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[stig]

Then in a year, it would be interesting to see if they have actually left Australia.

My guess would be that your government operates on the premise that once you let them in, you never get rid of them again.

From my experince, that is not too far from the truth.

 

[Chris E]

Stig our government would either deport them or place them in indefinate detention on Manus Island- its essentially Guantanamo Bay style accomodation with less security and torture. Or since its Christmas time they could be sent to Christmas island which is another detention facility. These are privatized facilities where the bill to the taxpayer is approximately $400/detainee/day to be housed in tents.

Its not a destiny one would aspire to.

 

[Steve Mack]

Or give them a house in Western Sydney, with $1000 a week plus and free medical and other perks.

 

[Maximalist]

A bit of historical facts - http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb538-Cold-War-Nuclear-Target-List-Declassified-First-Ever/

 

[Mick!]

And the Russians hadn't planned where to drop their bombs?

 

[Maximalist]

No need to compare the bull penis and goose neck. The Soviet Union had defensive strategy ...

 

[Mick!]

That's a good saying. I don't fully understand it but it's a good one anyway.

Well as usual (according to you) it's the brave virtuous Russians against the greedy warmongering US.

 

[kevin bingham]

Do you wish you still lived in Leningrad?

 

[kevin bingham]

Shouldn't it be putinburg by now?

 

[Maximalist]

St. Putinsburg? Pretty awesome! Nevertheless, let us now look at the Middle East. US arranged here chaos - Russia has to resolve this chaos. Side effect - all Large Live suffers Western Europe (by the way US ally)

 

[stig]

Seem with your eyes, the world is very much black and white ( or should I say black and red).
You should make it your new year's resolution to try to wrap your poor indoctrinated mind around just a few of the other colours.
Makes for a slightly more interesting discussion when one part doesn't have it's head in a paper bag, decorated with the good old hammer and sickle.

 

[Raj]

Peace on treehouse, merry christmas!

 

[Maximalist]

Congratulations to all the Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans, etc., Merry Christmas! I wish you all peace and goodness! (Christmas in Russia is celebrated on the night of 6 to 7 January - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рождество_в_России
Russia sees itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire. Moscow - the third Rome! Fourthly - not to be! https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Третий_Рим

Question on filling - when you attend church lately?

 

[Raj]

Oy vey!

 

[Maximalist]

Raj, you're a Jew?)

 

[stig]

It sure is amazing how fast Mother Russia managed to get governed by the church again, once communism left.

To me, that is kind of stepping backwards in time.

No church here, Andreij. I'm an atheist.

Science, you know. Not belief.

 

[Maximalist]

You are not right. It turns out we just pretend that we are atheists.

 

[Maximalist]

By the way - Santa Claus ( Дед Мороз ) arrived in St. Petersburg from his residence in Veliky Ustyug. On Palace Square, he arrived on a motorcycle Harley-Davidson - http://ponedelnikmag.com/post/ded-m...had-v-peterburge-na-motocikle-harley-davidson

 

[kevin bingham]

Does Russia not make any quality bikes he could ride?

 

[Maximalist]

I like the Ural-72 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6greygJL8


Dnepr is also steep - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_j7LPTAKk


In such circumstances a Harley quietly smokes aloof...

 

[stig]

I'd take a Ural or a Dnepr over a Harley any day.

Except you can't get ice cube makers with the Ural/Dnepr logo

 

[Maximalist]

Ural and Dnepr for brutal boys -







Harley for refined aesthetes.

 

[kevin bingham]

Those do look like great bikes. Harleys have always seemed overrated and drastically overpriced in my opinion

 

[stig]

No, They are not refined at all.
But they appeal to the same taste as Harley Davidsons, namely that the world hasn't changed since the second world war.

One difference being that those who ride Urals/Dnprs don't feel that riding those bikes automatically turns them into tough guys like the Harley weekend warriors.

 

[kevin bingham]

Posers on Harleys.