Rob

The Liberals have followed the Murdoch media prescription for success for 20 years until they reached the point where they are nearly ON.

Minns is very smooth and very glib. He gives those nice strong answers that are so beloved by the Australian media. He will end up though like Abbott, Morrison and Latham.

I wonder how the libs will do leadership spill after the next election when there are 3 of them left.

Minns is essentially saying "don't believe your lying eyes"
#auspol

I thought that they were not going to be forgiven for the Morrison years. I did not think that they would disintegrate before our very eyes like some sort of science fiction story.

They tried it with Turnbull and look what happened.

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

"The simple fact is that Israeli actions endanger all of us, including Jews. Because what Israel is doing claims to in our name, in my name. And believe me when I say it is not in my name."

Thank you to advisory committee member, Antony Loewenstein for speaking out at last night's rally

‘So shameful’: backlash as US national monuments conform to Trump’s rewrite of history From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Erasing history is an affront to the collective progress of human culture and thought"

Dr Leo K Killsback

TBH I can't see how any election in the next few months is predictable.

When will the Murdoch Empire dump the LNP and formally endorse One Nation?

#Auspol

It's surprising how much Scott Morrison was like Boris Johnson and how much Albanese is like Starmer. Expect Albanese to start coming out with policies to appease potential One Nation voters.

Like fighting to be Captain of the Titanic at the crew is fighting over the life rafts stage.

I think it is another poor political call from Starmer. He has a knack for it.

I'm not shocked but weirdly I feel upset.

If they do stuff like this they will kill people. They must know this.

I've worked in warehouses. They are great at storing stuff but not so good for human beings. A large warehouse will have enough washrooms for 5 workers. It would only take a couple of days, even if you put 100 people into something the size of an aircraft hangar, for there to be a sanitary disaster.

There are a lot of newish Bluesky accounts that think the best way forward in progressive American politics is to attack other progressives purity.

People who advocate a position rather than damning others are less likely to be bots.

It's a tiny nuance but listen for it.

Strong ad.

Laws are for poors

Hanson and Joyce get a dream run on daytime tv but the truth is they are incapable of working with others. They are as chaotic as Trump. Hanson has been sucking on the public teat for over 25 years and has NEVER had a policy idea besides blaming Asians, Indians etc etc.

Sounds like a great place to bring the wife and kids.

The only thing that I will say is for compulsory voting and the preferential system is we have a fair idea of who votes for which party. There are no surprises or guesses as to who will turn up on election day.

This is just a guess but if the hard right liberal voters desert the party surely that leaves the more small l liberals as the bulk of remaining liberals? And would they rather vote for Labor than ON?

Saw him last night. Great concert. Enjoy!

THE AGE Saying he welcomed Herzog's trip to Australia, Albanese added: "We have too much division and people have their views on the Middle East, but I'll make this point that Australia's not in a position to solve by ourselves the Middle East issues, and people don't want conflict brought here.

And then there’s this shameless garbage from Albanese, repeating the tired line that “people don’t want conflict brought here” while literally inviting the president of the “conflict” here. The utter contempt these people have for Australians is so glaring.

These places will kill people. I worked in warehouses. They are good for storing non-organic material. They are not good for "storing" people.

Andersonville Prison - Wikipedia

Even with the best will in the world and real world repercussions inadequate detention facilities can lead to disaster.
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That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet. Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?

As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”

Rudd says he declined Epstein invitation after latest document dump The newly released Epstein documents show the New York sex offender sought a wide-ranging network of political and financial contacts, including former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

#Auspol

It's not just networking. What possible influence could be extracted by Epstein from a then out of work Ex-Australian PM? Why seek out Rudd? On one level it's as puerile as collecting all the Star Wars bobble heads. On another it's uncomfortably sinister.