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Article #169Re: Bob Browntongue's latest lunacy. Was Re: Planning for Earth Hour
From: Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:47
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:47
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On 2/04/2012 2:39 PM, jg wrote: > On 2/04/2012 12:17 PM, Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax wrote: >> On 2/04/2012 1:03 PM, jg wrote: >>> On 2/04/2012 10:00 AM, Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax wrote: >>>> On 2/04/2012 11:34 AM, jg wrote: >>>>> On 2/04/2012 9:03 AM, Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax wrote: >>>>>> On 2/04/2012 9:37 AM, jg wrote: >>>>>>> On 1/04/2012 10:01 PM, Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax wrote: >>>>>>>> On 1/04/2012 5:27 PM, Spartan613 wrote: >>>>>>>>> "Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax" <gillard_lies@promises.are.invalid> >>>>>>>>> wrote in >>>>>>>>> message news:jl8d3a$gja$2@dont-email.me... >>>>>>>>>> On 1/04/2012 8:14 AM, Gillard Lies. Labor Dies. wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:28 someone claiming to be Oy Rool Out a >>>>>>>>>>> Carbon >>>>>>>>>>> Tax >>>>>>>>>>> posting as gillard_lies@promises.are.invalid posted: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I think earth hour is silly, not sure what it's supposed to >>>>>>>>>>>>> prove to >>>>>>>>>>>>> whom, but if it doesn't make people appreciate where their >>>>>>>>>>>>> energy >>>>>>>>>>>>> comes >>>>>>>>>>>>> from now I can't see much point at all. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> It's like lots of fuzzy green things. It enables people to feel >>>>>>>>>>>> good >>>>>>>>>>>> about themselves, and more pious than those who didn't. Then >>>>>>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>>>>>> back >>>>>>>>>>>> into the SUV next day. Whoops! Forgot about it again. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I felt good about it last night. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I raced around the house, turned on the ac, and made sure all >>>>>>>>>>> lights >>>>>>>>>>> were on >>>>>>>>>>> as well. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Gee, and I even slept well. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I hope Flannery didn't find out about it. He would tell his Earth >>>>>>>>>> monster Gaia when he talks to it (it has developed consciousness >>>>>>>>>> now, >>>>>>>>>> you know) and you will get demerits placed against your name, >>>>>>>>>> come >>>>>>>>>> Gaia's Judgement Day. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> "If we cut emissions today, global temperatures are not likely to >>>>>>>>>> drop >>>>>>>>>> for about a thousand years. " >>>>>>>>>> -- Tim (it ain't a gonna rain no more) Flannery >>>>>>>>>> - Australian Climate Commissar >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Seen that fuckwit Brown's latest offerings? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Aliens aren't contacting us because they "extincted" themselves >>>>>>>>> through >>>>>>>>> not being Green enough, and, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> His Watermelon one world government where the Chinese and Indians >>>>>>>>> will >>>>>>>>> be able to vote us into slavery through their massive population >>>>>>>>> (not so >>>>>>>>> Green, but Bob doesn't seem to notice) voting advantage. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> All this delivered while wearing his trademark Cheshire cat grin >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> disturbing and disturbed loopy eyes. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The thing is a freak. Does us all a favour, Tasmania, it was a >>>>>>>>> good >>>>>>>>> joke, but the joke's over. Get rid of him. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Brilliantly thought through, wasn't it... "one person one vote one >>>>>>>> value" Chinks RuLe oK! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So it wouldn't be like the UN general assembly, with one vote per >>>>>>> member >>>>>>> country? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> So it's not really utopian democratic global government after all? >>>>>> Just >>>>>> a purely elitist UN dictatorship? What about the poor non-member >>>>>> countries? What about those who haven't signed up to, say, the UN >>>>>> Refugee Convention? Do they get to have a vote or don't they >>>>>> "qualify"? >>>>>> And what happened to the one *person* one vote? How do we know the >>>>>> member country representative will be voting on behalf of all >>>>>> persons of >>>>>> their member country? It would seem impossible if the votes in that >>>>>> country varied in any way from unanimity. Sounds even more poorly >>>>>> thought through than it first appears. Oh dear. :-( >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Would you prefer the UN was one vote one person? 193 countries seem ok >>>>> with it the way it is. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'd prefer the UN had as little input to world affairs as possible. It >>>> is Brown pretending that UN government would be some new all-embracing >>>> global democracy. Sounds like it would boil things down to 193 votes >>>> representing 7 billion people. Then again, that's Brown logic for you. >>>> >>>> ASIDE: Do you know what the _external_ threads are for on these >>>> batteries? >>>> http://www.healthcabin.net/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=7966 >>>> >>>> (just above the button) A different style/brand of cartomizer? A >>>> different charger adaptor? >>>> >>> >>> I'm pretty sure everything with 510 in the name has the same threads. >>> Only time I have heard of something not fitting is here- >>> http://ecigz.com.au/store/UNIQUE-510-MODEL/New-Design-510-Atomiser/prod_224.html >>> >>> >>> >>> and I really can't work out what they are on about, but I suspect even >>> those don't refer to battery thread compatibility. >> >> That would be the internal thread which is Joye 510-compatible. That >> external thread is about 10mm. I've not seen anything big enough to >> carry a mating internal 10mm thread. Just curious actually. >> >> > Oh, the external thread you are seeing is just for a hollow conical > sleeve to make it look less like a spark plug. I just throw them away, > have ignored the thread for so long it's 'invisible'. Me too - just noticed because being so fine it's a bit of a "grime" collector. > I think the larger batteries have it, the little ones don't. > > OK. Ta. -- "If we cut emissions today, global temperatures are not likely to drop for about a thousand years. " -- Tim (it ain't a gonna rain no more) Flannery - Australian Climate Commissar
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From: Oy Rool Out a Carbon Tax <gillard_lies@promises.are.invalid>
Newsgroups: aus.environment.conservation,aus.politics
Subject: Re: Bob Browntongue's latest lunacy. Was Re: Planning for Earth Hour
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:47:29 +1000
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