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Australia-U.S. Trade Agreement Takes First Strike

Posted by timothy on from the waittaminute-that-isn't-by-the-people-for-the-people dept.

inflex writes "With the recent AU-US Federal trade ageement coming into force, the first signs of what is to come have started appearing with Sony unleashing a legal bid to clamp down on previously legal mods chips in Australia."

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  1. Bend over Aussies and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. spread those checks for the bald eagle.

    Those FBI warnings at the start of some movies are now not a joke - a branch office will be opening soon.

    Also expect some law suits from Americans about the product you guys sell as "beer".

    1. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes. Next on our list of things to do is replace our Prime Minister with a speaker connected to a microphone in your US senate buildings.

    2. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by Skjie · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also expect some law suits from Americans about the product you guys sell as "beer". Unfair competition?

    3. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by planet-sloop · · Score: 4, Funny

      Also expect some law suits from Americans about the product you guys sell as "beer"
      Why, is an alcohol percentage greater than 2.5 too much for you?
      I've heard it makes a good substitute for heroin over in Jesusland

    4. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also expect some law suits from Americans about the product you guys sell as "beer".

      Yes, our scientists are already talking to the American scientific community to find out how much H20 should be added to our beer so it can comply with the Budweiser specification.

    5. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by slavemowgli · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wait, wait, wait. You're from the USA and complain about bad beer? You can't be serious.

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    6. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by kisak · · Score: 4, Funny

      I heard the Aussie prime minister was so far up W.'s ass that he could see the feet of Tony Bliar ...

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    7. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by Lisandro · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm told that american beer is a lot like sex in a canoe. Is fucking close to water.

    8. Re:Bend over Aussies and... by kn0tw0rk · · Score: 2, Funny

      I recall it was something to do with the american beer being compared to sex in a canoe...

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  2. all together now by Simon+Garlick · · Score: 3, Funny

    o/ Advaaaaaance Americstralia Faaaaaaaair

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    1. Re:all together now by orin · · Score: 2, Funny

      The best version of Advance Australia Fair is sung at the Pub to the Benny Hill theme.

  3. Re:I am Jack's Total Lack of Suprise by CrackedButter · · Score: 2, Funny

    real countries don't use lube. Deal with it like the British always has, by keeping the upper lip part of the mouth, stiff.

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  4. It should also be noted... by jpiggot · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other signs of what is to come with the AU-US Federal trade agreement coming into force, actor Paul Hogan of the "Crocodile Dundee" movies has been removed to an undisclosed location and beaten to death with large stones.

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    1. Re:It should also be noted... by skingers6894 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well I must admit that I was skeptical about the value of this agreement until I heard this...

  5. Re:M*O*N*A*C*O by donscarletti · · Score: 2, Funny
    Pfffft. You really don't understand international politics. Australia is America's bitch, what can Australia do to the United States no matter what agreements anyone has.

    I'm in Australia too by the way?

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  6. and Steve Irwin told the PM... by game+kid · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Crikey! Isn't that President's toight ass a beauty?"

    the feet of Tony Bliar ...

    Nice subliminal message (even if you didn't mean it).

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  7. Re:Oh, so unfortunately true by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Rather than each of us tending our animals and our gardens, if you will do all the gardening and I will tend all the animals, we can both make a profit."

    Sounds like communism to me. Get him!