The News thread

[Bob dog]

Hows about the PM putting up fuel tax affecting every transport section affecting the price of life? Now his popularity level is lower than Gillards ever was.
How is it better than deleting the carbon tax which he pushed the point of lowering the cost of living for the average Australian.
Thieves in the night.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

It's why I don't like politicians. They put more faith in their own opinion rather than what is actually required.

Carbon pollution is a major problem but I have yet to see any political party come up with a viable solution. Instead they just tax things which will only help to inflate the economy. If they start using the money they gain to invest in renewable resources and in limiting carbon pollution then they will be making a step forward. Right now they are just taking our money so they can use it for another war or something else we don't need.

 

[Raysie]

Opposition politicians are great at inventing "Flavour of the month issues" and them fighting to fix those, rather than the real issues Australia are dealing with everyday.

The last election was all about "The Boats" and "The Carbon Tax", when it should've been about population individual and family wellbeing, infrastructure, welfare, Medicare, price of fuel etc.

Everyone fell for it and as a result we now have Undies in charge of things.

 

[Ecca]

American comedian Lewis Black said it best

We have a party of bad ideas, and a party of no ideas.

Someone gets up and says, "I have a Bad Idea"

The other party replies "and I can make it shittier"

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Opposition politicians are great at inventing "Flavour of the month issues" and them fighting to fix those, rather than the real issues Australia are dealing with everyday.

The last election was all about "The Boats" and "The Carbon Tax", when it should've been about population individual and family wellbeing, infrastructure, welfare, Medicare, price of fuel etc.

Everyone fell for it and as a result we now have Undies in charge of things.

Pretty much. Find something the people don't like and target it. "But what's your stance on education?", "Well that's simple, we'll abolish the carbon tax"

 

[Nano]

Lol who trusts politicians these days, they just try to con the public with all these fear campaigns and etc...

I'm sick of all these 50+ year old **** wits trying to decide my future in this country now, they are so out of touch and probably never had the struggles we face daily.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Lol who trusts politicians these days, they just try to con the public with all these fear campaigns and etc...

I'm sick of all these 50+ year old **** wits trying to decide my future in this country now, they are so out of touch and probably never had the struggles we face daily.

I never trust politicians and never trust the media. I make sure I get my important information from science journals. That's why I know that humans caused climate change, that evolution exists, and that 99% of diets are rubbish, that vaccines don't cause autism, that genetically modified foods and artificial sweetners aren't actually bad for you, and that we're most likely not the only living planet in the Universe.

 

[Nano]

I never trust politicians and never trust the media. I make sure I get my important information from science journals. That's why I know that humans caused climate change, that evolution exists, and that 99% of diets are rubbish, that vaccines don't cause autism, that genetically modified foods and artificial sweetners aren't actually bad for you, and that we're most likely not the only living planet in the Universe.

With diets its depends, eating lean meat, vegies and protein rich is the only good true diet that works lol

 

[Hacky McAxe]

With diets its depends, eating lean meat, vegies and protein rich is the only good true diet that works lol

Yep. The simplest formula that always works is Calories in/Calories out. All this shake, paleo, citrus, longbreach, is all rubbish. It's just about discipline.

 

[Nano]

Yep. The simplest formula that always works is Calories in/Calories out. All this shake, paleo, citrus, longbreach, is all rubbish. It's just about discipline.

I don't mind shakes as its certain protein but they aren't as effective as they should be since they are taken orally unlike real peptides lol

 

[Hacky McAxe]

I don't mind shakes as its certain protein but they aren't as effective as they should be since they are taken orally unlike real peptides lol

Protein shakes are good for body building/exercise, it's the weight loss shakes that I don't understand. They aren't any more effective than restricting your eating to low calorie foods, but people still pay a fortune for them.

 

[Ecca]

I never trust politicians and never trust the media. I make sure I get my important information from science journals. That's why I know that humans caused climate change, that evolution exists, and that 99% of diets are rubbish, that vaccines don't cause autism, that genetically modified foods and artificial sweetners aren't actually bad for you, and that we're most likely not the only living planet in the Universe.

This is the most concise explanation going around about how vaccines cause autism, and I encourage everyone to read it VERY carefully. http://howdovaccinescauseautism.com/

 

[Hacky McAxe]

This is the most concise explanation going around about how vaccines cause autism, and I encourage everyone to read it VERY carefully. http://howdovaccinescauseautism.com/

Haha, yeah, my friend showed me that a while back. It's awesome.

 

[Nano]

Protein shakes are good for body building/exercise, it's the weight loss shakes that I don't understand. They aren't any more effective than restricting your eating to low calorie foods, but people still pay a fortune for them.

Yeah lol, I also don't get these heat increasers/oxy burners to help burn fat aswell. Trying to bring up your body temperature quickly that much isn't good for you it just takes real hard work...

 

[Nano]

This is the most concise explanation going around about how vaccines cause autism, and I encourage everyone to read it VERY carefully. http://howdovaccinescauseautism.com/

LOL, who made up this lie in the first place and how did people fall for it?

 

[Ecca]

LOL, who made up this lie in the first place and how did people fall for it?

Farked if I know,

I have seen 2 very well put arguments re this subject, and one only this morning on Imgur

and the other by Penn and Teller

[video=youtube;RfdZTZQvuCo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo[/video]

 

[Hacky McAxe]

LOL, who made up this lie in the first place and how did people fall for it?

Don't know who started it but you can thank Hollywood for spreading it. Every celebrity in Hollywood thinks they know more than Doctors and specialists. Jenny McCarthy is the worst one. Her kid turned out to be Autistic so she automatically blamed vaccines and has been trying to get people to not vaccinate. There was a case of 10 dead kids in California from whooping cough all because their parents listened to Jenny McCarthy.

They dedicated a website to her that counts how many vaccine preventable deaths occur.

http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/

 

[Ecca]

Don't know who started it but you can thank Hollywood for spreading it. Every celebrity in Hollywood thinks they know more than Doctors and specialists. Jenny McCarthy is the worst one. Her kid turned out to be Autistic so she automatically blamed vaccines and has been trying to get people to not vaccinate. There was a case of 10 dead kids in California from whooping cough all because their parents listened to Jenny McCarthy.

They dedicated a website to her that counts how many vaccine preventable deaths occur.

http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/

People are DUMB, and sadly this stupidity comes at the expense of the innocent, I have 1 autistic child, and not vaccinating my 2nd child was not even a choice.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Farked if I know,

I have seen 2 very well put arguments re this subject, and one only this morning on Imgur

and the other by Penn and Teller

[video=youtube;RfdZTZQvuCo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo[/video]

That's pretty awesome. Penn and Teller do some good stuff but I don't trust them to the most part. I remember seeing a discussion about man made Climate Change a while back where someone said "97% of scientists have confirmed that Climate Change was heavily influenced by humans" and the response was "Nah, Penn and Teller said that it's Bull@#&"

It's the same as the meme you put up. People will take the opinion of two comedian/magicians over the opinion of almost every expert on the subject just because they are celebrities.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Funny thing about Penn & Teller's stance on Climate change was that the video was done around 2004 and since then they have retracted it and apologised saying that they were wrong. It's not something you hear very often from them but I'm glad they were good enough to admit their error.