Monomer Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm surprised they don't already offer maternity leave! I had assumed that maternity leave was offered by all reasonably large companies. So I was looking forward to setting my clock back an hour on Saturday night and actually leaving for work after sunrise next week. But I just found out that I have to put up with daylight saving for another week. Currently I get up at 6am and I leave for work at 7:15am and for that hour and a bit I need to have the lights on because it's too dark outside. So I was looking forward to getting ready for work in the daylight and I'm a little disappointed that I have to wait an extra week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michaelangelica Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 One of Australia's great moral philosopher's writes (rare) on being "left"Raging with stale conviction against the "moral cancer" of the left is like lashing out at the wind - apart from being futile, there's something forlorn, emotionally wacky and phantasmagorical about it. The only authenticity to it lies in the faint smells of guilt, personal resentment, eros-envy and bad liver. I recall on the eve of the Iraq invasion, a hallucinating American military commander declaring that "Iraq has the cancer and America's got the chemotherapy". What he really meant was that America had the cancer and was giving it to Iraq.. . . Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each other, making things worse and fouling their own nest, all because they imagine things aren't good enough and should be made much better. How strange and sad for the species - have people forgotten that they can always escape to the fairy dell and talk to the ducks? Perhaps it was the Zen scholar Alan Watts who said, "You have to admire the animals, they suffer and die yet make so little fuss of it."Leftie me - Michael Leunig - Opinion - theage.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Well why not, we have forums on everything else hereI guess the inspiration for this thread came from a recent momentous moment in Australian HistoryYou need to read the fine details and press reports and international reaction and comments here:-SatireWire | Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes Up in North Atlanticeg But given that we are apart of this planet; we are sick of being ignored (especially since our recent move) We fight all USA's wars for them.Who knows that? All our defense expenditure is spent on crappy USA second-hand planes and helicopters etc(We are still laughing about the helicopters the US sold to the Oz Navy that won't fly over water- good one guys):eek: Defeat for Nelson as navy sticks to Seasprite - National - smh.com.auEGWhat the hell is Fall?The time of year when the leaves fall?The leaves fall all year here; bark too. So vitamin D deficiency only happens in Northern latitudes ( see Vit D thread)No. . it is high latitudes north and south. Why is the globe the wrong way up?Australia should be at the top.(Bets are being taken now about the reversal of the poles) And What is it with American Football? They look like sumo wrestlers with all their protective gear.The wimps need some serious Rugby, Union or Ozzie Rules.See what a little eye gouging can do to slow up the opposition.. So Americans can't understand Cricket.Is it our fault that 50% of you have below average intelligence? So, we are the only county to eat it's coat of arms.That is a matter for national pride.ETC ETC I leave it to my compatriots to help me here with this fascinating cultural interchange and experiment. As I started the thread I get to choose the rules.Which areAny thread has to have a link to Australia (however tenuous).Preferably it should be amusing, entertaing ,but a good rant (from Ozzies only) is OKWiki makes a few staid suggestions# 1 Etymology# 2 History# 3 Politics# 4 States and territories# 5 Foreign relations and the military# 6 Geography# 7 Flora and fauna# 8 Economy# 9 Demography# 10 CultureBut I think we can do better than that. Spot quizzes may appear on other threads to make sure you are awake.As America now owns all our biscuit (Yes biscuit, the proper name for "cookie")factories questions likeWhat are Tim Tams?orWhat are Saos?or maybe the environmentally significant- What is a nappy?orWhat is the most famous river-boat race in Australia?or Who gave Dame Edna her "Dame-ship"or Who is the head of the Australian Government? (See, if you said "Howard" you would be wrong) might suddenly appear; be warned! And I thought Australia was a country full of great people, I guess you never know the resentment that runs under the surface.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 One of Australia's great treasures Michael Leunig How strange and sad for the species - have people forgotten that they can always escape to the fairy dell and talk to the ducks?