the news thread

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:28 pm

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 5992321441

so - has anyone else thought about ripping there nuts off because they thought they where filled with centipides?

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:29 pm

this is where we should go if 2012 happens lol

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news ... 5990361565

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:53 pm

Feigan wrote:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 5992321441

so - has anyone else thought about ripping there nuts off because they thought they where filled with centipides?

reminds me of that time at Almax's place.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:54 pm

Lizkins wrote:this is where we should go if 2012 happens lol

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news ... 5990361565

the retarded journalist wrote:Daylight is filtered through to internal rooms due to the hotel’s see-through structure, reducing the need for lighting.

so, it has windows?

wow. how futuristic.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:13 am

not looking good for those in northern queensland today. big cyclone looks big.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/0 ... -news.html

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:52 am

its fucking huge isnt it?

i have quite a few scared friends up there.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:22 am

cyclones are mental, been in a few (really little ones of course). So worried for them

i think QLD have had enough on the natural disaster front

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:34 am

im on skype with my friend up there ....
they have evacuated the hospital, the beaches.

cairns is predicted to be 7metres underwater. no electricity for 2 weeks possibly. people are fighting in supermarkets for food. the birds are not chirping anymore, everything is still.

my friends have left their houses and are hiding up at Mount Molloy with 9 adults, 1 baby, 3 cats, 3 dogs, and 1 python.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:42 am

holy shit that sounds scary

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:35 pm

full on

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:19 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:9 adults, 1 baby, 3 cats, 3 dogs, and 1 python.

that's got law suit written all over it

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:49 pm

watching the cyclone on BOM radar is pretty crazy

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:07 pm

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/national ... loop.shtml

quick · Post by **quick** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:07 pm

bloody oath it looks scary, poor buggers... as if mother nature hasn't been too much of a cunt already to those guys up there...

i just hope they have prep'd and evacuated enough accordingly... huge night ahead for them, thoughts are with you

Post by **huge** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:26 pm

gunna just miss my brother but sister in laws family in cairns are screwed.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:29 am

look at the size of the thing! compared to say.... tasmania... blimey

no deaths or injuries as yet... WIN

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:28 am

has anyone seen the photo that NASA took from space of Yasi.

I'll have to find it, was fucking incredible.

EDIT

found it!!!

http://twitpic.com/3vcrq2/full

crazzzzyyyyy!

DOUBLE EDIT -

Wait, never mind, I think the pic is fake/photoshopped. For example I dont think Australia is in the correct hemisphere in the pic lol.

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:53 am

quick wrote: as if mother nature hasn't been too much of a cunt already to those guys up there...

Let's not forget how we've been cunts to mother nature....

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:54 am

category 5 down to category 2. Hate to ask the question, but was it sensationalised journalism or something? That is a big difference.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:56 am

no no liz, ,,,, the cyclone fades in intensity as it get's older, that's all.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:03 am

Lizkins wrote:category 5 down to category 2. Hate to ask the question, but was it sensationalised journalism or something? That is a big difference.

yeah someone on Fb today said - it sold a few papers & drove ratings up etc...
but tbh the BOM don't lie, it lessened off quite a bit before hitting shore thank fuck.
im pretty sure my friends' house in cairns will be okay as its over 100 years old.

but i still cant get through to them.
waiting patiently on skype for word.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:11 am

Dan - no dah, they are saying it wasn't a category 5 though. It also didn't hit where they said it would. That house did get cut in half yes (nice grabbing of photo from the Herald Sun), however it generally missed Cairns and Innisfail. Everywhere is badly damaged, but not destroyed. And thank goodness. I am just wondering why there is so much of a dramatic difference in what was reported to occur.

but thankful they were wrong

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:13 am

maybe they are scared shitless after the floods. dont blame em tbh.
better to get everyone scared as fuck so they stay inside than play it down at all imho.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:25 am

The BOM map includes the category along the path. It was definitely Cat 5 shortly before hitting land. There is absolutely no way to fully predict any weather event, let alone something this massive. It's all based on mathematical models, which work on probabilities and are never absolute (apparently, an early model had it hitting Brisbane!!) Unfortunately, the media aren't so good at conveying "this is our best guess."

Given the calls after both Tracy and Larry were "Why weren't we warned?" you can't really blame them for hammering it. Jeebus, if they have really managed to avoid any loss of life, massive props

Interestingly, there has been fuck-all reporting of it here. It seems the big winter storm has used up all the weather column space

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:27 am

Lizkins wrote: Dan - no dah, they are saying it wasn't a category 5 though.

