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Old 09-30-2021, 09:17 PM
 
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mine's good. yours is awful, considering you already forgot that one posted only yesterday

yeah, yeah. my fault for reposting what you demanded but forgot.

more of what you demanded, from only yesterday:
Where did I say in either of those posts "Everything in Australia is normal"?

There was no covid and no restrictions, in much of Australia for much of the last 18 months, but the situation was far from normal. Would have thought that was pretty obvious if you understand context, like the whole world was screwed.

Never mind I don't care.

Knock yourself out Buzza.
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Old 09-30-2021, 09:44 PM
 
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Anyway, interesting news, Gladys is resigning in about 20 minutes, nothing to do with Covid I think it's got something to do with some bloke she's been shagging whom she let into some insider info on public real estate deals.
Rarely am I a fan of such supposed ethical breaches as cause for destroying a politician's or executive's career, but this time, it's hard to feel sympathy. Hopefully the lady will find outlets for her various gifts, in roles that don't involve such wielding of power.

But... is it fantastical to hope, that Kerry Chant could meet a similar fate, and soon? And might their counterparts in Victoria perhaps find similar predicament?
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Old 09-30-2021, 09:48 PM
 
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Rarely am I a fan of such supposed ethical breaches as cause for destroying a politician's or executive's career, but this time, it's hard to feel sympathy. Hopefully the lady will find outlets for her various gifts, in roles that don't involve such wielding of power.

But... is it fantastical to hope, that Kerry Chant could meet a similar fate, and soon? And might their counterparts in Victoria perhaps find similar predicament?
Yeah both Kerry Chant and Dan Andrews are not long for this world I don't think. I think Dr Chant meant well but she's looking at it from a bit of a myopic public health only perspective, and those of us who need to get our businesses (and school kids) out of the freezer are getting a bit itchy.

Brad Hazzard is also wearing out his welcome.

Just to add - while Gladys is not my cup of tea one can't fault her for her tireless efforts over the last 2 years, we started with the Apocalypse of Fires and went through pestilence and flooding after that. She's had an enormous plate of disaster to deal with.
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Old 09-30-2021, 11:37 PM
 
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Really? You've got to be kidding.

Don't make me go back and pull up videos of people being shot by the police in the USA, protesting or otherwise. I really do have work to do.
Police shoot criminals who are trying to kill them, yes. Police in Australia are acting like an army ordered to attack civilians. Sorry, no comparison.
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Old 09-30-2021, 11:49 PM
 
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Australia has gone bonkers. I can’t believe their mandatory vaccines and new lockdowns are being enforced for so few cases and deaths. THREE deaths?? 52 new CASES?? OMG. It’s a bad nightmare over there that dem politicians want to see in America.

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Australia Covid news live: ‘Hundreds of thousands’ of Victorians hit with mandatory vaccines
The ACT has recorded its highest daily increase of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic begun.
The state’s health department announced 52 new cases on Friday two deaths, bringing the total Delta outbreak deaths to three.

Both individuals were in their 80s and receiving paliative care at the Calvary Haydon aged care facility.

Three residents have now died after contracting Covid, with the home now linked with 19 cases.

The state currently has 11 people in hospital being treated for the infection.

https://www.news.com.au/world/corona...007535515bc076
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Old 10-01-2021, 12:21 AM
 
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Australia has gone bonkers. I can’t believe their mandatory vaccines and new lockdowns are being enforced for so few cases and deaths. THREE deaths?? 52 new CASES?? OMG. It’s a bad nightmare over there that dem politicians want to see in America.

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Australia Covid news live: ‘Hundreds of thousands’ of Victorians hit with mandatory vaccines
The ACT has recorded its highest daily increase of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic begun.
The state’s health department announced 52 new cases on Friday two deaths, bringing the total Delta outbreak deaths to three.

Both individuals were in their 80s and receiving paliative care at the Calvary Haydon aged care facility.

Three residents have now died after contracting Covid, with the home now linked with 19 cases.

The state currently has 11 people in hospital being treated for the infection.

https://www.news.com.au/world/corona...007535515bc076
Ok you've conflated two things here.

The territory of the ACT has 11 people in hospital (the ACT is like Washington DC).

The state of Victoria has 387 people in hospital.

You have no idea how to interpret what you're reading.

Last edited by FinsterRufus; 10-01-2021 at 01:21 AM.. Reason: changed the the typo stage to state
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Old 10-01-2021, 12:50 AM
 
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Police shoot criminals who are trying to kill them, yes. Police in Australia are acting like an army ordered to attack civilians. Sorry, no comparison.
Come off it.

That's not true at all. They aren't attacking civilians like an army, there's some scuffles inside protests where police are getting pelted with urine filled bottles and being spat on etc. Are there a couple of incidents where they're being too rough? Probably likely.


And do you not remember Kent State?
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Old 10-01-2021, 04:52 AM
 
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Cases are good. More natural immunity.
Natural immunity is good and more dangerous by far. Natural immunity + vaccine is even better...if you don't die.
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Old 10-01-2021, 04:53 AM
 
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Natural immunity is good and more dangerous by far. Natural immunity + vaccine is even better...if you don't die.
We all die.
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Old 10-01-2021, 06:10 AM
 
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You like providing links, here's one measured by those very journalists you profess to worry about but whose independent assessment you've ignored before in this very thread:

Press Freedoms rated by country

https://rsf.org/en/ranking

U.S. in 44th spot while Australia is in 25th.

Ignorance would seem to be bliss with some of you.
Wait until the freedom of the press ratings are done AFTER this central gov't socialist-like repression eases...if it ever eases.

Ignorance really is bliss with some of you...that we agree on.
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