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Crushing Donald Trump! :lol:

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Live stream of a bunch of protesters outside Milo talk at CU Boulder. Anyone have some weed?


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Lsuoma wrote:Unintentional hilariosity from the Dr Richard Carrier PhD post linked above.
For the record, no academic review has ever panned my book; McGrath is the only person with a relevant Ph.D. who has ever even reviewed the book, and still never in any academic journal[.]
No. Fucking. Shit. Sherlock!
<<smears shelf with shit and walks out naked>>
Why won't they take my art seriously!?!?!!

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Here's the Milo stream from inside: Why Ugly People Hate Me

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Your problem is similar to that of the media. You are assuming that Trump actually believes what he tweets... or even says. Look, we are going to have to get better at figuring out this ass-hole. The whole warming rant is just a rant. His noms for the cabinet do not support gw as a hoax. Just get with the program. You are smarter than this. Most of what Trump does is to position a negotiation. Have you ever negotiated anything? Really?

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John D supports pomo reality as long as it praises Trump! :P :P :P

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Her lack of self-awareness never fails to amuse:

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John D wrote: Your problem is similar to that of the media. You are assuming that Trump actually believes what he tweets... or even says. Look, we are going to have to get better at figuring out this ass-hole. The whole warming rant is just a rant. His noms for the cabinet do not support gw as a hoax. Just get with the program. You are smarter than this. Most of what Trump does is to position a negotiation. Have you ever negotiated anything? Really?
Okay, so I guess we should judge Trumpy by his actions. Such as, I dunno, appointing a climate change skeptic as head of the EPA, maybe?

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free thoughtpolice wrote:John D supports pomo reality as long as it praises Trump! :P :P :P
John D seems to be saying that Trump is great, as long as we have faith that he'll do something different to what he actually says. :lol:

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All those idiot scientists at NASA worried by Trump. They'll soon change their tune when he seriously addresses climate change. Perhaps by carbon-munching flying pigs. :fpig:

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Brive1987 wrote:Cashed up PZ beats off on Dick

http://archive.is/b9ewQ

I haven't seen a gofundme from Carrier, so how's he paying his attorney? He can't even afford a hotel room.
His case is an utter loser, and I doubt his attorney would take it on a contingent fee basis. Is Mrs. Campquest or one of his other, "many[!]" girlfriends his sugarmamma?

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I hope the Scientist March will be intersectional and center marginalized sciences like Feminist Glaciology over white patriarchal physics.

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katamari Damassi wrote:I hope the Scientist March will be intersectional and center marginalized sciences like Feminist Glaciology over white patriarchal physics.
This is from their first FAQ, so you can bet on it:
Scientists' March on Washington wrote:We will both have a diversity committee and a diverse steering committee that represents people of
many backgrounds and identities.

Science is done by POC, women, immigrants, LGBTQ, indigenous people,
people of all beliefs and non-belief. We hope that this diversity is reflected in both the
leadership of the march and the march itself.

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free thoughtpolice wrote:John D supports pomo reality as long as it praises Trump! :P :P :P
Haha. I will say that I think Trump is a compete ass-hole. In my personal relationships I would avoid him like a plague. I worked for a Trumpish boss and it was one of the worst two years of my life.

That said. I think that it is important to be thoughtful about him and what he is doing.

So... regarding the EPA choice. Trump is active in reducing regulation. This is why he met with the heads of the auto makers. It was basically a discussion where Trump said he would reduce auto regs as long as the auto execs added jobs. He will back off from CAFE standards for example which I think is a good thing. CAFE is a nightmarish way to improve fuel economy... and it is a horrible Federal program that destroys jobs and productivity.

Regarding warming..... all I can say is that I don't think the CO2 goal from the Paris Accord will do much of anything... so... I just don't care about this. Warming is here to stay. The best way to survive it is to have a strong economy so we can fight the result of warming. We cannot stop warming.... controlling CO2 is pointless.

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free thoughtpolice wrote:John D supports pomo reality as long as it praises Trump! :P :P :P
Haha. I will say that I think Trump is a compete ass-hole. In my personal relationships I would avoid him like a plague. I worked for a Trumpish boss and it was one of the worst two years of my life.

