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The Australian Politics Thread 2
#27271161 - 03/27/21 02:12 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Tired of U.S. politics? Don't know your Abe Lincolns from your Lincoln Woods's?
Then this is the thread for you. Australia, smack bang in the middle of? I dunno, Asia? We've been seen as U.S. puppets since LBJ took hold of the wheel, maybe longer! But don't let that put you off, lets all kick the can down the road together in the thread devoted to Down Under shitfuckery. We've stuck our nose in other countries political discussion for far too long, come stick your collective noses in ours to even up the score 
I'll kick off the discussion with an address to the National Press Club by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Love him or loathe him, Kevin could talk shit under 6 foot of concrete with a mouthful of marbles. In this address he takes aim at Rupert Murdoch's nuts time and time again(I love it), shares his thoughts on China, shares his thoughts on the current Liberal government, basically shares his thoughts in a way that only Kevin can. Kevin is from Queensland... err Queensland, you'll find it on a map.
If you don't like Kevin, feel free to turn the discussion to whatever subject is currently pissing you off or making you smile smugly.
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hmmm, maybe I should have called this thread FREE BEER ! ? It's one of the few ways to get an Australian's attention... that and football, as they can watch football whilst drinking beer.
How about Andrew Forrest's plan to build a blast furnace in the Pilbara powered by green hydrogen backed with his own money instead of waiting for government to chip in, which will drive jobs, lower emissions and most likely piss China off? Anyone interested can read about it here or listen to the podcast ( 01 Oil vs Water - Confessions of a carbon emitter ) here
The thing I like about Andrew Forrest is his vision and non reliance on government to get shit done. If we wait for government to solve the carbon/climate problem we're fucked.
Capitalism ironically may be the thing that saves the planet.
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I'm not sure I'd feel safe living in Australia without a gun .
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: Psilynut2]
#27273967 - 03/29/21 05:41 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Real men don't need guns... that 'roo was only a baby.
How many did that guy take to go around 18 in? I bet it was well over 100 with a shithouse swing like that... he deserved all that 'roo gave him.
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What in the actual fuck? As if you swing a golf club at a joey! What a shit cunt.. probly hits girls too.
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: The Thing] 1
#27274021 - 03/29/21 06:46 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Are you just supposed to let a giant humanoid demon rat attack attack you ? There's no shortage of videos of these things attacking people . This would be issue number 1 for me if I lived there .
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Real men don't need guns... that 'roo was only a baby.
Maybe ,I used to think that before I saw that video , Ive always assumed I could beat a baby roo to death with my bare hands but what if your a real woman and an adult demon rat attacks you ?
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: Psilynut2]
#27274032 - 03/29/21 06:58 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lol... Australians aren't completely stupid, we shoot them too. I did like that guy's right hook though. POW!
Those big ones are scary for sure. If you get too close and they rock back on their tail, run Forrest run.
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: Psilynut2]
#27275243 - 03/30/21 03:08 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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You think that's scary?
Look what happens when an adult roo gets a hold of a gun!
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: The Thing]
#27275351 - 03/30/21 06:30 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh man, has anyone been watching the investigation into the Luna Park fire?
Without a doubt THE best piece of investigative journalism ever seen in Australia. EVER.
I can't ever recall being so blown away... when the names Abe Saffron and Jack Rooklyn were dropped it was like going back in time... fuck! When they got to High Court Judge Lionel Murphy followed by ex Premier Neville Wran my jaw was on the carpet. Everyone knew these people were corrupt but the level of corruption in New South Wales was so deeply rooted they were untouchable..... Fuck!!... FUCK!!!
If those four bastards weren't already dead they'd all be charged with murder.
Caro Meldrum-Hannah and Patrick Begley have researched themselves into journalistic legend.
The shit will hit the fan tomorrow.
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Aus, along with South Africa and India were invited to the G7. The invitation from Britain was no accident and meant to send a clear signal to China that an alliance of countries are not interested in putting up with the current CCP economic coercion.
