I was looking at the ABC's summary of the various Senate parties ( https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-10/federal-election-your-guide-to-the-wa-senate-ballot/11080108 ) and I was struck by how balanced the field is.
There are the big parties, the minor parties, and the micro parties.
There centrist, far left, far right, and plain fruitcake parties.
There is something for everyone.
But.
With all this choice, every Australian voting will have one incredibly difficult decision to make (assuming they don't go for single above-the-line voting). One that is much more difficult than choosing who to vote for.
Who to put last?
If you are of a right wing bent, do you put the Greens below the Hemp Party? Or Labor? And what about the Pirates?
Those of a more leftwards leaning have work out if One Nation is worse or better than Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party, or if the Liberal Party is worse than both.
Social progressive folks have it just as hard. IMOP or Shooters and …
If you're going to disallow solar flares I'm going to go with superhero tabloids getting the science of what they're seeing wrong and go with what's actually a volcanic eruption...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that's an easy enough mistake to make if you're trying to observe from a safeish distance whilst ducking for cover...
Fry the grid, satellites, and all communications... bring warmongers and nations to their knees, selectively.
ReplyDeleteYou might be able to grow food crops selectively, in a comic book version; and heal 'dark sickness' and of course, cause radiation burns.
ReplyDeleteWreak havoc on weather systems, cause/relieve drought, control animal migrations and moods, tides, fertility, and... oooo, this is getting nifty!
ReplyDeleteHmmm ... Coronal obviously means pertaining to Coroners. Therefore Coronal Mass Ejection must cause all Coroners to leave their offices and by extension it probably includes all US style elected officials.
ReplyDeleteCoronal Mass Ejection is credited with saving over 40% of Californian public servants when the big one hit by getting them instantly out of collapsing buildings.
Would be good for removing the nobility come the revolution?
ReplyDeleteOnly if the nobility were stupid enough to get themselves elected as public officials. Most will just buy their officials in bulk as required.
ReplyDeleteOr are you asserting that coronal pertains to coronets?