2018.04.17 Splice the Mainbrace

I believe in not hiring this cockjangle. - Clementine Ford


Show Notes


Quote

"Australia: It's like a train wreck and the trains are made of dumpster fires and the dumpsters are full of wrecked trains." - \@Stilgherrian

F.U.

Cuba diplomats mystery https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/canada-cuba-embassy-illness-diplomats

RIP Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey

RIP David Buckel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/15/david-buckel-prominent-new-york-lgbt-lawyer-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire

Things

Tots of rum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosgrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splicethemainbrace">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splicethe_mainbrace

Gaiety https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/17/israel-folau-would-sooner-lose-friends-family-and-rugby-than-his-religion https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/china-weibo-bans-homosexual-content-protest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/17/greg-hunt-interview-goes-off-rails-over-free-speech-and-gay-conversion-therapy http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-aceh-province-to-stop-whipping-criminals-in-public-officials

China control https://supchina.com/2018/04/12/jokes-app-neihan-duanzi-shuttered-by-chinas-media-regulator-for-vulgarity/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/china-toutiao-bytedance-censor.html

Drugs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/canada-liberal-party-considers-decriminalization-all-illicit-drugs

The Greens http://www.theshovel.com.au/2018/04/17/greens-say-they-cant-actually-be-fked-to-legalise-cannabis-anymore/

DNA malware https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/

Dazzle camouflage https://www.google.com/search?q=dazzle+camouflage

Apology for the Internet http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

IQOS (link withheld because fck tobacco companies)

Starving children in Africa Australia

Asteroid 2018 GE3 https://www.space.com/40315-asteroid-2018-ge3-surprise-flyby.html

Cockjangle https://twitter.com/clementine_ford/status/986174235725856768

Sport

Commonwealth Games

The Dream is Over/Dead

Ribena Stadium

The Clock

RIP Southbank Surfboard Countdown Clock http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-14/protesters-torch-commonwealth-games-clock-in-brisbane/9659122

#thedreamisdead



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