I still call Australia home

[Fah Kiew Tu]

There’s nothing worse than a …… winger from either side of politics.

Coming a close second, is making accusations about someone whilst hiding the posts from them.

Meli hides her posts from a lot of us because her delicate ego couldn't take the mockery. She wasn't able to carry an argument in a sack and as she KNOWS that she's always correct, the only solution left to her was to ignore all of us who made her look like an idiot.

Not that it was difficult, mind.

Now she's free to indulge in her hypocrisy by slagging us all off while hiding her posts & pretending to ignore us all. She's stupid and gutless. What she does is just demonstrating how pathetic she is and how poor her reasoning ability is.

FKT

 

[ShortForBob]

There’s nothing worse than a …… winger from either side of politics.

Coming a close second, is making accusations about someone whilst hiding the posts from them.

Morning "Newbie" you might want to throw that suggestion out to the class.

 

[ShortForBob]

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Can't see one non-white in that crowd.

I think Jacinta Price may be just out of camera .

 

[Se7en]

Yeah, this thread has left the shark way behind now. Reading you lot bitching past each other has gone stale.
The moron, the paranoid delusionist, the curmudgeon and the acerbic wit are all classsic roles that have been thouroughly inhabited by their various protrayers, but are rendered ultimately insipid when stripped from the crucible of interaction.

You all come across like toddlers trying to maserbate while wearing oversized comedy baseball mits.

 

[LB 15]

You all come across like toddlers trying to maserbate while wearing oversized comedy baseball mits.

Outstanding! That is exactly the look I was trying for.

 

[Goodvibes]

It's Sunday, difficult decisions ...

 

[The Dark Knight]

It's Sunday, difficult decisions ...

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The choice of two things you’ll do by yourself.

 

[Goodvibes]

The choice of two things you’ll do by yourself.

or maybe ...

 

[LB 15]

Fuck I am sick of these cunts.

‘Doesn’t sit well with me’: Ash Gardner calls out January 26 scheduling​

Indigenous cricket star Ash Gardner has called out Cricket Australia’s decision to schedule a women’s international on January 26.
“As a proud Muruwari woman and reflecting on what Jan 26 means to me and my people it is a day of hurt and a day of mourning,” she wrote on Twitter.

“My culture is something I hold close to my heart and something I’m always so proud to speak about whenever asked.

“I also am fortunate enough to play cricket for a living which is something I dreamt of as a kid.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/doesnt-sit-well-with-me-ash-gardner-calls-out-january-26-scheduling/news-story/7f3cc4f5fab4679adab4659d10495216

She is 9/10ths whitey. Just another tattoo covered attention seeking sportsfuckwit. If she is so offended by having to play on Australia day then don't. Spend the day celebrating indigenous practices from before the 'invasion' like having sex with minors an making adolescents cut themselves for decoration. Go BBQ a goanna you virtue signaling fuckwit.

 

[Happy]

That blonde is a "proud Muruwari woman"?

Fuck me, the bullshit is getting knee-deep.....

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

That blonde is a "proud Muruwari woman"?

Fuck me, the bullshit is getting knee-deep.....

It's all good. Wait until they actually have to address the interesting question of who is entitled to be a Voice rep and who isn't, added to who is entitled to vote for same and who isn't.

That is going to be a GLORIOUS can of worms.

Myself, I think the rule that a lot of the American Indian tribes settled on should apply. That would 'disenfranchise' maybe 75% of the wannabees in Oz at a WAG.

And if they don't - even more possibilities there as the number of people who claim Aboriginal ancestry grows and the gravy train for the suburbans gets harder to board.

I'd devote a ton of resources to the remote communities who actually do need it and close to zero to the suburbans myself, but cynical me fully expects that if/when the money tree gets shaken, the exact reverse is what happens.

FKT

 

[Goodvibes]

Fuck I am sick of these cunts.

‘Doesn’t sit well with me’: Ash Gardner calls out January 26 scheduling​

Love it!

 

[piperson]

To be honest, I really think that only those people who can overcome their emotions and have really strong self-control are able to have a good time.