-Leunig, 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1103411.ht Michael Leunig Cartoons(Sorry a lot of this does not work) Media Watch: Video on Demand curly flat ~ the Michael Leunig appreciation site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 FINALLY A Windows application specifically made for the Australian UserIt is about time!The Manbottle Library - Microsoft Windaz 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieAG Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 And I thought Australia was a country full of great people, I guess you never know the resentment that runs under the surface.:beer: Hi Moontanman, They're just as bitter as other non elite people around the world are about the oil gouging and credit/mortgage crisis. This smells like a classic push poll ambush attack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieAG Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Economics, economists and the sub prime- 10 min video Hi Michaelangelica, That reminds me of a poem I wrote about 6 years ago. (no bull) 'The Grey knights claim' We opes your star advisers are truely opposite southern divinerslest they all dissapear up their coniverses. So I get to define the new word 'coniverse' /'conniverse' (both don't exists on dictionary.com) based on the modern day manifestation of the 'conniving' 'vortex god' as portrayed in Aristophanes play 'the Clouds' (because the end result is the same, especially for the sophists, or is that paralogists?). con·niveTo cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics. To scheme; plot. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape. Michaelangelica 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Rudd announces national FuelWatch scheme Posted 2 hours 42 minutes agoUpdated 1 hour 43 minutes agoThe scheme aims to eliminate afternoon price hikes. The scheme aims to eliminate afternoon price hikes. (ABC: Graeme Powell) The Federal Government has announced it will establish a national FuelWatch scheme. The scheme will require service stations around the country to notify a central authority of their prices for the next 24 hours by 2:00pm. They will then be required to stick to that price for the entire day, thus eliminating afternoon price hikes.What dissembling, hypocritical crap when 30-50% of fuel costs are government taxes and charges.Are all Politicians moulded in the Goebbels mode? "If you tell a lie often enough. . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieAG Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 What dissembling, hypocritical crap when 30-50% of fuel costs are government taxes and charges.Are all Politicians moulded in the Goebbels mode? "If you tell a lie often enough. . ." Hi MA, And the fuel Majors have already increased their prices this cycle by 3-4 cents compared with last week. Why don't the politician bastards just legislate and serve the people who elect them, last time I looked corporations, multinational or otherwise, didn't get to vote in Australia, but could bribe/donate to our democratic scumbags. And if our politicians say that they cannot do anything because it would involve changing their/our own bloody laws, then they are explicitly refusing to do what the Australian public has democratically elected the dirty rotten mongrels to do. BTW, I really had to laugh when I heard about Tony Blair and his governments billions of kickbacks to GWB's buddy from Saudi Arabia, as at the same time GWB was ranting on again about, ho hum, Iran and the usual paranoid bullshit. Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel. Doesn't GWB realise that the main problems of the world and the global financial system today have been caused by the corruption of the system that has occurred under his watch, and terrorism had very little to do with it apart from being the 'cover' story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 That was a quick reply laurie But it is bloody agrivating isn't it, when these dopey politicians don't realise they create most of the problems themselves! Then they try to sell us mushroom food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 This tragedy seems to be being swept under the NSW carpetUnion Carbide gave us the Indian environmental disaster Bhopal, now owned by Dow Corp (USA)Many of the shareholders of Dow (various superannuation funds firemen etc) have asked Dow to settle but they won't.no one has even suggested that they recompense the Sydney fishermen and their kids ( strangely- especially kids have high blood levels of toxins) be compensated. Is this the USA cringe?Or had Dow made a contribution to the Labor party trust fund?Commercial fishing banned in Sydney HarbourThe World Today - Commercial fishing banned in Sydney HarbourSydney Harbour Environmental HealthSydney Harbour Environmental Health - 01/03/2006 - NSW ParliamentTests reveal high dioxin levels among fishermen, familieshttp://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1619476.htm Click for news Click for pictures National Tree Day Planet Ark Home Toxic Waste Ends Sydney Harbour Commercial FishingMail this story to a friend | Printer friendly version AUSTRALIA: February 10, 2006 SYDNEY - Toxic waste in Sydney