They've put a tariff on or found a 'problem' with every one of our exports except iron ore, as it's the one commodity they can't source elsewhere after Brazil has experienced ongoing problems with their iron ore export.
With the Federal government tearing up Victoria's Belt and Road agreement with the CCP the next agreement/asset in their sights is the Port of Darwin lease to the Chinese company Landbridge. When the Federal government finally announces they are tearing up that lease, and they will, it is going to be very interesting to see how China retaliates.
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: Stable Genius] 2
#27319207 - 05/22/21 07:59 PM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ex Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has his own YouTube channel whoohoo! and he still has The Murdoch machine firmly in his sights.
Every time they try and attack K Rudd, and they simply cannot help themselves from doing so, they only give his cause more air... dumb arses. Peta Credlin got sucked into the bunfight and had to offer Kevin a public apology over her bullshit comments... I love it. Go Kevin!
If you detest Sky "News?" Aus as much as I do check out his 'Murdoch Watch' videos, they're K Rudd gold.
https://www.youtube.com/c/KevinRudd/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0
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Jordan Shanks, if you haven't seen any of his Friendly Jordies YouTube content check him out.
He takes aim at all most of a lot of the same dead-shits that give me the irrates, including Sky News, John Barilaro, Gladys etc. His response to Sky News' hatchet job on Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, whilst sitting in Kevin Rudds lounge room hanging shit on Chris Kenny at every opportunity has received more views than Sky News' own article.... ouch! Chris Kenny.
His scathing and totally warranted attacks on John Barrilaro are gold and he backs up his statements with facts.
So pissed was Barilaro he got his buddies in the 'Fixated Person's Unit' (set up to deal with terrorists) to arrest Friendly Jordies producer Kristo Langker last month.
Here's hoping they kick Barilaros lawyer in the nuts, verbally speaking of course, whoops they already have.
If you're tired of the usual news media delivery have a look, and if you feel like helping Kristo with his legal fight you can do that too
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Have you ever seen Choomer Island 2?
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: viktor]
#27442059 - 08/25/21 08:02 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yep
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Friendly Jordies keeps nailing the scumbags. Legend.
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Drink driving, to some it's against the law, in Australia it's a national sport. The top comment in the YouTube comment section Quote:
I can never tell if this country is 50 years behind everyone else or 100 years in the future
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Let's can the 90 billion dollar French diesel electric submarine program and buy American nuclear submarines we don't even have the engineers to maintain!
Aussie Aussie Aussie, What Tha Fluk!
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Re: The Australian Politics Thread [Re: sudly]
#27470699 - 09/16/21 02:21 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Mmmmm I think if we're going to spend 90 billion it's probably a good idea to buy the best technology, which nuclear powered subs are.
It also strengthens Asia Pacific security, despite what China is saying.
And lets face it, this deal is all about sending a huge FUCK YOU message to China.
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Stable Genius said: Mmmmm I think if we're going to spend 90 billion it's probably a good idea to buy the best technology, which nuclear powered subs are.
Only if you need to project power across oceans. Nuclear submarines are significantly inferior to diesel-electrics in littoral waters.
The only benefits of nuclear submarines are (a) no need to refuel, making voyages limited by food capacity, and (b) able to stay underwater for longer than a week at a time.
The main drawback of a nuclear submarine is that you cannot shut down a nuclear reactor, which will always generate noise. Considering that the entire point of a submarine is to be quiet, that's a pretty big drawback.
If you're operating in coastal waters, a diesel-electric sub is quieter than a nuclear sub, and refueling/surfacing routinely is not a problem.
So yes, this is a big FUCK YOU to China. Specifically, Australia is threatening the ability to project offensive submarine power, instead of focusing on defense.
EDIT: Not to mention, size. Nuclear submarines are, generally speaking, much bigger and much less agile than diesel-electrics.
Edited by Kryptos (09/16/21 04:14 PM)
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