I didn't realise that's what you meant

Lizkins wrote: (nice grabbing of photo from the Herald Sun),

wtf?

I actually got it from The Age, no no, sorry, I took it myself. Me

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:56 am

lol sorry Dan, was just annoyed with how you posted to me. ignore me being a nob

Retz and GK - yeah really good points. Instilling fear to make sure people do the right thing was probably necessary regardless of what was going to happen.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:45 pm

WikiLeaks among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:08 pm

I held a massive fart in all the way home on the tram last night, and thus avoided untold suffering for many.

my point is, wheres my Nobel?

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:23 pm

Should have leaked it MRJ....

oh shit - see what i did there!! OH SHIT!

almax · Post by **almax** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:28 pm

mrj wrote:has anyone seen the photo that NASA took from space of Yasi.
was fucking incredible.

almost as amazing as this picture of it

almax · Post by **almax** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:30 pm

deviant wrote:no no liz, ,,,, the cyclone fades in intensity as it get's older, that's all.

wow, the owners of that house must have been devo'd that it was a category 5, what with their house stumps being PALLETS surely it would have held together if it was just a cat 4...

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:36 pm

nice spotting Al. Also wear is the furniture, all i see is wooden poles through the windows

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:42 pm

there is a pic of the inside somewhere... *dig dig*

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:04 pm

i mean "where" not "wear". not sure you could wear furniture. although fashion these days....

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:24 pm

DBoy wrote:Should have leaked it MRJ....

oh shit - see what i did there!! OH SHIT!

ROFL

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:28 pm

almax wrote:
deviant wrote:no no liz, ,,,, the cyclone fades in intensity as it get's older, that's all.

wow, the owners of that house must have been devo'd that it was a category 5, what with their house stumps being PALLETS surely it would have held together if it was just a cat 4...

Gold Almax, gold.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:11 am

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/resid ... 1ahsy.html

"HUNDREDS of residents in Melbourne's western suburbs face ''chronic'' sleep disturbance from noise pollution generated by the $4.3 billion Regional Rail Link, the state's environmental watchdog has warned in unreleased reports commissioned by the former Labor government."

hmmmm...

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:56 pm

http://blogs.news.com.au/bossy/index.ph ... _mum_dies/

You go girl!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:00 pm

wrongtown x 1000

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:35 pm

what suprises me is someone from Moe can use a computer.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:56 pm

comments are phunneh though

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:51 am

http://www.theage.com.au/national/lib-r ... 1ak5l.html

and the scariness begins. we can already see bloody Julie Bishop jockeying for opposition lead. God help us if this woman gets anywhere even near the job of Prime Minister. Having said that I do agree with her on this (i won't make a habit of it), cutting foreign aid to Africa is a stupid idea.

Thankfully it looks like Joe Hockey is doing some positioning as well. I reckon Joe Hockey as leader is the smartest thing the opposition could do, he'd blow Gillard completley out of the water.

Neapolitan · Post by **Neapolitan** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:57 am

mrj wrote: Thankfully it looks like Joe Hockey is doing some positioning as well. I reckon Joe Hockey as leader is the smartest thing the opposition could do, he'd blow Gillard completley out of the water.

cannonball?

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:15 pm

Feigan wrote:http://blogs.news.com.au/bossy/index.ph ... _mum_dies/

You go girl!

holy shitballs that was a scary read... every time i read or hear whacked out stories like that i think - fuck i am one average normalish person in this world hey, and thank goodness for that!

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:01 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/trage ... 1akv0.html

How many people on here can say they have visited this car park at approximately the same hour.....

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:48 pm

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/t ... 6003665945

is that a gun in your pocket or did you just get a new sex toy hooohaaaa

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:03 pm

Lizkins wrote:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/t ... 6003665945

is that a gun in your pocket or did you just get a new sex toy hooohaaaa

Firearms found to have been stolen or used in a crime will be handed over to the police, while others will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to victims of gun violence,

does this strike anyone else as totally retarded? raise money for victims of gun violence by selling guns?

do they also plan to raise money for cancer sufferers by selling cigarettes?

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:36 pm

yeah dumb arse bells starting ringing when i read that.

they could sell them to the police or, if she is not wanting to make money from them, just get them destroyed. i think victim of gun violence would appreciate that more

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:27 pm

drink prices are too low wtf? has he even been out to a bar and had a drink of late?!?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 6006018492

nic · Post by **nic** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:10 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... 1b0fx.html

great to see this slimy cunt exposed lol, stupid cross eyed munt

generally proves again all footballers are thugs/sexual predators/mugs/cunts/bros