@neilefromburleigh.bsky.social
Democracy requires dialogue, forbearance and compromise. Without them, politics is condemned to the totalitarianism of the fanatic, or to the impotence of the pure.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Democracy requires dialogue, forbearance and compromise. Without them, politics is condemned to the totalitarianism of the fanatic, or to the impotence of the pure.
My thought exactly. Barbaric and unbecoming though that is.
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My thought exactly. Barbaric and unbecoming though that is.
I am old enough to remember that the US made the rules for the world for decades and was as rich as it was then possible to be as a result. The change has to do with who gained from that wealth. Look at income distribution numbers from 1950 to 2025.
December 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I am old enough to remember that the US made the rules for the world for decades and was as rich as it was then possible to be as a result. The change has to do with who gained from that wealth. Look at income distribution numbers from 1950 to 2025.
Bloodily
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bloodily
Absolutely right, Huck. But that Homeland Security meme is just malevolent, it's obscene.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Absolutely right, Huck. But that Homeland Security meme is just malevolent, it's obscene.
True. Think of what economic, let alone security, value that trust delivered, and therefore what value is being destroyed. It will cost every American for generations.
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
True. Think of what economic, let alone security, value that trust delivered, and therefore what value is being destroyed. It will cost every American for generations.
Disciples of Goebbels and Roy Cohn all.
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Disciples of Goebbels and Roy Cohn all.
The guy who took the photo
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The guy who took the photo
Rats.Ships.
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Rats.Ships.
He doesn't look well
September 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
He doesn't look well
Silly old bugger, as we say here.
August 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Silly old bugger, as we say here.
Perhaps Putin likes your eye make-up JD.
August 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Perhaps Putin likes your eye make-up JD.
Euthanasia next, Stephen? FO you fascist grub, Miller. (Signed, a boomer from central casting)
August 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Euthanasia next, Stephen? FO you fascist grub, Miller. (Signed, a boomer from central casting)
These petulant, self-pitying, barely cogent, rambling rants are written by a man who doesn't drink. Imagine what blubbering incoherence we would be subjected to if he were plastered.
August 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
These petulant, self-pitying, barely cogent, rambling rants are written by a man who doesn't drink. Imagine what blubbering incoherence we would be subjected to if he were plastered.
In Australia, an independent electoral commission sets electorate boundaries, and conducts elections. Try that.
August 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In Australia, an independent electoral commission sets electorate boundaries, and conducts elections. Try that.
Could be he's channelling his late Mum. Vengeance post-mortem.
July 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Could be he's channelling his late Mum. Vengeance post-mortem.
Nobody who wrote such drivel should be allowed out in public, let alone holding office. Zero self-control. Zero self-awareness. Zero judgement.
July 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Nobody who wrote such drivel should be allowed out in public, let alone holding office. Zero self-control. Zero self-awareness. Zero judgement.
Does the old geezer have a skin disease of some kind? Eczema? Melanoma?
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Does the old geezer have a skin disease of some kind? Eczema? Melanoma?
Yep. And we in the rest of the liberal democratic world cannot believe American acquiescence in this.
July 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Yep. And we in the rest of the liberal democratic world cannot believe American acquiescence in this.
Not knowing WTF you're doing is among the few topics (rape, nepotism, extortion might be others) about which the fat fraud could speak with authority.
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Not knowing WTF you're doing is among the few topics (rape, nepotism, extortion might be others) about which the fat fraud could speak with authority.
Strangely reminiscent of Soviet science: "correcting" all human knowledge. Samizdat anyone?
June 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Strangely reminiscent of Soviet science: "correcting" all human knowledge. Samizdat anyone?
Which is why we in the rest of the liberal-democratic world wonder how he's there....a second time. What is it about the US system and culture, and people, which allows something so dysfunctional, so immoral, so absurd, to happen.
June 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Which is why we in the rest of the liberal-democratic world wonder how he's there....a second time. What is it about the US system and culture, and people, which allows something so dysfunctional, so immoral, so absurd, to happen.