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BlitzkriegOfColour posted:Have you considered that great power imperialism is only ever kept in check by other great power imperialism, and with the US being so much more insanely powerful (and also, insane and powerful) there is literally nothing to keep its imperialism in check? I mean, if you really assess the situation, you'd be willing to let the Russian/Chinese empires expand a little in order to check the US. Otherwise they're just going to continue to encircle everyone, as they do now. I agree dude the Cold War was extremely loving good.
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For real tho do the people who are subsumed by China and Russia 'expanding a little' get a say or are their needs secondary to ensuring the great video game that is international geopolitics is well balanced?
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quote:MLA Larisa Lee allegedly used Government vehicle she was loaned by Chief Minister’s office to aid in killing cow on private cattle station http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/north...12134a4585f4750
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Usually you'd use a bolt gun or bleed them but uh, I guess a 4WD works. Also UQ scientists try brew beer from vegemite. They get horrible awful swill. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/vegemite-builds-beer-but-not-by-itself-uq-researchers-20160815-gqt5cc.html
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I've heard they do that in prison, but I'd have thought even remote aboriginal communities would have access to something that would actually make drinkable alcohol. Like a bag of sugar or a bottle of cordial.
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open24hours posted:I've heard they do that in prison, but I'd have thought even remote aboriginal communities would have access to something that would actually make drinkable alcohol. Like a bag of sugar or a bottle of cordial. You need sugar anyway. Thats what the yeast turn into alcohol. Cordial is a bit hit and miss because of the preservatives. Some fresh fruits can be used (never try pineapple *shudder*) along with things like ginger, cereal, fertiliser, tomato paste and various grains. fun fact : some brewers use egg shells because they stabilise the wash at nearly the perfect pH, and you can easily strain them out at the end, when you stain out the yeast goobers.
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BBJoey posted:For real tho do the people who are subsumed by China and Russia 'expanding a little' get a say or are their needs secondary to ensuring the great video game that is international geopolitics is well balanced? No, that's kind of why imperialism sucks. Scarecow posted:Yes lets just roll over and accept our fate What's the worst thing that happens if we do? China fucks around and claims a shipping lane possibly disrupting trade, they might be emboldened and we basically kick the can down the road until the next crisis. The worst thing on the other side is a nuclear exchange.
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SynthOrange posted:Queenslanders try brew beer. They get horrible awful swill.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:What's the worst thing that happens if we do? Germany fucks around and claims some borderlands possibly disrupting trade, they might be emboldened and we basically kick the can down the road until the next crisis. The worst thing on the other side is another world war. dude cmon
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And it was the right decision then too.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 05:18 |
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a bold stance
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Better than a war. I assume you take the same position on Australia's border dispute with East Timor?
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Wonder who the former news director they featured on Media Watch was. Media Watch posted:
N o i c e
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 05:23 |
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Don't dox me fairfax: Police were left mystified after a pork roast fell from the pants of a "heavily intoxicated" man during a callout on the weekend. Dutton Park police were called to a local bus stop to find a man who police said seemed "not too pleased" to see them on the weekend, Senior Sergeant Greg Bishop wrote on a police blog on Tuesday. They tried to help the "rather large" man to his feet and as they did so, a 2.5 kilogram uncooked pork roast fell from the man's pants. Seemingly as confused as the police officers, the man asked 'where is that from?' before leaving the bus stop. The mystery of the pork roast remains unsolved.
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Ten Becquerels posted:Prior to David Leyonhjelm being in the news with this 18C crap, I didn't know what he looked like and I was content not to know. I blame this thread for causing me to be subjected to his visage. He looks like an alien wearing a human suit inspired by humpty dumpty. He is one of the lizard men, like Abbott.
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Cartoon posted:This will do nothing but raise the stakes with the Chinese hawks. Any difficulties that the central committee might have had with military procurement are now overcome. This is what starts arms races and eventually someone decides they have to make the first move. Basically, if you make big blustery statements about aggression, you're doing it to precisely the wrong culture. You put them in a corner, in their eyes shaming them, and they are very, very patient. quote:News just in!!! FTAs are poo poo and we should stop signing them. Oh the irony of Andrew Robb getting the swinging door to an investment bank on the strength of his "negotiating skills". BlitzkriegOfColour posted:Have you considered that great power imperialism is only ever kept in check by other great power imperialism, and with the US being so much more insanely powerful (and also, insane and powerful) there is literally nothing to keep its imperialism in check? I mean, if you really assess the situation, you'd be willing to let the Russian/Chinese empires expand a little in order to check the US. Otherwise they're just going to continue to encircle everyone, as they do now. Personally I think American economic imperialism has its limits, eg China and the EU. America is more interdependent than its politicians like to pretend, and everyone else knows it. That makes its Pacific posturing all the more silly and dangerous. From the half-assed comments from others I suspect there is a smidgen of armchair morality floating about. Well this isn't Versailles and we sure as hell ain't Woodrow Wilson (whose morality is rather doubted these days). No one likes to be subsumed by an empire (except us apparently), and as I've said before, many will choose subsumption over being a plaything of some new dick-measuring contest. In a perfect world we'd all obey rules and play nice, get real. Everyone's seen what happened to Africa, Asia is not going the same way if they can help it.
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Anidav posted:Don't dox me fairfax:
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 05:42 |
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Has anyone here ever attended an event, or been a member of the Golden Key Society? Even if you know someone who has, any information would be extremely helpful, thanks.
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About as valuable as Mensa.
