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At least they are smart and working for a better America. Far better
than the radical leftist assholes who were leading-around Biden.
On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:23:37 -0600, chrisv wrote:
At least they are smart and working for a better America. Far better
than the radical leftist assholes who were leading-around Biden.
What scares me is if they ever get back in power with their pens and
phones. What Trump is doing with executive orders needs to be codified but
I don't know if the Republicans have to balls to do it, particularly
wastes of oxygen like McConnell.
On Sat, 16 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
With Trump v1 I hoped Australia's eternal arse kissing of America
might become at least a bit less blind. Nope, still with 'em all
the way. Same this time no doubt - Australian intelligence agencies
will be the last ones to stop sharing every little scrap of info
they get on anyone to the USA where they officially don't give a
stuff about the rights of any Australian. Trump will keep the deal
to sell us nuclear subs going, but that won't actually happen until
after he's long gone anyway (out of office, and probably also died
of old age by then).
Is it true what I read in the newspaper from my little corner of the world, that
australia is turning into a surveillance state?
Sweden is also turning into a surveillance state as well, so maybe this is a new
global trend that caught on after corona?
Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
In fact, at this time he is being lead around by far smarter people.
At least they are smart and working for a better America. Far better
than the radical leftist assholes who were leading-around Biden.
That fscking creep called people "white supremacists" for voting
Republican. That fscking creep censored free speech. That fscking
creep opened our borders to the dregs of the Earth. That fscking
creep sought to make our country weak while China laughs and builds
hundreds of more coal plants. That fscking creep advocated for the >castration and mutilation of confused children.
I could go on.
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:42:41 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
With Trump v1 I hoped Australia's eternal arse kissing of America
might become at least a bit less blind. Nope, still with 'em all the
way. Same this time no doubt - Australian intelligence agencies will
be the last ones to stop sharing every little scrap of info they get
on anyone to the USA where they officially don't give a stuff about
the rights of any Australian. Trump will keep the deal to sell us
nuclear subs going, but that won't actually happen until after he's
long gone anyway (out of office, and probably also died of old age by
then).
Is it true what I read in the newspaper from my little corner of the
world, that australia is turning into a surveillance state?
Sweden is also turning into a surveillance state as well, so maybe this
is a new global trend that caught on after corona?
You're at least 20 years behind. They've been surveillance
states for ages...
[]'s
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:31 -0300, Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:42:41 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Is it true what I read in the newspaper from my little corner of the >>>world, that australia is turning into a surveillance state?
Sweden is also turning into a surveillance state as well, so maybe this >>>is a new global trend that caught on after corona?
You're at least 20 years behind. They've been surveillance
states for ages...
[]'s
Australia or Sweden. About 35 years ago I was more or less living off the grid and got talking to a man at the laundromat who was in the same situation. I'd been interested in Australia for a long time. It turned out
he had returned to the US after living there for several years. According
to him no matter how much freedom the US had lost Australia was much
worse.
Besides strict gun control in Aus (albeit fairly ineffective), I think a
lot of the differences would vary between individual US states and
Australian states/territories. Things like private use of fireworks is
still allowed in the Northern Territory.
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:31 -0300, Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:42:41 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
With Trump v1 I hoped Australia's eternal arse kissing of America
might become at least a bit less blind. Nope, still with 'em all the
way. Same this time no doubt - Australian intelligence agencies will
be the last ones to stop sharing every little scrap of info they get
on anyone to the USA where they officially don't give a stuff about
the rights of any Australian. Trump will keep the deal to sell us
nuclear subs going, but that won't actually happen until after he's
long gone anyway (out of office, and probably also died of old age by
then).
Is it true what I read in the newspaper from my little corner of the
world, that australia is turning into a surveillance state?
Sweden is also turning into a surveillance state as well, so maybe this
is a new global trend that caught on after corona?
You're at least 20 years behind. They've been surveillance
states for ages...
[]'s
Australia or Sweden. About 35 years ago I was more or less living off the grid and got talking to a man at the laundromat who was in the same situation. I'd been interested in Australia for a long time. It turned out
he had returned to the US after living there for several years. According
to him no matter how much freedom the US had lost Australia was much
worse.
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:31 -0300, Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:42:41 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Is it true what I read in the newspaper from my little corner of the
world, that australia is turning into a surveillance state?
Sweden is also turning into a surveillance state as well, so maybe this >>>> is a new global trend that caught on after corona?
You're at least 20 years behind. They've been surveillance
states for ages...
[]'s
Australia or Sweden. About 35 years ago I was more or less living off the
grid and got talking to a man at the laundromat who was in the same
situation. I'd been interested in Australia for a long time. It turned out >> he had returned to the US after living there for several years. According
to him no matter how much freedom the US had lost Australia was much
worse.
Any extra freedoms we do accidentally have get rectified as soon as
the USA gives our government the nudge, such as with the laws
allowing any encryption to be cirumvented. Evidently laws to
achieve that already existed in the USA with what happened to
Lavabit.
Besides strict gun control in Aus (albeit fairly ineffective), I
think a lot of the differences would vary between individual US
states and Australian states/territories. Things like private use
of fireworks is still allowed in the Northern Territory.
On Mo 17 Feb 2025 at 09:10, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
I think we're better-off than most, in the West. We're not getting
thrown in jail for "mean" social media posts, for example.
No, you only get fired when you do climate research.
'Andreas
On 2025-02-17, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Red, rural and bible-thumping US. It is my belief, that if you stick to >>>> rural areas in the US, the surveillance will be a minimum. Other areas >>>> I've considered are switzerland (the southern italien part),
liechtenstein, the channel islands, the isle of man.
If you are of a socialist bent, iceland could also be a small, more or >>>> less forgotten place, in the middle of nowhere. =)
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Lars Poulsen wrote:
But will Iceland grant you residency?
Iceland is in Schengen, so you can visit (it's a "domestic flight" from
Frankfurt or Copenhagen). And a bit of Googling teaches me that EU and
EFTA citizens can live in Iceland without a visa.
Non-EU, non-Scandinavians ... not so easy.
On 2025-02-17, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
Not only is there Schengen, there is also a nordic treaty which name
escapes me for the moment, which makes it super easy for scandinavians to
move around, and it also covers iceland I think. I do know plenty of
icelanders move to scandinavia since they are bored with iceland.
Hmm, yes, could be more difficult, but since you are danish by birth, and
perhaps still have your citizenship, I think it should be pretty easy for
you to relocate to iceland. For your daughter... difficult to say.
I would be very surprised to find myself leaving "New Denmark" (a.k.a. California). My daughter might move to Denmark, but not Iceland.
You, on the other hand might rediscover your ancestry - but what about
your wife? She would probably not be able to practice law there.