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by Salient
Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Vaccine Passports - A Poll
Replies: 591
Views: 28264

Re: Vaccine Passports - A Poll

Flametop wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:41 pm Should society not have personal freedom?
As protected by laws and regulations ... catch 22 there Buddy, you can't win this argument, let it go :nod:
by Salient
Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Queensland fvcked...
Replies: 227
Views: 12594

Re: Queensland fvcked...

Twitter suggesting that there are three confirmed new cases on the Gold Coast. I predict the initial 3 day lockdown will be extended until Tuesday next week, and the Gold Coast will be included in this extension at the very least - if not further areas. They will not want people travelling en masse...
by Salient
Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

My wife, who is currently down in NSW has to go into lockdown due to having visited Brisbane during the period that is apparently of concern. Lock down south of the border apparently means you can go do shopping for food, attend medical appointments, oh and go to work. Exactly how dumb are the pric...
by Salient
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1247637

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2021?

Lovecraft Country - "Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman as he joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father." ... uhmm nope, that's the first story arc in interconnected supernatural tales. Only pr...
by Salient
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Queensland fvcked...
Replies: 227
Views: 12594

Re: Queensland fvcked...

Slim 293 wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:35 pm 3 day lockdown coming up...
That escalated quickly, left for work no problems, arrived at work "hey we're in lock down for the next three days" .... bugger took Wednesday as an annual leave day as well :shock:
by Salient
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

My wife, who is currently down in NSW has to go into lockdown due to having visited Brisbane during the period that is apparently of concern. Lock down south of the border apparently means you can go do shopping for food, attend medical appointments, oh and go to work. Exactly how dumb are the prick...
by Salient
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Derek Chauvin trial
Replies: 596
Views: 42041

Re: The Derek Chauvin trial

I don't know how on earth anyone watches that and thinks the police acted reasonably. It was clearly a difficult situation, and Floyd was obviously high, but they continued to kneel on him when he was unresponsive. They also made no effort to de-escalate the situation or calm him down. Which i assu...
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Have you tested positive for COVID-19?
Replies: 48
Views: 3579

Re: Have you tested positive for COVID-19?

ElementFreak wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:02 pm 4 tests so far with no positive. Been knocked for 6 a couple of times with the cold that is going through Melbourne hence the tests, but luckily nothing yet.
Slight cold, Doctor "you need to be tested for covid".
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Not sure where to post this
Replies: 4
Views: 1022

Re: Not sure where to post this

Yeap your sort of place Mick On my way to Hunter Valley to take up the fight for coal jobs. The best coal in the world comes from the Hunter and the world would be a better place if we mined more of it. You need to get off twitter the place is increasingly filled with nutters, and guess what the cod...
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Queensland fvcked...
Replies: 227
Views: 12594

Re: Queensland fvcked...

Farva wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:52 am Bloody hell Qld. I was booked to fly up there two weeks ago for a meeting. It was a couple of days after that doctor got sick so I postponed it... to this week :x
Well we don't want your Southern diseases North of the Border :nod:
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Absolutely not how the interview went. Your post highlights your political bias. They repeatedly made mention that "both sides" have problems and they repeatedly praised how respectful and supportive Liberal men have been to them. You're full of shit, as usual. You are a teacher unionist dick You t...
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Culture Wars Mega Thread
Replies: 3347
Views: 290216

Re: The Culture Wars Mega Thread

CM11 wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:29 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:26 pm Sky Movies synopsis:

Aliens: Special Edition (1986)
“This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions that may cause offence today”

WTF?
Apparently it's because the Latino character wasn't played by a Latino. :roll:
Sure blame the Jews ....
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Riots for this victim? Now removed
Replies: 133
Views: 8157

Re: Riots for this victim? Now removed

Mick, why did you pose the question? Were the police somehow involved in this guy's death, the nadir of years of police abuse of Pakistani immigrants? Or was just one of the many scummy murders that happened in the US that day? Yeah...I know, I'm asking questions, which you don't like to answer. I ...
by Salient
Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Farce v Brumbies
Replies: 52
Views: 1897

Re: Farce v Brumbies

Zakar wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:58 am
Salient wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:47 am
Zakar wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:40 am All 4 panel members picking the Brumbies. DONT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE MOCKERS!
Don't start going the full AC, Brumbies should do this at a canter :nod:
Not with both the lineout and scrum going to shit.v
And the result was ... oh right comfortable win to the good guys :nod:
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Let's be honest, it's not really surprising that LNP members seem to be really good at being dodgy cunce... It's literally their MO Totally. Their reason for existing is to screw over the majority to enrichen a few. That's why they become conservative members of politics. To enrichen wealthy busine...
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Queensland fvcked...
Replies: 227
Views: 12594

Re: Queensland fvcked...

