International Beer Day friday

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Today is International Beer Day .

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And as I am a world citizen I am fully embracing this celebration with a few lovely refreshing beers from my cellar

 

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I bet our suck hole PM wishes he could hide in his cellar after his Pathetic  call to Trump was released

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If there is anymore evidence needed that the people on manus are just cattle the transcripts confirmed it all.

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Have your favorite Tipple Peoples

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It will all be over in a year or so

628 thoughts on “International Beer Day friday”

  3. Cop that, Roberts!

    Sen. Malcolm Roberts‏Verified account @SenatorMRoberts
    Replying to @Lateral_Events @ProfBrianCox

    What about we extend the event and let @ProfBrianCox & I debate?

    Brian can have unlimited ’Phone A Friend’ & ‘Ask The Audience’ lifelines

    5:15 PM – 3 Aug 2017

    Brian Cox‏Verified account @ProfBrianCox

    Brian Cox Retweeted Sen. Malcolm Roberts

    Much as I would like to help out a fellow Brit, I don’t think I’ll bother.

    4:48 AM – 4 Aug 2017

  4. Have to say I watched Blue Murder: Killer Cop against my better judgement, because I’m pretty tired of rip-off “crime” shows, contemporary semi-fictional biographies and they people they celebrate (while often claiming to condemn them).

    Much to my surprise, my principal regret about the experience of Blue Murder: Killer Cop is that I didn’t tune in sooner, right from the start of the first episode in fact, and so missed a couple of scenes.

    What a performance by Richard Roxburgh! His resemblance to Roger Rogerson is uncanny.

    But the Rogerson mannerisms and the amazing acting of all concerned are truly world class.

    It was a sensational production, in every way. I think it’s being repeated, and is probably being streamed at some time.

    If you get a chance to see it, do yourself a favour… right from the start.

  7. I’ve just been corresponding with a friend of mine in Tennessee.

    He uses a scalp lotion for psoriasis that costs him $700 every 3 months. The $700 is a gap payment after medical insurance has paid for some of it.

    His wife uses a migrane medication that costs her “several hundred a pill before my (high) deductable kicks in”.

    I checked with our local pharmacy.

    The scalp lotion here costs $30 (subsidized), and the migrane medication is $24.95 for four pills, full price (i.e. unsubsidized).

    Why people over there keep voting against a national health scheme, against Obamacare etc. is beyond me. My friend didn’t vote for Trump, but did vote Republican in both Senate and Congressional elections.

    His medical insurance costs his employer (AT&T) $15,000 per year (a package deal, done at bulk rates for thousands of employees).

    These Yanks are crazy. They go on about their precious “freedoms”, and seem to truly believe they have the best medical system in the world. Yet they pay an order of magnitude more than we do for both insurance and routine medications. Their average life expectancy is several years less than ours.

    Why they keep voting for Republicans, who want to maintain these ridiculous prices, is a complete mystery to me. The only freedom associated with their system is the dubious “freedom” to pay more while they are alive, and then to die earlier after being sucked dry.

    • Well they did try. But I guess the “It’s communism/socialism” won the day………….and Big $s from the insurance companies.

      In 1970, three proposals for single-payer universal national health insurance financed by payroll taxes and general federal revenues were introduced in the U.S. Congress………………….In January 1971, Kennedy began a decade as chairman of the Health subcommittee of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, and introduced a reconciled bipartisan Kennedy–Griffiths bill proposing universal national health insurance

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States

  11. Insanity reigns

    Cormann says postal plebiscite will be funded under statistics laws

    Mathias Cormann will move a motion to restore the plebiscite bill.

    If the plebiscite bill is rejected, he says the parliament has the power to make laws in relation to census and statistics.

    This is by way of a fix so the government can fund the plebiscite, without an appropriation through legislation.

    Therefore, says Cormann:

    the treasurer will be directing the Australian statistician to ask to request on a voluntary basis information, statistical information, from all Australians on the electoral law as to their views on whether or not the law in relation to same-sex marriage should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry.

