TTDIM: Things that don't irk me

[NewConvert]

13 hours ago, Tesla said:

Palmer's wealth is, at best, a case of he thought a certain industry would do well in the future and he took a massive gamble on it. At worst, his wealth is a complete fluke. Either way, it's obviously lead to him severely overrating his ability as a businessman, or as anything really, and he is too delusional to realise that he has no fucking clue what he is doing.

Trump deserves a bit more credit, but at the same time when someone has his track record in regard to bankruptcy etc, seems to me they're just gambling with money that's been loaned to them more than anything else.

Either way, both their abilities as a businessman, let alone as a politician, are highly suspect. Which makes it hilarious when all the rednecks that support Trump state his business ability as one of the reasons they're voting for him.

Actually it might work out, probably a good call for the US to default on all it's debt.

Just checked Clive Palmer's wikipedia entry and I was not aware that his old man started the old 3AK. Now IIRC Palmer made his money in real estate in the Gold Coast and then retired. He then came out of retirement to go into mining, resorts and eventually politics. I always thought that he went into politics to try and destroy Newman and now that Newman is gone his whole reason for being in politics has dissipated. I have no idea why Newman and Palmer fell out but whatever it was it certainly has repercussions.

As for Trump I view him as less dangerous than Cruz who is not known for any compromises even within the Republicans. And politics is all about compromises. And as far as I can tell the various republican candidates are all spouting similar policies. Also bear in mind that they are fighting for the Republican nomination so it's only the entree. When the federal election comes around then I will play closer attention.

 

[cadete]

TTDIM: Starting a new Rental Search and preparing myself for days of annoying inspections and being offered the first Apartment within 24 hours exactly in the area (even its best building) we wanted to live in...

Edited January 20, 2016 by cadete

[Grimey]

TTDIM: This 7tennis app.

Remarkable considering this is the same channel 7 who dont show the afl gf in hd

[hedaik]

3 hours ago, cadete said:

TTDIM: Starting a new Rental Search and preparing myself for days of annoying inspections and being offered the first Apartment within 24 hours exactly in the area (even its best building) we wanted to live in...

Its a renters market at the moment in the inner north, heaps of new apartments being built. Took us 2 months last year to get tenants for our place even at a lower rent. 

Edited January 20, 2016 by hedaik

[GreenSeater]

On 19/01/2016 at 2:25 PM, cadete said:

TTDIM: The nearing end of the Toothless Tiger that was the rather uneventful Obama Administration... ultimately a Two Term Presidency that in fifty to sixty years time will be looked back on as largely as mainly an exercise by the US Population in Positive Discrimination in order for future better qualified Candidates from larger variety of backgrounds (Race/Religion/Gender) to be elected into the Presidency. 

TTIM: That the inability of Obama to be to govern and legislate has lead to a particular type of American to actually believe in stupidity that is coming out from a lot of the Republican Party Presidential Candidates (Obviously in particular one Candidate).

It makes no sense that this party continues to drifts further and further from where it stood thirty years ago into believing that a set of rigid simplistic politics can create a complete idealistic fantasy land as unachievable as the crap you would hear avid Marxists advocate.

Agree with all of this. Would like to add TTIM: The fact that not one of the Republican candidates is any good. Seriously they are all fucking abysmal and only appeal to rednecks and idiots. Now I'm a lefty so you'd think that I would be happy about this, but the fact is that with no decent Republican competition, the Democrat candidates are all pretty average too. Hillary is a terrible candidate but will win the primary because Sanders is too leftist for America. Whoever Hillary comes up against will be awful so therefore Hillary fucking Clinton will be the president of the US. Pretty terrible.

[Tesla]

29 minutes ago, GreenSeater said:

Agree with all of this. Would like to add TTIM: The fact that not one of the Republican candidates is any good. Seriously they are all fucking abysmal and only appeal to rednecks and idiots. Now I'm a lefty so you'd think that I would be happy about this, but the fact is that with no decent Republican competition, the Democrat candidates are all pretty average too. Hillary is a terrible candidate but will win the primary because Sanders is too leftist for America. Whoever Hillary comes up against will be awful so therefore Hillary fucking Clinton will be the president of the US. Pretty terrible.

I really don't think it will be that simple.