That said. I think that it is important to be thoughtful about him and what he is doing.

So... regarding the EPA choice. Trump is active in reducing regulation. This is why he met with the heads of the auto makers. It was basically a discussion where Trump said he would reduce auto regs as long as the auto execs added jobs. He will back off from CAFE standards for example which I think is a good thing. CAFE is a nightmarish way to improve fuel economy... and it is a horrible Federal program that destroys jobs and productivity.

Regarding warming..... all I can say is that I don't think the CO2 goal from the Paris Accord will do much of anything... so... I just don't care about this. Warming is here to stay. The best way to survive it is to have a strong economy so we can fight the result of warming. We cannot stop warming.... controlling CO2 is pointless.

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Easy J wrote:So...what are the appropriate slurs for Scots & Ozzys? And is Kiwi a slur or cute shorthand? I'm an unworldly hick & have been wondering for a bit.
Kiwis is what we is. No slur. Just identity.

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Easy J wrote:So...what are the appropriate slurs for Scots & Ozzys? And is Kiwi a slur or cute shorthand? I'm an unworldly hick & have been wondering for a bit.
You just add the verb/adverb "fucking" in front of Aussie, and you are good to go.

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What one of the smartest and most admireable men I know says about Trump and Tillerson:

http://gizmodo.com/a-brief-chat-with-el ... 1791620750

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John D wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:John D supports pomo reality as long as it praises Trump! :P :P :P
Haha. I will say that I think Trump is a compete ass-hole. In my personal relationships I would avoid him like a plague. I worked for a Trumpish boss and it was one of the worst two years of my life.

That said. I think that it is important to be thoughtful about him and what he is doing.

So... regarding the EPA choice. Trump is active in reducing regulation. This is why he met with the heads of the auto makers. It was basically a discussion where Trump said he would reduce auto regs as long as the auto execs added jobs. He will back off from CAFE standards for example which I think is a good thing. CAFE is a nightmarish way to improve fuel economy... and it is a horrible Federal program that destroys jobs and productivity.

Regarding warming..... all I can say is that I don't think the CO2 goal from the Paris Accord will do much of anything... so... I just don't care about this. Warming is here to stay. The best way to survive it is to have a strong economy so we can fight the result of warming. We cannot stop warming.... controlling CO2 is pointless.
On the other hand, it looks like he may be delusional, impulsive, and a pathological narcissist.
So be thoughtful, but don't panic.

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jimmyfromchicago wrote:Her lack of self-awareness never fails to amuse:
"Brocialist"? That sort of suggests male "socialists", which is not, I don't think, what Amanda has in mind. The dumb tonka truck.

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sp0tlight wrote:Amanda, Amanda.
Are those arseholes have any working long term memory?!
While they're right about Marcotte I noticed they're using an autoblocker, so not exactly a beacon of self-reflection either.

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Carrier's financial problems make me feel good, but really, it is only if PZ Myers or Rebecca Watson fall on hard times, and are forced to search for food out of bins, that I will achieve full erection.

:D

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Tigzy wrote:Question is, what would Southern have to gain by deliberately suggesting that the black pyjama brigade weren't actually anarchists but an exclusively anti-trump group? It wasn't as if we were utterly devoid of people acting like utter dispshits in the wake of the Trump inauguaration, if that's what she was looking for. Looks more to me like Southern was a bit ignorant about that anarchist movement*, and just assumed - out of unwitting confirmation bias rather than anything calculated - that they were just a bunch of typical anti-Trumpers. But again - it just seems a bit of a quibble, when all's said and done.

(*as I'd wager about 80% of those black bloc-ers were as well; in my experience, most self-proclaimed anarchists - especially the young studenty types - are retarded Dave Spart types who merely like to wear the label as a badge, cos it looks cool or some shit)
I dont see why Southern need be ignorant or suffer confirmation-bias, to draw her conclusion. The protester who threw a cup of piss on her, the one who grabbed her phone with Smugglypuff... & this black bloc group --really are Birds Of Feather.

