Fat is a type of crazy

I read today how Pakistan appears to have fancy technology they got from China for shooting down planes. Then you think Hegseth is in charge in the USA. Beggar's belief.

My Thai ex got tested today and has it.. in Australia. She's been hit pretty hard. It is nasty.

At the election last week there were representatives of five or so parties all standing together happily chatting and handing out leaflets. I thought imagine if the guys on Asean Now could be like that.

At my work we sometimes have meetings - 50 people talking about a particular topic - but they start the meeting with a recognition we are on Aboriginal land. It seems silly. At very big national events it is ok. But the way I look at it is if the side of effect of being nice and kind is some overzealous political correctness it's not so bad. Not good but no big deal most of the time. Lovely day in Melbourne today so I like spending time in both countries - prefer Australian approach to politics rather than most other countries.

Been in power 3 years and now 3 year more so not new. The losing party is called Liberal as it happens.

I am more than happy to keep discussing it. If someone took an interest in my posts I wouldn't be offended or see it as an insinuation - I might let them know what changed my mind. My 'insinuation' that foreign policy may have changed your mind would make sense and not be something leading to offence or defensiveness. But I appreciate you don't want to be the topic which makes sense and want to discuss the topic so that's all good.

No worries. I'll leave it there.

Not trying to make something of it or make a negative connotation. Get bored saying Trump bad or whatever. Even though he is.

Not a criticism - although it seems a bit odd - seemed to be after the Hamas attacks as a general observation from afar - no big deal - up to you - the only one I have noticed. It is somewhat of a noteworthy thing when you see the same posters taking the same side.

Thought I'd throw in a Trump joke. Everyone loves a Trump joke. It's something he said for covid about UV light on the body.

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Stupid policy though isn't it

I thought Trump was a <deleted> and my mind hasn't changed. Kind of thought of America as somewhat smart overall before 2016. Thought that picking leaders like that was a relic of the past when people were uninformed and couldn't get information to decide. So it did irk me both elections.

A short look at her as you walk down the street is one thing. An older man searching out those types at certain places where they tend to hang out to look at and talk to and potentially date isn't flash - a bit sad - and potentially dodgy as hell. Not saying you or anyone here does that but it would be is all. Think if you are a 19 year old guy and you are talking to a 19 year old lady at University and you look around and there's a 65 year old man hanging around. Not cool of course.

Bob couldn't write this. He loves him some Trump too.

Dutton accepted his huge defeat politely and with dignity. So he's not as bad as some politicians.

Did you vote for the Trumpy party Trumpets of Patriots. Did poorly though. I think there was a bit of a Trump factor as Dutton tried to be a bit tough guy like Trump early on but failed. Used the old hate media title against the ABC and Guardian. Australians can see through Trump better than Americans it seems. But Dutton was a poor candidate in his own right.

I sometimes wondered if Stewart had have been on TV in the lead up to 2016 if he may have shown up Trump so terribly it might have made the difference in the election. But he was around in 2024 and .. no .. good if more watched him but he mainly preaches to the converted.

The point is she has that way of expressing herself as though she feels it is incumbent on her to praise Trump in such a sycophantic and clearly undignified way - best president ever for 100 days - how embarrassing - rather than simply present some information. Many of Trumps Toady picks do the same. It's sad. But the Trump supporters apparently don't see it or don't mind it, can enjoy Fox News as though it's real news, etc etc Different mind set and approach to how to be.

I noted, in a different post, Dutton timed it poorly. He started as a bit of a tough Trumpy guy but it looked fake and didn't resonate. One issue that backfired and became a big issue is his desire to stop work from home for public servants - painting them as lazy - as well as cutting lots of public service jobs. Meanwhile people saw what was happening in the States with cuts and such and Trump was never popular here in the first place. He then backtracked when he realised work from home is so popular and has attempted to soften his image but has seemingly floundered since.

For what it's worth I concur that the Democrats were too lax on the border. I have noted before - I don't really get the starry eyed Statue of Liberty stuff. Some migration is good but having strong borders is a necessary. They were looking to fix it somewhat in the second half of the last term but Trump stopped that. No need to go over the top in response though - not simply say the ends justifies the means - be fair.

Don't believe in rule of law. Rude too. Classic Trump fan.

If you watch the video it's clear what Trump thought. You'd think everyone can agree that the deported deserve due process. By all means deport if appropriate and within the law and done in a reasonable way.

So you think he actually has M S 1 3 on his fingers.

Can't get my head around people who watch it. Three minutes and you start to Like when he said the guy had MS13 written on his fingers and he was corrected but he doubled down. So weird and embarrassing. Like Fox News.