Possum
@pollytics.bsky.social
Political, economic and policy stuff. An unrepentant guitar gear hoarder. You know who I am.
A social democrat on the beats - a libertarian between the human, civil and political rights sheets.
The stupidity in this country is exhausting.
Moreton Bay
A social democrat on the beats - a libertarian between the human, civil and political rights sheets.
The stupidity in this country is exhausting.
Moreton Bay
At the end of the day, after pissing much money up the wall, higher courts always end up at the position of "you people are morons - it is not for the courts to decide over the petty squabbles of civic organisations like political parties, but especially political parties"
Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice
Greens co-founder Drew Hutton’s expulsion from party could be overturned after legal advice
A vote will be held next week after lawyers of Queensland party advised Hutton had been denied natural justice when revoking membership
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Greens co-founder Drew Hutton could have his life membership of the party’s Queensland branch reinstated in what he says is a “hollow” victory, following debate over his comments on “transgender ideology”.
The Queensland Greens have flagged that a vote on his possible return would be held next week, after they received advice from lawyers that the party had denied him natural justice when revoking his membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
At the end of the day, after pissing much money up the wall, higher courts always end up at the position of "you people are morons - it is not for the courts to decide over the petty squabbles of civic organisations like political parties, but especially political parties"
Not having to live the US shitshow, the Dems gave exactly the number of votes necessary, with no one voting facing midterm re-election, giving the party a "we saved you" line for Fed services, employees & SNAP. Republicans will backflip on health insurance, making them own rises. It's good politics
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Not having to live the US shitshow, the Dems gave exactly the number of votes necessary, with no one voting facing midterm re-election, giving the party a "we saved you" line for Fed services, employees & SNAP. Republicans will backflip on health insurance, making them own rises. It's good politics
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Ok my EG Whitlam yarn. Early 90's Gough is speaker at a national Young Labor dinner. I'm a new SVP and get to sit next to him. He's being introduced by another delegate - at inappropriate length. Gough leans in a bit to me and asks *do the voice*
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Ok my EG Whitlam yarn. Early 90's Gough is speaker at a national Young Labor dinner. I'm a new SVP and get to sit next to him. He's being introduced by another delegate - at inappropriate length. Gough leans in a bit to me and asks *do the voice*
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
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The Albanese Government is asking the High Court to create a new defence to false imprisonment to escape $10s of millions it is liable to pay 356 people it was forced to release from immigration detention.
www.afr.com//politics/hi...
www.afr.com//politics/hi...
High Court immigration test case could result in payouts of millions
More than 350 non-citizens released from immigration detention have claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
www.afr.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The Albanese Government is asking the High Court to create a new defence to false imprisonment to escape $10s of millions it is liable to pay 356 people it was forced to release from immigration detention.
www.afr.com//politics/hi...
www.afr.com//politics/hi...
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Tell me an unpleasant truth about your profession?
Mine is politics. Most participants and the keenly engaged are still only a third of the way to being across how anything politically works on any topic. And the older you get, the harder you have to check yourself from being condescending.
Mine is politics. Most participants and the keenly engaged are still only a third of the way to being across how anything politically works on any topic. And the older you get, the harder you have to check yourself from being condescending.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tell me an unpleasant truth about your profession?
Mine is politics. Most participants and the keenly engaged are still only a third of the way to being across how anything politically works on any topic. And the older you get, the harder you have to check yourself from being condescending.
Mine is politics. Most participants and the keenly engaged are still only a third of the way to being across how anything politically works on any topic. And the older you get, the harder you have to check yourself from being condescending.
The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
To be clear - I'm not having a go at anyone here. Nearly everyone in the renewable space are good faith actors.
Blaming governments for automotive consumption choices is like blaming them for washing machine choices in Australia. The question is what is missing from the products offered.
Blaming governments for automotive consumption choices is like blaming them for washing machine choices in Australia. The question is what is missing from the products offered.
