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Meanwhile, the evil empire scores another scalp. Trump and his sycophants hate late night comics like Colbert and Kimmel because they speak truth and don't kowtow to him. Now another spineless media company has crumpled and given in to him. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/jimmy-kimmel-live-cancelled-indefinitely/105787192?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

Mate, I don't think you understand. Everyone is on the spectrum.

It's a spectrum. You can't ban left wingers and right wingers because there's no one remaining. The spectrum probably needs updating, more conservative vs progressive these days, but where 'centre' is depends on your perspective. In terms of the US, my view is that the Democrats are slightly right of centre, Republicans are so far down the right wing fascist path that their whole democracy is stuffed, and the only true left wingers left are individuals like Bernie Sanders.

You wouldn't have made that rookie mistake Peter.

Yeah, he has tunnel vision on his legacy. The parliament will override the planning commission, as they always do when they get expert advice that they don't agree with (or find politically unpalatable).

Already sent in the appeal. Twats.

Okay, my gripe for the day. Some brainless, mentally deficient parking inspector slapped a ticket on my car, purportedly for parking in excess of the time allowed. Only trouble is, I was parked in an area which has NO time restrictions between 9:30am and 4:30pm. Talk about unable to do your job, when you can't even read the parking signs...

Not to be that guy, but you could get yourself in trouble photographing women without their permission.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640

If private investors won't touch it then it's not profitable. If it's not profitable it means that it won't give a reasonable rate of return on current power prices, which means either prices would be higher, or the government will use taxpayer money to subsidize it.

The alternative is worse. If for example you surprise a skinny harmless person who thought the house was empty and was either stealing or looking for somewhere to sleep... I don't think someone who kills a person like that should be exempt from prosecution.

If a gang with machetes or guns invades your property now, and you are in fear of your life or your family's lives, and in your proportionate response to the threat you kill one (or all) of the invaders, I'm pretty sure you are already protected under the law, from criminal prosecution anyway.

On ABC now too. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/actor-and-activist-robert-redford-dies-aged-89/105781564

Nah, those pricks would collapse half of the CBD, poison Port Phillip and then charge the taxpayer to clean up their mess.

The opposite. Our economy depends on transitioning. We have the most sun and coastline of pretty much any country on earth. The only people who gain from not doing anything are people like Gina and Clive. And they'll be dead before the worst impacts of inaction hit.

Jaysus, how much Wolfie have you had?? But having deciphered your post, I think the Nats and half of the Libs think it's a conspiracy theory, but anyone with a brain doesn't.

I used to want to go to the USA. Not now.

Fox are a symptom of its sickness. I guess every empire crashes and burns eventually.

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Who are they?

No shit.

I like the last sentence. Makes perfect sense!

I want to know what the facial expressions are all about.

Many people have already lost their jobs because they posted comments - some of them way out of line, others just logical - about this. The hypocrisy is astounding. I don't remember any right wing nut jobs getting fired for celebrating the deaths of the recent Democrat murders, the politician's husband who was bashed with a hammer, etc etc. Yet one right wing pusher of drivel gets killed and you'd think he was Jesus. Now the mad bastards on the conservative side are out for blood and revenge. I'd hate to be a normal person in the USA right now. If you haven't seen "Civil War", watch it. I reckon it's about to come true.

The more I read about this Kirk bloke the less I like him. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/assassinated-right-wing-influencer-charlie-kirk-views/105766340 This is the quote I'd heard about. "I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."