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What Thinking Australians Are Thinking — October 26

What Thinking Australians Are Thinking — October 26

What Thinking Australians Are Thinking.. What do HRC president Gillian Triggs, former solicitor-general Justin Gleeson and Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner have in common? Yes, they’re all lawyers. And they all seem to have the delusion, so common among lawyers, that...

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Global Elites vs Suburban Streets — Mark Latham

For the first time, Western nations are being subjected to widespread social engineering, much of it publicly funded. The problem with progressivism of this kind is its moral vanity. Instead of creating a society of equal opportunity, where people are encouraged to become more self-sufficient and free thinking, Leftist elites believe the only nation worth having is one in which every citizen speaks and thinks like them.

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A classic illustration—-Compassion’s fine but ignoring fiscal reality won’t pay the bills — Nick Cater, The Australian

it’s more about being seen to weep and bleed and spend big money on an issue with no attention to detail or whether your idea will work. In other words it’s all about emotion. About, in this case, how Kate Ellis wants to be perceived as compassionate rather than the nuts and bolts and viability at the pointy end of delivery of the actual childcare policy.

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Random Note #189,974 — A history lesson for one, H R Clinton.

On election night 1948, most Americans went to bed thinking the Governor of New York and Republican candidate Thomas Dewey would be sworn in as President. Guess what. Didn’t happen. Two weeks out from election day in 1980, the polls had Jimmy Carter back at Pennsylvania Ave he was so far in front of Reagan. Guess what. Didn’t happen.

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