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Where is the AFL thread?
I hope ABC Australia through True Cable (and only True Cable) will be showing at least 6 games per week, as in the past -
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Elon Musk Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by European Politician
Both far right and far left have a history of suppressing freedom. Before Musk, Twitter was repelling extremists. Now, it invites extremist, incendiary content and misinformation. Led from the top. Musk is promoting far right propaganda. This is only fair if you're a far right sympathiser . -
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Thailand's Air Pollution Crisis Hits ASEAN's Collaborative Agenda
You people are such babies, just because you cannot breathe and are dying a slow painful death! Just pay your 800K, and income tax and stop all the complaining. -
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Road Safety in Thailand – a summary of Perceptions and Reality
Reductio ad absurdum - a cheap joke or do you just not get it? -
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Thaksin Pushes for Single-Party Rule, Faces Coalition Criticism
Note entirely, but it does have democratic institutions and the last election was a free vote. Thaksin was commenting on the need for one party to have a mandate from the people. What did he say then? I see the article reports that "former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called on voters to back the Pheu Thai Party exclusively. Thaksin argues that a single-party majority could fast-track government initiatives, suggesting that the current coalition governing structure is cumbersome and inefficient." This is quite different than what you think he said. What is wrong with asking for a mandate from the people? He is correct in his assessment of Thai coalition governments. They are typically formed after there are political tradeoffs. Some call that corruption. Every political party that participates in a parliamentary system seeks a majority government. No one ever has campaigned on forming a coalition government. Look at the political crisis in Belgium. Coalition related. Canada's parliament was crippled for the past year. Why? Minority government that had to placate another political party in order to get legislation passed. Israel has extremists in its cabinet. Why? Because the government is made up of a coalition of parties. The list of dysfunctional governments at the mercy of coalitions is long; France, Sweden, Nederlands, Germany and others. Coalitions look nice on paper, but they do not give long term stability and they just force important legislation to be delayed.
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