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[StephanieVanbryce]

I only wish Canada would adopt us...their rules .......and morals and their sense of humor .. and isn't he a Prince already?
... .. the nutso ones already hate him ... LOLOLOL ... yeppers decency scares em into hatred too! It seems hatred just lives in teaflubs!

[StephanieVanbryce]

oh I meant to mention we've taken 'eight' ... two families and two sisters..Oh YES! ...

they are mad about that too!

[F6]

Australian PM uses 'meaningless' slogan from U.S. political satire Veep


Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) can be seen through a window as he walks with Australia's Environment Minister Greg Hunt to a media conference in Sydney, Australia, March 23, 2016.
Reuters/David Gray

By Byron Kaye
Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:36am EDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's looming election campaign entered the world of the hit U.S. political satire "Veep" when the country's prime minister was caught using a meaningless slogan from the television show.

A day after setting the stage for a possible election on July 2, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday made numerous references to "continuity and change" in his government in media interviews, a reference to the fact that he unseated his party's unpopular leader but plans to keep many of his policies.

Within hours, an Australian Broadcasting Corp reporter tweeted a photo of a fictional election campaign bus in "Veep" emblazoned with the slogan "Continuity With Change".

"I am dumbstruck," wrote "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most famous for playing a lead role on "Seinfeld", on Twitter.

Show writer Simon Blackwell dispelled any suggestion that the slogan was meant to be taken seriously, tweeting that "we came up with the most meaningless election slogan we could think of. Now adopted by Australian PM".

Another actor on the Emmy-winning show, Timothy Simons, added: "A heartfelt thanks to the truly clueless US / World politicians providing us with so much free publicity."

When Turnbull ousted former conservative leader Tony Abbott in September, he gave Abbott's poor opinion polling as the sole reason for the leadership change. Throughout his two-year leadership, Abbott was frequently the butt of jokes about small missteps which spread on social media.

Turnbull has consistently led opinion polls, but his personal popularity is sagging. On Monday he announced a recall of parliament, which could see an election on July 2.

(Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Michael Perry)

Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-election-veep-idUSKCN0WP0BD

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[fuagf]

Lebanese father will not press charges after Beirut 'kidnapping'

"Canada has rescued 800 times more Syrian refugees than Australia, figures show"

.. Australian media, creating news ..

Ali al-Amin meets estranged wife in detention, blaming Nine Network TV crew for orchestrating abduction of two children


Sally Faulkner with her two children, who are aged six and four

Kareem Shaheen in Beirut
Saturday 9 April 2016 06.17 AEST

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Amin reserved his anger for the team that had allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping, including the Nine Network team, who remained in custody on Friday, as well as what he described as racism in the coverage of the family drama.

“They’re trying to paint me that I took the kids because my name is Ali, like I took the kids to Isis to train them,” he said. “Arab, Muslim, it was there, I thought it was the Donald Trump campaign for a minute.

“The media in Australia is bullcrap,” he added. “To hire mercenaries to come and kidnap your kids? How horrible are you guys? You’re endangering everyone’s lives including my mother and the kids, for what? For a story?”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/lebanese-father-will-not-press-charges-in-beirut-alleged-kidnapping-case

.. that said by Amin seems to me on the face of it cutting your children off from their mother is not what
a good father would do, though huge tip of the hat in that he is not pressing charges against his wife ..

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Nine news boss flies to Beirut as 60 Minutes’ crew prepares to face Lebanese judge
http://mumbrella.com.au/tara-brown-nine-network-60-minutes-358839