the "Slow News Day" Thread

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aha lets begin!

folks from wa feel free to contribute on someone's cat or dog rescued out of a tree... by a heroic fireman

'dogs cant climb trees' you say?

they have the ability to do that in wa
 

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I went out to Sydney Airport yesteday to pick up a friend who was flying in from Melbourne.

Some young knob from his flight dressed up like a bikie gave me some lip so I picked up a metal bollard and smashed his head in.

Bloody tourists. No manners.
 

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pointless meaningless news stories? please post them here

ie shark sightings

i dont think much happened today, andrew symonds relapsed - surprise surprise?

feel free to post haikus of insignificant news stories

also fake news stories, ie 'paris is burning' or 'jonestown 2 founded' are welcome
 

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I went out to Sydney Airport yesteday to pick up a friend who was flying in from Melbourne.

Some young knob from his flight dressed up like a bikie gave me some lip so I picked up a metal bollard and smashed his head in.

Bloody tourists. No manners.
"Bollard" would have to now be the word of the week......
I can imagine thousands of people thinking "oh, so that's what those things in banks, airports & outside nightclubs are called".
 

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"Bollard" would have to now be the word of the week......
I can imagine thousands of people thinking "oh, so that's what those things in banks, airports & outside nightclubs are called".
It would be a great name for a heavy metal band "Bollard" with a picture of a sphinx on the front of it
 

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Neil Mitchell blared on his program this morning that: "The govt is to spend 7 million dollars on speed camera's and only 130 thousand on anti-terrorism! Do they really think motorists are more dangerous than terrorists!". Well yes Neil they most certainly are.
 

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My favourite one is every Summer when it has been really hot that day, they will have the VERY first news story on TV (not the weather at the end) be about how hot it was and how a lot of people went to the beach. WE ALREADY KNOW HOW ****ING HOT IT WAS!
 
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I originally started a thread, but it fits better here....

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25440623-5001021,00.html

Australians are racist, says street thug Sam 'The Assassin'
By Janet Fife-Yeomans
May 07, 2009 12:00am
THE leader of Sydney's radical Middle Eastern street gang - Asesinoz MC - yesterday accused Australians of racism.
The 29-year-old, who calls himself Sam "The Assassin", defended the Parramatta-based gang's violent image in its YouTube videos and MySpace site.
They promote anti-Australian sentiment and flag burning.
"There are a handful of good Australians but most are racist by assuming Lebanese people are responsible for all crimes," he told The Daily Telegraph, speaking publicly for the first time.
"When they see a Middle Eastern walking down the street they assume they are Lebanese.
"I am half Lebanese and half Iraqi but I want the public and the police to know this: Don't forget about the Persians, Iraqis, Afghanis, Turks etc . . . because they do crimes too. That is why we have posted these videos up."
The president of one of the city's newest street gangs, he said he was known as Sam Asesinoz, which means assassin in Spanish, although it was not his real name.
On the gang's MySpace site, he warns: "Now we can't be f. . . . . with, coz we will take your life, we are the true soldiers."
He revealed yesterday that the Asesinoz MC had 70 members.
Senior police are concerned about the growth of gangs among young Middle Eastern men and have identified them, including Asesinoz MC and the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, as recruiting grounds for bikie gangs.
Mr "Asesinoz" said police, who have linked the gang to violence and vandalism, should be worried.
"Our goal is to make a name for ourselves," he said. "The things we do (are) the reason why we are called a gang.
"And what we do keeps the Asesinoz reputation up and it lets everyone know that we are the last people that should be f. . . . . with."
At the risk of giving these guys more publicity, seriously WTF is this and what do we have to put up with it? Before people get started I don’t care what ½ race he is.

I have no quams with Australia being called a racist country , it is clearly because this guy is part of the country and is as racist as they come, but so is 99% of the world; anyone thinking otherwise has nuts in their head or just plain ignorant.

What I can not handle is being called racist by someone whose actions are racist and also promote racism against the minoirty group he claims is persecuted.

How hard would it be just to enter legislation just to lock up gangs whose sole purpose is anti-social behaviour?

Saying that Locking these kids up isn't going to help, some sort of boot camp might, but what else can be done?
 

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So we're racist if we assume Lebanese people are criminals, but he's half Lebanese and he's promoting crime on MySpace? Riiight:confused:

Love the pretentious Spanish nickname, too. What a fag lol.
 

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So we're racist if we assume Lebanese people are criminals, but he's half Lebanese and he's promoting crime on MySpace? Riiight:confused:

Love the pretentious Spanish nickname, too. What a fag lol.
I gather his intelligence level fails to meet his age
 

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you know its a slow news day when the story of madeleine mccann and her parents resurfaces on sky news

other than that, an earthquake in haiti... many people killed...

... mind you, sometimes i prefer to watch some of the news stories on sbs, theres a bit more variety in the news from the rest of the world, the world that doesnt speak english

some of the services on sbs two are a godsend compared to filtered australian media propaganda...
 
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