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Capt.Whorebags: Jan 10, 2005

Synthbuttrange posted:

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/john-howard-racism-comments-911/13539934

Lol hopefully this means his brain is turning to mush.

Quote from Howard at the end of the article should actually be �I don�t want the young of Australia involved in wars but as an old white male, wars have very little effect on me so if I can use them for electoral advantage, then of course I will.�

# ? Sep 13, 2021 22:22

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# ? May 20, 2024 07:57

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

EoinCannon posted:

Vaccines don't prevent infection or spread, they prevent serious disease
There was a lecture by the royal children's Hospital in Melbourne for new parents and they said every child will get covid at some point.

They mitigate those things a lot. An infection might not happen at all because it luckily gets caught by your endocrine system before it hooks in. But in the pretty likely case that it does, the reason you don't get super sick is because your guts don't get as riddled with virus producing cells, and then they don't fill up your lungs, and then your coughs have way fewer of the li'l bastard particles in 'em

# ? Sep 13, 2021 23:13

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

Tu Le posted:

Well, it all happened very quickly so I�ve had a bit of a whirlwind of a week, and I actually found out from the media.

I think it was Wednesday night when the first article came out so I hadn�t been contacted by anyone at that. And I think I made my intentions, pretty clear earlier this year that I intended hat in the ring, and just to have a chance, you know to nominate for pre-selection, and particularly on the back of the current member Chris Hayes retiring and installing his full support behind me.

That was pretty disappointing. I�m just hearing it all on the media and the news, like everybody else.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...f08a00d5cb7dc39

# ? Sep 13, 2021 23:16

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

Lolie posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...f08a00d5cb7dc39

The Labor Party backroom: never not undermining their own members

# ? Sep 13, 2021 23:58

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

I was watching Reagan clips because of Kennealy saying he was her childhood hero or whatever and I think this is my favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD2186Yh0Uc

Straight up demon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67CH-qhXJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXCwVbhsHc

The Peccadillo fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 14, 2021

# ? Sep 14, 2021 00:17

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.

EoinCannon posted:

Vaccines don't prevent infection or spread, they prevent serious disease
There was a lecture by the royal children's Hospital in Melbourne for new parents and they said every child will get covid at some point.

Studies indicate that they cut transmission by 40% given people are both less infectious and infectious for a shorter duration.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 00:28

Laserface: Dec 24, 2004

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/mps-call-on-berejiklian-to-apply-harsh-lockdown-rules-to-suburbs-not-lgas-20210913-p58r9x.html

the headline makes sense.

quote:

Mr Elliott, who is the member for Baulkham Hills, said the suburb of North Rocks should be considered part of the Hills Shire, as it was before council amalgamations. Instead, it is captured by the Parramatta local government area, meaning it is one of the 12 areas of concern enduring stricter lockdown measures and a curfew.

�It should be considered part of the Hills for the purpose of the hard lockdown,� Mr Elliott said.

Oh wait no its just another 'this suburb is rich and white and therefore should not be locked down' fuckwit

# ? Sep 14, 2021 01:27

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

Laserface posted:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/mps-call-on-berejiklian-to-apply-harsh-lockdown-rules-to-suburbs-not-lgas-20210913-p58r9x.html

the headline makes sense.

Oh wait no its just another 'this suburb is rich and white and therefore should not be locked down' fuckwit

Gladys is meeting with the mayors of the 12 LGAs of concern today. It will be interesting to see if anything changes.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 01:30

Jezza of OZPOS: Mar 21, 2018; GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

I'm at the "applying for non-combat entry level tech positions in the ADF" stage of depression and unemployment.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 03:32

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Laserface posted:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/mps-call-on-berejiklian-to-apply-harsh-lockdown-rules-to-suburbs-not-lgas-20210913-p58r9x.html

the headline makes sense.

Oh wait no its just another 'this suburb is rich and white and therefore should not be locked down' fuckwit

everybody seen barilaro get mid coast taken off the hot lga list after somebody had a word in his ear now theyre all like why not me

https://twitter.com/JohnBarilaroMP/status/1436276989783011337

# ? Sep 14, 2021 03:32

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

Wish it was easier to find specifically regional information in Vic. Every second person I've talked to, and the street is dead as gently caress today, is full on impending lockdown fatalism.

