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by pipbarber
Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:56 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Aus Election 2025
Replies: 48
Views: 4341

Re: Aus Election 2025

He could have saved $200 bucks with a visit to officeworks, you'd have thought. I mean $249 to print a fake and meaningless document, what a rip off! Minister of finance material, clearly.
by pipbarber
Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:31 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/harvard-pushback-trump-administration

A couple of weeks ago, after Colombia Uni caved in to maga madness, i suggested that Harvard were wealthy enough to resist the threat to cut federal funding, but with a long history of churning out republican ...
by pipbarber
Tue Apr 15, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

On the same theme...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/15/us-sees-biggest-drop-in-australian-visitors-since-covid-as-travellers-avoid-trumps-america

That's March! April will surely be fewer still.

Makes you wonder what businesses in the US that rely on international tourism are ...
by pipbarber
Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

Perhaps we're approaching a breaking point? The tariff chaos is approaching a comedic point, i know that for certain.

Refuse to comply with a supreme court ruling? Well, obviously they'll just say they 'want' to comply but it's out of their hands now.

What next? Tariffs on the supreme court, i'd ...
by pipbarber
Mon Apr 14, 2025 8:11 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Capitalism, neoliberalism, neocolonialism
Replies: 39
Views: 6209

Re: Capitalism, neoliberalism, neocolonialism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth

George Monbiot argues that inequality increases the appeal of the far right, and he has some stats to back it up. Really does make you wonder why the left adjacent parties continually fail to enact ...
by pipbarber
Sun Apr 13, 2025 4:42 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump


Well maybe not for nothing, it has shown the world that they can no longer rely on the US to be the stable economic power and reliable and steadfast ally it has been since WW2, and maybe that's a good thing in the end!


Yes, this particular government is completely unreliable, unstable and ...
by pipbarber
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

Well there is a possibility, in defiance of Hanlon's razor, that Trump is cashing in on the wild market swings that he creates. One would assume such a thing is traceable though, given we are dealing with public companies and the market has some small measure of transparency. But it'd be easy. Short ...
by pipbarber
Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

And in news from the Unhinged Stupitopia of America, they're going to “make America’s showers great again”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-water-pressure-executive-order

Brilliant move! Can't argue with it, obviously. Although, could perhaps someone grab a qualified plumber ...
by pipbarber
Tue Apr 08, 2025 6:31 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

...to add to that somewhat emotional outburst above...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/donald-trump-world-economy-shock-us

Focusing on the fucking share market is completely confusing the resistance, imo. We (as in anti-fascists world wide) are being distracted. The share ...
by pipbarber
Tue Apr 08, 2025 6:03 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 1020
Views: 118502

Re: Donald Trump

It's quite clear that maga allies are not fond of maga's tariff policy and they are starting to speak out against it. This is what i would say to them if i could:

No problem with arrest and deportation without due process?

No problem with sending people, without due process, to the world's worst ...