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Magog: Jan 9, 2010

Gorilla Salad posted:

Build more bridges, then. Over the roads. Make all highways triple deckers. Problem solved

Just cover Sydney's entirety over with elevated highways. :downs:

I'm a fixer. I fixed it.

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# ? May 24, 2024 01:15

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

What does this morning's eye rolling mean in terms of leadership speculation? Anyone care to read the tea leaves?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 06:07

Thinking: Jan 22, 2009

Magog posted:

Just cover Sydney's entirety over with elevated highways.

I'm a fixer. I fixed it.

The extra noise and pollution would also drive down Sydney's house prices as a result, it's basically win/win

# ? Mar 23, 2015 06:07

iajanus: Aug 17, 2004; NUMBER 1 QUEENSLAND SUPPORTER
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cpaf posted:

The extra noise and pollution would also drive down Sydney's house prices as a result, it's basically win/win

The added pollution would also likely kill a large amount of people so that's a win, too

# ? Mar 23, 2015 06:11

Pickled Tink: Apr 28, 2012; Have you heard about First Dog? It's a very good comic I just love.

Also, wear your bike helmets kids. I copped several blows to the head but my helmet left me totally unscathed.

Finally you should check out First Dog as it's a good comic I like it very much.; Fun Shoe

my stepdads beer posted:

Labor came around on the weekend and tore down all the Greens posters in my area. They left the weirdo 'no land tax' posters though??

I don't see how that is legal. Should have photographed them and called the cops.

I have to say that thus far I am very disappointed in the Greens efforts in Macquarie Park. The only contact thus far is a leaflet left in my letterbox a couple of weeks ago (To be fair, it wasn't a terrible leaflet, but still). It is, in fact, the first marketing material I recall seeing from the Greens outside of a polling booth since I moved back to Australia a decade ago.

Why do the Greens hate Ryde? I mean, besides all the other good reasons to hate it. We have Echidnas, Possums, Fruit bats, and as of at least a week ago, a Powerful Owl (The hooting... the hooting!). All these things should spur greater investment by the Greens, but instead we are ignored and left to the tender mercies of the Liberals.

It is such a shame.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 06:18

Mad Katter: Aug 23, 2010; STOP THE BATS

NUT MILK :siren:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/nut-industries-non-dairy-milk-market-share/6336684#.VQ-il3b4Xqk.facebook

quote:

Nut milk is mainly water

And with water making up more than 90 per cent of most nut milk drinks, there are concerns about whether consumers are getting what they are paying for.

So what? I'm pretty sure everything that you can actually drink is going to be 80 or 90% water, or else it would be a smoothie or some kind of paste. Cow's milk, soy milk, even beer would all be about 90% water, right?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:00

open24hours: Jan 7, 2001

Cow milk is about 90% water. Just look at this extremely reputable source. http://thestir.cafemom.com/food_party/150422/11_Milk_Mysteries_Revealed_Like

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:02

turdbucket: Oct 30, 2011

Pickled Tink posted:

I don't see how that is legal. Should have photographed them and called the cops.

I have to say that thus far I am very disappointed in the Greens efforts in Macquarie Park. The only contact thus far is a leaflet left in my letterbox a couple of weeks ago (To be fair, it wasn't a terrible leaflet, but still). It is, in fact, the first marketing material I recall seeing from the Greens outside of a polling booth since I moved back to Australia a decade ago.

Why do the Greens hate Ryde? I mean, besides all the other good reasons to hate it. We have Echidnas, Possums, Fruit bats, and as of at least a week ago, a Powerful Owl (The hooting... the hooting!). All these things should spur greater investment by the Greens, but instead we are ignored and left to the tender mercies of the Liberals.

It is such a shame.

Are you a Green living in Macquarie park? They might not have enough volunteers and members in the area. From what I've seen and heard it's all very grassroots which is why they can do so much in the inner west - there are loads of greens and volunteers.

I don't think they have anywhere near the resources of the major parties because of donation policy and ideals so they are very dependant on local groups. I'm very new so I could be talking out of my rear end. I'm sure QM has talked about this before.

Where were labor tearing down posters? That is really scummy and should be filmed and documented.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:03

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

I've got your nut milk right here. Oh wait it's just soy.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:05

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

open24hours posted:

Cow milk is about 90% water. Just look at this extremely reputable source. http://thestir.cafemom.com/food_party/150422/11_Milk_Mysteries_Revealed_Like

Here's another one: http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/ilca_manual4/Milkchemistry.htm

But yeah, pointing out milk and other drinks are 90% is just stupid. You'd find the same of many drinks. FLUID WE CAN DRINK IS MOSTLY WATER, PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED!

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:16

duck monster: Dec 15, 2004

my nut milk hangs low in the wind.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:17

KennyTheFish: Jan 13, 2004

CrazyTolradi posted:

Here's another one: http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/ilca_manual4/Milkchemistry.htm

But yeah, pointing out milk and other drinks are 90% is just stupid. You'd find the same of many drinks. FLUID WE CAN DRINK IS MOSTLY WATER, PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED!

It just goes to show the superiority of malt liquor.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:20

Pickled Tink: Apr 28, 2012; Have you heard about First Dog? It's a very good comic I just love.

Also, wear your bike helmets kids. I copped several blows to the head but my helmet left me totally unscathed.

Finally you should check out First Dog as it's a good comic I like it very much.; Fun Shoe

And now for your First Dog:

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:20

Ragingsheep: Nov 7, 2009

Is there anywhere I can see the polls per electorate? I want to see what % the greens are polling at in my area.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:28

Mr Chips: Jun 27, 2007; Whose arse do I have to blow smoke up to get rid of this baby?

