To be fair, America outlawed

Okay, thanks for the addition. Let’s be honest, if there was a lot of profit in this, it wouldn’t be stopped. China did it for control of a crucial market.

you make it sound

Nope, simply stating basically why each one doesn’t. I’m well aware it’s slave Labor in some parts and I know Chiba doesn’t give a shit. Not everywhere. We used to extract rare earths in Australia as well and it wasn’t staff treatment or abuse that stooped it here, it was environmental opposition.

rigged against them

Labor are responsible for their issues politically. Saying the country is rigged against them is a bold claim as well if the last election result federally is anything to go by. Either they have a solid grip, proven by the vote as is claimed or the country’s rigged against them, as is claimed. Both can’t be true.

The media are, certainly. Labor get a better deal from them than those further left or independent though, to the point where the population now believes perpetuated lines about those groups. Shit like ‘can’t govern’, ‘haven’t proven…’ and ‘obstruct’, put to the public by ‘sensible, pragmatic thinkers’ who work well with a poor media.

The policies are tepid; the housing policies have helped nobody except the banks, investors and those who were buying anyway, but that’s as designed. Now it looks as if we might have a heap of people carrying the can on these 5% deposit loans (the one that helps those buying anyway). That’s fine, Albo will help them into a Build to Rent rental.

Gambling reforms; if you mean gambling advertising, they’re the ones wanting to keep advertising. It’s the right thing to do to oppose Labor’s stance on this. The same exists for the Middle East crisis; Labor has a weak position here as well. As usual.

We see Labor’s weaknesses right now with Senate enquiries into the PRRT along with the garbage lines that people don’t understand the tax, it’s the future we look at, changing the tax will stop investment. All of it demonstrably false.

Now they’re cutting the NDIS, selling it under ‘removing fraudulent operators’, the stuff you expect from low grade individuals like Scomo or Anus. After giving away over 100b in tax cuts that don’t help everyone.

The rest, such as wage issues and healthcare fixes are expected from a centre left workers party. That’s their bread and butter; if they fail to deliver there, there’s not a lot of point in the party.

Labor are pretty dogshit. They’re better than the Coalition but that’s not a high bar.

Yeah he represents them all right. It’s no anomaly.

Yeah, I can’t argue with that view, despite the fact they’ve proven they can do a job when they want to.

You’re spot on. We’ve been warned for years about it, we’ve been told for years that we could drive a revolution in renewables and the use of EVs if we wanted and we’ve sat on our hands through the lot. Things like solar on all rentals and public houses; all that should have been done years ago. We know why, too, Punter was in the Senate the other day showing us why.

We are indeed a lucky country, led by second rate men sharing the luck running on other people’s ideas. It’s a shame we have to be that way because they’ve proven they can act fast when they want to.

Aaah this administration reflects so much of the country.

Unreal it is.

Indeed, as you only have one missus where Labor has several, apparently very experienced politicians who are repeatedly talked up by their PR people. As you talk your partner up I guess.

No, I haven’t.

I need to get some other greens in the ground, but I still need to get beds sorted. I’ve just sifted out a bin full of soil for some sweet potato which I’ll sort this weekend.

This yard used to be part of a dairy farm so the existing soil is pretty good. The back corner has earthworms everywhere

This is impressive. This offers us some really serious capability and it isn’t confined to home.

We punch harder than people think. Enough to break a nose and make an attacking nation step back that's for sure.

Such a shame to see the acronym AUKUS still. Personally I’d rather they scrapped it but either way I want out of that. I don’t think I’m alone either.

Winter veges are looking good

Really pleased with these lettuces

Yeah that’s a day and a half.

You building that shed yourself? That’s about twice the length of the one I have.

Rain today too apparently, well starting from today.

The leadership of the whole country is full of them.

They’re everywhere over there. Not surprising, none of them seem to care for children a whole lot.

Everywhere across the Anglosphere based democracies we are getting sick of the major parties being in bed with these grubby, filthy companies.