time when all news was print, then came radio and later tv. Media changes. Now there is SM and the elites aren't as important as they think. Bad luck guys. Catch up or lose out.
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Did Leigh Sales really say this, 'It's well past time for mainstream media to stop reporting reaction on Twitter as if it signifies anything.'?
If so she wants a twitter where only journos can tweet and the proles can only reply, "Yes, Godess."
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One thing I really like about the
#RobodebtRC
is that the Commissioner and the Counsel Assisting are extremely polite when they tell a witness they are lying. It's quite a skill, almost an art form. Is this why law degrees take so long?
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Until today I had never heard of Georgie Purcell. I'm not particularly interested in Victorian politics. But there are two things to note. The first is, what does her former vocation have to do with anything? Is it ever raised in relation to male politicians? Very rarely.
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