Retired newspaper hack with a red wine habit to support. Accidental wisdom accepted, stupidity and typos blamed on strong drink. Joined October 2015
Joined September 2015
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My children (inheritors of the family mansion if they behave themselves) might not agree but isn't this a good thing? Would people be bleating if the price of potatos fell?
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I would have thought the thousand or so soldiers who paraded up and down might done more than their share of stunning the crowd.
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Just saw on FB that the little hospital in Normanton (population about 1300) just took delivery of five dialysis machines which I'm guessing reflects the extent of renal problems in indigenous communities.
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If One Nation did pick up a swag of seats, how long would Pauline Hanson last before someone smarter elbowed her aside?
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Hear hear !
Perhaps all those geniuses who want to cut migration, and the journos cheering them on, might spend a few days in hospital. Then they can come out and explain how they would have fared without the professional skills of the large chunk of the health workforce not born here.
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Interesting that billionaires promote bigger defence budgets. I guess they have more to protect than most of us.
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Terry Sweetman retweeted
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This one hits hard.
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Shitty rainy day but Irish stew (with Guinness) for dinner. Happy as a pig in shit.
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While Hanson rabbits on about defence and conscription, it's worth reading this. researchcentre.army.gov.au/l…
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Walking in the pouring rain this morning and my phone was telling me was "sunny".
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One of the harshest responses from One Nation supporters is to brand critics as gay. Bit odd given the sexual orientation of some of ON's headline players.
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My FB feed is full of pictures of nubile young women from last century in skimpy bikinis with the message that they represent something more wholesome than their modern counterparts. Scoop: Not all women were projecting purity and men certainly weren't seeking it.
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A little intellectual showing off at the University of Qld.
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Apart from the shivery bits I like winter: Dinner tonight is corned beef and cabbage with spuds and mustard sauce.
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Something I wrote in 1997 and nothing has happened to change my mind: “Hanson is a mental Methuselah, seemingly progressing from primary school name calling to feebleness without passing through an age of wisdom and grace.’’
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