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by pipbarber
Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: One-Post Politics
Replies: 26
Views: 1096

Re: One-Post Politics

We should also remember that...nobody wants to work anymore....isn't a new phenomena. In fact it's a good bet that most of those people complaining about people not wanting to work anymore come from a generation that was accused of not wanting to work anymore! https://imgur.com/gallery/gtMgiEO That...
by pipbarber
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 139
Views: 4302

Re: Climate Change

It's not too late, provided we.... There's still time so long as we.... It's not all bad news, we can still.... The science is clear, we need to.... Yeah, nah.... ‘Staggering’ 740 fossil fuels projects approved by flawed laws, climate council reveals New research from the climate council reveals a “...
by pipbarber
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Capitalism, neoliberalism, neocolonialism
Replies: 0
Views: 8

Capitalism, neoliberalism, neocolonialism

Bit of a catch all thread on economics. I'm constantly shocked by the general level of ignorance around the history of capitalism and the ascent of neoliberal economic theory (aka: trickle down economics, laissez-faire capitalism, economic libertarianism). John Ralston Saul called the neoliberal tak...
by pipbarber
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: One-Post Politics
Replies: 26
Views: 1096

Re: One-Post Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/26/daniel-dan-andrews-resigns-quits-retires-victoria-premier-update-announcement Bye Dan. A long way from the worst of Victoria's premiers and i reckon he was fantastic during lockdown. At times it felt like he was the only adult in the room. I als...
by pipbarber
Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 139
Views: 4302

Re: Climate Change

Rishi's play will probably spread across conservative brains like a virus. If he wins with it, which of course he could, expect Dutton to follow suit in our election, which would be a few months after the UK's. It's a wild ploy, gain another term in office in order to oversee more of a collapsing st...
by pipbarber
Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 46
Views: 2007

Re: Donald Trump

I feel very meh about these polls. The US system is so idiotically undemocratic. Trump lost 2020 by 7million votes but had he gained as few as 40,000 in key states he would have won. Only polling in the key states matters, but even then, its all a bit random feeling. And then throw in the possible m...
by pipbarber
Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: One-Post Politics
Replies: 26
Views: 1096

Re: One-Post Politics

Heard jim chalmers defending stage three tax cuts on the grounds that the surplus is bigger than expected. What else would you do with unexpected windfall beside give it to those least in need of it. Makes perfect sense in 2023
by pipbarber
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 139
Views: 4302

Re: Climate Change

I heard a commentator say that Rishi's planet-fucking policies were inspired by a recent by-election (Johnson's old seat of Uxbridge), which the tories unexpectedly won, allegedly because of measures to ease traffic congestion. So they have dumbed the whole issue down and decided to go further down...
by pipbarber
Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:23 am
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Fkn Rupert and His Family
Replies: 4
Views: 37

Re: Fkn Rupert and His Family

I can't really think of a single human over the last 50 years that has done as much damage to civil society and the causes of social justice than this vile tumor of a being. He played a giant part in climate change denial at a time when we might have been able to save ourselves. Murdoch offerings ar...
by pipbarber
Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Climate Change
Replies: 139
Views: 4302

Re: Climate Change

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -toxic-air

Climate change adjacent. Pretty scary stuff.

Anyway, Rishi, he no care.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... en-targets