Auspol April - Long Live the Glorious State of North Queensland

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

open24hours posted:

is 10,000 hens per hectare meant to sound more cramped than 1 per square metre? Everyone's reporting on it that way.

Average Joe won't have a clue what a hectare looks like, so I would think it's just meant to sound more vague.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 05:26

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 09:58

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

Endman posted:

My bus is late.

I blame the Greens.

Have you considered adding a inner city metro subway to solve your massive urban sprawl problem?

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 07:13

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

It's like the RSPCA's stance on halal slaughter. It's not the most humane option we can do, but it's the only real workable solution to a real issue we have right now. Or in their words:

quote:

In these cases, the risks to welfare from allowing feather pecking and cannibalism to continue are greater than those associated with the beak trimming procedure.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 08:31

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

ScoMo is on 7 30 tonight apparently

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 09:39

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

EvilElmo posted:

How was he?

Didn't answer anything really, to I'm hoping by now nobodies surprise.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 11:26

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

LibertyCat posted:

They can demand sovereignty, insist that they never signed a treaty, and that the Australia Government has no claim - but if you can't pass your own laws , collect your own taxes and boot out everyone who isn't a "citizen" you're obviously not a Sovereign Nation. Recognizing the "Continuing Sovereignty of First Nations" (as NIRS announces each day) is ignoring reality. Actual sovereignty is a pipe dream.

Let's be blunt; when the Europeans arrived, they were not greeted by a collection of civilized nations. Australia was inhabited by illiterate stone-age tribes that could never have defended their homeland from any settlement by other groups. I wish it hadn't involved bloodshed but I don't see any feasible way the original inhabitants could have kept ownership of the continent into the 1900s.

Can we just hang this at the start of each new thread like some kind of corpse on a gibbet

# ¿ Mar 31, 2016 22:14

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

April fools?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 00:29

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

Negligent posted:

Malcolm Turnbull isn't turning out as well as people had hoped

A lot of people thought that he was going to turn the Liberal party leftwards. I imagine he's doing considerably better than many of the Liberal voter base hoped.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 07:13

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

Average adult life expectancy is probably the best I can think of.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 08:29

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

Australian fascists too bad even for Eddie McGuire

quote:

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says that the people who unfurled an offensive anti-Muslim banner at the MCG on Friday night should be banned from football for life.

and the nazi's response?

quote:

So Eddie McGuire endorses the foreign occupation of Australian territory, terrorism and mass murder

Zenithe fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Apr 1, 2016

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 21:59

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

Is the traditional indigenous agriculture still practiced by any nations?

# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 00:42

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

fiery_valkyrie posted:

I saw it in Peru, particularly around Cusco and Ollantaytambo.

Sorry, I meant Aussie indigenous nations.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 02:58

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

loving wow!

quote:

There are no asylum seeker children locked up in Australian immigration centres for the first time in almost a decade

wait a tick, that doesn't sound right?

quote:

The government has reclassified sections of detention centres as �community detention� in order to be able to claim that all children have been released from immigration detention.

http://www.theguardian.com/australi...sed?CMP=soc_567

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 05:00

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

Jumpingmanjim posted:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...402-gnwsts.html

Looks like that obvious stunt was very successful then.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 13:05

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

Which protest?

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 23:11

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

MiniSune posted:

SMH reporting Kevin Andrews would challenge Turnbull.

I find that hard to believe in any multiverse, let alone this one.

Haven't seen a Crean in awhile, this should be fun.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 04:45

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

Higsian posted:

Making words with 'bro-' in front of them is real dumb. People should stop doing it.

Actually let's expand that to the word bro and all derivatives of it.

Brogurt?

# ¿ Apr 6, 2016 03:54

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

Wheezle posted:

Waleed is a highly visible contradiction to their narrative about Muslims. Therefore he must be destroyed.

Excuse me, I think you will find he's actually engaging in taqqiya and is working as a covert Islamic operative to bring down the country. Also Marxism is involved. :freep:

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 02:32

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

LibertyCat posted:

I was listening to a "please give blood" plea on the radio this morning, and a thought occurred to me - why not (as long as it is medically ok) make Centrelink conditional on being a blood donor?

You could set up donation centers inside Centrelink offices and make it part of the regular appointment. If you're unemployed you're not exactly short of time like most workers. The Red Cross would save money on advertisements and mobile vans. It could save a heap of lives with no real downside.

Have you given blood? If you have, surely you know how easy it would be to get out of it right, just say you had sex with a bisexual guy once.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 10:47

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

LibertyCat posted:

Why is it ethically unsound?

Like the first thing you ever do with ethical procedures is get consent. You have no idea remotely what you are talking about.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 12:45

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

LibertyCat posted:

There is no incentive to lie if the blood's gonna get taken anyway.

Spite is a powerful incentive.

Are you just into forced pointless medical procedues? Is it too early to :godwin:

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 13:08

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

This loving country.

Listen to the goddamn audio

quote:

The Northern Territory health minister has suggested the furore around Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu�s medical treatment is a publicity stunt for forthcoming albums.

The comments come amid an increasingly hostile public dispute between the Royal Darwin hospital and the singer�s manager and specialist doctor, with the latter releasing medical records in order to back up their claims of racial profiling.

The Yolngu singer was admitted to emergency at the Royal Darwin hospital on Easter Sunday with internal bleeding complications relating to liver disease. It was the second time in less than a month Gurrumul had been admitted for the bleeding but this time his manager and specialist doctor alleged hospital staff left him without the required treatment for hours longer than hospital protocols.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 01:18

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

gay picnic defence posted:

Even Shorten should be able to convincingly...