  12. Have any of the media scribblers mentioned the bleeding obvious?

    When the senate rejects the plebiscite bill for the second time (last vote was on 7 November last year) that will be a trigger for a DD. Turnbull would not want to use that trigger, not after the last DD was such a disaster for him, and not with the government’s polling being so dreadful, but it should be talked about.

    if such a thing happened to Labor the MSM would be screaming about a triigger and there would be a stack of ‘pull the trigger’ cartoons. With Turnbull – not a squeak.

  13. Polls still sitting around 53-47, same as ever. They bounce around a bit each side of it, but that’s basically where things are at. Despite the odd breathless media prognostication about the Coalition ‘getting a lift’ or ‘fighting back/clawing back’ – or conversely ‘slipping’ in the polls – it’s not really happening. Nothing’s happening, we’re all just waiting patiently for the next election.

    Meantime the Coalition party meeting over SSM has come to the – in some ways, entirely predictable – decision that they’re going to carry on down the same path that has been losing them votes. The only difference is that they think they’ve found a loophole that will allow them to spend public money on a glorified opinion poll that’s now not even representative. And still doesn’t commit any MPs to actually voting to change the law. It’s their way of thumbing their noses at the electorate.

    The decision last night boils down to: ‘Let’s make things worse for ourselves, because if we try to make things better for ourselves it’ll tear the party apart’. Things are going swimmingly over there.

  15. Today’s joke –

    When asked why he did not lead on the issue of marriage equality, Turnbull said he was leading. Strong leaders carry out their promises, he said.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2017/aug/08/coalition-joint-party-room-to-decide-timing-of-marriage-equality-plebiscite-politics-live?page=with:block-5989245de4b0e6bf8f58fb45#liveblog-navigation

    If he’s so damn strong why didn’t he act like a leader and front the media last night instead of running away and leaving all the talking to Cormann?

    • It gets better –
      “Strong leaders carry out their promises. Weak leaders break them. I’m a strong leader.”

      Ummm ….. about that promise to have us all connected to the NBN by last December, Malcolm …….

  17. The reason Turnbull is telling us he’s strong is that nobody else is prepared to say it about him. Judging by the things he claimed were the issues the party would concentrate on – national security, economy and energy prices – and him calling the recent Sydney siege his ‘proudest moment’ as PM, I’d say he’s going to be pretending he’s tough and strong for the rest of the year. It will be as big a failure as everything else he’s pretended to be so far.

    Really, last night’s party meeting was catastrophic for Turnbull. He achieved nothing apart from demonstrating he’s captive to the Right faction – and that the four MPs who did threaten to cross the floor are now captive as well. It’s pretty clear they’ve let Truffles carry on as leader for the moment as long as he does what they tell him to do. He’s wounded in both wings now and just limping through his term of office.

  19. By the way, Turnbull left WA claiming he was going to do all he can to win back the state. I’ll bet he’s already forgotten all about them. You won’t hear a word from him about WA for months.

  21. Cafe Brags That They Discriminate Against Men

    The cafe in Australia touts their discriminatory practices. An article about the cafe on The Mirror reads: Cafe charges men more than women – for a very powerful reason.

    Yes, for a powerful reason. Their discrimination is powerful because statistically, women earn 18% less than men in Australia. That is why it is okay to discriminate in hiring as well; the cafe called Handsome Her only hires women. And they also give preferential seating to women. Men must get to the back of the bus–or cafe, whatever.

    The 18% “man tax” is technically optional during the one week per month the tax applies, with the proceeds going towards women’s causes. I wonder how many women volunteer to pay the tax, seeing as it is for a cause they presumably agree with.

    Also ironic: the fact that it is all women working at the cafe. About 81% of workers in the category, “Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop,” are women. This gives us a glimpse into the true issue of the pay gap. Sometimes is not actually a pay gap, it is a work choice gap.

