qualia

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/opinion/the-criminal-nsa.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

not true, representatives still have a vote on the floor of HoR or the senate. whether that vote makes a difference is another story. disagree again. since 2k7 we've had arguably many good reforms, tax reforms, ndis, higher pensions, dental health scheme, carbon pricing (despite your political views it does as advertised). i'm fairly certain we'd have none of those things if the country stayed with howard and the lnp. what is really going on? agree the personality contest of pm is a furphy, perpetuated by the media to distract from more in depth discussion. 2pp is a bit shit. but it only comes into play if you vote 1 above the line in the senate, which most australians don't. but still, you have the ability to avoid it yourself if you do so choose (House of reps ballot is different). there were lots of greens senator elected in 2k10, enough to give them the balance of power in the senate. however people have let themselves be dictated to my msm that the greens are "extreme" and "dangerous" or whatever, and as such their result will go backward this year. however the greens were instrumental in bringing in some of the reforms we've had this electoral cycle, reforms which the electorate has shown to appreciate. lol. all 100% true. anyway the point is the system is not necessarily rigid, it's just intellectual laziness on the part of the australian electorate which lends itself to the current situation we have.

http://youtu.be/WJmBNdiBuwc

if it means labour retains the senate then good. i wanna see abbotts resolve on the double dissolution threat.

well, abbott is about big government, as can be seen from his "direct action" plan(sic) and his ridiculous scheme to move everything to the NT, just because he says he's for small government doesn't mean he is, as far as asylum seekers goes labor has implemented most of the pacific solution except the "turn the boats around" stupidity but if anyone thinks that will work then i have a bridge made of shit to sell you. abbott is successful because the media has been relentlessly attacking gillard and the labor party for the last 3 years. that's what i mean when i say the public can't be trusted to make decisions. the economy is sailing true in the face of a global shit storm, and the public thinks it's in the shits. the public say (through polls) that they routinely prefer labor policies but they will vote for the lnp because why? fucked if i know. people think the carbon tax is responsible for high power prices but fuck the feds have nothing to do with power prices, it's all the states. and lnp say they'll keep the "compensation" but keep the "budget in the black", what the fuck? how can you keep spending while abolishing the revenue source? thats what's fucked about the mining tax (and i put the blame on gillard and swan wholey and soley for that one). seriously the lnp is a fucking joke and all of their policies are fucking ridiculous but they get to sail in because "omg carbon tax you said like...you wouldn't...what....juliar?" i should say about polls they say "people" think they'll be worse off under an lnp government but will vote for the government in which they will be worse off under because, ......, because....... "ZOMG JULIAR CARBON TAX" fucking retards,

you know how the "elites" think they need to make decisions on behalf of the public because the public is too brain dead to make their own? after watching australia over the last 3 years it pains me to agree with them. p.s. the media doesn't choose what i think, thank you very much.

fuck every cunt in politics (that includes the cunt media). fuck them all with a flaming bargepole. cunts.

mother fuck obama

http://theconversation.com/spending-down-on-harm-reduction-for-illicit-drugs-report-15346

http://youtu.be/oV0hl1njPt4 one of my favourite shorts of all time

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066344

http://youtu.be/A2k6Zk4taoo

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2013/06/fed-up-with-all-bullshit.html

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/intelligence-corporatism-and-dance-of.html

http://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/nils-frahm-peter-clark-remix/

post a pic? if it's the sort of bent which occurs when you lay it down flat for ages and just the tip grows up the you have to either cut it or live with it, or if it looks just like it's been growing facing one way to the sun for ages you can fix that by simply placing it in the sun with the bend facing backwards (or keep rotating it in the summer),

http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactives/billionpixel/

i can just imagine how many high level operatives in the us intelligence service are saying these words right now,

i remember something like this i posted a thread about it a while ago, it was to do with old attachments/images? can't remember, i posted a thread in this forum about it, i remember there wasn't a great deal of concern

fake, or a drone i'm saying fake

i think there was a new entry in the dsmv for "government beurocrat"

where do you think the earth ones came from?

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/20/pentagon_reading_salon_makes_you_a_threat/ the onion -- wtf