Parsing factions her way goes back to the Spanish Civil War, with commies & anarchists on one side & fascists + traditional conservative interests on the other. If Tf00t is gonna invoke Hitchens-- Hitchens himself saw the world that-way when he endlessly debated Alexander Cockburn over Orwell, in their columns in The Nation magazine, in the 90s.

The part where he tries to smear Southern as the same as Westboro Baptist church... for wearing a hat... also backfires. Southern & Westboro DO share an ideology... nothing to do with hating gays. They both subscribe to the plain-jane mainstream, Constitutionally-ensured respect for individual rights, freedom of expression + non-violent assembly... westboro's origin was in Brown v. Board of Ed. Tf00t doesnt plant his flag in that American version of civil rights... but he's in denial if he cant see the trump movement & anti-trump movement do clash on the issue of individual rights (us-style) vs. collective social justice.

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How is a dead person registered to vote fraud? How does the dead person unregister themselves from voting? Nobody in my family mentioned anything about getting our parents off voters lists when they passed away. I would not even know how to do that. They may still be on a voters list somewhere. I don't know. Probably after so many years you have to either have voted or re-registered or you are dropped off the voters list. Kind of like you don't pay the paper-boy for a month you are dropped from the list of people he delivers to.

For those under 30, no I won't explain to you what a paper-boy is.

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CommanderTuvok wrote:Carrier's financial problems make me feel good, but really, it is only if PZ Myers or Rebecca Watson fall on hard times, and are forced to search for food out of bins, that I will achieve full erection.

:D
It'll never be as impressive as this guy's.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... PENIS.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/ ... 781280.jpg

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Bourne Skeptic wrote:
CommanderTuvok wrote:Carrier's financial problems make me feel good, but really, it is only if PZ Myers or Rebecca Watson fall on hard times, and are forced to search for food out of bins, that I will achieve full erection.

:D
It'll never be as impressive as this guy's.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... PENIS.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/ ... 781280.jpg
That is a lot of bologne.

Or salami, can't really tell.

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Are the 500 errors over yet & I can post?

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free thoughtpolice wrote:Remember Oggie the forest fire fighter? I don't know how this works but does this story check out?
Ogvorbis: A bear of very little brains. says
January 25, 2017 at 3:17 pm
Another way this negatively impacts all-hazards response (not just fires, also hurricanes, earthquakes, etc) is in what is called the fire militia. I work for the NPS. My job is publications, tours, educational groups. I also volunteer to be available as an SECM and SEC2 at federal incidents. We had one ranger transfer to the Army Corps of Engineers. Another one transferred to BLM. We planned to replace both and hire two more seasonals. We won’t be able to do that. Which means that the chances that I, or the other seven from my park who are part of the federal fire militia, will most likely not be available as we do not have the staff to keep up with our normal programs. My office has 8 people right now. We should have 11 to 13. Ain’t gonna happen.
Not to worry. Tax cuts for millionaires will put out the fires.
What does he mean by the "federal fire militia"? I can't find a result from google. Is this just fiction?
Yes it pans out.
http://helenair.com/news/local/forest-s ... 96488.html

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MacGruberKnows wrote:How is a dead person registered to vote fraud? How does the dead person unregister themselves from voting? Nobody in my family mentioned anything about getting our parents off voters lists when they passed away. I would not even know how to do that. They may still be on a voters list somewhere. I don't know. Probably after so many years you have to either have voted or re-registered or you are dropped off the voters list. Kind of like you don't pay the paper-boy for a month you are dropped from the list of people he delivers to.

For those under 30, no I won't explain to you what a paper-boy is.
It is an unalterable alternative fact that dead people all voted for Hillary and not for the Donald. Same with all the other fake voters. Not one voted for the real winner.
Stop trying to diminish President Trumps hugest ever victory you Hillary loving terrorist.

