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Thyla

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7. How did we get here? And how are we going to get out?

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 04:16 PM

Dec 2020

Don't think the train ever left the station.

Lets not forget we gave this man 11 years as PM.

And there was this...

The polls are in and current public opinion is clear. A whopping 77% of Australians support John Howard's decision to refuse the Tampa asylum seekers entry to Australia

https://www.smh.com.au/national/polls-and-bombs-20010904-gdhuy2.html

Don't give the Australian electorate too much credit for sensible choices.

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Meet Scotty From Marketing [View all] Matilda Dec 2020 OP

Thanks, Matilda. I went to the AIMN webpage and bookmarked it. Can't have too many abqtommy Dec 2020 #1

Especially with Rupert Murdoch's stranglehold. Matilda Dec 2020 #5

I also bookmarked The Daily Telegraph since they've got a Photos page. Love me some abqtommy Dec 2020 #6

So...it's not just MAGAts here. I think it's the universality of the human psyche. As I've said a Karadeniz Dec 2020 #2

Wow! 66% of Aussies view that a-hole favorably? Damn! Their society is worst off than us with trump. brush Dec 2020 #3

I don't quite get it myself. Matilda Dec 2020 #4

How did we get here? And how are we going to get out? Thyla Dec 2020 #7

The Australian electorate has much to answer for Matilda Dec 2020 #8