Nostr notes by RaymondPierreL3

I am tooting this not as an endorsement, but as information for ...

2026-10-20T00:35:23Z

I am tooting this not as an endorsement, but as information for rational and respectful conversation and in the interest of transparency, yes, I am a member of SSAA. I have my own view on hunting, gun ownership and gun use in Australia. I’m happy to discuss but will not to be subjected to bigotry (that will just get you blocked and achieve nothing from both our perspectives).

#GunLaws #GunControl #Hunting #ConservationHunting #PestControl #AusPol

## What the Paddock Knows
A thread. — 2/2 [end of thread]

**What the farmer sees**

If you want to understand why this matters, the quickest route is to stand in a crop that pigs have been through.

Talk to a producer who has lost lambs to dogs, or watched a season’s work destroyed in a fortnight, and the abstract debate falls away very quickly. These are not people with a philosophical position on hunting. They have a problem, they need help with it, and the person who turns up to help is usually somebody’s member driving three hours on their own time.

That relationship, between hunters and the people who work the land, is one of the strongest things our sport has going for it. It is also, I suspect, the least understood by people who have never needed it.

**The obligations that come with it**

None of this case survives if we are not scrupulous about how we behave, so let me put the other half plainly.

*Permission*, every time. Written where you can get it. Nothing does more damage to every hunter in this state than one person on a property they were not invited onto.

*Clean, humane, appropriate*. The right calibre, a shot you are certain of, and the discipline to let one go when you are not. Our case rests on being better at this than the alternative, and that has to be true in the field, not just in a column.

*Follow the program*. In conservation hunting, the reporting and the conditions are the point. They are what turns a day out into evidence that the model works.

*Leave it as you found it*. Gates, tracks, rubbish, carcasses. Farmers talk to each other, and access is granted on reputation.
Be careful what you post. A photograph that makes perfect sense to another hunter can look very different on a stranger’s screen. That is not fair, but it is true, and it costs us.

**Making the argument**

When this comes up, resist the temptation to start with tradition or with rights. Both are real, and neither persuades anyone who is not already persuaded.

Start with the paddock. Start with what happens if nothing is done, because something always is done, and the alternatives are baiting programs and contract shooters funded by the taxpayer. Then explain what a licensed hunter operating under a plan actually contributes to that, at no public cost. Put that way, it is not a defence of hunting at all. It is a straightforward question about land management, and it is a question our members are already answering, quietly, most weekends, on properties across this state.

Jai Rowell
SSAA NSW

## Anti-Zionism Causes Confusion in the UK Labour Party Oh oh… ...

2026-10-17T07:20:42Z

## Anti-Zionism Causes Confusion in the UK Labour Party

Oh oh… Looks like the #Burnham *new broom* is just some **more of the same*, at least where the genocidal #Israeli govt is concerned.

> “The Labour Party has issued an extraordinary ultimatum. It has ordered its councillors to withdraw from any power-sharing deals with the Greens unless local Green parties renounce the ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passed at their national conference last month. The edict could affect as many as 19 councils, including Sheffield and Warwick, causing administrative gridlock and disruption to local services. “

** #AntiZionism is not #AntiSemitism**
Ditch the IHRC definition of anti-Semitism

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/burnham-is-attacking-local-councils-to-defend-israel

#UKPol

But then there’s this… ...

2026-10-12T00:01:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…97fs
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But then there’s this…

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/trump-watch/russian-diesel-deal/

There is also doubt whether such a purchase will be allowed by ...

2026-10-11T06:33:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…4kp5
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There is also doubt whether such a purchase will be allowed by Congress. A bill will be introduced to stop it and it has some Republican support, so…
Anyway, #47 remains true to his idiotic sycophantic behaviour here.

Translation… a vital role, grossly underpaid and undervalued. ...

2026-10-06T13:13:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…h2hy
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Translation… a vital role, grossly underpaid and undervalued. It is only recently that publishers are beginning to add the translator(s) name(s) to the front cover of their publications. It’s been a long time coming.

How could an author widen his readership without them? How much revenue would publishers forego without them. More to the point how would readers discover works from other culture and be transported by stories that are no found anywhere else?

Translators… are **authors** in their own right when they turn a foreign language work into unforgetable prose and take us all to way back to the original author. Each and every translated work is essentially *new* work. What splendid boons are given us by **translators**. They deserve our admiration for the bridging they enable and better remuneration commensurate with the new creative work they put into each translation.

#Writing #writingCOmmunity #Translations #JoinYourUnion

Really, that neighbour of yours… just your luck eh? I’ve got ...

2026-10-01T04:41:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…arp5
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Really, that neighbour of yours… just your luck eh?
I’ve got buds on my dwarf fruit trees. I’ll post when they bloom.
Enjoy your day Heather.

The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) ...

2026-09-30T01:43:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…zegs
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The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) have been well documented over many decades, yet #privatisation continues apace from either side of the political divide (sure, a very small divide these days, still a divide). Which tends to confirm that elected officials don’t care about #DutyOfCare (unless it bites them in the arse) and do not actually represent you. Polies are in it for themselves and their retirement from politics plans and that’s it. If the best way for polies to look after their personal interests is to cosy up to the private sector and their cash hoovering schemes, then so be it — bunch of leeches, all of them (even if some are less leeches than others).

Thinking aloud, perhaps the solution would be massive cuts to politician remuneration so that it makes no sense to stay in politics for too long. It might open up the electoral contest to idealists genuinely entering politics for the greater good (albeit temporarily). Churn is not a big deal, in fact, it’s positively good imo. New blood and all. Churn also prevents the creation of influencial *cohorts* (factions) and *old guards* within Parliament and less time for polies to get corrupted in office, etc. Churn also makes voters think about their votes and hopefully make meaningful choices instead of *more of the same because I don’t want to think abot it*.

#Politics #ReducedTerms #ReducedRemuneration #PoliticalChurnIsGood #Idealism #Corruption #Nepotism #FactionPolitics ##GreaterGood

Read this: “What Dennett omitted was that Australia, with a ...

2026-09-27T02:03:54Z

Read this: “What Dennett omitted was that Australia, with a population of 28 million, has just under one datacentre per 100,000 people, compared with 1.5 per 100,000 people in the US, population 342.7 million.” With this sole paragraph, Josh Taylor (The Guardian Technology reporter) is perfunctorily dismissing the rest of his article parroting the #MarketingHype that the pro#Datacenters *brain addled* would be *Rentiers* are making to temper #Australian #communities ‘ concern with the *factual* environmental damage done by those #AIComputingFarms.

IMO, the author lazily resorts to gross population statistics to say it’s worse here than in the US without adddressing any of the statements from the demented financial speculators he glibbly quotes. You simply cannot compare a bad situation against another bad situation to make a point, because it’s all bad, and that’s is the point the author should have addressed. Any detrimental environmental impact is harmful to living things.

Read the rest of the article if you must be convinced but, seriously, I wouldn’t bother is a *puff piece* dressed up as *opposition* just like the latest utterings from the #GenAISlop #TechBros we’ve been hearing.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/26/australia-datacentre-backlash

#AusPol #AIFinancialBubble #EnvironmentalDamage

What wonderful aim… too logical for our polies and not ...

2026-09-10T02:19:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…9kfd
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What wonderful aim… too logical for our polies and not profitable for grifters.

There is a problem with ‘elder statesmen’, whatever their ...

2026-09-09T12:55:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…7m6y
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There is a problem with ‘elder statesmen’, whatever their political legacy, they tend to view the world from their former perspectives. Their cup is full, in other words, they seem incapable of taking in new information in order to shape their opinions to fit current circumstances.

For me, Paul #Keating will always remain a #NeoLiberal economist, with a penchant for clocks, and I won’t thank him for that (his economics, not his clocks). Plus, he’s never getting off his soapbox.

/Be nice to me though, I’m only tooting an opinion that is liable to change with new information/

#AusPol

I must confess that the auhor Lost me when he advocated for ...

2026-09-07T08:32:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…retj
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I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and undisclosed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

#Reagan and #Thatcher will be remembered for lighting the match ...

2026-09-07T08:15:58Z

#Reagan and #Thatcher will be remembered for lighting the match that set fire to the powder trail leading to the barrel of black powder yet to explode, but they did not manufacture that match out of thin air. It was an organisation that produced the *RoadMap* for them both and self-interests did the rest.

