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Redemption
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I just want to say, that to host fireworks this year, while half the country is on fire, as we speak, is an absolute first class disgrace, a MASSIVE insult to those losing pets, property, people, and while volunteers die, with burning trees slamming into trucks, the elite still expect a show, when it is even very possible those very fire fighters might be needed to save people, during a bloody fireworks display.
How about this. Use Lights, light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the word, 2020, RESPECT. And hold a one minute silence. And start the damn new decade with some respect. Nahhh, why do that when you have thousands of people fighting entire forests with jerry cans. This is elite disrespect in all its glory. |
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acacia alba
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Well ! Redemption says it so much better than me !!!
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animals before people.
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Carioca
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It's the same horse AA, just got a different jockey , fwiw I heartily endorse Redemptions call. |
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Tlazolteotl
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Seems like the Rightards are pretty keen on virtue signalling.
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GAJ
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Redemption says it all, can't say I agree with fireworks any year when there are homeless and other needy people let alone the current situation. I think it is an insult to the people who have lost homes and properties and their stock, plus the fire fighters, to see such frivolous spending on what goes up in a puff of smoke. Ego driven boss townies with their pretty city on the news in other countries --- ours is better than yours WWWWWnk (excuse me)
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Whale
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Yeah cause getting rid of fireworks will free up billions to solve those problems
why doesn't everyone give up ALL enjoyment and leisure to help the poor and needy ? you can start by cutting back on any other than basic food necessary for survival and all wine
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acacia alba
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Another fire fighter killed this arvo near Jingellic, and 2 others in a bad way in hospital. Bring on the fire works and lets all have a big piss up.
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Tlazolteotl
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Won't help firefighters or people who've lost their house in any possible way but will be a wonderful opportunity for your virtue signalling.
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Whale
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Down her the Salvation Army will be collecting for bushfire victims. I think it is a good thing but I am sure some would rather everyone sit at home and be as miserable as them
Don't think it is virtue signalling, I hate that term ,is genuine but misguided, get a real cause to worry about
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Whale
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RFS expected to give Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks the go-aheadThe Rural Fire Service says it's "highly unlikely" Sydney Harbour's New Year's Eve fireworks will be called off, with the danger rating predicted to stay well below "catastrophic". Spokesman Ben Shepherd said the RFS would wait until Monday afternoon to make the final decision, but conditions in the city were not expected to be "extreme" nor "catastrophic" – the danger level that would trigger a cancellation. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would take advice from the RFS. "We are a hopeful, optimistic state," she said. "We are a resilient state. We appreciate that there is a lot of suffering in the community at the moment. "If the RFS, if the experts, say it's safe to have the fireworks continue, well, we should do that. Sydney is one of the first cities in the world welcoming in the new year. If it is safe to do so, we should continue to do it as we have done every other year." Prime Minister Scott Morrison echoed the view of Ms Berejiklian. "I think it is important to send a message to the world ... We will keep doing what we do normally." "On New Year's Eve the world looks at Sydney. Every single year. And they look at our vibrancy, they look at our passion, they look at our success, and they all think to themselves, 'What an amazing place!' They are right! And so in the midst of the challenges that we have faced, subject to the safety considerations, I can think of no better time to express to the world just how optimistic and positive we are as a country." Inspector Shepherd said that the New Year's fireworks were something many RFS volunteers looked forward to, particularly after weeks of gruelling work. "There is no doubt that many volunteers will try to take time off with their families and friends and try to relax [on New Year's Eve] because the fires will extend well into the new year, and part of that will include watching the fireworks display," he said. But hey cancel them because the misguided herd think they have found a worthy cause to protest about |
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acacia alba
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This of virtue signalling always gets my goat. Why is it if someone, like myself, finds fireworks in the midst of fire and drought and death, to be disrespectfull and crude , that it is labelled virtue signalling ? There are one hell of a lot of vitrue signallers around , if objecting makes one a virtue signaller .
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acacia alba
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And there are at least 9 or 10 fire fighters who wont be taking time off to enjoy. At least 3 are dead so cant see their family enjoying fire works on the harbour, and 6 or more in the burns unit.
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Dr E
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Yep, they will pay for ScoMo's well deserved annual overseas holidays for the next 20 years of his Prime Ministership ... great to see you onboard with us PT!
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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Dr E
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Just as a broken clock is correct every 12 hours, Clover manages to finally get something right on the last day of every year ...
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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VSP.
