2016.10.04 What You Already Knew Is Right
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation. - Samuel Johnson
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Where a great proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill policed, and wretchedly governed: a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
Samuel Johnson
Our original quote didn't pass the sniff test. Thanks to @micmehmet for pointing out the problem.
See also: http://www.samueljohnson.com/measure.html http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/28/judge-character/
F.U.
Obeid family cooked http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/obeid-family-loses-multimilliondollar-lawsuit-against-icac-20160926-grp6o1.html
One Nation senator @SenatorMRoberts has declared he owns more than AUD7500 in gold and silver bullion https://twitter.com/michaelkoziol/status/780980460360982528
Cory Bernardi declares a charter flight with Gina Rinehart (aka The Boob Turtle). https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/780984223507288064
Duterte https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/30/rodrigo-duterte-vows-to-kill-3-million-drug-addicts-and-likens-himself-to-hitler http://www.afr.com/news/world/rodrigo-duterte-rejects-hitler-label-20161002-grtb4v https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/philippines-secret-death-squads-police-officer-teams-behind-killings
Bad language graded https://twitter.com/hackneylad/status/781886348663848960
RIP (aka Things Coming to an End ... aka The End Times)
Sir Neville Marriner
Max Walker
A tangle footed
Man, he carried his country
Avagoodweekend
https://twitter.com/JohnBirmingham/status/780922945958883328
Tangles bowling https://youtu.be/BFXaW2Ob50M
Shimon Peres https://www.ft.com/content/1c0bc4f2-7ae6-11e6-b837-eb4b4333ee43 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160928-shimon-peres-israeli-war-criminal-whose-victims-the-west-ignored/
AMA President: It is inevitable that if #Euthanasia laws are passed, they will over time be expanded to include children, mentally ill, vulnerable #ethics https://twitter.com/amapresident/status/782151765449777152
Optus HFC network http://www.businessinsider.com.au/nbn-co-just-walked-away-from-its-800-million-optus-cable-buy-2016-9
NEWS
Australians are generous to charities https://twitter.com/AusHouseLondon/status/781853884042059777
Reverse colonisation https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/14/wallabies-isle-of-man-wild-australia
... and coincidentally, this ... http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-loch-lomond-island-home-to-wallabies-and-how-to-get-there-1-4205617
... turns out there are a lot of wallabies around the place ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby#Introduced_populations
Malaysian GP underpants stunt http://www.theage.com.au/world/nine-australians-jailed-in-malaysia-for-flag-underpants-stunt-20161003-grtziu
Weather and Climate
South Australia storms and power http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/uhlmanns-bizarre-prediction-of-national-blackout-if-we-pursue-wind-and-solar-39364
The Nation's Capital
Rumtown Gazette
Mike Baird's support has collapsed https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/781330444545429505
Selling the Land Registry https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/03/now-were-flogging-off-the-land-registry-this-is-not-good-news-for-home-owners
Bankers and Wankers (aka Malbourne)
Liberals and recruitment in churches http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/recruitment-drive-in-churches-divides-victorian-liberals-20160927-grpl89.html
Seppo Land
US Senate overrides Obama's veto and then blames him for not telling them about the consequences http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/298486-mcconnell-opens-door-to-changing-9-11-bill https://twitter.com/thehill/status/781678733228904448
SPORT
AFL GF