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deLurch wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:Remember Oggie the forest fire fighter? I don't know how this works but does this story check out?
Ogvorbis: A bear of very little brains. says
January 25, 2017 at 3:17 pm
Another way this negatively impacts all-hazards response (not just fires, also hurricanes, earthquakes, etc) is in what is called the fire militia. I work for the NPS. My job is publications, tours, educational groups. I also volunteer to be available as an SECM and SEC2 at federal incidents. We had one ranger transfer to the Army Corps of Engineers. Another one transferred to BLM. We planned to replace both and hire two more seasonals. We won’t be able to do that. Which means that the chances that I, or the other seven from my park who are part of the federal fire militia, will most likely not be available as we do not have the staff to keep up with our normal programs. My office has 8 people right now. We should have 11 to 13. Ain’t gonna happen.
Not to worry. Tax cuts for millionaires will put out the fires.
What does he mean by the "federal fire militia"? I can't find a result from google. Is this just fiction?
Yes it pans out.
http://helenair.com/news/local/forest-s ... 96488.html
Thanks. It looks like SECM may be some sort mechanic or maintenance thing. Guess he wasn't rapelling from a chopper saving a Brownie camp from certain holocaust but still fighting the blaze.

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free thoughtpolice wrote:Thunderf00t has ditched Anita for a new love interest, and who can blame him.
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Thunderf00t received criticism and put forth a much better argument. Nice to see. Still wish he would calm down on replaying the same footage over & over again.

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Obviously Trump has made things better. The US won the Bocuse d'Or for the first time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/dini ... ition.html
Obama couldn't make that shit happen.

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Brive1987 wrote:LSouthern has just challenged TF to a live stream.
Pulls up chair.
Now that, I would watch. Southern had better watch TF's full videos and be prepared to concede a few points if she doesn't want to come off as a hack.

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Sunder wrote:
sp0tlight wrote:Amanda, Amanda.
Are those arseholes have any working long term memory?!
While they're right about Marcotte I noticed they're using an autoblocker, so not exactly a beacon of self-reflection either.
Dunno who the OP is, saw it retwatted.

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An important topic that will be coming to the front soon. Is Melania happy?Could it be splitsville so yuge it could make your head spin?
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jimmyfromchicago wrote:Her lack of self-awareness never fails to amuse:
"I said stupid shit, people got mad at me, this means I am winning!"

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John D wrote:Your problem is similar to that of the media. You are assuming that Trump actually believes what he tweets... or even says. Look, we are going to have to get better at figuring out this ass-hole. The whole warming rant is just a rant. His noms for the cabinet do not support gw as a hoax. Just get with the program. You are smarter than this. Most of what Trump does is to position a negotiation. Have you ever negotiated anything? Really?
I think he believes that global warming is a hoax. He has held that position for a long time.

However it was interesting when he turned on a dime when it came to the Obama birth certificate to make the media all look like fools. I am hoping he does the same on global warming.

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deLurch wrote:
John D wrote:Your problem is similar to that of the media. You are assuming that Trump actually believes what he tweets... or even says. Look, we are going to have to get better at figuring out this ass-hole. The whole warming rant is just a rant. His noms for the cabinet do not support gw as a hoax. Just get with the program. You are smarter than this. Most of what Trump does is to position a negotiation. Have you ever negotiated anything? Really?
I think he believes that global warming is a hoax. He has held that position for a long time.

However it was interesting when he turned on a dime when it came to the Obama birth certificate to make the media all look like fools. I am hoping he does the same on global warming.
Not sure how that made the media look bad. :think:

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Shatterface wrote:If the French police can issue a temporary ID what's the point? Why can't you just use whatever you showed them to persuade the police to give you the temp papers?
You know, that's actually a good question I never thought about. When I lost my passport back in 2007, I just went to the police station, gave them my name, date of birth and address, and they issued the paper. I don't remember them asking for anything else. Might have changed now.
So it's the Maginot line all over again?

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Shatterface wrote:If the French police can issue a temporary ID what's the point? Why can't you just use whatever you showed them to persuade the police to give you the temp papers?
You know, that's actually a good question I never thought about. When I lost my passport back in 2007, I just went to the police station, gave them my name, date of birth and address, and they issued the paper. I don't remember them asking for anything else. Might have changed now.
So it's the Maginot line all over again?

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free thoughtpolice wrote:Not sure how that made the media look bad. :think:
He got all of the press to come out and live broadcast a bunch of army vets singing Trumps virtues, and at the very end of the press conference, he announced that Obama was in fact a US citizen. The controversy was over just like that.