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To be clear - I'm not having a go at anyone here. Nearly everyone in the renewable space are good faith actors.
Blaming governments for automotive consumption choices is like blaming them for washing machine choices in Australia. The question is what is missing from the products offered.
Blaming governments for automotive consumption choices is like blaming them for washing machine choices in Australia. The question is what is missing from the products offered.
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Yes indeed…The tables ALWAYS turn‼️
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yes indeed…The tables ALWAYS turn‼️
This ad would have much bigger recall if the title was at the top, one of the dogs was saying get ready Qld, and the other dog said "And remember to check on your Johnathans"
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This ad would have much bigger recall if the title was at the top, one of the dogs was saying get ready Qld, and the other dog said "And remember to check on your Johnathans"
The American establishment - be they liberals or otherwise - trying to deal with even the faintest hint of leftism in their 21st century politics is pretty funny. You could all just try being normal for a change as an alternative you know. Though, you won't get paid to say or write words for that eh
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The American establishment - be they liberals or otherwise - trying to deal with even the faintest hint of leftism in their 21st century politics is pretty funny. You could all just try being normal for a change as an alternative you know. Though, you won't get paid to say or write words for that eh
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See, this why you can't just be popping off at the mouth if you don't mean it, words have power.
I’ll give Dick Cheney props for one thing. When he said New York would have a Muslim mayor over his dead body, he really meant it… 😳
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
See, this why you can't just be popping off at the mouth if you don't mean it, words have power.
From the margins on some of these US races today, the Dems could have run some dude called Lenin Soros-Alinsky and still got over the line in most races 🤣
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
From the margins on some of these US races today, the Dems could have run some dude called Lenin Soros-Alinsky and still got over the line in most races 🤣
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
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Any election anywhere in the world that makes Very Serious People eat a gigantic shit sandwich, is a good day for humanity.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Any election anywhere in the world that makes Very Serious People eat a gigantic shit sandwich, is a good day for humanity.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Pupdate - Ruby undid the zipper of a beanbag, including breaking the stiching we put in so that wouldn't happen. Of course the ceiling fans were on at the time.
So what have you lot been up to for the last two hours? 🤣
So what have you lot been up to for the last two hours? 🤣
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Pupdate - Ruby undid the zipper of a beanbag, including breaking the stiching we put in so that wouldn't happen. Of course the ceiling fans were on at the time.
So what have you lot been up to for the last two hours? 🤣
So what have you lot been up to for the last two hours? 🤣
Sussan Ley and her zoo have the opportunity to institutionally change Australia more towards the Liberal Party than any leader since Menzies. Break from the Nats, run three cornered contests, and eradicate them off the back of Labor preferences. One shot in the locker - aim carefully.
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Sussan Ley and her zoo have the opportunity to institutionally change Australia more towards the Liberal Party than any leader since Menzies. Break from the Nats, run three cornered contests, and eradicate them off the back of Labor preferences. One shot in the locker - aim carefully.
Au contraire - as a wing of the Liberal Party after the election of John Howard thought: You can lead the National Party to water, but you can only drown them once.
Don't miss.
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“You can lead The Liberals to water, but you can’t make The Nationals think”
Traditional Australian saying
Traditional Australian saying
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Au contraire - as a wing of the Liberal Party after the election of John Howard thought: You can lead the National Party to water, but you can only drown them once.
Don't miss.
Don't miss.
This Parliament and this Senate doesn't have what - from my memory - every term of government has had since the mid 90's. A major non-government protagonist in the house or the senate. The problem with vacuums is that they get filled, and I hope for us all it isn't Barnaby Joyce OnlyFans
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This Parliament and this Senate doesn't have what - from my memory - every term of government has had since the mid 90's. A major non-government protagonist in the house or the senate. The problem with vacuums is that they get filled, and I hope for us all it isn't Barnaby Joyce OnlyFans
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