Michael.
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50 minutes ago, Leebf said:
Oh and if he wom due to inflation etc every country is going through the same. Our prices here in Australia are insane. Its not our current governments fault its covid and those policies and corporate greed. If anything the US economy is cooked based on Trumps economy plans only people to benefit will be the rich.
That’s exactly my point though. The perception people have is they were better under Trump because they were. But it had nothing to do with him. Inflation and cost of living are a result of COVID and various other factors and are effecting everyone globally. But the average voter isn’t smart enough to understand that. Exactly same thing is playing out in Australia. The government released the latest economic data showing increase in GDP and inflation at 2.1%. The economy is recovering and doing great under Albo but voters aren’t experiencing those benefits yet. (Or if you read the comments most people don’t even believe the data and just claim they’re made up figures). Interest rates are still high so the voters are blaming Labor. Then add a complicit media who take any chance to beat up the PM. Just look at the reporting about the Qantas upgrades. Meanwhile everyone in the Coalition got the same benefits and media has been largely silent. Bridget McKenzie who was on every news program attacking Albo just admitted she got 16 upgrades herself. The hypocrisy is outstanding and the media just gloss over it.
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Personally I think it just comes down to cost of living and inflation. The perception is that people had it easier under Trump. The Dems have been blamed for it though and one actually listens or believes the facts anymore so they were unable to change the narrative. Also immigration and the border played a big factor.
A second Trump presidency is going to be 10000% times worse than his first. It’s going to be a shit show.
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At least he won’t be able to run again, but seriously what the actual fuck.
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I hope I’m wrong but I think Trump will win.
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How the fuck are they the only two options.
Yuck
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The media bias was astonishing as it was across the board. I’ve been a reader of The Age for a while so it’s been disappointing seeing it slowly turn into Herald Sun lite. They even had the nerve to claim at the start of the election they would avoid the typical negative campaigning and would report only on the issues that truly mattered to people.
Anyhow I’m definitely happy with the result but it was concerning some of the members who were elected in some safe liberal seats. But it is laughable that they think they lost because they aren’t far right enough. Like that’s what left/centrist people were elected. So bizarre but it will hopefully mean the libs continue to be irrelevant in Victoria.
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37 minutes ago, karbatal said:
That woman represented an empire based on racism and abuse in lands abroad. All her jewels in that portrait were stolen in occupied lands. All countries in Western Europe have a colonial past that is incredibly shameful and this woman was Queen while that colonialism still existed. You really are either obtuse or maybe a bit Make Great Britain Great Again. Anyway, keep the warmth inside that those fake numbers give you.
To place blame for hundreds of years of British history on the Queen is an incredibly simplistic argument to make.
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While the idea of a royal family is outdated in 2022, I can’t help but like it myself. The pomp and ceremony is entertaining. The sense of history and tradition is interesting.
I don’t know why it’s so controversial to like or admire the queen. She gave 70 years of service to public life. I don’t worship her but I deeply respect her and I was sad when she died. It will be no different to when Madonna dies.
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On 9/15/2022 at 4:16 AM, runa said:
There's a big difference in "people know her" / "her image wasn't bad" and hugely popular.
If she was that popular, countries from the Commonwealth would not ask to leave that monarchy. Barbados, Canada, Australia, Scotland... name it. They all want to leave.
Not what I would call hugely popular.THAT is common sense.
As an Australian I can confirm the Queen was hugely popular in Australia. Even amongst republicans she was well liked and respected.
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Voted yesterday. I'm unsure if Labor will get over the line. People are stupid. I feel like it'll be a Trump style win and if that's the case then we deserve every shit thing that will happen as a country.
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The US is honestly on another planet. The whole country is unhinged. Between this and QAnon, conspiracies, election fraud claims, Fox News, the whole country is fucked. I feel like they’ve gone up over the edge and there is no saving it. Imagine it being 2022 and legislation regarding interracial marriage or access to birth control is even up for discussion. What the fuck.
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Roe v Wade US abortion law to be overturned, leaked court decision suggests
Washington: A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn the Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide, Politico reported.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the draft independently.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion, according to Politico on Monday Washington-time.
A leak from the Supreme Court is unprecedented. APnone
Four of the other Republican-appointed justices – Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett - voted with Alito in the conference held among the justices, the report added.
“It is possible there have been some changes since then (Feb 10),“ Politico reporter Josh Gerstein, who broke the story, said on MSNBC late on Monday Washington time.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito last year.APnone
The draft report leaked to Politico does not say that abortion should be banned nationwide, but instead argues that the Constitution does not prohibit states from regulating or prohibiting abortion.
Overturning Roe v Wade would empower several Southern and Midwestern states to impose strict abortion bans - although it would not block states from choosing to allow the procedure.
After an initial vote among the justices following the oral argument, one is assigned the majority opinion and writes a draft.
It is then circulated among the justices. At times, in between the initial vote and the ruling being released, the vote alignment can change.
A ruling is only final when it is published by the court.
