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quote:He said it was Cabinet's "come to Jesus moment". Hope this means another spill in is in the works. 
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QUACKTASTIC posted:Everyone's a bit of a duckhead if you really think about it.
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Lizard Combatant posted:Is there an opposite to this condition, where recorded whispering (particularly that breathy fake crap in ads) elicits a negative response? Cause I have that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia ? Also what the gently caress is a come to jesus moment?
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SynthOrange posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia ? quote:to experience or display a conversion or recommitment to Christianity or to undergo a related ritual, especially public confession of one's sins or weaknesses. Its annoying business lingo. also utterly failed as the come to Jesus moment telling them to stop leaking was leaked. So he fell flat on his face.
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Jun 2, 2015 05:49
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i knew the salvos were utter
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Jun 2, 2015 05:55
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Tell your friend to dress is a really unconvincing male outfit, complete with huge false moustache and belt buckle and cowboy boots. It's hosed that people have to dress up as something they're not in order to get help from so called charities. EDIT: "Howdy howdy howdy, how about that sports and beer. I drank a lot of that, lied to have sex with a woman then disrespected her the next day. My huge hairy testicles sure are itchy." hooman fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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Jun 2, 2015 05:59
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Jintor posted:i knew the salvos were utter Anyway, in unrelated news about people getting hosed over by right wing shitheels: A greenie wrote a thing. NSW poles and wires privatisation ignores the technology revolution quote:A NSW parliamentary inquiry will table its findings into the Baird government’s proposal to privatise the state’s distribution and transmission assets on Tuesday.
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Jun 2, 2015 06:03
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Anyone here done temping in Adelaide and know a good agency/have general advice? I'd rather a permanent position position but the job market is garbage right now and I don't want to deplete my savings too much so temping seems like a good idea until I find something.
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Australian customs turned back 65 people, including a pregnant woman, after their boat reached Australian waters last Tuesday, according to an Indonesian police chief. The 65 people from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, who reportedly claimed to be asylum seekers, are in detention on the Indonesian island of Rote. Fishermen spotted two boats floating near Landuti island in the West Rote district, 500 kilometres north-east of the Australian coast, on Sunday. "They looked exhausted," Rote police chief Hidayat said. "One female passenger is pregnant – we took her immediately to the hospital but she is ok now." Mr Hidayat said the migrants told him they had been caught by Australian customs on May 26, who sunk their boat. They were put in two blue and white boats, and sent back into Indonesian waters. "The Australians provided them with food, drinks and sufficient fuel to reach Indonesian land," Mr Hidayat said. He said the passengers included four women and three toddlers. Of the 65, 54 were from Sri Lanka, 10 from Bangladesh and one from Myanmar.
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Jun 2, 2015 06:05
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Oh yeah, this is me all over (minus the arousal/mimicry aspects  )
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Jun 2, 2015 06:08
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Pickled Tink posted:Anyway, in unrelated news about people getting hosed over by right wing shitheels: A greenie wrote a thing. John Kaye is A Good MP and you should read this
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Jun 2, 2015 06:32
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Waaaah the Christians are out to get me
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I can't wait for the free market to block Tesla batteries for ~reasons~.
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Jun 2, 2015 06:34
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Anidav posted:I can't wait for the free market to block Tesla batteries for ~reasons~. Look the free market always knows what's best, and we need to trust it's wise divine instruction and slash the minimum wage.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:02
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Someday we will have affordable electric cars.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:06
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New citizens must learn English: MP A federal government backbencher wants all new Australian citizens to speak English. As the coalition considers stripping citizenship from dual nationals involved in terrorism, Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone is reigniting calls for compulsory English skills for prospective citizens. Ms Stone has told ABC radio a number of women in her electorate of Murray are expected to be seen and not heard, and making language skills compulsory will help them get out of their homes.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:15
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Anidav posted:New citizens must learn English: MP As long as the govt is going to throw money and resources at it, then I can't see....sorry, I don't think I can continue saying that with a straight face.
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The halal inquiry submissions are pouring in.   .http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/Food_Cert_Schemes/Submissions Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Jun 2, 2015 |
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Jun 2, 2015 07:18
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chyaroh posted:As long as the govt is going to throw money and resources at it, then I can't see....sorry, I don't think I can continue saying that with a straight face. I got as far as 'free and readily available' before the thought trailed off into a fart noise.
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QUACKTASTIC posted:I got as far as 'free and readily available' before the thought trailed off into a fart noise. Comic Sans.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:19
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A topic near to the hearts(mouths) of many posters here:quote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-02/temporary-urinals-to-stem-the-flow-of-urine-at-surfers-paradise/6514848
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i got banned posted:I have a trans friend who has been denied help by st vinnies and the salvation army after being evicted out of her accommodation due to drug problems with her room mate Both the Salvos and St Vinnies have serious non discrimination policies when it comes to providing aid and services as well as employment and membership. If she's being discriminated against purely because of her sex then get her to escalate her issue above the local society because that poo poo is not on.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:28
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Jumpingmanjim posted:A topic near to the hearts(mouths) of many posters here: drat, 600 litres would last Auspol at least a fortnight.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:32
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Anidav posted:New citizens must learn English: MP I'd like to see this offered to new citizens once they're here as a "nice to have". My grandmother-in-law is Ukranian and when they all moved over here (her husband and a large number of their community) they stayed in Ukranian communities, went to their own church, even have their own bank. Now she's in her 90's and her closest friends and relatives have passed on but she can't speak word 1 of English and relies on family to do a lot of stuff for her that she could do if she'd just learnt English in the first place.
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Mad Katter posted:drat, 600 litres would last Auspol at least a fortnight. Counter-point: 
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Lid posted:just going to repeat I come furiously to Jesus.
