HELP! Can anyone define SOCIAL COHESION and AUSTRALIAN VALUES our elected representatives talk on and on about pursuing both of those. How will we know when we have secured them if we don’t know what they are?

Albo has some official words for their predicament he used them recently referring to the ISIS Brides… “My mother would have said 'If you make your bed, you lie in it'"

Do not feel sorry for US service men and women who will lose their lives in the wars America makes. They all grew up and chose to join up when America’s war mongering is well known. When the failures in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan are not disputed and the loss of young lives achieved zero.

There is talk of cutting the Public Service. The fundamental issue is not people but structure and efficiency. There is too much govt in Australia for 28 million people. With govt comes public servants. Federal, State, Territory, Local Councils all for a population less than Shanghai. Dismantle it.

The problem is that under Angus Taylor Australia would be the same. We are stuck (literally) to America’s foreign policy agenda for the next decade. It’s impossible to escape America’s rectum without engaging with the New World and finding our philosophical place in Asia consistent with our location

I asked Chat GPT to help find some synonyms in the context of the document I was writing rather than looking up Thesaurus. It did the job, but then the fucking thing wanted to be my friend, asking what the document was for, what I did for a job, it tried empathy when I told it I was too busy to chat

Perhaps that is Albo’s problem - a little Johnny.

Penny Wong is a heartless, emotionally devoid robot. As part of Labor’s leadership group she lost me the moment she open her mealy mouth when October 7th happened and Israel began taking revenge in the name of protecting itself and continued to drink the kool aid as genocide took over. She is a rat.

One thing is now certain the International World Order and Rule of Law do not exist. The idea, concept and aspiration is dead. It was never alive and it never will be. The holier than Penny Wong types hopefully have enough sense to stop using it to criticise China and Russia for example.

Penny Wong has developed a speaking tone and manner along with her body language that is lacking emotion, is bland yet condescending and does not endear her to the audience. Perhaps she has been replaced by a robot. Does Albo know?

Trump says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Trump also said Iran’s nuclear industry was wiped out last time America and Israel attacked Iran. Yet used this as an excuse to attack them again. Trump lies so much how can we know.

Albo needs his arse kicked all the way from here to Scott Morrison. It’s not far, just a wee tap will do it.

Why haven’t we heard more from the female cross bench about their sister Grace Tame, maybe I missed it but none of them seemed to become difficult about Albo’s blatant misogyny and then his inept gas lighting.

💯 My 3 kids all turned 30 in the past few years. It cracked me up that they all complained about crossing that milestone and how they were feeling old and lamenting there wasn’t much to celebrate…meanwhile having no empathy when I complained that each of their birthdays got me closer to seventy.

If Trump stop free elections, any concept of the American democratic system will have no value. The Constitution, seats, the electoral colleague (as corrupted as it is already), one person one vote, confidentiality, representation of the people. The whole box and dice goes up in flames.

Perhaps (absofuckinglutely) before Albo folded like a wet cardboard box to the opposition and lobbyists to hold a Royal Commission into the Bondi Massacre, he could have taken advice and discovered the RC cannot take evidence from those who were actually there. The perfect reason not to have one.

We’d hope so, but politicians value winning like they value loyalty. Getting elected is every politician’s objective, being in government is the icing on the cake. Labor parliamentarians are not going to risk either. IMO Albo’s a two time winner he is not going anywhere until he becomes a loser.

"Jodie and I spoke last night and she said to me, 'you have to think about this as a father Anthony. What would you want to happen if it were our girls?'" I said “Jodie…but I am not a father and we don’t have any children and if we do I want boys they are less difficult.”

The problem with that kind of President is that many Americans could not identify with them nor understand them.

Albo could have used many other politically correct words if he couldn’t bring himself to respect Grace Tame…. Such as…focused, forthright, blunt, uncompromising, even antagonistic. But he chose “difficult”, the word many men choose to describe women they are fucked up about. You can’t hide Albo.

Emergency services give a Press Conference on ABC National TV to up date people on the VIC bush fire situation for autumn. 4 officials are given the podium for about 1 or 2 minutes each. At the end there is a request of questions…there aren’t any. Our public servants are consumed by self importance.

Republicans clapping in unison at Trump’s State of the Union rant are facsimile’s of North Koreans clapping at Kim Jong Un’s every word. And the “USA, USA, USA” chant, the modern day equivalent of “Sieg Heil”.

You gotta be doing something right to get under the skin of Prime Ministers of both main political parties. Grace the Untamed.

Regrettably the twos I had were mostly double bogeys 😃😃😃

Wordle 1,712 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Great start to the day. Playing golf later looking for more twos.

There’s Albo priding himself on Australia leading the way and going first to support (not call for mind you), Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of being 8th inline to the throne. Shame Albo’s not chosen to go first to name Israel as committing genocide and leading the way sanctioning them.

