Need to take B out somehow...maybe if America liberates the aussies the internet will go down. One can dream
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That reminds me of a story that kind of concerns all 4 of us loosely:
Our intelligence agency in the US built Pine Gap, a spy facility in the middle of the Australian desert to keep an eye out from the other side of the world.
When newly appointed Prime Minister Whitlam took offense to having US spies on home soil and began paperwork to removing it. He was promptly removed from office.
By official accounts, it was all decided by Australian government-general Kerr in a surprise power play internally.
However it’s implied heavily, that the CIA found out and reached out to the UK’s MI5. The MI5 then provided explicit instructions in a strongly worded letter forcing the re-election.
It’s referred to as the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also called the Dismissal.
I believe the unofficial story to be the most credible, because referred to by Australian Labor Party and former Member of the House of Representatives Peter Staples as "the most blatant act of external interference in Australia's affairs and its autonomy as a nation and a democracy"
Moral of the story: US, UK, Australia, we’re not so separated as we like to believe.
nostr:npub1pld5cfdvvk09a7zpmtt5zln6277gpxw577xrcsdyp9x5h8yfjw6q52x9q2 you should see this, if you weren't already apprised by your superior officers 👀
That's wild stuff, but the past is the past and the US isn't doing that sort of foreign over reach anymore. Did you not see the recent revamp of foreign policy we put out*?
*ignore Venezuela, and the coming seizure of Greenland, and maybe ops in Iran.
Nothing to see here, people! Scroll along
Just ask us why we don’t have a sovereign wealth fund for our natural resources like Norway.
And what deal the US just forced on us for our critical minerals.
And the build up of US forces in Australia over the last 18 months including planes capable of dropping nuclear weapons, which are banned from my country.
Or ask us why we are handing over $375Billion for some nuclear powered subs that in all likelihood we won’t get to control.
Also f*** Pine Gap.
🤯 I feel like I know you a little better, B! 👏👏
I’ve got more things to look into now! I think I have come across the whole shitty deal for the nuclear subs once before, but I don’t know as much as I should.
But just curious can you tell me what materials are we talking about? Uranium? Plutonium? Opals?
Lithium, Graphite, Nickel, Rare earths, Gallium, Cobalt
Manganese, Titanium, Aluminium, Chromium, Platinum, Helium
Uranium and Natural gas
Basically we’ve got everything but oil.
They did announce a sovereign wealth fund for these in April last year but in Oct thanks to US tariffs we have established “a secure supply chain” to sell them to the US for defence and tech.
We do have some nice opals to tbf 🤭
I think the kindly Americans will probably allow you to keep those!
Fingers crossed 🤞
I’d steal all of your comedians and deport ours if you want to! We can’t even make a single successful season of Taskmaster in the US to save our own lives.
lol! No deal!!!
Jim Jefferies is great🥳.
His impression of Aussies which I can never find again is so good. Would be perfect to drop here right now
I don't think he's B's cup of tea☹️.
He’s ok. But we have way better.
He reminds me of American comedians.
Your opinion on all future topics is dismissed!
Names please.....
I kinda think comedy is like wine and cheese. Everyone has a different palate and preference.
So generally loathe to recommend.
My taste generally skews to biting satire… which probably tells you more about me than anything else.
For a version that even my mum loves, try Tom Gleeson.
💯 Yeah just watch Hard Quiz! So stoked for a new season
You’ve got some stiff competition with some Kiwis though. David Correos is the craziest man alive
Yes...and no. Some cheeses, like blue, are objectively disgusting. And anyone who disagrees has retarded taste buds.
Jk, but still disagree slightly. There's a level of objective-ish skill in delivery, refinement, and insight, that is sorta measurable, imHo.
Completely get what you mean about timing and skill etc.
I suppose what I mean is that just because they are a skilled or successful comedian it doesn’t necessarily follow that you might like their routine or them as a comic.
There are some very successful talents that some people dislike for their own reasons and sense of humour eg Will Ferrell - one friend loves, one friend hates (and they are married to one another 🤭)
Re blue cheese - hard agree 🤢
That vision of pages torn from a book hurts my soul a little 🥺
It's from Dead Poet Society. It's when the teacher has the students rip out the preface, where some stuffy academic explains how to measure good poetry...like how I was explaining comedy. Was hoping someone would get the ref...alas, stuck here with you lot
Oh damn! Missed the ref. Soul is happy again!
Sorry I haven’t ever really seen that movie. Half of it one time in school but other than that, no.
I could tell you a lot about Robin Williams’ life and the most likely reason for his death.
Biting satire sounds good, I'll look him up👍🏻.
I got this at least 🤷
https://video.nostr.build/249144b5e9b9d7b28b16e0c35df01d637bea1660fa0091a1622bc4aceb35ddeb.mp4
She be an East coaster!
Better than a Least Boaster... I tried
🤔
The implication being whatever side you're on is "least" and your attitude is unduly boastful. BURN
Oof… Don’t know if I’ll ever recover from that roasting!
Best I go jump in the shower to soothe my wounds.
I'm sorry. I just can't joke about American comedy, or American gracious nature in spreading democracy. Those two things are close to my heart
Oi you don’t know what you’re missing out on, mate! Haven’t been any goodies since Kat Williams got his kids stolen, anywho. You might as well have a crack at it!
Name one Australian comedian? Name one English one besides Gervais and Jeffries?
You can't, let alone good ones
An actually reasonably funny comedian you probably haven't heard of would be Wil Anderson
Listened to 3 minutes (at dinner table), and he's pretty funny. Not quite American legend level though, but admittedly that's a verrry high bar 😏
Peter Heliar
Luke McGregor
Rhys Nicholson
Tom Gleeson
Tom Cashman
Nina Oyama
Dave Hughes
You some sort of comedy buff?
This is the first time I've seen B almost swear😮.
🤷🏻♀️
Also… I probably shouldn’t use any social media before first coffee.
Not quite awake..less patience… more prone to rants and swearing.
Apologies to all 🙏
Have coffee now 😌
Ok, I've now read the summary and everyone's thoughts on the situation, my conclusion🤔. Fuck. The. System.
Killer B 🐝🐝🐝
Boy I sure am glad I included my disclaimer.
“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”
Henry Kissinger
You hear that nostr:npub18dy8sffsw527dkgrwy90yw84y4nd7yq9cllmn6trje0kenp0lw9qpundjr ?!
Best check yourself, red coat! 🤭
There seems to be a lot of additional content to catch up on here, give me a moment, I'm just sharpening my cutlass!