GrumpyBum

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BioShake it to the left. Humanist, intolerant of intolerance. Anti bull shit. Wurundjeri Country. Quad Vaxxed.
InterestsMusic, 60's and 70's, anything but opera. Family history and Ancestry. Blues. Play a few instruments. Food and wine.
Work life and statusBorn in UK, worked in labs, music, baking, publishing, HiTech. Lived in Scotland, USA, now Australia. Retired IT analyst programmer, manager, contractor. 38 years in the industry.
Home lifeMarried. Two greyhounds. Henry and Sally
GrumpyBumNov 5, 2023
VacuousNessNov 5, 2023

@BridgetArcherMP needs to go independent, but campaign costs would be horrendous I suspect.

#Bass

‘Liberal Party’ is false advertising. They’re straight Tories and become worse with every passing year.

#auspol

GrumpyBumJun 17, 2023
@BreezieLT Dear breezie. I have missed you on the bird site, so hopped on here to wish you well. It's been pretty toxic over there this past week in particular. Do hope you will feel better soon. Take care of you.
GrumpyBumApr 11, 2023
skuaApr 11, 2023

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But I thought Scottie and The Apprentice Ben Morton had had them all lobotomised?

This Julian fellow is displaying independent thought.

#AusPol #AUPol

GrumpyBumApr 11, 2023
Drop BearApr 11, 2023
Recycling. 😜
#Auspol #VoiceToParliament
GrumpyBumMar 31, 2023
The_WraithMar 30, 2023
Gee you know you’re a piece of trash when you’re too much of an asshole for Pauline Hansen. That’s like Pol Pot referring to someone as “A little bit too violent for me”…. #auspol One Nation split as Pauline Hanson condemns 'disgusting' Mark Latham tweet https://flip.it/Hv4SxN
One Nation split as Pauline Hanson condemns 'disgusting' Mark Latham tweet

Mark Latham is embroiled in his second controversy over LGBT issues in as many weeks, just days after queer activists were allegedly bashed outside one of his pre-election speeches.

ABC News
GrumpyBumMar 18, 2023
Debbie SpillaneMar 17, 2023
Michael Pascoe nails it. The media covering the sideshow of Keating’s insults rather than the substance of his comments re China .
Tell us why his comments re China not being a threat and a few nuclear subs not being the answer even if it was are wrong. And please spare us ‘he shouldn’t have spoken to a woman journalist like that’. FFS.
#auspol #keating
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/2023/03/18/michael-pascoe-submarines-smh-paul-keating/
Hurt feelings trump media ability to weigh Paul Keating’s substance

Paul Keating opened the door to the unexamined question of how we arrived at this point, both nationally and within the Labor Party.

The New Daily
GrumpyBumJan 9, 2023
rollo75Jan 8, 2023

https://rollo75.blogspot.com/2023/01/horse-3128-why-are-we-subsidising.html - blogged

Why Are We Subsidising Private Schools?

#AusPol #NSWPol #Education

Horse 3128 - Why Are We Subsidising Private Schools?

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-private-school-fees-eclipse-45-000-after-parents-hit-by-hikes-20221222-p5c8bc.html Fees for some ...

GrumpyBumJan 9, 2023
Peter RelphJan 9, 2023

Giving George Monbiot's explainer on Neoliberalism another run, with a note from an Australian perspective that he missed.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot

When he said that the Mont Pelerin Society in America was the first Neoliberal institution he was incorrect, they had established the Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) in Australia in 1943 even while the anti-fascist war still continued.
The IPA was founded by the same people who founded the Liberal Party of Australia in 1944 (including Keith Murdoch Snr ) & has been their ideological base ever since.

#auspol #fascism #IPA

Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems

Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?

The Guardian
GrumpyBumJan 9, 2023
Peter Anderson 💉💉💉💉🇺🇦Jan 9, 2023

King, queen consort and Prince William all criticised as Harry says silence ‘allows the abuser to abuse’ (Guardian Australia)

How can any sensible Australian support this bunch of inbred egotistical toffs as our head of state?

Surely it’s time we had an Australian head of state and a flag without the Union Jack

We look like a bunch of toadies, too insecure to think for ourselves

#auspol #republic

GrumpyBumJan 9, 2023
Dr Elena LonerganJan 9, 2023

Look, I found a new limerick in Pete's Rubbish Bin!

*habitual bluster*

“The Voice is a fruitless endeavour.
It brings us no good whatsoever.
I’m bitter, I’m mad,
I’ve nothing to add.
Just snarling and useless as ever.”

#auspol #TheVoice #limerick #joke #humour #funny