What is it about old Liberals? Howard to Abbott to Turnbull to Morrison to Brandis, to Downer to Frydenberg to Pyne they are like dog shit on Australia’s shoe. Chewing Gum on the flip flop of modern life, egg on an unwashed plate, sticking around beyond their use-by date, sharing their stale ideas.

That depends on who is drawing it, where it is drawn and who is going to cross it. .

What comes between one and eight? I don’t know but #1 wanted to be a tampon in his mistresses wotzit and #8 was the best mate of a now dead pedophile. One is our current Head of State and the other is in line to be. How blessed we are to have Monarchs of such high repute to respect and admire.

Andrew Leigh MP trotting out the Labor talking points on Afternoon Briefing. He has the personality of white flour. He apparently wrote a book. The Shortest History of Innovation. No matter how short, I get enough sleep already…

The LNP focusing their energy and that of the sycophantic media on eleven ISIS Brides, now demanding legislation to stop people helping them. Fuck me dead. Meanwhile how about tax reform, housing, education, healthcare, energy, water, infrastructure, domestic violence, child abuse etc. Irrelevant.

Who should we really be worried about returning to Australia, 11 unarmed ISIS Brides and their 23 kids or 500 armed mercenary zealots serving in the Israeli military? Thanks to @johnmenadue.com

David Littleproud on US Tariffs…”we” are not paying. Duh. “Tariffs are inflationary. And guess who pays it? It's the little guy. It's you and I. It's when we go to the supermarkets, when we go to buy or go to build a home, we have to pay for it. And that's the reality of what Donald Trump's doing,”

I am OK if Albo buckles again to fear mongering this time by Angus Taylor to criminalise any one who assists the ISIS Brides return home as long as the new law applies to all those who fight in or assist people in any war that is not declared by the Australia government. Laws must not discriminate.

Nah Farrell will fold like a wet cardboard box the same as his boss. We’ll take the moral high ground saying that Australia believes in fair trade even if other countries don’t (the US will not be named of course) and then Marles will give Trump another few billion dollars for phantom AUKUS subs.

David Speers badgers Tony Burke for most the Insiders interview about what the govt can do to stop the ISIS Brides returning and then finishes the interview blaming the govt for leaving their children in the camps. Burke misses his chance, he could have exposed Speers as the “gotcha” hack he is.

Are we as concerned about Australian citizens fighting with the Israeli Defense Force coming back to Australia as we are with the return of ISIS Brides. Only members of one group has actually been shooting at people.

The entire box and dice that Poorlean and Angus talk about immigration is 100% racist. They argue it’s about values and skills and too many immigrants and low standards and fundamental religious beliefs and so on. But… It’s all about skin colour. White is OK. Black, brown, yellow is not.

Pat Conroy Defense Industry Minister announces Austral Engineering has secured a contract for $4.0 billion to build landing craft for the Australian Army. Who on earth are we planning to invade? Landing craft like AUKUS Submarines are offensive (attack) military vessels. Another waste of money.

You can find @albomp.bsky.social at his usual place behind the door. He hides there to avoid becoming a target, to avoid being seen, to avoid seeing and having vision and as was the case in the very beginning when God gave out brains.

If we boycotted all the shops and all the businesses because they cheated, we’d all have to live off the grid. 🤣🤣🤣

What will they say next. All this hyperbole about the ISIS Brides. I get it, they made their own bed etc but they have kids who deserve the protection of their (Australian) govt. I get Angus Taylor and his leftovers will use exaggerated language and use up good oxygen but Albo, what about the kids?

Yep. Many reputable news services have reported it.

No, Harris did not actually win. She is not in the White House. Trump is. However it happened she lost. The outcome is the only measure. Get over it America, too many of you spend your time lamenting what could have been and not was is. Stop and figure out what President you want and how to get it.

Two men on Afternoon Briefing who could not be more poles apart. Tim Wilson smarmy mealy mouthed wanker saying sweet fuck all of any consequence vs Ed Husic, good bloke, smart, straight talking, sensible ideas and observations.

Afternoon Briefing quotes Philip Lowe the ex RBA Governor who says the Labor is not growing productivity. Lowe, the GOAT incompetent RBA Governor who totally fucked up monetary policy in the period surrounding Covid and attempted to support the re-election of Morrison by holding rates low too long.

Has anyone seen Wuthering Heights? Is it any good and worth the effort and cost of seeing at the cinema or wait until it streams?

Poor Ted O’Brien he must be hated by everyone. He had energy under Dutton, Finance under Ley and now Foreign Affairs under Taylor. All front line shadow portfolios where he performed badly and got kicked around by Bowen and Chalmers. Now he’s going to get his dumb arse kicked by Penny Wong.

The so called ISIS Brides and their kids, if they are Australian citizens, are entitled to return to Aust’ and the govt must stop fucking around and let them come back. Of course once they return they need to be managed. The ongoing obfuscation, avoidance, and weasel words just makes it worse.

…I suppose Kamala may as well be forever in your heart, because she sure as hell isn’t in the While House. You lot blew that chance.