Also, apart from Trump, I don't think the other serious candidates are particularly different from what you'd usually have for the Republican nomination, maybe a bit more extreme cause of the Tea Party influence.

Edited January 20, 2016 by Tesla

[GreenSeater]

31 minutes ago, Tesla said:

I really don't think it will be that simple.

Also, apart from Trump, I don't think the other serious candidates are particularly different from what you'd usually have for the Republican nomination, maybe a bit more extreme cause of the Tea Party influence.

Top Republican candidates according to polls:

Trump - fuckwit.

Ted Cruz - far right tea party campaign based on anti-immigration wont be popular at the genral election if nominated

Marco Rubio - is a tea party senator who is born of immigrant parents and is constantly stuck between catering to Latinos and catering to anti-immigrants.

Ben Carson - Ultra-religious conservative who fucked up his entire campaign by insulting the victims of the Oregon shooting and is a general nutter.

Jeb Bush - Is another Bush.

They aren't particularly strong candidates tbh

[NewConvert]

Unless the presidential winner's party also win the House and the Senate, then the American constitution encourages either compromise or roadblock. Unfortunately in 2000, the Republicans won all three with G W Bush at the helm. This allowed his government to rule unfettered leading to the disaster that was the GFC and the invasion of Iraq. Then in 2006 the Democrats went on to win the House and the Senate and Bush discovered his veto powers. Obama won in 2008 including the House and Senate. This gave him a window of two years to deal with the GFC but he did not have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.

I seriously doubt that the next President will also have the support of the Senate and House. So if Trump wins, he will discover his penchant for negotiations from a position of weakness. At the international level the cold shoulder he will receive from south of the Rio Grande and across the Middle East into Asia will mean that he won't get too far.

The real worry is Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. Neither of whom has the track record to compromise or aim for a win-win. Carson has no record to speak of and his working CV indicate he does not tolerate deviation from his own thoughts. Cruz is loathed by other Republican Senators because he won't compromise with them and has taken every opportunity to belittle them. Mario Rubio is a dark horse for me - and please don't lump all latinos together. Cuban-Americans are special breed that don't have too much in common politically with those latinos from the rest of the continent. Indeed I recall reading (don't remember where) those who arrived prior to the Cuban revolution and those who arrived in the 80s exodus have very different political outlooks. I think that like a lot of politicians he will say what ever he wants purely to get a vote.

Bush will be ineffectual because he won't be trusted by anyone.

To me the real race will be the Senate make up. Whether there will be enough Senators prepared to do a deal or not.

 

[strider]

ttdim: tabouli 

[mus-28]

TTDIM: Pademelons. Most under rated marsupial around.

[Tesla]

On 20/01/2016 at 11:01 PM, GreenSeater said:

Sanders is too leftist for America.

 

 

 

[NewConvert]

TTDIM: Watching Painters and Dockers once again rip through a one hour set. Paul Stewart still the same although thinner.

TTIM: It was a one hour set with no encore because councils don't allow that in their parks.

[Shahanga]

TTDIM: normal time to get to sleep after closing eyes=30 seconds.

A Gift.

[strider]

On 1/30/2016 at 0:27 PM, Shahanga said:

TTDIM: normal time to get to sleep after closing eyes=30 seconds.

A Gift.

what are you taking? whats your eye socket routine? 

[cadete]

On 1/30/2016 at 0:27 PM, Shahanga said:

TTDIM: normal time to get to sleep after closing eyes=30 seconds.

A Gift.

I envy you.

I have insomnia and have had to use medication just to sleep since I was like 18... if I forget to get a new script done then I won't get to sleep until 6AM and will wake up at 9AM.

Edited February 1, 2016 by cadete

[Shahanga]

1 hour ago, strider said:

what are you taking? whats your eye socket routine? 

I don't do much, but if you are after tips, can I suggest that looking at pictures of Novillo for 3 hours straight whilst mumbling a fantasy dialogue is probably not going to help.

[cadete]

53 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

I don't do much, but if you are after tips, can I suggest that looking at pictures of Novillo for 3 hours straight whilst mumbling a fantasy dialogue is probably not going to help.

I actually have a lot of nightmares...

And one strategy I use when I wake up from one in the middle of the night so I do not go drift back into nightmare is to randomly try list 90's EPL Players or Kits in my head before I fall back asleep again. (Generally it has been a good strategy).