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Voted 5 for ScreamingLlama's meltdown.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:42
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Anidav posted:Someday we will have unaffordable electric cars. ftfy There is no future but the capitalist hellscape
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Endman posted:ftfy EDIT: All shiny and chrome.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:I'd like to see this offered to new citizens once they're here as a "nice to have". You can get up to 510 hours of English classes for free as a new migrant but I don't think it's compulsory but most of the skilled migration visas now require some level of English competency. Having said that, as the child of parents who entered when the requirements were non-existant/laxer, I wish their grasp of English was better.
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Ragingsheep posted:You can get up to 510 hours of English classes for free as a new migrant but I don't think it's compulsory but most of the skilled migration visas now require some level of English competency. See, this sounds sufficient to me. Forcing people is just going over the top, and in a move to end terrorism goes in the opposite direction - it just make us seem more like facists. Ragingsheep posted:Having said that, as the child of parents who entered when the requirements were non-existant/laxer, I wish their grasp of English was better. 
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hooman posted:EDIT: All shiny and chrome. I'm looking forward to what happens when the environmentalists get their wish and have to spend the next hundred years protesting lithium mining.
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Jun 2, 2015 07:53
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MysticalMachineGun posted:See, this sounds sufficient to me. Forcing people is just going over the top, and in a move to end terrorism goes in the opposite direction - it just make us seem more like facists. Pay the Newstart allowance for doing the course/or comp their employer for letting them off 2-3 hours a week to attend.
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Splode posted:I'm looking forward to what happens when the environmentalists get their wish and have to spend the next hundred years protesting lithium mining. Turns out that fighting environmental exploitation through consumption of "ethical" goods is inherently flawed, unbeknownst to most bourgeois environmentalists.
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Jun 2, 2015 08:03
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SynthOrange posted:The halal inquiry submissions are pouring in. Why lump the second in with the other two? From that excerpt it just looks like they are arguing against live export and the exploitation of animals. Sure it's pretty weird with the blood virgins and Jesus but it's nothing offensive like the other two. I really don't understand why so many greens don't even think the issues of animal welfare and over consumption of meat are worth talking about. Cattle farming is one of the biggest environmental disasters of all yet it's barely brought up in any greens circles. Reducing the consumption of meat is one of the most important steps society needs to take in moving to a more sustainable future. That's even ignoring the obviously disgusting abuse of the animals bred for meat. I know they have some policies on animal welfare but there doesn't seem to be any widespread acknowledgement of how hosed our meat situation is. No I am not a member of peta I think they have done a fair bit of harm to the awareness of animal abuse.
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Jun 2, 2015 08:04
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The Greens have spoken out against live export a bunch of times. http://greensmps.org.au/live-animal-exports
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Splode posted:I'm looking forward to what happens when the environmentalists get their wish and have to spend the next hundred years protesting lithium mining. heh, I bet they're all millennials too  heh
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open24hours posted:The Greens have spoken out against live export a bunch of times. http://greensmps.org.au/live-animal-exports Oh yeah I know they've spoken out about live exports, I just mean about Australia's meat consumption in general and how we allow factory farming here. I follow a lot of the greens on Facebook and there is the occasional live export post or recently the greyhound racing posts. I've never seen anything said about meat consumption and factory farming, NZ banned animal testing for cosmetics and recognised in law that animals are sentient beings. Shouldn't we try to be applying that here? I don't think I've seen a single mention of it in Australia outside of animals australia but it was a massive step in the right direction. I understand meat consumption is the elephant in the room for environmentalists but banning animal testing and closing down factory farms are pretty popular. NZ also has essentially banned live export for years seemingly without any issues so I feel there should really be a stronger push here. Obviously we have trouble with not locking up and torturing children in this country so it may be a big ask but it's still another incredibly hosed issue we allow here and it should have a bigger focus.
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tomkash posted:Oh yeah I know they've spoken out about live exports, I just mean about Australia's meat consumption in general and how we allow factory farming here. I follow a lot of the greens on Facebook and there is the occasional live export post or recently the greyhound racing posts. I've never seen anything said about meat consumption and factory farming, NZ banned animal testing for cosmetics and recognised in law that animals are sentient beings. Shouldn't we try to be applying that here? I don't think I've seen a single mention of it in Australia outside of animals australia but it was a massive step in the right direction. I understand meat consumption is the elephant in the room for environmentalists but banning animal testing and closing down factory farms are pretty popular. NZ also has essentially banned live export for years seemingly without any issues so I feel there should really be a stronger push here. Banning factory farming would probably be a good idea if we also banned the import of food produced in factory farms overseas, but that's not going to happen and there's an argument to made that it's easier to ensure animal welfare on Australian farms than it is on overseas ones.
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tomkash posted:Oh yeah I know they've spoken out about live exports, I just mean about Australia's meat consumption in general and how we allow factory farming here. I follow a lot of the greens on Facebook and there is the occasional live export post or recently the greyhound racing posts. I've never seen anything said about meat consumption and factory farming, NZ banned animal testing for cosmetics and recognised in law that animals are sentient beings. Shouldn't we try to be applying that here? I don't think I've seen a single mention of it in Australia outside of animals australia but it was a massive step in the right direction. I understand meat consumption is the elephant in the room for environmentalists but banning animal testing and closing down factory farms are pretty popular. NZ also has essentially banned live export for years seemingly without any issues so I feel there should really be a stronger push here. NZ did have to bribe a Saudi businessman to get a supposed fair trade agreement with several countries in the region done recently.
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Soon we will have cars that run off bad posting and never have to worry about petrol prices ever again.
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