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Looming ( but as yet, undeclared) election, extra 8 billion dollars for X over the next 4 years,opposition matches dollar for dollar + a little bit ex...
February 26, 2025 at 05:04
Blood Lines" by Nelson DeMille et al. Apart from spellcheck not keeping up with the DeMille name, good thriller writing with consistently simple sente...
February 26, 2025 at 04:58
@"Vera Mont", Sorry to appear to join the negative pile-on, but the first reaction/thought was of everyone being the servant of those that surround th...
February 26, 2025 at 04:46
Anybody tasted lasagna made with thickened cream and rat bait (well matured cheddar) cheese? No? Not surprising! To have eaten it in your youth, you n...
February 26, 2025 at 04:24
@"Relativist", Agreed. You're more succinct. smile
February 23, 2025 at 03:42
Any visible opposition to DJT from these areas will be spun to give DJT the "Proof" of the "Deeeep State". At least in the current environment. The pr...
February 23, 2025 at 03:37
So, in your opinion, there is no legal or de facto barriers to stop Trump from declaring himself El Presidente for life with unlimited executive power...
February 23, 2025 at 03:05
@"Wayfarer", Maybe? Better ere on the side of caution, even here. sad self preservative smile
February 22, 2025 at 06:27
Repetition gives similar outcomes..... the promise of the Universe! Simple enough for wanna be dictators to understand. sad smile
February 22, 2025 at 06:22
Of course, where does that leave the USA's ex allies, now Enemies? Time to get thinking and doing with the short, medium and long term implications at...
February 22, 2025 at 06:16
You don't think that there's enough wanna-bes (power hungry) in the Congress to slow the Trump march down? Or don't they have the political/constituti...
February 22, 2025 at 06:02
Reckon it will happen under this cast of actors? Or might it take more productions of this play to be actualized? In other words, how resilient is the...
February 22, 2025 at 04:58
Critical awareness is useful to predicate and justify the actions needed to remove the "megalomaniacs". Critical awareness will not, by itself, elimin...
February 22, 2025 at 04:45
You get that feeling too. The book referred to should have been posted in your Lounge OP. Alas, that OP was only just discovered. Good luck. cheery sm...
February 22, 2025 at 04:25
@"Mikie", It's not about Climate Change Skepticism, but about Climate Change Amelioration Skepticism, according to the author's radio interview's find...
February 22, 2025 at 03:55
Must be the usual suspects' day off. Pretty quiet on the western front (of Shoutbox). No one going over the top, no arti. barrages. Not even an active...
February 22, 2025 at 02:37
Please make it so. warm smile
February 22, 2025 at 02:32
Messing with constitutional rights always results in a veil of legal tears, it would appear to the non US audience. As does the greater societal divis...
February 21, 2025 at 05:51
Are there any "legal" ways or circumstances that the USA can be manipulated (by its own president and /or Congress) into stalling/ deferring/ overridi...
February 21, 2025 at 04:29
A skeptic may "praise"/ inquire into the positive value of/use misology in certain circumstances e.g. where reasoning against a knowledge claim will t...
February 21, 2025 at 03:38
Could the state of play (position being taken by the contributors), so far, be summed up in the following way? Objectivity only exists if a subject ex...
February 21, 2025 at 03:18
Just stand within a rural mile of a 20,000 sow piggery at feed time if you're not stone deaf. Woodstock festival on steroids or whatever. smile
February 18, 2025 at 03:52
Sorry.misquote. smile
February 18, 2025 at 03:48
@"Banno", ACOSS has timed its revelations well to be "overwhelmed" by the more important news of the RBA's decision today. Guess its Melbourne Cup rul...
February 18, 2025 at 02:55
@"Banno", Does who did the "new polling" have an influence or was it an ABC News poll? Which doesn't imply that the ABC is entirely free of bias, of c...
February 16, 2025 at 05:27
Ok, bite, bite. As in 78% is close to 100%, or that !9% is so close to 100%, in regards to what the two percentages each refer? Too much overthinking ...
February 16, 2025 at 05:17
@"Banno", Thanks. It's a shame that political parties etc. don't adhere to the same attempt at financial source transparency. Might give politics a mo...
February 16, 2025 at 05:03
@"Shawn", Thanks for the pig(s) pic. Your effort is appreciated by some. non specifically directed frowning smile
February 16, 2025 at 04:46
@"Banno" et al, Any thoughts on how or whether the German elections might influence the timing of and/or the run up shenanigans to Aus'. coming Fed el...
February 16, 2025 at 04:05
Mmm. Duly noted. Any intended reference to ":S" ? just wondering smile
February 16, 2025 at 03:48
Straight to the point. Good. appreciative smile
February 16, 2025 at 03:30
What can be said about the Chinese except they read their own (historical) writers? And apply in long term policies. unsurprised smile
February 16, 2025 at 03:18
Don't expect considered and informed economic policies out of the US for the next 3.7 years. Lowy Institute's article didn't inform much new broadly b...
February 16, 2025 at 03:14
As stated, no dog in this fight. So lets see what the intrepid mods make of Mikie's question. pacific smile
February 16, 2025 at 02:45
Life intrudes. Catch up when able. Sorry.
February 15, 2025 at 07:12
Why not, piglets do it persistently? Just needs a low bucket. cheeky grin
February 15, 2025 at 07:10
Plenty of meat on the bone of what is "not evident" to chew on. No dog in this fight, but it's not an exhausted subject if philosophers get cranked up...
February 15, 2025 at 06:59
And not milking an animal on time and separated from its live offspring has its own ethical and emotional issues. To milk or not to milk, depends on ....
February 15, 2025 at 06:49
Immediate thoughts as that concept has never occurred. "Collective" suggests an "othering" component...rather than an awareness by the "members" of th...
February 15, 2025 at 06:38
Unfortunately, nationalism finds traction more easily when people feel ( or are encouraged to feel) insecure in all nations/communities. Aus. is a pri...
February 15, 2025 at 06:02
Mmm. Lopsided economic rationale, not surprising. Smile with unsurprised raised eyebrow
February 15, 2025 at 05:54
Of course. We're all good mates, here. surprised smile
February 15, 2025 at 05:48
Thanks. Any approval offered, however intended, will be cherished for various extents of time. But not for "forever", who or what ever that is. If you...
February 15, 2025 at 05:47
Who or what is "forever" that you want to be set free for? Or Who or what is "forever" for whom or what you want to be set free? smile
February 15, 2025 at 05:34
That's deep for you, isn't it? any type of smile you desire
February 15, 2025 at 05:21
Has sunlight deprivation as a cause of rickets been discovered in your area yet? Loose smile
February 15, 2025 at 05:16
But do they know that they don't know? smile
February 15, 2025 at 05:09
So far, Donny hasn't "forecast" much change to the International Money Market in which the US plays a key role. Is he wary of China's possible reactio...
February 15, 2025 at 04:59
The US domestic market and/or the US export market? Curious smile
February 15, 2025 at 04:51
Cutting external (to the US) aid funding of all the forms( e.g. health, military, development etc.) that Donny can think of, could allow for lower tax...
February 15, 2025 at 04:44