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Cartoon posted:A sham and a farce. Too early to pick aprils thread title?
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Cartoon posted:Take your pingers before you leave? Part of the problem is people taking their entire days supply of pingers in one go. Clearly the solution is to have different caps of gelatin that break down at different rates, so you can put your pingers inside those, and then take em all, and they will kick in over a delayed time period, and not all at once.
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Mar 1, 2016 08:21
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Amoeba102 posted:"John Howard: The greatest PM of our time" - Terry Barnes is a policy consultant, former senior Howard government adviser and a weekly columnist for The Drum. He worked on Coalition health, aged care and carers policies for the 1996 election campaign. I was half tempted to read that, but i didnt want to throw up this early in the morning.
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Mar 2, 2016 01:58
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Cartoon posted:It is unfortunately true. Between 1996 and 2016 who's a better PM? Rudd/Gillard is really the only other nominee and as hosed up as Howard is/was they really can't claim to have done much. Ten plus years in the job carries it's own gravitas. If anything it is a damning indictment on the poo poo nature of our politicians. Gillard got quite a bit done, the majority of which was good for the nation. The NBN, the BER, the price on carbon. Plus she worked with a minority government and a much more fractured senate than what we have now. Its not her fault it all got dismantled after she got rolled.
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Mar 2, 2016 02:31
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SKY COQ posted:Tone And apparently there is an AFP investigation to go along with that. This could get interesting.
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Mar 2, 2016 06:21
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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/04/paul-sheehan-suspended-sydney-morning-herald-false-rape-storyquote:The Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan has been “stood aside until further notice” over his false story of the woman “Louise” who claimed she had been raped and beaten by Muslim men. hahhhahhahahahahahaha
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Mar 4, 2016 05:16
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SynthOrange posted:he'll be back in a few weeks. shush let me enjoy my schadenfreude
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Mar 4, 2016 05:39
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-04/country-racing-clubs-chasing-certainty-over-sale-of-tab/7220830 WA R&G minister encouraging people to gamble on the nags. Truly the second worst state.
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Mar 4, 2016 09:23
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Solemn Sloth posted:I am declaring my intention to become a voluntarily unemployed parasite due to the trifling issue of being held up at machete and cleaver point at my job 90 minutes ago. Huff a fart catman That sucks man. Hope you are OK.
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Mar 6, 2016 15:40
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I'm pretty sure someone in hear said it best. Don't think of welfare as a handout to those who don't deserve it. Think of it as a bribe to stop the many many poor people out there from uprising and killing the rich and taking what they own by force.
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Mar 6, 2016 16:34
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SynthOrange posted:Also jesus gently caress are there any major banks in australia that arent awful as gently caress? no Major banks? No. Minor banks? Yes. Check out Bendigo Bank, or a local credit union in your area. Also, PNbank is pretty good, but I dont know if they are over east yet.
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Mar 8, 2016 01:44
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In news that will surprise noone, pensioners are ripping off millenials all round the world http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/07/revealed-30-year-economic-betrayal-dragging-down-generation-y-income
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Mar 8, 2016 02:17
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MonoAus posted:I'm still not clear on what the purpose of these fines are beyond appearing to do something about a perceived "problem" but not actually doing anything at all. No, I think you are perfectly clear. You are just assuming there must be something more to it, because surely there must be, but there isnt.
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Mar 9, 2016 06:05
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LibertyCat posted:I'd be surprised if basic income is popular anywhere outside this thread and the minimum-wage crowd. Most people work hard for their $$ and don't want their savings eaten by the inevitable inflation. quote:For anyone above income $X, it's not "free money" because you are taxing them more than you are paying in basic income. X obviously varies depending on how much you plan to pay - what figure do you suggest per week? - and how much bureaucracy can be slashed, if any. quote:You will still need to deal with special cases such as people who pump all their money into pokies and end up starving.
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Mar 9, 2016 10:42
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LibertyCat posted:We already have a system that tries to reward people who do things society values that are in short supply; the market. Becoming a doctor is necessary and difficult, therefore pay is good. We have no shortage of people who can make hamburgers, therefore working at Maccas won't make you a millionaire.
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Mar 9, 2016 15:09
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-09/kalgoorlie-mayor-calls-for-young-repeat-offenders-to-be-caned/7233830?section=waquote:A West Australian mayor has called for a return to corporal punishment of juvenile criminals, and has pledged to pursue the matter with the Barnett Government. WA trying hard to take Worst state crown from QLD.
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Mar 10, 2016 02:28
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Smegmatron posted:Because of that typically short-sighted "ME FIRST" bullshit that regional areas always come out with, This only happens because if it doesnt regional areas often get forgotten and skipped over.
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Mar 10, 2016 04:44
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freebooter posted:You can smell the panic in the real estate market, I guess it must be terrifying when the generation you were counting on to prop up the ponzi scheme has second thoughts: Its still the same bullshit, but at least they sort of recognise that the current market is bullshit. "If only this generation would stop doing anything social and stop spending money, maybe they too could achieve what I have achieved. Whats that, an entire generation not contributing to our consumption based economy? No I cant see any down sides to that at all, because property always goes up"
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Mar 11, 2016 10:21
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Ian Winthorpe III posted:so given that different-looking people, gays, fatties and women are the main funny things in life Maybe you like laughing at those types, but not all of us do. Maybe you should stop projecting?