[NewConvert]

16 minutes ago, cadete said:

I actually have a lot of nightmares...

And one strategy I use when I wake up from one in the middle of the night so I do not go drift back into nightmare is to randomly try list 90's EPL Players or Kits in my head before I fall back asleep again. (Generally it has been a good strategy).

I have a similar problem with nightmares but mine took a turn for the worse - the nightmares were a precursor. You may need to see a doctor who should then refer you to a specialist.

[thisphantomfortress]

TTDIM; never having nightmares, I mean ever. I always dream lucidly so if ever I don't like the way things are going I can just change my surroundings.

cant ever remember having a nightmare in my life.

[bt50]

I rarely have dreams tbh, at least that I remember anyway.

Be lucky to have one a week.

I deal in real life.

[cadete]

7 minutes ago, NewConvert said:

I have a similar problem with nightmares but mine took a turn for the worse - the nightmares were a precursor. You may need to see a doctor who should then refer you to a specialist.

I have spoken to a Doctor about and it is just something I have to accept...

I should add the worst nightmares are those you get when you go nicotine patches, I had eight nights in a row where in each I literally died (I awoke as I was dying) in a different way. 

[NewConvert]

9 minutes ago, cadete said:

I have spoken to a Doctor about and it is just something I have to accept...

I should add the worst nightmares are those you get when you go nicotine patches, I had eight nights in a row where in each I literally died (I awoke as I was dying) in a different way. 

Well in my case, the dying started becoming real, that was when I went to the doctor. I still have nightmares but at least I am not waking up covered in blood or with dislocated joints.

[Tesla]

1 hour ago, bt50 said:

I rarely have dreams tbh, at least that I remember anyway.

Be lucky to have one a week.

I deal in real life.

You probably do have them you just don't remember, that's how it is for me as soon as I wake up I forget them.

I do remember some though and often I'll be aware it's a dream anyway and just be like "okay I'm gonna wake up now" and then I wake up lol. 

[bt50]

6 minutes ago, Tesla said:

You probably do have them you just don't remember, that's how it is for me as soon as I wake up I forget them.

I do remember some though and often I'll be aware it's a dream anyway and just be like "okay I'm gonna wake up now" and then I wake up lol.

Oh yeh that's what I meant. Apparently everyone dreams, I just rarely recall mine.

[cadete]

1 hour ago, Tesla said:

You probably do have them you just don't remember, that's how it is for me as soon as I wake up I forget them.

I do remember some though and often I'll be aware it's a dream anyway and just be like "okay I'm gonna wake up now" and then I wake up lol. 

If you can remember your dreams well like I do then Good Dreams suck worse than Bad Dreams...

I spent the whole of late 90's constantly waking up elated Geelong had finally won a flag, that impending exams were over or that I had just been at a great party and hooked up with an unobtainable girl. It's like waking up to a epic come down at 4am in a nightclub. 

Edited February 2, 2016 by cadete

[Tesla]

On 19/01/2016 at 2:50 PM, Tesla said:

My mind is blown that Trump is still a front runner, I keep expecting people will switch to a serious candidate but it's not happening. Surely trump can't actually get nominated, yeah there are a lot of rednecks but still wtf.

TTDIM: Nothing like the primaries starting to sort shit out, finally this Trump crap is coming to an end.

[Shahanga]

1 hour ago, Tesla said:

TTDIM: Nothing like the primaries starting to sort shit out, finally this Trump crap is coming to an end.

I reckon the mistake pretty much all Aussies make with American politics is they try to analyse it through "our eyes". I reckon you just can't (unless you are very in tune with the states, which rules out the vast majority).

Ultimatrly yanks didn't giva if their president is a walking foreign policy disaster, they just care about their local issues, whatever they are.

So yeah trump wouldn't get many votes in Australia, but hey it ain't Australia.

[mus-28]

I don't have dreams, just occasionally get that shit feeling when you think you're falling and it scares you awake.

[NewConvert]

22 minutes ago, mus-28 said:

I don't have dreams, just occasionally get that shit feeling when you think you're falling and it scares you awake.

You were dreaming before that. You just don't remember the dream. I have the same types of dreams and I suffer from vertigo.

