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Doctor Spaceman posted:Also his time during the Republic debate in the 90s where his main argument was that politicians shouldn't be trusted.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 04:54 |
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Cartoon posted:I'm so over this air transport theatre. The amount of deaths I could cause with a chain saw or an oxy torch on the train network would rival any plane crash but hey! Too hard to do anything about that so let's just roll with a bit of circus at the airports. So very, very productive. It's everyone's duty to tell Barter Farce " they're on the trains guys, who knows what stops they get off " I have no idea what kind of political capital Abbott thinks he's saving or making or even spending. It's limited by the party's fear of bad polls. It's not the kind of thing Blart Shouty can't do much with, either. The perception of disunity is on an electoral level and once the Turnbull honeymoon is over might be a better time to assess whether that inadvertent message has sunk in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLK9ug6MB4
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 04:59 |
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What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:01 |
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Cartoon posted:He's used it several times since, most recently to delay same sex marriage. It's definitely a recurring theme with him (hence the other comment I posted). When the first thing you hear someone say is "don't trust people like me" it gives an impression that is very hard to shake.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:06 |
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That skin crawling, creepy wink when the sex worker called the radio show. What an execrable excuse for a human being. I'm really happier since he's gone, even if the Libs do end up winning, we've finally rid ourselves of a properly evil person.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:07 |
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I'm kind of curious what Abbott will do with himself if/when he leaves parliament. He's immensely unpopular, incompetent and inarticulate, so he's unlikely to get stuff like consultancy gigs, opinion columns and speaking tours. Guy Rundle suggested that he'd start doing a lot of charity fitness stuff, and that I can believe, but he's not the type to resign himself ONLY to those. I can certainly see him writing an autobiography, but I feel like that would be far less appealing to people than an unofficial tell-all since he's known to be a pretty intellectually dim and dishonest man.
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ScreamingLlama posted:My only complaint is that Tolradi won't stop being a punani. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:33 |
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HookShot posted:Did you have to go through separate, extra security in Brisbane where they re-scan all of your laptops and poo poo a second, more annoying time because BORDER FORCE like they do at Coolangatta? This is why I always send all my stuff by courier, especially computers, drives and thumbsticks. It's faster and cheaper and a million times less of a hassle than dealing with the airports. If you're staying at a hotel, call them first to see if they're okay with holding your bags before you arrive or send them to your work. I'll take one small carry-on briefcase and I'm set.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:38 |
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Cleretic posted:I'm kind of curious what Abbott will do with himself if/when he leaves parliament. He's immensely unpopular, incompetent and inarticulate, so he's unlikely to get stuff like consultancy gigs, opinion columns and speaking tours. Guy Rundle suggested that he'd start doing a lot of charity fitness stuff, and that I can believe, but he's not the type to resign himself ONLY to those.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:43 |
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Unimpressed posted:That skin crawling, creepy wink when the sex worker called the radio show. I think that wink was meant to to say "it's okay, no need to terminate the call" rather than what you're reading into it which seems to be something like a knowing snigger between two men?
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:43 |
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Negligent posted:I think that wink was meant to to say "it's okay, no need to terminate the call" rather than what you're reading into it which seems to be something like a knowing snigger between two men? You can't be serious. *I was reading into it?* me and about everyone else in the world. I mean you're plumbing new depths here mate, really....
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:46 |
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The whole world can be obsessed with how things look, it doesn't change the nature of what they are. If you are on the radio and need to convey something instantly to the host without talking, winking is effective. Negligent fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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Cleretic posted:I'm kind of curious what Abbott will do with himself if/when he leaves parliament. He's immensely unpopular, incompetent and inarticulate, so he's unlikely to get stuff like consultancy gigs, opinion columns and speaking tours. Guy Rundle suggested that he'd start doing a lot of charity fitness stuff, and that I can believe, but he's not the type to resign himself ONLY to those. I was wondering the same, the charity gigs for sure, but the only people receptive to his message are either dying out or American. The book would suffer unfavourable comparisons with Battlelines and what he didn't achieve as PM. I think he's bound to be another BA Santamaria but hopefully not allowed to likewise rant on taxpayer-funded television (seriously, its one of my weirdest memories of the 1970's).
