Will the lessons of the 2024 US elections be applied to our 2025 elections?

[onetrack]

There are good and bad models in everything, it pays to do your research before you buy. Luckily with the readily-available information of today, you're in a better position than ever to manage your purchasing.

Product Review is a good place to look at user reviews for products. Yes, quite a few "shonky" reviews from "mates and supporters" find their way in, but PR does ask for proof of purchase and verifies that proof.

 

Then you can always use your judgement to discern whether the reviews are genuine or not. 5 star reviews are generally rare, so treat them with due diligence.

People who have only purchased the item in the last week are in no position to report on its quality or long-term reliability. People who rave about a product, and cannot find a single fault in it, must have their reviews treated with caution.

 

There's many sites which advises problems with many models of vehicles, any numerous repair centres have excellent information on particular problems with particular models.

Just doing a Google search using your vehicle make and model and adding "problems" to the search words usually brings up a lot of information. You can check for vehicle recalls on https://www.vehiclerecalls.gov.au/

[facthunter]

vehicle recalls are done by responsible companies. Not necessarily and index of what you are looking for. resale value is a real time response.  That model Falcon six motor wasn't that heavy and was trouble free.. Nev

[Marty_d]

It seems that in countries whose PM's are dealing firmly with Trump - eg Canada and to a lesser extent UK - the governments are enjoying a rise in public support.

In Canada especially, Trudeau's liberal government was trailing in the polls by 10? points - but since their quick reactions to Trumps "dumb" tariffs they are now leading by 2 points.

 

Perhaps Albo can take that lesson on board.  Trump cannot be kowtowed to or approached as a supplicant.  Firm, assertive but not aggressive behaviour is needed (as for any volatile bully).  I think that that particular lesson from other countries would apply to the voters here too.

[old man emu]

Let's see what the March exports to the USA are. If they drop from the average monthly figure, then it's time to yell. 

 

I suspect that Both Albo and Dutton are adopting and wait and see attitude before taking the plunge one way or the other. While we have our own domestic topics on which to run election campaigns, the global situation generated by Trump is something to monitor. We also have to be mindful of China/USA trade. If that breaks down, China will not want our raw materials to the current levels. 

 

Globalisation: The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone.

 

 

[facthunter]

They have BOTH strongly supported Ukraine. Why stir the Possum just to look tough in the Media.? People who do that are full of it..  Nev

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

They have BOTH strongly supported Ukraine. Why stir the Possum just to look tough in the Media.? People who do that are full of it..  Nev

I think that the coming election will be fought on domestic issues, avoiding Europe. There's enough ammunition in the debate over our relationship with China. On the one hand we like their trade, and on the other we don't like their military posturing.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

For Albanese, it'll be about helping victims of the cyclone, making political mileage from peoples' suffering. He'll call the election on that to take the wind out of Dutton's sales.

 

Election dates should be fixed.

[Jerry_Atrick]

37 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

For Albanese, it'll be about helping victims of the cyclone, making political mileage from peoples' suffering.

So, are you saying the government shouldn't help any victims of the cyclone?

 

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

No, I'm saying it shouldn't try to make political mileage out of it.

[Jerry_Atrick]

What's your definition of political mileage?

 

If they (regardless of who was in) competently assessed the needs of the victims and delivered the necessary aid , then, as a voter and taxpayer I wouldwant to know as much as if the stuffed it up because it helps me assess ithe competency of the government in dealing with things. The oppo can also criticise and if they had a credible plan that was say 1/2 the price and delivered twice as fast, or pointed out any pork barelling then I would be also gauging that as a voter, too.

 

Everything the government do is an opportunity for "political mileage", as does the opposition and other MPs. I wish they all realised it and did the best

[old man emu]

9 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

He'll call the election on that to take the wind out of Dutton's sales.

He's just said that for the moment, any electioneering is off the table until this storm has been weathered (not a pun) and things brought back to a semblance of normality. 

 

In case you had not heard, the States' requests for the assistance of the military has already been granted. Did you know that also there is a Federal disaster relief coordination organisation within the Federal government that, no doubt, has been working flat out over the past week organising the delivery of aid to the areas expected to need it? 

 

At least these radical leftist politicians have done something to enable assistance to be provided to those citizens who will need it. Don't forget that the Dept of Social Services will be preparing to provide immediate financial assistance to victims.

 

 

The above paragraph could be taken as a cheap shot at Conservatives, but I'm sure that the concern for victims would be bipartisan.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

Sorry, I spelt "sails" wrong.

Edited Wednesday at 10:05 PM by Grumpy Old Nasho

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

35 minutes ago, old man emu said:

He's just said that for the moment, any electioneering is off the table until this storm has been weathered (not a pun) and things brought back to a semblance of normality. 

