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Wild one was playing on the radio at the shops and I was struck by a vision of Abbott dancing to it in his leather jacket and white v-neck shirt. I think we're all going to die
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/13/new-coal-plants-have-a-role-in-australias-energy-future-josh-frydenberg-says "We will intervene in the market if the market decides not to build coal plants" What do the Libs even stand for anymore? Is the only principle they can stick to that they hate gays and browns now?
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Aug 13, 2017 04:53
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That is how the free market works though you throw a lot of money at your friends and they sort of kind of maybe do what you want, then you leave government, join your friends, and the next guy in government throws you money to sort of kind of maybe do what they want
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Aug 13, 2017 04:58
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quote:http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/twiggy-snaps-branding-greens-the-party-for-paedophiles-20170811-gxucee.html  The Greens wouldn't watch my Indigenous exploitation video
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Aug 13, 2017 05:04
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norp posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/13/new-coal-plants-have-a-role-in-australias-energy-future-josh-frydenberg-says This is pretty hilarious considering that investment uncertainty is almost entirely due to the government's failure to lead the market through the transition to clean energy. Renewable prices are plummeting and nobody wants to be stuck with stranded assets in the coal sector.
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Aug 13, 2017 05:29
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Mad Katter posted:Renewable prices are plummeting and nobody wants to be stuck with stranded assets in the coal sector. The funny thing is that it's already too late to build a coal plant, they don't stack up against renewable+backup anymore but the government isn't listening. The only way they are cheaper is when your capital cost was paid off years ago and even then there's a reason all those old plants are closing.
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Aug 13, 2017 05:42
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open24hours posted:
"Children are dying because my welfare card isn't being used" said a privileged old white man.
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MikeJF posted:I just want to see him pushed in an interview on why he's not representing his constituency, or even the liberal voters of his, by someone who'll force their way past his prevarication. something something Burke something speech to the electors of Bristol
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Aug 13, 2017 06:30
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norp posted:The funny thing is that it's already too late to build a coal plant, they don't stack up against renewable+backup anymore but the government isn't listening. If the Free Market, that bastion of social justice and high morals is saying "yeah nah pass on coal" maybe just maybe coal is a bad idea
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Scarecow posted:If the Free Market, that bastion of social justice and high morals is saying "yeah nah pass on coal" maybe just maybe coal is a bad idea *munches on a chunk of coal wrapped in onion skins while living in denial* To be fair since when did reality, the national good or indeed anything other than lining their own pockets ever matter to the LNP?
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DancingShade posted:*munches on a chunk of coal wrapped in onion skins while living in denial* They're fighting tooth and nail against marriage equality for no good reason.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:They're fighting tooth and nail against marriage equality for no good reason. Bigotry and hating that they get funny in the pants when thinking of two men or two women loving is their reason.
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Aug 13, 2017 09:02
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Recoome posted:I'm really glad that the whole ultranationalist thing isn't as bad as the US, at least regarding street activism. There are a lot of unabashed nazis relishing in the fact that a car rammed a bunch of antifascists today (almost like a terrorist attack) Yeah it's not like there was a really high profile case here recently where a racist fuckhead ran someone down for virulently lovely race related reasons and people applauding the racist murderers acquittal on social media
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http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-12/pm-attacks-sas-renewable-energy-policy/8800782?pfmredir=sm He's basically as empty a suit as blob shortbread now quote:"If you want it to replace coal-fired power with lots of renewables, it would dawn on you, you would think, with a moment's thought, that the sun doesn't shine all the time. And the wind doesn't blow all the time. I wonder if people said the same thing about damming rivers in the olden days... "it doesn't rain all the time"
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norp posted:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-12/pm-attacks-sas-renewable-energy-policy/8800782?pfmredir=sm If you want it to replace renewables with lots of coal-fired power, it would dawn on you, you would think, with a moment's thought, that there is only so much coal. Eventually it will run out, and then what do we do? If you want it to replace renewable with lots of coal-fired power, it would dawn on you, you would think, with a moment's thought, that burning coal is poisonous. Coal will smother you in your sleep and shorten your children's lifespans.
