The money the US spends on defence is as representative of its effectiveness as the money the US spends on health care with the outcomes it delivers
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The money the US spends on defence is as representative of its effectiveness as the money the US spends on health care with the outcomes it delivers
Tonight Carlton and the Swans will kick off the third AFL season since the Murphy report unanimously recommended a comprehensive ban on gambling ads.
Once again, our screens and stadia will be polluted with wall-to-wall gambling advertising, a normalised part of sporting culture in Australia.
My conspicuous theory is that Russia organised October 7 in Israel/Gaza to distract the world from Ukraine. (Just to add to the list)
We don't hΠ°tΠ΅ russΡΠ° enoughβ¦
It is so sad that many unions backed Trump as a candidate
I don't understand why the relevant government departments would comply with the president against a ruling by SCOTUS. Surely they (the employees) are breaking the law collecting the tariffs?
Regardless the relevant authorities should immediately stop collecting the money
Australians are the worldβs biggest losers when it comes to gambling. Itβs a predatory system - the industryβs business model depends on people losing.
What makes it even more disturbing is the ongoing acceptance of donations, gifts & perks from gambling companies by some MPs & Senators.
Says the guy who auctioned off little girls
Says the guy who trafficked little girls
Says the guy who raped little girls
Voter cheating, or electoral fraud, is extremely rare in the USA
Only 39 cases of voter fraud were ID'd in a recent election, a mere 0.000039% of over 100 million ballots cast
Yeah not sure how many others raped children
Enshitification 101
Where's Don Rumsfeld when you need him π
In my career I interacted with this organisation a little. Such an impressive group of people. This is truly a loss
It's quite long but well worth the watch
Right now, the Government is starving medical research of full funding, even as it claims that science and research are national priorities. If our leaders truly value science as much as they say, then they must back their words with actionβand fund it properly.
Join the campaign!
Go the dogs! Years ago, as an oblivious bloke and a runner, I thought wow women really love to run with their dogs π€¦ββοΈ - when I realised
Toyota has repeatedly ranked as one of the strongest funders of pro-pollution, anti-EV, and climate denying propaganda in the world, a new report reveals its growing interest in seeding anti-science attitudes in US Congress, through political bribes to climate deniers.
electrek.co/2025/01/14/t...
I'm an Australian and the really big difference is that it places the obligation on the government to make it easy. We can 'prepoll' 10!days before, do a postal vote, polling places in cities are typically less than 1.5 miles between them, they are always held on a Saturday etc.
Make voting compulsory! ( perhaps a small fine for a first offence). You can spoil your ballot if you really want to abstain, but it is a responsibility that is placed upon the individual when they become a citizen of age
Um engineer here with a small business. We have 1 EV and 1 diesel ute in the driveway. As far as I am aware the first full EV ute went on sale in Australia just this month. I have been waiting for an EV ute for work for ages (not a hybrid but full EV)
The factories of today are open plan offices. People in professions like Engineering are actually the "information age factory fodder". These people perceived themselves to be part of the leadership team, whereas they are actually just workers. This is part of the misunderstanding of the system
Just a note. Volvo is now a Chinese company. ( I drive a Volvo EV )
I hope your coffee was good! I hope it was better than mine, and I'm from Melbourne Australia where we live for coffee and mine was pretty damn good
The share of the population living in extreme poverty is now higher in the United States than in China.
When will more people realise that the US is only a democracy in name, not in action?
It merely dances to the tune of the top 1%.
Former President Donald Trump creepily smiling in front of a dark background with the text: Thousands of air traffic controllers left out of Trump's shutdown bonus checks
Does he pay anyone??
In a report released today, the AEC again confirms that it supports net zero 'on the premise that the least cost, lowest impact pathway is an energy system dominated by renewables.
THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT THE FOUNDERS WARNED US ABOUT
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To be honest I am amazed at how powerless US federal workers are. They have to work without pay. If they strike they are sacked and black banned for life. This is just wrong. Forced to work without pay is slavery. If they eventually get paid there is no penalty on the govt for missing payments