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The right to protest in a reasonable manner is critical to democracy in my view.
I don't want to start a new thread just for this, but I am stunned by claims originally made by a pharmaceutical retailers spokesman and repeated by Channel 9 News (Perth) tonight. Is rank stupidity now the norm?
It relates to the new scheme whereby pharmacists are able to discount the cost of a prescription subsidised through the Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by $1. When originally introduced I heard a pharmaceutical retailers spokesman and tonight the Channel 9 newsreader also said that consumers "should be aware of the downside that this discount will mean it takes longer to reach the pharmaceutical safety net threshold". The threshold; $1,475.50 for general families and $372 for concession card holders; is the level that if reached in a calendar year subsequent prescription drug costs will drop to $6.20 (general) or $0 (concession) respectively per prescription.
How is that a negative? If the drugs were completely free one would never reach the threshold, so would that be a disaster? There is absolutely no way you can do the mathematics and conclude that anyone would be worse off if the discount is applied. In every case you are better off with the discount.
Good on you, Andrew Bolt.
Cardinal George Pell is the victim of one of the most vicious witch hunts to disgrace this country. It is shameful. Disgusting. Frightening.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_crucifying_pell/
Victoria has become a shambles.
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An interesting comment....
Where investigations into old allegations vs (Cardinal Pell/Bill Shorten) is (a witch hunt/justice at last) if you're (right/left).
I aplaude Andrew Bolt. It takes some real mental gymnastics to defend a priest who shuffled around paedophile priests while also slinging a few rocks at Bill Shorten, and all in the same opinion piece.
I must have underestimated the clown.
Andrew Bolt ? said:whilst with Pell the case is tried through the media without any regard for due process.
Well I could say the same thing about Bill Shorten.....
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The contrast between how Pell is treated and the Shorten allegations is quite instructive.
In the case of Shorten the media and authorities actively colluded to suppress the investigation and allegations whilst with Pell the case is tried through the media without any regard for due process.
A sad indictment for our justice system and probably more importantly journalists in this country.
I think you are drawing a long bow on this occasion Tink. The depravity of kiddy fiddling is beyond the pale.
Bill Shorten was exonerated because he played within the law. It may not be agreeable to your politics, but that is the way it is, just like we all smelled fish when Howard's front bench were found out, but not prosecuted, why Malcolm Turbull was not charged for inducing a public servant to falsify emails in relation to the Labor PM at the time. However if any of them were complicit in exposing children to sexual violation they would be expected to feel the full weight of the law (unless it's Nauru, then it's different because those kids aren't worth a nickel).
I still recall Pell V Dawkins on QANDA http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3469101.htm
If wannabe Pope Pell is implicated and found guilty I think the population would think it just another day of Religion persecuting innocents..... nothing could ever gazump the loss of innocence many of us felt when Rolf was found out.
And not even whisky in sight.
Random thoughts...
Why don't those who run sandwich bars call themselves sandwichstas? Why don't they slick their hair back, wear 3/4 pants and grow Ned Kelly beards like their coffee counterparts?
Making a good coffee doesn't require some enormous skill set. Anyone can do it.
Eyeball tattooing, of of the silliest things to do to your body that I've heard of.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-23/eyeball-tattooing-dangerous-says-tattoo-artist/7193942
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