I stopped travelling to the USA after 911 because of the TSA nonsense. The great irony of it all is that on 911 many passengers were in desperate need of weapons and it could not have ended worse than it did if all passengers were required to be heavily armed.
The problem for the compassionateAUS Labor government was that many refugeese were drowning from leaky boats leaving Indonesia. Often the boats were deliberately scuttled near an AUS ship or island. The boats were mostly full of Afghans, Somalis and Sri Lankans put there by Indonesian people smugglers making a great profit. The PM was made to feel obliged to "stop the boats" by a ruthless conservative opposition which had stopped them briefly in the past by making life so miserable for them in refugee gulags that they did not then want to come to Australia. The conservatives are so proud of their heartless solution they berate the government for not being ruthless enough to stop the boats. They actually claim that she is being more ruthless by being kind to them, and so not stopping the boats.
Indonesian maritime safety was never a problem for the Australian PM, but she very foolishly fell for the trap.
The refugees are paying approximately three times the first class air fare for a place in the leaky boat, but passports are required to get on a plane. It is illegal to go international anywhere without a passport, even on a boat, but the refugee treaty requires Australia to ignore that. So they are illegal by the method used to enter the country but it is not a crime to claim refugee status, and that invokes overlooking the method of entry.
They were quite safe in Indonesia, and that country even shares their religion, but they continue on to Australia as economic migrants posing as refugees.Often they are joining their families in Australia. A leaky boat is a much quicker way than applying for legal immigration., particularly since the legal processing channels are blocked by the flood of "illegals". These miserable people are coming from areas torn by civil war. Many of them have fought as rebels against their government. This makes them genuine refugees, but also terrorists by the standards of many, and so they must be processed carefully for national security reasons.
I have no problem with a small town fining motorists for speeding through it, endangering the townsfolk. If the town makes a lot of money out of it, then that is fine with me too. No one is forcing drivers to speed. What I do have a huge objection to, is a private firm taking a large percentage of the revenue as a fee for providing the speed catcher service. That is privatizing the justice system, and giving public compensation revenues from crime punishments to private individuals. Oh wait! We have been doing that for many years now by forcing the inmates of our prisons to work as slaves for corporates.
It is only on US citizens and on US soil that the AG has any jurisdiction. The President only has such authority in a real war on enemy territory. It helps legality if the targets are Americans. Drone strikes are not a facitily of the US justice system.
I don't merely want to protect myself from tracking an advertising. I want to seriously damage those who are doing it to me. Cant we send them false information that causes them to waste money or that stuffs up their system, or that exposes who is doing this to us. All advertising must be made opt-in and transparent.
Come on nerds Let's try to hurt these bastards as much as we can.
A restaurant should pay its workers a reasonable wage, just like any other business has to do. The service is how it delives its product and so is just another business expence that should be factored into the price of the food. If the service is bad then the whole restaurant is bad. Dont go there. Tipping is a silly American idea to hide the real price of the food.
At least we are not knifing them in their beds at night. Check out the Phoenix program.
He has more right to kill Americans than citizens of other countries at home.
Today, because of abuse by advertising companies, anecdotal evidence equates to fake testimonials. These are aimed at the very stupid people who enjoy the kind of programs we see on commercial television. They are the target audience because they are likely to believe those transparently false testimonials. The programs that go with those ads have to be very bad in order to attract those unthinking, uncritical suckers. The rest of us just have to assume that every time that they see something praised in public, someone is getting paid for it.
Because when Americans talk about hunting, they do not mean artfully stalking a deer in the forest. That takes too much energy and skill. Their tactic is to ambush native fauna in its natural habitat and then massacre it with automatic gunfire, armor piercing ammunition etc.
Liberals and conservatives preform well in bed together. Tee current UK Government is a liberal/conservative coalition. Both take the smug view that everything is OK without any more government involvement - even when their country is falling down about their ears. Americans generally do not understand what liberal means in politics. It has nothing to do with topless beaches, free access to pot, or abortion.
No doubt ASIO has been doing this for years already. Now it wants to use something that it has discovered this way as evidence. To do that it must show where it came from, and it that was not legal then they cannot do so.
The AG is the minister for both ASIO and the AFP. It is the AFP that should have these powers, if any agency really needs them, because they actually catch people who are committing real crimes and they get prosecutions in court. The Federal Police are: well trained, highly disciplined, well managed and can defend themselves against real bad guys. ASIO is not any of those things. It just snoops for intelligence, most of which is hearsay and inadmissible as evidence, and it makes scary reports to the AG.
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But on 911 some passengers really needed guns!
A blockbuster was a big bomb during the WWII blitz in London. Now it is used to praise a movie.
I stopped travelling to the USA after 911 because of the TSA nonsense. The great irony of it all is that on 911 many passengers were in desperate need of weapons and it could not have ended worse than it did if all passengers were required to be heavily armed.
Potcairn Island is where the Bounty mutineers hid out. Those are descendents of Fletcher Christian. Not followers of Christ
It is the religious right. They dont even like a raffle. We believe this, therefore you must do that.
