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

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:03

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# ? Jun 2, 2024 03:07

Futuresight: Oct 11, 2012; IT'S ALL TURNED TO SHIT!

Whitlam posted:

Splendid fairy wren.

my fellow has-eyes-and-thus-can-recognise-the-best-bird person.

Oh man the loving Ibis is winning. As someone whose door opens onto a bin-filled alley, gently caress the Ibis.

Futuresight fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Nov 21, 2017

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:07

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.

Amethyst posted:

drat some extremely edgy opinions about the most enduringly popular hard rock band in the world ITT

What's you opinion on the most enduringly popular political party in the country, the Liberal Party of Australia?

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:08

Intoluene: Jul 6, 2011; Activating self-destruct sequence!; Fun Shoe

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:09

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

Capt.Whorebags posted:

code:

A quorum is the minimum number of Members required
to be present in the House to constitute a meeting of the House.
It is set by law to be one-fifth of the total membership. 
With 150 Members, this makes a quorum of thirty, including the occupant of the Chair.

So what stops them from sitting next week if the opposition wish to? Convention? Absence of the Speaker?

Good to see the founders of our country expected politicians to act like cunts and put stuff like this in.

Senor Tron posted:

Make it a majority of them and I would agree. 25% however would allow even more shenanigans.

The reason you want a minority to be allowed to form a temporary parliament, or quorum (see above), is to prevent exactly what is happening how - a ruling party in danger of losing its majority just saying "No more sitting days. You can't knock us out of power if we never allow you to vote."

The LNP is losing their poo poo right now over marriage equality and a potential banking commission and know that, if they allow parliament to sit, they may well lose their majority and face a vote of no confidence. So they're trying to stop the processes of parliament and literally prevent the democratic function of our society.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:11

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

Out of all the birds, the Ibis is objectively not the best bird.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:11

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Intoluene posted:

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

Same reason we just called a ferry Ferry McFerryface rather than naming it after someone who deserves it.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:12

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Intoluene posted:

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

because bin chicken is a meme

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:12

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.

Intoluene posted:

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

Because it's the funny bin chicken.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:12

EoinCannon: Aug 29, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Oh god, not the ibis... :|

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:13

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

Sulphur crested cockatoo or Galah is actually the best birbs, sorry

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:17

CATTASTIC: Mar 31, 2010; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Same reason we just called a ferry Ferry McFerryface rather than naming it after someone who deserves it.

like Bargearse

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:20

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

ibis own

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:21

cohsae: Jun 19, 2015

Not enough love for tawny frogmouths in here.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:23

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

cohsae posted:

Not enough love for tawny frogmouths in here.

Tawny Frogmouth or Death Bird is going to get my vote.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:25

Paingod556: Nov 8, 2011; Not a problem, sir

QUACKTASTIC posted:

like Bargearse

Ferryarse

A ferry is not a barge :colbert:

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:26

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/21/man-on-manus-faces-deportation-order-despite-real-risk-of-torture-or-death#img-2

It's not refoulment if you imprison people until they agree to return *guy pointing at forehead*

"arbitrary deprivation of life" is a super awkward way to say murdered.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:30

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.

Knobb Manwich posted:

"arbitrary deprivation of life" is a super awkward way to say murdered.

Someone wrote to the paper getting angry that a hospital used similar terminology about their mother.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:38

buildmorefarms: Aug 13, 2004; любоваться; Doctor Rope

Intoluene posted:

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

garbage bird for a garbage country

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:42

chyaroh: Aug 8, 2007

JBP posted:

Someone wrote to the paper getting angry that a hospital used similar terminology about their mother.

Was that one of those "injuries incompatible with life" things? I recall that being explained as ambos and the like don't have the authority to issue "time of death" type statements, so have to fall back on that particular, if somewhat cumbersome, terminology.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:47

cohsae: Jun 19, 2015

chyaroh posted:

Was that one of those "injuries incompatible with life" things? I recall that being explained as ambos and the like don't have the authority to issue "time of death" type statements, so have to fall back on that particular, if somewhat cumbersome, terminology.

