D Massie

I repost interesting things - not necessarily things I agree with or condone

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Germany's Chancellor Merz admits:

Trump often applies pressure through a very forceful approach.

The last American presidents politely asked us, "Please, finally do a little more for your own defense," but across Europe those requests largely fell on deaf ears.

Now there is an American president who says, rather bluntly, "Enough is enough."

And I cannot blame him. Just look at the numbers: the United States spends around 80 percent of NATO's defense resources, while Europe accounts for only about 20 percent.

That is unacceptable. It has always been unacceptable.

[TaxPawspective @TaxPawspective]

The consultation paper for the minimum trust tax proposal was published earlier today (link in comments).

I’ll unpack some points of interest from it over the coming days.

To begin with, its author(s) appears to fundamentally misunderstand who has the right to trust income 👇

[PeterSweden @PeterSweden7]

A new poll in Britain found that 55%% of people believe that Britain's national identity is "disappearing because of diversity"

And 33% support the idea of remigration.

Source: More in Common poll.

[Steve Laws 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Steve_Laws_]

If she wasn't there something very horrible could've happened to those children.

None of these immigrants can be trusted. Total remigration now.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Customer: "Oat milk, please. Trying to lower my footprint."

Barista: "Course. Happy with the rapeseed oil in it?"

Customer: "Rapeseed oil? In milk?"

Barista: "It's not milk. It's oats, water, and a good glug of seed oil for the creaminess."

Customer: "I avoid seed oils."

Barista: "You're about to wear a moustache of one."

Customer: "...Almond, then?"

Barista: "Lovely. How do you feel about draining California?"

Customer: "The soy?"

Barista: "Comes with a complimentary top-up of oestrogen. On the house."

Customer: "...Coconut?"

Barista: "Flown across an ocean, and more saturated fat than lard."

Customer: "What's the little carton at the back?"

Barista: "That one's just milk. Cow, field, grass, done. No factory, no solvent, no asterisk."

Customer: "And the footprint on that?"

Barista: "She made it out of rain. Yours is the taxi you took here to ask."

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

EU: Lowest use of air conditioning

Highest rate of heat deaths

With US-level AC, it could save about 26,000 lives a year

Europe is rich and has, by latitude, fewer hot days than most inhabited regions

Its aversion to air conditioning is entirely because of an energy-degrowth ideology

https://t.co/6cFme3jeMr

You can see all the references in my Twitter thread:
https://t.co/4VBxE7J43W

[Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education @craigkellyAFEE]

Hang on, if wind power is so efficient as Blackout Bowen claims - why do they need handouts ?

[Steve Ferguson @lsferguson]

Each H-1B visa removes an American from the middle class

[Paul @WomanDefiner]

It's actually insane that US corporations can fire Americans and hire foreigners at a reduced price. That being legal is the biggest sign that our politicians all need to be replaced.

[Alexandra Marshall @ellymelly]

You can have Islam.
Or you can have LGBTQ+ rights.

You cannot have both.

Think about that, little Western progressives, the next time you march next to people shouting for the global intifada.

[The Australian @australian]

Some of the Australians imprisoned in Baghdad’s notorious jail system could be freed under a renewed international push to identify ISIS non-combatants. Exclusive: https://t.co/C3U6Iwx8AB

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Not true 👇Uniform is the number one way school leaders improve behaviour across schools.

This policy prevents schools from improving- disadvantaged kids suffer.

Bridget is hurting the kids she says she wants to help.🙄

[TaxPawspective @TaxPawspective]

The trust minimum tax consultation paper makes it clear that the Treasurer wants $60 tax out of every $100 trust profit that a company is made entitled to 👇

Which country that is serious about productivity takes 60% of business profits?

[Tony Jacob | FindaClip.com @tonjkb]

Rupert Lowe says parallel Sharia courts are tolerated in the UK

Joe Rogan: "They have their own courts?"

Rupert Lowe: "They have their own courts. Sharia courts. Yes. A parallel legal system."

Joe Rogan: "Okay. So, it's unrecognized by the British government. A parallel legal system that exists inside of England."

Rupert Lowe: "It's tolerated."

Joe Rogan: "Tolerated. So, they're aware of it?"

Rupert Lowe: "Yes."

Joe Rogan: "And they're aware of the punishments that this court dishes out?"

Rupert Lowe: "It's rather like they're policing their own people under their own laws."

Joe Rogan: "And they're just allowing that?"

Rupert Lowe: "They're allowing that. Yeah."

Joe Rogan: "Whoa."

Rupert Lowe: "Now, I believe—I don't know about you—but I believe if you come to our country, you should live under our laws."

[Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education @craigkellyAFEE]

The results are in: Even the OECD now admits that Australian living standards are going backwards under the Albanese regime.

Remember: Vote Labor if you want more of the same — lies, spin, virtue-signalling, higher taxes, lower real wages, declining prosperity, and nation going backwards.

At this point, if you’re still backing the Albanese Government - the worst in our nation’s history - you’re either a complete imbecile or a grifter on the take.

[Melinda Richards 🇦🇺🇺🇸 @goodfoodgal]

“I am African before I am Australian “

Then go back to Africa.

Please.

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

In Australia, they make it expensive to speak the truth. More expensive than most people can afford. God bless the heroes who do it anyways.

[D Massie @dmassie7]

https://t.co/mdVttTHLDi

[D Massie @dmassie7]

Perhaps not directly related to STEM, but this same issue is now resonating with Australians.

[The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 @ColumbiaBugle]

There was never a shortage of smart Americans with STEM degrees.

CEOs figured out they could peddle that lie in Washington to import a cheap foreign labor force.

Then the cheap foreign labor force figured out they could import their friends and families.

Now most tech sucks.

[D Massie @dmassie7]

Judging by the replies, perhaps your understanding of ‘diversity’ does not align with the populous.

[Steven Miles @StevenJMiles]

Queensland is made richer when we celebrate our diversity, and it’s not often that I get to have Lebanese for lunch

Our diversity is our strength - it’s why a future Labor Government would double funding for multicultural groups to hold events.