    But hey, if this cafe owner wants to discriminate against men, I fully support her right to do so. She will probably face legal challenges, and that is too bad in my opinion. I don’t think the government should interfere with businesses. No one is forced to patronize the coffee shop.

    http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/cafe-brags-that-they-discriminate-against-men/

  24. Did Turnbull say if the “yes” and “no” campaigns will be funded by taxpayers? And if the ACL ads go against section 18C they’ll be charged?

    Although frankly I think the ACL will just blow its load and go right out there calling us monsters in leather gimp suits that are going to pounce on children, or something more sinister yet “believable” that we’re far too sexually promiscuous to take marriage seriously and will hurt childrens’ development if SSM passes. Even if they get stung by 18C, they’d be happy to bear the consequences later as long as this is stopped.

  25. an old limk that remains current…

    In some ways the the sanctions against Russia have been a boon to them – since 2000 Russia has realised the importance of consolidating all technological based production system while the USA has gradually been gutting theirs. Interesting times ahead – tit for tat sanctions may mean US astronauts are reduced to earth bound duties.

    #Science News
    April 9, 2016 / 10:21 AM / a year ago
    U.S. needs up to 18 more Russian rocket engines: Pentagon

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon will need to buy up to 18 more Russian-built RD-180 engines to power rockets carrying U.S. military satellites into space over the next six years or so, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said in an interview on Friday.

    Congress banned use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engines for military use after 2019, following Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014.

    But U.S. lawmakers eased the ban late last year, worried that it could drive United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, out of business and leave only privately held SpaceX to lift satellites into space.

    Work said the United States needed to ensure there were at least “two affordable and reliable means into space.” He added the RD-180 would be needed only during what he described as a transition period of new domestic rocket engine development.

    “We just don’t see any way you can get a new engine in anything less than six years,” Work said.

    “And so, therefore, in the transition period, we believe strongly that we need RD-180 space engines. No more than 18 but, you know, that’s our position.”

    Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is pushing to end U.S. dependence on Russian engines used by United Launch Alliance to power its Atlas 5 rockets.

    McCain said last month that two Russians placed on the U.S. sanctions list because of events in Ukraine were leaders of Russian space agency Roscosmos, which he said was the parent of the company that makes the RD-180 rocket.

    ULA has said it was moving forward with two companies developing their own U.S. engines, Blue Origin and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, but such development programs were difficult and took years to complete.

    Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Leslie Adler

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-space-russia-idUSKCN0X600H

  26. America’s space program not paying a price yet for Russia sanctions

    Russia and the U.S. have worked hard to build their partnership in space. The International Space Station has been staffed with cosmonauts and American astronauts since 2000. In April, Igor Komarov, general director of Russia’s space agency, said at the U.S. Space Symposium that Russia would consider extending its partnership on the station beyond 2024. “We appreciate that … political problems do not touch this sphere,” Komarov said.

    There’s big money involved. America pays Russia to take its astronauts to the International Space Station, and Russia sells its RD-180 rocket engine to an American rocket company.

    The RD-180 engine deal was estimated to be worth $1 billion to Russia when it was signed in 1997. Congress has banned the engine once during a rocky period, but lifted the ban when the American rocket company, United Launch Alliance (ULA), couldn’t find a replacement fast enough.

    http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/08/american_space_program_not_pay.html

  29. I could have this all wrong. According to those saying Australians should all have their say on marriage equality I most certainly am wrong.

    But here goes anyway –

    Our parliament has four functions.

    Parliament has four main functions: legislation (making laws), representation (acting on behalf of voters and citizens), scrutiny (examining the government), and formation of government

    http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Work_of_the_Parliament

    The first function – legislation – includes amending existing laws. Both houses of parliament do this every sitting day – they debate and then vote on amendments to existing legislation. It’s their job.

    No-one has ever suggested that we should all ‘have our say’ on any of these amendments. It would be ludicrous to suggest such a thing. Our whole parliamentary system revolves around our right to elect our representatives who then vote on every amendment on our behalf. Imagine the chaos if we were asked to vote in a plebiscite on every single amendment.