That happened after the Dreamworld accident. The paramedic used that term and everyone thought that they were being horribly thoughtless or something.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:50

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

I thought "injuries incompatible with life" was what was used when someone was very obviously dead so there was no need to get a doctor try and revive them.

Like a car accident where you find the body in the car but the head is a few hundred feet down the road, sort of thing.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:50

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.

Gorilla Salad posted:

I thought "injuries incompatible with life" was what was used when someone was very obviously dead so there was no need to get a doctor try and revive them.

Like a car accident where you find the body in the car but the head is a few hundred feet down the road, sort of thing.

Yeah that and also Dreamworld had the term used.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 05:51

Mad Katter: Aug 23, 2010; STOP THE BATS

Intoluene posted:

Why the gently caress is the ibis winning?

It's successfully captured the dickhead vote. This wouldn't happen if there was preferential voting on the poll.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 06:02

BogDew: Jun 14, 2006; E:\FILES>quickfli clown.fli

Bifauxnen posted:

I like Thunderstruck, but on cellos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gW8GK8YccI

Did find a Finnish cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

BogDew fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Nov 21, 2017

# ? Nov 21, 2017 06:05

Sparticle: Oct 7, 2012

All this talk about Australian music made me vote for King Parrot

# ? Nov 21, 2017 06:11

Senor Tron: May 26, 2006

Gorilla Salad posted:

The reason you want a minority to be allowed to form a temporary parliament, or quorum (see above), is to prevent exactly what is happening how - a ruling party in danger of losing its majority just saying "No more sitting days. You can't knock us out of power if we never allow you to vote."

The LNP is losing their poo poo right now over marriage equality and a potential banking commission and know that, if they allow parliament to sit, they may well lose their majority and face a vote of no confidence. So they're trying to stop the processes of parliament and literally prevent the democratic function of our society.

If you allow a minority to form a temporary parliament how would you stop that from being abused by minority groups calling for parliament to resume when they are the only ones in Canberra?

I agree that what the LNP is doing right now is wrong, but I don't see how your solution fixes it.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:04

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

JBP posted:

It's true, I'm actually a wanker.

Who's your favourite genius, James Hird or James Joyce?

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:16

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Krabboss posted:

Australian music in general is terrible and ACDC isn't much different. I'm from rural Queensland and I went to a public school, just so we're clear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiHdpAVIHgo

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:22

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Same reason we just called a ferry Ferry McFerryface rather than naming it after someone who deserves it.

Nobody deserves it. They just think they do.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:23

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo for best bird, it's like an improved version of the Galah

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:49

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.

NTRabbit posted:

Who's your favourite genius, James Hird or James Joyce?

Should be on the citizenship test. Either way is a pass, you just get assigned to one of two social groups and get on with it.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:49

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-21/teen-charged-after-sydney-mural-of-george-michael-defaced-again/9174662

quote:

Prior to last night's alleged offence, Australian Christian Lobby managing director Lyle Shelton took to social media to praise the people who had painted over the murals.
"I applaud the young Christians who took this action. Imagine if someone painted the Prophet Mohamed this way," he tweeted.

It's unclear who Shelton is comparing the Prophet to - Abbott, Pell, or George Michael?

# ? Nov 21, 2017 07:57

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

Abbott and Pell; Truly the Jesus and Buddha of our times.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 08:01

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/TwoEyeHead/status/932546193447518209

# ? Nov 21, 2017 08:08

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

bandaid.friend posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-21/teen-charged-after-sydney-mural-of-george-michael-defaced-again/9174662

It's unclear who Shelton is comparing the Prophet to - Abbott, Pell, or George Michael?

I am deeply concerned with the implications of gay marriage on free speech, also we should look to Islamic fundamentalism as a guide for how to respond to criticism of religion.

# ? Nov 21, 2017 08:33