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Hmmm... very anti-US there OME!

I must say that all the Americans I've met were very polite. .

Are you quite sure they weren't Canadians?

 

I've had Canadians described to me as "polite Americans"...

 

 

maybe some amusement.....

 

Pauline Hanson ‘unsure’ about letting Ivan Milat run as One Nation state candidate – The Betoota Advocate

 

 

If anyone knows how to replace the cracked gray plastic sheath on Yamaha wiring I would like to know for a current project. Connectors on the end of each wire so you can't slide something on.

If you get or make the correct tool, you can remove the pins from the plug, then re-pin after you put your sleeve on.

 

 

I reckon that has to be out at the Jondaryan Woolshed. They've been doing that display for years.

 

 

good research, remember that no capitalist newspaper is ever going to promote communism honestly. Given that North Korea is such a tiny country, its amazing triumph of communism that they can build a nuclear weapon after being thoroughly destroyed in 1953.

Yeah, and all socialist media is honest........

 

 

1/6th of the world's population living under FULL communism now and its creating as much wealth as the other 5/6ths combined. It shows now sign of collapsing unlike America. Did you know the median american individual wealth is less than the median korean individual wealth?

There seems to be an abundance of people that don't think there is equality in Korea (North or South).

 

Social inequality worsening in South Korea - World Socialist Web Site

 

http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/north-koreas-3-tiered-society/

 

Asia Times Online :: North Korea's wealth gap

 

North Korea’s Rich-Poor Divide

 

Income inequality in South Korea the most severe in Asia

 

http://www.economywatch.com/features/The-Growing-Inequality-in-South-Korea.04-15-15.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_South_Korea

 

 

1/6th of the world's population living under FULL communism now and its creating as much wealth as the other 5/6ths combined. It shows now sign of collapsing unlike America. Did you know the median american individual wealth is less than the median korean individual wealth?

We were talking about equality, not wealth.

 

 

Phil, you'll never have equality under capitalism or the monarchy

Or socialism....or any other Ism.

 

 

Agree totally with your first paragraph.

Awaiting further explanation on the second. Are you saying that the bunch of loonies otherwise known as "One Nation" actually have policies? What's their solution for climate change? Energy transformation & security? Health? Education? The economy? Anything??

 

I've heard a lot of chatter about why people vote for the obvious right wing nutter protest parties. They feel that the major parties aren't addressing their concerns. They feel the disconnect between the ruling "elites" and the working class. Maybe they are being left behind as old industries shut down and they haven't got a way of retraining or reskilling, or even the opportunity to do so.

 

But what I don't understand is how in the hell they think these fringe parties could possibly run the country, that's the whole country, major cities as well as small towns, all 26 million of us. I'm truly curious as to why anyone would ever vote for someone like Hanson.

All I was getting at in regard to One Nation is that there is more than one reason people are turning toward them. I personally don't think they are the answer, but I think that they ask some questions the mainstream lifelong pollies have been avoiding. As long as they can provide some opposition to the far left, maybe some middle ground can be reached.

 

As far as running the country....look around, the rest of them aren't really managing.

 

Try researching the One Nation website, they may be able to enlighten you as to their policy. I haven't been there for years, but last time I was , I was surprised at how different the content was in comparison to the media guff.

 

 

Well you proved my point exactly, FT.

 

Do you realise that a lot of the students of the Toowoomba private schools come from regional areas of QLD?

 

The private schools are not so much at the mercy of green left that seem to have hijacked most of the public education system.

 

I don't expect much from public schools anymore because they're too busy telling kids what to think instead of how to think, read and write.

 

That is yet another sore point with any of the current govt, They don't realise that just throwing money at a problem won't fix it.

 

 

I was an immigrant in the mid 60s do "ordinary" people want me to leave??????? Most Australians seem to welcome me!

That would depend on whether or not you make the effort to assimilate and embrace the culture, keeping the best bits of your own culture, if you would rather reject our culture, and drag all the problems that were the reason you left your previous place of residence with you, please feel free to leave. I suspect that though you are an immigrant, you have embraced the way of life, make all efforts to support yourself and abide by our laws, and are welcome here.

