MaliciousOnion posted:

I'm pretty sure that tank is a WW2 Nazi Panther.

Cartoon posted:

Paingod556 posted:

Nope, T34 mod. '43



The Chopper is a yank Apache Longbow, but the jet... Some bastard child of a Tomcat, Hornet, Fulcrum and this cute little guy

gay picnic defence posted:

The jet's an Su35 isn't it?
I hope so anyway, they are probably a shitload more airworthy than the F35

Paingod556 posted:

I'd say the wings aren't big enough and it doesn't have the droopy nose. They're also loving massive in general and the mainstay of our biggest rivals (India, China, Indo and Malaysia) so using it for 'Straya Strong is stupid on every level

Cartoon posted:

You can detect actual levels of not stupid in that poster?

Cartoon posted:

You can detect actual levels of not stupid in that poster?

Cartoon posted:

You can detect actual levels of not stupid in that poster?

Skellybones posted:

The T-34 is an extremely good tank?

Tokamak posted:

It is an open secret that hand picking produce is performed by vulnerable workers who are taken advantage of. This happens all across the western world, and not only in Australia.

quote:

Former prime minister Tony Abbott takes a swipe at China, saying the communist nation does not share the same "values" as Australia.

Zenithe posted:

Hey people who've done uni recently, is it common to have weird irrelevant assessments?

One of my tasks is literally "draw your feelings" for 1% of the total grade, and there are a couple of other ones such as participation as a research projects and giving course feedback.

Zenithe posted:

Hey people who've done uni recently, is it common to have weird irrelevant assessments?

One of my tasks is literally "draw your feelings" for 1% of the total grade, and there are a couple of other ones such as participation as a research projects and giving course feedback.

Recoome posted:

The answer could only ever be "it depends". For example (I do psychology, so these are some examples/experiences), you may be asked to draw your feelings in a course which deals with interpersonal skills because part of the skillset is to be able and confortable with "looking inwards". I mean it may seem stupid or weird to you but actually not everyone is so self-reflective and this shows in interactions between people.

quote:

Research participation can be pretty important because a) it introduces undergrads to being a participant and what is usually involved in an actual experiment and b) provides the University with a pool of subjects to do research/pilot studies on. There's a whole thing about using undergrads as subjects (they tend not to be reflective of the general population). I also think there's a bit of a hazing/rite of passage mentality, being that everyone before was subjected to being a lab rat so by golly you'll be a lab rat aswell.

Zenithe posted:

Hey people who've done uni recently, is it common to have weird irrelevant assessments?

One of my tasks is literally "draw your feelings" for 1% of the total grade, and there are a couple of other ones such as participation as a research projects and giving course feedback.

Zenithe posted:

It's for stats.


I guess I'm surprised it counts for marks, as there is no learning or reflection criteria, just rock up for 6 hours and get that ticked off. It would make sense to have some kind of non-graded pass to me, but to actually count seems a tad off.

quote:

Queensland teen Oliver Bridgeman stranded in Syria after Federal Government cancels his passport By Josh Bavas Updated about 8 hours ago

Queensland teenager Oliver Bridgeman is stranded in Syria after the Federal Government cancelled his passport.

Key points:

Mr Bridgeman has previously denied joining a terrorist group, saying he was doing aid work in Indonesia
Government has not revealed what he did wrong
Julie Bishop said she would not comment on "individual cases"
The 19-year-old from Toowoomba left Australia in March last year saying he was doing aid work in Indonesia.

He travelled to Syria but he has previously denied joining a terrorist organisation. His lawyer Alex Jones said the Government had not spelled out what the teenager had done wrong. "As far as we're aware, there's no allegation that he's done anything untoward or anything illegal whatsoever and that the basis for these types of decisions are usually on the basis of security risks," Mr Jones said. "However, without any allegation that he's done anything untoward, we simply can't understand this decision." Mr Jones said Mr Bridgeman was disillusioned with the process. "On the face of it we can't understand the logic behind the decision," he said. "He was attempting to cooperate fully with the authorities. He'd told them that he would make himself available should they wish to speak with him; he told them his travel plans to return. They were well aware of everything, we were in negotiation with authorities."

He said Syria was becoming more volatile.

"The situation over there is becoming quite intense with the situation with the Russian Government and their actions at the moment so he's somewhat rattled," he said. Mr Jones claimed his client had been told to surrender his cancelled passport to the nearest consular post in Turkey. But he said there was no legal way for Mr Bridgeman to cross the border from Syria, and that if he did he faced up to 10 years in prison. Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said she would "not comment on individual cases or intelligence and security matters". "The Government has consistently – and in the strongest terms – discouraged Australians from travelling to Iraq and Syria to participate in hostile activities," she said. "Australians travelling to Syria or Iraq not only risk committing offences, but may be kidnapped, seriously injured or even killed as a result. "The Australian Government cannot facilitate the safe passage of people out of the conflict zones."

An appeal against the decision to cancel Mr Bridgeman's passport will be filed in a Brisbane court on Monday.

Cartoon posted:

I'm just finishing up David Hicks book Guantanamo and it's hard not to see parallels:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-26/oliver-bridgeman-stranded-syria-federal-gov-cancel-passport/7204250
Apparently he was teaching Syrian kids to play rugby league so gently caress that guy.

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freebooter posted:

Trump is not going to win the US election. No Republican candidate is going to win the US election.

Birdstrike posted:

ahaha Auspol reads one Matt Taibbi story and is now "trump is unstoppable waaah"

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Can anyone knowledgeable in the matter comment on whether George Pell ever did anything wrong?

freebooter posted:

It really is interesting - I noticed this in the UK election - how not having compulsory voting makes it much harder to predict how elections will go. In Australia swing voters are really the only ones who matter, whereas in other countries there's also the whole race of trying to get non-voters to get off their asses.

ewe2 posted:

Predictably the CPG is now going full cry on Briggs side. He "did the right fringe have written him off as a traitor. This controversy just hurts Turnbull, the new line is all about attacking him. You can imagine the kind of idiot), and Steve Kates about the electoral consequences with an entirely different set of idiots who are especially mad at Xenophon for being too popular in SA and threatening 3-4 Lib seats as a result.

Some days you just want to cast the first part of the country.



What do you mean "if"? Where have you been, under a rock, they're running it now. Their little mates in the original lyrics, not the 1984 version.

edit: Cmon man you forgot verse 2, are you a good little colonial or not?

Birb Katter posted:

Are busses that happen better or worse than trains that don't? Sounds like the bar that Briggs tripped on though. No one is going to be freaking amazing. Obviously they can't do poo poo about the copper if that is for sure.

freebooter posted:

There is just no way the majority of the party is going to vote Abbott back in as leader in this term of government. Even if Turnbull got drunk on Anzac Day and took a piss on a war memorial it would be happy to see them all year. Ditto easter eggs

Cartoon posted:

Just one quick touch of the poop...

http://www.alp.org.au/policy_commitments

The ALP don't seem to have a counter terrorism policy.

Wait!

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.n....pdf?1455234762


Well that's clearly a deal breaker! Changed my v.... That amounts to nothing but a bunch of motherhood statements that have been heavily contradicted by ALP actions in parliament. So lets see, Greens who have a sensible and coherent policy on everything covered here, which they stand by or a bunch of turncoat chuckle fucks who would sell your granny for a pack of Winnie Blues? Fucken tough choice!

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Anyway I interrupt our fascination with Counter Terrorism policy to bring you:





WE ARE SO VERY VERY hosed