Banter 2021 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Spazz Cat]

no no... not Gladys fault now.. this is a serious health crisis that no one can fully control.

Of course... 3 months go it was negligence and stupidity when it was Dan Andrews problem.

But its ok to move the goalposts and help NSW now lol

Clowns

GO Catters

Hey, that's not how it works in our country

 

[Spazz Cat]

It's probably more ScoMo's fault actually. It's been revealed Kevin Rudd had to get in touch with the head of Pfizer to get them to bring their supply of doses forward as ScoMo was too busy making curries and watching Barty at Wimbledon than doing his job.

Did that really happen?

 

[Spazz Cat]

Hey Shell, Liss & Bryce

 

[cats_09]

Did that really happen?

As a result, one very senior Australian businessman — whose identity is known to the ABC but who wishes to remain anonymous — held two meetings with senior Pfizer executives in late June, only to be rebuffed.

Senior Pfizer executives told the businessman that if Australia was to make a more serious effort, after its treatment at the hands of relatively junior bureaucrats, it would have to come from much higher up, expressing their astonishment that Prime Minister Scott Morrison had not directly spoken to the Pfizer chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla, as former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had done on multiple occasions.

The executives suggested that, in the absence of Mr Morrison, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd — who was known to them because of his work in the United States as head of the New York-based Asia Society — may have some influence.

The network of businessmen contacted Mr Rudd and set up an introduction to Dr Bourla. A Zoom meeting was arranged on June 30. Mr Rudd sent a text message to Mr Morrison to tell him he was going to make the call, making clear he would be representing himself as a concerned Australian and not in any way as an emissary from the government.

Days before Scott Morrison announced earlier Pfizer vaccine supplies, Kevin Rudd met with the Pfizer chairman

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd contacted Pfizer chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla directly at the end of June to see if anything could be done to expedite the delivery of vaccines to Australia.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Spazz Cat]

Days before Scott Morrison announced earlier Pfizer vaccine supplies, Kevin Rudd met with the Pfizer chairman

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd contacted Pfizer chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla directly at the end of June to see if anything could be done to expedite the delivery of vaccines to Australia.

www.abc.net.au

Ok so........ Pfizer is picking and choosing which countries to send vaccines to.
Not over the amount of deaths or devastation?
But only sending it to countries that make a serious effort? And that serious effort is the prime minister ringing up having a chat.
So I take it New Zealand only got junior bureaucrats to ring up Pfizer too.
And they treated them badly? "Hey Pfizer, your Mum is fat"
So then after all that! while ScoMo is cooking a curry and watching the tennis at the same time, Kevin Rudd rings them up and says "Hey Pfizer, I know people are dropping like flies in other countries but can we have the vaccines first? We've had a 90yo die this year who had Covid but we don't know if she died from it."
Pfizer says "Yeah no worries Ruddy. We were just waiting for someone to give us a call."
So we should expect all the vaccines this month now?

 

[Spazz Cat]

I love KRudd by the way and I'm sure he's not pushing this but seriously?

 

[BotsMaster]

Sounds like we need him back in the big chair.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Sounds like we need him back in the big chair.

Only PM I've seen in my time actually give a shit about the country.
But Gina Reinhardt was (possibly) going to lose a little bit of money so we decided he had to go.

 

[winty]

I want to get one of these...

 

[winty]

Channel 7 rightly getting lambasted on social media for this...

 

[Down at K Park]

I love KRudd by the way and I'm sure he's not pushing this but seriously?

Not sure what the go is, but pfizer have rebuffed this and denied rudd had anything to do with it.

Redirect Notice

www.google.com.au

 

[Spazz Cat]

Not sure what the go is, but pfizer have rebuffed this and denied rudd had anything to do with it.

Redirect Notice

www.google.com.au

Yeah no shit. But I would really doubt if Rudd was ever trying to take any credit.
Can't see him wanting to be associated with this shit show.

 

[winty]

Not sure what the go is, but pfizer have rebuffed this and denied rudd had anything to do with it.

Redirect Notice

www.google.com.au

Here's a statement from the man himself...

 

[Spazz Cat]

Here's a statement from the man himself...

Haha. Yes the last line. Good on him. Brilliantly brutal.

 

[Down at K Park]

Yeah no sh*t. But I would really doubt if Rudd was ever trying to take any credit.
Can't see him wanting to be associated with this sh*t show.

Quality australian media

Taking cues from cnn. Just make shit up.

 

[winty]

 

[FredLeDeux]

Quality australian media

Taking cues from LNP. Just make sh*t up.

EFA

 

[cats_09]

I caught bit of an interview with NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro and he was asked questions on a couple of topics such at why they didn't go harder sooner and why the government hasn't/won't made determinations on what actually is essential retail

John's answer to the the harder lockdown earlier was that this pandemic is all a learning curve, there's no playbook or examples to reference how to handle things, so they had to go by their medical professionals

When pointed out what every other State had done, he then went on about how it's the Delta variant so other States aren't relevant, and then he also ignored the option of looking overseas where they have been battling the Delta variant.

He was then asked about retail and came up with, "someone may need to go buy a blanket and should have that opportunity"

Then pushed further about lingerie and makeup stores being open and he started giving another BS answer but I walked out of the room


It's like those in NSW have never heard of "click & collect" or home delivery - you can still buy that blanket you need, but you do so online and have it either delivered to your car or even delivered to your home

Trying to be the friendly & not so mean premier in Aus looks like it's going to backfire for the folks of NSW - especially if those in charge think there's nothing to learn from the other States

 

[you pick one]

They need to have this as a support race at Bathurst this year....

Common sight on the Bruce hwy every time a shut down is flagged in the southern states.

 

[you pick one]

Did that really happen?

Looks like the answer is NO.

 

[Spazz Cat]

 

[year of the cat]

Hey, that's not how it works in our country
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That paper is not fit to have your arse wiped with.

 

[cats_09]

 

[cats_09]

 

[Hamingja]

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Those things go pretty quick. I was riding my bike on the cycleway down here and got overtaken by a guy on one of those. I would have only been crusing along at 25km/h but it still took a double take.