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FFS. He was asking if you consented to his handling your feet to cut your toenails. When my karate sensei corrects my stance he asks permission to move my arm. In the age of Epstein and Weinstein it's just safer to ensure you have consent before touching someone's body. If you want someone to blame for that, entitled rich creeps like them and indeed "grab 'em on the pussy" Trump should be your target.

And just like a mafia boss, he should be behind bars

Yep, I was born here but my father emigrated from Sri Lanka. I should probably leave too as I'm untraditional. Not sure where I'd go though.

I was about to say that Barnaby works hard at being a clown, but I think it comes naturally.

I would be very interested to know how immigrants have affected people PERSONALLY. There's a lot of anti-immigration rubbish on here. It's all general. Personally, in my team at work there are 3 people who emigrated to Australia. They're hard workers and good people. So I'm interested why people have a problem with Australia's current immigration regime. Is it because of the stories in the Murdoch press? Is it because you want a simple scapegoat for complex societal problems like house prices? Or have you been personally impacted by immigration?

GON, what are one nation's actual policies?

There was a recent "Grand Designs Australia" episode where plastic waste was being converted into wall panels by a Sydney company. Used only heat and pressure to create the panels - and they didn't look bad.

"Truth Social" should be prefixed with "Un".

What do you mean, "support one nation" - you've proudly told us many times that you don't vote!

Barnaby Joyce?

This is where you lose me, with the kind of thinking that enables a fascist regime. It's the "yes Trump is bad, BUT..." thing. It's like saying "Yes Hitler was bad, but goddam it, real Germans could get a job." Trump is actively dismantling democracy in the USA. He doesn't have a single thought for the people of the US, except how to continue deceiving them so Donald J Trump and his dynasty can profit from them. The only reason Trump ever mentions immigrants (in Minnesota, which has less than most states but has a governor he hates) is to dog-whistle his white nationalist base and sow hatred and division. We don't need a Trump or any version of him. Democracy is not supposed to be exciting. It's meant to be calm, boring and safe. We are an immigrant nation, just ask the original inhabitants. If you can show me actual statistics that show that crime rates are higher among recent immigrants than those whose ancestors moved here between 40 years to 60,000 years ago, then go ahead. (Statistics does not mean sensationalist crap from Sky News or any Murdoch rag).

Making a bold choice

Whenever I see this thread title my mind sees it as "Victoria's Secret", so it's quite a disappointment when I open it

Thought that was obvious. People born here.

Did you not see the bit in the video - and these stats apply to Australia too - that immigrants are statistically more law abiding, more likely to start small businesses that employ locals, and do the jobs that the locals don't want to?

The video itself says it's restricted. Good summary of what's happening. Scary times.

That's another evil Minion, Pete Hegseth

Maybe we need a "What has Vance done today" thread, but if we had one for each of Trump's evil sycophants we'd run out of space. Anyway I thought this was a brilliantly written piece on JD. ( I hate that he's known by those initials, because I quite like Jack Daniels). Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer | Marina Hyde https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism?CMP=share_btn_url

Yeah he managed to piss off most of his supporters with that one. Kicking lots of own goals, Donny - the dementia is setting in.

I'm surprised he let them keep "in god we trust" on it. Didn't think his ego would allow any deity apart from himself on the coin.

The name of the detective in Midsomer Murders was Barnaby too.

I maintain that we produce a higher grade of bullshit than AI could.

That fish should be thrown back.

Oh the poor thing. Should we set up a GoFundMe for her to keep her in caviar and champagne?

Sanctions on the US?