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Kirbmarc wrote:
One thing I don't get about the US is why you're not required to show some sort of ID before voting. I've been told that not all people have ID, that (for example) poor people don't have a car and so have no driver licence, don't have a passport or a social security card or any other common form of identification, and students also lack IDs.

Maybe there's something I simply don't understand, but why don't you just issue ID cards for everyone? In most of Europe you're pretty much required by law to have an ID card once you're an adult, and in many cases even before. This would solve the problem of having to get a driver licence in order to have an ID. Again, maybe there's something I'm missing here.
In Oz (so far) there is no Personal ID card, and you can legally wander in the great outdoors without any paperwork at all.
There was a push by the Hawke (Labor) government in the 80's for a all purpose national ID - the 'Australia Card'. Large street demonstrations against, no public support , goverment had to give it up. Been political poison ever since.
A driver's license is a defacto ID for most commercial purposes. And the Tax number is a national ID for all that government stuff.

When voting, you just rock up, give your name, the electoral officer reads your address from the roll to check it's the right Fred Bloggs - asks "Have you voted at any other polling booth?" ... "No", rules a line next to your entry, gives you the ballot papers - that's it.
The rolls can be collated later to check for multiple or no voting, which are offences, but only to the extent that you have to show up and stick the ballot papers in the box (once) or lodge a postal vote. Actually making a valid mark on the papers is not monitored.

Pure speculation, but I think that Compulsory Preferential Voting takes a lot of the hysteria/ballyhoo out of the process, the major parties don't have to get the proles to the ballot box, the only problem is to sway enough one way or the other. The paper system works well for a small population, results usually by the end of the night, and it's all available for a recount if needed.

Hey, it's Australia Day!

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Easy J wrote:So...what are the appropriate slurs for Scots & Ozzys? And is Kiwi a slur or cute shorthand? I'm an unworldly hick & have been wondering for a bit.
Porridge Wogs?

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katamari Damassi wrote:I hope the Scientist March will be intersectional and center marginalized sciences like Feminist Glaciology over white patriarchal physics.
Physics doesn't have to be patriarchal. Let me introduce you to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a black-jewish Physicist who touts herself as the leading authority on decolonizing and intersectionalizing science.

She's quite the paragon of modesty, as this tweet chain shows:
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Brive1987 wrote:Cashed up PZ beats off on Dick

http://archive.is/b9ewQ
Looks like they're going to inch across the finish line, prodded by two reminders by PZ lighting a fire under their asses. Yes, it was a good showing, but I wonder how responsive they're going to be when the real bills start coming due. 20K is pigeon scratch compared to what the entire shebang is going to cost.

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Brive1987 wrote:Cashed up PZ beats off on Dick

http://archive.is/b9ewQ
Looks like they're going to inch across the finish line, prodded by two reminders by PZ lighting a fire under their asses. Yes, it was a good showing, but I wonder how responsive they're going to be when the real bills start coming due. 20K is pigeon scratch compared to what the entire shebang is going to cost.

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free thoughtpolice wrote:An important topic that will be coming to the front soon. Is Melania happy?Could it be splitsville so yuge it could make your head spin?
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Reminds me of the "Larry Sanders Show" daddy issues episode "Hank's Wedding". After Larry and Arthur are worried about his bride-to-be is a golddigger and Hank assures them she isn't because he's lost all of his money on a rotating restaurant that makes everyone seasick we come to the final scene:

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I saw a link titled "Sofia Vergara" and I read it as "soft viagra"

My excuse.

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dogen wrote:
katamari Damassi wrote:I hope the Scientist March will be intersectional and center marginalized sciences like Feminist Glaciology over white patriarchal physics.
Physics doesn't have to be patriarchal. Let me introduce you to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a black-jewish Physicist who touts herself as the leading authority on decolonizing and intersectionalizing science.

She's quite the paragon of modesty, as this tweet chain shows:
chanda-owed.png
My take on it: Ebonic physics - especially when published in rap music format - should be given priority over white guy Euro-centric physics at all times because intersectional entanglement.