Harbour has forced authorities to end centuries of commercial fishing, warn recreational anglers not to eat too much harbour fish, and undertake a A$200 million (US$150 million) clean-up programme. The New South Wales state government announced on Thursday an end to commercial fishing after tests showed the level of cancer-causing dioxin in fish was almost 100 times World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended maximum levels.Planet Ark : Toxic Waste Ends Sydney Harbour Commercial FishingIs anyone else cranky about this?Now I only eat fish from Tasmania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 This tragedy seems to be being swept under the NSW carpetUnion Carbide gave us the Indian environmental disaster Bhopal, now owned by Dow Corp (USA)Many of the shareholders of Dow (various superannuation funds firemen etc) have asked Dow to settle but they won't.No one has even suggested that they recompense the Sydney fishermen and their kids ( strangely- especially kids have high blood levels of toxins) be compensated. Is this the USA cringe?Or had Dow made a contribution to the Labor party trust fund?Commercial fishing banned in Sydney HarbourThe World Today - Commercial fishing banned in Sydney HarbourSydney Harbour Environmental HealthSydney Harbour Environmental Health - 01/03/2006 - NSW ParliamentTests reveal high dioxin levels among fishermen, families7.30 Report - 19/04/2006: Tests reveal high dioxin levels among fishermen, families TONY IANNI: I used to catch bream with no eyes, deformed fish, big heads and no bodies, ugly things I would throw back in the water. JONATHON HARLEY: How often would you get fish like that? TONY IANNI: Two or three a Night. Toxic Waste Ends Sydney Harbour Commercial FishingMail this story to a friend | Printer friendly version AUSTRALIA: February 10, 2006 SYDNEY - Toxic waste in Sydney Harbour has forced authorities to end centuries of commercial fishing, warn recreational anglers not to eat too much harbour fish, and undertake a A$200 million (US$150 million) clean-up programme. The New South Wales state government announced on Thursday an end to commercial fishing after tests showed the level of cancer-causing dioxin in fish was almost 100 times World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended maximum levels.Planet Ark : Toxic Waste Ends Sydney Harbour Commercial FishingIs anyone else cranky about this?Now I only eat fish from Tasmania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieAG Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 That said, while we have had really dry and what seems warm weather, we had one of our coldest Febs in a long time ?? Id hate to be in the weather sciences.. too many variables! Hi Jay-qu, All, Has anybody else noticed that most of their birds have had two breedings this season? I have seen ducklings that were produced by this seasons first batch of ducklings, and the second lot of ducklings are nearly the size of their parents while their grandparents are much larger than all of them. I have also recently seen two young magpies with their grey coats, talk about two swooping seasons. The most surprising thing is that the weather has been consistently cooler for all of this year with maximums and minimums at least 1 degree below the long term monthly averages. Also, considering the traditional clockwise antarctic weather cycles, surely all the cold water from that ice falling into the ocean must be getting into our weather system. Has the ocean temperature dropped as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Riley's believe it or not: Australian are the hardest/longest working people in the world after S. Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted April 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 LaurieAGThis article on Ozzie Birds might be of interestShorebird Numbers Crash In AustraliaShorebird Numbers Crash In Australia ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2008) — One of the world's great wildlife spectacles is under way across Australia: as many as two million migratory shorebirds of 36 species are gathering around Broome before an amazing 10,000-kilometre annual flight to their northern hemisphere breeding grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieAG Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 LaurieAGThis article on Ozzie Birds might be of interest Hi MA, As long as they don't all die like the 10,000 or so mutton birds found off the east coast a couple of years ago. They examined some of the birds and thought that they may have been flying until they were exhausted and just fell out of the air. BTW, did you see the Housing Affordability comparisons. The (small country) town (50K population in 1963 before all the victorians moved there) of my birth has a housing affordability equivalent to New York while my current city of residence (50K population in 1963) has the housing affordability of Sydney or London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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