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Birdstrike posted:good value odds crypto currencies get a mention in the budget Quite likely. The mainsteam financial media (AFR et al) seem to be running at least two stories every week about this revolutionary blockchain tech that's going to disrupt everything.
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Just think how much we'd save if we didn't have to mint all those coins and print all those notes. Would be a good fit with the government accountability app, which will also help us to return to surplus on the back of in-app purchases.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 01:27 |
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AgentF posted:I honestly believe that the media in this country is extremely harmful to political discourse, framing every discussion in terms that are favourable to the LNP. I see the ALP as having to play against a stacked deck each and every election. Remember when Labor tried to reform the Media Ownership laws?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:01 |
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That wasn't about ownership, it was about Labor wanting the government to regulate media content.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:10 |
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In all the smoke and mirrors of the latest Tory stunt it may have been missed that the Senate voted to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal and expunge the order on minimum wages: Btw the whole of the loving cross bench EXCEPT Ricky Muir voted to do this. So people who want to see workers get paid poo poo and people die on our roads are: David Leyonhjelm - Arsehole. Jackie Lambie - Fuckwit. David Lazarus - Big Boofie Chucklefuck. Bob Day - Jesus freak and all round nut job. John Madigan - Oh gently caress it I'll split from the DLP. Divisionist scum. Nick Xenophon - Toss a coin? Who the gently caress knows with this guy. Zenya Wang - gently caress Unions! The boss said so! Oh and the whole of the LNP, but that should shock nobody. http://www.afr.com/news/senate-votes-to-scrap-road-safety-tribunal-20160418-go9g46 quote:Senate votes to scrap road safety tribunal By Ewin Hannan Now this is from a terrible source but this encapsulates the whole of our current political discourse. Rational policy that the electorate backs is trashed by a political elite funded by big business. Who here is really the winner? Ideologically the far right NeoCons who funded the plucky truckie rally, certainly, but more over the big two retail players Coles and Woolworths who would do just about anything to shave a few cents of their transport bill. Including not paying them when it suits them. The other major players who are standing just behind the scenes are the banks who use high leverage financial instruments to lend money to aspiring truckers. Now last I checked neither Westfarmers, ANZ, Woolworths et all were actually short for a quid and if you are involved in paying freight there is clearly some cash sloshing around. So in short the forces of darkness usurped the political process and smashed the workers face flat (Often literally) for what? The mighty dollar and the free hand of the free market. Why does this reflect our whole political situation? Well never before have the forces of the far right been so clearly exposed. By playing brinkman ship with the more centrist force of Turdball rather than scare him straight they have shown themselves out. It was the constant posturing and leaking by the NeoCons that eroded Turball's honeymoon and this election is his to lose. And once again the chosen ground for the fight is Union bashing. This is crazy poo poo. Not only is this the one area that the LNP are most vulnerable to massive attacks based on their own past actions and current rhetoric but in all seriousness if the right wanted to win over the unions all they needed to do was wait quietly while Australians FYGM their way into there being no union movement worthy of the name. It is refreshing to have all your suspicions confirmed. Newscorpse is in fact the mouth piece of the lunatic far right and the IPA, BCA, MCA etc are all shameless shills for their corprate masters. This isn't political discourse its a never ending poo poo spraying machine that ignores everything. I mean who gives a gently caress about road saftey? What's a few human sacrifices when it comes to supporting laissez-faire capitalism? Even better is the race to destruction that this stupid DD shenanigans has forced upon the entire edifice. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-19/submarine-announcement-delay-politically-suicidal:-weatherill/7336924 quote:Submarine delay would be 'politically suicidal' for Liberal Christopher Pyne, Labor leader says 891 ABC Adelaide Updated about an hour ago Every single one of these dodgy cretins that gets the arse come election day will make me do a little dance of joy. I won't let the harsh reality that the replacements are probably worse dampen my good mood for possibly minutes.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:12 |
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You don't need to toss a coin on Xenophon, he has always been consistently anti-worker
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:14 |
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Peter "I didn't see her hand" Cosgrove.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:15 |
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I don't think it's that surprising that a crossbench made up largely of right-wing populists were convinced by a well-funded IPA astroturf on the RSRT.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:18 |
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open24hours posted:That wasn't about ownership, it was about Labor wanting the government to regulate media content. Mr Chips fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Apr 19, 2016 |
# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:23 |
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"What's that man doing to his anus?"
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:23 |
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ALP primary vote at 36% shows how unexcited people are about bill shorten
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:46 |
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Negligent posted:ALP primary vote at 36% shows how unexcited people are about bill shorten Did Bill Shorten kick your dog or something?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:48 |
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I hope Ricky Muir gets re-elected at the DD.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:51 |
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Would a Shorten Prime Ministership be the first time a literal empty suit has inhabited the lodge? e: Can an empty suit be ill-fitting?
