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- Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: USA Gun Deaths
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3233
Re: USA Gun Deaths
It's got me curious about how much an AR-15 costs. I looked at a couple of US websites, which were disturbing on their own, and it seems the top shelf is around $2500 but a good second hand one can be got for $400. Bullets, or ammo, from $7-$20 for 20 'rounds,' which presumably means bullets. What a ...
- Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: USA Gun Deaths
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3233
- Wed Sep 04, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: USA Far Right Watch
- Replies: 160
- Views: 16142
Re: USA Far Right Watch
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/03/trump-maga-allies-election-conspiracy-theories It feels like the US is trapped in a catch-22 scenario. Policies that might take the heat out of emergent fascism, such as free public healthcare, open access and free higher education, increasing ...
- Sun Sep 01, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Donald Trump
- Replies: 461
- Views: 48947
Re: Donald Trump
I find Australia is about 5 to 10 years behind the USA as well. The only thing saving us is compulsory voting and lower religious influence. I'm amazed more people can't see the similarities with 1920's Germany. I reckon preferential voting is hugely significant too. Less religious influence ...
- Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Donald Trump
- Replies: 461
- Views: 48947
Re: Donald Trump
https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781760645311/repeat--dennis-glover--2024--9781760645311 I read this book last night (only 140 pages, a long essay really). The basic thesis is that the parallels between the 1920s and 30s and the last two decades are impossible to ignore. Nothing that hasn't ...
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: Climate Change
- Replies: 365
- Views: 43573
Re: Climate Change
At this point, denying the fact of climate change is a gigantic Kierkegaardian leap of faith, completely removed from the reality of organic worldliness. I mean, if you happened to live in Melbourne right now, all you really have to do is walk outside. Still, probably not real if someone on youtube ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Non Science Based
- Topic: Sovereign Citizens, QAnons, Cookers and Similar
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4171
Re: Sovereign Citizens, QAnons, Cookers and Similar
She was misgendered in that 'whatsnew...' article, which annoyed me. But what a letter. I loved the tone, beautifully measured.
- Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Science, Logic and Reason
- Topic: Vehicle Size Creep
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7404
Re: Vehicle Size Creep
That reminds me, i was in Broken Hill recently and sitting on the balcony of the Palace hotel enjoying a beer. Just watching the street and the traffic and suddenly i realized that there seemed to be fewer large 4WDs by proportion of cars than your average inner city Melbourne suburb! So you can ...
- Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Kamala Harris
- Replies: 19
- Views: 548
Re: Kamala Harris
The Dem celebrity telethon may win them the election but i've not seen or heard any mention of reform, i might easily have missed it of course because i'm only reading the reports. With the same caveat, i've not heard anything about attempting to address the conditions that have produced Trump ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: USA Far Right Watch
- Replies: 160
- Views: 16142
Re: USA Far Right Watch
Long read from the New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024 ... -far-right
The crossover between these white supremacist groups and members of the police and military is hardly surprising, but no less disturbing.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024 ... -far-right
The crossover between these white supremacist groups and members of the police and military is hardly surprising, but no less disturbing.