JonnyF

I've got a few on here as well. Normally over on World News but they do follow me elsewhere on occasion. I think they have a crush on me.

Now that you mention it she does have an uncanny resemblence to Kellie Maloney.

Oh really? Lockdowns, truckers funds being cut off for protesting (your mate Trudeau), fines for being outside all never happened. It's all a conspiracy. Who knew? That could never happen again, right? I wouldn't be at all surprised to see temporary lockdowns for climate based reasons in the next decade. Just very short ones, just to test the waters. Very recently in Thailand workers were "advised" to work from home due to PM 2.5 levels. It's not a huge leap for that to become a "recommendation" and then a "directive". You know, to "protect us". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/bangkok-air-pollution-prompts-advice-to-work-from-home Climate change 'emergency' opens up all kinds of possibilities for controlling the masses. It's no wonder they are pushing it so hard. Obviously authoritarian hardcore leftists who dream of big state control love the idea, hence them jumping on the doomsday cult bandwagon so gleefully.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-economy-spending-rules-budget-pandemic-funds/

British culture and Australian culture is very similar, for obvious reasons.

More propaganda, designed to scare us into handing over our liberty and cash digital tokens to big state. How long before they have us locked in our 15 minute cities, or better yet our houses, released for 15 minutes per day to exercise or to stand on our doorsteps to applaud employees of the state. All to protect us from the impending doom. Don't comply? Protest? Simple, they can freeze our bank accounts and fine/prosecute us. Oh wait a minute, that was 2020 😄.

I am not scapegoating immigrants. In most cases they are not to blame. The problem is governments opening the floodgates to provide cheap labour for large multinationals without spending on the infrastructure to support the increased numbers. This leads to a housing crisis and a deterioration in services for the native population. If not vetted and intergrated properly it also negatively impacts the local culture.

All that immigration and still with economic woes. I thought they'd be flying with such a huge influx.😄 Last year I was in Sydney for a few days work and the got chatting to the driver from the airport who was a nice Indian chap, came over 10 years ago. Did a masters in engineering but couldn't find a job so he does the night shift driving taxis for a living. The housing crisis meant he couldn't afford a house so he still lived with his parents. He was considering returning to India. Sad to see them repeating so many of Britain's mistakes. Huge increases in population without the infrastructure to support it.

I had a similar experience in my youth after taking a certain substance at an outdoor rave in Bath. The Beatles sang about the effects in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. My friend Dean's face formed pointy ears and a pointed chin so he resembled a cross between a gnome and an elf. Everything around me was pulsing, like the trees and the cars were breathing deeply. The ground was rippling like surf before the wave breaks. Terrifying. I reverted to beer shortly afterwards.

The Dems are terrified. It's written all over both their faces. Well, they allowed Biden to run again. They made their bed, now they must lie in it (in more ways than one).

God help Europe if this power hungry charlatan gets the keys to power. No surprise that the idea of a European Army is being put on the table again, this time in the form of "European military unity". Never let a crisis like Ukraine go to waste. Thank goodness we left the EU. I wouldn't want to be living in (and paying for) this federalist house of cards when it starts to fall. Edit for typo...

Not that I am aware of. But the management company that manages my investments do not have specific instructions not to buy stock on political grounds so I guess it's possible. I doubt that. But if people wish to invest based on their heart rather than their head that is their choice. Maybe you should direct these questions at a Trump fan?

Why would I gloat? As a neutral observer I just saw the report and thought I would post it for the benefit of those who are under the impression he is broke. He appears to be anything but broke. Makes no difference to me.

It would appear reports of Trump's money problems were greatly exaggerated. 4 Billy. Not too shabby. 😄 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68667664

The left always try to justify silencing people. Normally it's under the banner of hate speech, which roughly translates as anything they disagree with. In this case it's their ability to look into a crystal ball and predict what someone will say in the future. Laughable. Although at least you've moved past the "partial silencing isn't silencing" nonsense.

Agree. I have a Camry Hybrid and I get over 1000 kms on a tank. No charging required. Best of both worlds. I'll still buy a Diesel truck for the farm though as the roads sometimes flood and a colleague of mine had loads of problems with her Hybrid after driving through a flooded area, never could get it right and ended up selling it. I wouldn't entertain the idea of 100% EV. Especially one made in China.

I haven't changed my tune. Partial silencing is still silencing. It's already been noted several times on the thread. Your pedantry and trolling is boring in the extreme. 😄 If I say you can talk about these 3 issues but not these 5 others issues, do you have freedom of speech because you can still talk about 3 out of 8? Can you claim to have not been silenced? Of course not. Trump has been silenced. That doesn't mean he can't talk about anything at all. 😄 But you already knew that...

It's already been pointed out in the thread that it is only a partial silencing. There was no need for me to repeat it. Just as there is no need for you to expose your ever worsening TDS.

Ah, I see they are now silencing him as well. I can see why. If he came out and exposed the truth it would be extremely embarrassing for certain people. The plan appears to be first to silence him, and then to jail him before he can serve a second term. Democracy and Freedom of Speech. US style. Makes you wonder what will happen when he wins. Could we see the US go full banana republic and overturn the result on a legal technicality like Thailand did, allowing Biden to remain in power? Wouldn't surprise me at this point.

Good luck Julian. And well done Australia. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are two principles that any civilized society must uphold. The US government must not be allowed to trample over both to cover up their dirty, not so little secrets. Keep fighting the good fight.

Spielberg throwing truth bombs. The rise in anti semitism is indeed extremely worrying and was happening long before Israel reacted to the horrific terrorist attack on their citizens in October. The fact that some are trying to use Israel's response as justification for even more anti-semitism is as predictable as it is disgraceful.

Highly unlikely. https://time.com/6589369/donald-trump-net-worth-estimations/ Even conservative estimates have it at 2.6 Billion.

The Libs are spooked. You can see it all over this thread. Losing their heads 😄.

Another one who doesn't know the difference between millions and billions. 😄 These TDS threads are becoming a bit "special".

That's great. Although you might wish to note that 468.2 million is still substantially less than the 464 Billion quoted in the post I was responding to. But hey, millions, billions. What's the difference right? You Biden fanboys not too good at maths. I guess that's why you believe him when he says he's done such a great job 'cutting the debt'. 😄