DAVID THOMAS

They should call it a tariff just for fun

Anthony Albanese deems Trump saying 'all civilisation will die tonight' as 'inappropriate' yet in some parts of Australia merely saying From the river to the sea will get you jailed.

@MikeCarlton01 Hasn't he always been in the sewer?

The decline and fall of Peter Van Onselen into sewer journalism is rather sad to see…

@NapoLeon1226391 I needed that. I did not know that I needed it. But I needed it.

Très très con mais j'avoue, j'ai ri...

@DeepNotShallow The dems won't do shit. Do you remember when Obama failed to prosecute senior Bush government officials for the post-9/11 US torture program? Expect more of the same.

If we survive Trump, Dems will run up huge numbers in 2026 & 2028, like 2006 & '08. But if the next President doesn't govern like FDR, broad reforms, corruption prosecutions, landmark legislation, we end up right back here. Winning isn't enough. Dems have to change things.

@ItsBouquet Well known weak bastard continues to be a weak bastard

"not appropriate" Is there no limit to the feeble critique blathered by this fence-sitter

I have read a statement that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” and as I read that statement and as I reread that statement I cannot shake the feeling that the civilization from which that statement comes is one that is already dead.

@talksports45 This is very cool.

Mahela Jayawardene-29.5 Joe Root-29 Sunil Gavaskar-29 Inzamam Ul Haq-29 Graeme Smith-29 Angelo Mathews-28.5 Ricky Ponting-28 Hashim Amla-28 David Warner-28 VVS Laxman-27 Graham Gooch-27 Alec Stewart-27 David Gower-27 Mark Waugh-26 Steve Waugh-25.5 Alastair Cook-24 Virat Kohli-23 Michael Clarke-23 (2/n)

Calculated the median scores for test batsmen who managed to score 8000+ test runs. Took some efforts to do this, but was a fun stat. Have divided the list in 2 parts. The 1st has players with a median score >=30 and the next with <30. Brian Lara-33.5 Garry Sobers-33.5 Rahul Dravid-33 AB de Villiers-33 Viv Richards-32.5 Sachin Tendulkar-32 Kane Williamson-32 Kumar Sangakkara-32 Jacques Kallis-31.5 Allan Border-31 Steve Smith-31 Shivnarine Chanderpaul-31 Virender Sehwag-31 Younis Khan-31 Kevin Pietersen-31 Matthew Hayden-31 Javed Miandad-30 Geoffrey Boycott-30 (1/n)

A literate person would of course say "beneath" not "below"

@Kate_McClymont Things I thought I would never see...........

Just wow!!! smh.com.au/national/ben-r…

@SuDharmapala Or, to put it more simply, he's always been a dick and now he's much worse.

@SuDharmapala If you watch videos of Trump from 2016, the decline in his mental state is obvious. He likely has both age related cognitive decline & some form of dementia resulting in loss of inhibitions and social filters. This has amplified pre-existing personality flaws and disorders. 1)

I would like to posit the theory that Trump is neither demented, suffering from mental ill-health or any other medical ailment leading to his current behaviour. He is who he is. He has always been him. The very epitome of American cultural greed and selfishess. He is who America created him to be. Nothing more. Nothing less.

@CricketOGs Sobers only had one decent innings in that series (254 not out in the 2nd innings at Melbourne after getting a duck in the first) but Bradman described it as "the greatest innings played on Australian soil". He scored 341 runs in total for the 5 "test" series.

When Lillie tried to mess with Sir Sobbers😄 📍Dennis Lillee🗣️ : "That little bastard, I will show him. I haven't really bowled at him yet!" 📍Well, Ian," Sobers replied. "He's got the ball, I've got the bat we'll see. Australia and the World XI in 1971-72 : ❤️A Legendary Conversation involving 3 Legends Ian Chappell, Gary Sobbers, Dennis Lillie. It's Australian Dressing Room : Sobers went to the Aussie dressing room for the usual post-play chats and beers. Sobbers to Chappell : Ian, you've got a man in here called Lillee and every time I go into bat I seem to get these short-pitched deliveries. I want you to let him know that I can bowl them short and he better watch out. 👉Sobers was as good as his word. When Lillee batted the next day, Sobers was bowling, and the first ball was a bouncer. Again that night, Sobers went in to the Australian changing room and once more sat with Chappell who recounted what had happened when Lillee returned after being dismissed. "Before Dennis could reach the dressing room, the door opened and the bat hit the wall and he said: `That little bastard, I will show him. I haven't really bowled at him yet'."😄😄 Well, Ian," Sobers replied. "He's got the ball, I've got the bat we'll see.

The greatest military in history has: Fought Korea to a draw. Lost to Vietnamese farmers. Spent 20 years in Afghanistan before being expelled by men in sandals. Created ISIS in Iraq. And is currently stuck in week five of Iran with a closed strait and no exit strategy. Greatest ever. No question.

Maybe the biggest myth in cricket is that T20 cricket is more entertaining than other formats. It's really not. It takes batting elegance & pounds it out of shape. Turns the art of bowling into a humiliation ritual. Rewards brawn over brain. Makes stars out of nobodies. I hate it

For as long as you refuse to condemn this @SenatorWong I don’t want to hear the words ‘international law,’ ‘strongly condemn’ or ‘grave concerns’ come out of your mouth. #auspol

@WG_RumblePants You will be prising the lid of Jimmys coffin to try and get one more over out of him.

The new England Test team so far then… Opener Opener Rew Root Brook Bethell Critchley Foakes Bowler Bowler Bowler Sir James Anderson 😉

@slater57649 He's awesome

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