the news thread

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:43 am

Hardy wrote:
witty_pseudonym wrote:This whole Fritzl case is really creeping me out. Finding it hard to read the reports.
Can you imagine having to try and defend him?
The darkest possible side of humanity imo.
:shudder:
I think he's getting a raw deal. The last time an Austrian hid his family from the authorites it was made into the world's best loved musical.

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

i almost wet my pants hardy. srlsy.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:50 am

Hardy wrote:Any word past this in the post is void. Sorry!

Its been interesting reading it a bit, same as reading "right wing" economists. its been good to challange my existing views on things, and also to see the kind of range of views people have. I am certainly less worked up now by rabid right-wing stuff and get why people have these differnt opinions. Also, it it good to understand where the arguments fall over, are superficial etc.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:30 pm

lol my whole post was SNIPPED on the bolt blog: "SNIP - RESUBMIT WITHOUT THE STUDENT-LEVEL ABUSE AND WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING TO ME STATEMENTS OR VIEWS I MOST CERTAINLY HAVEN’T EXPRESSED. "

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:38 pm

FoundationStepper wrote:lol my whole post was SNIPPED on the bolt blog: "SNIP - RESUBMIT WITHOUT THE STUDENT-LEVEL ABUSE AND WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING TO ME STATEMENTS OR VIEWS I MOST CERTAINLY HAVEN’T EXPRESSED. "

juvenile!

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:45 pm

FoundationStepper wrote:lol my whole post was SNIPPED on the bolt blog: "SNIP - RESUBMIT WITHOUT THE STUDENT-LEVEL ABUSE AND WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING TO ME STATEMENTS OR VIEWS I MOST CERTAINLY HAVEN’T EXPRESSED. "

LOL!!!

Respond with "SO'S YOUR FACE!!!!"

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:06 pm

Hardy wrote:
FoundationStepper wrote:lol my whole post was SNIPPED on the bolt blog: "SNIP - RESUBMIT WITHOUT THE STUDENT-LEVEL ABUSE AND WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING TO ME STATEMENTS OR VIEWS I MOST CERTAINLY HAVEN’T EXPRESSED. "
LOL!!!

Respond with "SO'S YOUR FACE!!!!"

definitley respond with SO's YOUR FACE

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:58 pm

hows this chick, windsurfing across bass straight? waht a fucking nut job!

http://www.theage.com.au/national/winds ... -9bcf.html

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:41 pm

mrj wrote:hows this chick, windsurfing across bass straight? waht a fucking nut job!

http://www.theage.com.au/national/winds ... -9bcf.html

"She is trying to blow the men's........"

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:54 pm

govt spying on dissenting blogs n forums
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/c ... 91004.html

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:32 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

worst. news. ever. =0(

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment ... ip:content

Brain · Post by **Brain** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:36 pm

Really? I thought this was the worst news ever (or the best)

http://www.thevine.com.au/blog/simonemi ... movie.aspx

nic · Post by **nic** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:11 pm

mrj wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

worst. news. ever. =0(

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment ... ip:content

what did that husband do to her face???
got squashed badly

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:22 pm

mrj wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

worst. news. ever. =0(

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment ... ip:content

Very sad day :donk:

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:54 pm

lol winnie cooper always had squashed face

the vine is well wicked. just got to be careful opening at work sometimes

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:05 am

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/794 ... urne-store

Wow, brazen doesn't cover it.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a jewel thief but more the 'case the chateau for weeks before' stylez, not this smash and grab stuff. Bully for him I guess.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:54 pm

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/796 ... -mid-1990s

Sexual assaults in Oz up by 50% since mid 90's.

Sad and angry at the same time

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:29 pm

Lizkins wrote:lol winnie cooper always had squashed face

NO SHE DIDN'T.

However, present Winnie doesn't live up to the hype that past Winnie inspired.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:29 pm

^ Oh, IMO.

Just in case you thought I was commenting from somone else's perspective...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:34 pm

horses for courses?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:17 pm

BANG!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:31 pm

mixtress wrote:http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/796 ... -mid-1990s

Sexual assaults in Oz up by 50% since mid 90's.

Sad and angry at the same time

could the figures be the same but that now more people feel less "guilty" about reporting it. i think attitudes have changed in regards to that as well.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:32 pm

lol i didn't read the article when i made that comment, then read it and it says exactly that in the third para.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:55 pm

either way, learning about it is scaring me

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:08 pm

bye bye pirate bay

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25348755-1702,00.html

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:38 pm

oooh swine flu.

flash in the pan IMO, especially seeing as IBM already saved the world from Bird Flu.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:41 pm

youthful_implants wrote:oooh swine flu.

flash in the pan IMO

mmmmmmmmmm Bacon...

