Random Comments

[Aloysius]

Pauline H did not go far enough!

She should have walked up to the speaker and opened her black coat to expose:

BANG,

YOU ARE ALL DEAD!

What then the sooky senator.

You can't get served at a servo wearing a m/cycle helmet but you can in a birka!


Go figure!

[Aloysius]

Just got back from a tour of Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.

 

Learnings:

• It takes a long time to recover from 40 years of communist government
  
• Entrenched corruption takes even longer
  
• ex communist governed people appear to be strongly attached to their christian faith - Orthodox or Catholic.
  
• Changing currency every two or three days is a bit tiresome.
  
• Cyrillic alphabet makes it really difficult to imagine what the words mean!
  
• The high ideals of communism appear to be quickly forgotten when they are in power - power is the important word here.
  
• There are good folks everywhere you go
  

[POWERZONE]

Nice trip

[Aloysius]

Nah Aussie's the best - Now if only we had less whingers!!!

[Aloysius]

If you read about the Romanian experience with Mr Ceaucescu you find that a real dullard came to power by accident.

 

As I pondered this I thought to myself - "You know if we had a properly left wing government in Oz a la Romania in the Communist years - the guys in power would not be the ALP and the BS types it would be the CFMEU bully boys - they know all about power."

[POWERZONE]

What happens if the patient can't communicate?

I wouldn't want to be kept alive if I was dying in agony from a terminal condition.

It's akin to torture in my view.

[Aloysius]

In my view there are excellent palliative care treatments that pretty much remove the agony bit. 

[POWERZONE]

I have a bad feeling I won't be able to afford palliative care when I do my parrot act Aloy

[POWERZONE]

Aloy did you just crash the NZ dollar or was it Luna Park ?

[Aloysius]

I have a bad feeling I won't be able to afford palliative care when I do my parrot act Aloy

 

 

You will get what you deserve hopefully - the very best of care!!

 

 

As for the NZ Dollar I think Winston Peters can claim the credit for that!!!

[POWERZONE]

It's going to be a very strange Govt... something like a Gillard Govt wannabee in coalition with a Trump wannabe.

[Aloysius]

It's going to be a very strange Govt... something like a Gillard Govt wannabee in coalition with a Trump wannabe.

 

 

You got the part about strange right - just like Julia , Jacinta will be hostage to a raging madman power broker with a RS track record - Hey New Zealand that's what you voted for - one way or the other.

 

Remember Oakshott and Windsor? The public did and flushed them away

 

 

Essentially the voters have sidelined themselves giving the power to determine government to one man with 9% of the vote!

 

Wacky system that makes ours look positively pristine - which it ain't!!

[Aloysius]

Better late than never!

[POWERZONE]

   

 

I don't like crikkit !

 

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/lead...c8d9bcb7fc

[Aloysius]

http://www.news.com.au/national/politics...25b8fe8dd0

 

<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">“Today, after much reflection, I’ve decided that the best service I can render to the federal parliamentary Labor Party is to not return to the Senate in 2018,” Senator Dastyari said today.

<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">“I’ve not reached this decision lightly. But in my deliberations, I’ve been guided by my Labor values, which tell me that I should leave if my ongoing presence detracts from the pursuit of Labor’s mission.

<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">“It is evident to me we are at that point, so I will spare the party any further distraction. I love the Labor Party."

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<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Heh heh the full party political culture on display!

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<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">He clearly does not see himself as an Australian Senator only as a party political loyalist. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm one of the biggest problems facing this country is self serving party political hacks.

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<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">They are elected and paid to represent their electorates but alas the party machine takes the highest priority. 

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<p style="font-family:LiberationSerif, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:19px;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah well - good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

[POWERZONE]

Hey Aloy.

 

Ready for the recession ?

 

Next year they reckon... or the year after

[Aloysius]

Hey Aloy.

 

Ready for the recession ?

 

Next year they reckon... or the year after

 

 

I'm all in cash - the best place to be I reckon.

 

Is this a world recession you predict?

 

Are the US raising interest rates?

Does that support the prediction?

[POWERZONE]

 

 

I'm all in cash - the best place to be I reckon.

 

Is this a world recession you predict?

 

Are the US raising interest rates?

Does that support the prediction?

 

Yep. Pretty much.

 

Similar indicators of ten years ago are emerging.

 

Bloated markets, rates making debt unserviceable, and one curious thing that repeats itself - oil prices going up prior to the "event".

 

So yep, cash, gold and BBOZ

[POWERZONE]

The Liberals have won that seat - so they must have been dopey.

[POWERZONE]

If Labor had won the seat the voters would still be sensible.

 

If One Nation had won the seat the voters would still be sensible

 

If the Greens had won the seat the voters would still be sensible

 

Anyone who understands democracy understands this.

 

The majority is always right.