Agree with the sentiment... fully. Mum in the same boat.One advantage of having a conservative government is that people will be more optimistic and start spending again. As a self-funded retiree I have a personal interest in bank deposit interests getting back to levels where taxes and rates don't cancel out the earnings. The official interest rates and bank interest rates are at record lows. Low interest rates are indicative of a faltering economy.
People in my situation don't have mortgages and hopefully an improvement in the economy will lead to a rise in interest rates.
If she is elected Speaker, I hope she will not be about 'settling old scores'. For the sake of the parliament, we need a Speaker who is objective and independent, not someone who is acting out of spite.I can't wait to see Bronwyn Bishop installed as Speaker by the Coalition. She has a lot of old scores to settle, especially with Anthony Albanese. He will probably be expelled from the chamber at the first sitting.
If she is elected Speaker, I hope she will not be about 'settling old scores'. For the sake of the parliament, we need a Speaker who is objective and independent, not someone who is acting out of spite.
Despite Peter Slipper's obvious problems, he was a good Speaker in this respect.
Translation for those who don't speak German: the concept attributed to those who have no self-esteem of their own enjoying others fail.schadenfreude.
One difference hopefully between this government and the next is that we won't see the dysfunction and volume of poor policy outcomes that have plagued this government.So to be blunt, there would seem to be a lot of headwinds to any real improvement economically and that is true regardless of who is in power. In the absence of something unforeseen, we'll likely "muddle through" with modest growth much like we've seen in the past few years - there's no quick fix that I can see. Slowly but surely, we're heading into the same mess that much of the world faces - and we've been doing that under both Labor and Coalition governments for many years now so that's not a political outcome as such, only the details really change but the big picture doesn't.
Translation for those who don't speak German: the concept attributed to those who have no self-esteem of their own enjoying others fail.
schadenfreude
German word, original translation loosely comes out as 'malicious joy'. In English, it's thought of 'malicious enjoyment from the suffering of another'. As there is no succinct English version of the word, English-speaking peoples have approximated this word and use it whenever they see people like corrupt CEOs get dragged off to jail.
Boy oh boy. Imagine if I could post a picture of a fisherman reeling one in. Maybe the humour was a bit dry for you.Wrong again as usual.
Boy oh boy. Imagine if I could post a picture of a fisherman reeling one in. Maybe the humour was a bit dry for you.
Any way.Ves humour... now there's an oxymoron for you.
Those with low self-esteem (assessed at the study's start) were both more likely to be threatened by the overachieving student, and to experience schadenfreude. However, the researchers found that regardless of self-esteem, those who felt more threatened by this student also felt more schadenfreude.
Any way.
Don't let the bed bugs bite. You have a dictionary - but it can only tell you so much, usually it only fills in part of what we call reality.
http://www.livescience.com/17398-schadenfreude-affirmation.html
Not until tomorrow night!:topic
Not until tomorrow night!
In any event, you were wrong - I love the irony (or is it schadenfreude?) in that. Thank you for the humble apology. Don't drink too much champers tomorrow night, huh?
TONY Abbott is well on track to become prime minister today as Labor faces a wipeout in western Sydney, fuelling a national loss of up to 32 seats and with the ALP being reduced to less than 50 MPs in the next parliament.
The Coalition is on course to gain at least 22 seats and up to 32 in the worst case for Labor, including the seat of Treasurer Chris Bowen, and with Kevin Rudd's Brisbane seat of Griffith at risk
Regardless of whether the next government is Liberal, Labor, Greens, Palmer or anyone else.....
1. The debt is there and it's real. Private debt is at huge levels and this acts as a brake on consumer spending.
FWIW I liked Ves's definition. Pretty much on the money imo.Ves humour... now there's an oxymoron for you.
FWIW I liked Ves's definition. Pretty much on the money imo.
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