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ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

Korgan posted:

The McFallout from the Prime Minister's hunger for "Maccas" is turning into a full-on "burgergate".

While no one is suggesting in all this, the Prime Minister was asked for "lies with that", staff in Scott Morrison's office, are disputing a teenage girl's recollection of what was a McHappy moment.

Worst reality distortion field ever.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:26

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 00:44

BrigadierSensible: Feb 16, 2012; I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Korgan posted:

'Burgergate': How Scott Morrison changed his McDonald's order - three days later

By Jonathan Kearsley � Political Reporter
5:59pm Mar 21, 2019

The McFallout from the Prime Minister's hunger for "Maccas" is turning into a full-on "burgergate".

While no one is suggesting in all this, the Prime Minister was asked for "lies with that", staff in Scott Morrison's office, are disputing a teenage girl's recollection of what was a McHappy moment.

Melbourne high school student, and McDonald's employee, Emily Salopek told 9NEWS, on Monday night, the Prime Minister ordered a medium Quarter Pounder meal with a Sprite.

Not so, said a junior burger in the Prime Minister's media team.

According to them, the peckish PM, ACTUALLY ordered a large Angus meal, and a large coke.

The meal was the final pit stop at the end of a busy day for Scott Morrison.

The teenage girl behind the counter, was unaware who the high-profile customer was.

Emily Salopek, a Melbourne high school student, didn't recognise our Prime Minister. If she had, she might have given him the fresh fries, she said. (9news)

"I didn't have a clue it was the Prime Minister," Ms Salopek told 9NEWS.

"I didn't find out until I was at school and I was on the news."

And young Emily, admits had she realised who the distinguished guest was, she would've been happy to give him a free meal.

Or, some different chips.

"Fresh ones," Emily says, saying the chips were "not too old but they could've been a bit better."

The Prime Minister's large Angus meal would've contained 1,291 calories. The medium QuarterPpounder meal, with a medium sprite, contains 975.

But we can all be excused for a little indulgence.

Video of the Prime Minister's "Maccas" visit was posted to his official Instagram page.

"He came in with a bunch of people, but one of them had a phone, one lady. She was recording the whole thing I think," Emily said.

Scott Morrison's Instagram followers were asked to pick whether they'd order Chicken Nuggets, or a Big Mac.

Perhaps he had someone in mind.

Only last week Mr Morrison, nicknamed Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, "Big Mac".

Although it's not known whether The Prime Minister chose his "Angus" meal - because his Energy Minister is Angus Taylor.

All this is hardly a bun fight...but does go to show, even the Prime Minister, can't have a meal in peace.

Now that, is food for thought.

� Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2019

Golly gosh gee whizz, isn't our fair dinkum true blue PM so relatable, and down to earth. Just like us he ~~hates the muzzies~~ eats fast food.

gently caress ScoMo.

Also, I saw a tiny bit of him on the Project, talking to Waleed Aly, (who he had threatened to sue), clarifying his statements. Apparently he didn't say that he wanted to exploit peoples racist fear of muslims, but instead he wanted to acknowledge that those peoples racist fears were legitimate, and then lessen them.

By jingo by crikey, he looked so insincere and awful saying that though. I wonder who he thinks he's fooling.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:33

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.

NPR Journalizard posted:

Jonathon supposedly went to school to learn how to write this.

Worth giving it a read over in Mike Moore voice, the last line really pops.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:36

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

EoinCannon posted:

On the subject of poo poo ABC journalism

Labor's negative gearing changes will force property prices down and rent up, study says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-21/property-prices-to-fall-under-labor-proposed-plans-study-says/10924650

Study by SQM research, who, the article fails to mention, are biased and have been discredited on this subject by economists

Yeah, 730 at the moment is doing a huge hit piece on Labor�s negative gearing changes. Oh woe the poor housing investor.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:37

huh: Jan 23, 2004; Dinosaur Gum

Scott Morrison is an unlikeable David Brent.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:46

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

I'm trying to watch the project interview but every answer is bullshit.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 09:51

TheLastRoboKy: May 2, 2009; Finishing the game with everyone else's continues

BrigadierSensible posted:

By jingo by crikey, he looked so insincere and awful saying that though. I wonder who he thinks he's fooling.

Scott Morrison is the snake oil salesman that uses his own product.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:06

huh: Jan 23, 2004; Dinosaur Gum

It is required watching.

I doubt Morrison has been held to account like that about anything at any time in his life.

