Albo & Co.

[facthunter]

You can arrange to stay in your car outside the surgery which is  best for everyone. You don't need a waiting room full of snotty coughing kids with no masks. With symptoms I'd do more RAT's. Having access to those drugs early in the Piece can help a lot/ You sure don't need to get long Covid. There's a lot of Covid around now (unsurprisingly) and getting worse. Nev

Edited December 13, 2022 by facthunter

[old man emu]

6 hours ago, facthunter said:

You can arrange to stay in your car outside the surgery

No thanks. I'm not homeless, and be it ever so humble .... I've got an abode.

[nomadpete]

And it looks better every day OME

[facthunter]

 He's going for the "Grand Designs" award. . No more living it ROUGH..  Nev

[facthunter]

Time for a dissertation on PLEBS, OME?? Nev

[old man emu]

5 hours ago, facthunter said:

Time for a dissertation on PLEBS, OME?? Nev

The term is rather Ho-Hum. The form of the word comes directly from Ancient Latin and may be related to the Greek, plēthos, meaning masses. As in all civilisations the Romans had their hereditary ruling class, created by Romulus' appointment of the first hundred senators, whose descendants became the patriciate. The plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians -everyone else. The plebeians formed the majority, but in the early years of the Roman Republic they didn't have much political influence. Ancient Roman tradition claimed that the Conflict led to laws being published, written down, and given open access starting in 494 BC with the law of the Twelve Tables, which also introduced the concept of equality before the law.

 

Since the plebeians were the ones who carried the Republic through trade and agriculture, many plebeians became quite wealthy. That's no different from what we see in our civilisation today. At the same time there were those who for various reasons inhabited the socio-economic slime. So to say that the plebeians were the downtrodden of Ancient Rome is quite incorrect. 

[Marty_d]

I enjoy Robert Fabbri's fictional accounts of Rome (the Vespasian series).

 

They must have been a bloodthirsty mob though, if half of what he describes actually happened.

[red750]

Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US

 

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[nomadpete]

6 hours ago, red750 said:

Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US

 

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Well that will keep Kev 07 a safe distance from Canberra (and the media)

[Jerry_Atrick]

And closer to the US strip clubs, too... 

[Old Koreelah]

Even conservative politicians have said he’s the bestman for the job. He commands far more respect in America than here; his depth of experience and command of Chinese has allowed him to, on occasions, warn of political event in China ahead of even the vast US intelligence network.

[facthunter]

 SKY are heaping on him so he must be alright.  That would be payback for running a petition to the federal parliament against Murdoch . Kevin 747?  He only ever Flew around in a lowly B 737 standard model  business interior. It looks like the same one Penny Wong just went to China in. RAAF plane.. Nev

[onetrack]

I personally don't think he's got the right temperament for an ambassadorial job. He was an exceptionally poor boss, according to those who had to work under him.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Maybe., but maybe he also is the best to strike a chord with the incumbent administration as they speak the same political language.

[Jerry_Atrick]

We need more pollies like this fella: 

 

If nothing else, he is entertaining.

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by Jerry_Atrick

[onetrack]

He's a rampant gay, and his birth sign is Gemini, so both those attributes are going to make him loud, brash, entertaining, outspoken, cocksure in his opinions, and with little diplomacy in his outpourings.

[facthunter]

Aw C'mon . Most of them are above average intelligence, witty and temperate and display a bit of culture and don't threaten to "Wipe that  Silly grin off your  face or I will."  and know good wine.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

I've said before, I would like the bloke as PM. It is precisely those attributes

10 hours ago, onetrack said:

loud, brash, entertaining, outspoken, cocksure in his opinions, and with little diplomacy

but unlike Trump, coupled with

9 hours ago, facthunter said:

above average intelligence, witty and temperate and display a bit of culture and don't threaten to "Wipe that  Silly grin off your  face or I will."  and know good wine. 

and then coupled with empathy and a natural sense of justice, that makes him a quality pollie (qualli pollie).

Edited January 6, 2023 by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

I love the way he always shoves it to his political rivals (in the militaristic sense of 'shoving') and takes the piss out of them, making them look like the fools they are.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Well, has the Albo government broken its first promise, and will the MSM hold them to account if they have?

 

[nomadpete]

Hmmm....Tough choice for msm.

 

Wanting to bag out Labor but not wanting to hinder fossil fuel profits....

[facthunter]

We need some of OUR own gas and not at Russia- Ukraine caused prices.  That's what they are trying to do but the Noalition voted against capping prices. though some has been done.     Nev

[Bruce Tuncks]

I used to think I understood how capping prices would cause inflation, but these days I think that inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods. So if you have something which is not limited , like computer memory, then the govt is free to print money so people can buy those goods without causing inflation. But something like city property...  very limited stuff, so subject to inflation.

[red750]

I see this morning that the new NZ Prime Minister has scrapped the Hate Speech laws proposed by Adern. These would have made it an offence to publish criticism of groups on the basis of race, sexual orientation or religion.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Hmmm... All pollies - they're just the same,. right?