TroubleandGrumpy

Mate - you are very wrong if you think CLink Delegates do not have the discretion to make a decision based upon a person's own circumstances as they see it. The rules in any given situation are not clear and logical and sensible - you are an idiot for saying that - they make decisions every day which people disagree with. If they make a decision that the person thinks is wrong, then they can appeal that decision made by the Delegate - which requires the person to prove that the Delegatre made the wrong decision - it happens a LOT - AAT mate - very busy Tribunals. Clearly you have no idea how things work in Govt and it would be very foolish of you to think that the rules are clear and throw them back at a CLink Delegate who has made a decision, because you say 'but the rule said I could mate - what ya doing cancelling my pension mate'. You need to stop drinking so much and start thinking straight - only a fool would not listen to a very experienced person who knows Govt back to front after working with them in Canberra for 2 decades - mate. There are 3 main organisations in Canberra that you must know back to front if you are trying to win multi-million dollar Tenders with them - Defence, ATO and Centrelink - plus many others, but they are nowhere near as big as the top 3. Now go away - mate.

My bad. WTF?? I just did a Google and an Amendment to the Constitution requires a min. 75% of the States to agree. Any proposed and approved Amendment requires 2/3 support of both House and Senate to proceed. I had no idea that The People of USA have no say in the matter. Even Thailand requires the People to agree to any change in the Constitution. Unbelievable.

I have made many posts about this issue - obviously you have not read them - my bad. But just in case another 'reasonable person' might be interested in one of my many posts - below is for them.

They are getting desperate. This tells me despite all the rhetoric and BS the Thai economy is in free fall and they are desperate for money. They do think that this and handing out 10K will fix things, when as the BOT Boss has said many time the problems are systemic. Thailand was in trouble economically before Covid, which then his their economic deficiencies. But now they are 'exposed' and the world is starting to see the real situation. Much like China, the fake Thai economy is going to have to go though some pain - and that will not stop until serious changes are made. What I do see/read tells me that the Chinese are changing the 'big picture' things and will recover. But Thailand is still indicating to me that they have a village/farm mentality and just cannot see the big picture, even when people like the BOT Boss tell them. Dropping taxes on wines is like moving the chairs on the Titanic - not that I am complaining personally. And maybe they can drop the taxes on cars too - a Honda built here costs way more here, than the same exact car shipped to Australia with all those additional costs and taxes in Australia.

Pedantic (Temple) and foolish persons believe all the woke rewrites of history. Was the Aksa Mosque built over the remains of a Byzantine church? - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) Besides - I reckon it would be a disgruntled group of Jews acting alone that blow it up and burn it down. You know like those 'independent' Muslim terrorists burning down CHURCHES in France.

Have another beer and eat some more fatty fried foods - dont worry about it - or your health and mind. Is that a better response for you??

Read my post - the 'argument' is there - so is the details of tax 'experts' that have said the Aust Govt Pension is not taxable. Obviously you dont know how Contract Law works - it is what is agreed by both parties as to what anything means. If not agreed, then resolution can be sought by either party through an independent arbitration or the courts.

Yep - and it will be voted and accepted by the People - like the 2 terms for a POTUS. People will not vote NO to reducing the time politicians can live off taxpayer's money.

There is no 'rule' - but 2-3 years seems to be the period of time before they start to question things closely.

Google it yourself - I did - and I did my research. Pay me 20K Baht or do it yourself.

No - not you mate - the guy that the poster was talking about (name starts with Dand.....)

Exactly what Ann Coulter predicted in 2016 when she said Trump would win the election. She predicted that the Dems would open the borders and allow 10-20 million illegal immigrants into the country - give them all residency so they can vote, and the GOP will not win another election for decades. The result of the far left lunatics getting their policies implemented, and the corporate influencers making billions from the Ukraine and other never ending wars, will be the destruction of the US mortals and values. From day 1 it is clear that all the conservative border States will deport all illegal immigrants to California etc. and destroy that State's economy. I also think that after 5-10 years of that and other actions by the conservative States, it will result in many of the conservative southern and 'fly over' States forming a Coalition and then trying to succeed from the USA. As part of that process I can see many conservative lead corporations in the Socialist States moving down to Texas and Florida and being a critical part of that happening. They keep saying every election is the most important of all time - this time I think that is true. There are 2 very clear choices and which ever one is selected by the People will change USA for the next few decades - maybe forever.

Unfortunately you could be right - and what a mess that will be if the People of USA follow suit with UK, Aust, France etc. and destroy their own societies in the name of the woke liberal 'Gods of Ideologies'. Some years ago John Cleese (Monty Python etc.) stated :- Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation So there must be some truth in it... I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU Google that now and the vast majority of the links take you to stories that criticise and attack John for what he said. There is SFA analysis of what he said, and whether it is correct - which it is. The left wing lie and distort things - they are all PR and Propaganda. Anyone looking that up now would think everyone disagrees with John, when IMO the majority agree with him - London has been ruined and is no longer 'British'.

Dont forget the feminists and trans - they will demand their right to equality and force the military to accept them - right??

And you support Democrats?? Have you not seen that it is the Democrats (and RINOs) that keep putting USA (and us) in wars. Trump is the answer - no he aint perfect - but he wants to stop all those unnecessary wars that 'feed' the military powers that control so many politician on both sides of the aisle.

