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Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Orkin Mang posted:

ablo eat ebola

quote:

Scot Morensen enjoy mug of international roast

I'm not sure which is worse.

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Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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SynthOrange posted:

We're all gonna die

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Pred1ct posted:

Those racists sure like to pose as the cartoon villains they're fighting against.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Preserving-Islamic-Rights-on-the-Gold-Coast-PIRGC/1451181221817598?fref=nf

Is this a honey pot for dumb racist bogans?

The post about changing the flag to include the crescent moon has some of the worst replies.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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The photo is of Wyatt Roy, who was the youngest Australian elected to parliament back on 2010.

Sam Dastyari posted it on Facebook and called him out, but Wyatt Roy come along and posted that he he took it to commemorate the first world war or something: https://m.facebook.com/senator.sam.dastyari/photos/a.280027748812387.1073741829.269334213215074/341317172683444/?type=1&source=46

gently caress knows how waving a gun around is an appropriate way to commemorate the enormous and senseless waste of life though.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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SynthOrange posted:

says ABC's scrolling newsbar. :allears:

How can anyone think this will end well?

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Gough Suppressant posted:

Wait Christopher Pyne seriously said that in order for women to not be denied educational opportunity vice chancellors should keep fees low for woman things like teaching and nursing.

This is obviously a pile of sexist bullshit, but why would a university in a deregulated market have any incentive to charge less than they could get away with? It all makes me so furious.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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While we're talking about Goon get togethers, I'll take this opportunity to mention (for the final time) that the Adelaide Greens are hosting a screening of The Hundred Foot Journey on Thursday night to raise money for future election campaigns. A few of us are going, and it would be a good opportunity to have a beer afterwards. Adelaide is better than Brisbane, so you should come along.

It will be held at Palace Nova on Rundle Street at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 and include a drink.

Book your tickets tonight, because registration will close at noon tomorrow. Tickets are not able to be purchased on the night.

Facebook event link

Purchase tickets here

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Yowie chocolates relaunched for US market 10 years after disappearing from Australian shelves

Xylo please send yowies back to us.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Night Shade posted:

I'm surprised they're even allowed there, aren't Kinder Surprise banned because of the toy?

Yeah, they article explains that they have a patent on the only system approved by the FDA for having a toy inside of chocolate. Apparently it expires in 2019 and they're trying to get the head start over Kinder Surprise.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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It's amazing how furious people get over bikes.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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webmeister posted:

"I don't know what the legal position is but frankly the only flag that should be flying is the Australian national flag," Mr Abbott said.

BRB, I'm going to call PJ O'Brien's and tell them they need to pull down their Irish flag.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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:siren: GOOD NEWS EVERYONE:siren:

Kyle Sandilands will be ‘dead by the end of the year’, Dr Edward Jackowski claims in New Idea
Don't click, news.com

quote:

RADIO shock jock Kyle Sandilands will be dead by the end of the year if he doesn’t urgently alter his diet and ditch his chain-smoking habit, a health expert has warned.

In an article in New Ideamagazine, obesity specialist Dr Edward Jackowski said Sandilands’ notoriously unhealthy lifestyle and excessive weight gain have him in danger of suffering a fatal stroke or heart attack.

By Dr Jackowski’s estimates, the Kiis FM Sydney breakfast host is about 32 kilograms over weight after ballooning in size in recent months.

And the doctor isn’t mincing his words when it comes to how serious Sandilands’ problem is. “Forget about the next few years — this guy won’t live another six months at the rate he’s going,” he told New Idea. “Between chain smoking, fast food, lack of exercise and stress on set, the average person wouldn’t even be able to get through the work day.”

Sandilands has long had a habit for chucking sickies from work, which last week prompted an on-air spat with co-host Jackie O that saw her storm out of the studio.

Rather than laziness, Dr Jackowski believed those conspicuous absences are likely due to Sandilands’ debilitating lifestyle.

“That extra weight is why he’s so fatigued and has such high blood pressure, as well as other issues.”

As a result, Sandilands, 43, is at risk of heart attack or stroke if he doesn’t immediately take action to lose weight and improve his health, he said.

On his show on Monday, Sandilands rattled off a list of excuses to a caller as to why he has given up a recent fitness regime before he even started.

“Four weeks ago I was going to do some training, some boxing training with the CEO and that fell over,” Sandilands said.

“The trainer’s been sick for the last two weeks, and then last Wednesday he was ready to go, and I said I can’t start on a Wednesday because it doesn’t work in my brain.”

In July, he was live on air when he reached for a nearby bin and vomited in the middle of a segment. He was admitted to hospital in May due to a “blood pressure scare”.

In the past, Sandilands has admitted to binge eating, chain smoking and drinking several cups of coffee per day.

Sandilands declined a request for comment.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Laserface posted:

Goons,

Where's the best burgers in Adelaide?

This is my ranking:

1. Bread & Bone on Peel Street (City)
2. Nordburger on Norwood Parade (Norwood)
3. Burger Theory on Rundle Street (City)

Fancy Burger (various locations) is awesome too, particularly if you prefer a shitload of delicious toppings an sauces on your burger.

Burgastronomy on O'Connell Street in North Adelaide is also very good, my friends rate it highly. So is Burger Foundry.

*fake edit* i'm fat

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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loving hell I hate this country sometimes.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Senor Tron posted:

I could be biased since my girlfriend works there, but Faraja is pretty great. (King William Road)

I've been to Faraja a few times and have really enjoyed it. The beef ribs with sweet soy and pickled ginger were fantastic.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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homebrew posted:

Burger Foundry has gone way down hill. It used to be very good when the Canadian bloke was running it, but he left and it turned to poo poo.

