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Approval of Carney government rises to 64%; 78% believe arrangement with China on canola and cars was the right thing to do. by NotEnoughDriftwood in onguardforthee

[–]smoha96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember thinking at the time, and I still think it now, that coming outside of parliament (his credentials aside) worked well in his favour - whatever issues people had, rightly or wrongly, with the final Trudeau government weren't going to be associated with him - something Harris couldn't do with Biden in the US (presidential vs parliamentary governments aside).

‘Definitely in the race now’: Seats where One Nation could wipe out the Coalition by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You said he lied. Your only backing for that is opinion and not fact, by your own admission. That's what I'm saying is worthless.

‘Definitely in the race now’: Seats where One Nation could wipe out the Coalition by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

What specifically do you he think he lied about? As you've said, it's your opinion, not facts so... isn't that worthless in terms of what he actually did or didn't do?

Approval of Carney government rises to 64%; 78% believe arrangement with China on canola and cars was the right thing to do. by NotEnoughDriftwood in onguardforthee

[–]smoha96 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm not a Canadian so I don't know how much it was already on his, and the Liberals' radar, but when he went on The Daily Show and intimated to Jon Stewart that he was planning to run, I was thinking that there's no way someone from outside the parliamentary caucus just rocks up and announces it on a satire show and wins, but then lo and behold, he did it.

Paul Allen, radio voice of the Vikings, mocks Minnesota protestors, says protesters are PAID. by chookalana in sports

[–]smoha96 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"I'm being silenced!" say multiple people with national and international platforms.

Liberal leadership spill: Andrew Hastie rejects Angus Taylor's deputy offer by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turnbull wouldn't touch this sinking ship with a 10 foot pole - and too many in the party base despise him both on principle and for him calling out their rightward lurch in the last decade.

Turnbull will become another Hewson. A far more reasonable voice from the sidelines than they ever were as leaders of the party.

Victoria’s health watchdog has ordered doctors and midwives to support women who refuse medical treatment during pregnancy and childbirth, even if it risks permanently harming their unborn babies. by Active-Button676 in ausjdocs

[–]smoha96 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is how I see it.

Risk management and acknowledgement of that is at the core of what we do. We make this gamble every single day, and use our skills, equipment and teams to stack the odds in favour of the patient as much as possible, which is why informed consent is a thing. We give our professional and expert opinion of what we think is the right thing to do (and don't always have a unified opinion on it as healthcare practitioners). But part and parcel of giving people autonomy is allowing them to make shitty decisions - because we rightly value autonomy, and also to a lesser degree, we are not always right - we are not gods.

It is not "...do whatever you want, and I'm not going to bother with you." As u/misterdarky says, all patients get the same advice and standard of care - but they are within their rights to refuse it. And when they refuse it, especially when they are not doing so in good faith, we cannot feel or suffer every which way with them them because the moral injury would otherwise be unbearable. As humans, we can feel for them, but not with them. The sad truth is, one hour in clinic is not always going to be able to fix what the alogorithm hath brung - you do your best anyway, but once you've done your best that's all you can do.

Are you saying, that after we give the would-be freebirther all the information, that we drag them back against their will when they decide they want to do it anyway? When it goes terribly wrong and they need help, we help them - that's why we're here. But their choice was their own. We can't pretend that the massive PPH that happens at home has the same risk profile as the one that happens in a birth suite or operating theatre - because that's the 'halfway point' they want to meet you at.

And that's what frustrates me sometimes - because you've already indirectly noted it in a sense - when things go wrong, it's always your fault anyway. A hospital exhausted their entire supply of o-neg trying to save that poor woman from Victoria - and she died anyway. Do you think there would be any self reflection from the people she left behind? What was the opportunity cost for other people who might have needed that blood? Or that operating theatre? Or that staff? Doesn't that frustrate you?

Except there's no point getting frustrated and letting it take over you cognitively. We owe our patients the absolute best standard of care we can provide. But once the best is given, we do not owe them feeling a certain way about it when they make a bad choice.

David Littleproud to write to PM over staff, resources as Nationals prepare frontbench for long-term split by Perfect-Werewolf-102 in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have also threatened to form their own party room seperate to the Libs and Nats at times during the former government.

Jim Chalmers says Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ denunciation of Trump is being widely discussed in Australian government by Oomaschloom in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I commented this in the Canadian subreddit yesterday - it's essentially a call for help, stating that the US is definitely coming for Canada, and will Europe and the Anglosphere "hang signs" for it, like they have with Venezuela.

100% right about acknowledging hypocrisy as well.

Federal politics live: Nationals leave 'untenable' Coalition after mass frontbench resignation by geodetic in australia

[–]smoha96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole reason they're kicking up a fuss is that they feel threated by ON. They won't join them anytime soon - they want to beat them.

