Strolling Rabbi of no fixed address

I came to the comment section for this comment

It is especially curious since postal applications ended last Wednesday, so even if they couldn't keep up with the envelopes being returned, surely the envelopes issued should match the requests by now?

Do these categories mean the same thing? And if they do, where are the remaining 2000 ballots?

On postals - why does there seem to be a discrepancy on different parts of the AEC website?

In Goldstein:
On the downloads and statistics page the .csv file says 27,071 applications and 23,094 received

In results page it has 24,299 envelopes issued and 20,960 received

5. I have been working on similar numbers to you that the Libs need 5-7% swing and 30-40% of ALP preferences, but because there are so many moving parts I cannot get a good read on where it is going.

3. Liberals have lost 14% primary vote since 2019. Maybe cos they ran 2 of the worst candidates or is it changing demographics (probably a bit of both, but how much I don't know)
4. ALP running an open ticket will not sway any Jews, but may anger some others. Will probably be a slight net negative

I live just over the border in Goldstein and spend lots of time in Macnamara
1. I don't know if many votes have changed over Gaza, but those opposed to the Greens are much louder now
2. Liberal house signs in North Caulfield is INTENSE, and that comes from someone used to seeing Zoe signs everywhere

Can someone please help with a question:
There was a Signal group planning and executing a major national defence operation

WHERE THE HELL WAS TRUMP?
Why wasn't he in the group?
Isn't approving these operations his job and something no one else should be able to do?

Australia’s road toll hits 12-year high as pedestrian and cyclist fatalities rise Government figures show 1,300 people died on the roads last year in a rate of increase not seen since the 1960s

Fatalities where cars kill cyclists and pedestrians are rising, so the solution according to the automotive association is to make roads better for cars

Why do we seem to take recommendations only from those who are wrong in very loud voices
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I don't throw around the word "Kapo" lightly. But unless the head of the ADL and everyone who endorsed this apology for Elon's fascist gesture resigns, the name fits and should be used.

Trump has been openly racist back to when he was refusing to rent to black people in the 70s

Having a dark skinned person near the campaign was good PR
But he can't let him get actual power

And while we are on the subject of idiot things politicians get up to
Mandatory minimums suggests we should trust MP's judgement more than judges who have spent a lifetime in the justice system

I am sure there are some bad judges, but there are many more silly politicans
#auspol

Dutton says Coalition measures would 'stamp out antisemitism in our country' And calls for mandatory minimums for terrorism

Meanwhile it is certain that nothing Dutton will help, and he will almost certainly inflame the situation

He may put a lid on antisemitism temporarily, but it will be at the expense of broader social cohesion
#auspol

Israel deputy foreign minister critical of Australia on antisemitism

All these things can be true:
1. Antisemitism is on the rise in Australia
2. It is still less of a problem than in many European countries
3. Netanyahu and Liberals are weaponising the issue for political ends
4. Albo is limited in what he can do to stop it
#auspol #antisemitism

And yes, I know that in #auspol it is a party room vote and not a membership vote

But if you needed $50,000 to contest (with the incumbent not required to pay) they would be a lot more careful about destabilising their leadership

Leadership elections for the Liberal party of Canada Requires $350,000 entrance fee and a $5 million spending limit

Well this is one way to ensure that we are not too cavalier about dumping political leaders in #auspol
Demand a non-refundable $350,000 entrance fee to contest the leadership ballot

Headline Qatar: Gaza ceasefire negotiations at 'final stage' but people should not get 'over-excited' about progress

In the latest installment of unsurprising news...

This is straight out of the Reagan playbook
Let hostages rot for months for electoral advantage
Then magically the deal that has been on the table for moths gets accepted

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon paid four women $17m in WWE bombshell Bombshell report claims WWE boss paid women $17m in ’hush money’

www.foxsports.com.au/wwe/wrestlin...
The husband of the WWE billionaire that Trump appointed to eliminate the DOE. Public school funds will be sent to private schools. Private schools are Christian based. That’s called indoctrination. Drag queens are not sexual predators.

The death toll from the policies of Trump, Mike Johnson and Thune will be astronomical

They started already by withholding aid to California

Is there anyone keeping track of their death toll?

I don't understand Americans and their relationship to the presidency

The Trump Report says that Trump should be in jail
Yet they will not charge a sitting POTUS with a crime

But isn't that what the 25th amendment is about?
If POTUS is in court the VP takes over
Simple

1. By the time Subs are delivered China will be in catastrophic population decline and won't have much of an army
2. It is not Albo opposing Israel. It is Netanyahu using the war to connect far right leaders around the world
3. He wants to work with Trump, who has just threatened NATO

Question I asked several ppl

Either every non-Liberal federal MP is antisemitic
Or Liberals are weaponising antisemitism for political ends

I was floored this week when 2 ppl told me it is definitely the first
This is what happens when Murdoch is your main news source
#auspol

Unfortunately the persecution of Aboriginal people in the NT is not news

Brisbane traffic congestion ranked 10th worst in world but experts question ‘black box’ analysis Academics say traffic scorecard uses ‘rogue metric’ which may make Brisbane’s congestion appear as bad as Los Angeles and Jakarta

The fact that Melbourne traffic is terrible is blindingly obvious

Meanwhile my local council the only planned bike path
In return they are building one short path

The fools in charge will not allow a solution to be found
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

More than 1% of Northern Territory population imprisoned as record jail numbers predicted to climb Watch houses repurposed as long-term prison cells as Country Liberal government claims ‘such is the nature of the mess we have inherited’

The CLP government thinks this is a system working well?
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Big decisions like getting rid of fact checking is not spur of the moment
A few weeks ago Facebook backtracked on creating AI accounts

Zuckerberg wanted to release AI bots onto his platform without fact checking

If he was deliberately trying to destroy Facebook he could not have planned it better

It all comes down to another artificial choice we are given in #auspol
Major political parties- 2

So Labor and Liberal are colluding with the big players to keep our prices artificially high
To advantage big business

The only real solution is to put ALP and LNP last and second last on your ballot

The whole cost of living crisis in Australia is more about centralisation of services so we get screwed

Supermarkets a choice of 2
Banks-4
Phones-3
etc

And they are all working together to keep prices artificially high

How is that?

This is what Dutton's nuclear policy is all about

It is about giving power to centralised power wholesalers
While individuals who produce their own power get screwed

But not just that...

Received my latest power bill

Delivered 3x more electricity into the grid than was used
The electricity that was used is worth about 3x more than the electricity delivered from my solar

Cost of batteries is a bit short of being viable
#auspol
#springst