Re: WHAT'S MAKING NEWS TODAY? 2017 Edition

[achjimmy]

Its double edged. When we first went into Timor after the mighty UN $&@?ed it up.  The powers to be wouldn't let them land armed up !  So the SF boys had to disembark the plane unarmed and man up to all these hyped up TNI soldiers. Fortunately through previous cooperation our boys knew quite a few and the officers and the whole situation went off okay rather than a one sided gun fight.

What's that saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer?

[Rumpig]

So who was it in the blue Colorado that finished up in the drink at North Straddie yesterday

Article said that they drove out of one of the inland tracks too fast & finished up in the drink!

Bit weird - saw the article on News last night & can find it on Google "ute-swept-up-by-surf-of-north-stradbroke-island" but the linked story can't be found?

Video of it is on the I got bogged at Inskip page

[Ragman]

you call that bogged?

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

No, you can still see the windows.
Not bogged just stuck in an embarrassing manner.
Get out the Maxtrax, it should be easy to get out, yeah right.

[edz]

Should use that pic in this ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUA9Ns6va4   

[speewa158]

you call that bogged?

Failed to Proceed in a moist area     

[Jeepers Creepers]

Anyone see the fedex truck get cut in half on the news?

Stuff me sideways, i'm glad the parcel I had coming got here yesterday.

[Bird]

Time to send in the army to teach these little ****s whats right... Wheres the do-gooders - send them in to sort it out...

Seven teens are on the run and 50 terrified staff were in lockdown for four hours after the latest riot at a youth detention facility near Castlemaine.

Fifteen detainees escaped from Victoria's troubled Malmsbury Youth Justice centre on Wednesday, stealing cars, ramming other vehicles and prompting police pursuits.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fresh-trouble-in-victorias-youth-justice-system-with-an-incident-at-malmsbury-20170125-gtyg50.html

[Fizzie]

Anyone see the fedex truck get cut in half on the news?

Yeah, I reckon that truckie is busy updating his resume this morning, with all mention of driving being cut out, before looking for his new job!

Ooops, just realised that didn't come out quite properly

I mean he's probably quit driving, rather than been sacked.

[Jeepers Creepers]

They said last night, the boom gates and lights weren't working at the level crossing.

Somehow though, the truckie will still get the blame one way or another.

[Fizzie]

Yep - the News showed that they still up when the truck drove through - but they came down after he'd been wiped out

Frozen

Just as well it wasn't a school bus

[Bigfish]

Yep - the News showed that they still up when the truck drove through - but they came down after he'd been wiped out

Frozen

Just as well it wasn't a school bus

Pity it wasnt a load of greedy pollies out on a wine swilling event at our expense!!!

[Hairs]

Are they serious
"Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia"
http://www.smh.com.au/national/2017-australia-day-honours-list-julia-gillard-appointed-an-ac-20170119-gtunse.html

[Rumpig]

Are they serious
"Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia"
http://www.smh.com.au/national/2017-australia-day-honours-list-julia-gillard-appointed-an-ac-20170119-gtunse.html

shows what a joke these awards are and why they mean little to the average Aussie....rarely if ever do the true hard working people that make a differance to this country get the acknowledgement they deserve.

[alnjan]

Are they serious
"Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia"
http://www.smh.com.au/national/2017-australia-day-honours-list-julia-gillard-appointed-an-ac-20170119-gtunse.html

Yeah they just hand them out to anyone these days, don't want to offend her and cop a mouthful of her misogynistic accusations

[edz]

They cant break with the Jobs for the boys and look after your own with gongs tradition now could they ... What would the people think of them then .

[Bird]

Are they serious
"Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia"
http://www.smh.com.au/national/2017-australia-day-honours-list-julia-gillard-appointed-an-ac-20170119-gtunse.html

I cant believe a Judge has been given the same ....

shows what a joke these awards are and why they mean little to the average Aussie....rarely if ever do the true hard working people that make a differance to this country get the acknowledgement they deserve.

nail on the head.

[Hairs]

I cant believe a Judge has been given the same ....

[Troopy_03]

Yeah, I can see that Mick Fanning, Jimmy Barnes, Nick Cave and Paul Kelly are much more worthwhile recipients of the awards. 
Actually though, I think that anyone who wants to set themselves up, as prime targets for a gazillion different armchair experts to ridicule and criticize, in a bazillion different forums, must have pretty big balls and must be worthy of some sort of recognition. Good to see Alf Stewart got a mention though...... 

[Fizzie]

At least Alan Mackay-Sim got Aussie of the Year http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-25/australian-of-the-year-2017-winners-alan-mackay-sim/8212694

Looked at the "finalists" on the News last night & thought God, what a bunch of low-life no-hopers that are supposed to be the best in Australia?

[Champin]

Two of the little Shits from malmsbury were seen zipping through my town doing about a dollar twenty this a.m. I hear they have nabbed one but trying to find out if they have the other whom apparently legged it into the bush. I'm parking cars in the back yard tonight and locking the house (which I haven't done in years) til I find out for sure. News on the fun polices 2facebook is saying the coppers cant say to much because of something to do with youth identity protection or some crap like that. But seriously?...if them little plicks want to do 120km/h throught a little country town where kids on holidays are playing on and around the street? Shoot the f#@kers.
 And the bloody do gooders said it was against human rights to lock the buggers up in an adult prison after the last time they rioted. What about the human rights of the inocent?
  Sorry. Turned into a bit of a rant.

[SambOz]

Spot on 

[Hairs]

  Sorry. Turned into a bit of a rant.

No need to apologize 

[alnjan]

Yeah they just hand them out to anyone these days, don't want to offend her and cop a mouthful of her misogynistic accusations

Looks like we still got a mouthful of her misogynistic accusations despite her being awarded. 

http://honey.nine.com.au/2017/01/26/10/56/men-outnumber-women-2-to-1-in-australia-day-honours

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was one of 10 people to receive the top honour of Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) today. However, she told ABC news she wanted to see a change in the gender imbalance among recipients.

"If you believe, as I do, that merit is equally distributed between the sexes and you look at anything and you’re not seeing basically half men and half women, then that’s got to tell you that there are women of merit who are missing out," she said.

"When I look at our great nation, I think women are contributing to its building equally to men, so when we’re recognising those who have, sort of, put their shoulders to the wheel for Australia, you would expect to see around about half-half, rather than the statistics we’re seeing now."

The awards should go to those that deserve them, not to someone because of their gender. 

[Hairs]

And there,
Is one of many reasons why I do not like Gillard.