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:49 |
Negligent posted:The whole world can be obsessed with how things look, it doesn't change the nature of what they are. Perception overrides intention pretty much everywhere in the world. If something is percieved as creepy, it doesn't matter its intention.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:50 |
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Negligent posted:The whole world can be obsessed with how things look, it doesn't change the nature of what they are. Forums poster Negligent has a true vision into the objective reality of the world, however.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:52 |
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quote:In his very fine speech this morning, full of sorrow and frustration, President Obama made a mistake: Australia is not like the United States. We decided not to be. lmao what a piece of trash article, could have Bolded the whole loving thing
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:53 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:lmao what a piece of trash article, could have Bolded the whole loving thing "Unlike Australia, the US is at war with itself, strongly divided on racial, religious, political and social lines. We have our problems, significantly worse in some places than others, but overall our gaps are bridgeable." "Unlike Australia, the US is at war with itself, strongly divided on racial, religious, political and social lines." "racial, religious, political and social lines." Uhhhhh
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 05:57 |
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"We're not like American except when we import their culture legal framework and business practices" Boy I feel so Australian now.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:01 |
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He certainly over states how good we are and romanticised some things, but it's undeniable that as hosed up as our political system is, it's still much much better than the US. Almost all our federal districts are contestable, there are very few safe seats in the long run, while in the US, 90% of seats have their real contest in the respective party's primary. The Abbott govt was a good example of a US - style ideological govt and was rejected by the Australian public.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:05 |
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sick trigger posted:there's been some research to suggest codeine and paracetamol can be effective when used together to treat pain, but absolutely the main reason they're sold otc together is so people can have access to codeine while making it difficult to abuse (without damaging your liver with the paracetamol). It's a dumbass system that has definitely caused more harm than preventing a few junkies getting their fix would ever be worth. Paracetamol or NSAIDs work on similar pathways (both inhibit the formation of prostaglandins, mediating pain transmission) while codeine binds directly to opioid receptors, inhibiting nerve cells and preventing them from firing effectively. The problem is, opioids affect a number of different cells which can cause all sorts of depressive functions including your respiratory centers. A lot of these negative effects aren't linear dose-dependent, you can take a whole lot of opioids without any ill effect and then taking a tiny bit more will tip you over the line toward respiratory distress. Unfortunately, with pain, people will keep taking more and more medication until their pain goes away but different pain medications have different times to peak effectiveness. You typically reach peak plasma concentrations of paracetamol within 10-60 minutes with a half life of 1-3 hours while an opioid has a half life of 3-4 hours with a variable peak plasma concentration. The logic is that, with a combination medication, the codeine is the most "effective" medication but for most sources of pain, the paracetamol will have an effect fast enough that people can tolerate their pain enough that they won't keep dosing themselves before the medication has had a chance to work its effect. You also get a wider range of pain conditions treated through combination therapy; some pain doesn't respond well to one so the inclusion of a second pain reliever ensures that the pain is managed. Also, the synergistic effect can't be underestimated; there are concepts called "equivalent" dose which is a research term to describe how much of a medication will produce the effect of a quantity of another medication. It's theoretical when you're comparing between drug classes because the pain relief provided by an opioid is of a different character than the pain relief provided by an NSAID or paracetamol however, using our best estimates of equivalent doses, a synergistic effect has been noted in combination studies that exceed what you would expect of both drugs exerting their individual effect (I hope that sentence isn't too convoluted). The mechanisms are hideously difficult and are not adequately proven however the best theory suggests that main signals are modulated, in part, by communication between different parts of the pain pathway such that interfering at one point can down-regulate the expression of the pathway at a different point. If you inhibit the pain pathway at the prostaglandin, arachidonic acid part of the pathway, it communicates its effect to the part of the pain pathway modulated by opioid receptors such that agonising those receptors will have an even stronger effect because you've already primed the body to think "okay, we're trying to inhibit this pathway". I am aware that the research of this synergistic effect isn't "settled" but this is still the most widely accepted model. Also, you don't need to do an acid-base extraction to separate codeine from paracetamol; they dissolve in water at different temperatures. **edit** quote:Codeine doesn't work on me. At all. No, really. Some people are born without the enzyme CYP2D6 which converts codeine into morphine, without which the medication stays functionally inert. Fun fact, recent research has also shown us that <too much> CYP2D6 in the liver can render codeine ineffective because it breaks the medication down too fast to be effective Serrath fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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It seems kind of tasteless to brag about how much better our country is than some other country. I mean, even if it's true who does it help?