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quote:Speaking at the state Liberal Party's Annual General Meeting at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Malcolm Turnbull said South Australia had been subjected to an energy "experiment". We need validation from experts before we can trust renewables 
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norp posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/13/new-coal-plants-have-a-role-in-australias-energy-future-josh-frydenberg-says norp posted:The funny thing is that it's already too late to build a coal plant, they don't stack up against renewable+backup anymore but the government isn't listening. IMO they've all been offered sweetheart deals by the mining companies to sit on the boards of their companies post politics and now they're all scared shitless that the cushy jobs they've been promised won't be around by the time they've retired. I'd say the coal miners know the writing is on the wall and are just trying to squeeze out an extra decade or so of profit from their mines before they're rendered obsolete
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BHP had an internal struggle in the last year about whether they start to phase in closures of geo coal and double down on coking coal. It didn't happen this time but it will begin sooner rather than later because it's amazing they even had the conversation. Business knows what's up, but the government are too dumb to keep up.
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Aug 14, 2017 00:32
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Airing their dirty laundry on Four Corners is a good strategy, right?
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On ABC breakfast this morning Virginia was talking about the Charlottesville stuff in the US and before crossing to the correspondent said "violence on both sides". She was crossing to the correspondent for an explanation as to why Trump's words has sparked outrage, which of course were "violence on many sides". She's such an idiot, and on a regular basis too.
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Aug 14, 2017 00:38
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How many people have commie terrorists killed in the west in the last five years? I can't think of any, but I can think of a shitload of Breviks, this car guy, the UK stabbing of an MP, the thing in Cal, ugh others as well. Like who is the real loving enemy.
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Aug 14, 2017 00:54
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This is America after 911 94 killed in jihadist terrorist attacks, 50 killed in far-right attacks, and 5 killed in far-left attacks. I don't give a gently caress about jihadist attacks, everyone knows that's a problem, but the government should be doing something about Nazis given they're a popular enemy to start with and an actual quantifiable problem.
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Aug 14, 2017 01:05
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Aug 14, 2017 01:09
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Hahaha this is too good. CAAAAARP
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JBP posted:This is America after 911 Are you talking about the American or the Australian government? Either way I think they're both pretty keen to keep the Nazis on side.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Barnaby Joyce is referring himself to the High Court on concerns he's a dual citizen Of course he doesn't have to step down, it's not like he's a member of the Greens or something.
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open24hours posted:Are you talking about the American or the Australian government? Either way I think they're both pretty keen to keep the Nazis on side. America and I know. I am annoyed that a 32 year old woman is murdered by an identifiable outfit and nothing happens as usual.
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TF2 HAT MINING RIG posted:Of course he doesn't have to step down, it's not like he's a member of the Greens or something. I'm a member of the Greens, and I'm not sure resigning on the spot was the greatest idea. In hindsight it is making the actions of those to come after look really lovely but it's also making some things difficult. I think Scott wanted to use it to step away but that then tied Larissa's hands.
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Barnaby... Nostarkebn posted:
 Who knows if Waters could have made a case at the high court over the manner in which she was made a citizen as well.
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https://twitter.com/rharris334/status/896892348017197056 Surely this will have to go to a referendum?
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Barnaby Joyce will probably be fine. He wouldn't have been an NZ citizen prior to 2001, when an NZ law retroactively re-added citizenship to a bunch of people, so he can legitimately claim he did due diligence and confirmed with confidence he was a single citizen at a point in time prior to him taking office.
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MikeJF posted:Barnaby Joyce will probably be fine. It's not relevant whether he did due diligence, the constitution flat out forbids dual citizens from being MPs. (Which I still think is loving retarded.)
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Aug 14, 2017 01:48
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One thing this saga is making me think about is how loose and lackadaisical citizenship laws are. How long has citizenship (and passports, and visas) even been a thing? Couldn't shitloads of Europeans just move to America or Australia or South America in the 19th century just because they felt like making a go of it?
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freebooter posted:It's not relevant whether he did due diligence, the constitution flat out forbids dual citizens from being MPs. (Which I still think is loving retarded.) If you don't love it, leave it mate.
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Australians let us all rejoyce.
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freebooter posted:One thing this saga is making me think about is how loose and lackadaisical citizenship laws are. How long has citizenship (and passports, and visas) even been a thing? Couldn't shitloads of Europeans just move to America or Australia or South America in the 19th century just because they felt like making a go of it? That was because America and Australia wanted lots of Europeans to move there at the time, rather than because of a lack of immigration regulations.
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freebooter posted:It's not relevant whether he did due diligence, the constitution flat out forbids dual citizens from being MPs. (Which I still think is loving retarded.) That's true, but the High Court is apparently likely to be forgiving in cases where due diligence is followed? MikeJF fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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