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Recent content by eclipsenow

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    Trump's reputation will age like fine wine

    If ONLY Trump were "King" over America in the modern, nerfed Westminster sense of the word - your country might have a chance. But he's a President who wants to be "King" or is that Emperor? With the power creep of the last 50 years has access to various 'emergency powers' that have not all...
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    Heating up down under

    Nice! So what else does ChatGPT say? What have YOU read about him? Johan himself started off in agricultural and soil science. Then the wiki explains: "He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from Stockholm University, where his research was on "Systems Ecology and Natural Resource Management."" That is...
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    Trump sends troops to the 'warzone' of Portland...

    Not quite sure of the cultural references there? I know Aussie politicians are rorting the system somewhat, but I hope it never becomes the billionaire's club that the oligarchy have steered America into.
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    Trump's reputation will age like fine wine

    That's not it at all. They're worried Trump is greasing the wheels (firing 'disloyal' staff, changing out the Admirals and Generals, etc) and pushing the country, bit by bit, away from Democracy. As history podcaster Dan Carlin asks - "Would you be happy if Kamala had these new powers and USED...
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    The Economist: Trump's approval rating crashes!

    I guess 7 million protestors for No Kings day is also a leftist tale of superiority? Left-supremacism?
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    Heating up down under

    I understand your concern that we might not have heard from the actual scientists - and that some politicians might have exaggerated it. Especially when AOC says some clumsy things in her zeal. Especially when your own leader is one of the most pathological liars I have ever seen in politics -...
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    Heating up down under

    Excellent point! Which I'm sure someone above raised! ;) Some try to present the destabilisation of the biosphere via global warming pushing the earth into a new super-heated climate state as merely "Democrat hyperbole" to scare people and get their votes! These MAGA activists might even...
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    Heating up down under

    I can get like that - I'm an emotional sort of guy. But I can also calm down and try to be reasonable if I see some growth or recognition of contributing factors from online debate opponents. I guess I got fired up at the "Gish Gallop" attack - when I was trying to do due diligence to the...
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    Heating up down under

    Sydney's hot Wednesday downgraded to just 38 degrees. It's insane to think that IF that was accompanied by 100% humidity - it would probably crash the grid and kill millions across Sydney. Not that Sydney is estimated to get Wet Bulb Global Temperatures in the deadly range any time soon. But...
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    Trump sends troops to the 'warzone' of Portland...

    Let's try someone else... seems to be a different style of rating. But Trump is still more popular than he was at this point in his first term. Here’s how Trump’s current net approval rating compares to day 270 of the past three administrations: Joe Biden: -5.8 (-2) Trump 1.0: -16.1 (+8.3)...
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    Trump's reputation will age like fine wine

    Thank you! I hate it when others quote stuff that I know not to be real - thanks for helping here. I have edited my post.
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    The Economist: Trump's approval rating crashes!

    What are you talking about? I'm talking about Media Bias Fact check:- It is widely used, but it has been criticized for its methodology.[6] Scientific studies[7] using its ratings note that ratings from Media Bias/Fact Check show high agreement with an independent fact checking dataset from...
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    The Schumer Shutdown

    Hmmm - not quite. The Federal government should:- 1. Have Medicare give universal health cover for life-saving hospital care to all citizens. It's a human right. 2. Buy over half the hospitals so that they are Government Owned and Operated. 3. Create a Federal agency (like Australia's PBS) to...
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    The Schumer Shutdown

    Hang on - that video is over 60 seconds! You asking me to invest more than a teaspoon of my brain on something MAGA?
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    Trump's reputation will age like fine wine

    We have high-level political scientists in Australia discussing how bad it is for a nation to see their leader go and prostrate themselves before Trump in the golden throne room, kissing the ring lest they make daddy angry. Then as a result of "No Kings" day Trump puts up a video of himself as...