Auspol August: The Faint Glow of Chinese Ciggies on the Hill

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Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

MY HAIRLINE IS FINE

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:01

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# ? Jun 2, 2024 02:15

GoldStandardConure: Jun 11, 2010; I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow; Pillbug

hooman posted:

I would say I'm the anidav of W.A but we all know who that actually is.

mate

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:02

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Anidav posted:

MY HAIRLINE IS FINE

Make Anidav's Scalp Great Again

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:03

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Anidav transitioning to being a boomer.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:10

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

GoldStandardConure posted:

mate

Nice self own.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:10

Mattjpwns: Dec 14, 2006; In joyful strains then let us sing
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FUCKED

hooman posted:

It's me, I'm the guy who got his dad into anime.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:11

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

JBP posted:

Anidav transitioning to being a boomer.

Where's my complimentary house????

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:14

WhiskeyWhiskers: Oct 14, 2013; "هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

Anidav posted:

Where's my complimentary house????

You read a chain email that you'd need to house refugees in it, so you decided to burn it down instead.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:17

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

JBP posted:

Anidav transitioning to being Peter Dutton.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:17

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

You read a chain email that you'd need to house refugees in it, so you decided to burn it down instead.

Oh right, the chain emails my grandfather used to send me :smith:

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:19

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Anidav posted:

Oh right, the chain emails my grandfather used to send me

I miss hearing about the communist bookstore in Brisbane.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:21

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Memory Lane posted:

     After all that happened yesterday. I can believe this. Did you hear him say gun control would have prevented this?

READ THIS AGAIN, OBAMA IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE

U.S.A. I DON T THINK WE WILL RECOVER FROM THE DAMAGE.

I know that some of you aren't enthused about Donald Trump . . but this does explain some things . .

WOW!!!!!

     This is absolutely unthinkable that nobody, especially the
CIA would have noticed this . . . Trump is starting to look

better all the time!! This information has all been checked, then double checked . . it is 100% Correct. T hat's why there is
such an alarm within US government, since Trump's statement
about temporary suspension of migration of Muslims to US
untill US authorities make sure there is a proper concept
of safe penetration of US territory.

     People are stunned to learn that the head of the U.S. CIA is a Muslim! Do hope this wakes up some! Until it hits you like a ton of bricks read it again, until you understand!

We now have a Muslim government in the US!

     John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.

     Obama's top adviser, Valerie Jarrett, is a Muslim who was
born in Iran where her parents still live.

     Hillary Clinton's top adviser, Huma Abedin is a Muslim, whose mother and brother are still involved in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt!

     Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for Homeland
Security, Arif Aikhan, is a Muslim .

     Homeland Security Adviser, Mohammed Elibiary, is a Muslim.

     Obama adviser and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salam al-Marayati, is a Muslim.

     Obama's Sharia Czar, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the Islamic Society of North America is a Muslim .

     Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel, is a Muslim. Nancy Pelosi announced she will appoint Rep Andre Carson, D-Ind, a Muslim, as the first Muslim lawmaker on the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, of all things! It would make Carson the first Muslim to serve on the committee that receives intelligence on the threat of Islamic militants in the Middle East! He suggested that U.S. schools should be modeled after Islamic madrassas, where education is based on the Quran!!!

     Last but not least, our closet Muslim himself, Barack Hussein Obama. It's questionable if Obama ever officially

took the oath of office when he was sworn in. He did not repeat the oath properly to defend our nation and our Constitution.
     Later the Democrats claimed he was given the oath again, in private. Yeah, right!
     CIA director John Brennan took his oath on a copy of the
Constitution, not a Bible??

     Valarie Jarret wrote her college thesis on how she wanted to change America into a Muslim friendly nation and she is a Obama top advisor!

     Congressman, Keith Ellison took his oath on a copy of the Qur'an, NOT the Bible!

     Conservative Congresswoman Michele Bachman, R-MN,
was vilified and verbally tarred and feathered by Democrats when she voiced her concern about Muslims taking over our government!

     Considering all these appointments, it would explain why
Obama and his minions are systematically destroying our
nation, supporting radical Muslim groups worldwide,
opening our southern border, and turning a blind eye to
the genocide being perpetrated on Christians all over Africa
and the Middle East!

     The more damage Obama does, the more arrogant he's
become!

     Our nation and our government have been infiltrated by people who want to destroy us! It can only get worse!

     In his book Obama said, "if it comes down to it, I will side with the Muslims".

If you fail to pass this one on, there's something wrong . . . . somewhere!

    Common sense doesn't grow in everyone’s garden!

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:27

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

It's me. I'm the Muslim.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:28

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Anidav posted:

Hi Peter

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:29

ModernMajorGeneral: Jun 25, 2010

Anidav posted:

CIA director John Brennan took his oath on a copy of the
Constitution, not a Bible??

