OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Not really.
Further to flood mitigation raising the dam wall, Sydney's population in 2050 is projected to be 8 million +.

The raising of the dam wall project was not only to prevent floods but to ensure Sydney's water supply for an ever increasing population.
I'll be dead by then and won't need to worry about turning on a tap and wondering whether water will come out of it.
My kids however............?

I think Twiz might have been referring to the story about Robert Kennedy Jr running for Democrat nomination in the next US presidential election. But who knows?

 

[hindy111]

Not really.
Further to flood mitigation raising the dam wall, Sydney's population in 2050 is projected to be 8 million +.

The raising of the dam wall project was not only to prevent floods but to ensure Sydney's water supply for an ever increasing population.
I'll be dead by then and won't need to worry about turning on a tap and wondering whether water will come out of it.
My kids however............?

And all that land deemed floods zone by raising they can then build houses. It's a win win

 

[Twizzle]

Not really.
Further to flood mitigation raising the dam wall, Sydney's population in 2050 is projected to be 8 million +.

The raising of the dam wall project was not only to prevent floods but to ensure Sydney's water supply for an ever increasing population.
I'll be dead by then and won't need to worry about turning on a tap and wondering whether water will come out of it.
My kids however............?

I was referring to the other lunatic asylum, where you take a chance sending your kids to school and hope to god they make it home alive and safe

 

[eel01s]

The raising of the dam wall was never meant to increase water storage for consumption. To do so would negate any benefit in raising the wall for flood mitigation.

 

[Gronk]

LACHLAN MURDOCH'S LAWSUIT

The news Crikey is being sued for defamation by Fox chief executive and News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch has gone around the world, folks. The lawsuit was filed late on Tuesday in Federal Court, CNN reports, one day after Crikey challenged Murdoch in an open letter plainly stating the outlet’s willingness to “test this important issue of freedom of public interest journalism in a courtroom”, Al Jazeera reports. As Crikey’s Bernard Keane reported yesterday, it’s essential to scrutinise Fox and the Murdochs in relation in the January 6 2021 Capitol riot: “The insurrection was repeatedly described as ‘peaceful’; its ‘energy’ and ‘positivity’ were lauded by Fox personalities. Yet according to Lachlan Murdoch, the role of his family in one of the key disruptive forces in US politics, Fox News, is somehow off limits, beyond public discussion in Australia.” As The Conversation writes, there is truly no better example than Murdoch’s case to show how Australia’s rigid defamation laws “enable the rich and powerful to intimidate their critics”. Murdoch has recruited top silk Sue Chrysanthou SC — you may remember she was disqualified from representing former attorney-general Christian Porter over a historic rape allegation he vehemently denied, because Chrysanthou had spoken to the alleged victim’s friend Jo Dyer previously, as Guardian Australia reports. Anyway, Crikey editor-in-chief Peter Fray and chairman Eric Beecher said on Wednesday that the site “stands by its story” in defending the important pillar of public interest journalism, as the BBC reports. And it’s not the only one. Yesterday former PM Malcolm Turnbull told the ABC Murdoch’s case was “hypocritical”, saying the Murdochs were “always bleating about freedom of speech, and how the defamation laws are too harsh”. The SMH’s Chip Le Grand came across a little more jaded, calling the case a matter of “towering egos and cold commercial interests”. Indeed the SMH’s print issue went with the headline “I didn’t start this” alongside a smiling photo of Murdoch on its front page. No word yet on why Nine newspapers refused to run our open letter as an ad, as The New Daily reports, unlike The Canberra Times and The New York Times. As Crikey’s Charlie Lewis points out, Nine had no qualms countlessly running Clive Palmer’s blaring yellow ads on its front pages, as Worm readers would be used to seeing in Hold the Front Page CrikeyWorm - Crikey will not be cowed

Guess who dropped their defamation suit against Crikey today ?

Lachlan Murdoch abandons legal action against Crikey

Fox Corporation boss Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation case against news outlet Crikey and some of its editors and executives.

thenewdaily.com.au

Spin --> On Friday, Mr Murdoch’s lawyers filed a notice to discontinue the case. In a statement, lawyer John Churchill said Mr Murdoch remained confident the court would “ultimately find in his favour”, but no longer wished to allow Crikey to use the case to “facilitate a marketing campaign” to boost subscribers.

 

[strider]

Uncle Rupert panics at 1 minute to midnight and settles for $AU1.2B so he and the rest of his minions don’t have to take the stand. Terms of the settlement are that Fox admits to everything, but so far The Australian can’t quite get there. Not that the US court expects his AU arm to be honest about anything, but you’d think that when reporting about a case about honesty in journalism that …..


Fox News parent Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787 million to settle its closely watched legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, averting a trial on the voting-machine company’s allegations that it was defamed by network broadcasts after the 2020 presidential election.

Dominion alleged that Fox hosts and guests amplified false claims that its voting technology helped rig the election for Joe Biden. The company sought $1.6 billion in damages. Fox argued that it was covering newsworthy claims by associates of then-President Donald Trump and that its broadcasts should be protected by the First Amendment.

Fox in a statement said the settlement reflected its “continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/fox-news-and-dominion-voting-systems-agree-to-settle-defamation-lawsuit/news-story/b652d2188b9998f7422606012f157914

You’d be shocked (not) to learn that at the time that I drop this link there is zero mention of the case of the Foxnews website.

Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Video

Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com. Breaking news and video. Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.

www.foxnews.com

The funniest part is that only years earlier all the democrats were ranting about election machines being rigged and every mainstream media outlet in the USA ran it, but no one gave any f**ks to sue anyone then

 

[Gronk]

The funniest part is that only years earlier all the democrats were ranting about election machines being rigged and every mainstream media outlet in the USA ran it, but no one gave any f**ks to sue anyone then

No it’s not the funniest thing. The funniest thing is that are still people trying to get purchase out of this.

So there was a congress debate in 2018 about the potential of machines being compromised.

U.S. officials warn Congress on 2018 election hacking threats

(This May 22 story corrects to show timing of release of funds to be distributed "by July," not "later this week," in paragraph six)

www.reuters.com

You do realise a huge difference between saying that voting machines COULD be hacked and insisting, despite all evidence to the contrary, that they WERE hacked. Then going on a daily campaign and being supported by corrupt news organisations perpetuating the big lie.

Meanwhile MyPillow guy stipidly said that he had irrefutable evidence and $5m that says it’s true.

My Pillow boss Mike Lindell to pay $5m to man over bogus election claim

The My Pillow boss challenged people to prove his data wrong. A software expert did exactly that.

www.bbc.com

The Fox / Dominion and Crikey settlements are the first of a multitude of cases against all the merkins who spun bullshit because they were sore losers and/or saw potential in spinning this lie towards the 2024 election as some sort of a benefit.

Smartmatic Settles With Newsmax: Here’s Where It And Dominion’s Other Lawsuits Stand

Dominion and Smartmatic still have nearly a dozen cases pending against right-wing defendants.

www.forbes.com

 

[strider]

No. Its still very funny that the Dems were all for voting machines being able to be rigged, then went totally silent on that. But I understand thats entirely lost on completely biased people.

 

[strider]

There was entirely weird shit that happened on live TV ..... was it rigged? Seems highly odd at the very least.

In the beginning of the clip, the president’s tally is at 1,690,589, but the next time Pennsylvania votes are shown Trump has only 1,670,631 – a difference of 19,958 votes.

At the same time, Biden’s vote tally first sits at 1,252,537, before mysteriously jumping to 1,272,495 the next time Pennsylvania vote totals are shown, a sum of 19,958 votes.

 

[Gronk]

No. Its still very funny that the Dems were all for voting machines being able to be rigged, then went totally silent on that. But I understand thats entirely lost on completely biased people.

What seems to be completely lost on you is that there is zero evidence of any discrepancies in the election. So whilst the democrats were concerned in the hypothetical, you think that ….. yeah I don’t know what you think. It’s some sort of a gotcha bias that I can’t see ? Maybe it’s a bias that you can’t let go ?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/01/swing-state-counties-that-used-dominion-voting-machines-mostly-voted-trump/

 

[strider]

What seems to be completely lost on you is that there is zero evidence of any discrepancies in the election. So whilst the democrats were concerned in the hypothetical, you think that ….. yeah I don’t know what you think. It’s some sort of a gotcha bias that I can’t see ? Maybe it’s a bias that you can’t let go ?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/01/swing-state-counties-that-used-dominion-voting-machines-mostly-voted-trump/

yes I didn't word my initial post quite right, they are "democrats were ranting about election machines that can be rigged" - then they went entirely silent on the matter .... though there is one woman there who claiming that 2018 machines did switch votes and I have seen others that are not in that video but I don't have everything I have ever seen bookmarked ..... so once again - still pretty funny the way they suggested its entirely likely, demonstrated it, then just zipped up and denied it could have happened

the Fox settlement doesn't actually clarify anything about whether it did or didn't happen - it was all based on them obtaining correspondence where the presenters/employees believed it was false but still peddled otherwise

 

[Gronk]

yes I didn't word my initial post quite right, they are "democrats were ranting about election machines that can be rigged" - then they went entirely silent on the matter .... though there is one woman there who claiming that 2018 machines did switch votes and I have seen others that are not in that video but I don't have everything I have ever seen bookmarked ..... so once again - still pretty funny the way they suggested its entirely likely, demonstrated it, then just zipped up and denied it could have happened

the Fox settlement doesn't actually clarify anything about whether it did or didn't happen - it was all based on them obtaining correspondence where the presenters/employees believed it was false but still peddled otherwise

Ok I don’t think we’re achieving anything here. All good.

 

[strider]

Ok I don’t think we’re achieving anything here. All good.

*toys thrown out of cot ... discussion over*

 

[hindy111]

*toys thrown out of cot ... discussion over*

The big man from the east has had enough.
Game over

 

[Gronk]

*toys thrown out of cot ... discussion over*

The big man from the east has had enough.
Game over

Sometimes I forget that I am actually dealing with adults.

 

[the phantom menace]

Speaking of Trump fans... I'd forgotten that Barry Humphries was "cancelled" out of the Melbourne Comedy Festival award named in his honour, due to comments indicating his lack of respect for trans people.

Barry Humphries was hurt after being 'cancelled' by Melbourne festival, Miriam Margolyes says

Entertainer Miriam Margolyes says her longtime friend Barry Humphries was left hurt and saddened when his name was stripped from a key Melbourne International Comedy Festival award in 2019.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

The fallout continues.

 

[Chipmunk]

I suspect Carlson will just have his own daily show on an online platform, maybe his own website, and make more money in the end.

TV is a dieing platform. More people watch videos online of someone who has created content to appear that a cat talks like a human than watch a NRL/AFL Grand Final or Origin matches.

 

[Gronk]

I suspect Carlson will just have his own daily show on an online platform, maybe his own website, and make more money in the end.

TV is a dieing platform. More people watch videos online of someone who has created content to appear that a cat talks like a human than watch a NRL/AFL Grand Final or Origin matches.

Fox is not TV. It’s always been cable or streaming.