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jujuno
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“Let them watch fireworks:” Gladys Antoinette, Sydney 2019 The sickening irony of letting off millions of exploding flames into a city sky already thickened with the smoke of bushfires that have surrounded Sydney for weeks, and then calling it “welcoming in the New Year,” seems entirely lost on Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. According to both women, the fireworks will demonstrate that NSW is a “resilient” state that looks towards the future with hope. “Coming together as a community in times of great trouble” is another justification for persisting with a fiery celebration many other centres, including Canberra, have chosen to abandon. Some because it’s too dangerous, others, like here in northern NSW, because we suffer an unpleasant visceral and emotional reaction to the idea of fireworks at this time. It just does not seem right to celebrate the New Year in this way when people are dying, communities are being left bereft, millions of hectares of country across the state are burning, and untold numbers of animals are frying to death or living in agony. The symbolism is terrifying. The lack of leaders’ ability to comprehend this symbolism is unnerving. Of course, cancelling the Sydney fireworks would be an acknowledgement of the gravity of our situation, an acknowledgement the Berejiklian and Morrison governments do not want to make. Even the Sydney City Council, usually considerably more aware of the peril we are facing than either government, cannot see the smoke for the fireworks in this instance, and insists on giving priority to marketing and tourism. This is a short-sighted perspective. The impact on tourism of past weeks of air quality readings, at one point the worst in the world, has apparently been omitted from the council’s evaluations. It will be interesting to see how the fireworks are reported internationally. “Let them watch fireworks!” appears to be the slogan of leaders who think a little bit of bread and circuses will momentarily distract from the catastrophes currently engulfing much of the state. Tomorrow, however, we’ll still be burning with no end in sight, the fireworks forgotten, the fear, anger and sorrow still in our hearts, the failure of our politicians seared on our memories. |
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Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...
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Tlazolteotl
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Might be onto something there. Maybe next year. Things are not going to get better. They are going to go pretty much as the scientists have been telling us for the last 50 years. |
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jujuno
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I've been spruiking laser shows for years. Fireworks going bang bang and scaring the sh*t out of animals...smoke polluting the air...what is so great about them, anyway?
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Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...
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Dr E
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We have Vivid - great show, but not the same.
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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Dr E
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Who was the unhinged snowflake who penned this virtue signalling dross? ... I'm sure they never leave the sanctuary of the safe space under their bed, what with all of the real or imagined "CATASTROPHES" that are out there every single day on the calendar, to become "HYSTERICAL" over ... stay safe, maybe things will be better for you come "Invasion Day" celebrations ... fiddlesticks.
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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Second Chance
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Well I agree entirely with the sentiment expressed, however no-one's going to change his or her opinion so guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Scomo will be there at the Sydney fireworks I'm told, which'll no doubt make up for his disappointment at the curtailed Hawaii sun and sand sojourn.
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Passing Through
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Are things bad enough to declare a national emergency yet, or is now not the appropriate time to talk about it either?
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Second Chance
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Scomo may well be consider asking that question of Brian Houston.
But one suspects it's more a matter of
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Passing Through
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Well thoughts and prayers are doing the job at the moment.
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acacia alba
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Actually , the way things are now with the fires, its not really the appropriate time to be a smart arse,,,,disrespectful,,,,and haul in all your political agendas. Just sayin'
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maccamax
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Get those millions out watching fireworks , Spending like there's no tomorrow , lifting the economy and providing entertainment for the majority.
A majority who don't choose to live among the gum trees. Will we take all the Motor vehicles off the Roads because hundreds will die from the horrors of accidents , Drunks , Druggies and some using Mobile Phones . REMEMBER = some of us will be dead tomorrow. Whatever the cause. |
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acacia alba
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And thoughts and prayers are doing FA. Its the firies on the ground that are doing the job.
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Passing Through
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So does that mean it is time or it isn't time? Are you agreeing with our PM that there is no problem? It is very clear what political agendas are in play here. Twenty-three former fire and emergency leaders say they tried for months to warn Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia needed more water-bombers to tackle bigger, faster and hotter bushfires. Key points:
Former New South Wales Fire and Rescue chief Greg Mullins — one of the founders of the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action Group — said the group sought a meeting with the Federal Government to discuss the issue in April and again in May, immediately after the federal election. "We have tried since April to get a meeting with the Prime Minister," Mr Mullins told ABC Radio on Thursday morning. "It's clear now we won't get that meeting. |
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Dr E
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Try to keep up PT - the misguided Green Activist filth that infest the Local and State Government, and the Public Services and Utilities and their "consultants" caused the build up fuel that was responsible for the fires ... nothing was going to make a difference after 30 years of virtue signalling from unhinged eco-warriors, with too much time on their hands. We need the indigenous Fire Brigade to take over ... 60,000 years of work almost ruined by 30 years of ignorance.
The good news? ... the bush will all grow back, just not the way that the dumbass Greenies want it.
... and the NYE Fireworks were an "UNPRECEDENTED" success, and lots of money and lots of thoughts and prayers were raised that will go to help the victims of the fires. How Good is Gladys!
... oh, and I will just leave this here, since the fake news media are not interested - will the dams ever fill again????; Fire chiefs’ climate group a pet ‘project’ of activist Tim FlanneryClimate activist Tim Flannery is the force behind a band of former state fire and emergency chiefs accusing Scott Morrison of abandoning bushfires across the nation and demanding an immediate end to the burning of fossil fuels. The Australian has confirmed Emergency Leaders for Climate Action — 29 ex-fire chiefs led by former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins — is funded by Professor Flannery’s crowd-funded Climate Council as an official “project”. Mr Mullins was joined by five other former state and territory fire chiefs on Tuesday in pledging to convene a national summit of industry experts early next year to find a long-term solution to bushfires savaging Australia’s east and west coasts.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/tim-flannery-climate-group-funding-exfire-chiefs-going-it-alone/news-story/fd55e5bd69cc54288e071d07808438c9 |
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In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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VSP.
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How much better was this show than Sydney's fireworks!
New, innovative, interesting.
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