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That's a pretty minor bug, to be honest. At least the ejection seat doesn't kill the pilot any more.
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I think at this point we're just going to have to deal with the F-35 and hope that after five or ten years of modification it resembles a workable strike aircraft. If we weren't so deep into this clusterfuck, we could have concentrated on what the RAAF really needs - F-111 2: Brain Damage Boogaloo.
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Endman posted:I think at this point we're just going to have to deal with the F-35 and hope that after five or ten years of modification it resembles a workable strike aircraft. It won't ever be a workable strike aircraft. Other troubled aircraft have recovered from bad starts because the underlying design of the airframe was sound, only the systems on board were causing issues, and the airframes had room to grow through the problems and expand the capability of the plane. The F-35 is an unworkable compromise from the bottom up, with the design itself fundamentally flawed, and absolutely zero room to improve across a lifetime.
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freebooter posted:What's the source for this, I want to share it Seconded. Aside from the Simpsons references it's a great piece.
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Heres your morning whiplashquote:Broadcaster Alan Jones says he opposes a plebiscite on same-sex marriage because it could be “angry and spiteful and divisive” and gay and lesbian Australians have suffered enough.
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Mar 8, 2016 23:27
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He announced his support for marriage equality a long time ago.
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You don't have to be gay to support marriage equality, but in his case it probably helped.
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NTRabbit posted:It won't ever be a workable strike aircraft. Other troubled aircraft have recovered from bad starts because the underlying design of the airframe was sound, only the systems on board were causing issues, and the airframes had room to grow through the problems and expand the capability of the plane. The F-35 is an unworkable compromise from the bottom up, with the design itself fundamentally flawed, and absolutely zero room to improve across a lifetime. If they can get it to turn it could be useful as a single use guided munition?
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Was it Jones who changed his mind on marriage equality when he got a hard on when he met a transwoman? I guess good on him, I suppose.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Was it Jones who changed his mind on marriage equality when he got a hard on when he met a transwoman? I guess good on him, I suppose. That was Warren Entsch, and I don't think it was that it changed his mind so much as gave him a reason to actually think about it consciously.
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Rumor mill is saying a 3rd MP wants to resign from QLD Labor, potentially giving the LNP back government. Some media outlets are reporting an early election announcement this week in order to beat an incoming resignation announcement.
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Amethyst posted:He announced his support for marriage equality a long time ago. It's more he's outright called on the government to stop wasting time, which is different from kicking the can down the road. WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Was it Jones who changed his mind on marriage equality when he got a hard on when he met a transwoman? I guess good on him, I suppose. No, Jones is gay and has been forever.
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Anidav posted:Rumor mill is saying a 3rd MP wants to resign from QLD Labor, potentially giving the LNP back government. Some media outlets are reporting an early election announcement this week in order to beat an incoming resignation announcement. Ready for premier Springborg?
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Anidav posted:Rumor mill is saying a 3rd MP wants to resign from QLD Labor, potentially giving the LNP back government. Some media outlets are reporting an early election announcement this week in order to beat an incoming resignation announcement. What's more dysfunctional, Federal Libs or Queensland Labs?