One new locally acquired case in QLD, the partner of the cleaner whose positive infection resulted in a Brisbane-wide lockdown. I would assume/hope that person had been self-isolating anyway? Nope, had yet another covid test this arvo due to having visited a shopping centre the individual had been ...
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Farce v Brumbies
Replies: 52
Views: 1897

Re: Farce v Brumbies

Zakar wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:40 am All 4 panel members picking the Brumbies. DONT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE MOCKERS!
Don't start going the full AC, Brumbies should do this at a canter :nod:
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh
Replies: 33
Views: 1761

Re: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh

jambanja wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:12 am Well done Devon Conway on his maiden ODI hundred, may there be many more to follow
Very strange couple of years, the BCs seem able to pull international players out of the air, very Aussie :thumbup:
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Schoolboys forced to apologise to girls
Replies: 200
Views: 15052

Re: Schoolboys forced to apologise to girls

No comment on this at all? Too touchy a subject? People waiting to see what the group think leadership feel about this before venturing forth an opinion? I don’t necessarily see a problem with this. It all depends on what the boys had to say. Lots of times we see people apologising, not because of ...
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AFL 2021
Replies: 39
Views: 1999

Re: AFL 2021

Dogs won... Pies lost :thumbup: :thumbup: The AFL need to do something about the business end of the AFLW not coinciding and being overshadowed by the start of the men’s season. Cancelling the AFLW may be a good start. Its sort of had its high point. Question is can it remain professional in a satu...
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh
Replies: 33
Views: 1761

Re: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh

Game 3 underway, Kiwis at 59/3, Latham and Conway again the go to players :uhoh:
by Salient
Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NSW Flooding
Replies: 70
Views: 4867

Re: NSW Flooding

The picture above, and now this image of an angry, desperate, floating mass of roiling spiders moving with intent towards a highly unstable flotation transportation device I'm on... I'm sleeping with a flamethrower beside me. I hate all of you for subjecting me to this nightmare fuel. It's much wor...
by Salient
Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Two PI teams is Super Rugby?
Replies: 29
Views: 2135

Re: Two PI teams is Super Rugby?

Anonymous 1 wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:34 am
mojo wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:08 am Would love to see this happen but I wouldn't think the $1.6M from WR will go very far. Hope they can get put together more funding from other sources.
As long as it's not from the NH good luck with the funding
Oh come on Super rugby expansion worked in the past ....
by Salient
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NRL/General Rugby League Thread
Replies: 213
Views: 11215

Re: NRL 2021 Thread

iarmhiman wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:35 am How are the Cowboys looking this year?
To be honest they have been made to go the full cowgirl by everyone they have played so far this season ;)
by Salient
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NSW Flooding
Replies: 70
Views: 4867

Re: NSW Flooding

Got into an argument on Twitter with some right wing Sky News spaz about 1 in 100 year floods. She says there's a cycle that happens every 100 years and that this is mirroring the big flood in 1921 in the Hastings River (her grandad told her about it) and that climate change isn't a factor. I point...
by Salient
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lazy Hurricanes V Highlanders Fred
Replies: 88
Views: 4259

Re: Lazy Hurricanes V Highlanders Fred

First point of discussion is of course how well the Hurricanes respond to the absolute shocker of losing to the Cheats last weekend. If there ever was a game that epitimised snatching defeat from the jaws of victory that was it. However in unbelievably good news the team sheet appears to be missing...
by Salient
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Reykjavik Volcanic eruption
Replies: 32
Views: 3175

