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I didn't actually think it was that controversial that the differences between the ALP and the LNP were superficial and semantic, but there you go It's possible that living in NSW where the Libs and the Other Libs are on a unity ticket wrt to continued coal mining, tax breaks, contestable funding for VET and most privatisations that aren't the ones the ETU are losing their poo poo over has coloured my reactions somewhat.
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also where the leader of the "socialist left" is a hardline anti-choice anti-gay Catholic who loves small government
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Quantum Mechanic posted:I didn't actually think it was that controversial that the differences between the ALP and the LNP were superficial and semantic, but there you go It's because this thread is full of capitalists who are happy just to see the problem shuffled away from them. When you live in luxury on 55/a year + you find it difficult to hear criticism of the party that represents your interests.
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asio posted:It's because this thread is full of capitalists who are happy just to see the problem shuffled away from them. When you live in luxury on 55/a year + you find it difficult to hear criticism of the party that represents your interests. Hi asio
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The OZ posted:
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That's a  opportunity if there ever was one. Hidden away in the business section too.
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For more hosed up future I present
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Really can't find an analogy more appropriate for this kind of unflinching uniform partisan cronyism than literal Stalinism, which is hilarious. Excited for the next level when appointees are sent to Gina's internment camps after their terms expire.
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Laying mines for the future. Even when they're gone they'll have installed enough worms to cripple departments. Gwb did the same when he filled the justice department with liberty university alum.
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Jonah Galtberg posted:It takes a special kind of loving stupid to find a way to criticise the ALP and be wrong Sorry i don't follow the groupthink of the thread lockstep. 
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I know this is a couple pages back now, but Auspol April - A cynical attack against good posting
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IT'S A SHAM A BLOODY SHAM
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Guards! Scuffle awkwardly with that man!
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wait what the gently caress wrong THREAD UGH i unveil my BREASTS
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thatfatkid posted:groupthink I call BINGO! I'd been waiting for that one for ages, I thought I was a shoe-in to win when my card had that in the centre square. It took longer than I thought. Still talking junk food? Beware the dangers of Big Pizza ; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-03-03/junk-food-s-last-stand-the-pizza-lobby-is-not-backing-down (e: American focused but whatever)
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markgreyam posted:I call BINGO! I'd been waiting for that one for ages, I thought I was a shoe-in to win when my card had that in the centre square. It took longer than I thought.  that filth please
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The no reappointment rule is just more proof that labor offering positions to conservatives is loving idiotic because it never results in reciprocity when the other side wins power.
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markgreyam posted:I call BINGO! I'd been waiting for that one for ages, I thought I was a shoe-in to win when my card had that in the centre square. It took longer than I thought. I'm still waiting for "echo chamber." 
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markgreyam posted:I call BINGO! I'd been waiting for that one for ages, I thought I was a shoe-in to win when my card had that in the centre square. It took longer than I thought. The K-Rudd chatting away in the top right hand corner...
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Gough Suppressant posted:The no reappointment rule is just more proof that labor offering positions to conservatives is loving idiotic because it never results in reciprocity when the other side wins power. If the coalition is going to be spiteful to the point of cutting off their own nose just appoint enough coalition directors just to poison their best people with possiblity of "left wing bias"
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norp posted:If the coalition is going to be spiteful to the point of cutting off their own nose just appoint enough coalition directors just to poison their best people with possiblity of "left wing bias" Worked with noted communist Mark Scott
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QUACKTASTIC posted:Guards! Scuffle awkwardly with that man! 
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Quantum Mechanic posted:I didn't actually think it was that controversial that the differences between the ALP and the LNP were superficial and semantic, but there you go Agreed thats why I vote 1 greens 2 lnp. No real difference so who cares
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markgreyam posted:Still talking junk food? Beware the dangers of Big Pizza ; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-03-03/junk-food-s-last-stand-the-pizza-lobby-is-not-backing-down (e: American focused but whatever) For gently caress's sake.
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Gentleman Baller posted:Agreed thats why I vote 1 greens 2 lnp. No real difference so who cares You should vote 1 Greens, 2 PUP to reward the courage displayed by comrade Clive in his attempts to get Tony to kill heself.
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:Also I don't know if this has changed recently but NSW was gutted and its alcohol problem exacerbated massively by overly strict and self-defeating liquor licensing laws which meant that small bars and restaurants couldn't serve alcohol, couldn't attract customers and only the big battery farm booze factories were available, which saw no need to invest in nonalcoholic entertainment because they already had a monopoly on the customer base This is from a while back now but I just wanted to clarify - the ridiculously overpriced liquor license thing was changed 10 years ago (I'm pretty sure it was 2005 when it changed). Prior to that you had a limited number of licenses in the state, and they were exorbitantly expensive, meaning that the only way you could get one was to take it off somewhere else, and open a giant beer barn to do as much volume trade as possible. Since the laws changed, a liquor license to serve alcohol with food available is I think about $200 or something, so there's been an absolute explosion in the number of small bars in Sydney. Sure, a lot of them are still owned by Merivale or Keystone, but a lot of them aren't. I believe the CBD ones are also exempt from the lock-out laws, but most weren't really effected since they tended to close at midnight anyway. The lockouts have reduced assaults in the CBD/Cross area, at the cost of massively gutting late-night businesses (particularly in the Cross, a lot of the clubs and late-night bars have shut down). Amazingly, there's been a huge spike in both trade and assaults at the Star casino, which coincidentally is just outside the lockout area 
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2005 that changed? Jesus. Almost getting to that time where I have to lop off a limb and count the rings
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Life never gets easier, we just imagine up obstacles for people throughout history even though living conditions improve. God forbid we all just live and do what we want with the use of technology. gently caress this dumb planet. I'm feeling particularly nihilistic today. i got banned fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Mar 6, 2015 |
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Hardly, personal freedom is important but not at the detriment of the society you live in.
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i got banned posted:Hardly, personal freedom is important but not at the detriment of the society you live in. I know, I'm just shitposting. You're absolutely right though. Class distinctions exist almost totally due to the fact we invent magical rules to stratify society.
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:2005 that changed? Jesus. Almost getting to that time where I have to lop off a limb and count the rings Actually it might've been 2007 now that I think about it. 2005 was when they banned smoking indoors at pubs/clubs. Either way, the bar scene in Sydney now is a million times better than it was a decade ago. Even around where I live in Cammeray and Crows Nest there's small bars where you can go and have a feed and a couple of drinks, without a bunch of lager louts or poker machines propping up the business.
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Some people do really well some people end up being raped and tortured. The system works.
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Capitalism means I can have something you don't and there's a whole library of books to justify why this has to be.
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