Magnetic Island Shows Support for Julian Assange - Picnic Bay 4pm Sunday 12 August 2012

Join us this Sunday, 12th August from 4pm, on Magnetic Island 

show your support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with a Picnic at Picnic Bay.   

Image courtesy Magnetic Times

The farcebook-team proudly supports the Magnetic Times initiative to show our support for one of our own.

"It’s a fun and, we think, a very Magnetic Island way to support a former Islander who is risking his life to make a more open, transparent and accountable world. We are talking about the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who lived on Magnetic as a boy and spent much of his time, with his mum, Christine, on beautiful Picnic Bay beach.

This Sunday, 12 August 2012 from 4pm, Magnetic Times will be devouring a little cake and a cup of tea with friends at the Surf Lifesaving Club end of the beach to celebrate the achievements of Julian Assange and have a group photo taken to show our support. Of course, as an open public place, all who may wish to join us will be very welcome." (Magnetic Times August 8th 2012)

          Find out more at Magnetic Times and.. 

WL Central

The #1 unofficial WikiLeaks resource

Campbell Newman. You're Sacked! It's the 'Golden Rule'

Campbell Newman. You're Sacked! It's the 'Golden Rule'. 

Wishful thinking.

Whether Newman and his cohorts believe in the Golden Rule is debatable. There is no way we can sack them. The actions of the 'Can Do' Team clearly states that they know as voters we have to wait 3years or so to have our say - at the ballot box. Meanwhile, one could be forgiven for assuming that, in regard to democratic government in Queensland, the LNP ethos is this;

"Let us just say, We believe that we, the LNP as a democratic government 

should always Bite the hand that feeds us!

And that if the battler, the voters who put us in power,don't like it?

Tough! They don't realise how hard it is to ensure that,

 "-the iron ungodly hand of
class distinction has settled surely down upon Australian
society--Australia's democracy is only a tradition of the past."

Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career

They should feel sorry for us. We, the Qld LNP MPs are Queenslanders too, battlers like them, who share the same burdens they have to bear. Burdens like, job insecurity, low wages, and salaries, skyrocketing prices, a bureaucracy gone mad, having our resources and infrastructure sold or ripped off, our natural environment raped and pillaged and diminishing help for the sick and disabled. It's not our fault. We are the good guys!

The voters just have to accept that we know what is best for Queensland - class distinction - Us and them. It is the only way to make our form of democracy viable for the top end of town and thereby get our economy back on it's feet and keep us, the LNP, in power."

Name and details provided but withheld from publication at the request of the contributor

Megalomania - The Quintessential Characteristic of a Democratic Premier

What is the Quintessential Characteristic of a 'Democratic' Premier as currently demonstrated in Queensland?

Premier Campbell Newman

 

Premier Campbell Newman

A truly ethical politician exemplifying his and his party's commitment to democratic government

The South African publication Business Day suggests that,

'Megalomaniacs abound in politics/medicine/finance- experts say disproportionate numbers of pathological narcissists are at work in the most influential reaches of society such as medicine, finance and politics'

'Megalomania is a psycho-pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence. 'Megalomania is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their powers and beliefs''.
 I. B. Weiner/W. E. Craighead, The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology: Vol III (2010) p. 977


'The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the *great men of history.'
Bertrand Russell

Based on performance so far one could be forgiven for thinking that Queensland's latest megalomaniac is a diabolical reincarnation of the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Brisvegas).

* GREAT (adjective)  relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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London Olympic Highlights ~ Flying Great White rips arm off diver

farcebook-team London Olympics Highlights

WTF! A flying great white rips arm off diver.

WikiLeaks claims court victory against Visa

Icelandic court rules that payment processor broke contract laws by blocking credit card donations to whistleblowing site. By Charles Arthur The Guardian.

Julian Assange's WikiLeaks has claimed a court victory against Visa.
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Go to the Guardian article

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/12/wikileaks-court-victory-visa

An aspect of the sheer hypocrisy and bloody mindedness of the redneck fringe who initiated the blocking  is well illustrated in a post of a now defunct blog by a Magnetic Island supporter of Julian.

 Click the link below

 Visa & MasterCard: KKK Is A-OK, But Wikileaks Is Wicked

Magnetic Island's Picnic Bay Jetty Update. Good & Bad News

Good news & bad news for  *fisher folk & friends of  Magnetic Island's historical, local heritage Picnic Bay Jetty.

The good news is the restoration work is proceeding as well as it can under the circumstances. Hopefully it will be completed in October. This year that is, 2012.

Three critical pylons should be in place in a few days which will enable some serious work to commence on the jetty head. Sub contractors, Pacific Marine Group are carrying out this phase of the work already have one pylon in place.

That's the good news. The bad news is this, the over zealous rules & regulations imposed on the workers & the environs of the workplace by do-gooders, bleeding hearts, senior bureaucrats covering their asses and the politicians who sign off on these over-kill r&r are costing a fortune and delaying the work.  

We are not suggesting that workplace health & safety matters be ignored but what we are suggesting is that the people who impose the regulations are out of touch with reality. We are aware of some of the details but we won't go into it here, now.

On the upside, the restoration crew are good blokes who take pride in their work and best of all have become an accepted part of our community.

You will notice, in the above image, that Australia, the big island off the coast of the mainland ie; Magnetic Island, is no longer in sight. A local identity reckons that "under the cover of the night and day long fog, some one cut the island loose and made Maggie a 2000 odd hectare refugee boat headed for some obscure shangrila seeking political asylum. - just to escape the whimsies of state and federal governments gone mad."

Again a special thanks to all those tourism & community groups and individuals who have worked so hard to have our jetty restored. 

Post by farcebook-team duty moderator

*fisher folk - an exceedingly politically correct term for the generic term 'Fishermen' which we hope pleases JCU Adjunct Associate Professor Betty McLellan.

Carbon Tax - Roast Lamb & Carbonara. A Magnetic Islander Perspective.

When it comes to dodging the carbon tax a Magnetic Islander has a suggestion that might help. It's about, Roast Lamb & Carbonara, If one could follow the logic?

Image found on The Culture Concept Circle 

Carbonara with Carbon Tax

   Image found on Papa's Recipes cooking with John

 "A friend asked me how I could afford to buy lunch on the first day of the Carbon Tax. "That's simple. I had roast lamb. I didn't order carbonara. I'm not stupid!" I replied in jest. But I would be really stupid to believe that the tax will not cause the prices of life's basic necessities to go out of control. And even more stupid if one believes that, "If elected", the opposition will repeal the tax. It's always the little people who pay in the end."

 The farcebook-team suggest that you read & compare some ALP & LNP  thoughts on the impact of the Carbon Tax in The Little Book of Abbott Absurdities