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    Society/Culture International Aid - Queensland

    I think I read somewhere today that the Dutch had offered some sort of help, but we declined to take up the offer.
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    Religion Breaking news: God did not create universe

    Yeah your clearly right, Stephen Hawking is actually an all-knowing God. Maybe we should start up a new religion and call it Scientolo... (oops that ones already taken). Gee Einstein even made huge mistakes. The public at large should stop ridiculously over-estimating the intelligence /...
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    Politics Government intervention

    You give your game away with your belief in the all-knowing power of benevolent governments. In fact your OP troll was as obvious as they come in any case. I consider myself very libertarian relative to most people. To a lot of libertarian minded people it is not necessarily an all or nothing...
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    Politics Robert Doyle, plummy voice version of Rudy Giuliani

    Of course not - they add so much charm to the city don't they??? How about they all go and stay with you instead - maybe you could start taking bookings? Seriously though the do-gooders love to regulate absolutely everything, so why not people who push the boundaries in terms of imposing...
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    Politics Government intervention

    Definitely agree!!!
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    Religion Breaking news: God did not create universe

    It doesn't have to be. I think that there will always be two relatively very reasonable theories about the creation of the universe. One involves God and one doesn't. My reading of life and the knowledge I have accumulated tells me that the God one is slightly more logical. Other people see...
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    Politics Robert Doyle, plummy voice version of Rudy Giuliani

    Gee Doyle as Mayor has mostly been about as Green / starry-eyed naive as they come. Comparing him to Giuliani would make a lot of people who follow politics laugh. Having said that - I'm not sure if this busking auditioning thing is a good idea or not. Living in Melbourne I do know a fair few...
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    Politics Government intervention

    What if they cost $1,000 per car; what if it were $10,000? Where do you draw the line? Any economist would know you try to draw it by doing an independent cost-benefit analysis (yeah I know, an oxymoron!) or most likely at least some sort of back-of-the-envelope equivalent. How much would...
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    Religion Breaking news: God did not create universe

    That was the first thought I had when I heard Hawking say the 'laws of physics' created the universe. Well who created the laws of physics??? Of course no-one knows the real answer to these questions and never will. I personally am not religious at all but I have my own beliefs. I believe...
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    Politics Cheonan sinking and North Korea?

    Do you have any legitimate neutral sources that back up this (and other) kind of outlandish statement. Or should this thread be moved to the Question time / conspiracies board?
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    Politics Victorian Bushfire commission report released

    Come on .......... that was not a specific warning. It was a warning to THE WHOLE STATE OF VICTORIA. What exactly was everyone in Victoria meant to do with that info besides be vigilant? Evacuate? To where, given it was a warning to the whole State? Should everyone have got in their cars on...
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    Politics Victorian Bushfire commission report released

    You are right that there were lots of big / generalised warnings on the day before the fires occurred. BUT They were basically in relation to the whole of Victoria. Do you expect everyone in Victoria that lives in a non urbanised area to evacuate every time there is a predicted hot day with...
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    Society/Culture Abby Sunderland - here's the bill, kiddo

    Apparently her family are now starting a fundraising drive. No not to pay for her rescue, but for another round the world effort. Maybe we should just add a $0.3m line in the Commonwealth Budget for the annual Abby rescue. Defending taxpayers paying for this is pretty much defending the...
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    Stars of the AFL come out in support of gays

    I believe there has been and is still a number of gay AFL footballers. None of them have 'come out'. You think that would tell people something about how hard it probably will be for the first player to 'come out'. Ignoring how hard it would be for the individual and how incredibly strong they...
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    Politics Will the 40% mining theft, I mean, tax, be passed?

    Here is a very good article from Judith Sloan (from the Melbourne Institute) in The Age:
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    Politics Will the 40% mining theft, I mean, tax, be passed?

    I am not sure if these articles have been mentioned yet, but I really can't believe any economist in their right mind could say these things and keep a straight face:
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    Anzac Gallipoli gatherings misguided, Keating says

    exactly
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    Anzac Gallipoli gatherings misguided, Keating says

    You can get a source to tell you anything you want to hear, one says one thing and one another, everyone chooses the one that suits their own tastes, including you. My overall point is that you overplay your hand by implying that Australia / Monash had no significant involvement in the end of...
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    Anzac Gallipoli gatherings misguided, Keating says

    and some more on Monash and the Australians on the Western Front in 1918 http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Generals/monash.html
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    Anzac Gallipoli gatherings misguided, Keating says

    I think you go to the other extreme though to downplay the significance of Monash and the Australians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash
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    The Law Rann wants SA jurors to hear previous convictions

    That is probably right the higher up you go, but Hulls has stacked Victoria full of sympathetic well and truly left wing magistrates, judges, etc. I take the second statement as a bit of a compliment. Everyone needs their own backyard challenged once in a while. The rules of Justice are...
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    The Law Rann wants SA jurors to hear previous convictions

    It is extremely relevant information. Not allowing the jury to know that information is just stupid. The credibility of the defendant should be able to be questioned and challenged by the prosecution. I have a lot more faith that police, judges, and juries can work with such changes to produce...
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    The Law Rann wants SA jurors to hear previous convictions

    I have a lot more faith in the public than you. Throw out the whole jury system and rely totally on completely out of touch elitist leftist judges hey?
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    The Law Rann wants SA jurors to hear previous convictions

    Exactly. That is why I think they are relevant evidence. Just because the defendant doesn't take the witness stand and profess they are perfect person, doesn't mean that defence counsels don't do that in one form or another for defendants all of the time (which of course they do).
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    The Law Rann wants SA jurors to hear previous convictions

    I support past convictions being disclosed for trials themselves. It might be necessary for Judges to warn juries how that information should be used (i.e. not as a substitute for evidence linking the defendant to the crime). It is absolutely relevant information in my opinion. Witnesses' past...
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    Fuel reduction burning in Victoria / Royal Commission etc

    I decided to revisit this topic to have a look. Game, set, and match hey Chief? What b#llsh#t - I guess we will all see what the Royal Commission recommends. You think I didn't understand your perspective - you are completely wrong and have decided to read into my comments your own...
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    Society/Culture Is there a more stupid man in existence than Andrew Bolt?

    You misread what I said. I don't necessarily agree with Bolt that a woman would be more likely to publish such a picture. Although I wouldn't go to your extreme to call it a faulty leap in logic. He is giving an opinion that is based on his collective experiences in life. In his opinion that a...
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    Society/Culture Is there a more stupid man in existence than Andrew Bolt?

    I thought it was a very reasonable article for the most part. Although I don't necessarily agree that the gender of the editors is an issue. I wonder if the the new national curriculum has units in 'anti-Bolt hysterics'?
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    Science/Environment Cannabis use increases likelihood of psychosis

    This is exactly right. Many studies have shown the link. But there is a serious question over the causation. I once believed the cannabis can lead to psychosis theory, but I now wonder if it is not more simply a case of 'the people who are more likely to experience psychosis are also more...
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    Fuel reduction burning in Victoria / Royal Commission etc

    I did have a look at your links, you haven't changed my mind, the arguments against significant increases in controlled burning are weak, and there is a lot of experts with significant experience in this field that have put strong evidence before the Royal Commission contradicting your...

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