Non Footy Chat Thread II

[Gronk]

Standing in line for up to 4 hours to vote does not encourage attendance in a non-compulsory US election environment. WTF with having it on a Tuesday anyway ? Idiots.

America was still a largely agrarian society and farmers would travel to the nearest major town by horse and cart to cast their ballot. It was a trip that could take a whole day in some places.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were considered days of worship, so they were out. The diary was also full on Wednesday. That was market day.

So, that left Monday and Tuesday. Folks would leave the farm on a Monday and travel through the day, arriving in time to cast their ballot on Tuesday before heading back to sell their fruit and vegetables on Wednesday.

 

[Twizzle]

god I'll be glad when its over

please someone make it go away

 

[Gronk]

Someone got trust issues ?

 

[Gronk]

I'm calling it already. The orange merkin is gooone.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

Just on reincarnation (as raised in HJ's post) my views have been changing a lot over the past five years, and I'm now quite open to the idea that there is some form of connection between life (lives) on earth and the regeneration of "souls".

I think it might be more complex than the simplistic one-for-one theory of reincarnation, and more towards the concept that our souls are all somehow interconnected, coming back together after life, and splitting off to form new life.

Perhaps this links the 28 gram theory (Gronk's link above) and our lack of knowledge about the universe's ark matter? Perhaps dark matter is the "incubator" or "common receptacle" of our "souls" when not embodied on earth? Of course all of this is unknowable and untestable, and at best merely a reflective thought experiement...

There are some theories linking souls to energy, and that imply learning done by a soul (part of the collective soul, as the theory goes) while on earth somehow results in the energy vibrating at a higher frequency, which then feeds back into/influences the energy of the collective soul upon a spirit's return from earth to the dark matter spiritual home (?).

That's a more detailed response on reincarnation than mine, but still pretty close to what I believe.

Are you serious?

Check some of this stuff out. Avy.

Aliens:
Rendelsham Forest;
Phoenix Lights;
Brazilian military footage;
Zimbabwean schoolchildren;
COMETA Report.

"Atlantis" (by which I mean an advanced society existing long, long before Mesopotamia):
Yonaguni;
Gobekli Tepe;
Godong Padang;
Dvarka;
The weathering on the Sphinx.

The Illuminati:
Shits and giggles. Seriously, though, they're real, in some form.

 

[Gary Gutful]

The Witch (Casper) is going to a field day with this.

 

[Gronk]

 

[hybrideel]

I never normally like those documentaries because I hate seeing merkins get eaten. That was good though. Great effort lizard.

I don't think it's documentaries you are watching if there are merkins getting eaten

 

[strider]

I wanna know how the cameraman doesnt end up snake num nums?

 

[strider]

Back to the f**kin us election ... i cant believe how obsessed our country is with it... our 2 main free to air channels are running all day coverage .... f**kin what?

 

[Incorrect]

Back to the f**kin us election ... i cant believe how obsessed our country is with it... our 2 main free to air channels are running all day coverage .... f**kin what?

The other night channel 9 had an exposé (read - propaganda piece) on Trump and what a bad man he is yada yada yada... And I'm thinking to myself - don't these merkins realise that nobody in this country will be voting for either Trump or Clinton??

I'm struggling to come to terms with why the media are so obsessed with this circus - is it a sense of inferiority and that all things US should be at the centre of our consciousness? Or is there something more sinister going on? Thing is it's not just Australia as near as I can tell. Having spent some time in the UK and Ireland recently, their media and pollies are also weighing in with their opinions and why Trump is not a suitable person to be president elect.

We used to see Fox News lambasted by other media outlets and talking heads for their outrageously Pro-Republican/Pro-Bush coverage of American politics. Much of those same people poking fun at Fox News back then are carrying on the same way this time around except they're just rooting for the other guy (or gal as is the case here)....

 

[strider]

Agree with all that .... most of the media are playing to what they think the punters want ( aka will make the media most money) - and being very PR is very trendy these days - they are the outspoken ones so the media latch onto it cos they see us all lapping it up ... and then there is probably a sheep mentality, so ppl lap it up cos they see others doing so

I get that the USA is powerful and what happens there affects the rest of the world ... and i am interested to see who wins ... but all day coverage ffs!! .... i assume had the cricket been on then 9 would have pushed it to gem

 

[Gronk]

I saw on the ABC this morning there is a bar in Washington DC that has re-named itself Trump Bar.

Totally tongue in cheek selling cocktails based on Trumpisms called "I just grab them by the pussy" or "I broke the glass ceiling for women, I really did".

Not many take him seriously, yet he his polling quite strongly. They must be the "he says things that we're all thinking" brigade.

ASX is jittery this morning.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets-live/markets-live-fasten-seatbelts-20161108-gsl0of.html

 

[Gronk]

Agree with all that .... most of the media are playing to what they think the punters want ( aka will make the media most money) - and being very PR is very trendy these days - they are the outspoken ones so the media latch onto it cos they see us all lapping it up ... and then there is probably a sheep mentality, so ppl lap it up cos they see others doing so

I get that the USA is powerful and what happens there affects the rest of the world ... and i am interested to see who wins ... but all day coverage ffs!! .... i assume had the cricket been on then 9 would have pushed it to gem

It's not surprising that Mel & Kochie or Carl and Watshername are going for a ratings grab. Any sign of an earthquake or roller coaster death and these merkins are reporting live from the scene with "breaking" news.

FMD

 

[Gronk]

 

[Incorrect]

It's not surprising that Mel & Kochie or Carl and Watshername are going for a ratings grab. Any sign of an earthquake or roller coaster death and these merkins are reporting live from the scene with "breaking" news.

FMD

I was watching the Today show this morning getting ready for work and when the news bulletin was on they "crossed Live" to a reporter at the scene of a car accident in Sydney's west.... I said to the missus - this girl has probably studied comms/journalism at uni for 3 or 4 years and goen through the wringer elsewhere to get a gig on TV.... and she ends up covering car accident stories..... FMD.

 

[Gronk]

I was watching the Today show this morning getting ready for work and when the news bulletin was on they "crossed Live" to a reporter at the scene of a car accident in Sydney's west.... I said to the missus - this girl has probably studied comms/journalism at uni for 3 or 4 years and goen through the wringer elsewhere to get a gig on TV.... and she ends up covering car accident stories..... FMD.

Even more embarrassing for journos is how Ch9 & Ch7 tend to air stories created from short video grabs that they have harvested from youtube, snapchat or facebook.

So if someone posts a video of car accident or a merkin shoplifting on CC tv, they will spin it as newsworthy.

 

[Dibs]

merkins arent very good shots

 

[Twizzle]

How the f**k does this work ?

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading Republican rival Donald Trump by two Electoral College votes, according to media reports, but the Republicans are expected to retain control of the US House of Representatives.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-09/early-victories-for-donald-trump,-hillary-clinton/8006582

 

[Gronk]