wayneL
VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO!
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I miss Tones, I still like him.
I miss Tones, I still like him.I've always thought he did a good job with covid, he as a person was never my cup of tea, but IMO probably the right personality for a crisis like Covid and shutting down the Country.
Obstinate, arrogant, thick skinned, quick thinking, excellent memory and not phased by the media, without those unattractive traits, he would have been torn to shreds by the press.
With him being calm and having the answers, when questioned on every aspect of the covid pandemic, it instilled calm in the general public, throughout the incident IMO.
He was never popular with the media, also Australians aren't overly religious, so being strongly opinionated and religious is never going to sit well with the Australian public.
As I've said before I try to cancel all the white noise and just judge on the job at hand, not what the media or rusted on disciples think or say.
So IMO he wont be missed, but neither was Turnbull, Abbott, Gillard and Rudd, it has been a long time since Australia has had a statesman.
As I said at the time, he isn't the nicest person and definitely not someone I would befriend, but neither was Winston Churchill after the war he was tossed out also.Good on you SP. From all my friends and colleagues you are probably his biggest fan and some of them are Liberal party members.
A real Oka, call it as you see, call a spade a spade and fck the consequences.I miss Tones, I still like him.
Well if that was true, we would still be buying the French subs, there would be no AUKUS, no Kurri Kurri, while going through an economic shutdown, you need to be a bit more balanced in your reasoning.Morrison was a policy free zone.
The upside is the coal generators aren't polluting.Serious xhit happening across Victoria at the moment.
Out of control bush fires caused by dry lightening strikes. Major power outages as storms bring down transmission lines.
Many suburban train lines out of action from storm damage and/or power outages
Widespread power blackouts as power outages take effect. Long night ahead.
Half a million Victorians lose power as bushfires, storms wreak havoc — as it happened
As bushfires continued to rage in Victoria's west, residents were also been hit with major power outages from severe thunderstorms.www.abc.net.au
Well, I guess Putrid has to say this. He couldn't inform the peasants of his nation that they may be under attack and was warned of it, being a distinct possibility.There is another more detailed analysis of the ISIS terrorist attack in Russia. I wonder how many Russians would be aware that there was serious concern from Western intelligence about the likelihood of an attack and that Putin had basically trashed the advice ?
At least 60 killed and scores wounded in Moscow concert hall attack
Islamic State claims responsibility after gunmen in combat gear opened fire and reportedly set off explosives at Crocus City Hall
.....Earlier this month, western countries led by the US had issued terror warnings and told their citizens not to join public gatherings in Russia.
- Major terrorist attack at Moscow concert hall – latest updates
- Moscow concert hall attack: what we know so far
On 8 March, the embassy wrote it was “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and US citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours”.
.. The US had intelligence confirming Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the shooting, a US official said, adding that Washington had warned Moscow in recent weeks of the possibility of an attack.
“We did warn the Russians appropriately,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, without providing any additional details. (I guess that means they couched it in intelligence terms on a "professional to professional" basis )
... Russian leader Vladimir Putin had called the March warnings from western embassies a “provocation”.
“All this resembles outright blackmail and the intention to intimidate and destabilise our society,” he said earlier this month.
At least 115 killed and scores wounded in Moscow concert hall attack
Islamic State claims responsibility after gunmen in combat gear opened fire and reportedly set off explosives at Crocus City Hallwww.theguardian.com
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