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    05-30-2023, 05:20 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Apology in The Bilge
    The wealthy can always buy influence, and do.
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    05-30-2023, 05:18 PM
    LOL!, I reread Machiavelli quite recently…………
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    05-30-2023, 05:10 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    Re PWC. It strikes me that this is rather likely hiring a sex worker for the night, and then expecting them not to service any other clients. After...
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    05-30-2023, 03:44 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Fascism Revisited in The Bilge
    #1, seems time for a republish. A 2nd edition would hardly need any additional material.
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    05-30-2023, 03:38 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Political 'news' speak in The Bilge
    Never forget the private press is about making money and in many cases political influence to make more money. Their audience is the advertisers, not...
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    05-30-2023, 03:32 PM
    None
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    05-30-2023, 03:30 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/01/19/a-military-defeat-is-the-only-cure The promulgation of a 'crusade' mentality will make any result a very...
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    05-30-2023, 05:41 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    They need longer rubber bands………...
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    05-30-2023, 05:39 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Apology in The Bilge
    I think Garret it very much depends on the personality concerned. Some work for corporations and they only have one client. Some work for criminals,...
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    05-30-2023, 05:29 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    Parliament decides what the next stage is, Parliament is supreme, but the 'voice', the advice, the consultation will be permanent.
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    05-30-2023, 04:50 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    I'm glad we have a referendum, and I do not understand why any politician allows another to dictate his attitude on this matter. But Dutton needs a...
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    05-30-2023, 04:44 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    I doubt the drones came from Ukraine…… Maybe Russian dissenters………. drones are cheap and can be refitted.
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    05-30-2023, 04:06 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    Oh yes, the MP's were running fore cover all over the place. Actual democracy rather than government by lobby group was a strange concept……………….
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    05-30-2023, 04:02 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    "I keep hearing people talking about rebuilding the Public Service. I've had this discussion at high levels. Neither party has the courage to do it....
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    05-30-2023, 03:59 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Its possible that the threat is more effective against Russian troops on the ground than an actual attack. Raising the stress level so that when one...
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    05-30-2023, 03:51 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    The NSW corps is never far from the NSW government or policing. Down in Vic we had Tommy Bent, and well named he was too. To get preselection...
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    05-30-2023, 03:14 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Oz Politics. in The Bilge
    Re the PWC consultants playing on both teams at once. "Someone will always leak"…… One panelist making excuses on the drum. More than one, but I bet...
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    05-30-2023, 03:07 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Apology in The Bilge
    At the risk of reoffending……………. "An odd omission for a profession intimately tied to the very notions of right, wrong, and justice." That's a...
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    05-30-2023, 03:05 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread COVID rates are up in The Bilge
    Infections of a newer strain are up here too……. Few are wearing masks and until the death rate goes up significantly I do not expect a change, if...
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    05-30-2023, 02:54 AM
    Chaplin All the stormtroopers have American accents…………. ahem……….. :ycool:
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    05-29-2023, 09:53 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Byob !!!!!! in The Bilge
    Yeah……..we wus robbed…………...
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    05-29-2023, 09:51 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Apology in The Bilge
    …..and aint that the truth…………….
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    05-29-2023, 09:46 PM
    It's cultural. Don told me.
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    05-29-2023, 05:21 PM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Byob !!!!!! in The Bilge
    Pizzles my grandma called them……...
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    05-29-2023, 03:47 PM
    In some parts of Australia the council have erected large billboards in front of the properties concerned explaining that trees were poisoned and the...
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    05-29-2023, 03:40 PM
    Stretch my resources at the time and go back to Uni to do Museum Studies/Archaeology/Palientolgy or some such. That's where my interests have always...
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    05-29-2023, 07:29 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Byob !!!!!! in The Bilge
    G'day Bobby, there's a rumour that you are going on the active list again?……………… Garland, rain on pollen breaks the grains up and that's what get's...
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    05-29-2023, 06:51 AM
    Immigration Law and processes have been political footballs here for some time too, One conservative PM won an election based on lies about it (Lugs...
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    05-29-2023, 06:46 AM
    I expect that if donald had pardoned them all, or any, it may have implied that there was something to be pardoned for…………..and I presume he could...
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    05-29-2023, 06:42 AM
    skuthorp replied to a thread Apology in The Bilge
    I have been on 3 juries. I was not impressed by the legals on either side. But the jury room was always a revelation!
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Old bloke, more a bush carpenter than a woodworker.Living in a house in a bush/beach locatiion
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victoria, australia. (1 address now)
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sailing. model making, xc skiing, fly fishing, boat building (at last!)
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