Zenithe posted:

He kind of has a point. Average punters see the poo poo that goes on in live transport and rightly think it's horrible. The fact is that the same thing happens all the time in the Australian animal agriculture industry all the time and nobody cares.

The only reason live export gets in the news is because they are forced to report whenever more than a certain percent die. So if 2% of sheep die that's not acceptable, but 1.9% is fine.

http://www.agriculture.gov.au/expor...ons-mortalities

See also people like Hanson who talk about how bad halal slaughter is, despite supporting all kinds of other horrible poo poo.


Cathat is still an idiot though.

quote:

"Calls to ban live exports are wrong from every perspective. They are racist, imperialist, arrogant and anti-animal welfare," Senator Leyonhjelm told parliament.
Senator Leyonhjelm, who used to work as a vet and agribusiness consultant, said the debate had nothing to do with animal welfare.
"The people who buy our sheep are brown and those who don't want to sell them our sheep look down on them," he said.
"Just imagine if these brown people tried to stop us eating ham at Christmas by refusing to sell us pigs."

Lid posted:

Nope apart from those halal are evil One Nation types

My thing was more a reference to this rahter influential paper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/233846?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

but Lion Helm has no idea wtf hes talking about because his philosophy came from a wet dog eared copy of Atlas Shrugged.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Various right-wing groups complain about them, either using veiled criticisms like animal welfare concerns or outright anti-Muslim language.

JBP posted:

Saying you barrack for the dogs without living in the west of Melbourne is the most obvious attempt to dust yourself in the salt of the earth.

Dude McAwesome posted:

Which teams are approved for the working class?

Dude McAwesome posted:

Which teams are approved for the working class?

Dude McAwesome posted:

Which teams are approved for the working class?

froglet posted:

https://twitter.com/ALeighMP/status/1038983788536127488?s=19

Despite being a Labor MP, I do recommend people read Andrew Leigh's book Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia.

It's a few years old now but I found it interesting.

Birdstrike posted:

in the office thinking about how the Phillips curve is busted and getting Pissed Off

Birdstrike posted:

in the office thinking about how the Phillips curve is busted and getting Pissed Off

hooman posted:

JBP posted:

Dogs, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Collingwood and Fremantle in descending order of working class approval.

Birdstrike posted:

updated:


it even looks like a loving anchor

Birdstrike posted:

updated:


it even looks like a loving anchor

Whitlam posted:

That dipshit who vandalised Eurydice Dixon's memorial has been ordered to pay $20,000, serve an 18 month community corrections order, and perform 200 hours of community service, and had a conviction recorded. Good.

hooman posted:

Business in 2013: "Lol LNP won, suck a dick dumbshits"

hambeet posted:

Isn't this cartoons shtick?

hambeet posted:

Isn't this cartoons shtick?

GoldStandardConure posted:

Yeah but how much will his inevitable Go-Fund-Me to pay his fine & legal fees generate from chuds across the globe

hooman posted:

Nah, no grid.

Also didn't call anyone clowns.

GoldStandardConure posted:

Yeah but how much will his inevitable Go-Fund-Me to pay his fine & legal fees generate from chuds across the globe

CrazyTolradi posted:

How much did Lion Hat get for his defense fund?

hambeet posted:

Oh yeah what happened with that ?

quote:

Transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey has withdrawn from the AFLW draft, accusing the AFL of treating her poorly and putting its "corporate image" above all other considerations.
Mouncey made headlines in 2017 when the AFL ruled she was ineligible for selection in the 2018 AFLW draft.
She has been playing for Darebin Falcons in the VFL Women's competition and had nominated for the 2019 AFLW draft.
But in a Twitter post Mouncey said she had decided to withdraw from the draft, despite meeting the league's medical conditions.
"The AFL has treated me like poo poo, with every effort made to wear me down to a point where I couldn't continue," she said.
"Eventually what has gone on behind the scenes will come out, and it paints a sad picture of an organisation with no leadership, who cares only for its corporate image above all else."
The AFL last month released its gender diversity policy, which prescribes maximum testosterone levels for trans or non-binary people who wish play in the AFLW competition.
In her Twitter post, Mouncey included documents which she said showed he met the AFL's medical requirements, including blood tests over a period of more than two years which showed her testosterone levels were below the maximum level prescribed by the league for AFLW players.
"To do otherwise, I would have risked constant speculation about that, and possibly being labelled a cheat for being above, which is not something I can live with," Mouncey said.
"Essentially, the toll of doing this on my own has ended up being far too great," she said.
"There are a number of things I can't risk by continuing this fight, which are far more important than football.
"The toll this has taken on the people I care about is enormous, as has the toll it's taken on me.
"I'm not ok with allowing that to continue.
"I'm comfortable in the fact that given the chance, I would have done well at the next level.
"I know I can do it, but it's not worth what it's currently costing."
An AFL spokesman said it had no comment, as the deadline for players to lodge applications for the draft was not until the end of the week.

hambeet posted:

Isn't this cartoons shtick?

Cartoon posted:

Pfft! Doesn't even mention if it is Labour or Multifactor Productivity. Amateurs!

Whitlam posted:

That dipshit who vandalised Eurydice Dixon's memorial has been ordered to pay $20,000, serve an 18 month community corrections order, and perform 200 hours of community service, and had a conviction recorded. Good.

hooman posted:

The email dutton got:

https://twitter.com/AirlieWalsh/status/1039054188540395521

froglet posted:

https://twitter.com/ALeighMP/status/1038983788536127488?s=19

Despite being a Labor MP, I do recommend people read Andrew Leigh's book Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia.

It's a few years old now but I found it interesting.

quote:

YOU’RE walking down the street and run into an old mate you’re morally obligated to say hello to.

“Oh my God, hey!” you exclaim. “Long time no see!”
Sound like an accurate day-to-day scenario? Well we’ve got news for you. You’re a racist. A dirty, filthy racist. Hang your head in shame.

...

Now one could argue that intent plays a part in all this.
You’re not at fault if you didn’t know “Bugger” had racist and homophobic origins, unless … well … you really were intending it to be a slur against 900-year-old Bulgarian sodomites.
But hey, you learn something new every day.
Now for the love of God, don’t flock into my mentions barking about “PERLERTIKAL CERRERCTNESS GONE MERE”. I’m just the messenger.