“At his first cabinet meeting as president in 1981, Reagan distributed copies of Mandate for Leadership, whose 3,000 pages came out of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research group in Washington, DC. This became the ideology of neoliberalism, which advocated a smaller state, industry deregulation, tax cuts, strengthened defence, and roll-back of social engineering. A year later, 60 per cent of the Mandate’s proposals had been adopted by the Reagan administration, and The New York Times called it ‘the manifesto of the Reagan revolution’. His initiative engaged Thatcher, and spread globally to dominate public policy in democracies around the world.”

The same **Heritage Foundation** is behind #tRump ‘s two terms as #POTUS. If you didn’t know before, it’s all about #NeoLiberalism a combination of #Libertarianism and #Neo-Classical #EconomicTheory sure to please the #Rich and #Entitled in any society.

Long Read:
https://aeon.co/essays/why-western-democracy-is-ailing-and-how-to-fix-it

Ahhh…no… that button has been pushed too often now and it’s ...

2026-09-07T06:22:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…2e3t
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Ahhh…no… that button has been pushed too often now and it’s absolutely worn out…🤣🤣🤣🤣

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/117226418341534408 It is worth the ...

2026-09-07T05:29:56Z

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/117226418341534408

It is worth the read of course, but one ought to remain critical while doing so.

All of the information that went into this article was obtained from publicly available sources. That doesn’t diminish the value of that information or the article itself, but it does leave many questions unanswered and many facts undiscovered. The one thing that the article is sorely lacking is an analysis to balance what we know with its importance within the strategic context. As a result the article misses what should have be its intended goal of calling the value of the alliance into question which is, unfortunately, largely compensated for by the emotional responses unleached in the reader (which may have been the writer’s real objective).

Yes… OMG… the Merikans are overwhelming us and colonizing Australia! That kind of response does not serve us well at all. If anything, it goes to enflame a situation about which we know next to fuck all [pardon my French]. Given the likely classification of everything that would shed a light on what is occurring and connect govt decisions to recommendations drawn from an exhaustive strategic analysis of Australian defence needs, **we will never know the whole truth**.

If we cannot trust our elected representatives to do the right thing and make the tough decisions when it comes to our safety from foreign aggression and our defence needs, then we only have ourselves to blame for voting the bastards in. But first we must establish that ‘they’ cannot be trusted. We haven’t done this. Not once on the matter of our military alliances. Ever. Which implies that, to my knowledge, there’s never been a situation in Australian Commonwealth history where evidence has surfaced that would have led us to question the trust we place in our leaders on defence matters (As Britain found out in 1942).

And so, we come back full circle. There is no excuse for leaving *politics* aside until the next election saussage. However fortunate we are that voting is compulsory, we should not slack off during the interim periods. It is incumbent upon all of us to do the homework. Get informed from sources deemed reliable, apply critical thinking, update your opinions accordingly and find the best candidates for the job you wish them to do for you, whatever the circumstances - 365 days a year.

*Don’t complain, be constructive in whichever way you can, for the good of the country and your own wellbeing*. That’s been my motto.

In the meantime, ask yourself a simple question: ‘Why is China aggressively expanding its sphere of influence and arming itself at a breakneck speed?’ [as well as causing an arms race in SEAsia] If you get an defensible answer, ask yourself how Australia should position itself in response. What would you do as PM?

#AusPol #Defence #USAlliance #MilitaryBuildUp #GeoPolitics #China #PrePositioning #Deterrence #Secrecy #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #InBetweenWars #MilitaryBases #GreatSouthernLand #NeverCeded #Antifa #SocialDemocracy

quoting
note1hkz…9qqq

The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?
Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s military. Find a map of them here
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/07/us-military-bases-in-australia-map-list-spy-satellite-pine-gap

Senator #DavidShoebridge, with this article for deepcutnews.com, ...

2026-09-04T02:56:01Z

Senator #DavidShoebridge, with this article for deepcutnews.com, might just have identified the nexus of our communal discontent. Else, he neatly summarizes a major source cause of our collective populist anger. Might this be the ralying cry that the #Greens sorely need? The means to bring about the downfall of our *tired* two party dominated political system?

“This is the political struggle of the moment: galvanising the 99 per cent into a people-powered political movement to resist and take back power from the 1 per cent.”

While #PHON has already tapped into this amorphous electoral anger, it has done so, knowingly or otherwise, without pointing back to the backers behind their emotive political messages. In my view, that is where the Greens ought to make a difference and increase their piece of the electoral pie.

https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/we-can-beat-the-1-per-cent-david

#AusPol #WealthInequity #WealthRedistribution #TaxTheRich #NoMoreBillionaires #SocialDemocracy

FFS, haven’t we got enough already? I’m not pooh poohing our ...

2026-09-03T12:47:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…7a3m
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FFS, haven’t we got enough already?
I’m not pooh poohing our alliance here, but geeezzz enough is enough already. What the hell is #labor playing at?

I get your point, but if we are going to quibble about ...

2026-09-02T03:21:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…d0tw
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I get your point, but if we are going to quibble about pronouncing place names, I’d have to say when speaking English there is no reason to expect anything but the established (colonial?) English placename pronounced as an English word; as in, Turkey for Türkiye. I’d expect the same from Chinese speakers, why should they have to pronounce Belgique as anything else but BiLiShi, Paris as BaLi when speaking Mandarin?

If we now wish all place names to be pronounced in the local way, there’ll be not end to transmogrifications…. And laughter.

It’s a different thing when traveling and making an effort to speak as much of the local lingo as correctly as you can to please (entertain) the locals.

Your last sentence is bound to disappoint. Language has a way ...

2026-08-30T07:06:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…4lqq
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Your last sentence is bound to disappoint. Language has a way (esp. English) of shifting the weight of words through usage which continually amaze and inspire me, both in what I find myself reading and writing.

It will come as no surprise to anyone who has looked at #Farley ...

2026-08-30T00:34:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…p68z
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It will come as no surprise to anyone who has looked at #Farley ‘s political carrer so far — which highlights the importance of $$$ (party funds backing) necessary to run a successful electoral campaign in Australia… something that clearly ought to be a **warning bell** to all voters and clearly points out that the current party-focussed electoral funding problem requires more changes for our #democracy to thrive, and indeed, survive.

#PHON #PoliticalDuopoly #AusPol

Our children are angry and this article attempts to to tell us ...

2026-08-28T06:08:04Z

Our children are angry and this article attempts to to tell us why. But in truth, it’s not just our children, it’s of us if we put that grey matter between our ears to work. The symptoms are as old as history. A polarized society, ever insular entitled elites and widening gaps in power relationships are nothing new. Moreover, deep down, we all know what to do about this sad situation, we’ve just got to convince our *representatives* that they’d better tow the line quick smart or they’re OUT.

https://theklaxon.com.au/breaking-through-the-infloglut-the-vicious-cycle-between-information-overload-and-anger/
#AusPol

So is Minns… and let’s not talk about the western ...

2026-08-23T04:52:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…cu86
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So is Minns… and let’s not talk about the *western* firebrand…

Yes it is. I fear the RC isn’t going to cut so cleary across ...

2026-08-23T04:43:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…vk78
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Yes it is. I fear the RC isn’t going to cut so cleary across the issues under its perview and its expensive report will gather dust in the archives (like many other RC efforts).

Govts should test their *knee-jerk* (and at times regressive) legislation exercises thought the Courts rather than kicking things into the future using expensive RCs imo.

Barns writes short and sharp and ought to be a stern warning to ...

2026-08-23T04:16:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…qy6w
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Barns writes short and sharp and ought to be a stern warning to all institutions which have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its guiding examples. The #IHRA definition will have no standing in Australian Courts where charges of antisemitism are involved from now on.

Gad, I’m in We at our judical system and the critical thinking ...

2026-08-23T03:59:59Z

Gad, I’m in We at our judical system and the critical thinking our judges displaysometimes…
“On Tuesday this week a momentous decision on freedom of speech and the issue of criticism of Israel was delivered by Justice Des Fagan, a senior member of the New South Wales Supreme Court. The decision is a wake-up call to politicians, universities and other institutions who have adopted the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of antisemitism, pushed by the partisan antisemitism commissioner Jillian Segal.”
(source: https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08/a-judgment-that-challenges-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/ )

#AntiSemitism #Zionism #Israel #Netanyahu #IHRA #JillianSegal #ZionistLobby #GazaGenocide #WestBankInvasion

Nice story, even if it is not grounded in realities. Consider: 1) ...

2026-08-20T07:40:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…5wey
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Nice story, even if it is not grounded in realities.
Consider:

1) #Defence budget is 2.1% of GDP and no political party will lower that proportion. #AUKUS Tier One is funded from within that 2.1% of GDP and will not be removed from that #budget for purposes other than military spending. All of this is a given.

