Comments on: Strange Times

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:39:44 +0000

That is SOP for US politicians with the added insinuation that when the media and others report about criminal activity and corruption in the government they are helping the “terrorists”. [Also See Turkey after the “coup”.]

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:45:22 +0000

Yeah. My fear is who the ringer might be! I do have some ideas, none of them are good! This will be very familiar to American's. You know Politics by attacking the messenger and not addressing the serious crap they are being accused of. Aussie politicians are fast studies it seems. :/ Peter Dutton attacks Guardian and ABC over reporting of Nauru files Because, this: Revealed: Peter Dutton's extensive briefings about risks and harm to children on Nauru Dutton seems to be channeling Cheney.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:05:42 +0000

Karl was never what either his friends or his enemies portrayed him as being because he was at his core a political journalist who was dealing with the reality of his time and imagining a better life. His biggest problem is that he is as boring as any writer could be and that’s what comes through in German, English, and Russian. Given that his readers fall asleep early on, their view of Marx and Marxism is heavily biased by how long they stayed awake.

Sure it might be Abbott, but it could also be Rudd because the Coalition MPs are tired of being played by their leaders, so they’ll bring in a ringer. 😆

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:48:55 +0000

Ahhh Politics! A laugh a bloody minute! Clown school... If Malcolm Turnbull can't fix this mess, Tony Abbott is available Seriously. :|

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 02:41:22 +0000

There is nothing wrong with being a ‘left of center’ as long as you don’t allow the Tories to keep moving the center further and further to the right. Under Blair the Labour Party was definitely right of enter.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:25:36 +0000

Oh, Speaking of "Austerians" Bryan, you might find this interesting: Owen Jones talks to Ha-Joon Chang: 'austerity is based on lies' – video interview

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:13:18 +0000

This is an interesting development, perhaps. I find myself undecided about either whether the claim is factual, or whether the Labor Party becoming a hard leftist party may not be such a bad thing. Normally, I'm opposed to extremism of all kinds. But the softly, softly middle-road approach isn't working at all. Diane Abbott says Labour entryist claims are a distraction I'll have to put this on my watch list, because I don't know if Diane Abbott is correct or not. Curious indeed. :)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:35:59 +0000

My small ISP handles DDOS with a minimum of fuss, but they don”t have to depend on Telstra.

When you think that they best way of making government more efficient is by cutting budget and staff, you are going to cut to the point that government can’t function. It works exactly the same in the private sector.

They keep failing in the sae way and people refuse to back new people to run things.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:21:41 +0000

The list of once trusted & respected Gov. Institutions that have lost that trust & respect is a long one. It primarily began with the Howard Gov. It was increased under Abbott and especially Turdbull. The census data this year is worthless. And next year, I suspect people won’t bother no matter what the ABS tries to say or do about it. Thanks to Turdbull’s insane staff & funding cut’s, nothing can be trusted any longer.

And yet, people still voted for him. Which just proves what I have been saying for a long time… Most humans are easily deluded morons.

Here’s a take I agree with on the Census debacle:
The real consequence of #Censusfail

“Australia does not have to descend into being a scrappy version of America, driven by hatred and politicisation. We can choose a different path.”

Amen to that!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 02:37:27 +0000

And now you have the census DDOS attack and various and sundry politicians arguing about the definitions of colloquial computer terms rather than explaining what happened and how it was going to be fixed.

Losing mobile as well as landlines really sucks.

Turnbull is having a great start to he new government 😉