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Yes, it's pretty ugly.

Trump is a dangerous, unpredictable, scary person. We've seen enough to know he's out of control Power happy vengeful and threatens people who don't go along with his Outrageous. schemes. He's devoting a lot of effort to just making money for himself. nev

I am not sure I understand the correlation between corruption/organised crime and conscription, to be quite honest. One redeeming feature of Albos is he supports the Hawks...

A little more whimsical than that.

Many people did resist. During the Vietnam War, over 1,000 men in Australia applied for conscientious objector status under the National Service Act. Of these, 733 were granted total exemption from military service, 142 were exempted from combat duties, and 137 had their applications rejected. Many more Australians resisted conscription through other means, such as burning draft cards or leaving the country, although these actions are not classified as conscientious objection under the Act. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Conscientious Objection: The National Service Act defined conscientious objectors as those who sincerely believed that any form of military service was wrong. Applications: Over 1,000 men applied for conscientious objector status between 1965 and 1971. Outcomes: Total Exemption: 733 applicants were granted complete exemption from any military service. Partial Exemption: 142 applicants were exempted from combat duties only. Rejections: 137 applications were rejected. Other Forms of Resistance: Many Australians who opposed the war also resisted conscription by burning their draft cards, refusing to register for the draft, serving jail time, or leaving the country.

There is a movement in California to succeed. This would be good for California but bad for the US Here's why the state wants to become an independent country Of the $4.67 trillion in revenue from the states in 2023, over 35% came from the nation's four most populous states: California (12.2% of the total), Texas (8.9%), New York (8.0%), and Florida (6.7%) g I think it would be good for California to cut loose the anti-intellectual red states, who educationally and financially are not pulling their weight. The situation 8in California is not a state of emergency. This is political theatre from the man (and a dress rehearsal for the rest of the country) who pardoned the Jan 6 mob, where people actually died. The reason people are kicking up against the ICE raids is that "we are only going after criminals" has proved to be bulshit. Using the military against their population is crossing a dangerous line usually reserved for dictatorships.

President Trump is showing California what MAGA is all about. He ought to cut California off and let it float away into the wild blue sea of the Pacific Ocean.

That's why we should never have complied with military conscription in the 60s, the nation was infested with corruption and organized crime.

Hi attack on democracy and accountability has been so brutal, and is being acquesced to, that it is doubtful the Democrats will persist beyond a token force, depending on how he deploys the national guard after the mid-terms.

Corruption is rife in every State, and it was blatant in earlier decades, but became more hidden as corruption commissions were set up. In W.A., Brian Burke was certainly corrupt and went to jail for it. He was called the "four on the floor" Premier for his mateyness with the scumbags of the "W.A. Inc" era - Alan Bond, Laurie Connell, et al. Former Premier Ray O'Connor was almost certainly as corrupt as they came, but managed to avoid any official scrutiny. Several Police Commissioners in W.A. were almost certainly corrupt, but were "protected" by power groups, possibly Freemasons and others. There was reported to be a "Purple Circle" inside the W.A. Police heirarchy, and at least 2 senior W.A. Police officers are incriminated in unsolved murders - the murder of Shirley Finn, a Madam who was paying Police protection, and the murder of bikie, William "Billy" Grierson at Ora Banda, N of Kalgoorlie.

No, sadly I don't.

Then the new Exhibition Building in Docklands was named Jeff's Shed, even if a nickname.

Do you think the Republicans will be shredded like the Libs were?

I’ve been watching some videos on Australian political history. When dealing with topics related to State politics, it seems that NSW, QLD and VIC have a culture of political corruption. Don’t know about SA or WA. The list of names of the shonky polies is very long. Probably the worst thing is that the creation of corruption finding organisations does not seem to have been successful in rooting out the crooks.

Someone must have liked Bolte - he was Vics longest serving premier of 17 consecutibe years. Too early for me to form any opinion on the man, but it would seem performance has no correlation to political success, nor monuments - there is a bridge named after him in Melbourne in 1999. Ahh, that was under Jeff Kennet's watch.. No wonder. BTW, you know the quality of person I am by the people I hang out with. A mate of mine started dating John Cain's daughter, but he put a stop to that very quickly.. Can't have the riff raff in.

My point is that from now onwards, thanks to the Republican revolution, every president of USA will be above the law.

This deal means we pay and they don't have to deliver.. Chump will be fuming anyway as he has never had a deal that good.. seems Biden is a better deal maker for putting America first. UK is still not sure what it is or what they are there for

The Unpleasant FACT IS, Trump cannot be trusted by his allies and a Lot of Yanks don't care as long as they get richer in the Process. What is a DEAL worth IF it can be cancelled Unilaterally on a whim? NOTHING! It's just a LIABILITY and LOSS OF SOVREIGNITY. The LAST thing we need. Nev

Rupert Hamer was OK. Bolte was a hanging Whacker. Ted Baulieu was OK. Napthine (Naptime) Useless. Guy ( Lobsters with the Mobsters) Now they Fight amongst them selves. Moira Deeming hasn't helped demanding Preselection as a condition of settlement. THAT stinks. Nev

The Victorian Libs need to stop fighting over who has the steering wheel, and start concentrating on where the car is actually going. While they have major infighting and a lack of policies and direction, they will be forever consigned to the opposition benches as a minor political party with little relevance. The times the Liberals led the country, they had good leaders who sorted out infighting and who knew what the electorate actually wanted, and where their direction was going as regards satisfactory living conditions for the average voter. As a farmer friend said to me many years ago, we need more Statesmen and Stateswomen, not politicians. Statesmen and Stateswomen have a clear vision of what the country needs, and a plan of how to achieve it.

Imagine what we could do if the $380B was kept here, and invested into Australian defence manufacturing. I reckon conventional subs will become obsolete, as tanks have become in this age of drone warfare, and remotely-controlled unmanned mini-subs such as the Huntingdon version will become the norm for underwater stealth activities. They can't get sub crews at the best of times, it's the next best thing to a kamikaze mission during wartime. We have the Australian-designed Ghost Shark mini-sub under development here, the Govt need to wake up and understand that buying war equipment now, for delivery in 20 or 30 years time, is about on a par with ordering a hundred Sopwith Camels in 1919 for use in WW2. We had enough of a problem with obsolete equipment in 1939. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine) https://www.defensemirror.com/news/33048/Huntington_Ingalls_Unveils_Remus_620_UUV

ANGUS Taylor reckons AUKUS is theirs and IS VERY IMPORTANT. They wedged Labor. The Orange U Tan will hate it because it was signed by BIDEN. I'd like OUR billions Back and not be tied to the Biggest WHACKO Leader in the World.. Nev

Depends on how much damage HE is allowed to Inflict on the world meanwhile. (and how his Loopy adherents continue to react) No one is beyond the LAW. Nev

That's the rub.. the opposition, especially in Vic, seems to live in an alternate reality. We need a strong opposition that provides a credible alternative. They used to be. The reports this morning that Presutto has been thrown a $1m lifeline in staving off bankruptcy in settling his defamation loss.. but it would come with a condition that holds the Vic Libs to ransom by a property developer who would stump up the cash. That cannot end well.

The latest news this morning is about corruption in Victoria and bikie/union penetration in to massively subsidised energy farm development. I tip that our premier Jacinta will be replaced by Labor before the coming election. They will still win, due to lack of an opposition.