2) Whether #SSN are required by the #ADF or not, I cannot judge. There are those better placed and absolutely better informed than us to make that judgement. But the fact that AUKUS was not cancelled by an incoming #Labor govt, says a lot about the persuasiveness of the arguments (fiscal, engineering, military, political, etc.) presented to govt when it came into office. That, as they say is history.

3) Whether we need a credible and capable ADF is not a discussion about military expenditure but a difference of opinions and beliefs, which is not about the AUKUS Agreement
at all.

4) I did not misrepresent Jude’s toot. She is anti-US and opposes AUKUS most strongly as stated in her toot.

🤣🤣🤣🤣You’re not letting go of this Merikan thing are ...

2026-08-20T06:04:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…lpkk
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🤣🤣🤣🤣You’re not letting go of this Merikan thing are you. hahaha. I like your tenacity.

The truth is, we *are* a sovereign country and the proof of that is in your toot. The thing is, *All Parties* to the #AUKUS agreement (or hand shake as some have it) can quit the agreement at **any time** without having to advise the other parties. No sovereignty loss here. That much, we know. That the Australian govt (of whichever political persuasion) will not pull out no matter the cost to the Defence budget tells you there is a mountain of reasons (all kept very secret of course) why we haven’t already. And the same goes for UK, US-and NZ bases.

BTW, we have a trade surplus with the US so that’s good. We do bargain and fight US policies where it suits domestic politics, as in accessing US markets for AUS agriculture and the govt goes to bat against any increases in US import taxes (which affect our sales to the US, esp Agro, mineral ores and smelted Alumina). Occasionally we disentangle ourselves from US policy (Iran war). On rare occasions we also publicly disagree with the US Administration in a polite way of course. All of this tells me that the relationship is healthy. Could it be better, damned tooting it could, No relationship is perfect.

Ok. Anti-US then. What about all our other allies? UK, Nato, New ...

2026-08-20T01:02:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…y5hf
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Ok. Anti-US then. What about all our other allies? UK, Nato, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji, Solomons, Vanuatu, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Philipines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, France, Germany, Papua New Guinea (I might have missed some others), they all train in Australia, with the ADF. We host some of them as well (some on and off).

By your accounting, we ceded our #sovereignty back in the 1914 to the UK (if it was ours to cede at all) and the US in 1941 and we never got it back. I would argue that had we not, Australia would be a very different place now. A lot of water has past the bridge since then and history will tell us that on the whole, when everything has been taken into account, we’re better off for it. Aus is still the best place in the world to live and have a family IMO, no matter all the things that need fixing.

As for the SSN issue, I’ve tooted more about it than I care to repeat. Clearly, none of us can pass judgement on things we know very, very little about and probably will never fully know when we look back on it. Btw, AUKUS isn’t just about the SSN procurement.

I get that there is anger about the $30-35B a year expenditure on #AUKUS, but it’s defence money and it will be spent on defence projects whatever they are — none of us are able to make any informed judgement on any defence acquisition. We can oppose the size of the Defence budget though, but not specific projects without full knowledge of its details.

In any case, your opinion is yours, you don’t need to defend it. Thank you for letting me know what is behind it. As for me, I advocate union membership for all workers just as I advocate military alliances with like-minded partners because in *union* there is strength.

Be well

What is you rationale for calling an end to AUKUS btw?

2026-08-19T08:29:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…3v3w
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What is you rationale for calling an end to AUKUS btw?

Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow ...

2026-08-19T05:14:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…kxkx
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Hate to burst your bubble, but even if #AUKUS was somehow *cancelled*, it would absolutely not free up billions for NDIS. The AUKUS money comes out of the Defence budget over a period of 10 years. There is no separate AUKUS money per se, it’s all in the overall defence funding commitment sitting just above 2% of GDP.

The only way to fund NDIS properly is through #TaxReform; increasing tax revenue by cutting out all fossil fuel subsidies and properly taxing #GasExports (like every other country does). There are other #taxChanges that need to be made to recover AUS$ that are making their way overseas taxfree as well (in the billions of $).

Australia remains one of the few (might be the only one actually) OECD countries which is over-reliant on wage/salary taxes as revenue.

#TaxTheRich #

We’ve all (Americans and non-Americans alike) got a beef with ...

2026-08-17T00:14:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…46yu
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We’ve all (Americans and non-Americans alike) got a beef with #47 for obvious reasons none of which seems to bother main stream media (msm) apparently. And, my biggest beef is precicely with msm and the meticulous attention they pay on #POTUS ‘s mad ravings and deranged pronouncements. ASAIAC, anyone parroting or reporting on the insane utterances of half-brained #MadKingDonny is a traitor to their country, to global peace, and a threat to the our collective future. As for the current US Administration, the support they have from the #sycophant Congress and #Billionaires, all ought to be castigated to the full extant of democratic processes and its Courts.

/Got-out-of-bed-on-the-wrong-side-this-morning/
#USPol #Antifa #TaxTheRich #SocialDemocracyNow #JoinYourUnionNow #InUnity #ImpeachDonny #ProsecuteHegseth

Now for something more pleasing and constructive…

If anyone cares about the future of the #NSW #Libs, and I do, for ...

2026-08-08T04:14:02Z

If anyone cares about the future of the #NSW #Libs, and I do, for reasons I’ll outline below, here is some advice that should be taken seriously:

“…the right [-wing of the NSW liberal party] may now control branches through these stacking activities will undercut that message.

The South Australian and Western Australian Liberal parties have already seen takeovers by religiously aligned rightwing cooperatives. The result has been they have been reduced to a handful of seats in their state parliaments.

The NSW Liberals would be well advised to look at those examples and deal with the aftermath of the stacking as soon as possible.”

I want the State’s Liberal Party to come back to its small *L* liberal roots and push #NSWLabor back to the left were it ought to be, working for the workers of NSW and not the *bosses*.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/08/icac-nsw-liberal-reformers-week-two-perrottet-tudehope-ntwnfb

#AusPol #NSWPol #Libs #Labor #PartyShenanigans #ConsevativeFaction #CenterRight #OvertonWindow
#PartyRoots #antifa #ant-Oligachy #anti-Paternalism
#ClimateAction

I wasn’t taking about AI per se, but about the need for super ...

2026-08-06T02:30:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…u2nc
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I wasn’t taking about AI per se, but about the need for super massive datacentres. Lots of specific purpose so-called AI tools sit quite happily on a server in the back room and provide value to its users. Some may need compute and storage farms (Weather mapping and Met for example) but nothing like what the #TechBros are building and wish to build more of.

I was also referring to the AI #FinancialBubble, not the software, and all of the financial trickery involved in over-valuing assets to shore up share prices without any evidence of promised profits on the horizon.

I am not anti-AI at all, just anti-LLM-GenAISLop peddled by #Crooks and #Profiteers (Snake oil merchants).

I thouroughly agree with what #CoryDoctorow has to say about AI Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

Yes, that is the better option. By the time we get the ...

2026-08-05T23:11:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…n9ul
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Yes, that is the better option. By the time we get the legislation right, the GenAISlop bubble might have burst and there will be no need for massive datacenters :)

Another good story… #electrification of households and #PVpanel ...

2026-07-19T05:57:46Z

Another good story… #electrification of households and #PVpanel with #PVBatteries installs.

I only wish we could see the same kind of progress in #decarbonisation efforts nationwide… sadly that’s not the case. And, given #coal mine expansions and #gas licences getting the go ahead lately, our #emissions targets are looking rather frail.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-18/battery-installation-rates-collapse-solar-coaster-strikes-back/106909726

#RachelWithers expressed my sentiments and frustration with many ...

2026-07-16T04:24:23Z

#RachelWithers expressed my sentiments and frustration with many TV hosts in her article:

"... 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson opening by asking the Liberal leader to “categorically rule out” forming government with One Nation, based on his recent criticism. In classic politician speak, Taylor said there was “no plan” to do so, arguing the Coalition wanted to govern in its own right. Ferguson spent three minutes and four questions trying to pin him down, becoming increasingly explicit in her “rule out” framing, noting this is what she was “looking for”.

“There is a slight difference between ‘There is no plan’ and ‘I, Angus Taylor as the leader of the Liberal Party, am ruling out forming government with One Nation’,” Ferguson finished, to which Taylor responded there was “no plan”. In total, I counted six “no plan” responses and one “I’m ruling it out” from the Liberal leader, though that didn’t stop the ABC running the headline “Angus Taylor rules out One Nation coalition once and for all”.

