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Barry Tucker
@btucker.bsky.social
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Canoeing, camping, carpentry, a pacifist. Carpentry website: https://t.co/5amjZEGIW9 Respect for Nature now my "religion".
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · Sep 8
Corporate governance of USA (& elsewhere) began with Lewis Powell's 1971 memo to US Chamber of Commerce, regarded as a blueprint.

Read a Greenpeace analysis of blueprint & what's happened since:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpea...

The New Corporation is an update:
www.bing.com/videos/river...
Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
Forty years ago, not only was Greenpeace formed, but a then-obscure corporate lawyer (later appointed by President Nixon to the Supreme Court) drafted a memorandum for the U.S. Chamber of…
www.greenpeace.org
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 19h
Trump said he was disappointed with his mate Vladimir after a rain of missiles on residential areas, following a meeting with Vlad.

He was also pissed off by Bendyamind Netanyahu's attack on Hamas negotiators in Qatar.

Let's see if Trump can be consistent & annoyed at same time.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 19h
Must be sinful or blasphemous to seek peaceful relations instead of preparing for a war that may never happen.

Has anyone bothered to ask Vladimir Putin or China's Xi Jinping if they want to conquer the world & why?

I'm sure the arms industry drives the tension & competition.
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 21h
“Australians are increasingly feeling that corporations & lobbyists are drowning out their voices. Major industries donate millions to political parties, hire former politicians as lobbyists, & shape public policy to serve their own private interests.”

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/democracy-fo...
Democracy for Sale: The Hidden Cost of Corporate Power
Democracy for Sale reveals how the hidden costs of corporate power in Australian politics harm citizens and hinder fair reforms.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 19h
Think Tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next.

thepolitics.com.au/the-think-ta...
The think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next  - THE POLITICS
The Coalition is policy-lite and hostile to the idea of government. Waiting in the wings are the right-wing groups, powered up and ready to fill the void.
thepolitics.com.au
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 19h
Ukraine doesn't have a platform for the launching of Tomahawk missiles.

But Ukraine's military is innovative. They'll think of something.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next.

thepolitics.com.au/the-think-ta...
The think-tanks are killing democracy. Australia is next  - THE POLITICS
The Coalition is policy-lite and hostile to the idea of government. Waiting in the wings are the right-wing groups, powered up and ready to fill the void.
thepolitics.com.au
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
True, it ain't capable of deep thought. But many of its MPs are graduates of the IPA stink tank, including James Paterson.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Victorian Liberals are talking about cancelling the State's peace treaty with Indigenous people.

Backward & prejudiced Liberals shd just pack their tent & piss off into the wilderness (where Indigenous people will eventually have to save their lost arses).
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Haiti, south-east of Cuba in the Caribbean & rocked by rioting gangs, may have oil reserves greater than those of Venezuela.

Don't tell Donald Trump. He'll want them for himself.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Q: What's the difference between a 16-year-old & a 17-year-old?

A: One day.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Oops. *know more about it ...
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Living in a tent is okay for a few days. Sleeping in a car damn near impossible & cramp inducing.

Laws shd be relaxed to allow longer stays in caravan parks, National Parks, due to housing shortage.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Trump got those teeth from a joke shop.

Gets his orange spray tan somewhere else.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Recall Trump 1.0's procession of Press Secretaries, or White House spokespersons.

One last only a few days.

The current one is prepared to completely prostitute herself on behalf of Trump.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Morrison's pre-selection scandal should have been warning enough.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 20h
Why does a big man need a big signature, bigger than anyone else's signature?
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
As recommended by Lewis Powell in his 1971 Memo to US Chamber of Commerce, a blueprint for corporate dominance of US democracy.

See my pinned post for links to more.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
"Because we use Social Media we probably know about it than the people making these rules." -- Qld schoolgirl commenting on Labor fedgovt's ban on under-16s access.

The young lady quoted above turns 17 in January 2026, one month after ban hits.

Other comments on ABC News Radio worth hearing.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
How practical is a State of isolated territories (Gaza, parts of Jerusalem & West Bank)?

Modern Israel kicked off as 3 isolated territories, surrounded by hostile Palestinians.

Israel grabbed more land during warfare & hs bn expanding since.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
Beauty! Instead of a one-wheeler creating a trail in my nature strip I'll be spending time repairing a three-wheel trail.
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ChattyCathyPRGuysGrandma @chattycathyau.bsky.social · 21h
"The LNP needs to stop it's apology tour" James Paterson

Commentator: We have yet to hear any apology from the LNP for any of the sh!tfukkery that happened over the 9 years they were in power.

#AusPol
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
Right. LNP too busy blaming Labor for not fixing everything the LNP phuked up during its 9 years.

We know when LNP is returned to power (inevitable, unfortunately) it will undo everything Labor has done & phuk up everything all over again.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
I suppose Donald Trump's next triumph will be a ceasefire or settlement of Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine.

Meanwhile, civil war in his backyard (Haiti) rages on.

Trump must be uncomfortable with the idea of confronting armed gangs running amok & disrupting the government.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
The subject was long-term planning versus short-term flip-flopping chaos.
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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 21h
Trumpty Dumpty reckons he's brought peace to the Middle East for first time in 3,000 years.

Apart from the 3,000 years bit, it's odd to hv a peace agreement with non-combatants only bc Israel & Hamas did not attend his peace summit in Egypt.

There are already cracks in the ceasefire.
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