Starbucks is an abomination. They tried to launch in Australia in the 2000s and ended up losing loads of money and closing most of their stores.
They couldn't compete with even our worst chain stores let alone our endless individual coffee shops.
It's not the first time that nation state actors have been accused of supporting division in western societies.
I've read allegations that Russia tends to fund / encourage / amplify both sides of debate in the USA to increase division.
Wonder if they are also secretly on the counter protest side here too.
IMO the 1% are the real and immediate beneficiaries of this. The business council wants more immigration. More potential workers than jobs = more compliant workforce and lower salaries. There is also more customers, renters, real estate demand.
No surprise to see newscorpse and other right wing business mouth pieces fanning the flames on this issue. Now instead of having a reasonable discussion about what a sustainable amount of population growth through immigration is, we get a polarised outrage debate. You either support unlimited mass immigration or you are a Nazi.
I wonder if the neonazis realise they have been used as pawns in this game. I doubt they are smart enough for that.
Part sun / part shade.
Mines in a large pot so I try to keep it where it won't get the afternoon sun in summer, but gets a bit of sun in winter.
One was enough.
I had lots of flowers for a couple of years and no fruit. I suspect that was caused by not giving it enough water around this time of year. (I'm in Perth)
Mine took 7 year's until it did.
Guessing I won't be able to partake having never used my real name on Facebook.
Admittedly I didn't bother voting this round.
There was only one challenger to the current representative in my area.
They hardly said anything different in their blurbs anyway.
Tried ages ago. Meals were OK but quite basic.
Was not impressed with the quality and freshness of fruit and vegetables they supplied. Worse than supermarkets and not even comparable to farmers markets.
Natural selection 1 and 2.
Why park in the bike lane instead of the car lane?
Do bikes with flat tires pull over and park in the car lane?
I still miss Swype.
To this day it is still better than every other keyboard I've tried at recognising traces.
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Maybe not petty enough, but ISO 8601