The problem for the compassionateAUS Labor government was that many refugeese were drowning from leaky boats leaving Indonesia. Often the boats were deliberately scuttled near an AUS ship or island. The boats were mostly full of Afghans, Somalis and Sri Lankans put there by Indonesian people smugglers making a great profit. The PM was made to feel obliged to "stop the boats" by a ruthless conservative opposition which had stopped them briefly in the past by making life so miserable for them in refugee gulags that they did not then want to come to Australia. The conservatives are so proud of their heartless solution they berate the government for not being ruthless enough to stop the boats. They actually claim that she is being more ruthless by being kind to them, and so not stopping the boats. Indonesian maritime safety was never a problem for the Australian PM, but she very foolishly fell for the trap. The refugees are paying approximately three times the first class air fare for a place in the leaky boat, but passports are required to get on a plane. It is illegal to go international anywhere without a passport, even on a boat, but the refugee treaty requires Australia to ignore that. So they are illegal by the method used to enter the country but it is not a crime to claim refugee status, and that invokes overlooking the method of entry. They were quite safe in Indonesia, and that country even shares their religion, but they continue on to Australia as economic migrants posing as refugees.Often they are joining their families in Australia. A leaky boat is a much quicker way than applying for legal immigration., particularly since the legal processing channels are blocked by the flood of "illegals". These miserable people are coming from areas torn by civil war. Many of them have fought as rebels against their government. This makes them genuine refugees, but also terrorists by the standards of many, and so they must be processed carefully for national security reasons.
No. There are many companies developing software only in Australia, such as defence contractors. That work is not available to overseas programmers.
It is better for America to murder its own citizens in this vile manner than those of other countries.
I have no problem with a small town fining motorists for speeding through it, endangering the townsfolk. If the town makes a lot of money out of it, then that is fine with me too. No one is forcing drivers to speed. What I do have a huge objection to, is a private firm taking a large percentage of the revenue as a fee for providing the speed catcher service. That is privatizing the justice system, and giving public compensation revenues from crime punishments to private individuals. Oh wait! We have been doing that for many years now by forcing the inmates of our prisons to work as slaves for corporates.
It is only on US citizens and on US soil that the AG has any jurisdiction. The President only has such authority in a real war on enemy territory. It helps legality if the targets are Americans. Drone strikes are not a facitily of the US justice system.
Superman is for kids. Grow up an read something that will improve the quality of your sad lives.
inflation is not controlled by the money supply. It can be influenced, with many dangerous side effects, but that is a long way from having control.
The filibuster really is a sick joke. The proposer does not even have to speak to his motion, let alone bore them all to tears like Jimmy Stewart did.
You Americans are making it too easy for us. China wants to defeat a worthy foe.
I don't merely want to protect myself from tracking an advertising. I want to seriously damage those who are doing it to me. Cant we send them false information that causes them to waste money or that stuffs up their system, or that exposes who is doing this to us. All advertising must be made opt-in and transparent. Come on nerds Let's try to hurt these bastards as much as we can.
The Roman Republic and Empire was a large civilization that was built on slavery. It worked very well for them for about 800 years.
Thailand is a warm country that was not impacted negatively by colonialism.
A restaurant should pay its workers a reasonable wage, just like any other business has to do. The service is how it delives its product and so is just another business expence that should be factored into the price of the food. If the service is bad then the whole restaurant is bad. Dont go there. Tipping is a silly American idea to hide the real price of the food.
At least we are not knifing them in their beds at night. Check out the Phoenix program. He has more right to kill Americans than citizens of other countries at home.
Is that an American Football field or a metric one.
Today, because of abuse by advertising companies, anecdotal evidence equates to fake testimonials. These are aimed at the very stupid people who enjoy the kind of programs we see on commercial television. They are the target audience because they are likely to believe those transparently false testimonials. The programs that go with those ads have to be very bad in order to attract those unthinking, uncritical suckers. The rest of us just have to assume that every time that they see something praised in public, someone is getting paid for it.
Because when Americans talk about hunting, they do not mean artfully stalking a deer in the forest. That takes too much energy and skill. Their tactic is to ambush native fauna in its natural habitat and then massacre it with automatic gunfire, armor piercing ammunition etc.
Liberals and conservatives preform well in bed together. Tee current UK Government is a liberal/conservative coalition. Both take the smug view that everything is OK without any more government involvement - even when their country is falling down about their ears. Americans generally do not understand what liberal means in politics. It has nothing to do with topless beaches, free access to pot, or abortion.
No doubt ASIO has been doing this for years already. Now it wants to use something that it has discovered this way as evidence. To do that it must show where it came from, and it that was not legal then they cannot do so.
The AG is the minister for both ASIO and the AFP. It is the AFP that should have these powers, if any agency really needs them, because they actually catch people who are committing real crimes and they get prosecutions in court. The Federal Police are: well trained, highly disciplined, well managed and can defend themselves against real bad guys. ASIO is not any of those things. It just snoops for intelligence, most of which is hearsay and inadmissible as evidence, and it makes scary reports to the AG.