The Old and Unimproved Dave 🦘
@DaveToau
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One’s strength is great when one’s cause is just.
Sydney, Australia
Joined September 2020
The slogan of 'cheap renewables' is soon to be ... gone with the wind. Climate 200 presented itself as gentle and neighbourly, a non-partisan restoration of decency. A kind of Whole Foods wrapped in Scanlan & Theodore. Yet in practice it was financed by billionaires,
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So today on my vacation I was in Bulgaria. The guide was old enough to remember the commie days of old, and she talked about how Bulgarian children were forbidden/discouraged from learning English. The party leaders would rail on and on about the evils of the West as the reason
More people are buying first and business class airline tickets than ever before. What about main cabin tickets? They're down. That's our economy. The rich are doing better than ever, while working people can't afford to book a flight.
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Donald Trump is going to Do The BBC ... and he's going to do them slooowly! https://t.co/qz0rPFfPwR
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There’s something backwards about the fact that zero-g medication helps keep things down. 🤔
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People always ask me, "Mikey, did you really do a 270-degree turn to get out of Norfolk Harbor?" and I always answer, I'm glad you asked that question. You see, Cold War tensions were at an all-time high. Fleet command had loose stool as to whether - if a nuke hit Norfolk and
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WHAT WAS THE EARTH LIKE WHEN IT HAD RINGS? https://t.co/NhMRq7Wvd8
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Arguably the best toasts ever… “To getting the job done.” “To answering the call of duty.” “To making it out with our skin.” “To getting this over with before my beer gets warm.”
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The human induced climate crisis is a giant beat-up. It is the plaything of the elite, as they reassert their dominance over the common folk of the world. It was better when royals stayed out of politics.
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"...The Russians have got nerves and stomachs like these buffaloes that can eat mangrove-leaves and drink swamp water.” 4/4
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"...I blame it on our ancestors,” says a British naval officer. “They got civilized and developed a nervous system. When they had nothing to do they would sit and think and worry themselves; but the Russians would just sit..." 3/4
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"After the auction everybody settles down to steady drinking, at which the Russians are in a class by themselves. Even the most seasoned soaks of the British Navy will shudder and turn white when asked to go to an official dinner on a Russian warship..." 2/4
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Recorded in 'Happy Dispatches' by A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson (of 'Waltzing Matilda' and 'The Man From Snowy River' fame) in the last few years of Tsarist Russia... 🧵 1/4
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Why would Democrats be warning against “surrender” if it’s a “Republican shutdown,” as they dishonestly and incoherently claim? 🤔
WATCH — Democrat Sen. Dick Blumenthal: "There is no reason to surrender now." Americans suffer, Democrats play games. 🚨 Should Congresspeople continue to be paid during this shutdown while millions miss their paychecks? https://t.co/b5A2nmH2zm
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