Marty_d

They don't HAVE to vote now. That's working out well isn't it. I'm so glad we have compulsory voting here and think we have a better democracy for it.

Well, where is it? Share!

Sorry if there's any confusion. I'm not "suggesting" that you're an extreme right winger, I am stating as plain fact that - if you actually believe what you say - you are definitely somewhere to the right of Hitler. From your perspective everything is to the left of you, so when you look at centre-right or centre-left policy, you see far left / lefty / woke / pick your label. Far left is full communism/socialism. Unless you're talking about China, Vietnam, Cuba etc - there is no "far left" in Australia, certainly not in America, and not even in Russia.

Finger and thumb, I reckon. I watched Civil War last night. Very good movie, skillfully made and shot, but quite disturbing in parts.

Thanks Peter! That's great to know and far more use than the Tas Alerts app which has given the same update all week but sends you alerts several times a day so you think there's something new, which there's not...

Thanks Nev. We're lucky so far. Despite being under 10km from the fire we've had no smoke at all where we are. Still on alert with a go bag packed but cautiously hopeful.

Trump, Hanson... Interesting @Grumpy Old Nasho that for someone who says they are neither Left or Right aligned, you seem to like raving mad far-right nutters. Guessing you think Clive is a great man and Craig Kelly should be in charge.

Of course, silly me. I didn't realize that unpredictability and chaos are desirable qualities in a world leader.

I don't give a toss whether he's the world's richest man or not, and whether that wealth is tangible, intangible or he shits diamonds. The point is that he is an unelected and uncontrolled private citizen with access to virtually all US government data. He has massive conflicts of interest, zero oversight, and has proven to be untrustworthy in his market manipulation already. He's not a public servant and neither are his employees who he's sending into government offices. Despite having no "need to know" he and the other private citizens are accessing private and restricted data. To be honest I think Musk is actually more of a risk to democracy than Trump.

I must watch that recent movie "Civil War". Going to be prophetic I think

He canardly help himself.

Greenland is the new Wild West just waiting to be gang raped by Trump and Musk.

I'm someone who's looking at an EV maybe 5 years hence ( if our current cars last that long). I was interested in Teslas before he went off the rails, but now there's no way in hell I'd buy one. Chinese for me.

They're too thick to understand what's happening. "We trust that Our Great and Glorious Leader Saint Donald has a plan to deliver us from the clutches of those evil transgender LGBTQI far left socialist bastards who want to bring in horrible things like low cost health care."

Hmmm. I'm seeing some irony there...

I hope a disgruntled IRS employee publishes Musk and Trump's tax returns on the way out the door.

If this doesn't scare you, there's something wrong. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-elon-musk-federal-government

You've got to be careful with gender when stocking your ark, too. Look what happened with the original... Noah didn't realize the Unicorns were Barry and Steve, and the dragons were Linda and Janine.

Wasn't Clive going to build one, with the confidence-inspiring name of Titanic II?

Although I agree that T Abbott is a turd, I think you're trying to say A Albanese in that reference. Pushing ahead with the voice referendum when it was clear that Dutton opposed it for base political gain may have been the wrong decision, but it wasn't a cynical one. On the other hand look at the LNP. Their energy "policy" is a stupid and expensive plan that might happen in ten to fifteen years and only affects a small percentage of total power generation. Do you really trust that bunch of clowns with your tax dollars and the reins of government?

I reckon the problem would be getting through the massive ego.

When AI can use humour and colloquialisms (appropriately) the Turing test is smashed.

To be fair, the Russkis have had plenty of balls-ups all by themselves, and given the quality of their conscripts, the ability to read Russian would not be universal in their own ranks.

We're already slaves to our pets. We go and work so they can get fed and laze around the house all day. They've won!

Unfortunately not. Disappointed and disgusted, and sad for the US, but not surprised.