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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

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quadzilla Friday, 2 May 2025 at 3:01am
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It’s all a game of chess at the moment. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-peace-ce025ba1...

At 14-40, the deal is revealed.

All fair and reasonable to me...Make Ukraine and America GREAT!

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Confusion Friday, 2 May 2025 at 4:23am

National Security Advisor,
Mike Waltz , the instigator of the Signal group chat ,is fired along with his advisor
Alex Wong .

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Supafreak Friday, 2 May 2025 at 5:14am

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

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Confusion Friday, 2 May 2025 at 6:50am
Supafreak wrote:

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

Twisted idiot is a great description for you ,
Why not have a cry at @ southern , who also views them .?
If it really means that much to you sook girl .
Stick with your much easier to understand X and imstagrump whatever is easy for you.

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soggydog Friday, 2 May 2025 at 8:26am
quadzilla wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

It’s all a game of chess at the moment. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-peace-ce025ba1...

At 14-40, the deal is revealed.

All fair and reasonable to me...Make Ukraine and America GREAT!

I’m not sure if stripping Ukraine of its young men and natural resources not to mention the loss of land on both fronts. The east to Russia and the west to the likes of Blackrock. Is making Ukraine great, except for a minority of people who aren’t Ukrainian.

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andy-mac Friday, 2 May 2025 at 8:54am

Trump really is a POS.
I guess international law is meaningless when you are happy supporting an active genocide.
Conservation is so woke!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/deep-sea-mining-us-executive-orde...

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old-dog Friday, 2 May 2025 at 9:02am

Breaking news, POTUS is a POS.

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Confusion Friday, 2 May 2025 at 9:18am

Conservation is standing in the way of
Making America Great Again.

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mick66 Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 8:30am
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Trump really is a POS.
I guess international law is meaningless when you are happy supporting an active genocide.
Conservation is so woke!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/deep-sea-mining-us-executive-orde...

It's really pretty simple. When making decisions, they ask the following questions:
1. Will the environment get ruined?
2. Does it make no sense?
3. Would it make any normal person shake their head in disbelief?
4. Is it a way of saying F U to much of the country and the rest of the (non-Russian) world?

If it's affirmative to any of the above, then it's a full go.

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tearymasseuse Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 3:21pm

Affirmative.
…and thank you for your service ;)

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southernraw Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 3:55pm
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

Twisted idiot is a great description for you ,
Why not have a cry at @ southern , who also views them .?
If it really means that much to you sook girl .
Stick with your much easier to understand X and imstagrump whatever is easy for you.

Probably cos Supa and i show a mutual respect for each other Jeffrey.
That and i very rarely post vids on this thread.

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southernraw Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 3:57pm

Pope The Real Donald Trump the First.
Why not. Couldn't get much wierder at this point.
https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=163&q=donald+trump+pope&cvid=3a19b48fbe...

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southernraw Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 4:18pm
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Supafreak Monday, 5 May 2025 at 10:07pm

IMG-1301

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Supafreak Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 7:56am

The panda whisperer , that cracked me up .

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stunet Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 7:48am

Good article from TFP that goes some way to explaining the history behind the tariff wars. Seems a little incomplete, or maybe that's to do with the Oz experience, though it helps show why the traditional left might rankle at Trump but approve some of his policies.

'The Intellectual Godfathers of Protectionism'

"Once shunned, globalization’s doubters turned out to be right about its destructive economic and social consequences. What do they think of what Trump is doing?"

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flollo Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 8:58am

The traditional left will absolutely support some of these policies. These policies are identical as those in the Soviet Union and the rest of the Eastern Block. They used to make everything there and anything from outside was drastically tarrifed and frowned upon. Or even illegal.

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 10:02am

Federal Judge Beryl Howell stands up to Trumps attack on legal firms , calling out the law firms who have bent the knee and capitulated to Trump, while standing up for the legal firms who are pushing back against Trump’s attacks.

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 10:45am

“A troubling moment in this country,
when the very importance of facts , is
dismissed or ignored ,
That’s a very risky business for all of us and our democracy..
Historian Heather Cox Richardson , explains,
That burying facts with false history telling,
Is one of the keys to the rise of Authoritarianism.,
Big lies are springboards for authoritarians.
America is at a crossroads, teetering on the edge of authoritarianism.
We are at a time of testing , and how it comes out as it always has is resting in our own hands “
US Federal Judge Beryl Howell , gives her objective view on the US political situation today,

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andy-mac Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 10:52am
stunet wrote:

Good article from TFP that goes some way to explaining the history behind the tariff wars. Seems a little incomplete, or maybe that's to do with the Oz experience, though it helps show why the traditional left might rankle at Trump but approve some of his policies.

'The Intellectual Godfathers of Protectionism'

"Once shunned, globalization’s doubters turned out to be right about its destructive economic and social consequences. What do they think of what Trump is doing?"

Interesting article and some very valid points.

However, many in the USA, both corporations and individuals accumulated extreme wealth due to their trade with China, and this could have been handled within the US domestically a lot better.

