Rory Graham

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@clowndownunder Oh dear, you have "so" missed the point of march for Australia and Australia day.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@Apostle_David @TousiTVOfficial Not sure it's more Gods that are required here, swapping from one religion to another is not what the people of Iran need atm.
Just to be free from oppressive and extreme controlling rule would be a good start.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@honeymoon250 20

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@SkyNewsAust So they didn't actually commit the crime so I can only imagine this being dragged through court trying to prove intent and them ending up back on the streets sometime soon.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@ipaddockapps Bloody farm hygiene, near impossible to totally clean augers, bins, trucks etc,especially vetch.

[Rosita Díaz @RositaDaz48]

The Albanese government has just been dealt a brutal reality check on its migration policy — and it’s not pretty.

Despite the Prime Minister loudly proclaiming that Australia’s annual intake of 185,000 permanent migrants would focus on bringing in “skilled workers,” a new Australian National University report has revealed the truth: barely 12 per cent of those arrivals are genuinely skilled.

That means nearly nine out of every ten permanent visas are going to people who will not directly fill Australia’s desperate workforce shortages. Instead, the bulk of visas — more than 60 per cent — are going to family members of skilled migrants, double what the government officially claimed.

Let that sink in. At a time when Australia is facing record housing shortages, crumbling infrastructure, clogged hospitals, and wage pressures, the government insists it is running a “skilled migration program” — yet the pipeline of new workers with genuine skills is drying up.

Immigration Minister Tony Burke may say the program has a “focus on skilled migration,” but the numbers tell a very different story. The ANU Migration Hub report bluntly concludes that the program is “broken,” delivering only a trickle of new talent while being flooded by family visas that are legally uncapped.

And here’s the kicker: the so-called “engine” of skilled migration isn’t coming from the permanent program at all. It’s being propped up by temporary visa holders — international students, graduates, and working holidaymakers. According to the report, a staggering 84 per cent of the increase in skilled employment in the last three years has come from these temporary entrants, not the permanent migration stream that the government hails as “skilled.”

All this comes as frustration with mass immigration explodes across the country. In recent weeks, tens of thousands of Australians have taken to the streets in every major capital city, demanding action as migration levels soar to historic highs since the pandemic. Instead of listening, the government doubled down, insisting the 185,000 cap will not budge.

Australians were promised a migration program that strengthens our economy and fills critical job shortages. What we got instead is a policy clogged with family visas, starved of skills, and dangerously out of step with the pressures ordinary Australians face every single day.

How much longer will Albanese pretend this is “skilled migration” when the numbers prove otherwise?

#Australia #MigrationCrisis #SkilledWorkers #AlbaneseGovernment #HousingCrisis #CostOfLiving #AusPol

Source : Daily Mail Australia

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@tykestakeonit Hmm, funny how there is consequences to starting a war with murder and mayhem.
Don't blame the rest of the civilised world.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@CCC75167010 @elonmusk Ha, well you may say you're the west but it sure sounds like you need to go join the east and "fix their shit "and stop blaming the west. I see no obligation for the west bare the brunt of refugees bringing a completely different culture to a country when there's 57 Muslim countr

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@CCC75167010 @elonmusk Very heavily weighted to one side of this debate, but somehow you all seem to be able to blame the west. Fix your shit yourself.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@WheatWatcher @SarahEllisWW Not sure we've benefited from mitigation, but we have benefited from climate change itself, if CO2 has improved our crops, the world is greener than 50years ago.

[Mike Williams (Oz) @theoztrucker]

This is the sort of information that needs to get out there. It’s a similar situation for long distance trucking as well. There are things on the horizon. Some of them work. But ts still some way off.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@dave43law Classic Trump derangement syndrome

[iSO @isoLectik]

People still don’t really understand what happened yesterday.

Many of you probably watched what took place between Donald Trump and Zelenskyy. Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you might be thinking to yourself, Oh my God, Donald Trump just screwed up.

However, as a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, strategy, and philosophy, let me explain the difference between what you believe you witnessed and what actually happened.

Donald Trump has been under constant political persecution since the beginning of his first term. Over time, he has learned to be patient and calculated.

Tonight, Zelenskyy was invited to the Oval Office. However, both Trump and JD Vance knew exactly what Zelenskyy was going to do—he would use this opportunity, in front of the American people, to make a power play. Both Trump and Vance anticipated this.

When Zelenskyy began appealing to the emotions of the American people, JD Vance stepped in, accusing him of disrespecting Donald Trump. This was brilliant strategy. It’s important to understand that Zelenskyy is trying to gain access to NATO.

Trump knew this but could not allow it to happen. If Ukraine joins NATO, the U.S. would be bound by NATO’s collective defense agreement—an attack on one is an attack on all.

Now consider the larger implications: Ukraine and Russia despise each other. If Ukraine were to become a NATO member, any future skirmish between them would obligate the U.S. to enter into direct conflict with Russia. This would mean World War III. And if that happened, China would have to choose a side—they would almost certainly align with Russia.