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:59 pm

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:02 pm

deviant wrote:bye bye pirate bay

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25348755-1702,00.html

Good fucking riddance

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:13 pm

youthful_implants wrote:oooh swine flu.

flash in the pan IMO, especially seeing as IBM already saved the world from Bird Flu.

I sincerely hope you are right. Pigs act as a mixing pot for influenza, and there is genuine concern that if this strain (A/H1N1) infects either a pig or a human who has the H5N1 viral strain, 2/3rds of the planet could be wiped out within months (and the people with healthy immune systems will be the ones who cop it).

I'm keeping one eye on the World Health Organisation to watch the evolution of the outbreak. There will be some tabloid sensationalism, but you can usually depend on the WHO to cut through the bullshit. The next three-four days are critical... we will have a much better understanding of the pathogenicity and probability of cytokine storms with this virus. At the moment it looks highly virulent, and Avian influenza is currently killing people in Egypt. Fingers crossed that they don't cross paths.

http://www.who.int/en/

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:28 pm

C.I.A. wrote:cytokine storms

that shit is mega nasty

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:44 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:oooh swine flu.

flash in the pan IMO, especially seeing as IBM already saved the world from Bird Flu.

I sincerely hope you are right. Pigs act as a mixing pot for influenza, and there is genuine concern that if this strain (A/H1N1) infects either a pig or a human who has the H5N1 viral strain, 2/3rds of the planet could be wiped out within months (and the people with healthy immune systems will be the ones who cop it).

http://www.who.int/en/

sounds a bit rash (er) to me.

j/k I'm sure it is potentially serious Cia, but in the UK we were bombarded with front page scare stories about avian flu for nearly a year. a whole fucking year! LOL

no epidemic, so why scare everyone? do you see what I mean? it was sensationalised in the extreme by the media and I'm naturally rather dubious.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:01 pm

The good thing about mass media coverage is that hopefully EVERYONE who has returned from Mexico and the US will now be aware of symptoms to look out for, along with the general population.

Good way to stop further spreading of a potentially disasterous lethal virus.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:37 pm

People should be scared imo....

Influenza has wiped out millions of people before and has the potential to do it again, no matter how prepared we are. The virus has mutated 100s or even 1000s of times since it was first discovered.

Death from influenza (read: cytokine storm) is fucking horrible... sub-20 year olds and over 40s are usually OK... 20 and 30 somethings are the ones who get fucked on. Basically your own immune system kills you, and it's at it's most developed between 20 and 40 years of age.... Nasty nasty nasty.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:45 pm

Symptoms mirror the regular flu so it's gonna be pretty hard to detect? Flooded emergency rooms and doctor's offices in the near future.

Hey, why were the charges against Richard Pratt dropped? A criminal is a criminal, cancer riddled or not. I hope he and his family decide to do something really good with the millions of dollars he made colluding.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:17 am

if the legal brief will take longer than for him to cark it why waste taxpayer money on it.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:58 am

Good point, unless they recoup more money from the court case via end result.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:25 am

youthful_implants wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:oooh swine flu.

flash in the pan IMO, especially seeing as IBM already saved the world from Bird Flu.

I sincerely hope you are right. Pigs act as a mixing pot for influenza, and there is genuine concern that if this strain (A/H1N1) infects either a pig or a human who has the H5N1 viral strain, 2/3rds of the planet could be wiped out within months (and the people with healthy immune systems will be the ones who cop it).

http://www.who.int/en/
sounds a bit rash (er) to me.

j/k I'm sure it is potentially serious Cia, but in the UK we were bombarded with front page scare stories about avian flu for nearly a year. a whole fucking year! LOL

no epidemic, so why scare everyone? do you see what I mean? it was sensationalised in the extreme by the media and I'm naturally rather dubious.

Yeah, I see where you are coming from. Avian Flu sat at phase 3 for ages and nothing came of it because it had limited to zero human-human transmission. To catch it from someone you would have to cut them open and lick their lungs (gross but true).

WHO has ramped up to Phase 4

The Emergency Committee, established in compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005), held its second meeting on 27 April 2009.

The Committee considered available data on confirmed outbreaks of A/H1N1 swine influenza in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada. The Committee also considered reports of possible spread to additional countries.

Related link

Swine influenza

Current WHO phase of pandemic alert

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On the advice of the Committee, the WHO Director-General decided on the following.

The Director-General has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 3 to phase 4.

The change to a higher phase of pandemic alert indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased, but not that a pandemic is inevitable.

