There is evidence for rapid filling of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Persian Gulf

Of course “rapid” can mean “walking pace”

In other news: John Carpenter was delighted when critics’ declared that movie goers “will survive” Avatar 2

Well the Bolshevik’s for a starter.

Fairly certain I explicitly said we used to have parties like that. My apologies if it was only implied.

Traditional Marxism sees international borders as yet another way to oppress the little guy. Modern labour parties are covered in paragraph 4

Classical liberal are the party of merchants, entrepreneurs, and the nouveau riche. They believe in free trade and freedom of labour (to move to their factory). They’re against workers rights, subsidies (right up until they need them), and entrenched aristocracy.

Classical conservatives are the party of landowners, established monopolies, and old money. They believe everything is just perfect and will enact miserly changes only when forced to.

Classical Labour/socialist are the party of the little guy. They believe in freedom of trade, freedom of labour, and freedom of movement. They’re against the other 2.

Believe it or not, none of these exist any more. All we have now is Neoliberals, Reactionaries, and closet neoliberals. And the Greens, I suppose

I don’t think “balls to the wall” is sexual but don’t use it anyway. Most people I know think it refers to male genitalia even if it doesn’t actually.

“Full send”? Go nuts. I have no idea what it means but it doesn’t obviously reference a taboo. If any one asks, say “it’s a climbing term” as they use “send” to mean a completed climb

Oh no! Things are hard! Guess we’ll just leave them too die

/s for the eradication of doubt

“I don’t think” - this is weak, you need to pump it up with “only an idiot thinks”

“Worked well” - this is an obvious weasel word (albeit a compound one), avoid slipperiness with “worked at all”.

“They may work better” - this is both weak and weaselly. Try “they only ever work”

“But that may be rare and doesn’t seem to be definitely the case here” - Ay caramba! Do you kiss your girlfriend with those lips? Even “but I don’t think so” would’ve been better

Yep, its stupid to demand people with problems fix their problems BEFORE you offer support for their problems

Cost savings so uplifting right now!

The secret sauce is not having stupid restrictions and accepting that some unsightly things will occur

Nothing but each antibiotic resistance has a cost to the bacteria, so hopefully eventually we’ll have enough different antibiotics that no bacteria can afford to be resistant to all of them

Tsk! It’s easy to pronounce, just simultaneously pronounce an “a” and a horizontal semi-colon.

A “swede” is a turnip in New Zealand

You’re wrong

From personal experience, it’s nothing to do with you

Yes. It’s nothing to do with you, just the woman and her doctor.

Nothing you ever do in your life will be as dangerous as pregnancy. It should never be undertaken glibly.

Abortion is legal in New Zealand, same as any other life saving medical procedure

Women can also be misogynists, its true

Really? NZ has detention centres in Papúa New Guinea and Nauru? Seriously? Stop lying and wake up to how awful Australia actually is

Manus island, Christmas Island

You keep believing the High Court is a normal part of immigration bureaucracy mate, I’ll be over here enjoying my homemade grapefruit beer

From the article:

“Thoms was released from immigration detention immediately after the court issued its judgement. … The court found immigration laws did not apply to Thoms, who was a recognised native title holder.”

Thoms is “recognised native title holder”, that is an Aboriginal, who was in immigration detention, that is being deported, and the Government did their utmost to get him deported.

Quibble if you want but Australia deported Aborigines.

Nah mate, this case is because they deported him.

Having won the case, because it’s obviously absurd, he’s allowed back into Australia