The semantics were tiresome, not least because we are no closer to knowing what the Liberals would do in the event of a hung parliament (Ferguson’s questions improved after this, for the record, grilling Taylor on his criticism of care economy wage rises). Did we gain anything of value, other than a “gotcha”, if a Taylor-led party somehow wins enough seats to contemplate governing with One Nation, which it’d likely choose over most crossbench options?

The question itself needs to be “ruled out” for our increasingly fractured electorate, in which it is becoming less likely that any one party will win a majority of seats. It’s an ask regularly made of Labor about the Greens, with Anthony Albanese all too eager to rule that one out — nevermind that, if Labor’s “wide but shallow” majority gets any shallower, he might soon find himself having to work with minor parties or independents to form government."

#AusPol #ThisIsNotJournalism #GiveMeBackMyABC #abc730report #SarahFurgusen #CrickeyNews

An #ABCNews piece by #JacobGreber (posted 8 hrs ago) dregs out ...

2026-07-11T04:07:59Z

An #ABCNews piece by #JacobGreber (posted 8 hrs ago) dregs out the old #NeoLiberal #TrickleDownPonzieScheme idea that if you point detractors to some #CheeryPicking you might stop them from focusing on the abundance piled up in the mansion’s pantry. The headline says it all: “Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions.” Which double talk for : Here are the crumbs we been promissing for the last 40 years, but don’t look at the dinner table. Of course, the author of the article quotes the #IPA (an old conservative mouthpiece) to bolser the argument, there’s at least ‘$20 billion” to be saved from the budget here.

Let’s be clear. This is an #Opinion piece, not an #Analysis.

1) All Australian citizens and permanent residents ought to be entitled to appropriate social services regardless of their wealth or standing in the community.
2) If you tax the #Rich and #SuperProfits to redistribute weatlh for the greater benefit of society as a whole there would be more than $20B on offer to build a fairer and more equitable Australia.

#AusPol #GiveMeBackMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism #TheMSMPropagandaMachine

#LauraTingle gives #tRump the old one-two in a consise summary of ...

2026-07-11T03:23:01Z

#LauraTingle gives #tRump the old one-two in a consise summary of #NATO in #Ankara:

‘Trump demanded to be the centre of attention. But the more significant news out of NATO was really about everyone else: that the meeting highlighted not just how other members of NATO have strategically and mentally regrouped since the shock of Trump's bellowing last year, but also what a stunning reorganisation of the geopolitical landscape is under way.’

Read about the second punch here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/nato-geopolitical-landscape-shifted-around-trump/106900808

#EraticOldMan #47Tripping #DosingTrump #HeWhoWWouldBeKing #ConvictedFelon no longer fawned over. #EuropeanRevival

I’m so pissed off with #Apple. I had a perfectly working iPad, ...

2026-07-07T06:54:26Z

I’m so pissed off with #Apple. I had a perfectly working iPad, that is until the last #iOS update. Now I have to contend with intermittent #lockups. The #iPad suddenly #Freezes, locking everything up fo up to 30 secs on one occasion. no response from keyboard, touch, or even hard-restarts, nothing…

What’s the bet #GenAISlop was used to code the update? Or, heavens forbid enbedded in the code itself ! I’m on 26.5 and it’s a crock !

Could it be another well planned Apple #bricking of old platforms again? I’ve got a 9th gen ipad. I’m near the end of my tether and will replace the iPad with a Linux Notebook at the end of the year. I’ll bugger Apple off

No injuries I hope…

2026-07-07T00:39:03Z

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No injuries I hope…

Acopi in the tropics.. 😂😂😂 nice turn of phrase… can I ...

2026-07-06T06:59:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…uucq
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Acopi in the tropics.. 😂😂😂 nice turn of phrase… can I borrow it?

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/116869850951059852 If ...

2026-07-06T02:18:20Z

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/116869850951059852

If #AlboPM concentrated on all the #Progressive policies he and his govt ought to be working on pronto, he would be too busy ‘on air’ and in media taking about them to fuck around with comedy show appearances FFS.

Where’s the #Labor #Strategist and #PoliticalAdvisor ‘s head at anyway? “Time for Labor To Change”.
#OvertonWindowLeftNow
#AusPol

quoting
note1z06…0rew

Anthony Albanese apologises ‘unequivocally’ for podcast comment about Kylie Minogue
By Josh Butler

Prime minister picked pop singer in game of ‘shag, marry, date’ on comedy podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/06/anthony-albanese-apologises-kylie-minogue-podcast-comment

#AnthonyAlbanese #KylieMinogue #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Coalition #Independents #JoshButler

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/116859234117357231 This ...

2026-07-04T02:43:17Z

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/116859234117357231

This is the way forward, though not exclusively so. Coming to grips with #ClimateChange begins at home and it flows on to #Communities. To change the world, begin locally and impact globally.

#Recycling #Composting #BackyardGardening #CommunitiesCommons #GreenWaste

quoting
note1yfm…klt8

The fight against green ‘waste’: how a Victorian community came together to create garden gold
By James Norman

Kitchen scraps and garden waste can be a valuable resource. But some communities are forgoing the Fogo bin and collecting their own compost

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/04/kitchen-scraps-garden-cuttings-green-waste-compost-victoria

#Compost #Recycling #Australianews #Environment #Waste #Australianlifestyle #JamesNorman

IMO, the only sure way of advancing human human civilisation is ...

2026-07-04T02:38:35Z

IMO, the only sure way of advancing human human civilisation is to make ubiquitously available cheap (dare I say free), abundant and green (renewable) energy. Everything else we need in an economy depends on this.

Historical examples of energy which have benefited empires are slavery (in all its variations) and fossil fuels, both to be eschewed if humans and the planet are to thrive and survive, if at all.

Only #Green energy (Sun, wind, wave, hydro) can deliver this promise. That is how important #Renewables are, and we should all know this.

#Energy #Economics #Philosophy #Civilisation #Slavery #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis

Talking about #Privatisation for a moment, here is a stark ...

2026-07-01T03:46:45Z

Talking about #Privatisation for a moment, here is a stark reality check about the whole #StateCapture fraud:

“In Australia, detention centres are run by private companies and the cost to house someone in immigration detention averages $505,176 annually. This is extraordinary, given the cost of housing a prisoner in prison is approximately $160,600 annually.” (Source: The Conversation)

This citation is from an article debunking 5 common misconception about Australian #Immigration. Read more:
https://theconversation.com/how-does-australias-migration-system-actually-work-5-common-myths-busted-285237

#LNP and #PHON voters please take not of these facts before repeating right-wing nonsense.

#DetentionCentres #AusPol

I’m a boomer. I’m not tired of #LLMs. What I am tired of is ...

2026-07-01T00:30:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…n4ds
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I’m a boomer. I’m not tired of #LLMs. What I am tired of is the pitches and platforming of #SnakeOil merchants and the #ChatBot tech those #Grifters like to call #AI. That, and the gullibility of executives and politicians championing #GenAISlop because they are drunk on the #KoolAid served up to make them believe that #TextRegurgitator machines will pay big dividends.

That’s what I’m tired of seeing/hearing.
How that particular slice of the AI tech revolution got to this is testament to the ingenuity of those sob #TechBros using smoke and mirrors and duping the #speculative #FinancialMarkets.

Hunker down for a stupefying #GenAIBubble busrt folks, ‘cause it’s coming.

#CoryDoctorow saw all this coming a long while ago and has been a clear voice in the brouhaha we are living through…

Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

#Antifa #noMoreBillionaires #Trillionaires are anti-social aberrations best erradicated.

Drat! I’ve just started to muse TorBrowser… What now?

2026-06-28T00:09:00Z

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Drat! I’ve just started to muse TorBrowser… What now?

Just for fun… a back of the envelope calculation tells me that ...

2026-06-24T05:45:07Z

Just for fun… a back of the envelope calculation tells me that if all the wealth (GDP) produced in Australia was equitably distributed to the population, every individual would receive close to $100,000 a year, every adult and child in Australia would have about $100,000 to spend, very comfortable indeed. Sure, these are rubbery figures, but there is nothing rubbery about the wealth that is funnelled up to the richest (individuals, corporations and international combines). Talk about a trickeling economic model… defies gravity this does.

I think about that sometimes…

#WealthInequity #TaxTheRich #Antifa #AusPol

I’m going to step away now… away from social media — even ...

2026-06-17T02:44:05Z

I’m going to step away now… away from social media — even this being #Fedi, the best platform to be conversing on. I’m feeling overwhelmed by the crap going on in the world that I’m seeing (and in a sense perpetuating here). I need downtime to focus on nurturing habits…

See you all on the other side.