 

Immigration is only part of what drives Hanson supporters, there are several significant reason they are becoming more popular, but the media can't see the forest for the trees. They would much rather scream "racist" and stick their head in the sand, even though the issues are deeper than that.

 

 

This Civil War photo has been doing the rounds recently with some suggesting the image has been photoshopped due to the timescale of the 1841 model artillery piece. Others have said the horse just doesn't look right.

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Surely the giveaway would be the digital timepiece just sticking out from the jacket sleeve?

 

 

We investigate and prosecute the guilty as best as we can as we are attempting the do with child abuse in the church, what we don't do is consider a whole group of people to be guilty for the crimes of a few people.

Just prosecuting the perpetrators would be a start.

 

People coming from the middle east are much tougher and physically and mentally more resilient than us. Its inevitable that they will rise to the top, its the same with every migrant class. Trump's mother was an illegal Irish immigrant

So why do we need to treat them as if they are so fragile?

 

 

Yep FGM is appalling, as is the abuse of kids in some christian churches. I condemn it completely as do many people in these faiths. i also condemn rape but because some men rape does not mean all men condone rape. I refuse to be judged by the behaviour of some of my fellow men.

What would propose would address the problem? If the reports are correct, it certainly seems more of a problem in places that have had a high intake of Muslim asylum seekers. It is clear that for a good portion of them, their religion is more important than the law of their new country. I would feel a whole lot better about it if government stopped being so PC about it, and held them accountable as anyone else would be. Rolf Harris for example is doing time, while the perpetrators of Rotherham remain free because the authorities are afraid of being called "racist".

 

Essentially, if our authorities won't hold to the same standards as the rest of the population, why would we want them?

 

I had an Egyptian friend a while back, and some of the conversations I overheard while at his shop did very little to convince me many of them have any respect for our way of life. Even in our own country, we are "tolerated" as a mean to an end. You may mix with a better class, I have seen and lived among the lower end of the spectrum.

 

 

But given that even the barking mad conservatives haven't discovered that muslim kids are statistically any more likely to suffer from neglect or abuse then I think it's fair to say that your average muslim family have a perfectly normal bedtime routine.

How do we feel about this then? Take note of the European countries, UK in particular (cases by the thousands and too useless to prosecute)

 

Prevalence of female genital mutilation by country - Wikipedia

 

 

Banning muslim refugees from finding sanctuary actually helps terrorists, the media hasn't explained this very well because the media survives on conflict and fear

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Wow...."the media survives on conflict and fear", I think that's an accurate statement, now if you could just apply it to most of the stuff you're referring to.

 

After watching a doco (SBS or ABC) a few weeks ago, where a reporter was embedded with some muslims who were supposed to be the "good guys" fighting against isis, I'm even less convinced than ever that there are "moderate" ones. The reporter was trying hard to show them as downtrodden normal people, but they were no different from the ones they were fighting

 

 

Can you give examples of the ABCs "history" of false "political and environmental reporting"?

How about the Navy and asylum seeker story, the live export story and the coverage of almost anything on Nauru, just off the top of my head.

 

 

So you're denying both Trump's own twitter feed and court transcripts?

 

 

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All I was saying is that given the ABC's history of "factual" reporting, particularly about political or environmental issues, One should check various sources and make sure that there is some consistency.

 

I think that Octave has a point though, I don't see why people from Indonesia and Saudi shouldn't be subject to extreme vetting as well.

 

Perhaps the counties listed are where the majority of asylum seekers are coming from.

 

 

Oh....you saw it on the ABC, got to be completely truthful:roflmao:

 

 

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I have a sister?? (Actually I have a couple... but Mary ain't one of them).

Apologies. Small screen and in a rush. I was referring to to you, just to be clear.

 

 

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The only safety sign you should ever need.

 

 

Careful, you can waste a LOT of time reading those

You should check out RedMeat then...

 

 

Ha ha....I found one for Mary_d.....

 

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While it's an interesting viewpoint, it's a bit rich of Janet Albrechtsen to harp on about bias and the left-wing media (especially when pretty much all media, left, right or indifferent, is reporting Trump's shortcomings on a daily basis). Janet's bias is, and always has been, far to the right.

I think that the point was missed.

 

 

^^ Lügenpresse ^^

And of course, everything a celebrity says on twitter is gospel....