It's bizarre to be the optimistic one (in that I accept a lockdown is on the way but not like, tomorrow arvo at the latest).

# ? Sep 14, 2021 03:44

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

I'm at the "applying for non-combat entry level tech positions in the ADF" stage of depression and unemployment.

well, better than my depression induced infantry officer entry attempt at age 25, which was stymied because I let on I'd been diagnosed with depression

# ? Sep 14, 2021 04:26

Jezza of OZPOS: Mar 21, 2018; GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

I actually meant to post that in the gbs shitposting australia thread but tbh I think its political enough to work here

# ? Sep 14, 2021 04:52

Wizard Master: Mar 25, 2008

# ? Sep 14, 2021 04:58

The Artificial Kid: Feb 22, 2002; Plibble

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

I'm not over 60 and I had utterly no hesitation to get AZ. Because the scares over blood clots in the media was loving ridiculous.

The scare over AZ wasn't ridiculous when it started. By the time the NSW outbreak was in full swing and people started to talk about going and getting AZ because it was the only thing available that idea was starting to make sense. But back when VITT was first being identified it was an extremely serious complication (thought to have around 30% mortality) that while initially rare seemed to be identified more and more often as people began to look for it specifically, and the typical treatments for excessive clotting (heparinoids) weren't suitable for it. It's unfortunate that you can't put the genie of bad press back in the bottle, but that wasn't a complication that could just be sat on while millions more people got waved through to have that vaccine. They needed a pause and an investigation.

The Artificial Kid fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Sep 14, 2021

# ? Sep 14, 2021 04:59

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Meanwhile the real heros:

https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/defence-contract-administration-defence-industry-security-program

Outsourcing in the ADF? :itwaspoo:

The 39-year-old Kewdale man died in Royal Perth hospital three days after being sedated by paramedics at the direction of police, who were called to a home in Kewdale in the early hours of Sunday 27 October to respond to a domestic violence incident. WA police say they subdued RN before calling St John Ambulance. �The man was behaving erratically and aggressively. Police managed to restrain him, and due to concerns surrounding his behaviour, SJA was then contacted to attend. While being treated by SJA officers, the man lost consciousness." He was conveyed to Royal Perth hospital, where he later died on 30 October.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 05:20

EoinCannon: Aug 29, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

I'm at the "applying for non-combat entry level tech positions in the ADF" stage of depression and unemployment.

I did the entrance exam for the loving cops when I was 19 depressed and had no idea what to do
I went to a housewarming the night before, got real drunk and stayed up all night, did really well on the exam and then found out I'm significantly colourblind during the medical.

To this day I'm very glad I didn't join cops

# ? Sep 14, 2021 07:03

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

EoinCannon posted:

I did the entrance exam for the loving cops when I was 19 depressed and had no idea what to do
I went to a housewarming the night before, got real drunk and stayed up all night, did really well on the exam and then found out I'm significantly colourblind during the medical.

To this day I'm very glad I didn't join cops

Think of all those domestic violence opportunities you missed!

# ? Sep 14, 2021 08:05

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

EoinCannon posted:

did really well on the exam and then found out I'm significantly colourblind during the medical.

Do they not let you in if your colourblind, so they can make sure you can identify who to left off with a warning and to throw down a flight of stairs or something?

: Depressing dad joke :

# ? Sep 14, 2021 08:15

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

quote:

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says Melburnians can expect a roadmap out of lockdown to be announced on Sunday.

The roadmap will outline what the next few months will look like and when restrictions can ease.

Mr Andrews says the roadmap will be about giving people a clear sense of what the state is working towards

"There will be map that talks about what we are going to do in the rest of September, what we're going to do in October and November," he says.

"It will be subject to all sorts of things including how many people are in hospital."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-14/covid-19-live-updates-vic-nsw-lockdown-compliance-announcement/100457850

Social media response to this has been extremely similar to the response to NSW releasing its "roadmap". People in both NSW and Victoria are frustrated enough that their social media comments have become indistinguishable if you blank the names.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 08:28

EoinCannon: Aug 29, 2008; Grimey Drawer

dr_rat posted:

Do they not let you in if your colourblind, so they can make sure you can identify who to left off with a warning and to throw down a flight of stairs or something?

