https://archive.is/2022.01.05-033953/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-05/one-reason-for-rising-food-prices-chinese-hoarding

    • bottomfeeder [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Incredible. $500m for a laff. I do remember Bernie getting ratfucked, but tbh 4yrs of trunt & coming on 2 of brandon really dulls the senses.

      Palmer dropping $50 (60?)m on australia's last federal election was a steal by comparison

      • DrBeat [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Population adjusted Palmer dropped more. He's still at it with the UAP, in september half the country got spam texts from them.

        I guess at these scales it's all shameless evil shit, not worth picking over the specifics.

        I agree the constant news is hard to chronologise. The damages for the robodebt scandal are still ongoing, despite feeling like it happened in my childhood. Same for so many other ongoing, rolling, cumulative soul-draining nightmares.

        I should touch grass, my windowsill plant has now unveiled a third(3!) new leaf 🌱

        • bottomfeeder [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Thank you for the plant update, that was sweet :)

          I want/need to keep a :pepe-silvia: calendar for all this shit cos its just a contextless barrage without it. We've been kicking the can down the road for so long i forgot why we started and what we're doing.

          My garden is in rolling bloom atm, all sorts of new flowers coming in atop the early bloomers dying.
          Clive Palmer is a criminal and I'd love to compost him.