It's impossible to understand political journalism, especially press gallery stuff, without realising it's a circus to most of them, and the thing they loathe most is not feeling like the smartest person in the room

Its amazing how much damage they did in a very short period of time all things considered.

If you believe every embryo is endowed with an immortal soul, and God (the author of nature) has decreed that 10-25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, and either baptism or a profession of faith are necessary to avoid eternal damnation, then your God is simply evil, and your beliefs are insane.

Yeah this is sub prime on steroids.

The final minutes of Four Lions comes to mind

Mehdi H. on X: "Video reportedly of Afghan Super-Tucano aircraft bombing the Pakistani city of Lahore tonight. Afghanistan A-29 Super Tucano aircraft were provided by the US before Taliban takeover. The aircraft can be armed with two 500-pound bombs, twin .50-caliber machine guns & rockets. https://t.co/zuo67C3I1n" / X Video reportedly of Afghan Super-Tucano aircraft bombing the Pakistani city of Lahore tonight. Afghanistan A-29 Super Tucano aircraft were provided by the US before Taliban takeover. The aircraft can be armed with two 500-pound bombs, twin .50-caliber machine guns & rockets. https://t.co/zuo67C3I1n

If and it is a big if, this is confirmed, holy crap.

x.com/mhmiranusa/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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Yes, I remember getting on the train in the early 90s and it'd just be a sea of Hun and Age front pages. Broadsheet Age too lol.

That kind of mass communication is oved now.

And so has their power accordingly.

That's it.

This stuff can't change reality, especially not in state elections that are all bread and butter.

In 92 Victoria did have feel of a struggling rust bucket, so the Hun campaigns worked.

It just doesn't any more. And nobody reads the Hun anyway.

They're utterly unaware of how unhinged it makes them seem.

I see Peter Ford has left Melbourne, triggering a bunch of poasts about "will the last person left in Victoria turn the lights out?".

More people leave NSW and Queensland for other states each quarter.

Contemporary political journalists are best understood as senior clergy.

They're completely of the system and offer occasional homilies to provide those in power with the facade of independence and accountability.

Without ever doing anything to risk their own very comfortable sinecures.

They invent this world and have to a work so hard to make it real.

Vividly remember watching Paul Murray lead a tentative Scott Morrison through the pissed up bogans if the Bathurst crowd in 2018.

They were road testing the Daggy Dad persona and it was obvious how uncomfortable the Bronte rugger boy was in his new get up.

Nobody votes on foreign affairs

They really luuurve the coppers up there.

Three nights lol

It's why they all drink so much.

It's the darkness, and Seasonal Affective Disorder is very real.

I lived in Scotland for years and the days getting rapidly shorter at this time of year does have really is a thing.

pete hegseth announces new department of war policy: "no more friggin woke BULL crap ok? we gotta get serious about WINNING. and that's why it's vital to call it the KILLITARY. anyone who says military is FIRED. and gay. starting NOW. so that one didn't count"

Nigel Farage on Russia Today.

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

IN THE event of a catastrophic oil-spill at sea, haven't the likes of Shell and BP considered throwing a load of sliced mushrooms on the slick? Them bastards hoover up all the oil in the pan when I'm trying to do a fry-up. Plus, a bedraggled cormorant might appreciate a snack whilst waiting to be rescued. Eldon Furse, email

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Love shit like this, you rarely see it any more.

It's almost certainly a signal to a brotherhood of crusader knights history has forgotten.

Sword to protect the leading man among with Flemish.

Baz had been called 4realz

Rules

In the queue for beers at the AFLW at Princes Park and someone just got dispatched to get rack for afters lol.

If you don't watch AFLW you're admitting to being Alan Jones.

Or they march towards you.

Traditionally you don't seize power by enraging the military.