Another very brave human being. He needs to be given citizenship.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Eva Kiaili is the leader of the Greek faction in the EU parliament.
A colleague in Thessalonika won't shut up about her. He is my age (55), so I'm guessing mid life crisis, but yeah, she is a looker.
Yeah despite the language choices, Laura and John Lyons are keeping the reporting sane atm.
Good analysis, I agree.
Grace demolishes the two most common rusty excuses with this article.
Albo's vicious enthusiasm for the war squashes the idea that he is doing it to keep the mob happy or because of pressure from the LNP.
Grace is awesome. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year says the PM is a ‘turncoat’ who is ‘capitulating to foreign powers’ amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
That he is #TotoAlbo has rolled over for belly rubs and praise from foreign powers - Israel, the USA and the Oligarchs. #auspol
#IStandWithGrace
NWGFFO.
It's getting very hard to watch his nice guy routine. Him turning up on breakfast news, smiling warmly for the camera just after a press release endorsing his bestest buddy Donald's latest mass murder.
Its really fucking with my head.
Yeah, and I've been wondering - was Trump too stupid to realise this would happen, or did he know and invaded anyway.
I'm going with the "too stupid" theory.
I click on them too and some aren't remotely offensive.
Pity, because the rapid decline of ALP support post 2025 election is one of the biggest political phenomena that has happened in my life and proper debate would be brilliant.
But Bluesky make proper debate so hard. Wasted opportunity.
I meant hiding, not muting.
I've noticed in the last few weeks that Bluesky is silently muting comments, giving the impression that people are avoiding debate.
I hope they fix it soon. While I'm not here to debate, I can see why those who are would be frustrated. Poor moderating raises the temperature, it's not right.
I follow one of Albo's crumb maidens on Facebook and she is just loving this. 😀
I suspect the reason he got up is mundane. Lib branches in safe ALP areas have a tiny membership and are often desperate for candidates.
At uni a friend ran in one just to impress a girl. (He got a date out of it.)
From the Jordan to the Mediterranean?
(If Mr Minns wants to dox me so he can arrest me, there's an irate One Nation supporter in Pakenham who can help you out...)
Yeah they are brilliant.
The song where Andrew Eldritch reads from the instruction manual for an AK47 was another fatalist favourite.
I grew up surrounded by adults who were apparently experts on everything that was wrong with the world (it took me about 20 years to shake it off).
So the appealing bleakness of Black Planet may have been ust me. 😀
In the 1980s, when Joy Division and Ultravox weren't making me depressed enough, I'd listen to this in a continuous loop:
"Run around in the acid rain".
m.youtube.com/watch?v=CvYE...
They played his podcast video on breakfast news. JFC, fundies are scary AF.
Wonder if Speers will wedge little Timmy Wilson and ask him if it's hot in hades. I'm guessing not...
Or you could use this opportunity to super charge EV subsidies.
A BPV Atto 1 costs $25K - imagine if you matched (say) the WA rebate so that Western Australians could buy an EV for $18k.
Just an idea...
Not to mention that Russia (an ally and supplier of weapons to Iran) benefits financially from prolonging this war.
Imagine a pile of hyper sonic missiles taking out an aircraft carrier, levelling a ME city or something.
Trump really fucked up.
Supermarkets really should offer insulated bags... oh, hang on.
I've just finished "Revenge Of The Odessa", so my brain is wired to conspiracy this week, but I think that's pretty plausible.
I used Black Salt yesterday so the house stank but after leaving all the doors and windows open overnight, it doesn't stink any more.
Also, last week one of the rescue charities that I work with rehomed a dog that had been fostered for 3 years.
Finally, I still think you are fucking awesome. 🫂
Albanese's line that "We're sending defensive forces" to the war should ring everybody's bullshit radars. These "defensive" assets are part of a larger offensive. Take yourself back to school if you're buying it. Centrists can't even send us to war without pretending they're not.
Albo and Penny sat down in front a white board and challenged each other to come up with a line stupider than "non-lethal components".
Indeed.
I had a Pakistani-Australian cabbie last week in Melbourne, he seemed palpably nervous when I got in the car.
Fortunately a conversation about cricket lightened the mood, but it is so sad that Muslims are so fearful. Social Cohesion, yeah right. Well done Albo...
He was given a move on order...
The far right is attacking Muslims including children but the ALP refuses to take any action to protect our community.
As a middle aged guy, I doubt my opinion would be terribly informed on this issue.
But for what it's worth - great article, I'd been wondering stuff like this for a while.
Failures include,
-COVID
-NACC (& Robodebt)
-AUKUS
-Transparency & accountability
-Whistleblower protection
-Gaza, Iran
-Gambling reform
-Climate change
-Media
-Consultancies
-Environment
-Housing
-CSIRO
-Mates jobs
-Politicians expenses
-Electoral laws
-Public education
-Social cohesion
-CFMEU
Wondering if there will be an amendment after Albo took us into war.
Ordering a copy this week, anyway.
Clockwork Orange Fuckwit?
A man went to the zoo, where all the cages were empty, except one, which had a dog in it.
It was a Shi Tzu.
