ewe2 posted:

gently caress you ALP.

So this happened:


Good riddance you loving nutter.

Mattjpwns posted:

The only post I had to give a for was "according to this andrew bolt colour chart any dress that's less than 50% black is actually white"

duck monster posted:

The FGM talking point is really bizare, because its also a *catholic* practice in many african countries too. I wonder if these loons are going to picket churches too. I mean poo poo, we literally have priests loving children here.

Zetsubou-san posted:

Rapner posted:

None of it is actually based in fact, it's all just xenophobic country bogans. I lived in Bendigo for 8 years and in the deep country for ~12 and the demographics are almost identical.

Lid posted:

Meanwhile behind closed doors

"CONCERNS over the Liberal Party accounts were so great that honorary treasurer Philip Higginson suggested hiring outside auditors to check the finances, triggering an explosive row that forced Tony Abbott to intervene and ask his friend to quit."


This too is from The Australian but holy lol, they've been eating each other. Apparently Tony's love for Peta extends to her cuckolded husband. Swingers?

Mattjpwns posted:

Meanwhile on social media, all the Australians I know are debating over the colour of a dress.

ewe2 posted:

gently caress you ALP.

So this happened:


Good riddance you loving nutter.

quote:

Cr Chapman has been an outspoken critic of the mosque, and described herself as "not a fan of Islam".

"I wouldn't want to live near a mosque. Would you?" she said after council approved the mosque last year. She said at the time that under Islam, any non-believers were not worthy and should be killed.

"Every day in the media there are cases of people being raped by Muslims ... and there is no doubt a mosque would see more Muslims move to Bendigo," she said. "Islam is not a race though and I am not racist."

She later backed her comments, saying: "The people of Bendigo have every right to object to the application for a mosque without being labelled a racist or bigot."

Cr Chapman was one of only two councillors to vote against the proposal to build a mosque in Bendigo East. The developers received a planning permit in June 2014.

A group of residents are challenging the decision to grant a permit on planning and social grounds in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

They have also raised concerns about the impact of "Sharia Law" on their community.

The VCAT hearing continued this week, with a decision not expected for months. Cr Chapman describes herself as "proudly Team Australia" on Twitter, and writes that the views she shares are hers, and not those of the council.

She has not signed the council code of conduct, saying she does not agree with its contents.

The code states that councillors will treat all people with courtesy and respect, including "treating members of the community with dignity and ensuring that neither offence nor embarrassment are caused"

[...]
She repeatedly referred to an ABC article published in 2010 that was posted to her on Twitter after she had tweeted the photo. The article stated that 600 to 700 women had reported to the Royal Melbourne hospital with some form of genital mutilation in a single year.

"I don't support many things Islam does and inequality and female genital mutilation are high on that list," she said.

"We have more than 600 women presenting to one hospital with female genital mutilation each year and not one person is getting arrested for it.

"If I came at you on the street with a pair of scissors and cut your genitals, I'd get arrested for it."

Cr Chapman said that many Muslims did not assimilate into society, and that the Koran supported dangerous ideas, but she was only opposed to building a mosque on planning grounds.

"I understand that not every Muslim is a radical or a terrorist, there are some moderate Muslims. I don't know if you've read the Koran, I have and I don't agree with it."

"What is in there is very dangerous, very dangerous indeed."

katlington posted:

She has not signed the council code of conduct, saying she does not agree with its contents.

The code states that councillors will treat all people with courtesy and respect, including "treating members of the community with dignity and ensuring that neither offence nor embarrassment are caused"

Nuclear Spy posted:

Reminder to Adelaide goons that this is happening next Tuesday.

Splode posted:

lol how long have you had that red text?

Gorilla Salad posted:

What?

Doctor Spaceman posted:

That dress thing is a pretty interesting example of how your eyes work, to be fair.

Panic! at Nabisco posted:

It's a visual perception thing! If your eyes are straining (dim lighting conditions or lower-functioning light sensitivity) you see it as white and gold because your eyes are doing additive color mixing. If you're in good light or have good light sensitivity in your cones, your eyes perform subtractive color mixing and you see it as blue and black. I saw it as blue and black an hour ago at my office, and now at my apartment with somewhat dimmer lighting I can't see it as anything but white and gold.

IslamoNazi posted:

Found this explanation in another thread

Ragingsheep posted:

But I see it as blue and gold

Gorilla Salad posted:

What?

IslamoNazi posted:

Found this explanation in another thread

Orkin Mang posted:

i dont join political parties. im a lone wofl

Mr Chips posted:

And also half the people are going to be viewing it on lovely 6-bit narrow gamut TN LCDs.

tithin posted:

"lone wolf extremist eschews democracy" - the Australian

Kommando posted:

Yeah, i thought it might have something to do with colour rendering and a mix up in jpeg headers.

Anidav posted:

Kommando, can you give me the most hilarious and fitting avatar you can think of, this new one is so weak.

Kommando posted:

What am I. Some sort of sugar daddy for poor brisgoons?

Anidav posted:

Kommando, can you give me the most hilarious and fitting avatar you can think of, this new one is so weak.

quote:

LIBERAL deputy whip Andrew Nikolic has dismissed speculation about Tony Abbott’s leadership as “rumours out of the Canberra press gallery”.

“There is no basis in fact in what is being said,” Mr Nikolic said.

“We are getting on with the job and have announced measures over the past week – welfare changes, foreign investment changes and, from the Intelligence and Security committee, there are the metadata changes.

“We are concentrating on the job not rumours and the soap opera politics we saw before the 2013 election.”

MORE: LIBS’ SPILL ‘MADNESS’ REIGNITES

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Mr Nikolic was recently appointed as a deputy Liberal whip after Mr Abbott removed then-chief government whip Phillip Ruddock.

It was speculated that Mr Ruddock had not provided Mr Abbott with sufficient intelligence about the backbench-generated spill motion which was defeated 61-39.

Mr Nikolic said Tasmanian representatives met Mr Abbott this week and there were promising signs on a number of Tasmanian projects

quote:

Labor is set to wave through the government's ineffective, draconian #DataRetention laws. Call your ALP Senators ASAP.

VIC Kim Carr (03) 9639 2798
VIC Jacinta Collins (03) 9890 7022
VIC Stephen Conroy 1300 131 546
VIC Gavin Marshall (03) 9348 9699
TAS Catrina Bilyk (03) 6229 4444
TAS Carol Brown (03) 6231 0099
TAS Helen Polley 1300 134 923
TAS Lisa Singh (03) 6223 1135
TAS Anne Urquart 1300 792 331
WA Joseph Bullock (08) 9472 6177
WA Sue Lines 1300 655 388
WA Glen Sterle 1300 666 494
NSW Doug Cameron (02) 4751 4288
NSW Sam Dastyari (02) 9326 5987
NSW Mary O'Neill (02) 4367 4565
SA Alex Gallacher (08) 8269 6022
SA Anne McEwan 1300 889 477
SA Penny Wong 1300 301 698
QLD Chris Ketter 1300 884 489
QLD Joseph Ludwig 1300 301 944
QLD Jan McLucas 1300 301 959
QLP Mary Moore 1300 301 879
ACT Kate Lundy (02) 6230 0411
NT Nova Peris (08) 8941 0003

Comstar posted:

From Reddit AU board:


I called some of them. One guy didn't say much, but another one spent 10 minutes explaining their position. Calling can make a big difference.

Nuclear Spy posted:

Reminder to Adelaide goons that this is happening next Tuesday.

Gough Suppressant posted:

Yes, you wasted ten minutes of your time and theirs.