: Depressing dad joke :

That's what I was thinking, I can't read the numbers hidden in the dots so maybe I couldn't admininster the paper bag test

# ? Sep 14, 2021 09:45

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

The Peccadillo posted:

I was watching Reagan clips because of Kennealy saying he was her childhood hero or whatever and I think this is my favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD2186Yh0Uc

Straight up demon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67CH-qhXJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXCwVbhsHc

Always stick to the classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JTtI3D6lqk

# ? Sep 14, 2021 11:35

Launchpad McQuack: Oct 21, 2010

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

I'm at the "applying for non-combat entry level tech positions in the ADF" stage of depression and unemployment.

Go to the Goons in Platoons sub forums and post there. They will set you straight. Seriously. Reading that was the best thing to happen to me when I walk looking at depression induce signing up to be an officer.

Join your local SES, fire brigade or Ambo sub center, you are much more needed there and it might snowball on to bettering things for employment due to skills gained and people met.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 11:51

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

Launchpad McQuack posted:

Join your local SES, fire brigade or Ambo sub center

Or if you're a nerd Covid admin

# ? Sep 14, 2021 12:35

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-14/albanese-tells-tu-le-hang-in-there-keneally-swap/100460226

lmao that this is the most anyone has heard from albo in the last two years

# ? Sep 14, 2021 13:49

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

Doesn't matter what roadmap Dandrews wants, Barnaby Joyce just decided that we're going to leave lockdown and he doesn't care how many people he has to kill to do it, also it's their own fault for getting sick.

quote:

'Some will die': Barnaby's grim warning

Reopening plan will not wait for Aussies who refuse the jab and die from Covid: Barnaby Joyce

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has warned the nation will reopen as planned despite the number of people who die from Covid-19 in the process.

Speaking to Radio National on Monday, Mr Joyce told Australians they needed to become accustomed to deaths from Covid-19 in the same way as deaths from the flu.

�As things open up some people will get sick, and very tragically some people will die, but some people die from the flu,� Mr Joyce said.

�We don't want that. We want to avoid that, but we can�t stop the nation for it.�

Mr Joyce pointed to vaccine-hesitant Aussies who chose not to get the jab as those who were most likely to be killed by Covid-19 when health restrictions begin to ease.

�If they don't choose to (get vaccinated) they have to accept that there is a risk with that,� he said.

Mr Joyce predicted that around October, the nation would have plenty of vaccine supplies, but vaccine hesitancy could continue to be an issue.

�The issue then will be whether the remaining group of people want to get vaccinated � not whether they can get vaccinated,� he said.

When asked whether the nation would reopen regardless of whether the 80 per cent-plus vaccine coverage rate was reached, Mr Joyce remained hopeful that decision would not have to be made.

Despite his optimistic outlook about reaching the 80 per cent target, Mr Joyce made it clear that the easing of restrictions would not wait for vaccine-hesitant Aussies.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 13:54

Seemlar: Jun 18, 2002

# ? Sep 14, 2021 14:03

Yolo Swaggins Esq: Jan 29, 2015; oOoOoh 👀 a dapper little mouse🎩 🐀🕺🏻🕺🏻 a dAppER MoUSe🧐🐀 🚶🏿‍♂️🚶🏿‍♂️it�s a 🎩DAPPER mouse 👀✔️🐀🥾🏃🏽‍♂️🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🏃🏽‍♂️🐀💥

If anyone in this thread is from Canberra can y'all update with relevant changes.
My mum's mental health is P bad, and I've banned her from obsessively looking up covid stuff, but I wanna make sure I don't miss/ make her miss anything important.

She had a bit of a breakdown when she got caught out missing the earlier mask mandate for like a weekend or whatever, and I want to prevent her having too much distress.
But I'm from Sydney and miss Canberra things, and only learned about the lockdown extension for CBR accidentally now.

So pretty please Canberra updates?

# ? Sep 14, 2021 14:25

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Yolo Swaggins Esq posted:

If anyone in this thread is from Canberra can y'all update with relevant changes.
My mum's mental health is P bad, and I've banned her from obsessively looking up covid stuff, but I wanna make sure I don't miss/ make her miss anything important.