Come on buddy.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 08:46

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

What is your definition of "good money"

# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 09:01

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

Recoome posted:

Haha, is there a post by the guys who took it over?

Also riveting turnout by the racists https://www.facebook.com/partyforfreedom.aust/videos/548405108662865/

e: "Stop the seffering stop malal!"

I would love to hear vox pops of what these people think halal slaughter actually is in Australia. Or for that matter, their general thoughts on animal welfare.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2016 05:51

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

NSW finest:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-10/greens-mp-jenny-leong-demands-action-after-online-posts/7313898

quote:

Alleged racist and sexist comments from police about a NSW Greens MP have been branded "disgusting and completely unacceptable" by the politician targeted.

New South Wales Greens MP Jenny Leong has demanded a police watchdog investigate allegations that officers posted the remarks about her on social media.

Ms Leong, who is the member for Newtown, said the offensive posts were made after she introduced a bill to State Parliament last month which aimed to end the use of drug detection dogs in public places without a warrant.

Ms Leong has also referred the matter to the Police Integrity Commission and said those responsible needed to be held accountable.

In a letter to the police commissioner, Ms Leong's office detailed the criticism directed at Ms Leong after she posted a photo on Facebook of police with drug detection dogs.

"A person we suspect to be a police officer going by the pseudonym 'Jack Zane' commented 'Wow Jenny. It was clearly a mistake when your father spotted your mother across a crowded [swamp] and dragged her back to his hut to make you'," the letter read.

The letter stated the person behind the Jack Zane account then changed the profile picture to one of Ms Leong before posting further offensive material including: "Her daddy was a swamp monkey."

Ms Leong said another profile that she believed was operated by a police officer posted further offensive comments while several other officers liked and commented on the posts.

"The allegation that it is actually members of the NSW police that are engaging and contributing to attacks makes it even more concerning," she told the ABC.

"This kind of harassment is also a serious threat to the health of our democracy and can prevent robust, healthy debate in our communities."

# ¿ Apr 10, 2016 07:13

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

SynthOrange posted:

The ISIS slogan he carved on the guys head was 'eye for an eye' which honestly struck me as more of a biblical thing, but I guess it could also be in the koran.

It is, but many Muslims believe that the Old Testament (and New for that matter) is part of their scripture, albeit a part that has been corrupted.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 03:42

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

This seems unusual. Is there some kind of precedent for this of is Geelong as bad as I've heard?

Geelong Council to be sacked by Victorian Government after scathing report

# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 12:57

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

Jumpingmanjim posted:

The photo kind of tells you everything you need to know.

Oh, I'm sure it's a total clusterfuck, but is sacking a council just a thing you can do?

# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 13:02

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

Mad Katter posted:

I wonder why this was suggested to me

Freedom to not pay tax on tobacco

and then spend your latter half of your life being looked after in taxpayer funded hospitals

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 11:52

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

Screen Australia has actually funded the development of quite a few video games.

https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/productions/Whats_On/games.aspx

Who wouldn't want to play Bonza Word Puzzle! Actually Hand of Fate is pretty fun.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 12:23

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

5 Dollaridoos right there.

Also, Buzzfeed has done the hard journalism regarding the new bank note so we can all sleep soundly tonight.

Also a UPF member freaked out because he thought the pink structure at the bottom was a mosque (it's not)

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 12:36

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

El Scotch posted:

I'm surprised you don't call them 'dollaroos'.

It's a Simpsons joke.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 22:09

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

Recoome posted:

UPF trying really hard in the lead up to ANZAC day. I mean like there's always mixed feelings about ANZAC day but I'm worried/disgusted if the ultra-nationalists get a hold of it and start influencing the content of the services.

With the current state of affairs (i.e. full of literal Nazis and manbabies) I can't imagine they will have any influence outside of their tiny bubble.

Still, the recent stuff is even more disgusting than normal, although the poetry is actually funny if you pretend its taking the piss. Like, this is satire yeah? Please?

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 22:41

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

That poor kid doesn't have any lunch :ohdear:

# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 09:03

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

LibertyCat posted:

So a drug addict steals a shotgun, does some illegal gunsmithing (shortens it and probably fiddled with the trigger himself), gets killed running from cops, and his mother's response is to call for tougher gun laws.

Guy has access to guns, does something dumb he couldn't have done without access to guns, mother has basic empathy and doesn't want other people to potentially suffer the same fate?

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 10:02

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

LibertyCat posted:

So the mum wants to punish the victim of the theft, to protect future criminals from killing themselves with illegally modified stolen property?

A criminal using a gun in a police confrontation accidentally killing themselves is no great loss.

Did you even read the article? It says he obtained a stolen gun, not that he stole the gun.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 10:11

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

LibertyCat posted:

but hey let's arbitrarily decide that preventing licensed firearm owners owning more than 'x' guns would have stopped this trainwreck. If a dozen laws haven't worked maybe one more will do the trick. Since it targets some law abiding sucker instead of a violent criminal maybe it will get obeyed.

So unless a law exclusively impacts criminals you don't agree with it?

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 10:25

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

LibertyCat posted:

worth more as component parts

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 11:28

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 09:58

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

Negligent posted:

chris bowen needs to lose the beard

no one likes a bearded politician

Pognophobe. Wow, I just googled that to see if I remembered it right, and now know there is a Beard Liberation Front.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 12:18

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