Bobby. wrote on Mar 26^th, 2026 at 5:27pm:


It's not just some trendy buzzword, it's been a core concept in Psychology since the 1960s, after Cognitive dissonance was formalised and widely taught at university level.

I used it because it describes Jasin's behaviour to a T. He's been confronted with a contradiction in his own position, and rather than engage with it, he's simply walked away from it.

That uncomfortable tension, the internal conflict between what someone wants to believe and what the evidence is forcing them to confront, is exactly what cognitive dissonance refers to. People respond to that pressure in different ways, some rationalise it away, some avoid it entirely, and others actually engage with it and adjust their views accordingly.

It's been appropriately applied to you more than once, so it's hardly surprising you react the moment it gets used to describe someone else's behaviour.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 6:55am:



Whose idea was it to rely on China for ANYTHING?  Keating? Howard? Rudd?

Bobby. wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 8:02am:


That's an answer to an unasked question, Bobby.

You support these war crimes. You said.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 26^th, 2026 at 5:04pm:

Frank wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 10:43am:




For Australia,which has long prospered in the shelter of a powerful ally, the oil price is likely to prove the least of the shocks to come. A country that has never had to assure its own lifelines may now face the harshest challenge of all: a world in which the threats can be trusted but the promises cannot.

Just soooo, dear boy. This is the big one - the recession we had to have.

Aquascoot said DL started this war to kickstart the EV market.

You know, he upon the "narrow road to success", all that.

Our electric trucks will save the farm.

It may not happen overnight but it will happen, yes?

Jared, Eric and Don Junior have shares in the company.

It is a narrow road indeed, no?

Frank wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 10:43am:


Would you like a real answer, or is anything more than a one-liner you can use against the person replying going to trigger you into dismissing it?

Spoiler Alert, I've already drafted the proper reply, I'm just wondering if it will be wased on  you as always?

Bobby. wrote on Mar 27^th, 2026 at 1:27pm:


No, it doesn't, dear. Oil contracts are planned years in advance.

Any deals done by Big Oil today won't happen until your DL's well out of office.

Ever get the feeling you've been infected?