Without bursting out of the confines of the error margins, the monthly prime ministerial ratings featured in the fortnightly Essential Research poll give Anthony Albanese his highest approval rating to date, up two points to 60%. His disapproval is up one to 27%, which leaves him one point shy of his previous best net approval rating. However, an occasion question on the national direction finds a five-point increase since September for “wrong” to 34% and a two-point drop for “right” to 46%.
Once a lengthy explanatory spiel was out of the way, 50% expressed support and 27% opposition to the government’s multi-employer bargaining laws, and has further results supporting industrial relations policies that strengthen the hand of low-paid workers. The poll also finds 43% of the view that it is inappropriate for politicians to use Twitter, compared with 16% favouring the option that it is a “vital channel” for politicians and 41% for a middle course. The full report is here – the poll was conducted last Wednesday to Monday from a sample of 1035.
JWS Research has also released its occasional True Issues survey on issue salience, distinct from the one a fortnight ago that focused specifically on the budget. Asked unprompted to name the three most important issues, 44% came up with a response the pollster categorised as “cost of living”, up from 38% in August and all the way from 11% a year ago. Housing and interest rates increased over the year from 10% to 19%, which environment and climate change was steady at 26% and hospitals, health and ageing fell eight points to 29%. The poll was conducted October 28 to 31 from a sample of 1000, and also features results on national direction and government performance in various policy fields.
Note that a dedicated thread for discussion of the Victorian election continues in the post below.
So this was before the meeting with Xi, maybe bounced back a little now. Anyway the
demented potato is still as popular as crud on a boot…
MH17: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63637625
Slow-motion video of Sydney hailstorm captures individual stones falling from the sky – video
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2022/nov/17/slow-motion-video-of-sydney-hailstorm-captures-individual-stones-falling-from-the-sky-video
A continuing overall good performance by Albo and the government in a challenging and dynamic political environment. Strong support for the government’s multi-employer bargaining laws is unambiguous which again suggests a positive environment for the government to move in relation to either a windfall tax on gas exporters and or caps on domestic prices. There is little real evidence of the government suffering from the major economic issues (cost of living, housing and interest rates) at this stage, possibly due to positive news in terms of low unemployment. Calm, mature government.
Here is a view of SE Australia under mostly clear skies, taken by the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 at 6:00 AM in enhanced infrared. It shows the extent of flooding.
Condoblin NSW is near the centre of the picture.
Pelosi to depart as top House Democrat to make way for ‘new generation’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/17/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-speech-steps-down
Guilty verdict for three charged with murdering the 298 souls on board MH17 on 17 July 2014:
“A Dutch court has found three men guilty of the murder of 298 people onboard flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile when it was flying over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
The court handed down sentences of life imprisonment to the Russian nationals Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy and a Ukrainian, Leonid Kharchenko, after finding them guilty of bringing down the plane and the murder of everyone onboard. They were ordered to pay “more than €16m” in compensation to the victims. The three men remain at large and it remains unclear if they will ever serve their sentences.
A third Russian national, Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted of the charges owing to lack of evidence about his role in the firing of the missile.
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In 2014, all four were fighters for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, a pro-Russia separatist movement. None of the men appeared in court and only Pulatov chose to appoint lawyers, who pleaded not guilty on his behalf.
The presiding judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, said the court had concluded that MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile from an agricultural field in eastern Ukraine, citing extensive evidence that did not leave “any possibility for reasonable doubt whatsoever”.
The court found that Russia had overall control of the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine at the time when the plane was shot down, he said.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/three-men-found-guilty-of-murdering-298-people-in-flight-mh17-bombing
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Justice advances for those completely innocent civilians slain under Russian orders in the early months of Russia’s 2014-2022 invasion of Ukraine.
From the same as above:
“The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said it was an important court decision, tweeting: “Holding to account masterminds is crucial too, as the feeling of impunity leads to new crimes. We must dispel this illusion. Punishment for all [Russia’s] atrocities then & now is inevitable.””
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Two thoughts:
1. Agreed. Justice for victims of unacceptable aggression is a crucial component of a durable peace afterwards.
2. How’s Tony Abbott’s “shirtfront” of Putin going?
Hot space dust in your area.