When a full-time worker at Walmart still needs government assistance to live whilst the family who are the major shareholder is one of the world's richest families, there is a problem with wealth distribution in the US.

Tariffs in this case will just make everyone poorer, and the USA in my view will lose the trade war.

I just hope Australia is not fooked over in the process as we rely on the global trade system especially China and Asia.

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 11:22am
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Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

Twisted idiot is a great description for you ,
Why not have a cry at @ southern , who also views them .?
If it really means that much to you sook girl .
Stick with your much easier to understand X and imstagrump whatever is easy for you.

Probably cos Supa and i show a mutual respect for each other Jeffrey.
That and i very rarely post vids on this thread.

“@ Supa freak wrote
“Masturbating the Naive , an appropriate acronym “

A mutual respect for that sort of language.
Is that even legal to post sexually harassing
ads like that in Indonesia,
Even if I was LGBTQ , which I’m not
Not that there’s anything wrong with that in Australia, not sure about Indonesia though,????

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 11:24am

The application of conman sense

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Hiccups Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 3:56pm

The U.S of A gonna step in now that Bibi has made even more bleedingly obvious that he's ethnically cleansing Palestine? Probably not ay.

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andy-mac Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 4:17pm
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The U.S of A gonna step in now that Bibi has made even more bleedingly obvious that he's ethnically cleansing Palestine? Probably not ay.

Yeah... nah.

Gaza genocide displaying western values, upholding international law, rules based order blah blah blah.

All the western leaders are showing grave concern, but do fark all to stop it.

Absolute disgrace.

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 4:27pm

Always a few exceptions with the bibi bloodbath bias :

“ Rule of law ensures that everyone, including leaders, is subject to the same legal standards. “

Actually, more than a few exceptions:

“ Freedom of speech, religion, and expression are highly valued, as is equality, especially in terms of gender, race, and human rights. “

….. carry on ;)

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/gfWKdyfo1w0

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sypkan Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 5:44pm
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Supafreak Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 6:52pm
Confusion wrote:
southernraw wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

Twisted idiot is a great description for you ,
Why not have a cry at @ southern , who also views them .?
If it really means that much to you sook girl .
Stick with your much easier to understand X and imstagrump whatever is easy for you.

Probably cos Supa and i show a mutual respect for each other Jeffrey.
That and i very rarely post vids on this thread.

“@ Supa freak wrote
“Masturbating the Naive , an appropriate acronym “

A mutual respect for that sort of language.
Is that even legal to post sexually harassing
ads like that in Indonesia,
Even if I was LGBTQ , which I’m not
Not that there’s anything wrong with that in Australia, not sure about Indonesia though,????

Breathe jeffy

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 7:31pm
Supafreak wrote:

Masturbating The Naive really is an appropriate acronym. https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-national-security-signal-db2443f6...

Be careful what you wish for

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seeds Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:12pm

Silly Jeff
Assigning gender to the word naive.

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:25pm
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Silly Jeff
Assigning gender to the word naive.

Yes ,good point, but @ supastud did quote @confusion ,
in the post, and he is a male ,
Maybe @ supastud doesn’t know that,
And unmarried sex is also now technically illegal in Indonesia ,!!!!

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seeds Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:33pm

Shiszars Sexxy I’ll give you a hug.
Only in Orstralia though

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Confusion Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:43pm
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Shiszars Sexxy I’ll give you a hug.
Only in Orstralia though

No thanks
Not that there’s anything wrong with that !
Supa would be better off masturbating the
naive in the Philippines , although they’re not that naive either.
Not so strict. there

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:44pm

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 9:45pm
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basesix Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 10:00pm

yeh, that book was a story worth telling @seeds..
which surprised me. Go, Tom Tilly.

sorry @sypkan/@Confusion, I have no idea of the bells vs call-to-prayer issues, but I have contributed to church bell restoration (and organ) and sung in choirs with people in churches supporting building restorations and contributing to the 'culture' a couple of funky un-trad ones that even @Opti would approve of..

some people I know have left will-money to these bells.. all enjoyed multicultural discussions. Last thing they'd do is politicise some cultural practices to fuel some naaastie agenda..

hope middle eastern people are proud of their traditions in the same way.. and are interested in christian pointy-hat hollow-men wobbygobbles too.. my experience shows sensible conversations can happen around these ridiculously antiquated and not-relevant anachronistic traditions.. if there's some norms around to make sure no-one takes themself too seriously..

the sooner we can all grow up and simply respect each others' chosen paths, traditions and backgrounds, the better..

again, as I said to @vj, (who contributes to his culture by engaging with its traditions)..
what the fuck are we all doing to further our culture?
just disgruntled commenting about pillars?
..or engaging, creating and preserving?

funny how people who whinge big often have absolutely fuck all to offer.

I have got to say, the most useless fuckers I have ever met in my life.. like 'no point to them existing' humans.. wankers that live in places like the gili islands, and complain about lazy balinese, and end up sitting near me on planes when they fly back every 6 months to collect my tax dollars to fund their pension.

I took the time to learn gamelan traditions. what did you do?