panem et circenses (how Juvenal)

Our state government spent millions to bring in Coldplay.

More millions to bring WWE to WA. Next, they may buy NFL games.

We have been bribed with the circuses. What next, State sponsored free bread? Or perhaps another power credit so that we can bake our own.

02jan24: published in The West as fobbed off with circuses

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terror nullius

there may be twenty plus million people living in Australia. Yet terra nullius is in full force.

dubious aliens. Those of known bad character. criminals, perverts and others less evil, arrive and stay. we, Australians, are not allowed to do anything to stop them. it seems that we have no rights over our own country.

hey whitey! how does it feel to have your country invaded?

Nick Lethbridge    /    Consulting Dexitroboper
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Christmas drunk

sarah vine writes, of a friend's husband, "He's basically pissed from Christmas to New Year.

Is this supposed to be funny?

It's sad, really.

very sad

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27dec23 published in The West as:

A far too merry Xmas

Sarah Vine (opinion 26/12) writes of a friend's husband: "He's basically p...ed between now and new year."

Is this supposed to be funny?

It's sad, really. Very sad.

blinkered bias

today's editorial attacks airlines for doubling fares at Christmas.

in what fairyland does the editor live?

doubling fares to match demand is central to the Uber business model. it's accepted practice for accommodation providers. and restaurants. and for anyone who can get away with it. medical specialists charge more because they can. anything in short supply will be sold at an inflated cost.

someone needs to tell the editor that we, real people, live in a market driven capitalist economy. if we want it, we pay for it.

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Solution from The Shire

Gary Martin offers sympathy to people with a birthday on Christmas Day. They are likely to get just one present to cover both occasions.

Our family has a partial fix for this disappointment.

My own birthday is mid year, so I play hobbit: on my birthday I give presents to the other members of the family.

So we each get a Christmas present -- and a mid year birthday present.

A spread of presents. And I enjoy shopping at a quieter time of year.

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Give me patience

The trouble with young people today is that they have no patience.

They object (Letters 15 Dec) to a 30 minute wait in a queue. In my day this would have been seen as a chance for pleasant, relaxed conversation with friends and friendly strangers. Nowadays they have no time to relax, to enjoy. Click, click, click. They are too lazy to leave home. Yet they still expect instant response from a hard-working bank employee.

Give me a cheque any day. A cheque and the time and patience to deal with it.

NB: see also My Three Rs: go online (my3rs.blogspot.com)

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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"Knowing the direction doesn't mean you have to go." ...

Dying for you to read my blog :-)

class of suckers

Aborigines have just won a class action for "stolen wages". The Commonwealth has paid fifty million dollars.

Now it turns out that no-one knows who will get the money.

I'm sure great grandad was underpaid... probably... by someone... sometime. No-one knows, they are all long dead.

So the lawyers are lining up to decide who gets any money.

Pay the lawyers to run the class action. Pay the lawyers to divide up the money.

Guess who will end up with all this unearned largesse? You guessed it. The lawyers.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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go online

I recently received an actual, printed cheque.

To deal with it I had to drive to another suburb to find an actual bank. Or at least an ATM which would accept deposits. Then I lined up for thirty minutes while the single bank employee dealt with the long queue of other unfortunates who needed service.

Yet there are still ancient dodderers who want to use cheques. Next they will demand outside railings where they can hitch their horse and cart.

printed in The West on 15dec. So I followed with My Three Rs: Give me patience (my3rs.blogspot.com)

Happy to argue both sides :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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two faces of twiggy

WA billionaire twiggy forrest was at the recent COP meeting.

At the end he blasted the oil producers for... destroying the environment.

Then he took his limo to the airport. Flew home, half way round the world, in his private jet.

Once home in WA he told his underlings to continue digging up WA. Continue using diesel-powered machinery to turn environment into export dollars. More twiggy profit.

Ordered his PR team to buy a few more politicians to ensure that his ranting self-interest was not reported in the WA daily paper.

Threw a few million more at his daughter so that she can continue associating the family name with good causes.

Ordered a few more dams to turn a natural river flow into water for his over-stocked cattle business.

Sat back in his billion dollar mansion and wondered if he should demand more government support for homeless single mothers.

Another successful week for a two-faced WA wanker.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

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fix the real problem

everything is fucked, that's the front page claim.

so why do we not fix it?

the high Court has read our constitution and found that australia has no legal right to protect itself from foreign criminals.

why demand that the government  pass laws to bypass the constitution?

the constitution is obviously wrong.

we need a referendum to correct the constitution. to make it reflect what Australians, apparently, want.

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