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It is time for a reading from the First book of Dog: Oh, and some kittens:
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 02:58 |
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Wheezle posted:Would a Shorten Prime Ministership be the first time a literal empty suit has inhabited the lodge? Apart from Turnbull?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:02 |
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According to an email from Adam Bandt... it's happening?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:16 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:According to an email from Adam Bandt... it's happening? Yeah, just got that too. July 2nd.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:23 |
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ABC confirms: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-19/turnbull-confirms-abcc-will-trigger-double-dissolution-election/7337306
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:24 |
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Turnbull does not deserve to be reelected. He has done nothing since seizing the job. It's a sleepwalking government.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:28 |
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I'm placing my life savings ($150) on someone who's a bit of an outsider but who I believe will win and pay BIG dividends. #abbotsgunnawin
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:29 |
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Ditto SMH. Calling a narrow majority to turnbull in the reps but a larger defecit in the senate with nxt + greens holding the balance of power. Turnbull gets a slim majority to pass his legislation, but spirals downward and gets knifed in return by the lizard king Abbot.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:29 |
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Lmao if NXT turns out to be some sort of libertarian shill bullshit and we get an LNP favourable senate.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:31 |
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hooman posted:I hope Ricky Muir gets re-elected at the DD. Same, he's been pretty good
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:34 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:According to an email from Adam Bandt... it's happening?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:35 |
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You Am I posted:Same, he's been pretty good Yeah, I'd vote for him.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:35 |
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The Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party will gain a Majority in the lower house and upon forming government will commission a new fleet of VL turbo Comcars.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:39 |
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I would not mind Muir as PM
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:43 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:According to an email from Adam Bandt... it's happening? Why were they so coy about it on morning television this morning? Are they really that incapable of communicating strategy to each other? quote:"When we go to election, the Australian people will decide whether there should be an Australian Building and Construction Commission," he said. They're insane. They're not just using it as the trigger, they're actually campaigning on it. Why did anyone think Turnbull was a slick political operator? WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Apr 19, 2016 |
# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:46 |
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Turdball rolls into defeat
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:49 |
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So is it just going to follow the script that the budget is the softest warm cuddly friendly budget in a long time to butter people up before the election, people vote liberal and then it's like, "lol we had our fingers crossed behind our backs all along!"
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:51 |
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:They're insane. They're not just using it as the trigger, they're actually campaigning on it. Why did anyone think Turnbull was a slick political operator? Well, union-bashing is probably the only thing Turnbull can get his entire caucus to agree on.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:52 |
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Hasn't Muir voted with the LNP something like 60% of the time? He's better than everyone thought but he's not that great.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:53 |
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Whitlam, Hawke and even Rudd had charisma in his weird way. That's what you need to bring Labor in to government. Shorten doesn't have it.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 03:59 |
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Negligent posted:Whitlam, Hawke and even Rudd had charisma in his weird way. That's what you need to bring Labor in to government. Shorten doesn't have it. So you saying he's Keating? They both do the sick burn thing.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 04:01 |
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Beazley didn't have charisma and he would've got in.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 04:01 |
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BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 04:02 |
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turdbucket posted:Hasn't Muir voted with the LNP something like 60% of the time? He's better than everyone thought but he's not that great. Didn't he have an agreement with PUP to vote with them until that whole thing went tits up? His conduct when talking to the kids being held ransom by ScoMo is pretty much why I see him as a good senator, if a bit naïve for thinking they'd actually let the kids go.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 04:04 |
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Oh my god what the gently caress happened to Crikey. it looks so loving ugly jesus christ my eyes.
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Here are some names to use, or think of your own Monash University I Finally Won Something Shorten – Lot’s Wife, 1987 Bill “Career-Move” Shorten – Lot’s Wife, 1987 AWU Golden Boy – his staff, 2001 Bye Bye Bill – factional opponents, 2002 King Billy – workers, Nonferral Pty Ltd, 2005 Showbag Shorten – AWU, by 2005 The ET of Spring Street – Bob Sercombe, ousted Member for Maribyrnong, 2005 Little Billy Shorten – Mark Latham, 2005 Braveheart – factional foes, 2006 Government Bill the Knife – various, July 2013 Opposition Electricity Bill – Tony Abbott, October 2013 The Prince of Darkness – Kathy Jackson, 2014 Adora-Bill – his staff, early 2014 Mr Potato Head – Christopher Pyne, March 2014 Bull Shittin – Derryn Hinch, April 2014 Barnacle Bill – Tony Abbott, November 2014
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