Politics Super Thread - keep it all in here

[stryker 69]

He was showing off his credentials as a Liberal Prime Minister by being completely crap at sport a la John Howard and his "ball of the century".

I’m sure Albo would have put 5 goals past those kids eh?

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Weird thing to say.
Maybe I’ll stay way from your sensitivity training…😎

That is a pretty ordinary comment Stryker. Perhaps you need to reflect on it.

 

[stryker 69]

This is so screwed up. Someone is reading far right conspiracy theories and can't think for themselves.

I have no problems giving my wife half if we get divorced. Sometimes I think that could be unfair but only depending on what people put in. If you have a lazy ass wife then sure it mightn't be fair but I reckon men are just as likely if not more likely to be lazy.

Women have the right to abortion.

Honestly mate stop parroting right wing BS. It's poison and it's ignorant BS.

I'm not reading your ignorant far right dross anymore.

It's people like you that led to that kid killing all those black people on a shooting spree.

Jesus, the hatred within you is epic.
Go start a fight with some random and get it out of your system.

 

[stryker 69]

That is a pretty ordinary comment Stryker. Perhaps you need to reflect on it.

Ok. When is your next class?

 

[Swordy]

If ever I want an hour to laugh my head off at crack pots, conspiracy theorists and just complete mental pigmys? .................

I log into this thread.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Anyone see Joe Rogan get sucked into fake news when he claimed it was against the law to grow your own food in NSW then literally have it debunked by his flunky doing his internet searches? Such a douchebag.

 

[bathursttiger1]

I will not be preferencing the Greens anywhere near the top on Saturday. They have run a wedge campaign on Labor and they have no interest in doing anything other than leeching votes from them in order to try and negotiate themselves into a position where they could hold a balance of power and force the ALP to engage in horse trading to pass policy.

Let's remember the Greens are apparently an environmental party that voted against a positive climate policy because "it didn't go far enough." They voted to do nothing instead of something. They do not care about the environment, and care more about wedging the Labor party for their own benefit. A party of opportunistic scumbags.

I hope if the ALP do take a majority they tell the wankers to jump and do not include them in any policy decisions. You bet dollar to a dime if they do, the Greens will change tact really quickly when they realise they have no mandate. Bandt is a smartarse and talking a tough game at the moment, but we'll see whether he has teeth when he is in no position of power.

Great post CB.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Anyone see Scomo cream that kid playing soccer?

Judiciary's not going to like that...

 

[Mac]

John Hewson doesn't miss Morrison or the Liberal party in this piece.

We are in the mud

Whether or not Scott Morrison can engineer the miracle of his second coming on May 21, he will leave significant negatives in terms of the Liberal Party and public policy in our country. The standard of political debate, and the respectability and responsibility of candidates, has nosedived to...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

 

[jadtiger]

John Hewson doesn't miss Morrison or the Liberal party in this piece.

We are in the mud

Whether or not Scott Morrison can engineer the miracle of his second coming on May 21, he will leave significant negatives in terms of the Liberal Party and public policy in our country. The standard of political debate, and the respectability and responsibility of candidates, has nosedived to...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Interesting article that i had not read before from a man who was a moderate liberal and someone who reflected the values that many in the Coalition used to have,those days however have been lost due to an assault by the extreme right within the party (more than partly fueled by a desire to keep murdoch happy).Just about every point he makes has more than an element of truth.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

James Ley on Scott Morrison | Sydney Review of Books

The political implications of Morrison’s uncommon religion have inevitably been the subject of a good deal of discussion and a certain amount of speculation.

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

 

[Mac]

James Ley on Scott Morrison | Sydney Review of Books

The political implications of Morrison’s uncommon religion have inevitably been the subject of a good deal of discussion and a certain amount of speculation.

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

Thanks Pascoe's - very good piece. Among many, the one I liked was -

"Morrison’s apparent inability to grasp the distinction between a personal belief system and an operative constitutional arrangement may simply be ignorance. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever praised the current prime minister for his intellect, so the possibility that he does not understand a core principle of the Australian Constitution must remain open. Yet the incoherence itself is revealing."

 

[stryker 69]

Anyone see Joe Rogan get sucked into fake news when he claimed it was against the law to grow your own food in NSW then literally have it debunked by his flunky doing his internet searches? Such a douchebag.

Surely not serious?
Those yanks believe we live under Gestapo rule here eh?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Surely not serious?
Those yanks believe we live under Gestapo rule here eh?

True story. He inadvertently debunked his own conspiracy theory.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

Watch till the end.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=546583716940723

 

[jadtiger]

Rumours around that a little bit of karma has visited Pauline Hanson in the shape of the covid virus.I feel sorry for the virus

 

[Demps]

 

[Tim Sheens]

James Ley on Scott Morrison | Sydney Review of Books

The political implications of Morrison’s uncommon religion have inevitably been the subject of a good deal of discussion and a certain amount of speculation.

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

Read it a week or so back. The good thing is that the Pentecostals only have hold over a small percentage of the overall community and leaving aside the whole belief thing, most Aussies have decent BS detectors.

They have though way too much say in the Liberal party and hopefully come Sunday morning their vile version of religion no longer has undue influence in the halls of power and our lives as a result.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Read it a week or so back. The good thing is that the Pentecostals only have hold over a small percentage of the overall community and leaving aside the whole belief thing, most Aussies have decent BS detectors.

They have though way too much say in the Liberal party and hopefully come Sunday morning their vile version of religion no longer has undue influence in the halls of power and our lives as a result.

Can't disagree with much of this.

Considering the handouts favour the incumbent it's amazing the ALP is in the lead.

Probably a testament to Albanese being viewed as high in integrity.

Trouble is I would've preferred a few more major policy divergences aka Shorten but his running purely on an integrity platform pretty much so is the low view held in Morrison.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

One thing for sure.

Looking at this thread Balmain supporters seem to be running 80% ALP.

Probably always was historically.