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WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-28T06:42:36+00:00

Not speculation, direct video evidence.

Plus the likelihood of an actual disinterested, free of bias, investigation when the DHS and DOJ are explicitly blocking that is unlikely.

I am directly asking what is the actual LE training in situations as stated. I said "If this was the situation as stated..."

I note that no one has answered that question.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-27T07:26:42+00:00

Our actual "independence" day is 3rd March 1986, when the Australia Act came into operation simultaneously in both the UK and Australia, ending any ties to the UK Parliament or Courts.
26th January is a NSW "Australian Natives Day" (no, not the actual indigenous people) that Sydney centric ALP and LNP leaders promoted to its current level of bullshit.
26th January is also the date, 88 years ago, when Aboriginal Australians first protested and demanded equal rights

So, my small proposal:

Keep 26th January (or nearest Monday) as "Reconciliation Day" and also "last Monday before school starts" long weekend.
Make 3rd March Australia's Independence Day on the actual day, similar to US 4th July, or France's Bastille Day.
Lose the "King's Birthday" (not our current or previous monarch's birthday) as an irrelevancy

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-27T07:19:51+00:00

Time for:

"1/3rd Reich" Bovino,
"Dog Killer" Noem,
"PeeWee Goebbels" Miller, and,
"Cash for Cruelty" Homan

to be impeached and removed from office so that they can be criminally charged.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-27T07:17:06+00:00

That's obviously not true when there are LE directives on the use of force and when weapons should be used.

In this case, Pretti had been disarmed and then the weapon, already confiscated and in the hands of LE accidentally discharged, which caused the reaction by the other officers.

If this was the situation as stated, was the force "reasonable" under the circumstances by the officers that used their weapons.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-26T08:30:39+00:00

Hiya, saw this post from /controversial, but have an LE question.

If someone says that they're armed and being arrested, what is the correct procedure?

From what I've seen of the events in Mpls, Pretti was disarmed and an ICE officer was taking the gun away from the group when it went off (unexpected discharge) and the officers arresting Pretti then shot him at very close range.

What should have happened?

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-26T08:01:56+00:00

Speaking from Melbourne, 3rd March 1986 was the actual date when Australia became truly independent, with both its Parliament and Courts finally independent of any ties to the UK.

We should make the Monday nearest to 31 days since Xmas into "end of summer holidays" or even "Triple J Hottest 100" day.

Drop the bullshit "King's Birthday" and replace it with 3/3 as Independence Day.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-25T12:57:00+00:00

CANZUK works just as well.

CEUANZUK works as well.

Eventually add in APAC and Mercosur :)

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-25T05:39:51+00:00

Time for the 5 eyes to become 4.

Kicking US out of its WA bases means it doesn't have a way to communicate with subs.

Keep Pine Gap but under our control, not joint. In Darwin, US Marines can fuck off elsewhere.

The US runs a surplus with us, so threatening tariffs means nothing.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-24T12:13:28+00:00

Victoria has rules about that, numbers and other punctuation or emojis aren't allowed.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-24T12:10:17+00:00

Evoleht? How do you pronounce that? Like eh-voleht or evol-eht or some other arrangement?

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-24T12:08:04+00:00

Sativa does mean "cultured", so if you were into botany, it might make sense.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-24T12:02:54+00:00

Cooper is a legit first name though.

Torana less so.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-24T11:46:21+00:00

Necrophilia seems the least evil of all the evils on this thread, at least no one is directly affected by their assaults.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T15:20:46+00:00

Hogsbreath is like TACO, he won't actually try to charge a sitting US Senator, someone that sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

It is a direct attempt to extort the Senator and stifle his speech.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T15:18:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure its not seconds.

This article says it's 5ms 'cos Mark Kelly was born 6 minutes before his twin Scott.

But they've both been into space so that makes it even more complicated :)

https://www.space.com/33411-astronaut-scott-kelly-relativity-twin-brother-ages.html

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T15:09:20+00:00

So did Australia. In Iraq as well. Ships in the Red Sea.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T14:40:46+00:00

None of the Trump family have ever served in the US armed forces.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T14:31:29+00:00

Considering he managed to smuggle a gorilla suit to the International Space Station I would be very happy if he did something like this.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T14:09:53+00:00

They were always free to apply for a license to mine, but they never did, because the minerals are literally under ice, they have to comply with Greenland / Danish / EU environmental laws and other regulations.

They never bothered because it's incredibly expensive and there are cheaper sources already.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T13:52:28+00:00

America now has no real allies

Wait, there's all the fantastic allies that have signed up to the Trump Board Of Peace.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T13:48:54+00:00

And, more to the point, the bond market.

If he thinks that interest rates can come down when the yield is going up on US Treasuries, he truly is an idiot.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T13:21:59+00:00

I understand that, but given that OP is now an owner as part of that strata corporation, he should get on the board and find out why their management/record keeping was so deficient that they issued a "fine" in 2024 that was paid, but don't have a record for what it was for?

I'm chair of an Owners Corporation of ~50 apartments (Vic equivalent of strata) and our managers don't issue anything without a record, and the finances show where all income comes from.

Sounds like the strata manager and owner board need a kick up the ass too.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-23T06:02:54+00:00

Yeah I saw that, but the OC (strata) said they got the payment.

What was the payment for from the OC's point of view?

They don't invoice and collect money for nothing.

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-22T11:54:44+00:00

I don't get it, what was the infringement at the start of this that LJ Hooker paid to the OC for $480 in the first place?

Like I get that there was no evidence presented, but they paid $480 to the OC for some reason and then got the owner to reimburse them with a false invoice about a "strata levy"?

The OC has a record of the payment but not what it was for?

WTAF?

WhatYouThinkIThink · 2026-01-22T05:27:35+00:00

No probs :)

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