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Doctor Spaceman posted:That was Warren Entsch, and I don't think it was that it changed his mind so much as gave him a reason to actually think about it consciously. Warren Entsch is an interesting character. He has fought for lgbti rights harder than just about anyone in the parliament. He has had family first go out its way to preference him last because of his attitudes to gays. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/meet-warren-entsch-queenslands-unlikely-but-vocal-lgbti-champion-20150528-ghbwdc.html Warren Entsch was turned on. The Coalition backbencher was then a 20-something stockman in far north Queensland and a girl at the local pub caught his eye I saw this bird pass me in shorts and a boob tube," he says. "I said to the owner of the pub, 'Friggin' hell – who have you got here working for you? That's a good looking sheila. Where did she come from?'" Advertisement The stranger, it turned out, was not a stranger at all. At the time Entsch was dating a local girl from Georgetown, 400 kilometres south-west of Cairns, and they would drink at the pub with her male cousin. "After a few beers he would become very feminine with the other guys and would end up having a fight." The cousin disappeared for a few months. Now Entsch discovered why: he had gone to Sydney to have a sex change operation. He returned as a woman and started work as a barmaid. "That amazed me," Entsch says. "Imagine having the courage to do that." It was the moment that set Entsch – dubbed a "progressive redneck" – on his path to become the Coalition's most passionate advocate for gay rights. A former crocodile hunter, grazier and RAAF serviceman, the 64-year old recognises he's the last person one would expect to find in that role. Entsch's advocacy culminated this week when Prime Minister Tony Abbott asked him to deliver a private member's bill on same-sex marriage, co-sponsored by a Labor MP, for a vote later this year. "The time has come," Entsch says, "to put this to the test." Entsch's electorate, which runs from Cairns to Cape York, adjoins that of independent Bob Katter who famously said he would "walk backwards from Bourke to Brisbane" if a homosexual person could be found living in his seat. Entsch, meanwhile, says gay people cannot be stereotyped by where they live or what they do. Two close friends – a retired pharmacist and public servant who have been in a relationship for more than 40 years – are gay. He was thinking of such couples when he opposed John Howard's 2004 push (eventually backed by Labor) to amend the Marriage Act to explicitly state that marriage is between a man and a woman. His stance "shocked the whole party room", he says. His long-running campaign to eliminate laws discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians was spurred by getting to know a Special Air Service veteran who was gay. The man had depression and was worried his partner would not be able to access his superannuation if he died. "I told that story to John Howard and it really surprised him," Entsch recalls. "But he's SAS," Howard replied. "I said, 'Yes Prime Minister, a person's courage is not determined by their sexual orientation.'" He was elated in 2009 when both major parties voted to remove laws discriminating against people because of their sexuality in the treatment of tax, superannuation and social security. As he was when he co-launched a cross-party friendship group for LGBTI Australians. "Transgender people were coming up to me in tears saying it was the first time they have felt comfortable coming into the Parliament of Australia," he says. In recent years he has led a ginger group of Coalition politicians agitating for same-sex marriage. "His role has been instrumental," says Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. "He wants to see change happen and has worked hard to bring people along with him." Entsch had long believed the ideal time to bring on a vote would be late in the Abbott government's second full year. On Monday, following the Irish referendum legalising same-sex marriage, he told Abbott the moment had arrived. He is "quietly confident" the Liberal party room will support a conscience vote and says a vote in Parliament will be extremely close, with a good chance of success. Advocating for gay rights so passionately has led many people to ask him if he is gay. "I say that I don't mind what they assume I am. My sexuality is frankly irrelevant." (His wife, he says, has been a "rock solid" supporter of his advocacy.) As life took him in other directions, Entsch lost touch with the barmaid from Georgetown. In 2006 – after speaking publicly about their friendship – he received a letter from her thanking him. "You are the one who has shown true courage by your acceptance, tolerance and support not only now in the national arena but also all those years ago in the smaller but potentially more hostile arena of the 'Gulf Country' of 20 years ago," she wrote. "For the sake of those families that differ in composition to the Prime Minister's ideal I hope you are successful in your campaign." She finished by saying she had gone back to school, finished year 12, studied medicine at university and was now working as a doctor. The two have since reconnected and the friends share a common interest promoting LGBTI awareness among doctors in rural areas. "I love her to pieces, I'm very proud of her," he says. "I'd like to have half as much character as she does."
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Why are people resigning from Queensland Labor?
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It always happens in either party. Some rural QLD MP just randomly decides to quit the party because "you fat cats in Brisbane are not representing the North!" Campbell Newman had similar issues.
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open24hours posted:Why are people resigning from Queensland Labor? Because they campaigned on saving the reef and then turned around and approved adani. Oh also they got big donations from macquarie bank who are the ones negotiating the deal. Totally loving 99% of the state that relies either on the reef (food/tourism) or not living near a giant crater (life in general). Basically everything gets dictated from the south east and the ALP accidentally ran candidates with consciences who want to represent their area instead. The relief of removing Newman has been replaced with the frustration that Anna P is no different.
