nomadpete

For sure that is what he says. But the easily found facts do not show any signs of USA improving the lives of ordinary people. However, the (minority) wealthiest are doing just fine, and Trumpy's family are achieving great wealth. So I choose to see him as a liar, motivated solely by self interest. No, I have neither rage nor agression. Only disappointment. Ours is a similar path to that which has led USA to it's present situation. One which Trump seems to be accelerating. We should take that as a warning. But then along came synthetics (oil based) and we fell off the sheep's back. Then failed to monetise our mining industry, which only benefits a minority. I hold both major political parties for this, as do a lot of USAnians for their situation. Thank you. I am not trying to convince you. I am only trying to explain why I feel the way I do, about current politics. My only proviso is that I believe if someone important tells lies or bullies others, it should be called out. Anyone, whatever race, gender, political party. It seems to me that Trump consistently makes himself an easy target, and I see no proof of him "Making America Great".

https://newrepublic.com/article/208580/transcript-trump-war-tirade-backfires-gop-panics-what-hell Yeah, I know it's from a lefty echo chamber, but there are a couple of good quotes. Re: DT's recent 'speech' about The Iran Situation: Apart from saying that the Strait of Hotmus will open up naturally one day.... "He thinks he’s Superman. And of course, that’s fine when you jump off the building. It’s just a problem when you hit the ground."

The "truth social" chart should have shown something like this.... An approval rating nearly Nixonish

Does this graph show that Donold is controlling the media by 188% ?

Couldn't disagree more, Nev. It takes a special kind of skill to consistently and thoroughly screw up a country. Didn't someone recently say that:- "If, hypothetically, D J Trump was a Russian operative sent to destroy USA, is there anything he would do differently? I think not."

That's your punishment for swanning around the mainland watching plane porn.

Remember.... Never interrupt your enemy whilst they are shooting themselves in the foot. (Or summat like that)

Some people are just more dense than others. I think it's true. When I was young, my schoolteacher said something like that about us.

You need to ride to work more often.

When I was young I thought love made my world go around, but.... It's wealth that does it!

The bestest goldest world leader has got it covered. Already, the *resident of the United States now states that the reason for this war (which isn't a WAR) is to destroy the nuclear weapons program that he claims to have already destroyed last year, while simultaneously claiming that the objective of the war is to open the strait of Hormuz that was already open before he started the war, but he is not going to open it. He doesn't need anyone's help to win the war. He already won the war on the first day anyway, and is currently winning the war, but demands help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. I hope this clears up any confusion, which was all caused by corrupt Democrat fake news outlets.

So, storming the Capitol was a great idea, after all..... Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants and others present on Capitol grounds have filed a class action in Florida against DC + Capitol police for their use of force during the riot. Many of those on the list were convicted of felonies (and pardoned by Trump). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.456524/gov.uscourts.flmd.456524.1.0.pdf

All Hail President Ineptstein !

I recall working out near the Qld oil fields (St George?). I was told that the oil only needed primary filtering & water removal before going straight into the delivery tanker fuel tanks. Did those wells run dry? Could they be a source of diesel again?

That post is relevent to the EV thread. If they close both pinch points, I'll be buying an EV.

Hey Marty. Wotcha doin awastin time on the forum? Shouldn't you being planewatchin?

Sorry to contaminate our humorous thread with...... politics 😞 But this bloke is funny even though he is merikan. https://youtu.be/TPg0BWvhMkA?si=VugVw2yw-1qy2tt1

The fuel excise is long overdue for scrapping. The tax system needs revision. Modern technology should be capable of automated reporting of vehicle use. pay per kilometre would be fair.

Well that one works for me. My last quarterly bill happens to be $275. So far this quarter, I'm on track for a small credit. But no thanks go to any politician. I took the initiative myself. Thanks, sun!

True. But Oscar was NOT armless, was he! But he didn't have a leg to stand on.

I don't dispute that Iran has that history. However, I disagree about the bombing interrupting their quest for nuclear or any other weapons. It surely proves to the people that if only they had some nuclear bombs (just like Israel) they would be less vulnerable to a foreign country bombing them (it works for Israel). I don't see a positive side to any of it.

Nothing personal, GON, but why do you object to a progressive mindset? We need to make progress. Without progress we are stuck in 'same old, same old' systems. I wish our politicians started making progress toward fair policies. Progressive is the opposite of 'stuck in the past.'

Wasn't that what they promised us? The GST package was sold to us as part of an overhaul of taxation? Of course there is also the minor detail that "Vote for us - no GST on our watch!" Then as soon as they were elected, their first business was implementing GST.