LibertyCat posted:

not touching this with a ten foot pole.

tithin posted:

Guys, if you want to discuss something with someone, and potentially have them reconsider their viewpoints, calling them shitfuckers isn't going to do it.

tithin posted:

Either he's here to discuss in good faith, in which case calling him a shitfucker is only going to harden his opinion to you, or he's here to argue in bad faith, in which case you're playing into his "auspol is easy to troll" narrative.

In either situation, you're loving up by calling him a shitfucker.

LibertyCat posted:

OK quoting from Simple aka "Wikipeda for Retards" is getting desperate.

The Maya


The Romans


Totally comparable to tribes that hadn't discovered the Wheel.

tithin posted:

You know what I'm trying to say and you disagree, but you're choosing to insult me and my choice of friends.

LibertyCat posted:

I don't think taking anyone's lands are "just". Unprovoked Invasions are Bad. We're just arguing over the meaning of a word, not that Aboriginals are terrible people, sheesh.

edit: I would vote that no cities = no civilization.

Skellybones posted:

How do you define 'advanced'? The Americas had huge cities and burgeoning empires without having wheels, metal tools or domesticated livestock beyond llamas. Steppe nomads invented the stirrup and routinely dominated their city dwelling neighbours despite having nothing more permanent than large tents. Arctic tribes invented a thousand and one uses for seals and whales that nobody else figured out. Polynesians colonised the whole Pacific. The richest man in all of history was from Mali. The inhabitants of Easter Island built so many large stone monuments they destroyed their ability to live there, they dominated the environment to an extent far beyond the bounds of almost any other group in history.

Anidav posted:

OH so this is the election winning positioning they are going for.
Blame Labah Volume XIV

quote:

EVERY child locked up in Australian immigration detention centres is free for the first time since Labor’s shameful ­record of 8469 kids being ­incarcerated under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.

Anidav posted:

We said the same thing about Tone.

Basically using Cartoon 's theory of Goons always bring wrong.

We can predict Bill Shorten will be PM.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

I had chills when I learned that the Reapers were created by an AI in order to harvest organic beings to stop them from creating AI that would kill all organic beings. Truly the most moving piece of fiction in centuries.

Tokamak posted:

Mass Effect was a great game... for me to poop on.
It's not even a good sci-fi story. Read a book.

Kommando posted:

stop replying to LibertyCat.

80% of his thread is them saying something and you all stomping on them.

tithin posted:

Yes, all this anti-rich propaganda is just the same thing as the persecution of minorities who face persecution for no other reason than the colour of their skin, their nationality, their religion or their sexual orientation, all things that are not under their control

hating rich people is exactly the same because...

Skellybones posted:

Do we have a new prime minister yet

Negligent posted:

Chris Bowens beard looks truly terrible. Like the color of it draws attention to the fact he's going grey.

quote:

Defence Minister Marise Payne is meeting with unhappy backbencher Warren Entsch after he labelled the Government's patrol boat building decision "bloody stupid".
Key points:

PM yesterday announced boats would be built in Adelaide and then Western Australia
Warren Entsch had been lobbying for boats to be built in Cairns, described Government's decision as "bloody stupid"
Ian MacDonald also questioned why the boats would be built in Perth

Queensland MP Mr Entsch and Senator Ian MacDonald are questioning the decision to award the defence shipbuilding contract to a West Australian company instead of a bidder based in north Queensland.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday made the announcement that Adelaide would be home to the early construction of 12 offshore patrol vessels in 2018 before shifting to Western Australia in 2020.

South Australian Labor Premier Jay Weatherill described the $500 million contract as a "great win" for the state, but the announcement has triggered backlash from MPs in Queensland.

"I don't support the decision — quite frankly I think it was bloody stupid," Mr Entsch said.

"I'm not going to just step down and accept it and just be a noddy in the background trying to justify what I see as a bad decision.

"The fact that I had to be told by the proponents of the unsuccessful bidders that they'd missed out before the Minister [Senator Payne] had the courtesy of getting [her] staff to come down and speak to me.

"I gave them short shrift in no uncertain terms."

Senator MacDonald also questioned why the 21 new Pacific patrol boats would be built in Perth, saying he was disappointed that northern Australia missed out on the "very attractive bid".

"There are a number of questions, I think, that need to be answered in relation to why the Cairns bid was not favourably considered," he said.

"[Including] the reasons for the awarding of the contract for the West Australian group — it seems to me that from the information that I have that north Queensland bid was competitive."
MacDonald calls for 'common courtesy'

"I thought there would have at least been the common courtesy to speak to members who have been lobbying so hard on it for so long to at least give us the courtesy of a heads up," Senator MacDonald said.

"And … in case we had any further information that we may like to contribute before they make the announcement, but that didn't occur."

While the Federal Government said it was required to choose the proposal giving the best value for money, Mr Entsch said he wanted to see the price difference for himself.

He said even if the Perth company offered a better price, the Government needed to consider other factors when it came to investing in northern Australia.

Senator MacDonald said building the ships in Cairns would have demonstrated the Government's commitment to developing the north.

"The white paper we produced on development of northern Australia, is a very positive step for the north," he said.

"It contains a real plan and real money attached, but a shipbuilding industry in the north would have been a great help to the push to develop northern Australia.

"And it would show the Government leading from the front."

The maintenance of the Pacific patrol boats will however be done in Cairns, and several hundred million dollars will have to be spent on wharf space so new offshore patrol vessels can be based there.

Negligent posted:

Do you guys watch Veep,

dr_rat posted:

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Yeah, gently caress working in path. Everyone in my student cohort basically just ended up sitting the GAMSAT or becoming teachers.

Anidav posted:

The first billboard of the election campaign!

ScreamingLlama posted:

If I was in a burning building, I'd be less concerned about art and more concerned about getting myself and others nearby out of the building. But if I had time to choose, I'd save Vitruvian Man.

Disclaimer: Your bad thought experiment is moot anyway, since although Vitruvian Man is considered higher art than Skyrim, it still does not preclude video games being art. Even if I were to be wrong and video games are not really art, they still contain artwork such as surface textures. If you disagree with even that, then please explain to me your definition of art.

Thread posted:

Oh my God, Melbourne just got wiped out by a 50 megaton nuclear bomb! We're at war with America!

Negligent posted:

Shorten will never be prime minister. Never. He just doesn't do it for me.

kirbysuperstar posted:

Alright, fess up, how do you know about my repeating nightmare?

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Wouldn't headlines about pollies buying facebook likes be way more damaging than one using loving facebook likes as evidence of unpopularity?

Amethyst posted:

No-one but the biggest nutters are going to vote for Trump. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the social parties got more votes.

Laserface posted:

lmao how do you even get petrol in a facility like that? seriously? How does Transfield justify the amount of money they cost if they cant do basic poo poo like ensure detainees cant get dangerous items?