So what you witnessed tonight was a setup. Trump and JD Vance knew that the only way to achieve peace was to strategically align, at least on the surface, with Russia. Why? Because Russia would never sign a peace treaty if Ukraine were admitted into NATO.

This is why Trump dismantled Zelenskyy’s argument. And when Zelenskyy, seeing his play failing, tried to backtrack and offer a treaty, Trump refused.

Zelenskyy’s real intent was clear—he would not agree to peace unless security guarantees were in place. But what was he actually saying? That NATO must accept Ukraine. However, Russia would never agree to peace, knowing that NATO, their historical adversary, would surround them.

Zelenskyy, Putin, and Trump all knew this. Zelenskyy, thinking he had Democrats' support, believed he could make this bold move on live television. But Trump and Vance saw right through it and outmaneuvered him.

They knew that, in the short term, Democrats and the media would try to use this moment against them. But they also knew they had two years before midterms to prove their strategy was the right one. So they held their ground—brilliantly so.

Now, Zelenskyy will have no choice but to back down and accept Trump's terms. But here’s the genius part—Trump is actually protecting Ukraine without dragging the U.S. into war.

By negotiating a mineral deal, Trump ensures that Americans will be involved in Ukraine’s mining industry. This prevents Russia from launching an invasion, because attacking Ukraine would mean endangering American lives—something that would force the U.S. to respond.

Trump played both sides like a master chess player. In the end, Zelenskyy will have no choice but to concede, because without U.S. support, Ukraine cannot win a prolonged war against Russia. And once U.S. companies have mining operations in Ukraine, Putin will be unable to attack without triggering massive international consequences.

Don’t underestimate Donald Trump. In this game of chess, he’s 10 moves ahead of everyone.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@MartinMurray_Ag We had a task force for "weeds of national significance " which went for 2 years but no real funding was thrown at it, just an awareness campaign.
Dead right though, if the "public " demand that we preserve our "pristine " environment then they need to contribute.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@MartinMurray_Ag Totally with you Martin, I'm in Esperance and my farm at Salmon Gums is infested with prickly pear which I have spent over $100k to control. Birds have spread it across cropping paddocks, so it's a yearly vigil covering thousands of acres for new germinations.

[Stack Framer @stackframer]

This strikes a chord with me.

Three years ago I joined a software company that was steeped in wokeism. I had heard the word "woke" before but I couldn't define it, and I really didn't know exactly what it meant.

I found out very quickly.

I was thrust into supremely confusing HR-sponsored DEI trainings about pronouns, sexual identity, anti-racism, micro-aggressions, and white / male privilege. The list of words I was supposed to immediately start or stop using was a rat's nest—it seemed there would be absolutely no way to avoid offending some supposedly marginalized group through one verbal misstep or another.

Initially, the most striking aspect was how they expected me to start referring to all the amazing women in my life. Partner, not wife. Child, not daughter. Sibling, not sister. Parent, not mother.

None of it resonated. It felt disingenuous and even dystopian. I found myself repeatedly wondering why a person would willingly subject themselves to these practices or adopt these ideologies. I questioned why anyone would want me to adhere to this utter nonsense.

It was as if they expected me to lie to myself.

I later learned that my apprehension would be deemed white fragility, white guilt, or some other insulting racial slur. Much was said about inclusion, but I was clearly not meant to feel included.

I just wanted to write software! After nine miserable months, doing my level best to enjoy the work and provide as much value to the company as possible, I attended an all-hands meeting. At one point during this meeting, the VP of engineering showed a breakdown of promotions by race and sex.

White men were at the very bottom. Every other group had received more promotions than mine. The VP then pointed to my group and said, "We should celebrate this."

I quit.

So, yes, part of why I voted for Donald Trump is that I want the life-sucking poison of DEI to be laid waste forever.

I also want my children to grow up in a country where they won't be castigated for patriotism and merit. I want them to know that there is no such thing as being born in the wrong body, and that they needn't think about anything sexual whatsoever for a very many years.

I want to take advantage of the natural resources we have right under our feet. I want us to build a better country than we already have, and be proud of it. I want us to be a strong nation, but not send our men and women to fight in pointless wars. I don't want us funding proxy wars when we could be taking care of our own.

Most of all, I want common sense. That is what Donald Trump understands about the overwhelming majority of people like me who voted for him.

We stopped trusting the legacy media a long time ago, so we know Trump isn't a Nazi, fascist, racist, evil dictator. He is a leader. He will take a bullet for us. He is our President.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@Cat_Kapow @macsween_prue If that's the case then the public should totally pay the compensation bill for shutting down the perfectly viable industry, that by the way, they have no knowledge of or skin in the game. You have no constitutional right to effect this decision.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@SarahEllisWW Holy shit, now I know too.

[Rory Graham @rorygraham56]

@agriprof What staggers me over this whole period is how compliant, not only the population, but people in authority were.
When lockdowns etc were first mentioned,my thoughts were of thousands of Jews being compliantly herded onto trains. I was mocked for saying that of course.