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bell jar posted:gently caress Youths And Deny 
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Assessor of Maat posted:interesting of you to complain about a lack of clear convictions on the left, mr. "bill gates is a land of contrasts" Really makes you think doesn’t it Or perhaps I was drawing a direct comparison to how us in the left are aiming at the wrong targets sometimes No you got me I’m a fash
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May 9, 2020 13:19
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I read that Bill Gates's wealth is still increasing even though he's retired - he's giving away less than he earns in interest, dividends, etc. Okay maybe that's no longer true with the dip in the stock market from Coronavirus, but anyway he's not giving away a huge proportion of his wealth. I also saw part of a documentary on him where he was really looking into all the things he was contributing to, like trying to understand all the biology. It seems like being a huge nerd and insisting on knowing all the details of what you're donating to isn't very efficient. Maybe that's not how he does everything though  It's better than nothing, which seems to be what a lot of them are doing with their wealth, but he's not really making many sacrifices there - he's not reducing his net worth and he's not really releasing control of the money very much either.
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May 9, 2020 13:32
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teacup posted:us in the left
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May 9, 2020 14:14
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May 9, 2020 14:20
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https://twitter.com/mattjcan/status/1259054415299833856?s=20
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May 9, 2020 14:28
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Putting on a hi-vis to install a clothesline in his back yard
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May 9, 2020 14:42
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teacup posted:No you got me I’m a fash Well, courteous of you to come out and admit it I suppose.
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May 9, 2020 14:48
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There’s a whole fuckload to unpack in that one garbage tweet
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May 9, 2020 14:51
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My Hills Hoist is a Chinese Spy.
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May 9, 2020 15:50
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...why the gently caress is there a pick in that photo
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May 9, 2020 16:00
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Solemn Sloth posted:There’s a whole fuckload to unpack in that one garbage tweet (and that’s okay)
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May 9, 2020 16:12
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GotLag posted:...why the gently caress is there a pick in that photo His mattock was also a Chinese spy
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May 9, 2020 20:59
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GotLag posted:...why the gently caress is there a pick in that photo It's spelt "prick"
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May 9, 2020 23:06
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Gotta dig the hole for the clothesline. He appears to have dug it in the wrong place just next to where it needed to go and then didn’t bother to fill in the mistake. Also wearing shorts on a job site instead of full length pants, no head protection, no SWMS submitted before works began - I can’t sign off on this work order
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May 9, 2020 23:14
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Powered by renewables.
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May 9, 2020 23:25
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All the chat about billionaires you would think they are anything more than pocket change in world economics. It was alluded to earlier but to restate, the US defense department; one government department of one country, likely comfortably spends more money each year (0.6 - 0.85 trillion USD, approx a trillion Aussie) than all the worlds billionaires combined. People hate on Gates in particular because he spends money in Africa rather then on GOP heartland and their cheer squad has managed to rope in a surprisingly large amount of the world facebook population.
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May 9, 2020 23:28
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A Wild Animal posted:My Hills Hoist is a Chinese Spy. The Hills have eyes
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May 9, 2020 23:36
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Electric Wrigglies posted:All the chat about billionaires you would think they are anything more than pocket change in world economics. Hot take: billionaires existing is bad, spending trillions on defence... is also bad
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May 9, 2020 23:59
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It’s also worth noting that while Bill Gates extracts value from the economy in order to spend on his pet projects, defence contracts add considerable value to the US economy via the enormous arms industry that employs hundreds of thousands inside the US. I don’t support spending bazillions on arms, but it’s one industry that hasn’t been ruthlessly outsourced.
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May 10, 2020 00:02
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Electric Wrigglies posted:It was alluded to earlier but to restate, the US defense department; one government department of one country, likely comfortably spends more money each year (0.6 - 0.85 trillion USD, approx a trillion Aussie) than all the worlds billionaires combined. Well yes, how else do you think a billionaire would become and stay a billionaire?