Can’t wait for the aftermath… should be entertaining.

2026-06-16T10:07:13Z

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Can’t wait for the aftermath… should be entertaining.

There was also that Indian restaurant in Phillip that served the ...

2026-06-16T05:47:06Z

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There was also that Indian restaurant in Phillip that served the best Beef Rendang. That was decades ago, doubt it’s still there as well.

Hahaha, there can be no arguments where taste is concerned. Such ...

2026-06-16T05:44:21Z

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Hahaha, there can be no arguments where taste is concerned. Such an individual thing. :))

Obsolutely. That menu was/is the mainstay and Rama’s signature. ...

2026-06-16T05:41:17Z

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Obsolutely. That menu was/is the mainstay and Rama’s signature. Why wouldn’t you go back again and again?

Rama’s is still a going concern? I loved the place, the staff, ...

2026-06-16T01:26:19Z

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Rama’s is still a going concern? I loved the place, the staff, the owner, and the gorgeous food when I lived in CBR…

A reprise of #ElonMusk ‘s stage antics? I’m waiting for a ...

2026-06-12T04:17:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…egwa
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A reprise of #ElonMusk ‘s stage antics? I’m waiting for a nazy salute from beetroot if this shot is any indication. A bigoted racist by all accounts.

If I haven’t made it plain before, I have certainly left enough ...

2026-06-11T04:37:01Z

If I haven’t made it plain before, I have certainly left enough clues in the past as to what ought to be discussed about #AUKUS and what ought best be left for those with the appropriate expertise to deliberate and inform.

Clearly, the main public gripe about #ScottyFromMarketing ‘s big dirty deal concerns costs. Any discussion of our reliance on the #US #Alliance (a secondary gripe) needs not be conducted solely from the AUKUS perspective because it is not the wherewithal of that alliance.

But to be more specific, AUKUS must be evaluated from the perspective of stated core requirements addressing the latest Strategic Review and the military tasks/missions which fall out of it.

If the public needs/wishes to debate our defence spending and access to classified documents on the matter is not possible, it must fall back to critique the strategic review itself, the steering document for every Defence acquisition. Everything about defence emanates from that document.

Ergo, IMO, the current community enquiry is wasting its time if it reviews anything else but the source of all defence requirements as it lacks expertise (and time) to deal with the work that eventually lead to submarine warfare scenarios and the evalluation of platform Vs requirements before any discussion can focus on the AUKUS deal. Focusing on AUKUS is like talking about the water coming out of the tap as the source of all its contaminents.

And this is why, having tuned to the enquiry just now, I quickly stopped watching it. What is it really trying to achieve? I found it a useless waste of time…and a political stunt at best. It will not inform the public. It will sow confusion as petty interests are platformed. It will generalise a mountain of processes and deduce nothing useful from it. It will further divide public opinion on AUKUS, claim success on the back of emotive reactions to biased platforming and stoke further clueless Column inches.

I sincerely hope that I am wrong about this, truly, I am. But the odds are stacked up against it.

Think about it… #Marles is fully briefed on AUKUS, but what we publically hear from the Minister is spin, platitudes, obfuscation and misdirection when he tells us anything about the SSN deal. He is not a complete idiot. He does this for a reason. Ask yourself then, what is the reason(s) which compel a sitting Minister to gamble his political career on remaing tight lipped about that particular defence acquisition?

#AusPol #AUKUS #SSN #PublicInquiry #Defence #StrategicReview #USAlliance #DefenceProcurement #UK #US #ProjectRequirements #DefenceTenders #PublicOpinion

Let’s face it, once dead, who cares about funerals and wakes. ...

2026-06-11T03:14:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…lu83
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Let’s face it, once dead, who cares about funerals and wakes. However, funeral rites have a specific role to play in the lives of those still living. Mourning and grieving are necessary healing processes for those coping with loss and that, in my mind, no dying person can deny them.

Personally, my only wish when I die is for some knowledgable person to ensure that I am indeed dead and not coming back from it. All else I would leave in the hands of those I leave behind.

Thank you for spurring me on to investigate (looking up ...

2026-06-10T07:59:49Z

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Thank you for spurring me on to investigate (looking up Wikipedia, of course) which I should have done from the start instead of harping on about the mad house on the other side of the Pacific.

The Middle East[e] is a geopolitical region that is generally defined as encompassing most of West Asia except for the Caucasus region. It roughly corresponds with what was historically referred to in Western Europe as the Near East, which was juxtaposed with the Far East. Unlike West Asia's adherence to continental boundaries, the Middle East is demarcated by following political borders and consequently includes the North African part of Egypt and East Thrace in Southeast Europe because it is a part of Turkey.

West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian highlands, the Levant, the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus.[4][5] The region is separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the watershed of the Greater Caucasus.

The former is based on political divides, while the latter follows continental divides. Neither are set in stone and variations seem to be the norm. The two terms are applicable to the current conflict areas perpetrated by the US and Israel in collusion with each other.

(Source: Wikipedia)

“The Net Zero Commission’s Economic Impacts of Climate Change ...

2026-06-10T06:19:08Z

“The Net Zero Commission’s Economic Impacts of Climate Change in NSW brief provides clear evidence that climate change is already driving up costs and reducing incomes in New South Wales, with impacts set to intensify without action.”

It doesn’t seem likely that our political masters and their puppeteers (the big end of town and multinationals) will pay any more attention to #ClimateCrisis or the compounding effects of #ClimateChange than they have in the past.

The Net Zero Commission’s report is downloadable here:
https://www.netzerocommission.nsw.gov.au/publications/economic-impacts-climate-change-nsw

Given that NSW is in Australia and Australia is on this planet, the report is really about global consequences not just our little corner of the world.

#NetZero #NetZeroCommission #NSW #EconomicCosts

What is all this #WestAsia monicker for #MiddleEast that is ...

2026-06-10T02:57:38Z

What is all this #WestAsia monicker for #MiddleEast that is becoming prominent in msm about? Is this another case of #WH #tRumpAdministration shit talking? #WouldBeKingDonnie relabelling geographical areas to suit his whim? What am I missing here?

Just look at this shit talking from ABC management will you. ...

2026-06-09T01:42:27Z

Just look at this shit talking from ABC management will you. #GraceTame, controversial? They might as well say ‘difficult’. And who are those people who took offence at Tame’s #Antifa #Anti-Genocide vocalisation at that #PalestinianRally ? Correct #ZionistLobby, #Racist political figures and the #RWNJ propaganda machine, our very own #msm. Give me a break. #TameIsTheGOAT

ABC online post from Joshua Boscaini quoted here in full:
“Grace Tame was engaged by ABC for podcast before chants about Israel, Marks says. The ABC's managing director says Grace Tame was engaged by the organisation for a new podcast before she made controversial comments about Israel.

The former Australian of the Year led "globalise the intifada" chants during Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit earlier this year. Earlier this month, the ABC announced Tame will host a new podcast Autistic AF, where she discusses her experiences being autistic.

[The following is very offensive to me, who’s ‘people’ anyway]
*Hugh Marks says he understands why people feel Tame shouldn't have a program on the ABC, given the controversy.*

[What a load of hogwash and then Marks tries to brush his Zionist bias off]. "But I think if you look at the program itself, it's a great podcast that she's done a great job on a topic that I'm sure will be of real interest and real importance to many Australians who suffer from those conditions, and particularly young Australians and young Australian women," Marks says.”

So much for a *National* broadcaster — it doesn’t represent Us, nor does it serve Us, anymore — if it ever did.
#GiveMeBackMyABC #AusPol

The retrofitting of digital meters (Smart meters) are the means ...

2026-06-05T06:30:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…xlly
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The retrofitting of digital meters (Smart meters) are the means by which #ElectricitySuppliers get around the ‘free electricity period’ announced by govt, because with these meters the can charge “Time of use’ tarrifs (different charges for different periods during the day). And recuperate any losses made as a result (and make more profit, it goes without saying). Community battery setups get around this somewhat because they can support a flat tariff rate, but the consumer stil uses the transmission lines and hence are subject to changes in ‘Daily Rate’ charges (which supports the notion that the means of transmission of electricity ought to be a publicly-owned infrastructure).

Nevertheless, PV panels and batteries is surely the way to go wherever possible even if it’s not a panacea for affordable (dare I say ‘free’?) energy.

Bugger. Must have been taken down by Court Order. BHP wins this ...

