ewe2 posted:

Yeah he's to the right of Scalia, as I said. The only good thing about this is that he just slots into an existing power structure 4 pro-liberal, 4 pro-conservative, 1 centrist. It gets interesting if a non-conservative dies or retires.

There is no right battle for the Democrats, either you look at it and say may as well oppose now since they'll throw away the rulebook or you don't oppose and look bad. But if they do oppose now, and the rulebook is thrown away, that means they can't use it if another judge goes. That's the calculation aside from individual Democrat ambitions. Once that rulebook goes, they can do literally nothing because GOP will just steamroll everything. They literally may as well not even turn up then.

So, to keep their options open for SCOTUS they may have to tread carefully, but I think that something else will trigger the nuclear option and they'll be hosed anyway. At this point, I'd be working hard at the State level of opposition since that's likely to be the way to really put SCOTUS in a bind. The fear is also that if they don't get their way, GOP will nobble courts.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-one-nations-candidate-under-fire-over-sexually-explicit-interests-on-facebook-20170202-gu4biw.html

Tirade posted:

I know Yvette fairly well, she's a loving great person and it's bullshit that she's been given the 2GB treatment. She's an EA, not a political adviser - this isn't some party operative, she's spent her career in the public service and only recently went up to the hill. She had nothing on her Facebook that in any way linked her to the PMO, and didn't even use her real name for her profile.

Whether it was from the ALP, the Abbott faction of the Libs or someone else, someone has ruined her career to gain a half hour of the Friday afternoon news cycle.

aejix posted:

Katherine Murphy sure is a complete loving hack

open24hours posted:

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Look, not one of the fairer sex showed any interest in me before I started in the media, nor have they shown any interest since.

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they effectively get paid "less than $50 an hour".

Zenithe posted:

Christensen: somehow even worse than before:

George Christensen Has Spoken To An Anti-Aboriginal, Homophobic Podcast

rumble in the bunghole posted:

He went to syria to form a group in between Isis and pro-assad forces, but got shot by the kurds.

Solemn Sloth posted:

To whoever said not even bill shorten could gently caress this up(an opinion so stupid I guess it must be Anidav)

The young guy shorten invited up on stage is:
An SDA delegate
An ALP campaign volunteer
Seen posing with Bill Shorten last election
Under an EBA rather than the award conditions

snoremac posted:

Someone tell a simpleton why politicians freak out about polls years before elections to the point where coups are a natural state of affairs these days.

SadisTech posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/27/centrelink-recipients-data-released-by-department-to-counter-public-criticism

i can't even

Bogan King posted: