Fat is a type of crazy

But Dr Stillwagon says vaccines aren't needed. Come on guys. It's Dr Stillwagon. 

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. 

35 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

One of the benefits of having new liberal leadership.

 

It's only the beginning 

 

Good luck!  You’re going to need it.

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

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Thought so

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. 

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

You've already made something of it. Repeated off topic insinuations

No worries. I'll leave it there. 

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Your general observation and off topic insinuations are wrong so yes extremely afar

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

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Really? So everybody always votes for the same party and never changes for varying reasons or stays center?  But this topic is not about me. It is about some positive news for the US

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. 

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

sorry,  I can't read your comment,   the text is so small. 

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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6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

I thought it was bang average. Filming every episode in one take without edits made for some incredibly boring scenes, like the journey to the hardware store from the house to buy paint. Riveting.  😃

 

Then there was all the woke political stuff. Toxic masculinity, Incels, black man good white man bad etc. etc.

 

Hugely over-rated, but loved/promoted by self loathing hand wringing Liberals everywhere. Many of whom seem to not realize it is in fact a drama and not a documentary (including our Prime Minister). 😆

Stupid policy though isn't it 

12 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

So you would find a man 'looking' at an attractive 19 year old totally unacceptable?

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. 

21 minutes ago, connda said:

bob smith has a new incarnation!  100%

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

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. 

24 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

That's obviously what she meant...  🙄

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. 

32 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

It's OK if you can't sensibly justify the unlawful and chaotic open border mass importation of democrat voters while now expecting protocol and organized lawful expulsions. Nobody with standards and a moral compass could.

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. 

47 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Like the appropriate and reasonable way democrats imported them all? Oh? Now we need rules and protocol?

Jog on.

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