2026-06-04T03:29:36Z

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Bugger. Must have been taken down by Court Order. BHP wins this round. Looks like money (use of #Silks) beats free-press again, as the author foresaw. It may have been archived somewhere, but that’s beyond my paygrade. The article was very specific about the #Fraud and #WageTheft perpetrated by BHP and its associates. Ah, well, we’ll get to know all about it when the case is adjudicated in the highest Court of the land, because with billions of $$ at stake, you can bet BHP will appeal every judgement along the way. #FuckTheRich

#BHP #Litigation #CourtCasePending #WageTheft.

Here we go… this is what big #Corporations and their associated ...

2026-06-04T00:52:08Z

Here we go… this is what big #Corporations and their associated #Workforce sub-contracting is all about. #Fleecing #Workers and walking away from #DutyOfCare using #LegalAttactDogs and flooding the courts with legal counters backed up with ample funding to drown out #Litigation (There are new laws — anti SLAPP? — in the UK to prevent this from happening, but not here) and out-spend legitimate lawsuits. Laws to protect the wealthy and control everyone else.

“This has all the hallmarks of strategic litigation for commercial advantage. BHP, with its army of hundreds of PR staff, refused to respond to repeated approaches from Michael West Media. Yet they were lightning fast to sue. They’re weaponising our public courts — funded by taxpayers — to silence a simple enquiry into potential systemic wage theft. All while pocketing around $622 million a year in taxpayer-funded diesel fuel tax credits.”

https://www.boganintel.com/p/bhp-tries-to-bury-114-billion-wage

#LegalFraud #StateCapture #WorkforceProviders #ClassWar #AusPol #BHP #WageTheft #MichealWestMedia #TaxRorts #PublicFUndingPrivateEnterprises #RunawayCapitalism #Fraud #CulpableBehaviour

The continuing saga of #University mismanagement now focuses on ...

2026-06-03T02:25:16Z

The continuing saga of #University mismanagement now focuses on the #UniverstityOfWollongong with allegations of #cronyism and favoured #consultancies.

“The corruption watchdog has confirmed three main areas it will probe, including whether the university's chief governance officer and secretary, Alyssa White, or any other staff subverted recruitment processes for governance roles.

The commission will also examine whether, since 2024, Chancellor Michael Still, Ms White, or any other staff improperly awarded or influenced the awarding of work to a consultancy company, Aspirall Consulting International.” (Source: ABC News)

#Managerialism #NeoLiberalism #UniversityCouncils #Mismanagement #Corruption #TertiarySector #UoW #AusPol #GovernanceFails

Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/icac-to-investigate-university-of-wollongong-allegations/106750100

Yep. So did we. Although we had some disposable when we took the ...

2026-06-01T07:10:17Z

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Yep. So did we. Although we had some disposable when we took the baby out and about.

Cloth nappies do two things very well. Their don’t pollute as much as disposable; and, as a washerer, you take care not to leave soiled nappies on any longer than necessary so you can pop them in the soaking bucket quickly and baby’s bum is very happy about that.

There is aslo a need to price in the full environmental costs in ...

2026-06-01T06:51:40Z

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There is aslo a need to price in the full environmental costs in our food systems. Though I suspect that is a hard ask for many reasons.

There are a lot of assumptions in the idea that deregulated ...

2026-06-01T06:45:14Z

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There are a lot of assumptions in the idea that deregulated markets best serve a healthy economy. Deregulation itself is a loaded term. My understanding is that the deregulation which has occurred in the last 40 years or so mainly concerns financial markets. Hence the history of financial markets are peppered with failures, some of them so catastrophic they impinge on trade.

While not fully disconnected from financial markets the so-called free trade in a the global sense are more often than not binding bilateral trade contracts framed within legal systems, so not free at all.

At least that has been my understanding up to now. Happy to be corrected though.

A short peek at historical evidence which show that pointing the ...

2026-05-30T00:31:10Z

A short peek at historical evidence which show that pointing the finger at #Boomers is nothing but an echo of today’s anger and frustration at the growing rise in #WealthInequity since the early 80s:

“The 1970s: Boomers enter the labour market

In the 1970s the unemployment rate quickly doubled as the huge Baby Boomer generation (born 1946-63) entered the workforce. This surge in labour supply increased competition for jobs, drove down wages, and the unemployment rate saw post war highs. The macroeconomic environment was tough too. Global oil shocks and ensuing stagflation meant that economies around the world were hit by rising costs and slower growth.

Geopolitical uncertainty and shifts in industrial policy further muddied the waters. The result was a labour market that was no longer able to keep pace with the surging numbers of job seekers – a trend that set the stage for economic restructuring in the years to follow.” (Source: https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion/2025/03/31/stats-guy-australia-since-1966 )

I have lived experience of those high unemployment and economic shock years. Not pleasant memories.

#AusPol #EatTheRIch #TaxReform #JoinYourUnion #Unionism
#Antifa #RedistributeWealthNow #TaxTheRich #GasProfitTaxNow

Maybe I’m an exception. Without turning this toot into a book, ...

2026-05-30T00:02:11Z

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Maybe I’m an exception. Without turning this toot into a book, let me affirm right here that for this #boomer, life has been just as hard as it has been for anyone born after my generation. I’ll add that I was only able to afford my own house at the age of 72 and only with the help of close family members . Nothing has been given to me on a plate as an adult just because I grew up in the post-war years of relatively favourable redistribution of wealth — all of which, and more, has been clawed back in the last 40 yrs or so. As a parting shot, let me just say that all of our collective problems (talking about the 90% of our society) stem from the #neoliberalism which has ensured run-away inequity and the concentration of wealth in the remaining 10% — because we’ve *All* allowed it to occur (due to apathy, brain-washing, stupidity, misinformed, and/or many other faux pas) since the late 70s. All of this to say, I grow tired of all the finger pointing to a single generation for all the ills suffered by society since then. Believe me when I say, I never voted/asked for any of it.

Our first step out of this mess is a simple one, *Join Your Union* and fight for what is due to us all.

#AusPol #CostOfLiving #inequity #WealthRedistribution #antifa #TaxTheRich #JoinYourUnion #TaxReformNow #WorkersUnite #HomeOwnershipIsNotAnInvestment #HumanRights #SocialDemocracy #VoteResponsibly

Lived experience tells me what it took six years to research? ...

2026-05-24T09:01:52Z

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Lived experience tells me what it took six years to research? Granted, sound research has a wider reach and more authority than my poor little life, but it does point to the fact that those in power have little, if any, financial worries (is that a proof in itself?).

Here is Prof Richard. ‘S latest post in His ‘musings’ are ...

2026-05-24T08:46:25Z

Here is Prof Richard. ‘S latest post in
His ‘musings’ are not frivoloius and they are worth taking note of. Here, he agrees with Paul Krugman on the #AIBubble and its #DataCenterBoom with an intertesting note on #Software.

“His [Paul Frugman] concern, and I think it was a reasonable one, was that there is no evidence at all that what is now happening as a result of the current AI boom will create anything of lasting value. We do not know whether the hardware being built in the form of data centres will prove sustainable. Already, 20% of all electricity in Ireland is being used to power data centres. This makes no sense, and replication on this scale appears impossible.

Likewise, when we look at the software and related IT, the potential rate of advance in technology in this sector is so great, if it lives up to its promise, that everything being created now will be of little use in only two or three years' time.”

Read more here
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05/24/should-we-live-in-fear-of-ai/

##GenAI #AISlop #DataCenterEnergyConsumption #DataCenterWaterConsumption #Economics #FinancialBubble

I had an early dinner tonight and thought I’d use that down ...

2026-05-24T07:46:29Z

I had an early dinner tonight and thought I’d use that down time to watch #ABC #Insider because I knew #DavidPocock was on the bill. There’s not much that I’ve drawn from watching it (hopefully not a bellyache from eating too fast).

Pocock said all the right things despite #Speersie’s efforts to repeatedly ‘corner’ him by asking the same question using various words, not listening to the answers, and giving #PHON oxygen (the leopard hasn’t changed his spots).

The panel grudgingly swatted away most of the msm and social media anti-tax propaganda without really explaining it for the audience (the panel could very have been reluctant to give the govt brownie points if they explained how the tax system actually works). Jeezzz, there’s a lot of dumbfucks out there…

Speersie was speersie;
The panel was the beige kind of panel Insiders normally has on;
The set has not changed (forgot how horrid the colours were, nearly put me off my dinner);
LIttle useful information was disseminated, at least not that I heard;
And I stopped watching when Pocock was done with because… well, becuase it’s #FoxSiders of course.

#AusPol

“…alas, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has now reached the Joe ...