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open24hours posted:About as valuable as Mensa. I figure this will be most peoples responses, but if there are even one or two great networking opportunities in the coming years of studying, I think it would be worth it. I'm often wrong, but all you need is one good peer within a group to make associating with it all the worthwhile.
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Redcordial posted:Has anyone here ever attended an event, or been a member of the Golden Key Society? Even if you know someone who has, any information would be extremely helpful, thanks. I remember getting a letter to join up after I graduated and got the vibe that it was useless and scam-ish after a bit of Googling.
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Redcordial posted:I figure this will be most peoples responses, but if there are even one or two great networking opportunities in the coming years of studying, I think it would be worth it. There are plenty of other groups you could join that would offer similar, and almost certainly better, opportunities. You're studying psychology right? Why not look into something like http://www.psychology.org.au/ ?
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open24hours posted:There are plenty of other groups you could join that would offer similar, and almost certainly better, opportunities. You're studying psychology right? Why not look into something like http://www.psychology.org.au/ ? I've looked into the APS and am really interested in becoming a member, I'm just finding it hard to scrape the money together for it considering it's only a yearly membership. It's not a lot of money, but I've been unemployed for quite a while and unsuccessful interviews are causing me to drink more beer = even less money left over. The GKS is only a once off payment of a similar price, so before I spend any money I'll make sure to attend the initiating events and assess the worthiness. If I don't like what I see, I will become a member of the APS within the month.
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Frogmanv2 posted:never try pineapple *shudder* Truth. Guatemalan distillers Plantation Rum (excellent rum) recently recreated the apparently "lost" recipe for pineapple rum and it is vile. They macerated the skins in rum, distilled it and blended it with more pineapple infused rum. Booze bigwigs are losing their poo poo but it's easily one of the worst rums I've tried (aside from stock Bundy).
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Redcordial posted:I've looked into the APS and am really interested in becoming a member, I'm just finding it hard to scrape the money together for it considering it's only a yearly membership. It's not a lot of money, but I've been unemployed for quite a while and unsuccessful interviews are causing me to drink more beer = even less money left over. What is it you're trying to do with a professional membership? Registration in the APS as a student is less than $100/year but there are psychology professional groups, student psychology groups, and APS groups on facebook that don't require any paid membership anywhere. If you're trying to scare up job opportunities, in the clinical psychology interest forum there are jobs posted all the time (although I don't know what the requirements are to join that group). Individual universities also usually have a facebook group devoted to their psychology cohort where job opportunities/professional networking sometimes takes place. For what it's worth, someone mentioned Mensa; Mensa employs psychologists for psychometric testing for application purposes which is surprisingly lucrative because testing people of high ability is without any real complexity (and the people requesting testing tend to be people able to pay whatever you ask).
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MysticalMachineGun posted:
E a t t h e r i c h
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Serrath posted:What is it you're trying to do with a professional membership? Registration in the APS as a student is less than $100/year but there are psychology professional groups, student psychology groups, and APS groups on facebook that don't require any paid membership anywhere. If you're trying to scare up job opportunities, in the clinical psychology interest forum there are jobs posted all the time (although I don't know what the requirements are to join that group). Individual universities also usually have a facebook group devoted to their psychology cohort where job opportunities/professional networking sometimes takes place. Thanks for this post. I'm trying to open some new doors in the networking sense, and am seeking appropriate groups for the type of path I'm trying to find. I don't want to be a clinical psychologist, at least not at this time, so it's more about building up my knowledge and skills through new avenues, and networking opportunities. I'm looking to define my career path, but I am passionate about quite a few areas that often interact with one another, so I'm trying to build up my skill set in multiple areas at once. I currently attend a few different groups both on and off campus, but they are largely based around assessment work and things on the curriculum. The other couple of groups I frequent are discussion groups that are more philosophical in approach, but they are less engaged with advocacy than I'd prefer. I have been meaning to join a couple of the larger Facebook groups for my uni, but after looking at them, they don't seem to post much relevant information. I'm interested in advocacy/mental health work regarding Indigenous Australian's, while having a strong desire to work towards creating a better world for asylum seekers and refugees. I am also interested in working with those suffering from PTSD, and could see myself going back to the ADF in a psychological capacity, or just working with sufferers outside of the ADF. So obviously I have a lot to figure out, and I want to be able to access as many opportunities as I can, and to learn as much as I can along the way.
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I thought they might do thisquote:Labor to play hardball with pairing and test Turnbull government's working majority http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...816-gqtqwi.html
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Hey,
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The Libs have a fascinating inability to learn that people actually listen to the nonsense they say and will call their bluff. See: no cuts to X, """mediscare""", working majority etc. They seem almost offended when people remember things they've said in the past.
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He waits in the dark, waiting to strike.crikey posted:
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MiniSune posted:He waits in the dark, waiting to strike. But the public don't want him. This is terminal behaviour.
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quote:Colleagues know what they’ll get if they return to him: more of what he provided when he was prime minister. Well drat, sign me up. If Turnbull death spirals into giving Abbott the job then lol
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https://twitter.com/TheKouk/status/765012654502977536
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 09:43 |
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Prime Minister Hunt would be a coal miners wet dream.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 09:51 |
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At last, a chance for Aussies to be accelerationists just like the UK and US.
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It's only fun to be an acceleration if you can pretend there isn't a wall or a cliff directly in your path.
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Anidav posted:Prime Minister Hunt would be a coal miners wet dream. I think he'd just be a less charismatic and arrogant Turnbull.
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MiniSune posted:Scott Morrison has vanished from leadership calculations is an unexpected bonus for Abbott I don't care if it's true or not, this line made me unbelievably happy
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