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[spacesailor]

They are going to shoot 'drones' why not troublesome birds .

spacesaillor

[nomadpete]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

It was BAT carcases I was Incinerating.

That's fair enough. I wouldn't be touching bats, live nor dead.

 

But You would be the first person I know who is plagued by dead bats. 

 

Do you live in a belfry?

[facthunter]

No they have always been in this area. Katherine is Much worse. I don't have a Mosquito problem. Nev

[old man emu]

Not many of us know just how many migratory birds move from Australia to Asia as part of their life cycle. That's a source of infection that really can't be stopped.

[pmccarthy]

A bloke in Queensland started bending over their proboscis's as they a

emerged, then they flew away with his tent.

[red750]

This is copied from a post on Facebook. I was not sure where to post it, I thought here was as good a place as any.

 

I don’t give a flying xxxxx who this offends, but I stand by it. Conflict is coming, sooner or later! Australia is broken. You the Government, all of you are out of touch with the people that you re supposed to represent ! The cost of living is so high that both parents are always at work, rather than spending time with their children (single parents stand no chance)😥. You took religion out of schools. There is NO discipline for the majority of youth today. Well, now most of those kids are rude and out of control. You shall reap what you sow! We have taken a whole generation and turned them into selfish, entitled brats who have no respect for people, property or authority! You deem people with terminal illnesses and some with only a few months to live…fit for work!!! You allow our veterans of war to go homeless and hungry but give out billions to foreign aid!!! You save drug addicts over and over again but refuse to give free diabetic supplies to those who need them to stay alive. You bend over backwards to be politically correct, too scared to say enough is enough, in case you offend someone. You put the retirement age up so people must work until they drop. You take care of prisoners and give them everything under the sun (food, medical, education, representation, money, rehabilitation) yet you cause the elderly, those that have paid their debt to society and their families, to go broke caring for them either at home or in a nursing home... THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!
Copy & paste if you have the guts!
I’m betting most of my friends have the guts.

[onetrack]

That sounds like something GON wrote up! Or an American Sovereign Citizen. 

 

I don't know where war veterans go homeless and hungry, either in the U.S. or here. America does treat its veterans reasonably well, Australia treats its war veterans even better than the U.S., from what I've found out. The veterans who are hungry and homeless usually have major mental health problems, but refuse to accept help ("the Govt is not going to control my life!").

 

I don't know where people with terminal illness are deemed fit for work, that sounds like a furphy to me.

 

In my experience, the vast percentage of youngsters today are polite, helpful, and well-behaved. There's only a small percentage that are not, and they've always been with us.

 

I do agree, Political Correctness is a problem in todays world, it's a good job we've got a few people who are straight shooters and who are not so diplomatic.

 

The retirement age had to go up, because people are living much longer, and are healthier in their old age. The former retirement age produced an unsustainable system, and we have a low birth rate, which means there is going to be less employed workers in the future to provide the wealth to cover pensions.

 

The greatest single problem with our Western countries at present is the unjust enrichment of the already wealthy and of the corporate set. The tax system needs to change so the rich pay more tax, not less and less constantly, as has been the case.

In America in 1955, when the U.S. was at its economic peak, the top income tax rate was 91% - and U.S. companies didn't employ double degree accountant/lawyers to find tax havens, and tax loopholes, and devise "innovative corporate structures".