Here are some of the things the Australian Smartraveller site has to say about travelling to Germany:
Politics
Anyone who thinks that the supposedly deluded conservative base of the Liberal Party didn’t win – or achieve exactly what it set out to achieve from the 2016 federal election – needs to look at the Kevin Rudd’s failed UN campaign and think again.
Continue reading “Rudd’s UN Failure Shows Again That the Delcons Won”
Shortly before the 2016 federal election, I suggested that Labor’s left was sabotaging Shorten’s election campaign:
As for Andrews, he and Labor’s socialist left (more relevantly) hardly came down in the last shower. They’ve had Shorten lined up for a while and the CFA matter hasn’t been foolishly timed. It’s been perfectly timed…
Politics and the scourge of the left couldn’t have been further from my mind while exploring Tuscany.
Consequently, the purpose of this post is to recommend the magnificent Siena House, run by Malvin and Amanda Tyler. Located in the heart of Tuscany, this four-room B&B is the perfect hub for exploring the region and is a stone’s throw away from:
Continue reading “Gratuitous Advertising – Siena House and Andrew Bolt’s Book”
TMR’s European tour continues at Lake Como.
On being overwhelmed by the incredible scenery, TMR noticed something quite interesting and decided to investigate further.
TMR is on the road in Europe and sends you the heartiest of greetings from its first stop in Munich.
Among many interesting things to note so far are that:
- smokers and non-smokers seem to have an amazing ability to co-habitate, without one group having to wipe the other from the face of open air public spaces*; and
- mindless political correctness is definitely not on the menu (see various items in the first section):
The 2016 federal election has proven yet again that treachery and retribution are certainties in politics. TMR looks at where and how they were served.
If you haven’t been following the Victorian CFA issue closely, let me quickly bring you up to speed: Daniel Andrews and the Victorian State Labor government are pushing to bring the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) (a volunteer organisation) under the control of the United Firefighters Union (UFU).
At face value, Andrews is simply paying back a debt owed to the UFU – largely for its assistance during the 2014 Victorian state election campaign. However, there’s a lot more to this than meets the eye.
Although a state matter, the Victorian CFA issue has not been confined to Victoria. It has has involved years of treachery, intrigue and opportunism all rolled into a broad factional and union power struggle. As you’ll soon see, the CFA and Andrews are merely pawns – and they’ve had a far greater and more targeted impact on the 2016 federal election than you might think.
I found this via Steve Kates and Catallaxy Files. It’s a set of 30 or so survey questions from the Sydney Morning Herald which show where you sit politically based on current issues.
Some of the questions are horribly loaded, such as:
- ‘Large multinational companies should be heavily penalised for offshore tax avoidance’ (TMR: you mean for legally minimising tax?).
- ‘The health of the Great Barrier Reef should be prioritised over coal mining’.
That said, it’s still fun to do and you’ll only need about 5-10 minutes all up. Take the survey here and feel free to post your result in the comments section below.
There’s a big post coming tomorrow, so stay tuned.
Not long ago, The Marcus Review provided a list of 18 key Labor spending decisions which largely contributed to our $400 billion loan.
Today, Nick Cater provides an all-too-typical footnote to No. 6 on the list – the $20b ‘Education Revolution’ ($16.2 billion of which was committed to ‘Building the Education Revolution’). Read it and weep:
The Marcus Review 