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Mar 12, 2016 10:21
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Sounds like Smith is kind of hosed. Two MPs who were linked to his candidacy have backed McGowan, and no active WA Labor politician is supporting him. powerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpowerpoweproweprowerpowerpower
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Mar 14, 2016 03:53
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Imagine seriously believing what libertycat believes.
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Mar 14, 2016 14:31
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LibertyCat posted:I'm done with this derail.
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Mar 14, 2016 15:03
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Graic Gabtar posted:I agree some schemes/programs historically have been poo poo but is the answer just do nothing in case there is disagreement from anyone? Funnily enough, no, the answer is not to do nothing. The answer is to ask the people who live there what will work, and give them some agency back in the decision making process that massively effects them. This is not a popular idea, because it will probably involve the effected groups coming out and saying "what you have been doing isnt working. Stop doing it. You were wrong." and politicians dont like being told they were wrong.
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Mar 15, 2016 04:04
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EvilElmo posted:It appears the Greens will do a preference swap with the LNP. What are you basing this on?
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Mar 15, 2016 09:07
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EvilElmo posted:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...84d42f2e2d0a750 chortle. uh huh.
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Mar 15, 2016 09:11
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LibertyCat posted:If you're going to jump on a boat, throw away your documentation, and come to Australia, you should know what to expect. Except we have signed and ratified laws stating that we will offer refuge to people in fear of torture and murder in their homeland. poo poo, we helped draft them.
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Mar 15, 2016 11:57
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Chadzok posted:actual advice: don't chase performance. find the closest thing your super has to an index fund with the lowest fee possible. over your next 60 working years the fees you pay will make a much bigger impact on your end result than your choice of fund. Clarification. Get your money in an industry superfund. They consistently have higher returns, and fees tend to be either comparable or better than for profit money managers.
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Mar 16, 2016 07:44
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Bifauxnen posted:Hey long as we're talking super, I was checking out those ethical super funds and wondering if I should switch over to one of them. Does anyone know if there's any major differences between Australian Ethical and Future Super? Read the fine print in the PDS before making a decision. That should lay out all of the fees and charges. In the 2 minutes I looked at them, I would be going with Australian ethical, because they averaged 10%, which Future, did 7%.
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Mar 16, 2016 08:03
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Its been found since then, unfortunately.
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Mar 17, 2016 05:16
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EvilElmo posted:Wait.. Greens voters are always bitching at me how horrible binding votes are to politics and the ALP are horrible people for doing it. This only applies when its something you dont like? quote:The ALP historically has allowed conscience votes on these kinds of issues. quote:The current Parliamentary party only has a few against it. 2-3 if that.
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Mar 17, 2016 07:24
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open24hours posted:I don't know if I'm convinced that exhausted votes are more democratic than group voting. If I only want to give my vote to a certain group of people, I should not be forced to give them to different people in a process I have little knowledge of or power over. IMO its more democratic to say "i only want to vote for candidate x, y or z." and then have your vote exhausted because your candidates did not get in, rather than have your vote shuffled off into a byzantine process where there is no clear way of knowing the outcome.
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Mar 17, 2016 07:29
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EvilElmo posted:So if a Green was elected and didnt believe in marriage equality there would be no repercussions if they voted no? quote:Because historically they have allowed conscience votes for these issues.
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Mar 17, 2016 07:35
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Gorilla Salad posted:I'm pretty sure today the Herald Sun had a full page front page headline saying to never let some murderer out of prison because he had "only" been sentenced to be locked in jail until 2050. I think you are coming at it from a different angle that freepcat up there. You are thinking of the penal system as a rehabilitation system. He is coming from an angle of the penal system is a punishment system, and to him, those darn crims just arent being punished enough.
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Mar 20, 2016 15:23
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LibertyCat posted:Has anyone got any interesting political links they'd like me to include in April's OP? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/30/libertarians-arent-our-allies-in-building-a-progressive-australia
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Mar 27, 2016 11:15
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LibertyCat posted:Has anyone got any interesting political links they'd like me to include in April's OP? http://theconversation.com/on-nanny-states-and-race-leyonhjelm-exposes-the-moral-thinness-of-libertarianism-43916
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Mar 27, 2016 11:19
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Jumpingmanjim posted:He is announcing his new political party. Which I think is brilliant. It will split the conservative vote, and it will most likely result in him not being elected because he got in on the Liberal vote, not the Cory Bernardi vote.
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Mar 29, 2016 07:14
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-30/manus-island-asylum-seekers,-refugees-on-the-move/7284960quote:Papua New Guinea's Immigration Department has said it is moving asylum seekers and refugees at the Manus Island detention centre to help them get ready to leave.
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Mar 30, 2016 05:15
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Laserface posted:holy poo poo Tim Ferguson is still a thing? Yeah, he is in a wheelchair now, but had a comedy show kicking round last year sometime.
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Mar 30, 2016 06:44
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MysticalMachineGun posted:what the gently caress cartoon
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Mar 31, 2016 03:43
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Cartoon posted:I was playing it for the laughs A good comedian plays to the crowd.
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