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dogen wrote:Porridge Wogs?
Already covered that base.

(one page back)

I still think "plastic Mick" and "Men in skirts" are the best...

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/imag ... GV_cvDoHlf

(I have a desert-cam version of the above and still break it out at new year parties!)

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MacGruberKnows wrote:
dogen wrote:
katamari Damassi wrote:I hope the Scientist March will be intersectional and center marginalized sciences like Feminist Glaciology over white patriarchal physics.
Physics doesn't have to be patriarchal. Let me introduce you to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a black-jewish Physicist who touts herself as the leading authority on decolonizing and intersectionalizing science.

She's quite the paragon of modesty, as this tweet chain shows:
chanda-owed.png
My take on it: Ebonic physics - especially when published in rap music format - should be given priority over white guy Euro-centric physics at all times because intersectional entanglement.
Don't get me wrong. Chanda works on loop quantum gravity, which is no walk in the park. So I think she's jolly smart.

But she's also a fucking self-centered, preening, loudmouthed loon. Just a few weeks ago she totally lost her shit on Twitter because someone had presented a talk at the winter American Astronomical Society meeting on intersectionality, and not featured Chanda front and center in the talk. It was brutal; there were twatters publicly grovelling to her and confessing their wrongthink.

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Bhurzum wrote:
dogen wrote:Porridge Wogs?
Already covered that base.

(one page back)
My bad, I was playing catch up
I still think "plastic Mick" and "Men in skirts" are the best...

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/imag ... GV_cvDoHlf

(I have a desert-cam version of the above and still break it out at new year parties!)
How often do the ladies try to look/grope under the kilt?

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greylurker wrote:
Kirbmarc wrote:
One thing I don't get about the US is why you're not required to show some sort of ID before voting. I've been told that not all people have ID, that (for example) poor people don't have a car and so have no driver licence, don't have a passport or a social security card or any other common form of identification, and students also lack IDs.

Maybe there's something I simply don't understand, but why don't you just issue ID cards for everyone? In most of Europe you're pretty much required by law to have an ID card once you're an adult, and in many cases even before. This would solve the problem of having to get a driver licence in order to have an ID. Again, maybe there's something I'm missing here.
In Oz (so far) there is no Personal ID card, and you can legally wander in the great outdoors without any paperwork at all.
Not sure how accurate this is but seems like a good idea in general:
greylurker wrote:Hey, it's Australia Day!
Yea team! :flags-australia: :flags-canada: :obscene-drinkingcheers: Seems it's a traditional piss-up but not everyone in the cheering section:


Though some push-back:

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Hunt wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Cashed up PZ beats off on Dick

http://archive.is/b9ewQ
Looks like they're going to inch across the finish line, prodded by two reminders by PZ lighting a fire under their asses. Yes, it was a good showing, but I wonder how responsive they're going to be when the real bills start coming due. 20K is pigeon scratch compared to what the entire shebang is going to cost.
Why would that be? PZ and his mentally insufficient friends have a shitlord working for them at a discount rate. Isn't that what they said?

This is the guy that PZ and Svan and the other children are pinning their hopes on, just from Wikipedia:
In 1996, Randazza was inspired to attend law school by the film The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Randazza's first case was representing a fraternity at Boston University when the brothers of that fraternity were accused of destroying their house and other misconduct.
Randazza has gained notoriety for handling high profile First Amendment cases and for his defense of the adult entertainment field.[15] He represented Anthony Ciolli, one of the administrators of AutoAdmit in the high-profile case regarding that website, securing his dismissal from that case. He has represented the defendant in Beck v. Eiland-Hall, a case before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) filed by political commentator Glenn Beck, concerning a satire website parodying Beck.[16][17]
Citizen Media Law Project assistant director Sam Bayard said of the WIPO arbitrator's decision, "It's good to see that this WIPO arbitrator had no interest in allowing Beck to circumvent the guarantees of the U.S. Constitution".[18] He went on to congratulate Randazza, "Congratulations to Marc for this big victory and for his innovative brief that not only won the case, but also brought 'Mr. Spock Ate My Balls' into the legal lexicon."[
Randazza has been criticized by feminists for supporting Rush Limbaugh and the rights of the adult film industry as well as his representation of adult film companies in copyright infringement cases.
Randazza was named one of the Top 50 newsmakers of the adult entertainment industry by XBIZ World Magazine for the year 2011,[24] and in January 2012, he discussed being admitted to the Nevada Bar, his plans to reform nationwide anti-SLAPP legislation, and changes to copyright protections as a result of Righthaven
This might explain a lot:
On September 30, 2015 Randazza prevailed in his defense of Dr. Steven Novella in a SLAPP case in Florida, filed against him by Edward Tobinick.
How much did Novella pay?

