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  1. Tank Engine
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    03-14-2011 06:43 AM #106
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    Getting OT, but current polling is worse for Tony than it is Julia. Coalition is up but Tony is down...

    Of course, if the Libs want to spend a good decade in opposition, they can keep him on..

    http://bit.ly/i2Pubw
    I want my five minutes back for reading a very poorly constructed opinion piece.
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    03-14-2011 06:54 AM #107
    Dying to hear your very well constructed opinion on the future of leadership of the Liberal party then..
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    03-14-2011 07:14 AM #108
    Is anyone forgetting the 8 point lead the libs have over labor at the mo? As much as I support the carbon tax, it aint an election winner. Whoever is head of the libs will be next pm. Damn, even Tony Abbott could win the election in the current climate...
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    03-14-2011 07:17 AM #109
    Malcolm Turnbull.
    Korean. Have a go.
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    03-14-2011 07:23 AM #110
    I would like to see that. If I hear stop the boats once more....
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    03-14-2011 07:27 AM #111
    Stop the boats!
    Taking on them mountains. One hill at a time.
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    03-14-2011 07:30 AM #112
    Quote Originally Posted by dkr View Post
    Dying to hear your very well constructed opinion on the future of leadership of the Liberal party then..
    Not offering one but the constant 'Julia has the wood on Tony' was getting a bit tired considering the last election campaign effort by Jules.

    Im no Tony fan, I'd rather Malcolm back in the job but it ain't gunna happen while the Coalition have a 8 point lead in the polls.

    Anywayzzz, found out today that our Japanese friends are all ok
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    03-14-2011 07:39 AM #113
    So #2 is melting down.. I'd like to revise my postition...
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    03-14-2011 07:45 AM #114
    Quote Originally Posted by Saxton Hale View Post
    So #2 is melting down.. I'd like to revise my postition...
    Don't panic. I see Rudd's been briefed on the situation - I think he should apply some of his flood knowledge to the emergency.
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    03-14-2011 07:50 AM #115
    Quote Originally Posted by IML337 View Post
    Malcolm Turnbull.


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    03-14-2011 08:01 AM #116
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank Engine View Post
    Don't panic. I see Rudd's been briefed on the situation - I think he should apply some of his flood knowledge to the emergency.
    He can roll up his pants and wade through ankle deep coolant with a suitcase full of boric acid balanced on his head..
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    03-14-2011 08:03 AM #117
    "excessive chassis yaw" is a $176 fine.
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    03-14-2011 08:37 AM #118
    We we we so excited.
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    03-14-2011 01:24 PM #119
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    03-14-2011 05:00 PM #120
    Woeful journalism at ABC News 24 this morning.
    The whore that hosts the morning show is a disaster junkie.
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    03-14-2011 05:03 PM #121
    Air pressure inside the reactor rose suddenly when the air flow gauge was accidentally turned off, blocking the flow of cooling water into the reactor and leading to full exposure of the rods, operator TEPCO said overnight.
    Accidentally turned off? FFS!
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    03-14-2011 05:25 PM #122
    There'll be one nuclear technician with seppuku on his/her mind..
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    03-14-2011 05:25 PM #123
    Quote Originally Posted by TheHamofMam View Post
    Woeful journalism at ABC News 24 this morning.
    The whore that hosts the morning show is a disaster junkie.
    I think ABC News 24 is clearly showing the level of budget it has to run a 24 hour news channel - very little.
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    03-14-2011 05:48 PM #124
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank Engine View Post
    I think ABC News 24 is clearly showing the level of budget it has to run a 24 hour news channel - very little.
    Media Watch touched on this last night.
    They will have a field day with this in the upcoming weeks.
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    03-14-2011 06:42 PM #125
    Quote Originally Posted by auR32 View Post
    Accidentally turned off? FFS!
    Human error - common thread in complex system Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
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    03-14-2011 06:59 PM #126
    We need Skynet.
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    03-14-2011 07:11 PM #127
    Quote Originally Posted by TheHamofMam View Post
    We need Skynet.
    I blame boat people.
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    03-14-2011 07:11 PM #128
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank Engine View Post
    I think ABC News 24 is clearly showing the level of budget it has to run a 24 hour news channel - very little.
    True.

    On a side note I heard a promo on News Radio for the ABC's upcoming radio coverage of the NSW election this morning and was a bit dismayed that they'd used all sorts of techniques to make the voiceover sound like a bad Cher song mixed in with a desperately dramatic commercial TV promo.

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    03-14-2011 07:25 PM #129
    Thank you Ted Turner.
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    03-14-2011 07:46 PM #130
    On the other hand, the coverage on the abc website has been excellent.

    Spare a thought for the staff remaining on site at the nuclear facility. I recall reading about the people that stayed on site to try and diminish the impact of chernobyl. Most of them died from radioactive poisoning in the weeks following the event.
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    03-14-2011 08:05 PM #131
    Quote Originally Posted by skc View Post
    Human error - common thread in complex system Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
    Thank You Dr Ian Malcolm
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    03-14-2011 08:06 PM #132
    I'm not sure if I posted it already, but this is the best twitter feed I've followed:

    http://twitter.com/#!/makiwi
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    03-14-2011 10:50 PM #133
    am I the only one to think this photo (which is everywhere) is really badly photoshopped?

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    03-14-2011 10:52 PM #134
    Makes the Toowoomba floods look like a bubbling brook.

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    That looks like something from their Prep Boy f@ggot collection.
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    Can you give me a heads up when that hits the market.
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    03-14-2011 11:32 PM #135
    Exclusive footage inside the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency -

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    03-15-2011 01:38 AM #136
    Quote Originally Posted by MickyD View Post
    I'm not sure if I posted it already, but this is the best twitter feed I've followed:

    http://twitter.com/#!/makiwi
    Just read this on that feed:

    repeating: in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, they've found or located the wherabouts of 9700 people. this is the town that was missing 10,000 ppl.
    Excellent!
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    03-15-2011 01:40 AM #137
    Ah i see the problem there, too many gaijins
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    03-15-2011 01:59 AM #138
    another good summary of the Nukular situation

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=3396817
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    03-15-2011 06:14 AM #139
    Seems to me that the worst of it is over. Thank God for that. The thought of a radioactive plume heading towards Tokyo was quite surreal.

    http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp...1031507-e.html

    Anyone seen the Miyazaki film Ponyo? The idea of the ocean swallowing up a fishing village now seems quite prophetic.
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    03-15-2011 06:30 AM #140
    Quote Originally Posted by mdt View Post
    Anyone seen the Miyazaki film Ponyo? The idea of the ocean swallowing up a fishing village now seems quite prophetic.
    HUGE Miyazaki fans here, but Ponyo wasn't one of his better efforts
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