In a post on Twitter, Neal Katyal, a lawyer who regularly argues before the court, said if the report was accurate it would be “the first major leak from the Supreme Court ever”.
Politico said only that it received “a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document.”
The landmark Roe v Wade decision almost 50 years ago gave women in the US the right to seek an abortion but it has been disputed and contested many times over the years.
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In that time abortion has emerged a central issue in American politics, dividing progressives - which typically supports a woman’s right to choose - from conservatives, which equate the procedure to a crime. Importantly, it has also served as a galvanising issue for religious voters courted by Republicans.
In 1973, the Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision that Texas did not have a constitutional right to restrict Norma McCorvey - assigned the court pseudonym Jane Roe- from having an abortion, although the procedure was illegal in the state at the time unless the mother’s life was in danger.
Republican governors in several states have sought to reintroduce abortion bans and restrictions - notably Texas, which has sought to ban terminations as soon as foetal activity can be detected. Like many states, it has passed a “trigger law” enforcing its abortion bans if Roe v Wade is officially overturned by the Supreme Court.
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If the court does overturn Roe, twenty-six states would ban or severely restrict abortion.
A group of Republican senators have been lobbying to introduce a nationwide ban, according to The Washington Post, which reported that the antiabortion group Susan B Anthony List had approached 10 possible presidential candidates including Donald Trump to discuss the possibility.
However, a nationwide abortion ban would be difficult to pass, as it would require 60 votes in the Senate, and would be opposed by almost all Democrats and some pro-choice Republicans.
President Joe Biden, while a Catholic, is pro-choice and would likely oppose signing such a bill into law.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said on Twitter that New York will “always guarantee” the right to abortion.
“This is an absolutely disgraceful attack on our fundamental right to choose, and we will fight it with everything we’ve got,” Hochul said on Twitter in a reaction to Politico’s report.
Reuters, AP, staff writers
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It seems to me now that the established car manufacturers are on board with electric to the point they have committed to phasing out petrol/gas, Tesla will not be able to compete. There has been no innovation in the whole time so Tesla’s seem so dated compared to electric models from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Jaguar etc. Musk really has become a caricature of the evil billionaire.
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Hopefully this is what finally kills Twitter.
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On 2/7/2022 at 3:04 AM, promise to try said:
I guess Charles´will be a king after all? that´s more surprising that camille being the queen...At least this way william wont have to eat uncle andrew´s scandal
I don’t think it’s surprising at all. He is the next in line so I don’t think there was any question he’d be king. I don’t see what reason he would have to abdicate.
Also the monarch can choose a regnal name for their reign. For example Queen Elizabeth’s father was Albert but took the regnal name King Edward VII. I’ve read that it’s speculated Charles might take a regnal name as the first two Charles’ aren’t considered to be good kings. I’m not sure if Camilla can also choose a regnal name though?
Also does it really matter if she becomes Queen? Really the only people I could imagine caring are the Diana stans?
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Had my first dose of AZ yesterday. Had some side effects last night (chills and body aches) which weren't fun. Today feel better just tired. Like I'm hungover. Hoping I'll be back to normal tomorrow.
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What the fuck is going on in the US? The country is insane.
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The Australian roll out has been pathetic and people under the age of 40 are still not eligible unless they work in a specific industry or meet certain criteria. It’s such bullshit.
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Waiting for the vaccine in Australia. The government has fucked the roll out and so we are like 113th in the world for vaccinations. Still not available for the majority of people which just blows my mind.
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9 hours ago, San said:
What's the obsession with paedophilia though
At least make your conspiracy slightly plausible. Dumb fucks.
I read an article recently that basically said that QAnon is repackaged "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" with left wing liberals and celebrities included with the Jews.
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22 minutes ago, SheldonCooper said:
I meant it wasn’t reported in the US prior to the election i didn’t see it any news. It wasn’t talked about in my perspective it was intentional. I don’t mind as it made the Orange julep not get re-elected!
Yeah that's fair. And no doubt the election dominated the news. But if Trump supporters want to claim that it magically appeared after the election then that's incorrect as the rest of the world was well aware of it.
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On 11/11/2020 at 1:19 PM, SheldonCooper said:
With a Vaccine on it’s way Trump was right it was a couple of weeks away and that fact it came out days after the election to me is pretty fishy. All i’m saying i’m obviously not a Trump supporter but i don’t like this shady stuff i swear i don’t believe anything anymore. Or am i reading too much into this? LOL.
The vaccine was ready before the election. Australia announced a deal a couple of days before (Australian time) before the US election. To say it was announced after is inaccurate.
Facts:
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Trump. And even if he doesn’t win legitimately he will take it to the Supreme Court and they will vote in his favour. And if for some way he doesn’t win and Biden is President Elect he will push a conspiracy theory that he was robbed and will encourage his support to revolt. Just look what happened in Michigan with Whitmer. Just imagine that but across the whole country. More violence and polarisation across the country. The US is cooked no matter who wins the election. Both New Zealand and Australia have issued travel warnings for the US.
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