OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Last Wed I was (un)lucky enough to catch on the radio the Family Law Reforms being debated in the senate. It’s about streamlining confusing legalese in the current legislation to make it easier to make decisions in the best interests of the children. Although it actually had bipartisan support, Senators Cash and Hanson were not going down without a fight aka throwing in some manufactured gotchas with the hope of a headline. The context is that the consultant professors recommended rewording of the clauses, however the proposed amendments were essentially scrapped the old and inserted totally new. That just confused her no end. Anywho, I thought that Pauline’s take on the use of professional advice was interesting….

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https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/passage-landmark-family-law-reforms-19-10-2023

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansards/27134/toc_pdf/Senate_2023_10_18.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf

 

[Gronk]

She is not Hamas. Listen to her speak.

https://x.com/ajplus/status/1715861771645227502?s=61&t=q0pzBgfp65RbZZanL3hgyw

 

[Bandwagon]

Hamas isn't in the West Bank either, but hey, it's full of pesky Palestinians who are getting in the way of settlers steali.........err.......settling their land.

 

[Gronk]

https://x.com/onlinepaleng/status/1715820930977370411?s=61&t=q0pzBgfp65RbZZanL3hgyw

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

https://x.com/onlinepaleng/status/1715820930977370411?s=61&t=q0pzBgfp65RbZZanL3hgyw

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Propaganda war.

I don’t quite believe this and even if I did, there’s always a few ferals around.

There’s a lot of Israelis who don’t want any of this crap.

The fog and bullshit of war.

The bombing and killing has to stop as the priority and Israeli and Palestinian civilians have to be safe.

 

[JokerEel]

https://x.com/onlinepaleng/status/1715820930977370411?s=61&t=q0pzBgfp65RbZZanL3hgyw

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It looks like she is mocking the people acting and posting it on social media..

 

[JokerEel]

Hamas isn't in the West Bank either, but hey, it's full of pesky Palestinians who are getting in the way of settlers steali.........err.......settling their land.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/middleeast/hamas-spokesperson-detained-west-bank-intl/index.html

CNN says they are but do we believe CNN now as they are Western Media

 

[JokerEel]

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-conflict-live-updates-cancer-patient-survives-after-throwing-himself-on-grenades/news-story/215f75c16c8347019cf9d670d3b105ad

The wars going to get worse before it get better....

 

[Bandwagon]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/middleeast/hamas-spokesperson-detained-west-bank-intl/index.html

CNN says they are but do we believe CNN now as they are Western Media

Yeah, one bloke they apparently keep arresting, yet from the same article.

A total of 850 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank since Hamas’s brutal attack inside Israel on October 7, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club. They are said to include lawmakers, prominent figures, journalists, and former detainees who have served extended terms in Israeli jails.

.....There's also a coupla hundred who've been killed in the past coupla weeks, I don't know whether being shot counts as being arrested.

 

[JokerEel]

Yeah, one bloke they apparently keep arresting, yet from the same article.

A total of 850 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank since Hamas’s brutal attack inside Israel on October 7, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club. They are said to include lawmakers, prominent figures, journalists, and former detainees who have served extended terms in Israeli jails.

.....There's also a coupla hundred who've been killed in the past coupla weeks, I don't know whether being shot counts as being arrested.

1bloke? What about the other 59 (60) mentioned on the first line?

 

[Gronk]

Why are they doing this ?

 

[JokerEel]

Why are they doing this ?

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Because Iran is supplying weapons via those airports..

I do love the BS the Tweeter is spouting

 

[Bandwagon]

1bloke? What about the other 59 (60) mentioned on the first line?

Well, they only named one, which has been confirmed, and the source for that number is the Israeli security agencies, so I'm reluctant to accept that on face value alone, particularly given multiple reports from multiple sources stating popping something into your socials is enough to get you arrested as a "Hamas sympathiser".

What you've got is Israel acting as a complete police state within the occupied territories, and any merkin who is Palestinian considered remotely subversive to that is gonna be hunted and named a terrorist.

 

[Bandwagon]

Why are they doing this ?

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Because they can and will act with impunity, and they are fearful that what they are doing will escalate into a regional conflict, these steps are both preemptive and a warning to those states to stay in f**king line.

Oh, by the way, those US aircraft carriers stationed off the coast, they aint there for any other reason than to warn those states that if they f**k around, they will find out.

 

[Bandwagon]

Because Iran is supplying weapons via those airports..

I do love the BS the Tweeter is spouting

How is Iran supplying weapons to Hamas who are blockaded in Gaza?

Or are you talking about Hezbollah?

 

[Incorrect]

Because Iran is supplying weapons via those airports..

I do love the BS the Tweeter is spouting

When you find yourself persona non grata with all of your neighbours and you have to resort to unprovoked attacks on some of them, instead of constantly playing the victim, maybe it's time to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself, "maybe it's me - is there something I could be doing differently to change the situation?"....

 

[JokerEel]

When you find yourself persona non grata with all of your neighbours and you have to resort to unprovoked attacks on some of them, instead of constantly playing the victim, maybe it's time to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself, "maybe it's me - is there something I could be doing differently to change the situation?"....

Don't really get the above.

But when you host terrorists and get bombed like those 4 countries maybe it's time to look in the mirror.

Though Israel know Lebanon won't react as they have no money. The other countries are worried the USA will get involved.

 

[JokerEel]

How is Iran supplying weapons to Hamas who are blockaded in Gaza?

Or are you talking about Hezbollah?

Terrorists man ffs it doesn't matter what you want to call them

 

[Incorrect]

Don't really get the above.

But when you host terrorists and get bombed like those 4 countries maybe it's time to look in the mirror.

Though Israel know Lebanon won't react as they have no money. The other countries are worried the USA will get involved.

By the same token, those countries then should be able to target Israeli's given they are housing plenty of "terrorists" of their own no?

 

[Bandwagon]

Terrorists man ffs it doesn't matter what you want to call them

Well it does kinda, because Hezbollah is in Lebanon, not Gaza or the West Bank. So attacks that are designed to hurt Hezbollah bring Lebanon further into the conflict, again escalating the situation.