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It begs the question, "Why did Blomberg ask Turnbull to participate in the interview at all?" Surely Blomberg thought that he had something relevant to say. Obviously the problem is not with what Turnbull said, but that he dared say something negative about a Trump policy.

GON objects to a 74 kilometre round trip to attend a polling booth. His grocery store must be next-door to his house.

So, Trump's ego must be stroked at all times? Remember the moral of The Emperor's New Clothes. Turnbull simply spoke of the possible effects of Trump's economic policies. It was Trump who attacked Turnbull. In fact, Trump defamed Turnbull.

Hardly "laying into". Simply stating the obvious. The leader of any country whose economy would be adversely affected by Trump's actions has a duty to speak out. That puts the leader between a rock and a hard place. What should a leader do - defend the country, or defend against internal political pint-scoring? In the interview with the ABC, Turnbull stated the obvious that, even in the schoolyard, sucking up to a bully will not stop the bullying.

So. Your vote can be bought.

Here is Malcolm Turnbull on the ABC's 7:30 Report providing comments on Trump's social media post. I think Turnbull gives a fair explanation of why he said that Xi Jinping is most likely to act in a polar opposite way to Trump. Turnbull's opinion is that Trump would be unlikely to support Taiwan if China attacked it. Finally, Turnbull is of the opinion that, despite Albo's best efforts to gain tariff exemptions, Albo is being set up to fail. Being set up, by who knows whom, is completely different from failing due to one's incompetence.

There's nothing fishy about TESLA's sales success in Canada.

Trump has used social media to attack former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull after an interview was broadcast in which Turnbull gave his opinion of the effects of the trump Administration economic policy. Turnbull has the academic qualifications and experience to for his opinion. (Let' leave local politics out of your responses. I'm not referring to them.) Trump's use of social media to broadcast his feelings about all the things that are going on leaves me floundering for a word to describe it. There is a time and a place in politics for the use of social media, but using it to attack sundry opponents is neither. The leader of a country, especially a country held to be as influential as the USA, should be wise enough to keep shtum about what could impact their country. Trump's Reality TV addiction has turned the allies of the USA away. I wonder if Xi Jinping is watching what is going on, scratching his head and uttering, WTF. It is very clear that the creators of Project 2025 and their associates are keeping Trump in office to use him as a decoy during the setting in place of their ulterior motives.

When will you get it through your bloody thick skull that the Law does not make it compulsory for a person to vote? It only compels a person to be enrolled for the electorate in which they live AND thereafter, it only compels a person to attend a polling booth on polling day and have their name marked off the roll; accept the ballot papers and return those ballot papers to the ballot box. NO PERSON IS COMPELLED BY THE LAW TO MARK ANY BALLOT PAPER WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THEM. A person has freedom of choice whether to create a valid vote by marking the ballot paper in the way indicated for making a valid vote, or to return the ballot paper unmarked, ie to not vote.

Where?

Yeah. It seems to be the border between sub-tropical and temperate weather systems. It has been hot, dry and windy here all summer. The grass in the paddocks is dead. I wondering if there is enough soil moisture for a winter crop to be sown.

Looks like I'm going to keep pretty dry. Them pesky rain clouds are avoiding my place. Wouldn't like the drought to end.

This clip highlights the absolutely stupid consequences of Trump's DEI directive.

Politics in Australia has generally been a two-horse race, Conservatives -v- Labor. The minor parties are subsets of either one. So we expect the overall vote to be close to 50-50. When one of the horses in the race gets beaten by a furlong, you've got to wonder why. I would expect the Nationals to win seats in agricultural areas. The Libs have to battle it out with Labor in urban electorates. On that basis I suggest that the loss was the fault of the Libs. What have they done to make the electorate think they stink? Could Gina be a factor? From some of Onetrack's posts, I get the opinion that Labor has made an effort to return the wealth of the State to the people in ways that don't seem to be 'bread and circuses'.

Isn't it good that in Australia all one has to do is lodge an enrolment form and your name goes on the electoral roll forever? All you have to do is update your residential address if you move, or if you change your name. I really think that Australia has the best electoral procedures to allow a person to exercise the right to vote.

What would the World we live in be like if the bloke who invented the screw thread was left-handed?

Not one cent that has gone into Musk's pocket has been wasted.

I wasn't taking a shot at Albo. I just wanted to make a smartarsed shot at Trump. My source for Albo saying that it was not the right moment to commence an election campaign was a press conference he gave dealing mainly with the cyclone emergency. His comments about the election were in response to a red herring question from some dumb journo. You could take a guess at which media outlet the journo worked for. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph to read its reports on how the three levels of government are handling the emergency. Not that I purchase that rag myself. My Mum gets it just for the horse racing reports. As far as I can concerned the Sunday Telegraph is such garbage that even the tea leaves object to being wrapped in it.

If Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator because Z has not called for elections, does that also mean that, according to Trump, Albanese is a dictator, too. After all, both Z and Albo have held off calling for elections while their country deals with serious emergencies.

Know the situation very well.

He deserves the title of "King of Con-fusion". If you stand back and look at what his Administration has/could do to the global economy and his threats of warlike actions, you'd have to compare what you see with the criteria that are used to define terrorist organisations.

Nup. You've clearly displayed your ability to carry a grudge for 50+ years. Time to lay your burden down.

Yes. The way Vietnam Vets were treated in the 1970s was bad. However, nowadays the Dept of Veterans Affairs is providing a great deal of support, which those Vets, and those from more recent conflicts, are getting. Yes. I know about the high suicide rate, but that is getting attention, too. A big problem is that because of the shit treatment handed out by the RSL to those Vets, they don't want anything to do with the RSL. That is a bad thing, because it is through the help of the RSL that these Vets can access what the DVA can provide. And GON, don't pooh-pooh what I've said. My sister and brother-in-law are helping their local Vets to access DVA every day. In another thread I mentioned that they have just got onto Starlink for internet access because their work on behalf of Vets occupies many volunteer hours per day. So if you make a wrong comment about the RSL or DVA, I'll come back like a shot with a rebuttal.

My problem is that I never developed the habit of drinking a lot of water, either raw or in beverages. My favorite drink during a hot day is cold milk, but that means my calorie intake goes up. Not keen on sugary drinks. I find that failure to drink a lot on hot days can lead to constipation.

Talking about the shape of Humanity. Australia's health problem is that in 2022, based on measured data from the ABS 2022 NHS (latest published data), of adults aged 18 and over: 66% were living with overweight or obesity, approximately 13 million adults. 34% were living with overweight but not obesity. 32% were living with obesity. In 2018, obesity cost the Australian community $11.8 billion and if nothing is done, may cost an estimated $87.7 billion by 2032. Seems we are digging our graves with our mouths.