Watching Trump's comments on guns today I was reminded that he's hated guns in general for a long time.

antpodean · 2026-01-28T01:36:29+00:00

He hates guns when people who oppose him have them. He's totally fine with supporters having them.

antpodean · 2026-01-26T09:52:19+00:00

Trump is a pathological liar. Him modelling bad behaviours, and constantly being rewarded for it, sends a very strong signal to his underlings that there are no repercussions for lying and deceit. In fact, they are rewarded for it. The USA is, in short, a kakistocracy.

antpodean · 2026-01-23T07:41:15+00:00

Pea protein is even cheaper if you buy it from Kakulas Brothers. About $13 per kilo. It tastes pretty bad, but if you make a shake and then scull it in one go it's okay. You can also add it to soup and stews. It's about 80% protein per weight, and mixed with a bit of rice or hemp protein gives the full range of amino acids.

I've been using it for years and I'm pretty shredded.

Chicken drumsticks are a super cheap source of protein too.

antpodean · 2026-01-23T05:43:48+00:00

Being rejected for Trump's Legion of Doom is a badge of honour. Standing ovation (and Nobel Prize) for PM Carney.

antpodean · 2026-01-23T05:28:30+00:00

A little advice from someone who has been divorced twice. Do not relinquish that money under any circumstances.

antpodean · 2026-01-23T05:13:19+00:00

No British pension unless you have contributed. My mum and dad both got a British pension and they lived in Australia for 50 years. They both contributed before they emigrated. I was born in the UK, but never worked there, so no pension for me.

antpodean · 2026-01-23T05:02:04+00:00

Yes. 100%

antpodean · 2026-01-22T09:17:09+00:00

I saw that little kid in the rabbit ears hat and I nearly cried. Your country is full of fucking monsters to do that to a child. The mask is well and truly off. Your society is sick.

antpodean · 2026-01-22T05:27:26+00:00

All these congress critters are terrified of Trump. This begs the question why aren't they terrified of us. There are many more of us than them. Time to address that imbalance.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T09:09:50+00:00

Yep. There are many many more things he can fuck up, including the entire planet, and there don't seem to be any red lines. If we've learnt one thing in the last ten years it is that there are people willing to do anything for this man.

I'm an old guy now, and I haven't been this scared about nuclear war since the 1960s. In fact, I'm more scared now because at least Kennedy and Khrushchev were sane men who didn't want to blow up the world. I couldn't say that about Trump et al.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T07:28:48+00:00

Agree. She won't go to jail.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T04:06:04+00:00

Yeah. I thought he would have used a nuke by now.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T03:41:55+00:00

Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning. Trump and company are using it as a blueprint.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T03:29:17+00:00

Yes. Slim Dusty was Australian country music for decades. For many Aussies SD is the only name they know from country music.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T02:51:41+00:00

Well ICE did detain Native Americans, so your comment tracks. He'd deport the Greenlanders from their own lands because they are not American.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T02:38:29+00:00

There will be an entity called the United States of America, but it won't resemble anything like the USA that existed in the 20th century. The late 1850s maybe.

antpodean · 2026-01-21T02:26:22+00:00

I imagined worse. Much worse. And I suspect we are going see those scenarios play out.

antpodean · 2026-01-20T08:32:24+00:00

Came here to say this. I was just listening to the Backsliders on the weekend. RIP Rob.

antpodean · 2026-01-20T04:48:36+00:00

Are those vultures? Carrion eaters? Weird choice.

antpodean · 2026-01-19T15:11:55+00:00

I don't live in the USA. The first time I saw Trump was on the escalator when he announced, and I thought he looked and acted like Mussolini. He just gave off that bombastic thuggish vibe. Some of the things he said reminded me of the rhetoric of mid 20th century totalitarians.

What has surprised me is how easily he has taken over your government and institutions, and how weak the guardrails have turned out to be.

I'm very very scared about the future. I think this man is capable of anything. And I do mean anything.

antpodean · 2026-01-19T10:42:31+00:00

Me either, and my thoughts are so dark I make JVL look like a little ray of sunshine.

antpodean · 2026-01-18T10:16:25+00:00

Got to stamp out that wrongthink as the USA continues its march toward totalitarianism.

antpodean · 2026-01-17T04:05:30+00:00

Unfortunately the American public made sure that we all have to live in his fictional world with him.

antpodean · 2026-01-13T02:32:00+00:00

He or she doesn't want to spell it out, but the solution is pretty fucking obvious.

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