@GroundhogJay_ Cool! Just watched SNL UK. It's superior to the US SNL. The original made an unfortunate political turn a while back and hasn't been fun for years.
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Grog the Barbarian
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@gauge105 @Baratnas @TraderCobb @gertitriesai I think people should judge for themselves whether the tiny joy from waving your hands around while singing in the car outweighs the minuscule possibility of injury from a seatbelt under your arm. A risk so low Australia doesn't have stats for it. But still a $2115 fine.
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@grog_the @Baratnas @TraderCobb @gertitriesai What exactly is "useful risk taking" about wearing a seat belt incorrectly?
We literally have 1000's of crash tests to show they dramatically reduce fatalities, so at this point it'd be Darwinism to not wear it properly.
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I just got a fine in the post because my teenage daughter had the seatbelt under her arm.
$2115
It's not a fine that she wasn't wearing her seatbelt, it's that she didn't wear it right.
Just a camera sitting there to watch our every move and raise revenue for the government.
It was probably during the time we were singing John Farnhams "2 strong hearts". We love that song, we sing it loud and proud, until the part about the river to the wet large section of water that connects continents.
We would never sing that part government, because that's banned too.
$2115 for this. Honestl7
#AustralianOil #auspol
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@Baratnas @TraderCobb @gertitriesai Exactly. Overreacting to trivial risks and positioning it as virtuous. I’m surprised Aussies don’t require pedestrians to wear helmets.
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@grog_the @TraderCobb @gertitriesai I see, trying to get neglectful parents to keep their kids safe is being a 'nanny state'.
Gotcha.
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@Baratnas @TraderCobb @gertitriesai Truly Australia is a nanny state. It took me a while to fully appreciate how this attitude stifles useful risk-taking. I predict nothing of consequence will ever again emerge from Australia, except from those who leave.
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@TraderCobb @gertitriesai I have kids, and grandkids, and I would never put them at such risk.
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@DudespostingWs I worked on the line in an Asian restaurant for 2 years. I thought of it as a live action video game. Can you get through rush with all 9 lives? Fun job but didn't pay well.
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This guy shows a POV of what it’s like being a chef at an Asian restaurant during a rush. The level of multitasking is insane.
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@Fady80683661411 @DefiantLs BTW, modern abattoirs don't do any shooting. Livestock are stunned unconscious and then bled. From what I can tell halal requirements omit the stunning part and add the religious ritual.
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@grog_the @DefiantLs Basically, yes.
The idea of it is to get cleaner meat. When you let the animal bleeds out, you get better meat quality. When you just shoot it, the meat is so dark bc it sits in its blood for hours.
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Florida woman after shopping at Aldi,
"I'm a Christian. Jesus is king and this meat, halal meat.. Halal meat comes from animals slaughtered and processed. According to Islamic Sharia law and my central Florida, I didn't go to no Muslim store."
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@Fady80683661411 @DefiantLs My curiosity was more around the ritual element, i.e. a muslim has to face mecca and slice the neck of the animal while reciting 'bismillah, allahu akbar' for each animal. Similar requirement for kosher. Abattoirs have to be muslim/jewish to get the certifications.
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@kaiasksxyz @elonmusk Why don't you solve "traffic on Earth" while Musk is occupied planning logistics on the moon? We all have our own interests and talents.
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@PaulineHansonOz Just curious - does the NDIS fraud benefit groups that reliably vote Labor/Greens?
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Labor, Greens and Tammy Tyrrell just voted down our inquiry into NDIS fraud.
They're happy for your money to be rorted.
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@Ryandally08 I’m not sure what I’m seeing. Is it a group of aggressive Middle Eastern Muslims who will never assimilate into Aussie culture, or a bunch of Labor voters?
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#BREAKING A large group of Middle Eastern men march through Sydney’s Pitt St Mall screaming “Allahu Akbar”
Welcome to Anthony Albanese’s multicultural Australia.
This would be very confronting for any normal Australian just trying to go about their day.
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@9NewsMelb @Eliza_Rugg9 In Victoria new teachers start at $80k, experienced teachers make $130k, and leading teachers make $150k+. Does a 35% pay raise make sense when the average salary of taxpayers who foot the bill is $100k?
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"The ball is in the government's court."
Families of Victorian public school students are in limbo, with the education union and state government at war over whether schools will be closed next Tuesday. @Eliza_Rugg9 #9News
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@real_DefendWest @Suffragent_ To be fair, the feminists in the top photo look much better in traditional Islamic garb.
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“This morning I’ve been at Madina Mosque and joined in prayers with everyone for Eid,” says Green MP Hannah Spencer.
Liberal white women are now actively promoting the most patriarchal, regressive, anti-feminist religion in history.
Astonishing, really. 🤯
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@Killraven2001 @PhilipJohnston I don't think SpaceX intended this to be lawyering. The letter isn't from SpaceX's legal department or law firm. It's pretty good PR - Blue Origin certainly comes off looking like a turd.
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It's not a response, it's a shit attempt at lawyering. SpaceX has no standing in this matter. Blue Origin's application to the FCC is between the 2 of them; SpaceX is not a party. There is no place in "the record" for 3rd party comments. Public comments aren't probative, they are just opinions, not evidence.
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This has to be one of the funniest responses to an FCC filing of all time 🤣🤣🤣
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@EricLDaugh Another X account attempting to mislead by omitting important context? Must be a day ending with "y".
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🚨 WOW. The Iranian Islamic regime just publicly hanged 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi as part of the crackdown on protests
"His execution was a blatant political m*rder."
Iranians who rise up are on the right side.
Rest in peace 🙏🏻
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We now know that Trump and Elon Musk had Zoomers at DOGE cancelling DEI grants simply because they listed race, gender, LGBTQ, or immigration studies in their description. Is this what you voted for?
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What is the term for someone who
hates the Left
hates the Woke Right
hates Islamists
hates authoritarianism
loves freedom, and
loves anyone not an asshat?
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Incredible investigation today from @CBSNews. Our reporters visited "ground zero" for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, California. One building had 89 registered hospices . . .
Read it here:
cbsnews.com/projects/2026/…
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@bariweiss @CBSNews So 89 hospices in one building equals massive fraud? Quantity alone doesn’t prove wrongdoing, context and verified cases matter.
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@ntohny @bariweiss @CBSNews Since then at least 700 fraudulent hospices have popped up, according to the article. Competent leadership would have extinguished the fraud, not let it grow more than double.
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@bariweiss @CBSNews “The state says it proceeded to investigate and revoke the licenses of 280 hospices. “
So what I’m hearing is that the system to catch and prosecute fraudsters is working as designed.
How is this a leadership problem?
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