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May 10, 2020 00:03
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Electric Wrigglies posted:All the chat about billionaires you would think they are anything more than pocket change in world economics. Referring to the US DoD as one department of one government sure is a reasonable and good faith way to suck billionaire dick
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May 10, 2020 00:12
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Bringing up government departments in any nominally democratic nation in order to downplay the power of billionaires also makes no sense. The whole problem with billionaires is that they can exercise the power inherent in having billions of dollars in a unilateral and large unaccountable way, unlike a government you get to vote for. Now this does arguably fall to pieces when you consider the two party systems of the US, Britain and Aus where both major parties are basically identical in economic policy, but you get the point.
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May 10, 2020 00:23
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Electric Wrigglies posted:the US defense department; one government department of one country, likely comfortably spends more money each year (0.6 - 0.85 trillion USD, approx a trillion Aussie) than all the worlds billionaires combined. Is the US DoD not the highest spending entity in the world? Seems like a weird example.
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May 10, 2020 00:55
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Putin probably has more money than the billionaires on the richest people lists, but he like the other people with more money than Bill Gates and Bezos keep it a secret.
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May 10, 2020 01:07
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According to a whistleblower the Church of Latter-Day Saints has an astonishingly huge amount of money they will never declare they have.
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May 10, 2020 01:08
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Well they have a generation ship to build
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May 10, 2020 01:30
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Endman posted:Speaking of major parties and the defence industry: Well nothing improves my health quite like fat stacks of cash from the military-industrial complex or whatever we're calling it now.
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May 10, 2020 01:47
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TheLastRoboKy posted:Well nothing improves my health quite like fat stacks of cash from the military-industrial complex or whatever we're calling it now. Sorry why isn't he allowed to work out of the public eye?
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May 10, 2020 01:56
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JBP posted:Sorry why isn't he allowed to work out of the public eye? I think in this instance it's more a case of him saying "I'm leaving Parliament due to health issues" and then immediately heading up some operation for the seppo military. Seems a bit farcical. If he'd just resigned like "I've served long enough" or some bullshit it would be less so
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May 10, 2020 01:59
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bell jar posted:I think in this instance it's more a case of him saying "I'm leaving Parliament due to health issues" and then immediately heading up some operation for the seppo military. Seems a bit farcical. If he'd just resigned like "I've served long enough" or some bullshit it would be less so Mike Kelly has pretty severe health complications from military service.
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May 10, 2020 02:02
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I'd be surprised if Kelly does much "work" apart from peddling access to parliamentarians.
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May 10, 2020 02:33
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Mr Chips posted:I'd be surprised if Kelly does much "work" apart from peddling access to parliamentarians. I think his job will cut in both directions. He has pretty valuable and unique experience given the nature of the business. I actually think some of the stuff Palantir make is really cool.
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May 10, 2020 02:35
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GotLag posted:Putting on a hi-vis to install a clothesline in his back yard First response I saw to an FB comment like this - "Well what would YOU wear to do it?!" as though hi vis is the only work gear that exists.
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May 10, 2020 02:38
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TheMostFrench posted:First response I saw to an FB comment like this - "Well what would YOU wear to do it?!" as though hi vis is the only work gear that exists. On a friend's post mocking it, their uncle saying that the poor bloke has obviously installed it after coming home from work and didn't get changed and that it's telling that the left are looking down on someone who wears hi vis to work. Friend asked him if he knew what the poor bloke did for work and was told "unlike you I don't cyber stalk people just because I disagree with them".
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May 10, 2020 02:46
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GotLag posted:Putting on a hi-vis to install a clothesline in his back yard Mate he is from Rocky. We all have high vis for yard work. It's just a thing you have. Pick em up cheap on surplus from Totally Workwear and let everyone else in the Bunnings gardening checkout line know you're not a total amateur in the back yard. I actually need a new one because my old one got a bit wet concrete soaked and I tossed it rather than risk the washing machine. So ATM inside a ratty old tshirt. Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 02:49 on May 10, 2020 |
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May 10, 2020 02:46
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Yes because a loving clothesline is a great present for a woman
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May 10, 2020 03:00
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I once saw a man in rocky burn the edges of his lawn instead of use a whippersnipper. Good times. e. I don't remember if he was wearing hi vis
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I'm not surprised that Canavan has a loving ugly half done backyard
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