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Why do people think a majority government is Good
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my stepdads beer posted:Why do people think a majority government is Good People care about their team winning not the actual outcome.
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"Recent comparisons of immigration detention centres to 'gulags'," the statement read. "[S]uggestions that detention involves a 'public numbing and indifference' similar to that allegedly experienced in Nazi Germany; and persistent suggestions that detention facilities are places of 'torture' are highly offensive, unwarranted and plainly wrong – and yet they continue to be made in some quarters."
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my stepdads beer posted:Why do people think a majority government is Good There's a strong authoritarian streak in the Australian character. Faffing around building a consensus on what the common good is, and the best way to achieve it? That takes time, effort, and sometimes you can't predict the end result, all of which are scary.
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Extra special shoutout to QuantumMechanic on this one https://twitter.com/DamienCWalker/status/707367102236090369
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Lid posted:"Recent comparisons of immigration detention centres to 'gulags'," the statement read. "[S]uggestions that detention involves a 'public numbing and indifference' similar to that allegedly experienced in Nazi Germany; and persistent suggestions that detention facilities are places of 'torture' are highly offensive, unwarranted and plainly wrong – and yet they continue to be made in some quarters." Already posted Solemn Sloth posted:Secretary of the department of Australia for Australians
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Bogan King posted:Extra special shoutout to QuantumMechanic on this one I expect to get blocked by her for retweeting that.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I expect to get blocked by her for retweeting that. The shocking part of that statement is that you aren't already blocked by her. She's very militant about maintaining her echo chamber.
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I'm guessing this is why Border Fascists tried to get on the front foot:Guardian Au posted:Two offshore asylum seekers placed under suicide or self-harm watch every three days Michael Pezzullo is worth the extra expense and effort of firing the rocket into the sun rather than just into the sea.
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Wouldn't it be funny if the coalition moved to on shore processing before the ALP did in some crazy election manoeuvre.
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New Matilda posted:ANALYSIS: Unemployed and underemployed Australians can be issued with on-the-spot fines by privately owned job agencies under a tough new Government proposal, writes Owen Bennett. Theres more, but that about covers the gist of it. https://newmatilda.com/2016/03/05/malcolm-turnbull-escalates-his-war-on-the-poor-and-unemployed/ One step closer to success in the LNP "hurry up and die" approach to unemployment
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Oh you were late to your appointment coz you had to walk coz you cant afford a bus ticket this week? lol good luck for the next X months living on even less! Thatll get you employed! See ya next week.
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starkebn posted:do the fines go to the Job Agency in question? if so laffo, can't see that going wrong. The job agency should be fined that amount for failing to do their jobs properly. That's how private business works, right, they take on the responsibility for their own failings?
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MysticalMachineGun posted:That's how private business works, right, they take on the responsibility for their own failings? Only for the pleb tier businesses that can't lobby the government for a bailout or some favourable legislation.
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Box Hill Strangler posted:Oh you were late to your appointment coz you had to walk coz you cant afford a bus ticket this week? lol good luck for the next X months living on even less! Thatll get you employed! See ya next week. I was on newstart for 2 weeks many years ago and they gave me 2 free smartriders for going to job appointments etc. even though I told them I didn't need them. Not saying this isn't a terrible idea, but what should happen if someone is abusive/doesn't show up to appointments?
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MonoAus posted:Not saying this isn't a terrible idea, but what should happen if someone is abusive/doesn't show up to appointments? Nothing. The system is designed to harass job seekers, not help them.
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MonoAus posted:Not saying this isn't a terrible idea, but what should happen if someone is abusive/doesn't show up to appointments? The punishment for not showing up to appointments is to continue to be treated like a piece of poo poo on the shoe of Centrelink, you don't need extra kicks in the gut on top of that.
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I'm not really sure I understand. Don't get me wrong, Centrelink sucks, but why is it harassment to expect people to turn up to appointments unless they have a valid reason to not be there? edit: I remember having to jump through a lot of hoops for my measly $140 a fortnight, but most of it seemed to be designed to force me to get a job. I can't really fault them there. MonoAus fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Mar 9, 2016 |
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