Nicholas Gruen

@NGruen1

Picking my way, between the indifference and privilege of the right and the sentimentalism and self righteousness of the left

Melbourne, Victoria
clubtroppo.com.au
Joined May 2009
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  1. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    The really depressing thing is that it hardly stirs the surprise-o-meter

    Scott Morrison's fixer offered Craig Kelly's challenger a $350,000 party job to drop out via
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  2. 15 hours ago

    I'm certainly a member of the cappuccino class (so much better than latte!) But what's this about EU funding? Getting some serious here

    Replying to @NGruen1
    Nicholas, you’ll have Brexiters screaming at you (literally) that you’re saying they didn’t “consider” ie use their brains. They will claim they knew exactly what you voted for. You’ll be dismissed as a member of the elite EU funded cappuccino class!
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  3. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Black children looking in on a whites only playground, Alabama, 1956.

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  4. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Number of journalists employed by the New York Times 2014: 1,100. 2016: 1,300. 2018: 1,500. Number of journalists employed by the Washington Post 2013: 500. 2016: 600. 2018: 825.

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  5. 20 hours ago

    Evaluator General embraced SHOCK!

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  6. 21 hours ago

    Now Facebook have refused to do it directly, is there a simple free app I can use to syndicate my tweets to Facebook?

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Given that MRIs on people with metal in them will often kill them, I wonder why they don’t check you over with a metal detector rather than just ASK if you’ve got metal in your body You mightn’t know or you might have zoned out by the time you tick the umpteenth box on the form

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  8. 24 hours ago

    Machiavelli thought that oligarchs were insatiable, which in our day includes having your own facts, whereas the common people just wanted to lead a decent life The mainstream left in the US is still reality based Not so the right

    Hard-Money Men, Suddenly Going Soft - Paul Krugman
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  9. 24 hours ago

    Bitcoin, a topic that combines some of the same libertarian derp with a hefty infusion of technobabble. Paul Krugman

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  10. 24 hours ago

    Paul Krugman, at his trenchant, double-downing best!

    Hard-Money Men, Suddenly Going Soft - Paul Krugman
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  11. Dec 20

    My wife STILL can’t find a convenient parking space in her local Bay St Port Melbourne shopping strip Really, these are RELENTLESS

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  12. Dec 20

    The HoL is still free to perform it's role of providing some leadership Showing leadership (for instance by pointing out that Brexit represents the will, but not the CONSIDERED will of the people circa mid 2016) is a career ending move in the Commons

    Replying to @MollyMEP @WernerT_Man and 10 others
    I’m conflicted and perplexed by the House of Lords. I’m a lifelong opponent, but over the past 2 years it’s the only branch of our political system that has acted with integrity and honour. It actually protected our Commons. I cannot explain this 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  13. Dec 20

    The HoL is still free to perform it's role of providing some leadership Snowing leadership is a career ending move in the Commons

    Replying to @MollyMEP @WernerT_Man and 10 others
    I’m conflicted and perplexed by the House of Lords. I’m a lifelong opponent, but over the past 2 years it’s the only branch of our political system that has acted with integrity and honour. It actually protected our Commons. I cannot explain this 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  14. Dec 20

    Interesting take: Comprehensive Sex Education Undermines Students’ Moral Development

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  15. Dec 19

    Nice term from We don’t need a second referendum, we need now, as we needed before the first a PREFERENDUM

    Replying to @GenreResearch @catherinemep and 46 others
    We must find new models of citizens participation in the democratic process like proposed by a friend from Australia & Both have great ideas to solve the non-transparency! “Britain does not need a 2nd referendum–it needs a preferendum“
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  16. Dec 19

    Disturbing? Basically terrifying ...

    Disturbing but true... weaponisation of facebook data
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  17. Dec 19

    Except that data is a non rival good ...

    Alternative idea: we need data property rights
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  18. Dec 19

    Really beautiful setting of Philip Larkin's The Trees to music by Paul Kelly

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  19. Retweeted
    Dec 19
    Replying to and

    “We must organise in communities so that there is a dialogue with Leavers and Remainers, one that's concerned with healing the divisions that have emerged and with growing awareness of how to secure meaningful change for the better.“

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  20. Dec 18

    Suffragettes fail modern media management 101 Keep statements short, simplistic, emotional, tendentious and misleading

    Suffragettes with banner, 1918. Check out for more pics:
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