Twitter user gets account back after ban for ‘intimate’ image of meteor
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/17/twitter-user-gets-account-back-after-ban-for-intimate-image-of-meteor
The corrupt lib/nats and their propaganda units may have kicked another own goal , the corrupt media want the lib/nats to take action against the teals, by claiming the teals are members of the same political party and not independents because they have the same policies on each other websites and travel together and so on.
If that is the case then the Liberal and national partys should be in as much trouble
For claiming to be seperate political entities except for QLD, The liberal and national party members are on each other website, majority of their policies are exactly the same ,also this political fraud they used in the N.T , the country liberal party was actually the national party .
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Rachel Clun reports that Australia’s unemployment rate has returned to almost 50-year lows, all but guaranteeing a pre-Christmas interest rate rise, as Workplace Minister Tony Burke says the tight labour market has not got wages moving fast enough.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lower-jobless-rate-rubber-stamps-pre-christmas-rate-rise-20221117-p5bz40.html
David Crowe examines the lies and misconceptions behind the frigid China/Australia relationship.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-s-china-syndrome-one-big-lie-distorts-our-expectations-20221116-p5bypb.html
A lot may be changing in China-Australia relations, but a lot is staying the same, writes Michelle Grattan.
https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-a-lot-may-be-changing-in-china-australia-relations-but-a-lot-is-staying-the-same-194817
After the meeting between Xi and Albanese, we will need patient diplomacy well away from the megaphone and from vested interests in defence industries. China is here to stay and love it or hate it we must learn to live with it. The present government is looking more like it understands this, writes Cavan Hogue.
https://johnmenadue.com/xi-is-no-longer-dr-fu-manchu/
Mile Foley and Tom Rabe tell us that federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt has said that new laws are urgently needed to stop houses being built in high-risk floodplains or bushfire zones as he warned current planning systems are not fit for purpose in the face of escalating natural disasters driven by climate change.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-laws-needed-to-stop-building-houses-in-flood-bushfire-zones-federal-minister-20221117-p5bz4y.html
Julia Banks lauds the Albanese government’s Respect at Work which she says law will change our culture.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2022/11/18/espect-at-work-roadblocks-removed/
The AFR’s editorial uses the Pfitzer dispute to declare that pay rises without productivity improvements are a taste of things to come under the government’s IR bill.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/tug-dispute-a-taste-of-burke-s-workplace-law-20221115-p5byhf
Teal Independents have added amendments to reduce the impact of Labor’s planned industrial relations law, potentially jeopardising its intent to boost wages, writes Lee Duffield.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/fair-work-changes-a-teal-deal-breaker,16972
The ACT government is pushing for urgent reforms to remove a loophole that prevents the use of video recordings of rape complainants’ evidence in retrials if, like Brittany Higgins, they initially gave evidence in the courtroom.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/17/bruce-lehrmann-retrial-act-government-seeking-to-urgently-reform-video-evidence-loophole
Australian companies don’t value keeping our data safe because they have little to lose. Our laws need to change that, says George Newhouse and Duncan Fine.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/17/australian-companies-dont-value-keeping-our-data-safe-because-they-have-little-to-lose-our-laws-need-to-change-that
Political attacks on the energy sector risk killing investment, driving prices higher and undermining national security and the economies of Asian neighbours, a gas and oil industry leader has warned. Simon Benson writes that, with the Albanese government poised to intervene in the gas market over skyrocketing prices, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association chairman Ian Davies warned that market intervention risked destroying energy security as a foundation of Australia’s national security for the past 50 years.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/nation/gas-attacks-risk-power-price-hikes-australian-petroleum-production-and-exploration-association-chairman-ian-davies/news-story/d6dba26db898ab7c08bb82115883169f
A blow-by-blow account of one of the country’s biggest corporate scandals has been played in court, providing a picture of the inner workings of one of Australia’s largest financial institutions, explains Simone Fox Koob.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/we-need-to-take-this-extremely-seriously-class-action-reopens-ugly-wounds-of-cba-scandal-20221117-p5bz1r.html
