one shitty deal

Boy that Timberwolf was one shitty deal.

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@ScottPh77711570 2nd q: if u had to live/work/retire whatever you do now anywhere except SEA and Aus, where would you pick?

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ironically, if any of these people *actually knew what marx wanted*, they'd know he'd be pushing for capitalism-maxxing till AI and robots take all our jobs

this is without a shadow of doubt a budget for testing the waters, if ALP/greens win in '27, they'll make much more aggressive moves towards communism

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would we then reimburse them for 2-4x expenses for research that went nowhere? what if they moved to another country that allows them to operate the way they want, and refused to sell it to Aus given the terms?
if they had a cure for cancer but fused to allows Australians to use it, given these terms, would that be ok with you?
fair enough re:researchers, but they're free to start their own med research start up, nobody is stopping them

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@PubPolitik @GapingBussySlag @DavidPocock @KateEmersonBri AZ spends 13Bn p/y on R&D, the AusGov spends 10Bn across every category (appx 1.5B on med research).

and if we ignore patents this time, what incentive is there *next time* for AZ?

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@GapingBussySlag @PubPolitik @DavidPocock @KateEmersonBri where would the incentive be to create treatments and cures then

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@tax_oz @IFM_Economist @cjoye @ShaneOliverAMP as much as i wish the RBA was much more combative like Orr, Bullock has impressed me far more with her willingness to talk directly than her predecessor.
i reckon she will get more assertive as time goes on, a positive imo

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@PubPolitik @DavidPocock @KateEmersonBri don’t think that’s how patents work big fella

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if the only property asset you own is a PPOR, then really this makes things better. e.g own a 1m home but want to upgrade to 2m, you need a 1m mtge to make the diff.
if prices halve that upgrade is 500k cheaper for you.

if you don’t plan to upgrade, then the price of ur house doesn’t matter anyways

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i guess i’d interpret it like going to the pub. couple of beers is good, too many and you’re making a mess, promising to yourself you’ll never drink again tomorrow morning.
i don’t know what poll he’s referring to but i think the point is that people have shifted from thinking “current rates bad” to now thinking “any immigration bad”
this whole immigration experiment has caused a generation of people to think is failed, once you have that mind set it’s very hard to undo

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@SamuelWHG @disco___cat @AvidCommentator interesting! thanks

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@TropicnLoyalist @immyonboard and it hasn’t lost touch now? or with this podcast? given its taxpayer funded it should be trying its best to be apolitical as possible, it’s clear that’s not the case.

i’d be saying this if it was right leaning, too, by the way.

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@disco___cat @AvidCommentator i was under the impression that mining was the in out thing holding productivity up given its v capital intensive

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@VoteLewko @SkullSpeedDeal because sending money overseas in aggregate negatively affects everybody else

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@TaxPawspective duh of course because now we have to work twice as hard for the same money

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@88888sAccount yeah this 3.5 update fuckin sucks
genuinely 3.0 pro was peak for this model imo

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S tier shitposter

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@Kenn321705 I’ve never stolen an erection in my life.

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@inter_miki @PaulZauch @disco___cat in an ideal world, reserve prices would simply be where the auction starts, and auctions would always sell at the price they get bid up at (you know, like how auctions are meant to work)

[Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 @AvidCommentator]

2am thoughts

It makes me deeply sad to think to about the damage being done to the fabric of Australian society.

Where once there was conceptual support for migration and outsiders becoming Australians, today some polls see a narrow majority seeing migration as a negative for society.

It's worth making a distinction here, these individuals not only see the level of migration as untenable, but migration itself overall as a net negative.

I can't help but think of some of the migrants I know, people who spent ~40 years on the tools, building homes, shops and infrastructure.

For our policymakers to screw things up so badly that these hard working people who integrated into our society to be seen as a group that is a net negative is a shameful failure.

The growing opposition to high migration and the damage being done economically and socially has been obvious for a long time for anyone willing to look for it.

Honestly, if Canada and Britain are any guide, it may be too late to salvage broad based support for migration, that may take years if not decades to repair.

But the time to start respecting the democratic will of the people is now, for the sake of all our future's.

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what they fail to mention is that people feel like they’re moving backwards *relative to where they were before*

not necessarily in comparison to other nations

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

One Nation supporters keep claiming Australia is “going backwards”, but the data tells a different story.

🇦🇺 Australia ranks 3rd in the world for Quality of Life.
🇦🇺 We consistently rank among the world’s top countries on the UN Human Development Index.
🇦🇺 We’re regularly in the global top 10 for happiness.

No country is perfect, and there are real challenges with housing and cost of living, but pretending Australia is some dystopian failure just isn’t supported by the facts.

Australia can always do better. But compared to the rest of the world, we’re still one of the best places on Earth to live.