She had a bit of a breakdown when she got caught out missing the earlier mask mandate for like a weekend or whatever, and I want to prevent her having too much distress.
But I'm from Sydney and miss Canberra things, and only learned about the lockdown extension for CBR accidentally now.

So pretty please Canberra updates?

Canberra updates:
Cum trees are flowering
Mask wearing is compulsory when out.
Golf is allowed
No end to this poo poo in sight.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 15:03

Yolo Swaggins Esq: Jan 29, 2015; oOoOoh 👀 a dapper little mouse🎩 🐀🕺🏻🕺🏻 a dAppER MoUSe🧐🐀 🚶🏿‍♂️🚶🏿‍♂️it�s a 🎩DAPPER mouse 👀✔️🐀🥾🏃🏽‍♂️🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🏃🏽‍♂️🐀💥

I'll tell mum to watch out for the cum trees I guess

# ? Sep 14, 2021 16:43

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

Wizard Master posted:

New Xcom getting weird.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 21:22

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

Yolo Swaggins Esq posted:

If anyone in this thread is from Canberra can y'all update with relevant changes.
My mum's mental health is P bad, and I've banned her from obsessively looking up covid stuff, but I wanna make sure I don't miss/ make her miss anything important.

She had a bit of a breakdown when she got caught out missing the earlier mask mandate for like a weekend or whatever, and I want to prevent her having too much distress.
But I'm from Sydney and miss Canberra things, and only learned about the lockdown extension for CBR accidentally now.

So pretty please Canberra updates?

It's honestly outrageous how many negative narratives are being pushed by even the liberal media at the moment. It's easy for anyone to become overwhelmed by so much contradictory information, and so many of us feel obliged to remain immersed because the rules are constantly changing.

NSW should hit 80% first dose today and 50% double dose at the end of the week. I wonder if there'll be pressers to announce those thresholds being reached.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 22:27

go_banana: Oct 13, 2010

One in six NSW Health staff unvaccinated, documents to state Parliament reveal

IDK, seems like a pretty big percentage to me.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 22:50

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

Turns out Victoria isn�t actually excelling in vaccinating indigenous people, it�s just that the software a lot of rural and regional Victorian GPs used defaulted to yes if there was no response recorded for whether someone was indigenous.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/software-bug-inflates-indigenous-vaccination-rate-in-victoria-20210914-p58rli.html

# ? Sep 14, 2021 23:10

abigserve: Sep 13, 2009; this is a better avatar than what I had before

Yolo Swaggins Esq posted:

If anyone in this thread is from Canberra can y'all update with relevant changes.
My mum's mental health is P bad, and I've banned her from obsessively looking up covid stuff, but I wanna make sure I don't miss/ make her miss anything important.

She had a bit of a breakdown when she got caught out missing the earlier mask mandate for like a weekend or whatever, and I want to prevent her having too much distress.
But I'm from Sydney and miss Canberra things, and only learned about the lockdown extension for CBR accidentally now.

So pretty please Canberra updates?

Lockdown extended for four weeks, you can play golf and tennis now, masks still mandatory everywhere out of the home, you can exercise in groups of 5 for two hours.

Still advising to stay in your region so if you have north side relatives and you're on the south side you're pretty boned. It sucks.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 00:17

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

Guardian is reporting that Gladys will be holding a presser today.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 00:34

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.

Idk why I can't play golf and tennis in Victoria it's dumb as gently caress.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 00:45

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

JBP posted:

Idk why I can't play golf and tennis in Victoria it's dumb as gently caress.

Because its way easier to communicate and enforce a blanket ban, rather than picking and choosing which handful of sports can be played, because people would push the limits of that at every opportunity.

"But officer, table tennis is effectively tennis, so im allowed to play it in a small room with 3 other players, 2 coaches, a ref and some supporters"

# ? Sep 15, 2021 01:03

go_banana: Oct 13, 2010

Might open up some bougie sports given Vic is now following NSWs lead of vaccinating our way out of doom and no longer chasing COVID 0?

# ? Sep 15, 2021 01:17

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# ? May 20, 2024 07:57

alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

Lolie posted:

Guardian is reporting that Gladys will be holding a presser today.

well played Gladys, now whether or not she has a press conference is news

# ? Sep 15, 2021 01:22

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