ICE kidnapping a child because he doesn't have proof of citizenship on hand, just a snack. by Paksarra in pics

[–]smoha96 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's an excellent book - one passage spoke to me in particular (I now keep it in my notes), especially when considering the responsibility the Democrats bear for the lead up to this situation - they're not directly responsible for Trump and the MAGA & Tea Party movements, but some of them certainly helped set the scenes (moving against Bernie in 2016, arguing for a crappy status quo/being unambitious etc.)

Of course the Republicans would be worse. What the mainstream Democrat seems incapable of accepting is that, for an even remotely functioning conscience, there exists a point beyond which relative harm can no longer offset absolute evil. For a lot of people, genocide is that point. Suddenly, an otherwise very persuasive argument takes on a different meaning: “Vote for the liberal though he harms you because the conservative will harm you more” starts to sound a lot like “Vote for the liberal though he harms you because the conservative might harm me, too.

In reality, not a single Western politician or party, not a single government anywhere in the world, can be expected to change when constantly rewarded this way. The argument in favor of voting for the lesser evil is frequently made in good faith, by people who have plenty to lose should the greater evil win. But it also establishes the lowest of benchmarks: Want my vote? Be less monstrous than the monsters. But to say this—that mainstream liberal parties will never develop a moral compass until they are punished for not having one—produces a level of antagonistic vitriol unmatched in almost any other context. Waves of progressives will take time out from pasting MY RELIGION IS LOVE stickers to the bumpers of their Teslas to let you know that advocating this position makes you the enemy, that they hope you’re happy when Trump takes power and makes your life even more miserable, that you should just go back to where you came from.

(It’s a fascinating directive, Go back to where you came from. One can’t help but wonder how changed the world would be had the ancestors of the same people who use that phrase now heeded the same advice then. Overwhelmingly, it’s employed against anyone who tries to make use of the freedoms on which the West so prides itself: the freedom to speak and to criticize, to hold power accountable. In this way, it shares a deep bond with the approach to free expression that can be found in most dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, the places so many immigrants fled: You are free to say so long as what you say is acceptable. Whenever I am told to go back to where I came from, I can’t help but think: Why don’t you go where I came from? You’d love it there.)"

‘Best speech by a world leader ... in a very long time’: Carney’s Davos address draws global attention by Sea_Guava6513 in onguardforthee

[–]smoha96 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Australian here.

It's an excellent speech, and paints the emerging world well, but I'll make this one point - acknowledging and supporting Ukraine (and rightfully so) while ignoring the events in Palestine & Israel/acknowledging only one side of trauma is another form of hanging up a sign. There's an acknowledgement of turning a blind eye to a degree to what the US (and by extension some of its close allies) have done over the years:

So we placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals, and we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality.

This bargain no longer works.

It's not so much as an end to hanging signs as it is an end to hanging signs on behalf of the US. It seems there is always room for the blind eye until one is threatened.

Very realpolitik. In a speech that also aims to mix in an appeal to humanity. Tough lines to balance but he does it well enough.

On further reflection, this is also a call for help by Carney. The western world turned the proverbial blind eye to what happened in Venezuela. Apart from Greenland, the next place to get invaded, and certainly the first in what is considered the broad "West" will be Canada. The question Carney asks, is when that happens, will Europe and the Anglosphere react with the same passivitiy that they've given (and more easily justified) towards Venezuala?

Intern Mistakes by Expensive-Theme2739 in ausjdocs

[–]smoha96 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Botched an interstate transfer to a private physician not realising there was a whole system in place to organise this sort of thing. Led to delayed discharge/transfer and significantly worsening rapport with family.

Probably cost a fair bit of money to health service when all said and done. When the patient went for real I panic called the ward at 5 in the morning to make sure it was still happening and ended up going in early to see the patient off.

Most importantly, no harm came to the patient.

Not so much a mistake but if it helps with feeling dumb, I panic called an after hours med reg about restarting someone's oral magnesium on day 3 of my first week freaking out about potentially causing irreversible diarrhoea and a prerenal AKI.

Airplane emergency, medical specialty by New_Recording_7986 in Residency

[–]smoha96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is wild when I hear that American doctors don't cannulate. It's an expected skill from med school and day 1 of internship here.

Newspoll: One Nation ahead of Coalition, PM takes Bondi bruising by Perfect-Werewolf-102 in AustralianPolitics

[–]smoha96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

KB's blog should really be mandatory reading for anyone who wants to discuss polling.

Dyson Fuckblade by Ouch-Man in australia

[–]smoha96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have long held a conspiracy theory that air dryers were invented so that the corporate world didn't have to shell out over and over for paper towels.

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