The FTX horror show might have a silver lining for the crypto industry, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz who hopes that the collapse means regulation that can bring more sunlight to bear on crypto markets and impose some core investor protections will be brought forward.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/the-ftx-horror-show-might-have-a-silver-lining-for-the-crypto-industry-20221117-p5bz05.html
In place of sound policies and leadership, Matthew Guy’s Liberals, their cooker friends and accompanying media protection racket have run a cheap anti-Dan Andrews election campaign in Victoria, but will it make a difference, asks Michelle Pini.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/matthew-guy-the-cookers-and-the-bloody-uproar-against-dan-andrews,16980
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy will go to next week’s state election with the prospect of an anti-corruption investigation into alleged illegality hanging over his head after a Liberal donor scandal was referred to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, write Rachel Eddie and Paul Sakkal.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/vec-refers-guy-catlin-investigation-to-ibac-20221117-p5bz1p.html
Annika Smethurst writes about the way things might roll for teal and independent candidates in the NSW and Victorian elections.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/teals-temper-their-city-seat-hopes-but-independents-on-rural-rise-20221116-p5bype.html
When consumers make significant purchases, they’re often protected by a cooling-off period. A cashless gaming card could limit a gambler’s losses on any given day, argues Mark Dickerson.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cashless-card-makes-my-old-solution-for-problem-gamblers-possible-20221116-p5bywo.html
A trial of a four-day working week at Melbourne software company Our Community led to a 36.5 per cent reduction in sick days. It’s now been made permanent.
https://www.theage.com.au/business/workplace/less-is-more-staff-all-for-making-four-day-working-week-permanent-at-melbourne-firm-20221116-p5byol.html
Human rights and anti-racism activist, former Socceroo Craig Foster AM, has been elected to lead the Australian Republic Movement after Peter FitzSimons resigned, writes Glenn Davies.
https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/craig-foster-succeeds-peter-fitzsimons-as-republic-movement-head,16977
Jeremy Hunt has sought to portray the government as a victim of global events as he unveiled a series of tax rises and spending curbs, amid new official forecasts showing that a steep recession will effectively wipe out eight years of growth for Britons.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/17/autumn-statement-jeremy-hunt-confirms-uk-already-in-recession-as-he-unveils-tax-rises-and-spending-curbs
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – the first female speaker in Congress and one of the country’s most powerful politicians – has stood down from her position amid a new era of divided government in America.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/pelosi-wont-seek-leadership-role-plans-to-stay-in-congress-20221118-p5bzb5.html
Waleed Aly writes on why even a Trump win might signal the end of Trumpism.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/why-even-a-trump-win-might-signal-the-end-of-trumpism-20221116-p5bypa.html
Farrah Tomazin reports that Donald Trump has been dealt a blow after announcing his candidacy for the 2024 election, with key donors abandoning the twice-impeached president and leading Republicans distancing themselves from his launch.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/mega-donors-daughter-ivanka-abandon-trump-at-the-starting-blocks-20221117-p5bz15.html
Only once has a defeated President gone on to win re-election four years after his first term. Grover Cleveland, who won in 1884 and again in 1892 is generally ranked by historians in the middle rung of American Presidents. Beside Donald Trump he is a paragon of Presidential dignity, writes Dennis Altman who concludes his contribution with, “Most Australians watch him with a mixture of disbelief and horror, although I’m sure there are some would-be Trumpettes out there in One Nation land. It would be folly to assume he cannot return as President in 2024, and one hopes that DFAT are preparing contingency plans if this were to happen.”
https://johnmenadue.com/donald-trump-is-running-again-in-2024-heres-what-his-second-term-in-the-white-house-could-look-like-abc-news/
https://johnmenadue.com/donald-trump-is-running-again-in-2024-heres-what-his-second-term-in-the-white-house-could-look-like-abc-news/
Georgina Mitchell gives us today’s nomination for “Arsehole of the Week”. It goes to the man accused of attacking two women in Sydney’s inner west, hitting one with a samurai sword, had been awake for seven days straight and had a “binge” of alcohol and cocaine, consuming up to five grams of the drug per day.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/man-accused-of-samurai-sword-attack-had-week-long-alcohol-and-cocaine-binge-court-told-20221117-p5bz8m.html
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From the US
Morning all. I caught up with the offer for French submarines made by Macron at the start of the APEC summit the day after the G20 ended.
