Rick Grounds

When trying to make sense of most political malarkeys, a sharp Keating quote is the best option

If you are a member of the Bluesky 5.5% (do the math) group that approves of Trump (see below), I recommend that you take a long look in the mirror and consider if you are worthy of belonging to this place 🤡

If the Libs really want to prosper as a party of relevance to contemporary challenges, they must recognise that energy and climate policies form the main current of the political Rubicon and then cross that river, leaving the Nats stranded on the right bank. For our sake, if not for their own

From The Age: "One Nationals MP rubbished the talks between the leaders as a “totally bullshit” process designed to create the perception of a good-faith negotiation, when in fact Ley and Littleproud’s working relationship was non-existent."

Perception's been Ley's survival tactic since 23 January

John Lennon - he of the songs 'God' and 'So this is Christmas' - spent the second half of his life feeling embarrassed that he had mispronounced the name of Nietzsche when looking to purchase one of his works at a bookshop

The bitterness that lasts

Headline in The Age this morning: "Is reunion even a good idea for the Liberals and the Nationals?"

Prompting unanimity from Labor, the Greens, the Teals and other centrist independents: "YES PLEASE!"

Of course, being around to see Woodside imploding with stranded assets would be a nice bonus

I'm hoping to hang around long enough to witness the closure of the last coal-fired power station in Australia

I don't think they have the ticker Sir P. They're scared witless of the unknown, so they'll stick with the devil they know

Did Monique Ryan take note of your final paragraph?

Humour can be a potent weapon in the right hands!

Wouldn’t surprise me if Chris Uhlmann contributed some of the misleading stories

Da tovarishch

Thugs, armed and licensed by a national government, killing decent, unarmed citizens opposed to the government's brutal methods. Protestors labelled as "insurrectionists"

Xi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trump - three of a kind

I take it you've got erosion risks sorted, you know, in case it rains one year?

The workers HAVE been very buzzy

PS. I'm just pretending to care

IMO the decline of the Liberal Party began with Turnbull's time as PM. Abbott was an aberration but Turnbull came across as ideally suited to high office. Surprisingly, he turned out to lack conviction and stamina. Hence Morrison, 2022 losses, Teals, Dutton, 2025 decimation and loss of clear purpose

Indeed!

Greed in relation to even a small acreage is still greed and no less obnoxious.

Sir P, you seem to have recovered from the horrendous in-real-time-movie that kept you up - I use the term advisedly - until well after midnight

So Sussan. Is this your Menzies moment? Don't be hastie!

You go boy!

There is no legislative path available that purports to respond meaningfully to the issues arising - most of them only indirectly - from the Bondi murders and that will receive majority support in the Senate. You can't legislate to achieve social cohesion just as you can't make laws against idiocy

Yes but! I suspect that the Coalition's shouty antics are heard, if at all, with irritation by the many millions of Australians who are having a good life most of the time. Not all of the time and certainly not all Australians but there's no rush for the exit door. Different story across the ditch

Yes but! I suspect that the Coalition's shouty antics are heard, if at all, with irritation by the many millions of Australians who are having a good life most of the time. Not all of the time and certainly not all Australians but there's no rush for the exit door. Different story across the ditch

I have a leaning to the electric rhombus myself, although a scalene triangle has a weird kind of appeal at odd times

The Liberals are stuck in past. They say that renewable energy is unreliable and you can't store the energy. Meanwhile battery projects are going up across the country, and hundreds of thousands of Aussies are putting in Cheaper Home Batteries.

Seriously though, well not actually serious, when you hear Trump say "help is on its way", you should lock up your daughters and blow up your oil wells. Because Trump's only concept of help is the one in which the word "help" is followed by "myself"

Trump wouldn't recognise human decency even if it jumped up and bit a chunk out of his weiner chippolata

I don't think Greg has thoughts any more. I suspect his mind was replaced with an early AI model several years ago