[NewConvert]

59 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

I reckon the mistake pretty much all Aussies make with American politics is they try to analyse it through "our eyes". I reckon you just can't (unless you are very in tune with the states, which rules out the vast majority).

Ultimatrly yanks didn't giva if their president is a walking foreign policy disaster, they just care about their local issues, whatever they are.

So yeah trump wouldn't get many votes in Australia, but hey it ain't Australia.

I have yet to be in a country where foreign policy ranks high in a democratic election. So I don't view the yanks any different from us in that respect.

I find it difficult enough to have a pulse for Australian politics because these days I rarely travel outside of Victoria for work and so I don't get to hear what the locals in other cities/towns are thinking. I reckon the USA would be even more difficult because it has a bigger population in more towns than Australia does.

As for Trump he came second. He remains in the mix but Huckabee is already suspending his campaign, I expect Santorum to do so as well. Kasich, Bush and Christie should follow suit soon. Don't know what Rand Paul will do. The third guy in democratic race has also called it stumps.

Basically all the Iowa primary has done is eliminate the least viable candidates. NH should be death knell for a few more leaving the race in the Republican side with either three or four candidates. The Democrats will have two.

Of course the vice presidential candidate will be interesting. I do note that neither Clinton nor Sanders have attacked each other (maybe with a stale lettuce leaf) so they may run on a joint ticket. For the Republicans, they have been at each others throat so that probably means that someone who is not in the race will be asked to run as vice president.

[Tesla]

TTDIM: Donald Glover.

For being funny AF, ridiculously cool, and, most important of all, the realest motherfucker on the planet.

[thisphantomfortress]

TTDIM; getting spotify on my work computer.

[cadete]

4 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

TTDIM; getting spotify on my work computer.

Makes the day a lot easier doesn't it... ESP when you some of the most annoying loudmouths in the world in your office laughing at their own terrible jokes all the time and you are trying to concentrate.

[thisphantomfortress]

11 minutes ago, cadete said:

Makes the day a lot easier doesn't it... ESP when you some of the most annoying loudmouths in the world in your office laughing at their own terrible jokes all the time and you are trying to concentrate.

It's certainly made the more mundane aspects of my job a bit easier. I've realised 8 hours is a hell of a lot of music so resorted to Spotify radio, can be a bit hit and miss but it's starting to realise what I like. Such a world we live in

[cadete]

2 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

It's certainly made the more mundane aspects of my job a bit easier. I've realised 8 hours is a hell of a lot of music so resorted to Spotify radio, can be a bit hit and miss but it's starting to realise what I like. Such a world we live in

Yeah, I use the radio feature as well... but like you said some of the selections that come on baffle me.

Luckily I have a skip button on my keyboard so I dont have it on screen every time I skip which some days can be a lot.

[Embee]

30 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

TTDIM; getting spotify on my work computer.

TTDIM: Free wifi at work.

Which means all the Spotify and NBA League Pass I want on my mobile

 

EDIT: Just checked and it turns out I have Spotify on my computer aswell, and Youtube.

Edited February 5, 2016 by Embee

[thisphantomfortress]

8 minutes ago, Embee said:

TTDIM: Free wifi at work.

Which means all the Spotify and NBA League Pass I want on my mobile

 

EDIT: Just checked and it turns out I have Spotify on my computer aswell, and Youtube.

Yea I've also gotten onto the wifi this week too but spotify seems to shit itself less on the computer

[Tesla]

TTDIM: The truly phenomenal effect the combination of stimulants and straight fucking banger music has on my mental ability. I swear I'm only operating at 1% the rest of the time.

Can't wait till I can afford cocaine, will reach a whole other level.

[thisphantomfortress]

8 minutes ago, Tesla said:

TTDIM: The truly phenomenal effect the combination of stimulants and straight fucking banger music has on my mental ability. I swear I'm only operating at 1% the rest of the time.

Can't wait till I can afford cocaine, will reach a whole other level.

That "conquer the world" feeling. Feeling down at work, Just by Bicep or Patience by Gavin Rochford and a coffee back on track

[strider]

11 hours ago, Tesla said:

TTDIM: The truly phenomenal effect the combination of stimulants and straight fucking banger music has on my mental ability. I swear I'm only operating at 1% the rest of the time.

Can't wait till I can afford cocaine, will reach a whole other level.

Try testosterone