It is not very well reported by the ABC here, who reports Macron criticising Morrison trying to drag Australia into a nuclear confrontation with China, but not mentioning the sub offer!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-17/french-macron-takes-aim-at-morrison-over-submarine-deal/101668172
This French website (translated) quotes Macron saying the critical point – that the French offer “remains on the table”. Is there no-one in Australian journalism who can speak French? Or even use Google Translate?? Mon dieu.
https://www-opex360-com.translate.goog/2022/11/17/sous-marins-m-macron-assure-que-loffre-faite-par-la-france-a-laustralie-reste-sur-la-table/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Finally Reuters gets it right, reporting the French built sub offer is “on the table” and talks on the details (“modalities”) were “ongoing”. So did not one Australian journalist attend APEC?
https://www.reuters.com/world/macron-says-australia-submarine-deal-was-not-about-confronting-china-2022-11-17/
I have always thought that Tony Abbott intended to “buttonhole” Vladimir Putin but he muddled his words in a “suppository of wisdom” moment.
Thanks so much BK.
#weatheronPB
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Why AUKUS should really become JAUKUS
“Forget the Quad or the G20 – if Japan were to join AUKUS it would create a geopolitical grouping with an outsized influence on the region over the next decade.”
An interesting read suggesting that the informal be formalised. FWIW, I agree.
Paywalled https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/why-aukus-should-really-become-jaukus-20221116-p5byqn
Dennis Altman, per BK:
“Most Australians watch [Trump] with a mixture of disbelief and horror, although I’m sure there are some would-be Trumpettes out there in One Nation land.”
Gina’s ears are burning.
Thanks BK for the roundup. The non reporting of Macron’s renewed sub offer is a big omission. David Crowe and Michelle Grattan’s pieces on Australia – China relations are both reasonable. There is no quick fix.
Nancy Pelosi, one of the most powerful speakers in modern U.S. history, will cede the helm of House Democratic leadership after 20 years and take on an unfamiliar role: Rank-and-file member.
Since she reclaimed the top gavel in 2018, the first woman speaker — whose legislative prowess has powered her party’s agenda under four presidents — planned to give it up after this term. Yet her decision became more complicated, she has said, by the brutal assault of her husband Paul last month.
“I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” Pelosi said to a packed chamber that remained pin-drop silent as members took in her decision.
This is so emblematic of buzz kill journalism:
A lot may be changing in China-Australia relations, but a lot is staying the same, writes Michelle Grattan.
https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-a-lot-may-be-changing-in-china-australia-relations-but-a-lot-is-staying-the-same-194817
I like to watch the daily politics segment on The Today Show on Channel 9 with Karl Stefanovic and Alison Langdon to get a flavour of the populist pov. So this morning they were discussing the fantastic unemployment figures released yesterday, with Swannie and a shock jock. So what does Karl say? Wtte, best numbers since 1974 BUT ‘economists predict that next month it will start rising again!’ (That would be the same bunch of economists who got the number wrong yesterday and said it would be going up I presume).
Anyway, Swanny said, wtte, Oi! Karl, how about you take the time to reflect for a little bit longer how good this is!?! A quick, ‘Yeah’, from Karl then he pivots straight away to the shock jock and asks him for his hot take. Fully expecting the usual anti government perspective I assume (that’s what they’re there for usually).
Well, blow me down if the guy didn’t agree with Swanny and upbraid Karl for his 5 minutes of sunshine take!
Started the day off perfectly. 🙂
I mean, I know that ‘serious journalists’ are paid to see both sides of an issue, but it seems to me that they have defaulted to feeling the need to always find a negative to ‘balance’ the positive, when it may just not be necessary in some instances.
“Supporters of former US president Donald Trump wait outside his Mar-a-Lago residence in West Palm Beach for the announcement that he will run again”
Jaeger,
‘Hot Chicks for Trump’!?!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/17/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/
The UK Government is tackling Britain’s current economic problems “head-on”, Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday evening as he defended £25billion of tax rises.
Mr Hunt raised the tax burden to its highest level since 1948 through measures in his Autumn Statement, while retaining the state pension triple lock and increasing benefits in line with inflation.
The Chancellor reduced the threshold at which people pay the 45p top rate of income tax from £150,000 to £125,140, froze a range of tax allowances and also extended the windfall tax on energy giants.
