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Buck Turgidson
Feb 6, 2011

𓀬𓀠𓀟𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀞𓀬
My blood has been boiling for years over the absolute garbage that gets passed off as arm's length transactions so the ecstasy I experienced upon hearing of this leak is close to indescribable. Every time someone says the word "Panama" it's like 400,000 orgasms going off at once.

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Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Buck Turgidson posted:

My blood has been boiling for years over the absolute garbage that gets passed off as arm's length transactions so the ecstasy I experienced upon hearing of this leak is close to indescribable. Every time someone says the word "Panama" it's like 400,000 orgasms going off at once.

I thought turgid was your father

KennyTheFish
Jan 13, 2004

MaliciousOnion posted:

Sure, neo-nazis might be irredeemable morons, but violence against them does nothing to further the left's position. Also i find violence in general morally wrong.

It is not morally wrong to finish a fight someone else starts.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Older Auspol goons might remember the Big Fuss made about Naughty Russians stealing Good American Funds and using a Bad Bank to hide the ledgers, it was partly responsible for Nauru being pressured (no doubt with US help) to stop being a tax haven and why not, apart from that and the casino it was the only thing making them money. Isn't history fun?

This leak is amazing. At least we might understand several events better, and the mechanics of how political donations, humanitarian aid, defence contracts and executive profits mysteriously disappear. I'll be surprised if nothing connected to several wars doesn't crop up (40 years!), hopefully the Iraq one, perhaps even the fallout from the Cold War. What about our rascals like Bond and Skase? The mind boggles at the potential.

tithin
Nov 14, 2003


[Grandmaster Tactician]



Buck Turgidson posted:

My blood has been boiling for years over the absolute garbage that gets passed off as arm's length transactions so the ecstasy I experienced upon hearing of this leak is close to indescribable. Every time someone says the word "Panama" it's like 400,000 orgasms going off at once.

This is going to be interesting for some time to come

Redcordial
Nov 7, 2009

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

lol the country is fed up with your safe spaces and trigger warnings you useless special snowflakes, send the sjws to mexico
Personally I cannot wait to watch Four Corners tonight, hell even QandA and 730 for any information to warm my heart.

I am very excited to see what I can find out about Illegitimate President Assad pertaining to a book I'm writing on the events of the Syrian War. All I know so far is that Bashar al_Assad has at least two cousins linked to this leak, and I'm hoping for juicy information.

MiniSune
Sep 16, 2003

Smart like Dodo!

Buck Turgidson posted:

My blood has been boiling for years over the absolute garbage that gets passed off as arm's length transactions so the ecstasy I experienced upon hearing of this leak is close to indescribable. Every time someone says the word "Panama" it's like 400,000 orgasms going off at once.

https://youtu.be/OIBcGJxV_Ic

Better get a box of tissues.

MiniSune fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Apr 4, 2016

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Bob Ellis leaked the Panama papers.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

MaliciousOnion posted:

Sure, neo-nazis might be irredeemable morons, but violence against them does nothing to further the left's position. Also i find violence in general morally wrong.

To quote Pop Will Eat Itself's Ich Bin Ein Auslander:

Welcome to a state, where the politics of hate
Shout loud in the crowd, watch them beat us all down
There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood
But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence


Strange how lyrics that covered 1980s Britain fit in so well in our current climate.

lilbeefer
Oct 4, 2004

Popcorning the poo poo out of 4 corners right now. Seriously how can you not own hundreds of multi story carparks, charge 10 bucks + an hour with minimal upkeep and still need to hide your money away? Won't someone think about the poor guillotine-smiths who have been locked out of business for centuries?

Paracetamol
Jun 13, 2005
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Auspol: I lurk a fair bit here and use this place as a guide for my own moral compass. Can you please interpret this for me?

quote:

I was reading about how witch doctors in Tanzania keep murdering albinos and using their body parts in magic rituals. No matter what society tells me, I believe this is wrong, and I feel no shame being intolerant to others' religious beliefs.

Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop

Paracetamol posted:

Auspol: I lurk a fair bit here and use this place as a guide for my own moral compass. Can you please interpret this for me?
Someone thinks they have made a rational decision to become a bigot.

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."
Four Corners is making me so loving hyped for a company tax rate cut in the budget.

MiniSune
Sep 16, 2003

Smart like Dodo!
I would like to think that this tax drama will lead to real reform.

Sadly phonehacking in the UK makes me pessimistic.

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
Does Sam dastyari realise he was in government a couple of years ago, this poo poo didn't start yesterday

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Bob Ellis leaked the Panama papers.

Jokes aside, whoever actually did is almost certainly going to end up very dead in a little while. I'm not convinced there would even be a nation anywhere they'd be certain of getting protection in.


Someone should start pushing for the ATO to get some ASIO like powers to help track this sort of thing. It'll never happen because of the rich mates of the political class but forcing them to try and explain why it isn't necessary would convince a few more voters that they're corrupt shits.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
oh god media watch hahaha

Cleretic
Feb 3, 2010


Ignore my posts!
I'm aggressively wrong about everything!

MiniSune posted:

I would like to think that this tax drama will lead to real reform.

Sadly phonehacking in the UK makes me pessimistic.

Yeah, as great as it is to see it explode, it's very unlikely that much will actually happen in terms of actually stopping this sort of thing.

It's probably gonna cause a few people in high places to step down and hide, though.