As further information becomes available, WHO may decide to either revert to phase 3 or raise the level of alert to another phase.

This decision was based primarily on epidemiological data demonstrating human-to-human transmission and the ability of the virus to cause community-level outbreaks.

Given the widespread presence of the virus, the Director-General considered that containment of the outbreak is not feasible. The current focus should be on mitigation measures.

The Director-General recommended not to close borders and not to restrict international travel. It was considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention.

The Director-General considered that production of seasonal influenza vaccine should continue at this time, subject to re-evaluation as the situation evolves. WHO will facilitate the process needed to develop a vaccine effective against A/H1N1 virus.

The Director-General stressed that all measures should conform with the purpose and scope of the International Health Regulations.

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Not looking fantastic at the moment, but may not be a big deal. If it ramps up to 5, start buying water and baked beans.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:44 am

^ dang.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:01 am

the 2 people who have it in the UK are recovering nicely.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:16 pm

youthful_implants wrote:the 2 people who have it in the UK are recovering nicely.

how old are they?

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:20 pm

deviant wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:the 2 people who have it in the UK are recovering nicely.
how old are they?

I have no idea. It doesn't say in the article I read, why?

Tamiflu FTW.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:24 pm

read my above post..... under 20s and over 40s usually recover from pandemic influenza.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:17 pm

I think if its caught early enough the prognosis is pretty good regardless of age.

The cytokine storm you describe only occurs in the later stages of the disease, and is preventable with various medicine including tamiflu and corticosteroids.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:28 pm

i kinda want swine flu.

it sounds really cool.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:31 pm

Woo, swine flu. Fucken any bets I'll have a cold on the plane

OMG Dan, just saw your sig. You've got me a welcome back Drumattics gig

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:57 pm

i love that emoticon, look at him go!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:02 pm

I went into Coles today to buy one of those little antibacterial handwash thingies for my trip to Sydders tomorrow (airports are scaring me atm) and the littlest bottle cost $3.40. Is that right? I was sure that stuff was like $1.99 a few weeks ago. Are they making mucho bucko on the swine scare?

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:23 pm

Don't know if the A/H1N1 strain of flu is deadly atm. Looks like some people are falling off the perch because of pneumonia... whether this is a secondary infection or blood filling the lungs after immune system threw mad rave is anyone's guess. Recombinant virus strains are currently the biggest concern, as the A/H1N1 is a hodge-podge of avian, porcine and human flu viruses and it could very easily mutate into something approaching 12 monkeys-style future, complete with mad stencil art.

The awesome thing about the evolution of disease is that a sucessful virus won't kill its host quickly. This is why 'catch it and bleed-to-death' diseases like Ebola tend to burn out after a short period of time. There is a tendency with disease for the less destructive and more contagious strains to pass on to more hosts and be more evolutionarily fit, so even if the faecal matter hits the spinning blade we may end up with a less deadly disease in a year or two.

An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness. With the increase in global transport, as well as urbanization and overcrowded conditions, epidemics due the new influenza virus are likely to quickly take hold around the world.

Outbreaks of influenza in animals, especially when happening simultaneously with annual outbreaks of seasonal influenza in humans, increase the chances of a pandemic, through the merging of animal and human influenza viruses. During the last few years, the world has faced several threats with pandemic potential, making the occurrence of the next pandemic a matter of time.

Consequences of an influenza pandemic

In the past, influenza pandemics have resulted in increased morbidity and mortality and great social disruption. In the 20th century, the most severe influenza pandemic occurred in 1918 -1919 and caused an estimated 40–50 million deaths world wide. Current epidemiological models project that a pandemic could result in 2 to 7.4 million deaths globally.

If an influenza pandemic were to occur today, we could expect:

the pandemic virus to spread rapidly due to the high level of global traffic;
vaccines, antiviral agents and antibiotics to treat secondary infections to be in short supply, with a period of several months before any vaccine becomes available;
medical facilities to be overwhelmed with demands to care for both influenza and non-influenza patients;
widespread illness to result in sudden and potentially significant shortages of personnel to provide essential community services.

Also, when armageddon comes, stick with the dog.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:48 pm

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... rrer=email

Bad-Ass Rappers - look out.

Can i claim that I am a Bad-Ass Trumpetist if I shoot someone?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:54 pm

Feigan wrote:http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... rrer=email

Bad-Ass Rappers - look out.

Can i claim that I am a Bad-Ass Trumpetist if I shoot someone?

Ummm, come again?

Mr. Nonsensical Lawyer wrote: Mr Richter said while carrying guns was illegal, the use of guns in some circumstances of self-defence was not.