Thread: CoronaVirus ==> Empty Shelves

Originally Posted by NeilS

Hmm... that may have just triggered a call up flag on my ASIO file...

I just checked on my MyGov and I don't appear to have one of those yet....

ATO, yep, Medicare, yep, Centrelink, yep... definitely no "ASIO".

Maybe they forgot to link it up?

Originally Posted by Glider

Truth to tell, I'm not unhappy with their success rate catching extremists since then.

Tell you what I'm not happy about - the near fanatical attention and amounts of money spent on "homeland" security when they should have been directing some of that fanaticism and funds towards basic biosecurity. All this focus on stop the boats and they missing a whole plague ridden pleasure cruiser.

I reckon we were just lucky we are where we are. A bit more spent on things like medical research, preplanning, and increased purchasing/warehousing of PPE etc will hopefully be a useful outcome of all this.

Originally Posted by woodPixel

I just checked on my MyGov and I don't appear to have one of those yet....

ATO, yep, Medicare, yep, Centrelink, yep... definitely no "ASIO".

Maybe they forgot to link it up?

I would be EXTREMELY surprised if you, as the Forum Conspiracist, did not have an inches thick file. They are just down the road from you.....

Originally Posted by BobL

Tell you what I'm not happy about - the near fanatical attention and amounts of money spent on "homeland" security

Just think of all the seed Potatoes that Dutton could have bought.

Originally Posted by Kuffy

I realise that Rupert controls much of the Australian news media, but I was thinking more along the lines of American news such as NBC, CNN or ABC.

All of who are necessary to counteract the Trump mouthpiece - Fox News.
Pete

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

I would be EXTREMELY surprised if you, as the Forum Conspiracist, did not have an inches thick file. They are just down the road from you.....

Funny you should mention that. I literally am. The ASD has their "secret" facility there. Boy, that brings back some memories. So many dodged bullets.

Google maps says I can even catch a bus! Nice

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Originally Posted by woodPixel

Funny you should mention that. I literally am.

Neither funny nor curious...they told me.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Neither funny nor curious...they told me.

The They.

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Originally Posted by woodhutt

All of who are necessary to counteract the Trump mouthpiece - Fox News.
Pete

why are they counteracting the Trump mouthpiece? Why not just report the news? Sounds like a bunch of muppets. Perhaps some incorrect assumptions have been made by others, my saying that Trump doesn't cave in to the muppets of the left media doesn't mean the right media isn't full of muppets. Of course it bloody is! It's all a bunch of click bait crap. People burn in bushfires, the press smiles. Pandemic spreads, the press smiles.

Originally Posted by BobL

Tell you what I'm not happy about - the near fanatical attention and amounts of money spent on "homeland" security when they should have been directing some of that fanaticism and funds towards basic biosecurity. All this focus on stopping the boats and they missing a whole plague ridden pleasure cruiser.

Not original: Their budget is in inverse proportion to the target boat size. Large budget:Small boat size (preferably under 30m*). They would need to reverse their binoculars to be able to see a cruise ship.

* Calculation based on the average number of arrivals on each boat (approx 47) between 1976 and 2014. Source.

Kuffy, you might do well to read the New York Times for some of the most accurate and informed news on American affairs. Probably one of the most prestigious newspapers in the world. They publish opinion pieces from both sides of the camp.

I don't favour any particular publication or broadcast. I read and listen to many from both sides. I guess it is kind of like being a judge in the courtroom. I couldn't just listen to the prosecution and make a decision based on that information alone. I have to listen to the defendant also, and then make my own decision as to which sounds more plausible. I reckon it is about as good as we can do. I get only bad from CNN regarding Trump, and only good from Fox regarding trump. The bad plus the good = the whole story I hope.

Originally Posted by Kuffy

The bad plus the good = the whole story I hope.

Not if the good (or the bad) is false and propagandist, to serve the best interests of the media owner. The function of the Fourth Estate is to report facts. Further analysis and opinion pieces should be based on the facts too.

Originally Posted by woodPixel

Funny you should mention that. I literally am. The ASD has their "secret" facility there.

Ah yes. ASD, or DSD as it was known when I spent a few years working there and in some of the other nearby buildings.

Interesting times.