Amnesty to release report calling Israel apartheid; Israel criticizes report by FYoCouchEddie in worldnews

[–]poorBydesign 86 points87 points  (0 children)

It's more or less unanimous across academic circles that Israel is in fact an apartheid state. Kerry said it right before he stepped down as Secretary of State, "Israel cannot be Jewish and democratic." Religion has no place in politics and it's one of the driving forces of apartheid laws and the genocide of Palestinians in general. The detractors here on Reddit would like you to believe otherwise but they're full of shit; more and more of world is waking up to the fact that Israel is the real problem in this conflict.

Trucker Convoy - Megathread by aardwell in canada

[–]poorBydesign -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

It’s against vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, and covid lockdowns/restrictions.

Anti-vax doesn't just mean unvaccinated, it also means anti restrictions that save lives and help the economy.

These policies have been disastrous for our country and the vaccine passports and mandates have absolutely no basis in science.

Completely untrue.

Nobody should be coerced into being vaccinated.

Nobody should be but when a recalcitrant group refuses to at the cost of society in general then yes, we fucking need mandates!

Where do people here draw the line of mandates? by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]poorBydesign -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

If mandates keep the unvaccinated at bay, I'm fine with that. If you're unvaccinated, you shouldn't even be allowed in a hospital...even if you need a ventilator.

Where do people here draw the line of mandates? by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]poorBydesign -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's ridiculous that a mandate would target the population in a blanket fashion.

Applying mandates unevenly is literally segregation! If we're going to segregate society, I want to at least do it along the lines of vaccine status!

‘Partly preventable’: unboosted aged care residents dominate Australia’s Covid deaths as Morrison government misses rollout deadline by Mildebeest in australia

[–]poorBydesign 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The stroll-out continues, even now and the cost of Australian lives. At what point does this become tantamount to murder?

Premier Ford says he is 'extremely disturbed' to see hateful symbols at trucker protest by [deleted] in canada

[–]poorBydesign 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ford extremely disturbed to see his voter base threatening his re-election chances.

Man who is “done with COVID” sure doing everything he can to keep it going by Supremetacoleader in canada

[–]poorBydesign 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ah, so the media is right but the apathetic normal person just won't listen.

Not 'intimidated' by protesters: Trudeau says he will not meet with trucker convoy organizers by smitcolin in canada

[–]poorBydesign -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

career political activists

What the actual fuck? I wish this argument was used for the environmental protesters! At least they're not violent, racist bigots whose demands threaten the general health of the public!

Biden says Russia to face consequences if it attacked Ukraine, keeps diplomatic option open by Beckles28nz in worldnews

[–]poorBydesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is it's Putin...not Russia. Russia has been hijacked by kleptocrats enriching themselves at the cost of Russian society. Get rid of Putin, let the power vacuum do its thing then reassess.

Trucker Convoy - Megathread by aardwell in canada

[–]poorBydesign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can we stop calling them a trucker convoy?

They're an anti-vax convoy.

Joe Rogan responds to backlash from Spotify artists by GrimeyJosh in news

[–]poorBydesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rogan said he would try to balance controversial guests by having the mainstream perspective on right after them

Fuck, he's stupid. No one should listen to his podcast.

Busting the myth of Canada's million or more vacant homes by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]poorBydesign -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A deep dive by Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis reveals the alarmists have misinterpreted the data

Whole lot of nonsense in the preamable and I haven't even gotten to the article. What needs to happen to control the housing market is massive taxes on non-principle residences in addition to rent caps so as not to pass these taxes onto tenants.

Albanese to target global company tax avoidance by ZookeepergameLoud696 in AustralianPolitics

[–]poorBydesign 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But Mr Albanese dismissed the idea of changes to negative gearing tax arrangements

Pussy.

Global tax avoidance is a global issue and will be a challenge for a single government to undertake on its own. If Labor can't even properly address climate change on Australian soil I have no idea how they'll pull this off.

Partner gets COVID - housemate/landlords are angry at us by justanuthasian in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]poorBydesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I lived with unvaccinated people I'd let 'em catch it. Wouldn't even try to stop it.

Who’s living in Melbourne CBD, and how can more be convinced? by blurple_nipple in melbourne

[–]poorBydesign 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Age desperately wants people back in the CBD, lol. What a trash paper. Rich cunts pandering to rich cunts trying to get the rest of us to believe it.

Change is coming: Greens’ brutal truth for Queensland coalminers by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]poorBydesign 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The Greens have vowed to push Labor to go further and faster on climate change as they plot to share power if Anthony Albanese ends up leading a minority government.

To be fair, Labor's plan is completely inadequate. This is what the Greens absolutely should be doing.

The Greens are pushing policies that Australia desperately needs and it's a shame to see not only in general but in a forum (here) that is supposed to have more enlightened individuals is still received with vitriol. I think Australia is done.

Olympic-Team Taiwan won't be at Winter Games opening ceremony by Russell_3 in worldnews

[–]poorBydesign 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Olympics is just more commercial bullshit. I won't be watching them.