Australian Atheists Forum

Loki wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 2:46 pmLook at all these plebiscites. Even where they passed, people voted for the plebiscite, and also voted for the rapist for pres.

Oh yes, that bit seems bizarre to me, vote for the constitutional amendment for abortions rights, vote for the fascists who banned abortion to start with, bizarre indeed!

Oh dear;

The former Prime Minister, who was elected in 2013 but was ousted by Malcolm Turnbull in a 2015 leadership spill, has reflected on what he would have done differently if given a second chance.

I would suggest, prime and foremost, not munching into that damn onion like it was a fucking apple, 99% of the people saw that "went eww wtf?"

“Across the Anglosphere, recent conservative governments have tended to be in office but not really in power — either because they lacked an agenda of their own, or because what agenda they had was thwarted by a leftist establishment,” the former PM said.

No that's not the reason, the reason is because conservatives can't govern, governing often requires compromise, discussion, listening to the population and listening to experts and making decisions based on that feedback and, most importantly, making decisions based on facts. Conservatives simply can't do that, their mindset is "they are right," and woe to anyone who disagrees with them! This is why during Trumps first Presidency, where he had control of the White House, Congress and Senate, they achieved nothing except raising the national debt with tax breaks for rich people. They simply can't govern, each one of them, individually, thinks they are right, and will fight vehemently against anyone who disagrees, including members of their own party.

You see this is where he falls over;

While Mr Trump disavowed Project 2025, Mr Abbott opined that “at least a group of clever policy analysts at various think-tanks have been pondering do-able centre-right options for the incoming administration”.

He actually thinks the 2025 project is center right, I mean can you imagine that? It's so far right it's reached the far right event horizon where right turns into fascism. This is why Abbott had problems, this country and population in general aren't that far right, never were and never will be. Won't deny some of the aren't, as in the erstwhile onion muncher, but he's delusional about his political position and that of the far right around the world!

https://www.news.com.au/national/politi ... e487371490

How biased is news.com? Big headlines, huge headlines, disaster under a re-elected Albanese government;

Australia housing infrastructure: Nation faces multibillion-dollar black hole under re-elected Albanese government

Huge headline so everyone can see it, then in smaller letters further into the article where most of the right won't even go because, well, the headline says it all;

The scenario is little better under a Coalition government, which is also headed towards a nine-figure shortfall based on current policies, according to Housing Industry Association analysis.

In other words it doesn't matter which side you elect you have the same problem, but the front page headline only mentions one side, job done, already captured the browse news headlines demographic. I mean they could have worded it to include both parties;

"Housing crisis guaranteed under current conditions no matter who we elect"

Right? How easy is that, but nope, got to get "Albanese" in there somehow and completely avoid mentioning Dutton at all in the entire article so he won't be associated with the problem, got to laugh at obvious bias, but it will get through to some people with less than ideal critical thinking and reading skills!

https://www.realestate.com.au/news/aust ... cement=spa

Oh look news.com com bias again, claiming Dems are getting weird because using words like arouse, when they completely ignored Trump literally doing an oral sex simulation to a microphone on stage at a political rally!

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 8c7b7ff67e

stevebrooks wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 4:10 pm Oh look news.com com bias again, claiming Dems are getting weird because using words like arouse, when they completely ignored Trump literally doing an oral sex simulation to a microphone on stage at a political rally!

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-ame ... 8c7b7ff67e

FUCK MURDOCH for using his global entertainment network to promote biased opinion pieces as "news"!

Dutton is going all in on Trump, and it's not just Rupert but also Musk who will do what he can to get the coalition elected. I don't care what polling says, Dutton is in the box seat, absolute favorite. It's like a giant fascistic wave that is sweeping over the nations and i sadly doubt 'straya will provide a point of resistance. That combined with the profound disappointment that is the current government, we're facing political oblivion.

But it's not all doom and gloom, we'll resist, as best we can, how ever we can, given our individual circumstances and that, eLeon Fuckwit, is cool.

pipbarber wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:12 pmThat combined with the profound disappointment that is the current government, we're facing political oblivion.

I believe, if Albo loses, that would make it the first time since James Scullin's 1929 government that one of the major parties only served a single term at the federal level.