Oh well, it's nice to be sober again! There's something very horrible in the experience of extreme despair & loathing while intoxicated.

(Let this be a warning to any US readers of this thread, for November! :wink: )
It has been very sad to read the common despair of us Oz folk here, but the feeling of solidarity has been a comfort I've really appreciated. Speaking as a Victorian, I'm very familiar with this political angst territory. We were "Jeffed" years ago & nothing has ever been the same since ... Anything that could move was privatised, corporatized, or become part of a government/business "partnership". Public servants were made to feel like despicable vermin, as were unionists. It seemed like a nightmare that would never end. People kept voting him back in!

It was a thoroughly wretched & dispiriting time, but I guess it gave us handy training for times like this? Hmmmmmm, I knew the experience would be useful one day!
I read this in the letters section of my paper this morning. Amongst the shocked responses, the gloating & wretchedness. A short response to the election result:
The turkeys voted for Christmas again.