Auspol May: it's a Bloody Budget Bonanza!

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tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

Hey I'm fat and I don't care, death will come as a blessed relief when it claims me

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tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

bell jar posted:

why do you hate fat people

Because I hate myself and want to die :shrug:

# ¿ May 1, 2018 06:58

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

Laserface posted:

lmao if you expect Pell to be convicted of literally anything and if he is, actually be punished in accordance with the severity of the crimes.

hes already had a number of the charges thrown out as if he will even do hard time.

btw fat shaming is fair game if you are willing to shame bigots and racists and expect them to change.

Only cos some of the people died, it's less that they were thrown out in merit, and more that there couldn't be testimony of the dead, so they had to stop prosecution on those particular cases

# ¿ May 1, 2018 07:37

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

In the old internet days, the furries were a target of ridicule because their sexual fetish was absurd.

These days it is tame in comparison to the poo poo that people loudly and vocally get off to.

Simultaneously, as we've gotten older, we've realised that who really gives a gently caress what people get off to so long as the people they're doing it with are consensual.

Trans people are fine

Furries are fine

ACAB

# ¿ May 5, 2018 04:49

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

Cleretic posted:

The best GTA is Saints Row 2.

The best Saints Row, as an aside, is Saints Row IV.

Good opinions

# ¿ May 5, 2018 14:38

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

drunkill posted:

https://twitter.com/alexwhitelive/status/993666380246409216

heaps good

This is good, I wonder how they'll gently caress it u...

Knorth posted:

https://twitter.com/NickMcKim/status/993755056578052097
....cool

nevermind

# ¿ May 8, 2018 09:58

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

quote:

The Chaplaincy program is now permanently extended: with a focus on anti-bullying measures.

loving hey, we have to give priests more access to kids, not like we've got some sort of commission on

# ¿ May 8, 2018 10:58

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/09/sydney-archdiocese-runs-ads-seeking-donations-for-cardinal-george-pells-legal-fees posted:

The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has been running ads in its news publication, the Catholic Weekly, seeking donations to fund Cardinal George Pell�s legal costs, a move which a lawyer representing victims of child sexual abuse, Dr Judy Courtin, describes as �utter hypocrisy�.

While the Catholic Weekly has been running the ads with the bank account details for the fund since last year, it ran an article promoting the fund after Pell was ordered to stand trial earlier this month on historical sexual offence allegations. He has plead not guilty to all charges. Pell�s legal team, which includes the high-profile defence barrister Robert Richter, is believed to be costing him tens of thousands of dollars every day court sits.

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Details of the fund have also been appearing in the newsletters of Catholic parishes around Australia, including St Patrick�s parish in Ballarat. The child sexual abuse royal commission turned its attention to Ballarat several times during its five-year inquiry, hearing evidence from survivors of abuse within the diocese, as well as bishops and priests who were witness to, or responsible for, abusing.

While the fund to support Pell is managed by the Ferdinand Zito and Associates law practice in Melbourne, it is unclear who or what organisation was responsible for establishing the fund or who is paying to have it advertised around the world.

�All clients of any legal practitioner are afforded the protection of legal professional privilege,� Zito told Guardian Australia. Zito said because of this, he was unable to answer questions about the fund.

Courtin, who represented a number of abuse victims who gave evidence to the royal commission, said Pell was entitled to a defence team and to seek funding for it. But she questioned the involvement of the archdiocese in promoting that fund.

�Pell, and other defendants with adequate financial backing, can not only afford the star-studded cast that is Pell�s legal team, but it is every defendant�s legal right to do so. But what of the victims of crime and their role in the criminal trial process? Are their justice needs being met?

�Churches should be putting more pressure on the government to reform laws to give victims equal access to the courts and to set aside profoundly unjust deeds of release. Victims are still having shocking trouble getting justice because they received a meagre settlement in the past and signed away their future rights in a deed of release.�
Cardinal George Pell: Vatican treasurer faces historical sexual offences trial
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While the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has been promoting details of the Pell fund, it said it had not established it, nor was it directing the funds. It has also previously said it is not responsible for Pell�s legal bills.

A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Sydney told Guardian Australia that there was no conflict of interest in running the ads in the Catholic Weekly or while Pell was on trial.

�The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney stands by its statement to the royal commission to address child sexual abuse, but it also recognises the rights of the accused, any accused person, to defend themselves,� she said.

�Like any other citizen, Cardinal Pell is entitled to the presumption of innocence, he has pleaded not guilty and is also entitled to appoint the defence he wants.�

A spokeswoman for Pell, Katrina Lee, told the New Daily that while the Archdiocese of Sydney passed on details of the fund to those who asked, �the archdiocese has not contributed to this fund nor has the Vatican provided any funding�.

The ads for the fund, linked to a Bendigo Bank account, are appearing in other publications around the world. A website, cardinalpellappeal.com, has also been established.

What a loving ;augh

# ¿ May 9, 2018 05:23

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

Birdstrike posted:

no that�s smh

I'm smh

# ¿ May 9, 2018 12:20

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

froglet posted:

Oceans swallowing seaside towns, locals want the government to buy back their properties, government has no plan to do so.

https://amp.watoday.com.au/national...508-p4ze3z.html

Edit: this is what they get for angering Poseidon.

Sounds to me like the government made the right call in not subsiding their rural lifestyle

(bonus points if you can name the poo poo heel who said that Unironically and who they were using it against)

# ¿ May 10, 2018 07:54