That's disappointing. Its just up the road from me, but I haven't been there in about two years.

The new location looked good and spacious, and I had been meaning to stop by.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Haters Objector posted:

Wine snobs are the worst snobs, especially considering that science has demonstrated that wine experts are simply making poo poo up

Yeah, someone linked "proof" of this before, but the study read like a load of poo poo. I didn't buy it.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Haters Objector posted:

Sorry to diss your fake hobby, but I'm not talking about people sharing their subjective opinions on taste, I'm talking about professionals arseholes whose job it is to determine the quality of wine not being able to reliably tell the difference between a $10 bottle of plonk and a $5000 bottle that the Pope has personally pissed into.

Do you have a link to back this up?

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Also, I suggest we go "cupping" for the next Adelaide meetup

http://www.australiaplus.com/international/2014-08-19/taking-coffee-tasting-to-a-new-level/1347611

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Australia is historically a tea-drinking nation, but in 2012 coffee became the number one hot drink consumed by all age groups in the country. Now there's even tasting sessions known as 'cuppings' for coffee aficionados.

Aimed to educate, a cupping can be as detailed as a wine tasting. Words like acidity, sweetness and mouthfeel are used to describe the coffee's characteristics. And similar to wine tasting, you don't swallow everything you taste - in fact spitting out is encouraged in order to avoid caffeine overload!

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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I hate police horses.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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NTRabbit posted:

Blaming the poor animals isn't cool :colbert:

Yeah, they serve no other purpose than to run people down and trample on them. gently caress that.

They also parade around public places and literally poo poo all over the floor, which is a huge display of contempt for the public.
The animals aren't really to blame for either of these things, but I don't have to like it. If the police really loved horses/dogs or whatever animals they use, then they wouldn't put them in direct danger.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Lizard Combatant posted:

Glad I went but it had a kind of lacklustre feel to it since it seemed like people were actually waiting for Abbott to make an appearance (lol) .

Initially I was disappointed that I had work things on, but thus makes me feel better about it. Good on you for going though.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Who the hell names their kid Bartholomew Bassett.

Then again, I walked past a cafe the other day and some parents were shouting at their kid and its name was Napoleon.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Morning AusPol, I though you all might like to start your day with a vile article written about the recent protests at the University of Adelaide, written by a guy who still hasn't managed to comprehend how misogyny works and can't see the problem in labeling all the protestors as "upper middle class".

His faux class consciousness makes me furious. A poorly written and poorly argued pile of poo poo.

http://m.indaily.com.au/opinion/2014/08/22/protest-crashes-through-irony-barrier/

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Nuclear Spy posted:

Following on from Cormann chat earlier, new Pope:



Oh my god this is loving awesome.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after test launch in Alaska, Pentagon says

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-26/hypersonic-weapon-destroyed-seconds-after-test-launch-in-us/5696752

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A hypersonic weapon being developed by the US military was destroyed four seconds after its test launch after a problem was detected with the system.

The weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere on Earth within an hour of getting data and permission to launch.

The mission was aborted to ensure public safety and no-one was injured in the incident, which occurred at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, Pentagon spokeswoman Maureen Schumann said.

"We had to terminate," Ms Schumann said.

"The weapon exploded during take-off and fell back down in the range complex."

The incident caused an undetermined amount of damage to the launch facility, Ms Schumann said.

Riki Ellison, founder of the non-profit Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, said he did not think the failure would lead to the program's termination.

"This is such an important mission and there is promise in this technology," he said.

Mr Ellison said officials aborted the mission after detecting a fault in the computers.

Hahaha, how is that even a thing. World is fukt.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Doctor Spaceman posted:

Pentherby's married to Kate Ellis isn't he?

Yes.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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What the actual gently caress:

http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2014/08/22/westboro-baptist-church-says-it-will-go-iraq-protest-isis

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In a move certainly worthy of its status as the fringiest of the far-right fringe hate groups, the Westboro Baptist Churchcongregation says it’s going to accept an offer by a popular Australian comedian to fly members to Iraq to protest the beheading of Christians by the Islamic terror group ISIS, Addicting Info reports.

After learning that members of the antigay church planned to protest the funeral of Robin Williams, comedian Adam Hills challenged them to really live their stated values and offered them a proposition on his television show, The Last Leg.

“If you really believe in standing up to those threatening the Christian way of life, Westboro Baptist Church, how about putting your money where your mouth is, taking a direct flight to Iraq,” he said this week, also offering to pay for first-class airfare.

Church members took Hills’s offer seriously and announced their acceptance on Twitter:

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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deathofmusic posted:

And yet another Liberal (Bart Bassett) steps aside due to ICAC...

Does that make 9 now?

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Newsflash: QLD LNP MP says a racist thing:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/28/asian-drivers-dont-know-road-rules-says-lnp-mp-vaughan-johnson

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Asian drivers have “no comprehension” of the road rules, a Queensland Liberal National Party MP has said, even though he admitted he did not have any figures to back up his claim.

The member for Gregory, Vaughan Johnson, has been campaigning for a driving and road rules test for foreigners wanting to drive in Queensland.

He said driving conditions in Australia were different to those in other parts of the world and some foreign drivers, particularly those of Asian descent, did not understand the road rules even in their own country.

“I’m not against Asian people, don’t get me wrong – but a lot of those Asian people come from an environment where they have no comprehension of road rules in their own country,” he told Fairfax Radio on Thursday.

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Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

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Amazing, what a moron.

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