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:08 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:lmao what a piece of trash article, could have Bolded the whole loving thing For a start I'm pretty sure there was a mass shooting where eight people were killed, it's just it was a father blowing his family away. Might have that wrong, but I think 'no mass shootings since' is a long bow to draw.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:08 |
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Cleretic posted:I'm kind of curious what Abbott will do with himself if/when he leaves parliament. He's immensely unpopular, incompetent and inarticulate, so he's unlikely to get stuff like consultancy gigs, opinion columns and speaking tours. Guy Rundle suggested that he'd start doing a lot of charity fitness stuff, and that I can believe, but he's not the type to resign himself ONLY to those. Plus he's written opinion columns and books before, so I don't see why they should stop now. He's inarticulate as a speaker but his writing isn't worse than anything else you'd read on op-ed pages.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:12 |
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open24hours posted:It seems kind of tasteless to brag about how much better our country is than some other country. I mean, even if it's true who does it help? The collective strayan ego m8 *beats chest*
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:12 |
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I'm sure all the kids in immigration detention will be relieved to hear that we value human life and choose to think the best of people rather than treating them with undue suspicion.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:15 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I'm sure all the kids in immigration detention will be relieved to hear that we value human life and choose to think the best of people rather than treating them with undue suspicion. Key words here being Human and People. Once we started demonising them they stopped being either in the eyes of most of the population which then legitimised our brutal regime of rape and torture.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:18 |
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Unimpressed posted:Key words here being Human and People. Once we started demonising them they stopped being either in the eyes of most of the population which then legitimised our brutal regime of rape and torture. Yeh not like those other migrants who are bad and just want to feed off the public system
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:21 |
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Dear Cartoon, I am in NZ now but I did get a photo of this border force tape that is in all 3 of the international checkpoints we had to get pulled over on. Your tax dollars at work. Flags and posters were also present.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:30 |
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Still somehow less offensive than most QANTAS workers, but thanks! More is always good.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:33 |
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Anidav posted:Dear Cartoon, I am in NZ now but I did get a photo of this boarder force tape that is in all 3 of the international checkpoints we had to get pulled over on. It's just a rebranding of the existing stuff right? I mean that's the least of the issues with border farce, govt agencies rebrand all the time. Were they all carrying guns now and being all officious or was it pretty much the same as before? I really hope our airports don't become like the US.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:34 |
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Nah the border force staff were rude as gently caress and never smiled. Wanted to x Ray my watch because drugs could be in it. Very drill sergent sort of behaviour.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:36 |
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Anidav posted:on. Be careful or one of the border farts will confiscate your phone
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:37 |
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Imo they seem to have the power to go through your luggage much easier and I think they carry tasers.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:37 |
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Starshark posted:Post your favorite Abbott quotes ITT. I can't find mine, but it's the one where he refers to carbon dioxide as a "invisible, odourless, weightless, tasteless substance". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PkHix9Km94
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:38 |
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Starshark, your quote is from The Bolt Report iirc.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:40 |
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My favourite Tony Abbott quote is one that admits he is dumb at making words with his face hole "I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say, but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. "Which is one of the reasons why the statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared, scripted remarks."
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:43 |
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This is a vomit worthy opinion piece, IMO http://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/president-obama-was-wrong-australia-is-not-like-the-us-20151002-gjztja.html
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:45 |
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oh gently caress off i loving quit
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:45 |
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Whoops, sorry. On the upside we agree again, perennial enemy Monster Under Your Bed.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:48 |
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To tie together a few things, have a read of an article Abbott wrote about his time in the seminary, and why he left (it was because the Church kept trying to help people)Tony Abbott posted:l felt “had “by a seminary that so stressed ”empathy” with sinners and “dialogue” with the Church’s enemies that the priesthood seemed to have lost its point. quote:A little earlier, I had been appointed college infirmarian. This post was a legacy from quasi-monastic days and involved supervising the medicine cabinet and ensuring that the ill were not forgotten in their rooms. My view was that I knew nothing about medicine and that those too sick to eat in the dining room ought to be in hospital.
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# ? Oct 2, 2015 06:51 |