 

[The Dark Knight]

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/legalising-cannabis-could-generate-tens-of-billions-in-revenue-enabling-big-dole-increase-greens-argue/news-story/7a5cab9a26e86750f2635fd5db0a293c

Legalising cannabis could generate $28 billion in taxes, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, and allow the government to increase the dole by $80 a week.

The dole increase would go up in smoke...

Quality journalisim thinking it's necessary to point that at.
Under the Greens’ plan you could grow six plants in Australia, but it would remain a crime to sell pot to anyone underage, such as teenagers.


I support the concept of legalisation, BUT I would not want the Greens having any say in drawing up the legislation or spending the proceeds.



Then there is the issue with pot heads like Random thinking its ok to have a toke and then drive. Not sure if the public is intelligent enough to behave responsibily.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Then there is the issue with pot heads like Random thinking its ok to have a toke and then drive. Not sure if the public is intelligent enough to behave responsibily.

To be fair, it's unlikely that driving while stoned would actually make his level of ability lower.

FKT

 

[charisma94]

I doubt random or anyone thinks its OK to drive after a toke. "Under the influence" or "driving stoned" = totally not OK.

The fact you can get done days and days after said toke... "the presence of..." that's the fucked bit.

I think till they work out a way to accurately define and measure impairment, it's a good way to disrupt the trade, a tiny bit.

I wonder how the deal with this in the US?

 

[Se7en]

Legalising cannabis could generate $28 billion in taxes, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office,

$28 Billion?
That's over 10 years, so $2.8 Billion a year.
That's over $100 per person, per year.
Let's assume that its 25% tax. Then every single person would have to be spending $400 a year on dope. That's on top of the 6 plants everyone is allowed.

Good thing they are going to put the dole up, cause SFA work is going to be done if that's the case.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

$28 Billion?
That's over 10 years, so $2.8 Billion a year.
That's over $100 per person, per year.
Let's assume that its 25% tax. Then every single person would have to be spending $400 a year on dope. That's on top of the 6 plants everyone is allowed.

Good thing they are going to put the dole up, cause SFA work is going to be done if that's the case.

Kind of like the gambling figures.

Some people must be spending an absolute shit-ton, because I've 'contributed' $0.00 in the last 40+ years. Ditto my GF.

Agree that the current test is useless for detecting impairment and basically should be tossed out because of that. I don't care if people smoke dope but I do care if they operate machinery in a public place while impaired. What I want to see is a test that actually determines that impairment based on some decent statistics. However until they do have one, it's easier to set the limit as if it's detectable at all I guess. Not fair but arguably better than the alternative of saying 'We dunno so fuck it, go for your life'.

FKT

 

[Se7en]

Kind of like the gambling figures.

Some people must be spending an absolute shit-ton, because I've 'contributed' $0.00 in the last 40+ years. Ditto my GF.

For a while I had a bunch of shares in Tatts. I had a ritual every few weeks with the kids of checking the tatslotto numbers.
"Who won tattslotto?"
"We did!"
"here's your pocket money"

The kids know that the only way to gamble is if you are the house. (Or David Walshe)

A friend guilted me into selling my shares in gambling companies. While I liked the idea of gambling being a tax on people who can't do maths, he took me through the social impact of this until I sold. Co-incidentally was about the time of the merger with Tabcorp, so a good time to get out anyway.

I'd legalise or decriminalise pretty much all drugs, and tax them at the same rate as booze. Gut organised crime and also make the drugs safer through having known doses. Wouldn't change my consumption. I really struggle to see why we haven't done this - I suspect that the alcohol industry and organised crime does good work in the brown paper bag department.

 

[The Dark Knight]

$28 Billion?
That's over 10 years, so $2.8 Billion a year.
That's over $100 per person, per year.
Let's assume that its 25% tax. Then every single person would have to be spending $400 a year on dope. That's on top of the 6 plants everyone is allowed.

Good thing they are going to put the dole up, cause SFA work is going to be done if that's the case.

Ther are about 48k unemployed and if we assume all get the dole (I know it's wrong) and they all spend their extra $80pw on dope, then the Government will be financing $200m of the annual dope purchases. Perhaps best to put that money into an account that only allows legal purchases