From Rich Hall

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One of Trump’s oft-repeated campaign promises was a “guaranteed” plan to wipe out Islamic State within 30 days of taking office. Understandably, he refused to tell anyone exactly what that plan was. “Everyone will take the idea, run with it, and the people will forget where it came from,” he explained. During the third presidential debate, he tipped his hand slightly: “Whatever happened to the element of surprise, OK? These people have all left. They’ve all left. Douglas MacArthur, George Patton are spinning in their graves at the stupidity of our country.”

I, for one, am willing to believe my president is a man of action. Thus I can only assume that at some point, on or around 20 February of this year, Trump exterminated Isis. Any subsequent media mention of their nefarious activity is “fake news”.

Obviously, we don’t know exactly how this all went down because if Trump revealed that intel, someone would steal it, use it to wipe out other terrorist organisations and forget to give him due credit, which is downright rude.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2017/mar/05/trump-promis...

Senator Pauline Hanson has drawn roars of support from a crowd of imminent One Nation voters, in some town that Bill Shorten has never heard of, today.

Standing on a podium with an 5 metre wide Australian flag draped behind her, Hanson assured the crowd that, aside from the random influx of political donations she has taken from anonymous sources, she was the only candidate that was listening to their cries.

“I know how you feel. I know how these politicians make you feel. I promise you that, if you keep voting for me, you will never, ever be made to feel stupid again”

“I promise, that if you vote for me, I will draft out thousands of new laws that will make your lives better than they have ever been”

“I will make this town the richest town in Australia. I promise you that every single one of you will be a millionaire”

Local voter, Paul Clearey (55) says that if what Pauline is saying is true, she would be the best Prime Minister Australia’s ever had.

“I’m sick of hearing words like ‘sycophant’ and ‘plebescite’ – I want a leader who speaks my language, or at least dumbs herself down to speak my language”

Another supporter said Pauline seems too good to be true, but of course he’s going to vote for her over some fuckwit wearing a suit in Melbourne, or Sydney.

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http://www.betootaadvocate.com/breaking-news/pauline-promises-voters-tha...

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Pauline Hanson has likened Colin Barnett to spoiled milk that should have been thrown out after One Nation fared worse in the Western Australian election than she expected, blaming the result on the party’s preference deal with the Liberals.

Early results indicate the party failed to secure a lower-house seat despite intense campaigning. But it did secure at least one upper house seat, which was the objective of the preference deal, with state leader Colin Tincknell claiming the South West.

Tincknell said the party had a good chance of winning another upper house seat in the Mining and Pastoral region with candidate Robin Scott.

read more:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/12/pauline-hanson-li...

Pauline Hanson has accused Labor of making every attempt to “unstitch” her party after it asked the Queensland Electoral Commission to investigate claims One Nation had breached electoral rules.

The Labor MP Murray Watt wrote to Queensland’s electoral commissioner at the weekend referring him to a report in the Saturday Paper that Pauline Hanson’s One Nation switched its legal structure in November without notifying electoral authorities, or its party members, as required under electoral laws.

The report said One Nation changed its legal structure from an unincorporated association to an incorporated association late last year, and its members might not have been legally transferred to the new entity because party officials failed to obtain members’ written consent.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/may/01/pauline-hanson-la...

When Pauline passes the presidency baton, one way or another, bet on James Ashby. You’ve been warned, writes Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones.

ONE TINY, TERRIBLE accident to Pauline Hanson – a ladder, say, or maybe a candlestick – will see James Ashby become the undisputed ruler of One Nation.

Hanson has apparently managed to get herself constitutionally enshrined as One Nation’s President for Life, a grand title if there ever was one — il Presidente!

There is no mention of James Ashby in any of the media blurbs, but you can bet he was the Rasputin behind the move.

At an annual general meeting allegedly held last August, the final sword to the pretence of One Nation being a grassroots party was thrust into its heaving bosom.

That’s when, allegedly, it was written into the One Nation constitution that Pauline has the president gig for life, or until she doesn’t want it anymore, whichever comes first.

When she is done with being president, she, and only she, can select who will succeed her confirmed The Guardian:

'The president of the party is Pauline Lee Hanson,' the constitution now states. 'Upon resigning from the position of president, Pauline Lee Hanson shall appoint her successor to become the next president of the party.'

How good is that?

Sounds just like a setup for Midsomer Murders.

Should things get nasty in this respect, of course, the main suspect would be James Ashby. When Pauline does shrug the top position for whatever reason, you can bet the President for Life baton will pass to Ashby.

Read more:

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/pauline-hanso...

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