The Reality of Living in Australia and Covid

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Van Der Beek

... All this gaslighting insanity makes people crazy because all they hear is this contradictory nonsense all the time, it ****s with their head...

[Van Der Beek]

There's no connection between the quote and the image you posted.

Gaslighting is when someone is being told something that doesn't correlate with his reality.

That said.
I note the fear mongering and the emotional manipulation the picture tries to impose on the viewer, as well as how it attempts to incite people against each other, oh, and with one part of the population made to feel intellectually superior to the other part of the population.

It is an interesting picture.

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by Wotname

While I am not exactly sure of your question, I think it fair to say that Aussies mostly think all politicians of any party are about trust worthy as used car salesmen. We rarely vote an opposing party in, we mostly vote a sitting party out when their lying becomes untenable.

Covid hasn't changed this.

I guess the comparison of politicians and used car salesmen is universal. Our problem is we don't purge our House and Senate of the long time liars.
Thanks for attempting to clarify my understanding of your politics. Sounds about like home.

[Nord Sal]

More fear mongering comparing CoViD-19 with the Spanish Flu. Besides the lack of context of the lower population during that pandemic, the Spanish Flu disproportionately afflicted children and young adults (Read: the future). 99% of mortalities due to the Spanish Flu were aged 65 or less and nearly half were aged 20 to 40 years. See Wikipedia.

[Van Der Beek]

Originally Posted by jimbunyard

Of course, the important thing about leadership is not the age of the leaders, but the decisions they make.

The age is married to mental faculties, or lack thereof, not divorced of them, which in turn effects decision making.

That's all.

[Cadence]

Mental faculties go with age. I'll admit at 78 mine is not what it was even in my 60s scary but a fact of life. I wish the voting public would recognize that, whether left or right.

[El Pinguino]

I'm not at all sure what the age of US politicians has to do with Australia however ...

Yesterday was another fun day in Melbourne.

Bit of background - the CMFEU represents amongst others construction workers. They have had a bit of a dream run in Victoria as while numbers on construction sites were reduced sites were not shut down.
Sadly they did not think that - as 'members of the union' - social distancing, mask wearing, and other rules applied to them. As a result a very large numbers of new Covid cases in Melbourne could be traced back to construction sites.
So the government said they could no longer gather in their tea rooms for their crib breaks.
That upset them so they attacked their union offices and said unkind things to their leader.

We have now had two days of this.
The union boss says they are not members but antivaxxers in drag. The left wing of politics is saying they are right wing extremists and 'ManBoy Nazis'. The right wing says it is all down to union members. Others are saying it is anti vaxxers and libertarians.

Nobody has mentioned anarchists yet - or ratbags.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/v...21-p58tkw.html

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[RaymondR]

Ann will be on your case if you get to free with the term "ratbags" and stay well away from "morons".

As far as union members turning on the union hierarchy, I am pleased to see Setka receiving the abuse, the mans a thug.

[chrisr]

Originally Posted by

There are some differing requirements for state elections in SA and WA. More info here [url

https://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/Special_Category/no-fixed-address.htm[/url]

This may apply for some live a-boards, who knew

our cat is registered in nsw, and to do so you must provide a physical land address.

we use our daughter's address in newcastle and shortly after registering the boat, we received a letter from AEC saying we were now enrolled in that electorate

i suppose we could have objected but then we'd have to find / nominate another address...which would likely mean a letter from maritime to charge a fee to change the address on the registration etc etc

cheers,

[SV DINGO]

Wow , i am reaqlly impressed now.

About 30 min ago i watch DD giving a speach , telling people he and his communist government has equipped the Victorian Police with heavy arms and secret weapons to control the crowds and right now he has given us a small example of his secret weapon arsenal.

The detonated something that has caused a magnatiude 6 earthquake in Melboiurne.

What will he do next????

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

Wow , i am reaqlly impressed now.

About 30 min ago i watch DD giving a speach , telling people he and his communist government has equipped the Victorian Police with heavy arms and secret weapons to control the crowds and right now he has given us a small example of his secret weapon arsenal.

The detonated something that has caused a magnatiude 6 earthquake in Melboiurne.

What will he do next????

I suppose DD also did the one in Sydney about 10 minutes later or was that Gladys?

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.html

[SV DINGO]

Originally Posted by Wotname

I suppose DD also did the one in Sydney about 10 minutes later or was that Gladys?

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.html

The chinese must have given DD some mighty powerful stuff. Roads and Belts most certainly work.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

Wow , i am reaqlly impressed now.

About 30 min ago i watch DD giving a speach , telling people he and his communist government has equipped the Victorian Police with heavy arms and secret weapons to control the crowds and right now he has given us a small example of his secret weapon arsenal.

The detonated something that has caused a magnatiude 6 earthquake in Melboiurne.

What will he do next????

Dunno but that sure got my attention. I was very close to diving under the dining room table - seriously.
Previous strongest in Vic was 1982 - I was here for that as well - this was a lot stronger - said to be centered just south of here at Mansfield.

[SV DINGO]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Dunno but that sure got my attention. I was very close to diving under the dining room table - seriously.
Previous strongest in Vic was 1982 - I was here for that as well - this was a lot stronger - said to be centered just south of here at Mansfield.

I think i heard a discussion yesterday or the day before concerning Australia's entry into the nuclear age and a comment was made that nuclear is perfectly safe as Australia is on one of the most stable plates.

How funny.

Shows you , never say it can not happen.