Re: Reykjavik Volcanic eruption

I'm sure there is another relatively well known volcano grumbling away at the moment, I scan read something about it "acting weird" There are a few in Iceland. Katla and Hekla are the most explosive volcanoes and the latter is overdue. No, a much more well known one, racking my brains to think whic...
by Salient
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tahs v. Reds - Match of the Day
Replies: 127
Views: 3673

Re: Tahs v. Reds - Match of the Day

Are the Reds now on some sort of win record in Sup rugby?
by Salient
Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh
Replies: 33
Views: 1761

Re: Blackcaps vs Bangladesh

Anonymous 1 wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:39 am Another kiwi home beat up :thumbup:
Well we were hoping to play England in the test series final in England, but well, England are a bit shite to be honest.

Well done BCs, is that six or seven ODI series on the trot now?
by Salient
Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371277

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

It's a sensible requirement. No jab, no job within aged care homes. It is not sensible to breach the Nuremberg Code. Why restrict compulsory vaccination to care home staff? Make it compulsory for everyone in that case. No exceptions. In what way would it breach the Nuremberg code ? It is an experim...
by Salient
Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NSW Flooding
Replies: 70
Views: 4867

Re: NSW Flooding

this is peanuts compared to the drought and fires of 2019/2020. mostly a big nothing burger, and actually mostly beneifical from an environmental point of view. Yeah all those flooded houses, no issues at all for the people affected :roll: They closed Newcastle airport last night, a couple of hours...
by Salient
Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Plans for the Zombie Apocalypse?
Replies: 54
Views: 3513

Re: Plans for the Zombie Apocalypse?

Whats the best way to kill a Zombie. Severe impact trauma to the brain stem or quick ballistic removal of the cerebellum disables all latent motor functions, avoid wasting shots on the frontal lobes as this will barely even slow them down. You could try any ocular impedance strategy as this is a gr...
by Salient
Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Six extreme allergic reactions now to the Covid shot being rolled out, "Naw it'll be alright" from the Government. This could come back to bite them in the arse as well. 8 minutes before this post, you posted the following on the conspiracy nutters thread... Calling conspiracy theorists thick is la...
by Salient
Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: MATCH THREAD: Horrorcanes v Chiefs, Saturday 20th March - Battle Of The Spoon.
Replies: 211
Views: 8766

Re: MATCH THREAD: Horrorcanes v Chiefs, Saturday 20th March - Battle Of The Spoon.

This is a strange page on match day. Aren’t there any Hurricanes fans to at least bring up their past thuggery? :D Us Canes' fans are just keeping a low profile. Besides we don't know anything about such matters as thuggery :roll: Oh god, you're all going to be so painful when you descend on here i...
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371277

Re: Do you trust the vaccine?

shanky wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:30 am
Sputnik V wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:25 am I would prefer if you used the term poo poo as it has a softer feel about it
I’d really rather not think about that aspect too much, if that’s OK

:lol:
Hey this is a safe place :nod:
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055552

Re: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

[quote="Mick Mannock I do not recall him saying that no one should take a vaccine. And we finally have the low down on Mick, early senility or simply outright lying as usual :roll: It is not lying for me to write that I do not recall Trump saying no one should take a vaccine. However, if you have p...
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29346
Views: 2072693

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Six extreme allergic reactions now to the Covid shot being rolled out, "Naw it'll be alright" from the Government. This could come back to bite them in the arse as well.
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Americas Cup - OFFICIAL match thread
Replies: 3271
Views: 282123

Re: Americas Cup - OFFICIAL match thread

What's this 3 months thing starting to crop up on a couple of other sites?
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Queen Gooonnnee!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1654

Re: Queen Gooonnnee!!!

C69 wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:39 pm :x :( what a dissapointing thread
Agreed, was ready for the follow up, "Commonwealth Nations reject Brit Charles" :nod:
by Salient
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Is there something wrong with conspiracy nutters brains?
Replies: 222
Views: 15094

Re: Is there something wrong with conspiracy nutters brains?

Calling conspiracy theorists thick is lazy, as with most human psychology it’s more nuanced than that. Mick Mannock is thick though. Sefton you may be right, no pun intended, but I honestly believe English is his second or third language, nothing else could explain his at times semi-coherent posts ...