Asked whether he was simply delaying the most acute aspects of today’s measures, the Chancellor told ITV’s Peston: “I think that a Conservative Chancellor who stands up in the Commons and announced £25 billion of tax rises – I don’t think anyone would say that is deferring a horrible decision.
“That is confronting this problem head on, and what support we can give to the economy in the next two years, of course we do while we’re going through a recession.
Thank you, BK.
This is the chance for the House Dems to refresh their leadership, as speculated before. I imagine too Pelosi has some things on the home front that will be occupying her mind. How is her husband?
more in BK’s link…
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/pelosi-wont-seek-leadership-role-plans-to-stay-in-congress-20221118-p5bzb5.html
With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announcing they’ll leave Democratic leadership in 2023 — although remain in Congress — the average age of Democrats’ expected top three leaders will drop by 31 years.
Presumptive Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York is 52, presumptive House Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is 59, and presumptive Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California is 43.
The current top Democratic leaders — Pelosi, Hoyer, and Rep. James Clyburn — are 82, 83, and 82, respectively.
What is the status of Commonwealth public servants pay rises?
There’s a comparison in the style with which Pelosi stepped down that might make an interesting analysis. Her decisive smart leadership marshalled the Democrats. Compare that with her political opponents. Chaos appeals to some, but inevitably it’s a noisy minority. Like anything you need a bit, but not too much. I’m reminded of an aphorism. “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” Pelosi did that well.
If someone wanted to predict the Democrats’ next movements, they could do worse than keep a close eye on Pelosi, and who she spends time with over the next month or two.
The fallout continues, of the missile strike on Poland
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/17/nato-faces-new-challenge-as-war-spills-into-poland
(1)
Hmm. Do NATO members moderate or increase their support for Ukraine? Where is the greater risk? Superficially (which is all I’ve got) I think that increasing support to Ukraine is the lesser risk. And that this raised NATO’s twitchiness. I can’t believe its readiness hasn’t already been raised as high as practical.
(2)
My mind instinctively turned to, “What. Like the thousands of Ukrainians you murdered already?”
They are caught in their own mind trap.
The AFR’s editorial uses the Pfitzer dispute to declare that pay rises without productivity improvements are a taste of things to come under the government’s IR bill.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/tug-dispute-a-taste-of-burke-s-workplace-law-20221115-p5byhf
Because the productivity increases have come and the evidence is in that the wages have not risen commensurately.
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Liz Truss ‘has her bank card declined’ at fashionable London restaurant
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1589361632274255873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1589361632274255873%7Ctwgr%5E6c62b36808db044df25f61c5af64bf89cab8f195%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstories%2F2022%2F11%2F17%2F2135407%2F-Daily-Kos-Elections-Live-Digest-11-17
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Late Risersays:
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:09 am
There’s a comparison in the style with which Pelosi stepped down that might make an interesting analysis. Her decisive smart leadership marshalled the Democrats. Compare that with her political opponents. Chaos appeals to some, but inevitably it’s a noisy minority. Like anything you need a bit, but not too much. I’m reminded of an aphorism. “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” Pelosi did that well.
If someone wanted to predict the Democrats’ next movements, they could do worse than keep a close eye on Pelosi, and who she spends time with over the next month or two.
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LR
Her ‘political opponents’ (I think that should read her political enemies, who want to hit her on her head with Gavel) in their first press conference only talked about ‘Hunter Biden Laptop ‘ and nothing else.
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/17/2136819/-Ignore-Trump-s-attempted-coup-and-election-fraud-lies-GOP-wants-to-talk-about-Hunter-Biden-s-laptop
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Comer doesn’t want to talk about anything but Hunter Biden
Watch the video.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1593264381432840192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1593264381432840192%7Ctwgr%5Ebf8e7cbe516d2d5e9bf7375a9b094dde90fe5a6a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstories%2F2022%2F11%2F17%2F2136819%2F-Ignore-Trump-s-attempted-coup-and-election-fraud-lies-GOP-wants-to-talk-about-Hunter-Biden-s-laptop
I fail to see what the contents of a laptop from long ago which belongs to the son of the current POTUS have to do with running a country for the betterment of its citizens?