    So why are we now being told that we should all ‘have a say’ on an amendment to one act, an amendment that will not affect most Australians in any way, a trivial little amendment in the grand scheme of things?

    Doesn’t this government understand how our parliamentary system works?

    If I see one more member of this government telling me I deserve to ‘have my say’ I might throw something through a couple of screens.

    Howard did not need a plebiscite to change a few words in the Marriage Act in 2004. He just did it.

  31. Malcolm Trumble can’t control mRabbott so he pacifies him with a plebiscite to be run by the ABS who have had a great track record recently.

    The same-sex marriage non-binding plebiscite reminds me of the BREXIT vote, when David Cameron couldn’t control Boris Johnson. That worked out well, didn’t it?

  34. Bruce Billson has been caught out double dipping.

    Bruce Billson, former Liberal minister, failed to disclose salary from lobby group while in parliament

    The retired member for the Victorian seat of Dunkley announced in March last year he was taking a job as executive director of the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA).

    However, he did not notify the parliament’s register of interests that he had begun receiving $75,000 salary in the job, months before he was due to retire from his seat.

    “[It] was a discourtesy to the House of Representatives and an administrative failing of my behalf not to lodge a timely formal disclosure statement before the parliament was prorogued,” the former small business minster in the Abbott government told 7.30 in an email.

    “I have contacted the Clerk of the House to convey my apologies for this error.”

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-08/bruce-billson-sorry-for-not-disclosing-salary-from-lobby-group/8785174

    An apology is not enough. He should be forced to give that salary to charity because he was not entitled to it.

    I suppose “an administrative failure of my behalf’ translates into everyday English as ‘Damn! They caught me!”

  36. Matthew Guy must be cursing the bastaad “dobster who ratted about the lobster with a mobster” who probably reminded everyone of this

    The Victorian Liberals are about to go waay off reservation to the evangelical fundamentalist riight

  39. In the event that events follow the expected path:

    1. The Senate will reject the Turnbull government’s compulsory plebiscite. Again.
    2. The government will then proceed with its complicated and convoluted means of running a non-compulsory postal vote via the Australian Bureau of Statistics as a data collection exercise (don’t ask, you really don’t want to know anything, apart from this idea is seriously, next-level, loopy).
    3. Australians will vote.
    4. Assuming a yes result, which is what opinion polls suggest we’d get, there will be a vote in parliament on marriage equality by the end of the year.

    Hooray. How marvellous. An actual end point to the longest, most pointless political saga in contemporary memory. Good government starts today. Pop the corks.

    Right, that’s the bright side, done.

    I warn you. It’s all downhill from here. Two skis, no poles, collisions possible.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/coalition-risks-more-tortured-time-wasting-in-bid-to-break-marriage-equality-impasse

  40. Lib Logic: We can’t afford medicare but we can spend $122m on a glorified opinion poll that’ll just be ignored.

    • Last paras usually have the punch line

      “There was one problem with Turnbull’s answer on leadership. When you have to tell voters to think of you a certain way, it’s usually because they don’t see you that way at all. When Richard Nixon had to tell the nation he wasn’t a crook, it was a sure sign he was, and that Americans knew it. “I’m a strong leader,” Malcolm Turnbull said today. If that were true, it wouldn’t have to be said.”

    • I’ve sworn off reading him, but I did peek at this one, and was pleasantly surprised to find he maybe thinks the sun doesn’t shine out of Trumbull’s backside after all.

    • What could go wrong? ABS staff who botched the census being ‘helped’ by AEC staff who were so inefficient last year they sent the wrong ballot papers to polling booths, didn’t send enough ballot papers to some places and left names off the electoral rolls.

  46. I’ve been feeling pretty upset about this all day, mainly because people seem to be wavering about whether or not the High Court will be able to block it.

    However, if it does get up, it might be fun to come up with plebiscites Labor could make that would make the LNP whine but what most Australians could be on board with as payback.

    Things like media ownership perhaps? Or going after rich tax dodgers with increased determination?

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