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Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
This is not good legislation. It is targeting the most vulnerable and I think it is shameful,” Mr Freelander said.

Prior to voting in favour of it

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MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Abongination posted:

Was just under 4 years ago that Abbott claimed "Good government starts today".

No, no, you misunderstand. It was "Good! Government starts today"

I, Butthole
Jun 30, 2007

Begin the operations of the gas chambers, gas schools, gas universities, gas libraries, gas museums, gas dance halls, and gas threads, etcetera.
I DEMAND IT
May 18 election?

ScoMo posted:

“the number of sitting days that will take place that are scheduled between the start of the year next year and 18 May is exactly the same as it is this year.”

I, Butthole fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Nov 29, 2018

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

Was there any doubt?

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

I, Butthole posted:

May 18 election?

"We've always been slack arseholes, pimples on the face of democracy only adding blemishes and no benefits"

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009






BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:

Chris Bowen is a lying POS.

He claimed they voted for the cuts to Newstart for migrants because the risk was the Libs would otherwise have gone to One Nation.

However, the Libs wouldn't have had the numbers with One Nation and Labor could have blocked the bill.

I quit Labor to volunteer with the Victorian Socialists and actions like this don't make me regret it on any level.

These assholes are cheerfully selling us all down the river giving the lnp everything they want. They're terrified the lnp will steal the "just likes to hurt people" voter block but they're too short sighted or lazy to offer a competing vision. Look how quickly popular opinion reversed on torturing children on manus and that was just because people finally started talking about it.

Jonah Galtberg
Feb 11, 2009

hooman posted:

Ahahahah the British have no loving idea what they want.

https://twitter.com/davidshor/status/1067915237431672832

rather than laughing at millions of people who are otherwise probably mostly rational we could instead examine the societal causes for this convulsion

Jonah Galtberg
Feb 11, 2009

Ellen Sandell got back up in Melbourne btw

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

These assholes are cheerfully selling us all down the river giving the lnp everything they want. They're terrified the lnp will steal the "just likes to hurt people" voter block but they're too short sighted or lazy to offer a competing vision. Look how quickly popular opinion reversed on torturing children on manus and that was just because people finally started talking about it.

It should never be forgotten that it wasn't the ALP that triggered that discussion either - it was a few liberal moderates and an independent. The ALP were basically silent on the whole thing.

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

These assholes are cheerfully selling us all down the river giving the lnp everything they want. They're terrified the lnp will steal the "just likes to hurt people" voter block but they're too short sighted or lazy to offer a competing vision. Look how quickly popular opinion reversed on torturing children on manus and that was just because people finally started talking about it.

don't think they'll be any different if they get in government either. bipartisanship :patriot: :decorum:

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

I, Butthole posted:

May 18 election?

quote:

“the number of sitting days that will take place that are scheduled between the start of the year next year and 18 May is exactly the same as it is this year.”

This is bullshit, because an election called shortly after the budget is going to wipe out a bunch of those sitting dates.

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Jonah Galtberg posted:

hello fellow losers

Jonah Galtberg
Feb 11, 2009

:smith:

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


snoremac posted:

What is the official justification for shutting down Parliament for all but 10 days?

They can technically do it so shut up and let them lead strong and stable government.

Cpt Soban
Jul 23, 2011

Senor Tron posted:

They can technically do it so shut up and let them lead strong and stable government.

Fair Dinkum Government

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

Jonah Galtberg posted:

rather than laughing at millions of people who are otherwise probably mostly rational we could instead examine the societal causes for this convulsion

Brexit full of racist lies assigning a scapegoat to people crushed by capital.

I mean, isn't that taken as read at this point?

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Anything that might wreck Britain wholesale is fine. Who cares.

Mr Chips
Jun 27, 2007
Whose arse do I have to blow smoke up to get rid of this baby?

JBP posted:

Anything that might wreck Britain wholesale is fine. Who cares.

Tony Abbott does.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

JBP posted:

Anything that might wreck Britain wholesale is fine. Who cares.

"Unable to continue to destroy the lifestyles and living standards of other countries through Colonialism, the British are attempting to Colonialism on themselves."

~David Attenborough probably

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

hooman posted:

"Unable to continue to destroy the lifestyles and living standards of other countries through Colonialism, the British are attempting to Colonialism on themselves."

