Jerry_Atrick

I thought Spotlight was a haberdashery chain.. I guess there is a show there as well. I know some people here feel aggrieved with the justice system, and it may well be justified (pardon the pun). But a "couple" of things: There are many components to the "justice" system. @red750 - what you are mainly complaining about is the policing - and it is probably without the full pictue. For example, Why is only 15 of the 350 Australian contacts only being followed up. Is it manpower? Have many moved to another country? Have any since died? Have any already been nabbed and brought to justice? A cavlier statement that only 15 of the 350 on the phone are being actively followed up is pretty meaningless without any context? In criminal law, the well established jurisprudence is that a person is innocent until found guilty in a court of law. Your statement he was arreested, charged, and released on a suspended sentence does not make sense. A suspended sentence would imply he has already gone to court and been convicted, and the sentence was suspended. But this was not at least echoed in your text. Assuming it is the report of Spotlight, that would seem very inaccurate. It may be that he has been released on parole.. But, if he has been convicted, he would be added to the NSW Child Protection Register, where a whole lot of protections lick in (I would have to do the research). I think it makes it untenable for the assailant to live in his original area, but would have to double check. If he is on parole, this would have been subject to an application to a magistrate at a local court. If the police or the DPP think the accused is a danger, they will present their case, and the defence will obviously present theirs. The magistrate, if satisfied that defendant is a danger will remand the defendant into custody awaiting tial. The criminal law is designed to make it harder for the prosecution than the defence. This is to ensure there are inbuilt protections from state overreach and infringment on rights. While in this case, it is hard to see where that is justified, while there are still grave miscarriages of justice (wasn't there one recently), as a whole, it is considered more desirable than not. Most of the justice is dispended in the court - not the police. As this is an indictable offence, it woulf have most likely gone to the district court of NSW; If it is serious enough and it was in the public interest/required declaration of law that was ambiguous and important enough, it may have gone straight to the Supreme court. If there was enough publicity that it would risk a fair trial based on likelihood of most potential jurors being tainted by publicity, then it owuld have neen heard by judges - otherwise a jury - 12 ordinary citzens - would hear the case. I would suggest that this case would have got quite some publicity across Australia, given the nature of the media. One of the facets of our legal system is it is adversarial - and the outcome can hinge just as much on the competency and skill/panache of the representatives as the law themselves. So, yes, this can produce some perverse results, but that is what appeals are for. Of course, the law is expensive and not really within the remit of the average person, to be honest. Everyone in the justice/judiciary system make mistakes. But, generally, at least with regards to criminal conduct, it is largely a lot better than it has been. I am not sure if this is the right video as I haven't watched it, but there is a short with Neil Degrasse Tyson where the studies show every year that people feel more insecure, more scared and more worried about being victims of crime, despite crime being a falling trend for decades. This is because the MSM (and SM) go more and more for the outrage to get viewers. Apparently, it is wired in our brain to be more converned about potential threats than nlife being great.

You will need to switch off javascript, but this is a great article of what can be done.. : https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/australia-must-reject-the-us-model-of-political-violence-but-there-s-a-bitter-pill-20250914-p5muw8.html

Well, her first night went well.. She has already made quite a few friends. She realises she took way too many trinkets and we will be probably there next Saturday to pick up some surplus stuff. Nope.. She doesn't have a car anymore and I can't see her carrying it all on a train. When they were buying the acctoutments for her room, my partner purchased her some condoms. As I was peeking at her shopping, my daughter proclaimed I may get a little flustered.. Of course I wasn't.. But I offered her two bits of advice: 1. Don't be the town bike (apparently, that is not a saying anymore so I had to explain); and 2) make sure when you look back on your memories, you won't think to yourself yuk! What on earth was I thinking with him (or her)! The move went well; it is a nice room with a great view over the Exe valley, the other students seem nice. The dog is I think a little piney... I do miss her...

