Marty_d

Not a huge surprise. As soon as Burnham won his electorate it was a foregone conclusion.

I saw a woman protesting something Dubya had done, holding a sign saying "Bush is another word for 'c**t' ". Wonder what that makes the meaning of "Trump"?

Good. The sooner he blows a fuse the better. A visibly insane Trump is probably the only thing that would get the politically lethargic US voters to kick him and the Republicans out. I don't think even the useless lackeys he's surrounded himself with would follow his orders if he told them to nuke Germany or something.

I think Meloni (who is not a particularly nice person herself) has made the political calculation that in most of the world, including Italy, it's more palatable with the voters to stand up to Trump rather than lick his arse. This is good, because if even right wing politicians realise this, then centrists and left leaning ones should definitely realise it. I think the clown is going to find out that he's not going to get a lot of respect or time from other world leaders any more.

In the continued saga of everything Trump touches turns to shit, his plan to paint the Lincoln reflecting pool a more patriotic shade of blue has worked about as well as his Operation Epic Fury (maybe should be renamed "Epic Fuckup"). When they put the water back in, algae turned it green. Then when they used chemicals to kill the algae (no doubt under a lot of pressure from the Trump administration), it peeled up the $14m blue paint. Of course the retard-in-chief is blaming "vandalism" as the cause, nothing to do with giving a $14m project to someone who painted a mate's pool once. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism

They're still up to it. When we were there this year I often saw scooters with 2 blokes, the back one holding on to a trailer loaded with bricks.

I've never understood sidecars. To me it destroys the whole purpose of a motorbike, which is to have fun leaning through corners.

He's back! I especially liked the last one. It's what's in the mind of many young blokes (and women) in the nightclub...

Their triage is usually good. Head injury or chest pain, straight in. Something that's not going to kill you, you'll be waiting.

You're a better man than me. I despise the prick.

Ben Jennings on Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran – cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jun/18/ben-jennings-donald-trump-ceasefire-deal-iran-cartoon?CMP=share_btn_url

What an idiot.

You're better than me OT. I thought the first bit was "F*** you" then couldn't figure out the rest. 😄

Trump ripped up Obama's nuclear treaty with Iran, then started a pointless war that cost thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, half of the US missiles and tens of aircraft, disrupted shipping to most of the world and caused fuel crises in many countries. Now he's desperate to end the war before the midterms, so is doing a "deal" that leaves the Iranian regime better off than before the war. Tell me again how he's "righting the ship"?

I don't think this is going to affect working class individuals much. @pmccarthy's example would be treated under existing rules anyway as gains prior to 1/7/27 are grandfathered. It's more for people who can afford high value appreciating assets - art, diamonds etc which they currently use to avoid tax. I'd argue that. I'm not badly off and we don't have anything besides the family home that will appreciate in value. Most of the people I know are in the same situation.

My eldest son is 18 today. Couldn't be prouder of the fine young man he's become. 😊

Yes, that war was an exercise in futility - accomplished less than what they had going in. Comprehensively lost. What a twat. And he doesn't even realise it.

That's because it's true. Her health policy is straight from the Trump administration and would wreck our world class health system.

Greens are fairly stable on 12% - according to a recent article about why they're not benefiting from the downturn in major party support, their support is increasing in the Gen Z cohort but simultaneously decreasing in the older generation. Which, going forward, should be a net increase.

In karate there's a short punch - not sure how it's spelled, but they pronounce it "shitozuki". I commented to another student tonight that I used to own a shit Suzuki, and that was also a short stroke (GS750F). Man that was a crap bike.

If they interview the bird, maybe it can answer that age-old question of why it was crossing the road...

Minority government has been fairly common until Labor's big seat haul. In some ways I think it works better, they have to negotiate to get things done. The problem is of course that if the LNP is in power they negotiate first with the far right parties. If Labor is in they usually negotiate with the Greens first which gives better outcomes. While having a majority does give them the ability to make good reform, like these CGT discount changes, it can lead to complacency which then gets punished at the next election.

PHONey's vetting practices haven't improved. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/16/one-nation-hitler-youth-john-drew-ntwnfb

Tell me where you get the figure and show how you known it's corruption.

That's kind of like saying "I'm sick of this rash, I'd rather have my arms amputated."