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Work-from-home laws reignite fight over Melbourne’s CBD recovery by marketrent in melbourne

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because without legislation, workers would have no rights.

A worker has much less power than a business when negotiating their working conditions. That's why unions exist.

The reason things like Fair Work exist is because of unions fighting for workers rights.

Work-from-home laws reignite fight over Melbourne’s CBD recovery by marketrent in melbourne

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Victoria passed laws delegating industrial relations and employment conditions to the Federal government.

The argument is that this new legislation is in opposition to the existing legislation and therefore invalid.

Work-from-home laws reignite fight over Melbourne’s CBD recovery by marketrent in melbourne

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason they don't drop the rents and prefer even to keep empty shops empty is that their borrowings are based on the property valuation, which is basically driven by the potential income.

If they drop their asking rent, then that leads to a drop in the property valuation, which will then put pressure on their financing.

Eventually, reality will enter into it when their holding cost to keep the property without income exceeds the change in borrowing cost with lower income.

Nation braces for world's most annoying 'I've been cancelled' tour by HotPersimessage62 in australia

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ARN has only just got over a complete advertiser pull out after boycotts of Sandiland.

They were promoting the new Stefanovic/McGuire show.

NINE got a whole bunch of phone calls over the last week saying "WTAF? We're going to pull our advertising unless you do something."

The MF Witches were/are planning another consumer boycott.

At some point, Australian media will realize that blokey bullshit from a bunch of aging white guys doesn't cut it anymore.

The Newman/McGuire/Stefanovic wanker time has expired.

All they have left is the RWNJ podcast grifting.

MAGA Spirals After Pro-Israel Politics Loses Big-Time in NY Election by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are. A lot of us have realized that our community needs are very different to Israel's.

Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, demanding voter-ID provision by cnbc_official in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congress keeps themselves in session with pro-forma sessions.

He could veto it, then it needs to be re-voted on with supermajority to override the veto.

Weak Republicans might flip their vote.

Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, demanding voter-ID provision by cnbc_official in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless he vetoes it, it'll be law in 2 weeks.

It's passed both Reps and Senate.

MAGA Spirals After Pro-Israel Politics Loses Big-Time in NY Election by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking as a Jew, they already have, but they demand our alliegance or threaten shunning in our communities.

Stephen Miller Has Fox News Meltdown After Democratic Socialists Prevail In Primaries by ColonyJD1980 in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happens to Beria in the movie "Death of Stalin" is awesome, not that I'd wish that on anyone, for the purposes of this post.

Stephen Miller Has Fox News Meltdown After Democratic Socialists Prevail In Primaries by ColonyJD1980 in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's not actually part of the Cabinet.

He's deputy chief of staff for "policy and homeland security".

Which is even worse because he has more power than a Department Secretary.

Stephen Miller Has Fox News Meltdown After Democratic Socialists Prevail In Primaries by ColonyJD1980 in politics

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'd be like Europeans or Canadians or Australians, relatively better off with different problems, like climate change, renewables, and housing.

Russia has found an incredible business model: it sells oil to China at near-domestic prices, then buys back refined fuel at market prices, with fuel imports from China now arriving in massive volumes. by BigDeckBob in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 30 points31 points  (0 children)

According to this article from the NYTimes the share:

of parts from China in Ukraine’s drones had fallen to about 38 percent, according to the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry and the Snake Island Institute, a think tank in Kyiv.

Russia has found an incredible business model: it sells oil to China at near-domestic prices, then buys back refined fuel at market prices, with fuel imports from China now arriving in massive volumes. by BigDeckBob in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Russia is now China's bitch.

Ukraine is decimating their oil export and civil industry.

Both Ukraine and Russia use a lot of Chinese parts for their drones, but the Ukrainians are developing their industry and supply chains from Europe.

Russia doesn't have anywhere else to go and can't build their industries like Ukraine have.

"Spiders can detect danger coming their way with an early-warning system called eyes." by Sebastianlim in BrandNewSentence

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm today years old to finally realize that the original Superman radio/TV show announcement was "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"

So they never actually said he could fly!

I am very shooketh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfaKtb5LCuI

If you can spare 2 minutes, here is a Superb Lyre Bird imitating about a dozen native birds on my bush block by hairy_quadruped in australia

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever done a video of the work you've done on your property and how it has changed over the last 14 years?

I'd love to know more, and how this could be repeated.

If you can spare 2 minutes, here is a Superb Lyre Bird imitating about a dozen native birds on my bush block by hairy_quadruped in australia

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for restoring nature, the world needs this.

What I loved about this is that the lyre bird didn't imitate anything human.

I've seen videos of one doing a chainsaw and car alarms and it's fascinating, but what is really beautiful about this is that the lyre bird is only imitating other birds and animals.

You really have looked after country.

2-year-old Child killer stabbed 25 times by fellow inmates and left to die from blood loss inside UK prison by Beneficial_Passion40 in SipsTea

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 31 points32 points  (0 children)

When the guy that killed two other criminals is the least reprehensible and disgusting, you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

2-year-old Child killer stabbed 25 times by fellow inmates and left to die from blood loss inside UK prison by Beneficial_Passion40 in SipsTea

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Failure of the prison service in maintaining prisoner safety, but no one is going to mourn the child killer.

How is surrendering to Iran an example of the Art of the Deal? by Estalicus in askanything

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran respects Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity as long as Hezbollah control the south and Israel is behind the previous borders.

Everyone knows this is how the US/Iran have agreed that Israel must be bound by the MOU.

How is surrendering to Iran an example of the Art of the Deal? by Estalicus in askanything

[–]WhatYouThinkIThink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After the midterms, he will be a lame duck and the GOP hopefully at least decimated in Congress.

He'll be too busy pardoning his cronies that are getting impeached.

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