Still a whinging Pom at heart?

Erm, I am being a little piece of ship, but: erm.. Optus Vision, as I recall, came ou in 1995; the VFL became the AFL in 1990, after the best evern GF in Aussie Rules history (Hawks v Geelong):

On that logic, the people who feel so aggrieved because of immigrants should accept what they are given or be given an involuntary lethal injection, too, right? I mean, its not like the war is only on illegal immigration as apparelty legal immigrants have been deported and are stopped from entry to the country? And, while we're at it, anyone who is offended by trans, vegans, feminists, native Americans, and whatever else should also accepted it or be given.. .blah blah blah... Most wars actually start with words - the first shot (which in this case may already have been fired long before Kirk) is often the culmination of the war of words first...

Daughter moves into University today - studyign what the world needs more of: law. Over here, it is virtually mandatory that first years move into on campus university accomodation and then from second year on, find their own way. It is also common that the students move to the university of their choice across the country. Thankfully, daughter had Exeter as her first choice, then York, then St. Andrews. Exeter University is 35 miles away. York is 270 miles away, and St. Andrews is 483 miles away. The car is packed with all the accroutments she needs, and I am glad it is only a 35 miles away. We are both excited and sad because of the hole her moving out will leave at home. But it is wonderfult o see her thrive, and I am confident she will do well. Although there is a lot of the world she has to learn, she is mature and has a level head; something that I have yet to attain. Life changes, and we are always better mving with the change than trying to stop it; we can learn and continue to develop every day - and the positive for me is that her moving to the next chapter of her life brings my great joy, but also reminds me that we have to continue to learn and develop. She has reminded me that also I should be retired this year and the body has slowed a bit. the mind thankfully hasn't (not that I would notice, of course), and there is still so much to do.

I don't profess to know anything about the RAAus scene apart from what I have read on the brother site, and it is sometimes conflicting. But I can only relate to how it works here. The LAA (UK equivalent of RAAus: https://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/) has delegated authority over the engineering standards and enforcement of light aircraft. This means the LAA, which is staffed as I recall mainly by volunteers with a few salaried roles, defines and manages the permit to fly (sort of equivlent of airworthiness standards), rules, inspection requirements, etc largelty free of CAA oversight. This seems to work very well. Licensing is administered by the LAA, but the rules are set by the CAA. Obviously, the LAA lobby the CAA on what those rules should be. As mentioned, all powered aircraft, and I think gliders all get a G reg. Even single seat deregulated aircraft (deregulated being a little misnomer) get G reg.. I don't think the CAA want to overly complicate things - the aircraft type and nature of registration tell you what classification it is regulated under. The UK system allow some GA types types, including Warriors and I think lower powered 172s to be registered under LAA/LSA regs.. so home maintenance, lower licensing requirements etc. As I recall an aircraft can cross from GA to LAA, but not back (presumably because of the lack of paperwork at that time). I think it is a silly rule as long as proof of engineering to GA standards at the time you want to cross back is evident. It all seems to work OK.. There are "struts", which are local equivalents of branches of the LAA dotted all over the country. The Devon strut was based at Dunkeswell, about 1/2 hour drive from me, and although I am GA, used to attend events and meetings regularly. There wasn't much politics that I could see and it was great comraderie and about enjoying the pastime/hobby/sport. I have been a member of the LAA on and off as I think of dabbling in the LSA world, but also to contribute to a community that is regularly under threat from development, NIMBYs and the like. More people who join, the louder the voice is (I am also an AOPA member even though my wings are clipped at the moment). I was also toyinh with the idea of bringing in the ALW SP2000 as I quite like it for some reason; even through I am an engineering brown thumb, the LAA were very helpful about what I would have to do to import one and get it on the register, and put me i touch with membership who are extremely supportive and willing to donate time, tools and expertise for the love of it. Sadly, we bought this house!

