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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Fuck yes John. Fuck yes. This alone is worth the annual price of admission.

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

‘That empty smirk from marketing!,, Gold!..we’ve all had bosses like this turd, but the fact that he’s the PM still makes me shake my head in wonder at the stupidity of us.

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Dear JB, despite my sneaking suspicion that you've sent the the same letter promising I would be your favourite to all your other subscribers, I'm happy to sign up for another year. Thanks for all the sugar and the bitter pill.

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But John, you are my favourite.

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

"That flopdick goat rodeo was already morphing into a disaster with the promised four million doses missing-in-action as of a week ago, the PM’s goons blaming the states, the PM blaming the EU, the states swearing a blood oath to defend each other against these vile slurs, and the EU straight up blading ScoMo as a teller of untruths whose trousers had combusted." - Chef's Kiss

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Fucking GOLD! No one else seems to capture the essence of that fuck knuckle as well as you. Shared to everyone I know.

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Love this one JB, but not reassuring to hear that the phenomenon of over promotion of under-qualified men is a worldwide problem. **shakes fist uselessly at sky**

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

There’s not one that i don’t love, but this one i love with a fucking zeal that would be unseemly to the ACL

Leadership, like anything else, is just a skill. One has to learn it, not just have the most swinging dicks behind you to force you into the job. My day job is at the very bottom of the food chain, but when there’s a major emergency i step into a leadership roll. I am not good at operations, or planning, or WHS, i am good at pointing all those people in the right direction and getting the job done. It’s just another job, one which our current mouth-breather-in-chief is not good at.

Tip top column again today JB

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Apr 9, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

So the solution is they learn something, feel the despair of a little knowledge and lose all confidence? We're truly fucked.

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Hubris, meet Nemesis.

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That’s my favorite line from the Avengers

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So many uncomfortable displays of performative psychopathy with the PM. Loved this. Dutton thought he had the better handle on that spectrum but with his hair and heartlessness looks more like something Tyrell Corporation have stashed out back in a bag of rather salty amniotic fluid. They'll slice it when the public is made ready perhaps. Though no one in that front bench would it through a Voight-Kampff test.

Great writing!

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JFC, but this comment is so good i want to steal it.

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Hahaha...take it!

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Dear John please let me know when my subscription is due for renewal

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But I can check you personally when I get home.

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The first annual subscriptions will renew in the next day or two I reckon, Max.

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