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

MiniSune posted:

I would like to think that this tax drama will lead to real reform.

Sadly phonehacking in the UK makes me pessimistic.
The 2008 financial crash led to one single person serving time, and nothing changed

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Ids habbiding

https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/716962802636693505

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/716964132767989761

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/716963038121725952

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Morgan went the other way iirc, +3 LNP

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE
It would be so delicious to see both the Newman government and the Abott-Turnbull government fall after a single term.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

The Lord Bude posted:

It would be so delicious to see both the Newman government and the Abott-Turnbull government fall after a single term.

Don't forget the half-termers Baillieu and Napthine.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

The Lord Bude posted:

It would be so delicious to see both the Newman government and the Abott-Turnbull government fall after a single term.

Abbott-Turnbull-Andrews Government

:getin:

hooman fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Apr 4, 2016

The Lord Bude
May 23, 2007

ASK ME ABOUT MY SHITTY, BOUGIE INTERIOR DECORATING ADVICE

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Don't forget the half-termers Baillieu and Napthine.

I must confess to having paid very little attention to state politics outside of Queensland. If Turdball loses a double D I assume we can expect him to quit politics in disgrace? or at least go and hide in the backbenches? It will be very entertaining to see what becomes of the liberal leadership afterwards.

Edit: what are Muir's prospects of getting back in if there is a Double D?

The Lord Bude fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Apr 4, 2016

Divorced And Curious
Jan 23, 2009

democracy depends on sausage sizzles
https://www.facebook.com/jeremybuckingham/videos/vb.791925860826604/1158992000786653/

gently caress jez bucks is a loose unit

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

Hooooly poo poo.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

open24hours posted:

Is it illegal though?

It's like pulling up next to a cop in your car and there's a pedestrian-shaped dent in your bonnet, your windscreen is covered in blood, a mangled bicycle is strapped to your roof and a suspiciously lumpy rolled carpet is sticking out of your rear window.

Technically they can't say you've definitely committed a crime, but it's really likely that you have.


Pretty much the sole reason tax haven shell companies have to exist is to hide money and assets from governments (and spouses looking for a divorce). In itself, it's not evidence of a crime, but it's really likely that you've committed one.

annatar
Jan 14, 2007
hellol

The Lord Bude posted:

I must confess to having paid very little attention to state politics outside of Queensland. If Turdball loses a double D I assume we can expect him to quit politics in disgrace? or at least go and hide in the backbenches? It will be very entertaining to see what becomes of the liberal leadership afterwards.

Edit: what are Muir's prospects of getting back in if there is a Double D?

Muir has minimal chance under the new optional preference system, unless for some reason Victorian Labor decided to preference the Australian Motoring Enthusiast ticket on their senate how to votes cards. I suspect they won't.

That said, the Senate tickets will have the Party logos will be on the groups, and AMEP apparently want a stylised version of Ricky Muir's face as their logo so if people do want to vote for him they'll be able to find him on the ticket pretty quickly.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Should just rename to the Ricky Muir party imo.

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

annatar posted:

Muir has minimal chance under the new optional preference system, unless for some reason Victorian Labor decided to preference the Australian Motoring Enthusiast ticket on their senate how to votes cards. I suspect they won't.

That said, the Senate tickets will have the Party logos will be on the groups, and AMEP apparently want a stylised version of Ricky Muir's face as their logo so if people do want to vote for him they'll be able to find him on the ticket pretty quickly.

Wouldn't he have decent name recognition now? Spoken to people both on the right and left politically and he seems pretty well liked by both sides as well. Wouldn't be surprised to see him put relatively high on quite a few ballots, but maybe just being a bit optimistic about that.

Also the AMEP party becoming the Ricky Muir party would be a pretty great move on their part. If they do get his face as the official logo they're as well as half way there.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Bill Shorten's face when leading in 2PP

EvilElmo
May 10, 2009

Scylo posted:

Does Sam dastyari realise he was in government a couple of years ago, this poo poo didn't start yesterday

Well, he was in Government for a few weeks before the election was called.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

The Lord Bude posted:

I must confess to having paid very little attention to state politics outside of Queensland. If Turdball loses a double D I assume we can expect him to quit politics in disgrace? or at least go and hide in the backbenches? It will be very entertaining to see what becomes of the liberal leadership afterwards.
Other than going back to Abbott, there's no one else in the Liberal front bench that's leadership worthy. Pyne is surely losing his seat next election over the way the Federal Government has treated South Australia, Morrison is a joke who only can put things into neat sound bites and slogans and there's no way the right wing will let Bishop be leader.

tithin
Nov 14, 2003


[Grandmaster Tactician]



You Am I posted:

Other than going back to Abbott, there's no one else in the Liberal front bench that's leadership worthy. Pyne is surely losing his seat next election over the way the Federal Government has treated South Australia, Morrison is a joke who only can put things into neat sound bites and slogans and there's no way the right wing will let Bishop be leader.

The only thing the right want from her is to quit, and with that they're actually in tune with the electorate. For once.

LibertyCat
Mar 5, 2016

by WE B Bourgeois
I've love to see PM Bishop.

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

Are we talking Bronwyn or Julie?

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norp
Jan 20, 2004

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

tithin posted:

The only thing the right want from her is to quit, and with that they're actually in tune with the electorate. For once.

I thought bbish was the one that everyone wanted out. I was under the impression that they liked the asbestos queen and she would be a shoe in if she had a dick

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