So the Orbit and FTB are pinning their hopes for survival on a guy who questions rape victims and loves to objectify women.

He should be on the Pit.

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

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Hunt wrote:
Brive1987 wrote:Cashed up PZ beats off on Dick

http://archive.is/b9ewQ
Looks like they're going to inch across the finish line, prodded by two reminders by PZ lighting a fire under their asses. Yes, it was a good showing, but I wonder how responsive they're going to be when the real bills start coming due. 20K is pigeon scratch compared to what the entire shebang is going to cost.
Why would that be? PZ and his mentally insufficient friends have a shitlord working for them at a discount rate. Isn't that what they said?

This is the guy that PZ and Svan and the other children are pinning their hopes on, just from Wikipedia:
In 1996, Randazza was inspired to attend law school by the film The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Randazza's first case was representing a fraternity at Boston University when the brothers of that fraternity were accused of destroying their house and other misconduct.
Randazza has gained notoriety for handling high profile First Amendment cases and for his defense of the adult entertainment field.[15] He represented Anthony Ciolli, one of the administrators of AutoAdmit in the high-profile case regarding that website, securing his dismissal from that case. He has represented the defendant in Beck v. Eiland-Hall, a case before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) filed by political commentator Glenn Beck, concerning a satire website parodying Beck.[16][17]
Citizen Media Law Project assistant director Sam Bayard said of the WIPO arbitrator's decision, "It's good to see that this WIPO arbitrator had no interest in allowing Beck to circumvent the guarantees of the U.S. Constitution".[18] He went on to congratulate Randazza, "Congratulations to Marc for this big victory and for his innovative brief that not only won the case, but also brought 'Mr. Spock Ate My Balls' into the legal lexicon."[
Randazza has been criticized by feminists for supporting Rush Limbaugh and the rights of the adult film industry as well as his representation of adult film companies in copyright infringement cases.
Randazza was named one of the Top 50 newsmakers of the adult entertainment industry by XBIZ World Magazine for the year 2011,[24] and in January 2012, he discussed being admitted to the Nevada Bar, his plans to reform nationwide anti-SLAPP legislation, and changes to copyright protections as a result of Righthaven
This might explain a lot:
On September 30, 2015 Randazza prevailed in his defense of Dr. Steven Novella in a SLAPP case in Florida, filed against him by Edward Tobinick.
How much did Novella pay?

So the Orbit and FTB are pinning their hopes for survival on a guy who questions rape victims and loves to objectify women.

He should be on the Pit.

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

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dogen wrote:My bad, I was playing catch up
Nae danger, mucker!
dogen wrote:How often do the ladies try to look/grope under the kilt?
It's one of the nicer problems associated with kilts.

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Is it my imagination, or are there a whole lot of double posts lately?

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Is it my imagination, or are there a whole lot of double posts lately?

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnp8fd ... -large.gif

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Apparently, Shia Labeouf just got arrested at his art/protest thing.
Nothing on google (yet) and minimal tweets about it. Couldn't happen to a nicer crack-pot!

Disclaimer (for autistic screeching types) - I have NOT looked into this, do NOT take this as a solid fact, DON'T ask me to prove anything, GO fuck yourself. It's simply something I seen on twitter and thought it was interesting. Kthxbye.

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Initially, Hernandez denied touching the students, but then said the kissing was an accident that occurred when he was “speaking close with them and his tongue accidentally went in their mouth,” according to court documents.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/25/teacher-ar ... rs-mouths/

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