My Three Rs: June 2022

Thursday, 30 June 2022

poisoned chalice

Michelle Fyfe did not fall on her sword. she was pushed.

her key mistake was to accept a government contract which is impossible to fulfill. more ambulances, more staff, better processes --all pointless. no use getting to a hospital when that hospital is full.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper ... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved === "I have seen the TRUTH -- and my chains have been broken" … Thrall === Dying for you to read my blog, at https://notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com.au/ :-)

pension means

Peter Court (letters 30/6 misses the point of the complex means test for pensions. The point is to allow rich people to use complex schemes to get a government pension which they do not need. People who really need a pension are no more than collateral damage.

Thursday, 23 June 2022

mislaid out

It's always easier to read narrow rather than wide columns. The West prefers to spread its stories across the full width of the double page. With my poor vision I sometimes have to ask my wife to search the pages, to find where a story began.

It was all worth it this morning when I read, or misread, the caption under a photo with a story about Qantas.

As I read it: The West's journalists Ben Harvey and Geoffrey Thomas grill The Methodist Ladies College choir.

Talk about tough hard-hitting investigative journalism.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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Wednesday, 22 June 2022

pay for forgiveness

the business of the casino is to make money. success is measured by profit. the more the better.

there are certain costs associated with the business. one of these costs is a fine for illegal activities.

certain acts are illegal. money laundering, for example. money laundering is what a casino does. very well.

luckily for the casino, the path to forgiveness is very short. no need to stop laundering. no need to change practices. no need to send directors or owners to jail. just pay a fine. factor the fine into the cost of doing business. a slight reduction in profit. then business as usual.

the fine is a bribe to the government. forgive us our sins and we will continue our criminal business. continue to make illegal profits. continue to pay the annual bribes as fines.

our government is about to increase the fines. that is, they will demand larger bribes.

there is only one honest way to prevent a casino from breaking the law: if they break the law, close them down. not pass ownership to the next crooked owners. close the entire criminal business.

either crime is illegal. or it is not.

Sunday, 12 June 2022

New life for Libs

So the Libs are bringing in a cricketer to revitalise the party.

If they can bring Shane Warne into politics then they will have the magic to bring back their party.

Saturday, 11 June 2022

Brush up on politics

Basil Zempilas certainly understands politics. Forget policies. Ignore knowledge and ability. Just brush your hair, is his advice to Boris Johnson.

In his own area of special interest Basil will next advise Natanui and Fyfe to get short back and sides haircuts. Then we can take them seriously as footballers.

Nick Lethbridge    /    Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting    /   Problems? Solved.
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