The Politics Thread 2018

reptar · Post by **reptar** » April 30, 2018, 9:37 pm

Sossman wrote:
reptar wrote:Does the big horn count as heavy machinery?
Why do I all of a sudden have this mental image of adlays with esh mullets gabbering to the green machine song.

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I don't know. I hope that helps

Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 1, 2018, 11:02 am

Pell to stand trial on a couple of charges, others were dropped as not enough evidence for a possible conviction.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 4zckv.html

Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 1, 2018, 1:24 pm

Well one of the cases was dropped because the alleged victim is no longer alive...

gangrenous · Post by **gangrenous** » May 1, 2018, 2:08 pm

Drop all murder cases then?

Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 2, 2018, 1:56 pm

Stormy's Lawyer is saying they have presidential **** pics

Maybe they are planning the release to coincide with the video of his Russian watersports adventure?

Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 2, 2018, 2:24 pm

Release them now give us all a good laugh.

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 4, 2018, 8:14 am

Trump has now admitted to funding the payment to Stormy.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders thrown under the bus again.

If anyone dares say "oh Hillary would have been just as bad" - No. Absolutely Not. Would have been far far better.

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gangrenous · Post by **gangrenous** » May 4, 2018, 8:54 am

I’m not sure how paying her off changes much in the eyes of people that voted him in over Hillary?

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 4, 2018, 8:57 am

gangrenous wrote:I’m not sure how paying her off changes much in the eyes of people that voted him in over Hillary?

Oh it doesn't. The more he **** up the more they double down.

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Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 4, 2018, 10:10 am

And his new lawyer Rudy contradicts his story again

Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 4, 2018, 12:50 pm

Sossman wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 8:57 am
gangrenous wrote:I’m not sure how paying her off changes much in the eyes of people that voted him in over Hillary?
Oh it doesn't. The more he **** up the more they double down.

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gangrenous wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 8:54 am I’m not sure how paying her off changes much in the eyes of people that voted him in over Hillary?

This is the base that were totally cool with Roy Moore running.

Also can we stop trying to give Credit for Trump getting North Korea to "stop" their testing.

They are only stopping because they blew up their own test site and possibly killed many of their top researchers in doing so.. So now he'll play them, possibly get some sanctions lifted and get the funds to relaunch (boom tish) their program.

My prediction for their next move is to release some of the Americans that are being held there.. They'll play to Trump's ego and say it was all his doing. Then the daft ***** will have a meeting in the DMZ giving them the photo ops they've wanted for decades.

Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 4, 2018, 12:54 pm

yeah I messed up some quoting there but cbf fixing it.

Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 4, 2018, 2:37 pm

Love Fiona Patten, just called for an audit of the Victorian liberl partys use of sex workers after they’ve supported the Nordic model (unfortunately so does a Greens member).

https://fionapatten.com.au/news/mp-call ... patten-mp/

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 4, 2018, 2:52 pm

I would have thought the Scandos would be a bit more liberal than that? Seems like a weird model.

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Green eyed Mick · Post by **Green eyed Mick** » May 4, 2018, 4:23 pm

Prostitution like cannabis should be legal, heavily regulated and taxed because there is no viable, safe alternative.

Post by **T_R** » May 4, 2018, 5:54 pm

Green eyed Mick wrote:Prostitution like cannabis should be legal, heavily regulated and taxed because there is no viable, safe alternative.

EDIT.

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gangrenous · Post by **gangrenous** » May 4, 2018, 6:24 pm

Sossman wrote:
gangrenous wrote:I’m not sure how paying her off changes much in the eyes of people that voted him in over Hillary?
Oh it doesn't. The more he **** up the more they double down.

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True, but in this case somewhat rational?

If we’re saying Trump is definitely worse than Hillary because of this... well in what material sense to voters? I mean nothing changed in terms of his character. Everyone knows what Trump is about.

They think Hillary is corrupt and would be lining big business pockets. They think Trump is making changes that help the battlers - like the trade war stuff. When that’s what they care about, if he lies about who he pays and sleeps with on his on time...

The Nickman · Post by **The Nickman** » May 8, 2018, 2:11 pm

T_R wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 5:54 pm
Green eyed Mick wrote:Prostitution like cannabis should be legal, heavily regulated and taxed because there is no viable, safe alternative.
EDIT.

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Oh man, I wish I knew what this post was.

Post by **T_R** » May 8, 2018, 2:17 pm

The Nickman wrote: ↑May 8, 2018, 2:11 pm
T_R wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 5:54 pm
Green eyed Mick wrote:Prostitution like cannabis should be legal, heavily regulated and taxed because there is no viable, safe alternative.
EDIT.

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Oh man, I wish I knew what this post was.

It was what I thought was a very restrained reflection on previous comments from GEM on the need to relax legal restrictions on intra-family relationships of a sexual nature.

FuiFui BradBrad · Post by **FuiFui BradBrad** » May 8, 2018, 5:03 pm

Has anyone seen Childish Gambinos “This is America” film clip? Wow

The Nickman · Post by **The Nickman** » May 8, 2018, 5:19 pm

Fuifui Bradbrad wrote: ↑May 8, 2018, 5:03 pm Has anyone seen Childish Gambinos “This is America” film clip? Wow

I haven't... hope that helps.

FuiFui BradBrad · Post by **FuiFui BradBrad** » May 8, 2018, 5:21 pm

I’m not usually a fan of his music, but the film clip is layered AF.