2026-05-21T05:01:16Z

“…alas, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has now reached the Joe Hockey level of economic ignorance.” (Source: The Point)

I’ve never been a fan of #ChrisMinns, even back when I was a #Labor party member. I don’t like him at the best of times because he peddles the #NeoLiberal lies about economic prosperity and doesn’t appear to be clever enough to head a govt, even a State one at that. You’ll forgive me if I’m dismissive, but #Minns ‘ past performance, including his latest #Authoritarian attitudes, in what is a fast changing society, is reflected in knee-jerk reactionary policies and rammed-through legislation which proved to be #Unconstitutional. The man is not too bright from a social licence perspective. He is also #Captured by anti-social interests.

Read more:
https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260521-factcheck-on-tax-chris-minns-does-his-best-joe-hockey-impression-and-its-not-pretty

#AusPol #NSW #TaxReform

Good gracious, #AmyRemiekis really knows our #AlboPM. In this ...

2026-05-21T04:35:41Z

Good gracious, #AmyRemiekis really knows our #AlboPM. In this article she presents her assessement of the #Labor leader and for my money, I think she nailed it:

“Albanese’s stumbles – from calling Grace Tame difficult and David Pocock a populist, to pushing back against a royal commission following Bondi (for much the same reasons as here), to dragging his feet on gambling reform and doing only the bare minimum when absolutely pushed, to feeling miffed securing fuel supplies and announcing a domestic gas reservation haven’t quelled demands for a gas export tax, to not pushing back hard enough against the misinformation and disinformation surrounding the Indigenous Voice – all of it comes back to the root cause that he gets uncomfortable, and defensive, when he’s asked for a bigger, and braver agenda.”

Read Amy’s piece here:
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260521-pms-softly-softly-just-wont-cut-it-any-more-this-latest-slip-is-proof-of-that

“There is a running theme among Anthony Albanese’s missteps. His latest […] to dismiss calls for a royal commission into femicide and violence against women follows the pattern – the Prime Minister gets frustrated when the public’s agenda is broader than his own.”

#AusPol #TaxReform #FossilFuel #GasExportTax #Femicide #RoyalCommissions #TimidAnthony

“Warracknabeal Energy Park gets Victorian approval as community ...

2026-05-18T09:54:52Z

“Warracknabeal Energy Park gets Victorian approval as community worries about impact.’ (Source ABC News)

I’m not going to link to the article, it’s easy enough to find if required. I just wanted to point out that the #ABC reporting on the Victorian Govt approval for a very large windfarm project is absolutely disgraceful. For a public broadcaster with a remit to report and inform to report opposition opinions without providing the facts on the matter, is tantamount to #Lobbying on behalf of #NIMBYs and #ClimateDeniers.

The fact that this *local* *opposition* to the #WindFarm project invokes environmental concerns is especially galling given the environmental impact of their farming practices (past and present).

I don’t even want to talk about their BS concerns with “impacts on human health, on noise, on visual amenity loss”. I mean, visual amenity loss, really? It’s farmland morons. Why is the ABC platforming these nutters?

#GiveMeBAckMyABC #ThisIsNotJournalism

Maybe not, but I don’t think #Speersey is dumb enough not to ...

2026-05-17T02:53:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…pelv
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Maybe not, but I don’t think #Speersey is dumb enough not to comprehend basic economic analysis. I reckon Speers knows but chooses to stay on his own neoliberal economics position — he might have had his brains cooked when working for the #Murdocracy)

What a load of bollocks. The putting food production under ...

2026-05-16T03:11:08Z

What a load of bollocks. The putting *food* production under severe strain argument used by #PHON and anti-environmental river flows to stop flooding of eenvironmental easements is absolute BS. And News outlets are promotong the lie.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/fury-over-easements-for-inundation-bill/106682636?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
“Australia has always exported more agricultural products than it imports, with over 70 per cent of its total value of agricultural production sent overseas.”

If you want figures for our exports of agricultural products you can find them here:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/organisations/wto/agricultural-trade

#TruthInPoliticalAdvertising #PHON #FarleyMP #AgricultueExports #DFAT #WTO

#BudgetReply "...[In] the policy Taylor announced. He ...

2026-05-15T03:55:52Z

#BudgetReply

"...[In] the policy Taylor announced. He announced a blanket exclusion of permanent residents from the major welfare programs of the Commonwealth. He did it on national television. He did it with the explicit framing that non-citizens are a fiscal problem to be solved. And he did it in a country where roughly one in six residents is a non-citizen, and a much larger share than that lives in a household with at least one non-citizen sitting at the dinner table."

The #LNP Leadership has fallen into the eroneous idea that voters and their votes can be reckoned as 'tokens', accounting numbers to be deabted on and used to come up with targeted policies that will stop the #BleedinoOfVoters to #PHON. This is good analysis, worth the read:

https://redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/the-second-last-budget-reply-delivered

#AusPol

If reading about #Budget #reviews is your thing, well here is ...

2026-05-13T12:18:23Z

If reading about #Budget #reviews is your thing, well here is enough to fill your boots. Articles by Saul Eslake, Michael Keating, Ross Gitting, Tim Buckley & Blair Palese, Catriona Jackson — honestly never heard some of them. I guess I’ve got reading to do. GN folks.
https://johnmenadue.com/

#AusPol

This has long been a bugbear of mine and it is good that the ...

2026-05-11T01:22:05Z

This has long been a bugbear of mine and it is good that the Bondi RC is looking into it.

“Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell flagged the inquiry had received a number of submissions from some Jewish people and others who believed the definition of antisemitism the inquiry adopted could be "weaponised in order to suppress criticism of Israel".

It doesn’t take a savant to know the difference between #AntiSemitism and the various flavours of #AntiIsrael, #AntiZionism, #Anti-Ultranationalism, and #Anti-NetanyahuRegime, yet arguably smart and competent peeps seem to have a hard time of it; in particular most political leadership in Australia. Which can only mean one thing. THe conflation of all these terms is a #PoliticalChoice made by fully rational decisions. The question then remains: Why is it so?

I suspect that power and wealth has a lot to do with it along with egocentric, not to say narcicyst, tendencies.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/overseas-expert-witnesses-to-appear-at-bondi-royal-commission/106662984

#AlanKohler is on board with Govt doing the job of building ...

2026-05-11T01:12:20Z

#AlanKohler is on board with Govt doing the job of building #SocialHousing as it cuts through a number of walls that seem intent on making sure Australia will never have enough houses to meet the needs of its population at an affordable cost/price.

“Like the NDIS (and child care), housing affordability is unsustainable and can't be left to be a by-product of monetary policy, the productivity and profitability of the building industry and the zoning vagaries of local councils.

And as with the NDIS (and child care), intergenerational fairness requires a radical solution: the government could do worse than going back to building some houses.” (Source: ABC News)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/federal-budget-housing-build-more-homes/106663204

#HousingCrisis #AusPol #StateCapture #SocialHousing #TaxReform #Productivity #Profits #Employment #Tradies
#NIMBYism

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here… anger and blame ...

2026-05-09T23:43:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…xsnf
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I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here… anger and blame game seems to be driving people’s political choices. It’s also a reflection of the frustration brought about by a freakingly unimpressive #Labor govt. What kind of majority does a party need to be more progressive these days? It very much feels like #AlboPM is offloading all of his pent-up resentment for the #Dismissal with #anger and #hate aimed at the #LNP (responsible for cutting his early career short) and the #Greens (for stealing labour votes). It’s beyond sad, it’s freaking disgusting to use Labor voter’s trust in that way IMO.

/‘nuff_said/
#AusPol

I place #Timmy on par with an #Airhead #Vlogger (with apologies ...

2026-05-09T23:33:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…v8cy
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I place #Timmy on par with an #Airhead #Vlogger (with apologies to vloggers for bringing you all down by association).

I woud think these results make Starmer’s leadeship less ...

2026-05-09T09:37:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…a79d
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I woud think these results make Starmer’s leadeship less secure. What are the chances? Who’s next to lead the ‘centre-right’ worker’s party?

The whole council needs to be replace to restore trust IMO

2026-05-08T23:47:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…vq0m
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The whole council needs to be replace to restore trust IMO

This is hitting too close to home to feel complacent about the ...

2026-05-07T02:06:40Z

This is hitting too close to home to feel complacent about the lack of #SocialHousing

“An Indigenous woman, living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, gave birth to twins in a tent. One of those babies died. In a tent. Where their parents were living, because the waiting list for social housing in their area is up to seven years. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Amber Schultz has reported nearly 700 people are on the social housing waitlist in Wagga Wagga, a city with fewer than 70,000 residents.” (Source: https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/05/06/baby-tent-housing-interest-rates )

One in a Hundred without a decent roof over their heads. Think about that as if one of them was you.

