David russell

Today is Dr. Fauci’s 84th birthday. RETWEET to wish Dr. Fauci a happy birthday!

#RHILive Do you know there is a town in Victoria called Eldorado ? ( a gold mining town!!) It would be a great town for you two to visit ⭐️

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” -Nate White

Today, speaking for the first time in parliament, I set out my commitments to and on behalf of Kooyong while I serve in this place. And I explained that, actually, Kooyong voted for many more people than just me...

@battledinosaur Did Max Gawn quietly travel to Doha to act as goalie for the penalty shoot out?

this is the face of a man who will never have to buy a beer in Australia ever again #AUSvPER

Tom Morris should read the defamation laws in Australia and seriously consider action against Beveridge. Seek council

Since when did the @abcTV series ‘Utopia’ become permanently embedded as being ‘The Australian Way’? It is the scariest example of life imitating art I have seen #emptyslogans #nothingbutspin

Frydenberg is critical of the Vic premier for not releasing Melburnians from lockdown. On multiple occasions Andrews has agreed to follow the national plan for 70% & 80 % vaccination The multi representative national plan is ultimately endorsed by the PM. Is JF at odds with PM?

@rwillingham @DanielAndrewsMP Could you please ask the premier how many of the 1000 Tier 1 contact sites are outdoors. How many protesters in the march contracted COVID? Evidence Based approach. #releaseoutdoors #playgrounds.

Premier @DanielAndrewsMP tells reporters “you’re allowed to criticise”.

Frightening

@rwillingham @abcmelbourne How about asking Daniel Andrews which government minister signed the government contract to employ security guards? Might be illuminating?

Here’s the premier’s statement @abcmelbourne

This portrait is made with the pictures of all the doctors and nurses who passed away in this pandemic. Enlarge it and you will see. We will never forget them❤️ 💖 RT to pay your tribute !

@latikambourke Difficult word to spell. FUCHSIA.

My fuschia going bananas. 🌸 🌺 😍

All Essendon players and coaches will need to self isolate for 2 weeks. Future of AFL season?

All state governments in Australia should have mandated that all people attending “Black Lives Matter” protests had the government COVIDSafe App. Freedom to protest and ability to trace if 2nd wave. #blacklivesmatteraustralia

Yeah RMH!!! World's Best Hospitals 2020 - Top 100 Global newsweek.com/best-hospitals…

My thoughts are with the wonderful St Marks Nutrition team.

@AFL 4

You can only pick one 😬 Go!