Obviously you are only reading the headlines - I have see/heard quite a few of her 'interviews' with softball MSM presenters, and they are all absolute rubbish. I guess that is why people keep supporting her - they dont actually listen to what she has to say. I suggest you go to Youtube and search for 'Kamala Harris Interviews' - then sit back and listen to a few of them.

Kamala is as dumb as a box of nails - and she has no hammer. Even Oprah, a total Dems devotee, was visibly perplexed with her 'word salad'.

Her answer to - What are you going to do with this problem about inflation?? Started with - Prices have gone up .............................. and then went nowhere. You somehow think that is an answer???

LIES - damn you guys are good at regurgitating MSM lies and distortions. Trump tried to get Harris to agree to a second debate on Fox News - she refused. Trump said go f.... your..... No Thank You when Harris wanted another one with CNN moderating. Recently Trump has stated - No 3rd Debate. The MSM are lying and distorting things - how surprising. If Harris really wants another debate she should accept the open Fox News invitation !! That would pressure Trump to agree - but with CNN as moderators he is rightly saying go f.... your..... No Thank You.

Bundaberg !!

You - as with all woke libs always do - you missed the point. You are attacking Trump and all his supporters personally - do you get the point?? What makes you think I or most conservatives believed that story to be any more than an isolated incident blown out of all proportion. As soon as I saw that I was sceptical - but I did see reports of animals being caught and eaten (swans and ducks from the ponds - not sure about cats and dogs). Yes Trump was silly to repeat the claim which resulted in a song going viral using Trump's voice - the videos are funny too.

And they have been pushing for that since the last election. McConnell blocked those moves and delays and then leaves it until the last minute to deny the change. McConnell is a RINO and will be deselected by GOP members I hope - like most of the other anti-Trump RINOS who were either deselected and thrown out or who quit to avoid that fate - like Cheney. When Trump wins, not only will he be cleaning out Govt people and policies - he will be leading the charge to clean out the GOP of all the RINOs. Trump wants term limits for Members and Senators - hopefully he will get that pushed through as well. Bye bye McConnell, Pelosi, Schumer, and all the other long-term and corrupted politicians. Of the 10 longest serving of all time - 8 of 10 are Democrats - and that imbalance of long serving politicians is there for all long term (over 20 years) politicians - the vast majority are Democrats - that tells me something.

LIES. Trump wants a debate with Fox News as moderator - Harris has rejected that debate offer. Harris refused that offer and demanded that Trump debates in front of yet another Democrat biased group of moderators. Trump has declined that demand and reiterated that he will debate with Fox News being the moderators. Going forward - all GOP POTUS candidates will refuse any debate moderated by left wing biased news organisations - just as Harris has refused a right wing biased moderator. The only solution will be 1 with each side moderating. Trump has done 2 with left wing media outlets - only fair to have 1 with a right wing media outlet.

Aljazeera is very biased. But as I said - the Al Aqsa Mosque was built on top of a Jewish church on top of the Temple Mount. The Muslims did that a long time ago. The issue is will the Jews retaliate and do the same? I dont know - but if they do - then I would support them doing it. Destroying Mecca? No. The present-day Al-Aqsa Mosque was built on the ruins of the Temple constructed by King Solomon Saudi Scholar: Al-Aqsa Mosque Built on Remnants of Jewish Temple - The Media Line

Good Question - Nail on the Head. My answer is that the 'truth' is only possible in a binary situation - right and wrong - such as Mathematics or Physics. But even then the issue becomes what you think it true and what is actually true - and cognitive bias plays a big part in the problem. When Einstein first proposed his theories they were ridiculed (Darwin, Newton, etc etc etc) - and most scientific advancement has gone through that same process - challenging the existing dogma means confronting cognitive bias. But when it comes to the political truth - the reality is that it is all propaganda - and that both 'sides' see things from their own perspective (cognitive bias). However, when one side lies or distorts the truth - example Biden is not senile - or the border is secure - or Bidenomics is working - those with a cognitive bias towards that 'side' will either rationalise those lies/distortions or they will ignore them. Likewise, when Trump denies using prostitutes, or claims he saved the world and brought about world peace, we conservatives let it go - we dont believe it - but we let it go. And therein lies the truth. Conservatives have a 'limit' on what they will believe - we focus on the core values of a political situation. However Socialists accept and believe everything they are told about the Leader/s of the opposing political party. They genuinely believe Trump is evil and a threat to mankind - because he is not one of them. Conservatives have not attacked Biden for being senile - we have attacked the fact that the Dems supporters and MSM were denying that he was senile - because the truth was obvious. The truth can and does hurt - but if you dont face it you will never grow/change. You gotta want to see it, to see it. But none of us are free of cognitive bias enough to see all truths. IMO woke progressive liberals have no idea what is the truth - they could not see it with Biden, the Border, or Inflation, or the damages being done by Climate policies, or by the BS Gender Affirming lies - they just denied those truths and attacked anyone saying them. As for finding the 'truth' about any particular issue in the media - IMO there is no such thing. The MSM and Social Media is very biased towards left wing woke progressive ideologies - and they and left wing supporters will support those ideologies adamantly and fervently. The rest of them are clearly right wing biased - the sources of our information as a society have been polarised to left wing and right wing, IMO there is no one there in the middle on all issues - but I see that the left wing have done what Musk and Maher have stated - they are now far left ideologues. We now have men wearing a dress and smashing women at sports, and young children are being physically mutilated for life - the far left cognitive bias forces them to either rationalise the unrationalizable or ignore it and change the subject (or run away).