If the federal Govt is inept at solving the #HousingCrisis problem in the #Riverina electorate, then let’s elect a representative who will push an inept #NSW #Labor govt to step into the breach. And while we’re at it, let’s make sure the local #Councillors we elect to the #WaggaWaggaCouncil also have #Housing front and centre on their mind.

We can be better than this folks. We don’t have to put up with the crap we’re given by those love-sick on power at any cost. Think about our community, the whole of our community when you vote next time in #Federal or #State #elections. This is not about you or me, it’s about all of us in the Riverina. Safe housing, free healthcare, and social services delivery must be foremost on our minds. The other things that are making our lives miserable we can overcome once we’re all safely housed and in better shape to do somthing about them. Because of course we must, all of us, do something about them too.

#StartLocal
#AusPol

I think there would be a correlation, but in my view it is caused ...

2026-05-06T02:29:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…u0uc
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I think there would be a correlation, but in my view it is caused by multiple factors and not by an employment-inflation nexus (despite the NAIRU model). For example, we already know from recent experience with #GreedFlation when #bigMoney and the #Oligopolies were looking at shrinking opportunities to make a killing (super profits and stock market manipulation), that increasing profits is inflationary and has an adverse impact on jobs security, increases cost of living and gives rise to unemployment when small businesses are squeezed out. You’d think that the system would self-balance somewhere if not for greed and corruption and an controversial addiction to growth at all costs. A balanced (regulated) economy could sustain its society where ‘no one is left behind’ but where Millionaires are few and billionaires do not exist. This is no a ‘leftist’ view, simply being humane and compassionate.

THe Cash Rate does more than affect mortgages, it is a tool to ...

2026-05-06T01:52:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…ytuf
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THe Cash Rate does more than affect mortgages, it is a tool to control NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) because current economic thinking (Flawed IMO) is that low unemployment is inflationary. The RBA impacts private capital investments and job growth and everything else flows on from that. From this, you can infer that the RBA does not like full employment, ergo it is not looking after workers’ interests full stop. Mortage rates are set by greedy banks, not the RBA per se (look to Banks posted profits — seems it’s never high enough for shareholders/investors/rentiers).

/forgot where I wanted to go with this toot/

Doug Cameron’s questions are the ones I have been asking myself ...

2026-05-05T01:45:22Z

Doug Cameron’s questions are the ones I have been asking myself (and the Party — though there were no answer from them) for two years or more. It’s incomprehensible to me why a supposedly left-wing Parliamentary Caucus with a whopping majority, is so… well, center-right. And that was why I cancelled my Party membership this year.

“…Cameron’s criticism does highlight one of the defining features of the Albanese government. Labor’s historically activist wing has arguably never held so much power to shape the country; a prime minister ensconced in the Lodge, surrounded by a praetorian guard of factional allies and a majority left caucus. Labor’s own constitution describes it as a democratic socialist party. So why is it so centrist?”

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/04/australia-labor-party-left-centrists-albanese-leadership

#AusPol #Labor #SocialDemocracy #TaxReformNow #EatTheRich #Antifa #EndFossilFuelUseNow

AKA. “May the Force be with you.” For those no fans of Star ...

2026-05-04T04:31:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…lmtf
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AKA. “May the Force be with you.” For those no fans of Star Wars.

I remember Acland st in the 80s… dream street for me :))

2026-05-04T04:21:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…z9m0
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I remember Acland st in the 80s… dream street for me :))

I just don’t understand voters who do not see through the ...

2026-05-02T07:21:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…36ew
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I just don’t understand voters who do not see through the Fascist Frog. It’s not as if they don not have another example to look at in POTUS

#8647now #FarageCrypto #UKPol

Amy Remeikis talks about the meakness of #AlboPM and why it ...

2026-04-29T11:54:43Z

Amy Remeikis talks about the meakness of #AlboPM and why it tactically and strategically wrong to avoid sorely needed #TaxReform, especially at this time, a #GasExportTax.

PS John Quiggin (npub1tve…vfd0) you get a mention in her article.
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260428-not-the-right-time-why-albaneses-safety-first-is-no-longer-enough

#AusPol

Totally agree. #AlboPM ‘s reticence is political. I also agree ...

2026-04-29T04:32:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…muuu
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Totally agree. #AlboPM ‘s reticence is political. I also agree that where these so-called #ISISBrides are #Australian #Citizens they should be repatriated and face the #justice system if indictable in accordance with Australian #Law. End of story.

This miserable saga ought to weight heavily on every citizen and their constitutional rights.

#Grift #Corruption #Greed #SelfInterest #Hypocracy #PHON #AusPol ...

2026-04-29T04:01:03Z

#Grift #Corruption #Greed #SelfInterest #Hypocracy #PHON #AusPol #Gina #Racist #DimWits #RedNecks #bumpkins

What else can I say… #pauline does not care about anyone else. She’s as happy as a pig in shit as long as it’s about and for her. Her long political career enabled by an electorate full of idiots who don’t know any better is just what Pauline wants and gets.

As for PHON voters elsewhere, you do not derserve to be called Australians. I served like many others but I didn’t do it for you bozos.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/29/pauline-hanson-new-private-plane-gina-rinehart-assosciates-ntwnfb

That’s a big red flag for me. As soon as I come across ...

2026-04-29T02:58:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…jzcj
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That’s a big red flag for me. As soon as I come across ‘mandated’, in this case, in terms of a universally enforced single mode of production in an economic model, I see #NationalSocialism and #Fascism and I tend to switch off. Sry. If this is really your opinion I don’t wish to engage further.

There is one economic model that might fit your thinking, I ...

2026-04-29T02:21:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…gv6u
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There is one economic model that might fit your thinking, I remember seeing someone tooting about it a while back, darned if I can remember whom though or what it was called. The word ‘commons’ keeps coming to mind and I recall thinking at the time that this was a #Zombie economic model, an old system dressed up as new.

Of note though is that common ownership is already there in the public sphere. All public assets and services are commonly owned and failry democratic in operations (Unions rep are present in most Department management levels — I certainly participated and was very active in Defence). I would not expect any common ownership in private assets though the shareholder model does and that represents a restricted type of common ownership. I’d also contend that there is a level of democracy in annual general shareholders meetings as well.

Workers’ Coops work where the workers (including management) are the only shareholders of the means of production in a capitalist system. This is not new. There are working enterprises structured this way in the UK I believe. That these are not widely implemented speaks to issues and problems (though I’m ignorant of the specific cases or causes). A Communist system does no implement this in any way since everything belongs to the State as it does in a truly fascist system. Socialism is a many faceted beast and might have pockets of workers’ Coops but it would not exclude private enterprises either. All of these have been tried in part or in full and economic history is riddled with their remains. Unlike other economic models, Capitalist systems have been structured and shown to work using the whole gammut of possible structures, from #Slavery to privately owned empires. The same could not be said of other historical economic systems. In my view, the greater the diversity of structures the more likely it is to be a successful economic model as a whole and the greater the benefit to society in the aggregate.

If you can point me to economists proposing new models I’d really appreciate it (ommiting MMT ‘cause I know about that one already). Thank you for the conversation.

#Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #WorkersCoOp #MMT #Fascism #DemocracyInTheWorkplace #Unionism #Commons

For all that is wrong (and cursory glances reveal there is a lot ...

2026-04-28T05:15:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…qytu
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For all that is wrong (and cursory glances reveal there is a lot wrong here) with #capitalism these days of unhinged #neoliberal laisser-faire, I personally don’t wish for its demise.

An uncompromising realignment of capitalism with emphasis on the #GreaterGood and #SocialResponsibilities, yes, by all means let’s. But an abandonment of capitalism requires something other to take its place to ‘guide’ our economy, vital to our society’s welfare. I for one cannot see what that ‘Other’ is, nor can any of the current crop of #Economists. Some form of #PrivateOwnership will have to survive at least IMO.

So, this is the #tRump #Envoy to Australia, replacing a #Kennedy. ...

2026-04-28T03:56:30Z

So, this is the #tRump #Envoy to Australia, replacing a #Kennedy. The contrast could not be starker.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/28/trump-picks-former-republican-congressman-to-be-ambassador-to-australia-after-17-month-vacancy

#USAmbassador #AusPol

That sounds yummy Heather. I’ve used fetta in pasta dishes ...

2026-04-27T09:45:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…x23c
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That sounds yummy Heather. I’ve used fetta in pasta dishes before, but not halloumi…food for thought :))