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Re: International Politics
« Reply #210 on: March 11, 2020, 01:45:38 PM »
Looks like the US presidential election will be Trump vs Biden.

Bernie had to beat Biden in Michigan today to still have any realistic chance of getting the Democratic nomination yet Biden has won. Bernie won Michigan 4 years ago against Hillary (who then lost it to Trump) so it's a major step backwards for his chances.
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Re: International Politics
« Reply #211 on: March 14, 2020, 09:24:41 AM »
The don has delivered again. Pulls the trigger on a federal emergency package  :clapping

some have predicted the floor has already been reached on wall street. Time will tell, but one thing i do believe is this will be all over in a few months and the economy will start the long way back to prosperity.



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Re: International Politics
« Reply #212 on: March 14, 2020, 10:02:31 AM »
The don has delivered again. Pulls the trigger on a federal emergency package  :clapping

some have predicted the floor has already been reached on wall street. Time will tell, but one thing i do believe is this will be all over in a few months and the economy will start the long way back to prosperity.

The same "don" who a fortnight ago called coronavirus more fake news?

In desperate times desperate leaders do things to try and salvage their jobs.

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Re: International Politics
« Reply #213 on: March 14, 2020, 10:12:06 AM »
keep hiding under the doona like the rest of the stress heads, and you will miss out on the great work this guy is doing.

you would prefer an italy approach then and wait till its spread before acting? :shh

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Re: International Politics
« Reply #214 on: March 14, 2020, 02:03:38 PM »
keep hiding under the doona like the rest of the stress heads, and you will miss out on the great work this guy is doing.

you would prefer an italy approach then and wait till its spread before acting? :shh

Italy is in the mess it is in; in part because the health system is crap.

You missed the point.

A fortnight your mate "don" called the coronavirus more fake news?

Last night he actually did something because suddenly it is no longer fake news. Why is that you reckon?

Under the direction your mate "don" the USA's CDA are rolling out testing at a rate of 11,000 a week compared to South Korea doing 20,000 tests a day.

Yep he's doing a stellar job a fortnight after he babbled on about it being fake news

And BTW I'm not stressed, just very disappointed to see how people are carrying in Aust with the panic buying etc.... thought we'd be better than that :-X


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Re: International Politics
« Reply #215 on: March 18, 2020, 06:08:44 PM »
Talk of A$1.4 trillion (US$850 billion) stimulus package in the States including (potentially up to $1000) cash payments to each American adult.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/donald-trump-announces-massive-coronavirus-package/news-story/6c7a5e33fb842d9c05d1601e6427a564

:whistle


Both Trump and Boris have changed their tunes because the number of corona cases (since the 100th reported case) was exponentially growing on par where Italy and Iran was two weeks ago. The UK chief med said <20,000 deaths would be a 'good' outcome.


https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-17/coronvirus-71-people-have-died-in-the-uk-and-around-55-000-have-covid-19/



https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/12/21172040/coronavirus-covid-19-virus-charts
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Re: International Politics
« Reply #216 on: March 18, 2020, 06:37:13 PM »
Yes no doubt the "open borders" brigade of the left would've handled it all so much better.....as evidenced by their totally non-partisan & measured reaction to the initial quarantining of people on Christmas Island.... :shh


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A fortnight your mate "don" called the coronavirus more fake news?

No he didn't, he called the Democrats criticism of his response to the crisis "their new hoax", not that the DNC propaganda wing that masquerades as the MSM in the US these days would ever clarify that for all the gullible fools who blindly consume their constant shytestream of hysterical agenda-driven bollocks... :shh
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Re: International Politics
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Re: International Politics
« Reply #218 on: April 23, 2020, 11:49:45 AM »



Shows what a bit of enforced isolation can do for the creative juices.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkU1ob_lHCw


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Re: International Politics
« Reply #219 on: April 23, 2020, 06:35:14 PM »
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." 

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Re: International Politics
« Reply #220 on: April 24, 2020, 08:16:37 AM »
Much prefer this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7DKYML2MRs

 :shh

Another example of Trump lies. The footage is spliced together to give  a wrong impression of what she actually said.

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Re: International Politics
« Reply #221 on: April 25, 2020, 10:38:51 AM »
Thoughts on Ardern banning fiction books?

If anyone can defend that I’ll be astounded

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Re: International Politics
« Reply #222 on: April 25, 2020, 11:42:31 AM »
Thoughts on Ardern banning fiction books?

If anyone can defend that I’ll be astounded

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Not actually a ban on fiction books but a ban on online delivery.


But why spoil a good story with the truth.


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Re: International Politics
« Reply #223 on: April 25, 2020, 01:10:45 PM »
Don't dare question the infallible St. Jacinda Equinas the Virtue Signaler, High Priestess of the New Church of the Equalitarians... :shh

Much prefer this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7DKYML2MRs

 :shh

Another example of Trump lies. The footage is spliced together to give  a wrong impression of what she actually said.

LMAO - the ad was bang on and you know it...nailed the elitist out-of-touch hypocrite Pelosi perfectly....Democrats caught dead to rights betraying the working class yet again....#4moreyears  :shh :shh
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Re: International Politics
« Reply #224 on: April 25, 2020, 11:12:20 PM »
Thoughts on Ardern banning fiction books?

If anyone can defend that I’ll be astounded

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Not actually a ban on fiction books but a ban on online delivery.


But why spoil a good story with the truth.


Are you a Trump lover?

You knew EXACTLY what I was referring to.

1- banning of fiction book DELIVERIES is absurd .. stuffing ridiculous
2- I think Trump is a tool , but that is completely irrelevant