It was like a comedy skit.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:17

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

https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenABC/status/1108657389585076224

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:19

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/a-vote-for-stadiums-isn-t-a-vote-for-alan-jones-20190321-p5168p.html

loving lol

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:25

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

I'd watch the Morrison interview but I don't think I could stand listening to that loving prick talk for that long. Maybe if egg boys older brother Brick Boy made an appearance I'd bother looking it up

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:54

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

this is the only morrison interview you need to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQVMnnXQC4k

# ? Mar 21, 2019 10:58

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

aejix posted:

I'd watch the Morrison interview but I don't think I could stand listening to that loving prick talk for that long. Maybe if egg boys older brother Brick Boy made an appearance I'd bother looking it up

Be like banging two bricks together

# ? Mar 21, 2019 12:15

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

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenABC/status/1108657389585076224

Ahaha holy poo poo, what a savage burn, especially coming from Anthony Green.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 12:28

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

hooman posted:

Ahaha holy poo poo, what a savage burn, especially coming from Anthony Green.

I don't get it?

# ? Mar 21, 2019 12:40

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I don't get it?

Dog whistling in the extreme maybe?

# ? Mar 21, 2019 12:45

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I don't get it?

'racism watchdog' is a twitter account that woofs and barks at racist tweets.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 13:00

Knorth: Aug 19, 2014; Buglord

Anthony Green is secretly the Racism Watchdog
https://twitter.com/RacismDog/status/1106557110219882497

# ? Mar 21, 2019 13:00

fiery_valkyrie: Mar 26, 2003; I'm proud of you, Bender. Sure, you lost. You lost bad. But the important thing is I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.

gently caress you Fraser Anning.

quote:

Fraser Anning has admitted on video he knew the person who egged him was a child when he struck him twice in retaliation, saying the boy �deserved it�.

Victorian police are continuing to investigate the incident �in its entirety�, including the actions of the Queensland senator and the five crowd members involved in tackling and restraining the boy.

In one video filmed by a supporter of Anning and posted online, the senator acknowledged he recognised immediately that the boy was a minor.

�Because he�s only a kid I only slapped him with an open hand but you know, he deserved that,� Anning said. �He needs to get a few manners.�

Anning had been telling a reporter the Christchurch terrorist attack was an �unfortunate� tragedy �but it�s going to be eventually accepted or expected that these sort of things happen when people are getting attacked in their own�� when the boy cracked the egg on his head and called him a racist.

Anning turned around and hit him, saying �don�t do you do that�, and appeared to call the boy a �loving mongrel�.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 13:51

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

fiery_valkyrie posted:

gently caress you Fraser Anning.

Hahaha keep saying shut like that. it'll be great if it goes to court!

# ? Mar 21, 2019 14:14

Gridlocked: Aug 2, 2014; MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenABC/status/1108657389585076224

# ? Mar 21, 2019 15:35

A big flaming stink: Apr 26, 2010

Wow, a state bans dangerous weapons after they are used in commission of a horrible crime.

Meanwhile in America...

AlBorlantern Corps posted:

Jesus loving Christ

https://twitter.com/ISTAmembers/status/1108461778294366208?s=19

The Glumslinger posted:

https://twitter.com/ISTAmembers/status/1108721763234529280

# ? Mar 21, 2019 16:36

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

I saw a video of another "active shooter drill" which was just a cop walking through a school firing blanks. I'm not sure what those things are for besides trying to condition people and kids to the terror of death

# ? Mar 21, 2019 19:03

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

The Peccadillo posted:

I'm not sure what those things are for besides trying to condition people and kids to the terror of death

Giving cops boners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3SBkgZtvXc

# ? Mar 21, 2019 19:12

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8yGgysHUSE

loving freaks and freaky media

# ? Mar 21, 2019 19:24

Tasmantor: Aug 13, 2007; Horrid abomination

Wow what a normal and healthy place.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 20:13

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

I like these new abbott memes

# ? Mar 21, 2019 21:04

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

fiery_valkyrie posted:

gently caress you Fraser Anning.

Saying �he deserved it and needed to be taught some manners� seems like it might complicate a self defence or provocation argument imho (not a lawyer)

# ? Mar 21, 2019 21:39

Whitlam: Aug 2, 2014; Some goons overreact. Go figure.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Saying “he deserved it and needed to be taught some manners” seems like it might complicate a self defence or provocation argument imho (not a lawyer)

Victoria doesn't have provocation any more (thank Christ).

# ? Mar 21, 2019 21:54

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Solemn Sloth posted:

Saying �he deserved it and needed to be taught some manners� seems like it might complicate a self defence or provocation argument imho (not a lawyer)

Anning is not very smart.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 22:12

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

A big flaming stink posted:

Wow, a state bans dangerous weapons after they are used in commission of a horrible crime.

Meanwhile in America...

Dwight Schrute all over that one.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 22:33

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

Anning of all people shouldn't be too keen to promote violence as a way to teach people proper public behavior.

