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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Is there much coverage of the Australian wild fires in England?
    Bill Bryson (admittedly many years ago) once discussed our uselessness at reporting what's going on in other countries by comparing how often a given newspaper had headline about them and other things. I believe at that point we were broadly as interested in Aussie current affairs as we were in bananas.

    Probably a bit better now with all the internet and 24 hour news and whatnot to fill.

    There's only so many ways to write "Boris Johnson is a fucking cunt" after all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Scummo is the ultimate chancer but far better than an actual facist Peter Dutton.

    All the mainland States have wild fires and we have had back to back hottest average days on record. But yeah nah mate we have always had droughts and fires...
    And still they're pushing on with more mining for coal. Incredible.

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    Our foreign coverage is obsession with America and pretty much nothing else.

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    Plus we're a bit pre-occupied with whether Prince Philip will be home in time for Christmas Dinner. Which is a shame, because had it been this time next year Donald Trumps NHS would have fast tracked his discharge.

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    That Harry Dunn woman sounds like a detestable twat. "I'm not returning voluntarily. I'm a mother. I've been very cooperative. Sorry."

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    I wouldn't return if I didn't have to either. 'Come back so you can lock me up? Sure!'

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    Absolutely yes, but I'm not sure many, or any, people would honestly return to 'face justice' if they had the option not to.

    Does this mean she can never leave the US again if we issue an international warrant for her arrest or some such? We should really get a diplomat to run her over.

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    She'd not get anything other than a guilty verdict over here. Even if the kid was speeding, she was on the wrong side of the road. She'll stay put in an embassy forever unless she gets the sack.

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    It’s a nice story and all, but could she not have just moved 6 feet to either side if she had wanted?

    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dubli...after-17457164

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    I was wondering if any of the cricket (or sport in general) would be affected by the Aussie bushfires and lo and behold I see a BBL game was abandoned today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    I was wondering if any of the cricket (or sport in general) would be affected by the Aussie bushfires and lo and behold I see a BBL game was abandoned today.
    Sydney has ash fulling out of the sky all over the city.

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    It's just weather stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    It's just weather stupid.
    Just a f#gg#t Greens Party conspiracy.

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    You'll be right, once all the bush has burnt.

    Try to cut back on the exploding trees as well, sheesh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    You'll be right, once all the bush has burnt.

    Try to cut back on the exploding trees as well, sheesh.
    We have all the non whites to punish who are starting all the fires.

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    Australia has made it very clear it doesn't want people living there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Australia has made it very clear it doesn't want people living there.
    Socialists are the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Australia has made it very clear it doesn't want people living there.
    It tried remoteness, and when that didn't work it tried deadly animals, and when they didn't work, well . . .

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-508...-more-feminine

    "Transgendered women have a more difficult time because they essentially have a male larynx." She says that like she's dropping such knowledge. And the gay correspondent just nods. What a time to be alive.

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    What’s the issue with making them work if they’re in prison (unless they’re not supposed to be in prison of course).

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    Aye.

    What's the big deal with forced unpaid work?

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    They're foreign and criminals, that puts them slightly below amoeba in Giggles world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Aye.

    What's the big deal with forced unpaid work?
    Unpaid? They’re in prison.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    They're foreign and criminals, that puts them slightly below amoeba in Giggles world.
    I get the criminals bit but ‘foreign’ coming from one of you is pretty laughable stuff.

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    Because after all, communist regimes have such strong track records in Human Rights and habeas corpus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Unpaid? They’re in prison.
    If TV is anything to go by you're still meant to get paid (albeit a very small amount) into your commissary so you can buy shit.

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    It’s 35 cents an hour in the US. They make them fight California wildfires and shit. It’s mad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    I get the criminals bit but ‘foreign’ coming from one of you is pretty laughable stuff.
    The indignant Irishman strikes again

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    It’s 35 cents an hour in the US. They make them fight California wildfires and shit. It’s mad.
    That’s the stuff for them. If you don’t want to do it then don’t do the crime, it’s fairly simple.

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    Mate there’s a guy in Alabama serving a life sentence for stealing 9 dollars. You’re just an unempathetic shadow of a human being.

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    Putting prisoners to work is obviously better than letting them wallow around the prison yard all day. 35 cents seems a bit low but i’m not familiar with the market economy in there so I don’t know what that buys.

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    Bit of a mug move pinching nine dollars with life hanging over you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Mate there’s a guy in Alabama serving a life sentence for stealing 9 dollars. You’re just an unempathetic shadow of a human being.
    I use up all my empathy on people who deserve it.

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    What about those that were wrongfully convicted?

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    No smoke without fire.

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    Lol at these members of the Venezuelan military that backed the American-coup that failed, had to flee to america for safety and are now imprisoned by ICE as illegal immigrants.

    Well played lads. Backed the right side there.

    https://twitter.com/trapiello/status...818862080?s=21

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    Grandpa always said, don't do the crime if you can't do the massive fire fighting for pennies on the dollar.

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    Blue Mountains fire filmed climbing up 200 metre cliff face in NSW Grose Valley – video
    https://www.theguardian.com/global/v...box=1577070838

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruhnaldo View Post
    Grandpa always said, don't do the crime if you can't do the massive fire fighting for pennies on the dollar.
    Ha!

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    Some of the things inmates do for 'work' in America are amazing. I think it's Alabama that pays them a bit more to sit in the middle of a rodeo arena at a card table and essentially play chicken with a riled up bull. Last to 'fold' wins some extra time outside.

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    Angola, Louisiana.

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    This article has reminded me how lol some of those videos were. Do you still have the ones you made @Lewis, mate?

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    You just made them through whatever the site was, so they will have gone down with the Old Board.

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    Sad.

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    https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/com...njoy_exciting/

    Not really news but saw this on reddit. It's about a 10ft drop to the river underneath that bridge. Ledgend.

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    How long have shops been selling "Lincolnshire Sprouts" and the likes? Has it been a while or are these special celebratory sprouts for our descent into bog-eyed lunacy?

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    At the other end of the spectrum I'm loving that PEPPA PIG ACTRESS LOOKS UNRECOGNISABLE ON 18TH BIRTHDAY!!!!! headline.

    Incredible stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    At the other end of the spectrum I'm loving that PEPPA PIG ACTRESS LOOKS UNRECOGNISABLE ON 18TH BIRTHDAY!!!!! headline.

    Incredible stuff.
    I mean, she even wore the red dress. What was unrecognisable?

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    Is Kevin Spacey trying to become an actual real life super villian?


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