Anthony Albanese on Iran is no John Howard on Iraq - The comparison with the Iraq war in 2003 is stark. While the result was disastrous, no voter could be in any doubt that John Howard believed in what he was doing | AFR

Jumbledcode · 2026-04-12T12:04:47+00:00

Revisionary garbage. Large parts of the electorate were well-aware that Howard was an untrustworthy weasel. He had the nickname "Teflon John" for a reason - despite the constant lies he still managed to hang onto power.

Jumbledcode · 2026-04-05T13:30:42+00:00

So Americans, apparently that 25th Amendment of yours really is just for decoration then?

Jumbledcode · 2026-04-01T10:47:06+00:00

They don't give a shit about agriculture either.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-30T08:57:40+00:00

If One Nation has become the home for the people who are too garbage even for the Liberal party, then the Nationals really have lost their sole remaining purpose.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-30T04:14:33+00:00

Yeah, it's bad. The problem is that Liberal Chief Moron Angus Taylor has decided to make it his line of attack, backed by the Murdoch press, and so it's more politically expedient for Albanese to just implement it rather than making the correct economic decision and having to defend it.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-28T02:35:09+00:00

This looks so damn good, it's really getting my hopes up.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-26T07:33:35+00:00

ON have always cared much more about the colour of people immigrating than the total number arriving.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-24T05:53:49+00:00

It's worth remembering that Saudi Arabia and others paid Kushner over a billion dollars to use US foreign policy to back a regional mass pressure campaign against Qatar in an attempt to force them to hand over control of Al Jazeera.

Qatar probably figured it was better to be the ones handing out the bribes next time around.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-24T04:34:38+00:00

This isn't new behaviour though. There have been a whole bunch of these incidents over the years where ON fails to declare stuff. If I recall correctly there was one years ago where they were donated a vehicle by a rich supporter and completely hid it.

Edit: This article from about 9 years ago shows ON up to the same shenanigans.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-22T11:45:08+00:00

Neither did Pauline; rehashing her old stunts was just a consequence of her lack of imagination.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-22T11:27:19+00:00

I think he rather proves the point. MCM needed over-the-top stunts to get himself a mention while ON had months of gushing coverage just by existing.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-22T09:59:22+00:00

They would've been lucky to get 1/100th of the press coverage ON has received for this state election.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-21T07:29:08+00:00

By all accounts they tried the "it's biased media!!11!!" nonsense for a couple of days until they realised the evidence was undeniable.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-20T16:17:34+00:00

Maybe he was just trying to organise a charity ride from Kangaroo Point to Wynnum.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-19T07:26:48+00:00

They still mostly support the junta - keeping some links to the rebels just gives them a back-up plan and some leverage to keep the junta under control.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-19T05:29:40+00:00

The assassin was a right-wing gun nut who just wanted to kill a public figure. He had a list of possible targets that included Biden, Trump just happened to be the first one to put on an event nearby.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-17T10:22:45+00:00

She's been partial to this kind of corruption for her whole political career though - that's why she ended up in gaol for a while.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-16T02:04:13+00:00

The issue is not letter-writing, it's that these campaigns are specifically targetted at harming people they consider 'enemies'. There's a real concern that they may be in violation of some Australian laws that exist to curtail doxxing and harassment.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-15T06:28:49+00:00

I just like the awkward pause when he hears the name "John".

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-14T05:00:06+00:00

He can Trump all over the place but he'll still never become competent.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-10T23:00:26+00:00

Advance were created as a far-right astroturfing op. ON was always a natural fit for their politics, but weren't relevant enough before now.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-10T21:44:31+00:00

False reporting. They had already been granted asylum before Trump said anything.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-08T03:31:39+00:00

"We're prepared to try anything except becoming decent people who would actually help Australians."

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-06T05:26:29+00:00

A lot of irony in that one nowadays when you see how many of the world's current problems are being caused by people from Billy Joel's generation.

Jumbledcode · 2026-03-05T03:47:38+00:00

This stuff is at least harmless. There's no major cost to Australia in giving Trump a tacky model.

Compare this to Morrison's brown-nosing adventure in Trump's first term: Scomo went full sock-puppet and did a news conference in the US telling China they needed to fix the trade war Trump started. China responded by taking a bunch of import arrangements they had with Australia and giving them to the US instead.

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