# ? Mar 21, 2019 22:57

BrigadierSensible: Feb 16, 2012; I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Isn't assaulting an unarmed minor, (even in "self defense"), a crime?

Also, isn't the claim of "self defense" bullshit where, after the first hit, eggboy steps back and poses no further threat, yet gets punched by Anning again, and then gang tackled and chocked by the roided up Nazis?

# ? Mar 21, 2019 23:38

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

BrigadierSensible posted:

Isn't assaulting an unarmed minor, (even in "self defense"), a crime?

yes

# ? Mar 21, 2019 23:43

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

I wish I was surprised

quote:

Fraser Anning staffer and alleged Nazi enthusiast employed by Home Affairs
NICOLE HASHAM MARCH 22, 2019
The political staffer accused of writing Fraser Anning�s infamous "final solution" speech and holding an obsession with Nazi Germany is employed by the federal government agency managing Australia�s immigration program, it has emerged.

The staffer, Richard Howard, is on unpaid leave from the Department of Home Affairs and has left the door open to returning should Senator Anning fail to be re-elected in May.

Richard Howard is employed by Senator Fraser Anning and may return to his position at the Department of Home Affairs.
Richard Howard is employed by Senator Fraser Anning and may return to his position at the Department of Home Affairs.Credit:AAP

Senator Anning prompted global condemnation for links he made between the Christchurch terrorist attack and Muslim immigration. At the time of writing almost 1.4 million people had signed a petition calling for him to be expelled from Parliament, and Labor and the Coalition plan to vote together to censure him in a Senate motion when MPs return to Canberra in April.

The far-right Queensland senator rose to prominence in August last year after his maiden speech praised the White Australia Policy and said a national vote would provide "the final solution to the immigration problem".

"The final solution" is a phrase associated with Nazi Germany's extermination of Jewish people in Europe and beyond.

A makeshift memorial in Christchurch to honour the 50 victims of a terror attack. Mr Howard said he did not write or endorse Senator Anning's statements on the tragedy.Credit:SNPA

Following Senator Anning�s speech, One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts claimed it was written by Mr Howard, describing him as "fascinated with Nazi Germany" and "a military man". Mr Howard was once a One Nation staffer.

Mr Howard has previously denied writing the speech or holding extremist views. Asked on Thursday if he wrote or endorsed Mr Anning�s comments on the Christchurch massacre, Mr Howard said "no, that isn�t my job � I have no position [on his views] whatsoever. My job is to deal with constituent inquiries".

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age has learnt that Mr Howard took leave without pay from the Home Affairs department to work for Senator Anning.

He flagged the possibility of resuming work with the department after the election, saying "I have no idea ... I don�t have any particular plans. Obviously my intention is to continue to work with [a re-elected] Senator Anning".

Mr Howard did not say what position he held at the department or his dates of employment.

This publication has also learned that Mr Howard was investigated for misconduct while working at Home Affairs.

Mr Howard confirmed he was the subject of "a baseless allegation of bullying which an investigation found was without foundation".

A spokesman for Senator Anning said that as a staffer to a member of parliament, Mr Howard was required to "carry out his duties as instructed by his employer and as a public servant neither agrees nor disagrees with any views that may be expressed�.

The Department of Home Affairs is overseen by Peter Dutton.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

As a public servant Mr Howard also "supports the policies of the government of the day", the spokesman said, adding that Mr Howard had "reserved his rights in relation to the baseless allegations that were made against him a year ago".

In a statement, the department said it does not comment on the personal circumstances of staff, but that all were bound by a professional standards framework "including [those on] long term leave".

Staff were assessed for their "suitability from an integrity and character perspective" to work in the department", it said, adding that "upon a staff member�s return from long term leave, they are required to declare all changes to their personal circumstances".

# ? Mar 21, 2019 23:46

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

https://twitter.com/burgerdrome/status/1108716227159969792

# ? Mar 22, 2019 00:31

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Jordies has a lot of young viewers

# ? Mar 22, 2019 00:35

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.

Synthbuttrange posted:

https://twitter.com/burgerdrome/status/1108716227159969792

Friendlyjordies gets paid to do advertising for the Labor party and doesn't mention voting for the greens. A mystery that will never be solved brought to us by yet another random twitter brain genius with no real name.

# ? Mar 22, 2019 00:44

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.

Friendlyjordies, the online video man who you have to subscribe to or actively seek out has made a paid video (because that's his job, presumably I make garbage can mobile games) opposing the liberal party and I am unimpressed by this. I am a smart tweeter.

# ? Mar 22, 2019 00:46

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 00:44

Amoeba102: Jan 22, 2010

Okay Jordies Best Pal, take it easy.

# ? Mar 22, 2019 00:51

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