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JBP posted:Every liberal and national seat runs an independent candidate with a shot gently caress i'd do it if someone bank rolled me
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Oct 24, 2018 10:47
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Run against Guy.
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Oct 24, 2018 10:57
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https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1055024910479704064
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Oct 24, 2018 11:16
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The loving premier was there piss off.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:21
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I swear Fairfax used to be cool. I swear it used to be cool. Why does this keep happening to media organisations I was previously neutral on?
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Oct 24, 2018 11:24
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Anidav posted:I swear Fairfax used to be cool. Didn't they get bought by channel 9 or something?
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Oct 24, 2018 11:29
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No, it will come to a shareholder vote that is a big loving toss up at the moment. The latte sipping AFR reading Fairfax stockholders would have to approve of being merged with Reality TV addicted CH9 which could or could not happen, it's been a deal with a fuckload of pushback.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:31
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Holy gently caress I can't even watch that.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:32
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Count Chocula posted:I just read an article about it talking about how weird and awkward he always is and I felt kinda stigmatized ‘cause i’m like the weirdest, awkwardest person ever. https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1055015204067651584
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Oct 24, 2018 11:32
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They got distinctly shittier the day the Murdoch paywall went up. I reckon they saw a gap in the market and went for it.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:33
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This actually made me feel bad for Tony Abbott. Why is he just standing there. What is he doing. If I was in that position somehow I’d probably go home and kill myself from embarrassment
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Oct 24, 2018 12:33
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Maybe Abbott would have found it less awkward if he hadn't have spent years trying to tear Gillard down?
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Oct 24, 2018 12:36
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I remember the 90’s being full of strikes. My dad worked in construction and the CFMEU/BLF were constantly going on strike and marching through the city. Are these journalists ignoring the long history of strike action, or have they all just gotten used to the status quo since workers can’t strike without permission these days?
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Oct 24, 2018 12:36
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fiery_valkyrie posted:I remember the 90’s being full of strikes. My dad worked in construction and the CFMEU/BLF were constantly going on strike and marching through the city. It's right wing propaganda, op
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Oct 24, 2018 12:43
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BBJoey posted:This actually made me feel bad for Tony Abbott. Why is he just standing there. What is he doing. If I was in that position somehow I’d probably go home and kill myself from embarrassment Doctor Spaceman posted:Maybe Abbott would have found it less awkward if he hadn't have spent years trying to tear Gillard down? It's pretty much this, he's looking at the difference between their legacies. She's revered and he's reviled. He spent his best years belittling and demonising her and it didn't work
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Maybe Abbott would have found it less awkward if he hadn't have spent years trying to tear Gillard down? Yeah, to that end... why was he even there?
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Oct 24, 2018 12:44
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Yeah, to that end... why was he even there? Maybe there was a nice warm rock in the sun nearby and they just surprised him.
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Oct 24, 2018 12:48
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tithin posted:It's pretty much this, he's looking at the difference between their legacies. She's revered and he's reviled. He spent his best years belittling and demonising her and it didn't work I know what he did but I don’t understand how he ended up standing there. What was the game plan here.
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Oct 24, 2018 12:51
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He's clearly just ruining it for people because he's a jackass.
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Oct 24, 2018 12:52
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BBJoey posted:I know what he did but I don’t understand how he ended up standing there. What was the game plan here. Considering the way he was tensing his neck muscles I think he was sizing up whether he could swallow Gillard whole without anyone noticing.
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iajanus posted:Maybe there was a nice warm rock in the sun nearby and they just surprised him. He needs the spotlight.
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Oct 24, 2018 12:58
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Oh neat, we're importing our racists now.
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Testekill posted:Oh neat, we're importing our racists now. Been doing that for 230 years.
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Testekill posted:Oh neat, we're importing our racists now. Only now? Ten pound poms were a thing for a while
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Oct 24, 2018 13:26
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Like this guy!
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tithin posted:It's pretty much this, he's looking at the difference between their legacies. She's revered and he's reviled. He spent his best years belittling and demonising her and it didn't work You're suggesting he has insight which I don't believe he does.
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Oct 24, 2018 13:29
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”I;m thinking about thos onions”
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The symbolism of Tanya P. gently brushing him aside as she moves on determinedly and leaves him standing there lost and confused is just marvelous.