 

You don't think Albo would let an opportunity pass him by do you?

If the results of the cyclone are going to be that critical, then both party leaders should join to announce assistance for potential victims as a bipartisan effort, and that way there'd be no point scoring or one sneakingly trying to gain advantage over the other.

[facthunter]

Back to your fantasyland. GON. You get the most selective AWARD for your perception. Whatever Albo did  would be wrong. Do you ONLY watch and read SKY? Nev

[old man emu]

9 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

both party leaders should join to announce assistance

Although I have not heard any report quoting that Dutton has indicated joint support, I'm simply trusting that he has sufficient humanity to give the government his Party's support. Don't forget that the areas to be impacted are strong Conservative areas, so it would be political suicide for him not to support government efforts.

 

Also, after this emergency has passed, there will be a multi-agency debriefing to find out what worked and what didn't. The emergency response will have been carried out by humans and there are bound to be some mistakes, or things previously overlooked. The debriefing will help to improve responses to future similar emergencies. 

[facthunter]

 ALbanese happens to be the PM. He promised additional equipment which was under  his Jurisdiction to do. and works with the state QLD Premier in all this.  Nev

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

50 minutes ago, old man emu said:

The debriefing will help to improve responses to future similar emergencies. 

If they don't know now, they'll never know. How many cyclones have crossed the coast of Qld? heaps. The politicians don't know what they're doing, except to mouth off how they'll fix things. Without something to fix, they're lost. So there will always be something amiss, so they can show us how they're going to fix it.

Edited Wednesday at 11:20 PM by Grumpy Old Nasho

[Marty_d]

You're an interesting duck.  Let's see if I can get your thinking here.

- All politicians are useless, except the crazy ones who only know how to wreck things.

- Money shouldn't be spent on foreign aid, immigrants or anyone else in need. Instead, it should all be spent on a "great big beautiful" consumer affairs department because you once had a problem with some lemon of a car.

- You're neither Left nor Right aligned, but everyone else on Earth is a raving Lefty.

 

Is that a fair summary?

[facthunter]

Koala Stamp with Gumleaf Clusters.   Beware This is coming from one of  the Enemy. Trump is above all a con man.  working with an easily conned essentially GREED motivated  "couldn't give a stuff about the rest of you" bunch of adherents.  Nev

[old man emu]

23 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

If they don't know now, they'll never know. How many cyclones have crossed the coast of Qld?

You might like to learn this definition of "experience": : practical knowledge, skill, or practice derived from direct observation of or participation in events or in a particular activity.

 

How many cyclone have crossed the coast in highly urbanised areas? Most cross in rural areas. This is a unique experience in that part of the world, and its effects will be different from the experience gained in the Tropics. So, no doubt plans have been made based on the experience of those events in the Tropics, but knowledge will be gained in how urbanised areas are affected by cyclones, and how what was thought to be good plans will be reviewed and future plans made based on that review.

 

Everyone, including you, GON, uses a basic management sequence: Think about how you go about making a cuppa for smoko. The application of the sequence is obvious if you want a decent cuppa. If what you brew this time isn't good enough, you'll check for what went wrong and adjust your plan.

 

And it won't be parliamentarians who will do the review. It will be people trained in emergency management such as the many sectors of government which deal with energy and water supply; medical response, damage clearance. The list goes on. Let's be fair, and acknowledge that politicians are not expected to have the experience in dealing with these things. We really don't expect them to 'hold a firehose'. That's why they delegate the authority to do so. 

 

 

 

[old man emu]

And here is the Prime Minister 

 

 

[old man emu]

Just had a chuckle upon reading the title of the above video - "Cyclone Alfred - Prime Minister". Albo would love that. 😁

[facthunter]

I was going the Be Anthony and they changed it a few weeks ago, with marvellous foresight.  Nev

[Litespeed]

Politics?

 

Dutton accused Albo of politics and to call a election soon would be betrayal.

 

What the fuck?

 

Dutton left Qld yesterday to attend fundraisers in Sydney with billionaires. Had others booked for today including Macquarie bank and Pharmacy guild. 

The cretin throws mud them scampers off to get money from the rich as his electorate gets slammed.

 

 

And the hide about calling a election crap! Albo will let the cyclone emergency be managed first as any real leader would do.

The fact that by law the election has to be called within weeks is not Albos fault but blatant opportunistic politics by Temu Trump.

[facthunter]

Dickson is right in it?.Thhe MEMBER Dutton's done a runner. You will read the details in the Murdock papers? Like HELL you will. Nev