CrazyTolradi posted:

Here's another one: http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/ilca_manual4/Milkchemistry.htm

But yeah, pointing out milk and other drinks are 90% is just stupid. You'd find the same of many drinks. FLUID WE CAN DRINK IS MOSTLY WATER, PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED!

Healthy urine is >90% water too.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:32

cowboy beepboop: Feb 24, 2001

tomkash posted:

Where were labor tearing down posters? That is really scummy and should be filmed and documented.

Annandale - there were a huge amount of Greens posters and over the weekend they vanished and were replaced by Labor ones.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 07:43

Laserface: Dec 24, 2004

Why does first dog even bother with the loving art, Christ.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:01

Jibs Monteef: Dec 13, 2009

Mr Chips posted:

Healthy urine is >90% water too.

Quoting for Craig

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I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Pickled Tink posted:

And now for your First Dog:

Too long did not read.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:03

Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Jibs Monteef posted:

Quoting for Craig

As if I needed telling.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:05

Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Pickled Tink posted:

And now for your First Dog:

That's extraordinarily poo poo even by FDOTM's low standard.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:06

Quasimango: Mar 10, 2011; God damn you.

Pickled Tink posted:

And now for your First Dog:

Take a good opinion, reduce the quality and tenor of the argument by five, add in stupid Twitter memes, have it all said by penguins and poo poo, and voila, you too could be a revered CiF "cartoonist"!

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:07

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Did someone say nuts?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:13

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Want to try hemp milk

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:15

Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Want to try hemp milk

My gods - it exists!

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:21

hawaiian_robot: Dec 5, 2006; And I'm happy just to sit here,
At a table with old friends.
And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies

Laserface posted:

Why does first dog even bother

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:36

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Didnt first dog used to be better or at least more succinct?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:44

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

That's not a Penguin, that's ewe with a happy face, screaming for death.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 08:44

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/coal-mines-have-buckleys-chance-as-china-cuts-consumption/6341996

Something something coal something something future....

Although I guess this means that local coal prices will fall pretty hard, making it next to impossible to break our economy's dependence on it. If only we had some sort of policy framework to encourage de-carbonisation and development of replacement infrastructure.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 09:21

clusterfuck: Feb 6, 2004

tomkash posted:

Are you a Green living in Macquarie park? They might not have enough volunteers and members in the area. From what I've seen and heard it's all very grassroots which is why they can do so much in the inner west - there are loads of greens and volunteers.

I don't think they have anywhere near the resources of the major parties because of donation policy and ideals so they are very dependant on local groups. I'm very new so I could be talking out of my rear end. I'm sure QM has talked about this before.

It's the weakest point I think, they really need strategy to get more action in more suburbs - even getting people active in Summer Hill is depleted because of the effort for Newtown. So Macquarie Park? It's the weak point of the local grassroots model IMO, not sure if efforts have been made in the past to overcome it.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 09:45

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Laserface posted:

Why does first dog even bother with the loving art, Christ.

Because without it he'd be criticised as a writer.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 09:49

Thinking: Jan 22, 2009

Mad Katter posted:

So what? I'm pretty sure everything that you can actually drink is going to be 80 or 90% water, or else it would be a smoothie or some kind of paste. Cow's milk, soy milk, even beer would all be about 90% water, right?

Pretty sure Hobart's tap water is the only beverage in Australia that is less than 90% water

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:01

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Laserface posted:

Why does first dog even bother with the loving art, Christ.

Hey those Walkley awards aren't going to jump out of the cereal box all by themselves!

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:01

H2Eau: Jun 2, 2010

cpaf posted:

Pretty sure Hobart's tap water is the only beverage in Australia that is less than 90% water

Yes, our beautiful fresh mountain water sure is awful :colbert:

edit: aside from that time it was, y'know, full of algae

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:20

Funky See Funky Do: Aug 20, 2013; STILL TRYING HARD

Can someone explain to me what Labor's strategy in the NSW election is? Have they just given up? I've been in bed sick most of the weekend and watching a lot of TV. My estimate is there's maybe 1 Labor ad for every 3 Liberal ones.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:39

fliptophead: Oct 2, 2006

My takeaways from bairdback's election ad:
- not a sale! It's a lease! But just like a sale we get all the cash up front, unlike a lease.
- the money well go to hospitals, schools, rail and roads. Traditionally the only things the liberals fund is roads so expect the money to go to roads.
- selling income generating assets for a short term gain is good don't be silly and not vote for me

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:39

Seagull: Oct 9, 2012; give me a chip

Can someone give me a bite-sized rundown on electing people to the upper house in NSW? Preferably in terms of differences to federal, I want to make sure I'm explaining this properly to some mates asking me.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:44

Laserface: Dec 24, 2004

The "No Land Tax" posters are labor?

gently caress me, they could make it a little more apparent. Same goes for the slightly less subtle "teach them both a lesson" posters.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 10:56

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

Isn't there an argument to be made that privatising the electricity network is a good idea because it's a depreciating asset that's tied to a dying industry (fossil fuels), and that they could (won't ever) put the sales profits into renewables and other decentralised off-the-grid power sources?

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# ? May 24, 2024 01:15

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Isn't there an argument to be made that privatising the electricity network is a good idea because it's a depreciating asset that's tied to a dying industry (fossil fuels), and that they could (won't ever) put the sales profits into renewables and other decentralised off-the-grid power sources?

When they first started selling off coal fired power stations I thought it was clever that the State government was getting out of a dying industry but privatise actually means subsidise your mates in the business de jure and gently caress the punter till they bleed. In theory a bunch of seemingly good things turn out to be really nasty bad stuff in practice.

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