Now you fellas are just monkeying about 😉

Maybe.. but without gripes, there is little drive to improve things. So, while some are negative and just bickering, add them all up and you have a big gripe.

I don't watch the 7:30 show period. It was an example i just dug up. Now, if I knew he had flipped from these foreign shores, surely it was big news at the time. I think it even got a mention in the forums. So no, not just headlines.. Do you think I just dreamt it up and went looking for something to back it up. My point was if there enough votes in it, pollies will listen

There was when he first started and people decided to ignore the warnings as he started to erode their fragile democracy.. All democracies are fragile as the US has evidenced.. Should have been paying attention. I haven't watched this vid as I am on a train not far from the car to drive home tonight, but the ABC headlines are usually not far from the story:

Care to back that up with facts? Others don't lie? Hamas? MSM? Other pollies? They voted him back in when he was already supposedly on the nose. All done democratically, as reminded by Sukkar's exit. Or do yiu have an inside scoop that no one else has? Comparing him with Putin is like comparing Albo with Chump

We seem to forget that democracy doesn't stop at the ballot box.. enough people complain, they think voters getting pi55ed off, will do so.ething.. sadly too many people don't care. Don't believe me? Look at how SFM unceremoniously took up support of EVs when it was clear he was losing public support thanks to lack of action on climate change

Maybe for me voting for him is a stretch as there are likely other leaders there that would protect his citizens, but I agree with the sentiment

Re Charlie Kirk, it would be hard to call it an assassination as, at least IMHO, he does not fit the definition of important religious or political person. Either way, it seems an act of terrorism - Don't say what I like, and I will kill you. The news are reporting this as the ever deepening polarisation of US society. While this is correct, the assumption being made is it is an American resident doing the killing. That may or may not be true, but this has the hallmarks of a professional job.. The shot was extremely accurate from the building across the road.. so things like wind, etc had to be taken into account. Of course, it could be just a good shot or lucky, but I would not be surprised if this was an operative of a state or well trained organisation behind it as the gunman is on the run still.. and although Kirk woudn't have had the security detail of Chump, they did manage to apprehend a person of interest. I have seen a couple of YT vids where he has spoken, and while I don't agree with all his politics, I can't say he had many people being able to defend their position well against him. Maybe some country or organisation whose cause he was against didn't like that.

Yes.. These re admin things, not holding the government to account, which should be ingrained as a basic component of democracy. If the government was transparent, except in the cases of genuine security or national interest, then we wouldn't have to have FOI. Do we have to pay the police for public protection at the point of use when they are not protecting us individually? Yes, a lot of FOI requests are probably frivolous.. we can automate things if we want. All records are electronic these days; if efficiency is the name of the game.. So, balance one not so extreme view and one that even holds itself to account (ABC) against one that rarely uses facts to justify its ideological view? Makes perfect sense. And, even if the ABC were as biased as many claim (and no doubt there is bias), offsetting one bias with another doesn't cancel each other out.. And that is assuming the reader reads both.. It merely provides rtwo incomplete, incorrect, or missleading accounts.. Why not demand the standards be upheld by everyone?

The difference is the Jews in Europe were not hiding behind citizens waging a war against Germany?

Are you OK with Australia sliding towards places you would rather not live? Strange question to deflect these "minor changes" that incrementally rakes away rights. The payment is minor; the grounds for rejection are bigger.. I thought democracy is fragile and worth fighting for. It doesn't end at the ballot box. Russia has elections (and I think China does too)

Redacted, I think is the correct term...

Elon Musk is no longer the world's Richest man. Larry Ellison, founder or Oracle (or as I call it, Horracle), has managed to get AI to pay. Fair play: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rp992y88o

Interesting to see what Chump will do about Israel attempting to bomb Hamas on Qatar soil; Qatar being an ally of the US..

And this short one popped up to clarify a comment:

Albo is back to the rescue - rescuing us from government transparency:

Except mine :-)