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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Mrs. Gillard's class |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:15 pm
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| You're quite correct. I didn't bother going into that level of detail because I was concerned I was already getting overly and unnecessarily deep into it all - ultimately Crook agreed to guarantee supply to the Coalition so I just counted him as part of their 73 seats (since he is a National) for s... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Mrs. Gillard's class |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:25 am
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Comments: 9
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| It's a popular misconception that the Coalition won 73 seats. In fact they won 72, the remaining seat being O'Connor in Western Australia, held by Nationals member Tony Crook. The reason people get this wrong is because the Coalition is called that due to being a (very long standing) coalition betwe... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Too gross to elect? |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:29 pm
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Comments: 7
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| You know, if they try to jump on this it could be the most relevant argument against Rudd the Liberals have ever made. No joke, their current arguments are: 1. Rudd's cabinet is full of union officials. Considering that he is the head of the Labor party, I should rather think so! (I'd also like to p... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Goodbye, Blair |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:40 pm
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Comments: 27
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| Perhaps you've missed the millions of people who fervently believe that Bush "allowed" 9/11 to justify the Iraq War. Hence the corollary. Millions? Handful of nutjobs, more like. The more common belief is that the US had evidence that the attacks were going to take place, but were too ine... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Goodbye, Blair |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:35 am
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Comments: 27
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| Incidentally, I find it mildly amusing to note how many of the same exact accusations being levied against Bush and Blair now were levied in 1942 against Roosevelt and Churchill. Each nation supposedly had the other on the puppet-strings, depending on what bunch of loonies one was talking to (espec... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Goodbye, Blair |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:15 pm
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Comments: 27
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| In my mind, that was Blair\'s single greatest achievement- his willingness to transcend traditional notions of “right” and “left” and embrace a much less ideological and far more pragmatic, personality-driven approach to partisan governance. This kind of sentiment always bugs me. At best, Blair did... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Britain's Children |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:38 pm
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Comments: 60
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| Why should the de facto be different than de joure ? Why not change the law to reflect the reality? The most obvious answer I see is that the effort required is greater than the benefit attained; a pragmatic reason rather than a rational one. I didn't say it should, I said it is. I agree with you. ... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Britain's Children |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:44 pm
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Comments: 60
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| See, that's part of the confusion. We pledge allegiance to Canada, with the Queen as it's "leader", even though she technically isn't. She technically is, she effectively isn't. But really, would you want to pledge allegiance to someone like Harper or Dion? The US just shifted the allegia... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Britain's Children |
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 1:07 am
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Comments: 60
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| Heh, I totally agree. I'm a republican and I'm completely baffled at the republican response to royal visits in Australia. Surely from a republican perspective she's just a regular person, so why are we the ones making a political scene? Some might be inclined to say, however, that America's reactio... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: State of the News |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:40 pm
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Comments: 18
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| But whatever you do. Never, EVER, talk about Mother Theresa. Because she died at the same time Diana died and thus she is GOING TO HELL! Heh, I remember that. The first half of the news was all about how Diana died for the 5th consecutive day or something, then at the end they say "Oh, and Mot... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: It's my party |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:25 am
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Comments: 34
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| Here's the problem, though; there is no official recognition of parties. The Constitutution of the USA has no mention of parties, federal laws have little to nothing to say about parties (other than campaign finance), and, as far as I know, no state constitutions or laws much mention on poltical pa... |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: Nesting Dolls |
| Dryhad |
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:00 pm
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Comments: 10
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| The next subdivision will probably be Bosnia and Herzegovina into, um, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I mean, really. When you've got a country who's name is actually "Country A and Country B" you've got at least suspect that Country A and Country B will some day separate. |
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Forum: Filibuster Cartoons Topic: It's my party |
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:54 pm
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Comments: 34
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| Now my understanding of the Canadian parliament is admittedly limited, but could someone explain to me what JJ's proposed constitutional reforms could possibly accomplish? I can't imagine that any democratic constitution would force MPs to vote in line with their parties no matter what, so it will n... |
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