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Re: Australia - land of the Bruce!

August 24th, 2016, 10:31 am

A 21-year-old British woman has died after she was stabbed during an attack at a backpackers' hostel in Australia.

RIP
at least 2 others were wounded
A French suspect, 29, who allegedly said the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" during the attack, was arrested.
 
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August 27th, 2016, 11:00 am

Giving Schoolgirls Virtual Baby Dolls Doesn’t Prevent Teenage Pregnancy, Study Finds
they were more likely to become pregnant, had the opposite effect
 
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September 11th, 2016, 8:25 am

 
 
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December 12th, 2016, 11:40 am

UK man accused of photographing 49 women changing in Australia

a swimwear store
I thought  swimwear was one of those things you weren't allowed to try on, because once someone has tried it on, no one else wants it
 
 
 
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Re: Australia - land of the Bruce!

January 20th, 2017, 7:32 am

Terror Attack in Australia? Vehicle Plows into Pedestrians in Melbourne

at least 3 dead
According to one witness, the driver was screaming, "Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar!"
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"There was a man hanging out of the window screaming" - teen describes driver as thin, dark hair, appeared Middle Eastern. @theheraldsun
(snip)
This witness claims the driver was screaming, "Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar!"
so a middle-eastern driver shouting "allahu akhbar" uses a car to kill a bunch of pedestrians
Victoria Police can confirm today's Melbourne CBD incident is not a terrorist incident. To clarify, the term CT stands for Counter Terrorism
 
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Re: Australia - land of the Bruce!

January 20th, 2017, 6:41 pm

the driver
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April 3rd, 2017, 9:21 am

 
 
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April 19th, 2017, 8:21 am

' Definitely brought a smile to my face': Meet the couple, 14 and 15, reunited with newborn after five days apart
Fifteen-year-old mother, Jenifer, and 14-year-old father, Jayden, from Western Sydney caused a wide scale search after they ran away from Nepean Hospital with their three-day-old baby girl last week.
Sixteen hours later they were found and the baby girl was returned to the hospital. She was later discharged, but a hospital spokesperson would not give more details to which authority the baby was released to, Australian media are reporting.
Last night the young couple were finally reunited with their baby for a short time, after apparently not knowing where she was for the past five days.
This is Australia.
I don't think children should be having children, but this reminds me of Cambodia under Pol Pot.
What a brave new world we live in.
Perhaps the default should be helping people to raise their own children rather than taking their children away to be raised as the state sees fit. Yes the parents are kids themselves, but they presumably have parents of their own, and maybe even grandparents, who can help.
From Rummel, Death By Government,
Normal family life, including love and sorrow, was impossible in some villages. Children were taken away from their parents to live and work in labor brigades. If they died of fatigue or disease, which many did, their parents would eventually be informed. At this point what emotion the parents showed could mean life or death. If they wept or displayed extreme unhappiness, this showed bourgeois sentimentality. After all, their children had sacrificed themselves for the
revolution and the parents should be proud, not unhappy.
 
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Re: Australia - land of the Bruce!

April 20th, 2017, 5:34 am

amazon comes to australia

wow, I just assumed that they'd had it for decades