~David Attenborough probably

lmao

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

bell jar posted:

don't think they'll be any different if they get in government either. bipartisanship :patriot: :decorum:

There will be no bipartisanship, because the two party system is about to collapse.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/...BL7WBaNGJjvnpaI

TL;DR - the Libs will have to split, or face annihilation.

If the election were called and happened with the kind of 2PP we're seeing atm, the Libs wouldn't have enough seats in either house to mount an effective opposition anyway, given the fact that the infighting is projected to intensify and result in splits on ideological grounds.

I expect the outcome closer to the following election will be yet another coalition, between the (now irrelevant and likely to be eviscerated in 2019) Nats, the centre right moderate party (under I suppose Bishop) and whatever the Abbott conservatives that remain call themselves. You can expect the Hanson remain to stay on the crossbench, because she won't work with the moderates and vice versa. That coalition will continue to poo poo itself until all of the conservatives have been electorally defeated, and the moderates create a new liberal party.

Not sure what implications this has for the QLD LNP, but one can assume that will certainly fracture.

The Murdoch media will likely start losing readers at an accelerated rate as they continue to back the unpopular conservatives, while Fairfax and 7-West side with the moderates as they have done in the past.

Jonah Galtberg
Feb 11, 2009

JBP posted:

Anything that might wreck Britain wholesale is fine. Who cares.

actually it's bad because the people at the top won't be affected by any of it

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
That's democracy!

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/J_C_Campbell/status/1067968916687794176

https://twitter.com/J_C_Campbell/status/1067968957498314752

https://twitter.com/J_C_Campbell/status/1067969001584701441

https://twitter.com/J_C_Campbell/status/1067969015220334592

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Imagine setting up a bloke like Michael Lamb with a super complex political CRM suite and expecting it to work lmao

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Labor could've suspended standing orders but Pyne told the crossbench to abstain and they did. loving cowards.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



Jonah Galtberg posted:

actually it's bad because the people at the top won't be affected by any of it

Au contraire the exploding poverty rates will make servants cheaper and easier to abuse

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

Anidav posted:

Labor could've suspended standing orders but Pyne told the crossbench to abstain and they did. loving cowards.

I came here to post exactly this, because holy poo poo are they loving cowards.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

Jonah Galtberg posted:

hello fellow greens/vicsoc voters! i, a fellow greens/vicsoc voter, like what Bill Shorten And The Labor Party(tm) are doing! i was a tough sell but they kept after me and eventually won me back!

This whole thing really is a kids' club to you, isn't it?

Dimebag
Jul 12, 2004

Mr Chips posted:

Tony Abbott does.

Good, he's the only one.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again

bell jar posted:

I came here to post exactly this, because holy poo poo are they loving cowards.

Seems like they are taking orders from Pyne so maybe this is a majority govt

ShoeFly
Dec 28, 2006

Waiter, there's a fly in my shoe!

Don Dongington posted:

The Murdoch media will likely start losing readers at an accelerated rate as they continue to back the unpopular conservatives, while Fairfax and 7-West side with the moderates as they have done in the past.

Fairfax will cease to exist on December 10th :(

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Adani mine construction to begin immediately.

Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013

I mean, what did you expect? They're "sensible center economic conservative" independent Libs-in-all-but-name who already pledged supply and confidence. No chance they do anything that meaningfully impacts the Govt.

Metis of the Chat Thread
Aug 1, 2014



lmao at the last one of these where he unironically uses the phrase "social justice warriors"

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Gluten Freeman posted:

lmao at the last one of these where he unironically uses the phrase "social justice warriors"



I don't know why they haven't replace that term with something derogatory because being a social justice warrior sounds awesome.

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE

Cpt Soban posted:

"The Adults are now in charge"

I hope Shorten says this in his victory speech.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again

Anidav posted:

Adani mine construction to begin immediately.

Weird how someone was dumb enough to fund the thing.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

MysticalMachineGun posted:

No, no, you misunderstand. It was "Good! Government starts today"

No, money down!

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snoremac
Jul 27, 2012

I LOVE SEEING DEAD BABIES ON 𝕏, THE EVERYTHING APP. IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING TAB.

JBP posted:

I don't know why they haven't replace that term with something derogatory because being a social justice warrior sounds awesome.
snowflake

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