Clearly something only someone trying to secretly destroy the USA would do.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:40

racing identity: Apr 5, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Hobo Erotica posted:

It's not about 'taking them at face value'. It's about figuring out how to engage.

Edit: if that's something you're interested in of course. Which a lot of people understandably are not. Lucky we probably don't need to for this one cos we should have the numbers.

Tell us how you go convincing people to change their mind about this issue through �engaging� with them.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:42

racing identity: Apr 5, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

People can and will change their mind about SSM, but it won�t be because some dipshit on the internet pulled a Louis Theroux schtick on them

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:43

iajanus: Aug 17, 2004; NUMBER 1 QUEENSLAND SUPPORTER
MAROONS 2023 STATE OF ORIGIN CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE

https://twitter.com/TheNTNews/status/894856023411785728

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:47

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Anidav posted:

Yuge if true.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:51

CATTASTIC: Mar 31, 2010; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

iajanus posted:

https://twitter.com/TheNTNews/status/894856023411785728

NT news is good and cool and their headline book owns.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 04:56

CATTASTIC: Mar 31, 2010; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

News Corporation falls to $817 million loss on crashing newspaper values

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has tumbled to a $US643 million ($817 million) full-year loss after taking a scythe to the value of his cherished newspaper mastheads.

The company plunged into the red from last year's $300 million profit on the back of almost $1.3 billion in impairment charges across the business, most of which were racked up by the News and Information Services division.

The value of UK and Australian newspapers were written down by $1 billion.

Newspapers in the company's Australian stable � which includes The Australian, Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph � had their book value slashed by almost 40 per cent to $310 million.

Another $40 million round of cost-cutting � on top of last year's $40 million in cuts � was flagged in the results for the Australian business.

News Corp also wrote down the value of its 50 per cent stake in Foxtel by $290 million.

The results pointed to a further erosion of the importance of traditional newspapers, with digital revenues accounting for 25 per cent of the News and Information Services segment revenues, compared to 22 per cent in 2016.

Overall sales revenues slipped 2 per cent, although earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation rose 29 per cent to $1.1 billion.

Digital Real Estate Services was the big growth driver in News Corp, generating 37 per cent of all pre-tax earnings.

The company's majority-controlled Australian real estate portal REA reported a 19 per cent slide in net profit to $206.3 million, although the result was weighed down by a big write-down in its Asian business.

Stripping out one-off items, REA's profits rose 12 per cent to $204.3 million.

"I think it's fair to say on the digital advertising front that in the last half of the fiscal year, we didn't see the growth that we wanted," News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson told an investor briefing.

"We're confident there will be an improvement in advertising, coordinated with the improvement in digital audience."

"News Corp led the global debate about content value and values, prompting the digital platforms to address a dysfunctional content eco-system, in which the fake and the fraudulent have flourished."

Mr Thomson said News Corporation would make the likes of digital giants like Google and Facebook accountable for the use of its content.

"We are now in advanced discussions with those platforms over the creation of payment mechanisms for news of verified veracity."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/news-corporation-profit-slumps-on-newspaper-writedowns/8796800

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:07

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

tony abbott did a photo shoot wearing a leather jacket.

do not look for it.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:11

Bucky Fullminster: Apr 13, 2007

racing identity posted:

Tell us how you go convincing people to change their mind about this issue through �engaging� with them.

I didn't say I was going to convince people to change their mind, I'm doing it for my own curiosity as much as anything else. When people have a different opinion to me I'm always interested to understand more. So, circumstances permitting, I engage.

But if I was going to try and change their minds, then yes, I would start by getting a thorough understanding of their starting position, where they're coming from, where they are, and where they're going, how they inform their arguments, what evidence they use to support them, etc. How do their stated reasons and their real reasons relate to each other, is there any kernel of truth in there, is there any common ground, etc. Then respond accordingly. Start with the common ground, figure out where it diverges and why.

How do you convince people to change their mind?

edit:

racing identity posted:

pulled a Louis Theroux schtick on them

also is this meant to be an insult?

Bucky Fullminster fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Aug 11, 2017

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:18

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

BBJoey posted:

tony abbott did a photo shoot wearing a leather jacket.

do not look for it.

Why not?

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:18

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Hello my beloved daughters.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:21

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Why not?

Eeeey, sit on it *points to church pew*

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:27

aejix: Sep 18, 2007; It's about finding that next group of core players we can win with in the next 6, 8, 10 years. Let's face it, it's hard for 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds to lead an NHL team. Look at the playoffs.

That quote is from fucking 2018. Fuck you Jim; Pillbug

QUACKTASTIC posted:

"News Corp led the global debate about content value and values, prompting the digital platforms to address a dysfunctional content eco-system, in which the fake and the fraudulent have flourished."

Said without a loving shred of irony or self awareness.

# ? Aug 11, 2017 05:54