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Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 8, 2018, 6:57 pm

Izzy just won’t learn

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-unio ... 4ze1r.html

Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 8, 2018, 9:12 pm

T_R wrote: ↑May 8, 2018, 2:17 pm
The Nickman wrote: ↑May 8, 2018, 2:11 pm
T_R wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 5:54 pm
Green eyed Mick wrote:Prostitution like cannabis should be legal, heavily regulated and taxed because there is no viable, safe alternative.
EDIT.

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Oh man, I wish I knew what this post was.
It was what I thought was a very restrained reflection on previous comments from GEM on the need to relax legal restrictions on intra-family relationships of a sexual nature.

SO subtle

papabear · Post by **papabear** » May 11, 2018, 9:28 am

Sossman wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 8:14 am Trump has now admitted to funding the payment to Stormy.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders thrown under the bus again.

If anyone dares say "oh Hillary would have been just as bad" - No. Absolutely Not. Would have been far far better.

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Are you offended by trump going a porn star? Or are you offended by him paying her off?

to be honest, I think the more the media run this the stronger his ratings will be.

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 11, 2018, 9:31 am

papabear wrote:
Sossman wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 8:14 am Trump has now admitted to funding the payment to Stormy.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders thrown under the bus again.

If anyone dares say "oh Hillary would have been just as bad" - No. Absolutely Not. Would have been far far better.

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Are you offended by trump going a porn star? Or are you offended by him paying her off?

to be honest, I think the more the media run this the stronger his ratings will be.

Offended by his lying and the fact he's held to a much lower standard than anyone else.

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papabear · Post by **papabear** » May 11, 2018, 9:41 am

Just on australian politics and the tax plans from both parties.

Congratulations on the coalition of all thing good and light and business trying to iron out the brackets and move to a more equal tax system as opposed to a progressive (oppressive system) we are currently in.

However, they failed on some major points:-
- the changes are to far out in the future to be of any use.
- they should have been immediately bought in (or atleast mentioned for next election to be bought in immediately after that) up the GST to 30% (maybe this could be scaled) and put it on everything, make the tax rate a flat 30%, up the tax free amount from 20k to 30k to provide lower incomes with relief from increase in GST. Eitherway I call it the 30 30 30 rule, like a triple russell westbrook.
- Get rid of their ill advised company tax rates, its just a stupid tax cut.
- get rid of your notional political lower income tax rebate garbage, people in those brackets are hardly kicking anything in anyways.

Now for Labor.

- Congratulations for staying strong on opposing company tax rate cuts.
- you have doubled down on tax cuts to lower and middle income earners, good on you for trying to win an election, shame on you for garbage economic policy.
- you keep rabbiting on about spending on education and health, keep doing that, it will keep you out of power as anybody who is not working in those areas, only here the words more debt more debt more debt.
- I never expected any tax reform from your party, you are a party that is now controlled by the unions and couldn't count to three dollars unless it was in a brown paper bag for you, but I would expect you to take GEMs lead and announce the legalisation and taxation of marijuana. Unfortunately, it is probably another social / tax policy like say gay marriage that could be done easier by your party that through your own ineptitude will be done by the coalition.

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 11, 2018, 10:21 am

The Coalition budget was trash and the Labor response was trash.

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Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 11, 2018, 4:56 pm

Can't believe neither party implanted my idea where everyone gets to choose 3 food/drink items they can claim all GST back on at the end of the year.

reptar · Post by **reptar** » May 11, 2018, 8:05 pm

Schifty wrote:Can't believe neither party implanted my idea where everyone gets to choose 3 food/drink items they can claim all GST back on at the end of the year.

through a Woolies Rewards or FlyBuys scheme?

Northern Raider · Post by **Northern Raider** » May 13, 2018, 11:23 am

Sossman wrote: ↑May 11, 2018, 10:21 am The Coalition budget was trash and the Labor response was trash.

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Same could be said about all federal politics over the past 10 years. Both majors have been hopeless and the balance of power in the senate has shifted to the more extreme offshoots of the left and right.

papabear · Post by **papabear** » May 14, 2018, 1:41 pm

Sossman wrote: ↑May 11, 2018, 9:31 am
papabear wrote:
Sossman wrote: ↑May 4, 2018, 8:14 am Trump has now admitted to funding the payment to Stormy.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders thrown under the bus again.

If anyone dares say "oh Hillary would have been just as bad" - No. Absolutely Not. Would have been far far better.

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Are you offended by trump going a porn star? Or are you offended by him paying her off?

to be honest, I think the more the media run this the stronger his ratings will be.
Offended by his lying and the fact he's held to a much lower standard than anyone else.

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Isn't lieing par for the course for a politician.

It would be more disconcerning if a politician was actually forthrite about this stuff.

Manbush · Post by **Manbush** » May 14, 2018, 9:57 pm

True we do expect our politicians to lie but not to the extent Trump has, he’s taken it to a whole new level, hasn’t even been able to keep his lies consistent.

Sossman · Post by **Sossman** » May 14, 2018, 10:07 pm

Manbush wrote:True we do expect our politicians to lie but not to the extent Trump has, he’s taken it to a whole new level, hasn’t even been able to keep his lies consistent.

Trump isn't just a liar... he's delusional.

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Schifty · Post by **Schifty** » May 14, 2018, 10:08 pm

The absolute ***** is cool with KKK endorsements.

That says it all about him.