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Oct 24, 2018 14:00
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While Gillard was PM with approval in the bin I emphatically told my dad that when history was being written of this period Gillard will be revered and Rudd (The white ant) will be a failure. I feel so much vindication and it was so plainly obvious because she was the last PM of principle and passion. History remembers.
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Lid posted:While Gillard was PM with approval in the bin I emphatically told my dad that when history was being written of this period Gillard will be revered and Rudd (The white ant) will be a failure. I feel so much vindication and it was so plainly obvious because she was the last PM of principle and passion. History remembers. Unless you're a gay who wanted to get married...
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Oct 24, 2018 14:07
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hambeet posted:gently caress i'd do it if someone bank rolled me I wonder if anyone has worked out the average costs for getting elected for the lower house for each seat, or if there's any seats that have a low enough population/other characteristics that make getting elected easier (or at least more affordable) than others. I was reading earlier today someone spent $20k on an "advertising blitz" in one of the regional seats (no I have no recollection what the advertising blitz was about), and my only thought was "really? That doesn't sound like a lot". Dollars aren't a perfect conversion into votes, but I could totally imagine some nerd working out which of the seats are weakest or most susceptible to this sort of thing and some rich and opportunistic bastard capitalising on it to get in. Or at least, to upset the candidate who ultimately does get in.
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froglet posted:I wonder if anyone has worked out the average costs for getting elected for the lower house for each seat, or if there's any seats that have a low enough population/other characteristics that make getting elected easier (or at least more affordable) than others. That was the “anyone but the nats” campaign, and advertising on regional radio/tv is crazy cheap.
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fiery_valkyrie posted:That was the “anyone but the nats” campaign, and advertising on regional radio/tv is crazy cheap. When I am rich and crazy I am going to buy advertising time on regional radio for complete nonsense. Not selling anything, just introduce unadulterated oddity into strangers lives. "Do you ever sit and feel the earth just... Turning?" "Eeeeeeeee eeee eeeeeeeee. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa kkkkkk nooooooooot" "Breathe in *hold it* breathe out, breathe in *hold it* breathe out. Don't you feel better?" "Trapped in radio station, send help!"
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Oct 24, 2018 15:32
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So you're going to simulcast adult swim onto a regional station?
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froglet posted:When I am rich and crazy I am going to buy advertising time on regional radio for complete nonsense. Not selling anything, just introduce unadulterated oddity into strangers lives. Clive Palmer already does this.
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froglet posted:I wonder if anyone has worked out the average costs for getting elected for the lower house for each seat, or if there's any seats that have a low enough population/other characteristics that make getting elected easier (or at least more affordable) than others. Phelps says her campaign was $300k, I would have to think that Wentworth would be a high cost electorate to run in, but potentially high donations too. Upper house would be difficult, campaigning across an entire state.
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Organza Quiz posted:Unless you're a gay who wanted to get married... Yeah Gillards position as the sole member of "permantly de facto atheist women who don't want children against gay marriage" always stuck out as a sore thumb in being the SDA concession to get their support for the Prime ministership.
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Capt.Whorebags posted:Phelps says her campaign was $300k, I would have to think that Wentworth would be a high cost electorate to run in, but potentially high donations too. I have heard $500k for the major parties for a well funded campaign.
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So this was waiting for me when I sat down today : Melbourne IT have put out a press release about a Orbital Angular Momentum fibre optic cable chip that will revolutionize optics, including the NBN (somehow)quote:"Twisted' fibre optic light breakthrough could make internet 100 times faster O...K... sure. I don't know anyone deploying gigabit ethernet over copper on any large scale, but sure, you have a degree in this and I don't. Then you get to this minor little catch at the bottom quote:However, because the new cables are required to effectively twist light, any upgrade could involve replacing existing fibre networks. Well, there goes that product. Nice idea, but you don't know it's maximum range (The US has sent 1.6 terrabit over 1km), and you need to replace the entire world's existing single-mode fibre-optic network and that is straight away a non-starter. Using existing fibre optic DWDM tech, I'm seeing a bunch of the new 100Gb Ciena ROADM's turning up from different carriers that are doing at least 400 GB in a 6 RU box, Vocus just commissioned their 40 Tb Perth-Singapore link, there's a new 60 Tb Southern-Cross NEXT sneaking up on us, and South Korea is pushing for 10Gb connectivity to 50% of it's HOME users in 2020 Nice work, but it's a pipe dream to rip all that out for new technology. It might be used in a short-haul data-centre much like Multi-Mode still is, but it's going to be a curiosity at best.
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