C@tmomma @ #31 Friday, November 18th, 2022 – 7:43 am
I’ve been busy and not observing, but (1) even I have picked up on the frame that there is a decade of pay rise catching up to do and blame to be recast. Also (2) perhaps CEO pay needs a bit more light. And of course (3), “They would say that.”
Late Riser @ #36 Friday, November 18th, 2022 – 8:58 am
Of course, the AFR never calls on the CEOs and Management teams to show pay restraint. You just have to look at Alan Joyce and QANTAS to see that in neon lights.
And in the BIG news of the day!
Wimbledon will (slightly) relax its rules requiring all-white attire, allowing women to wear colored undershorts. (AP)
😀
Also,
New clues in the Nord Stream mystery
According to US tech magazine Wired and satellite data monitoring company SpaceKnow, two “dark ships” about 95 to 130 meters long were said to have been in the area where the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions occurred just days before. The ships are referred to as dark because they are practically invisible.
CEOs and senior executives give themselves huge pay rises without productivity increases. Does their productivity really double every 10-12* years?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/18/ceos-made-a-median-20-million-last-year254-times-more-than-the-average-worker.html (US data but it would be similar here).
* ~13-fold since 1978 after allowing for inflation
Gotta run, but a random thought occurs. Narrative is easier to maintain and adapt if you have a bit of mystery in it. That’s the difference between “Hillary’s emails” or “Hunter’s laptop” and the Mar A Lago documents. The symbol is the territory. (To abuse “the map is not the territory”.)
Stay safe all.
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Macarthursays:
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 6:58 am
Guilty verdict for three charged with murdering the 298 souls on board MH17 on 17 July 2014:
“A Dutch court has found three men guilty of the murder of 298 people onboard flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile when it was flying over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
The court handed down sentences of life imprisonment to the Russian nationals Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy and a Ukrainian, Leonid Kharchenko, after finding them guilty of bringing down the plane and the murder of everyone onboard. They were ordered to pay “more than €16m” in compensation to the victims. The three men remain at large and it remains unclear if they will ever serve their sentences.
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An Ukranian is one of them. That is surprising.
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C@tmommasays:
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8:57 am
I fail to see what the contents of a laptop from long ago which belongs to the son of the current POTUS have to do with running a country for the betterment of its citizens?
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What betterment? Republicans refused to talk about other important issues like Inflation and cost of living, which they have relentlessly mentioned during mid-term election campaign.
Another measure – the ratio of CEO pay to worker pay has increased from about 25 to 350 over the past 50 years, a 14-fold escalation.
https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/
Essential
“Asked unprompted to name the three most important issues, 44% came up with a response the pollster categorised as “cost of living”, up from 38% in August and all the way from 11% a year ago”
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That’s a massive jump from a year ago.
” I fail to see what the contents of a laptop from long ago which belongs to the son of the current POTUS have to do with running a country for the betterment of its citizens?”
It’s like how a bike accident that was investigated by Police long ago who found no case to answer, which involved the spouse of the current POV, has to do with the running of a State for the betterment of its citizens.
The Right has nothing to recommend them so they make stuff up.
UK government ireveals series of tax hikes in their budget including income taxes Fossil fuel taxes, while the country officially entered into recession.
Where is Ray(UK)?
lol Taylormade
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Steve777says:
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 9:23 am
” I fail to see what the contents of a laptop from long ago which belongs to the son of the current POTUS have to do with running a country for the betterment of its citizens?”
It’s like how a bike accident that was investigated by Police long ago who found no case to answer, which involved the spouse of the current POV, has to do with the running of a State for the betterment of its citizens.
The Right has nothing to recommend them so they make stuff up.
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Like the Victorian so-called right wants to pursue Dan Andrews wife car incident some 11 years ago?
Taylormade wanted Andrews to step aside for that.
Thankyou BK, great compilation again.
From the article on the Teals…
“ Game on!
Lastly, just for a game, please name the most-likely first cross-bencher to join the Coalition by the end of 2025. Post entries in the comments section attached to this article. Up to the first five correct nominations will share the prize of $100. If none of those members makes the move, this writer’s $100 will be donated to the Teals’ crowd-sourcing fund.”
Any takers?