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Matilda

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46. That is so true!

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:27 AM

Jan 2013

The drive for an ever-increasing population is driven by corporations who want to keep selling more, more, more.

In this country, the birth-rate has increased since John Howard introduced a "baby bonus" - now $5,000 to the first baby born to any couple, rich or poor, and decreasing amounts for subsequent children. It is alll market-driven. Polling shows that there is support for it being dropped, or at the very least means-tested, but even the Gillard government hasn't had the courage to get rid of it, and the conservatives never will.

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'Exceptional' heatwave challenges records [View all] Matilda Jan 2013 OP

Aw, it's just Sicklical Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #1

Forecast for rural west MI is high 40's by the weekend. longship Jan 2013 #2

they mean centigrade--that's over 100 Fahrenheit librechik Jan 2013 #6

It's called Celsius these days, not Centigrade. longship Jan 2013 #10

Yep, forgot to make the conversion. Matilda Jan 2013 #23

Severe Weather Warning Issued Matilda Jan 2013 #3

That just sounds aweful. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12

It's been very cold in Southern California (for So Cal that is). But not a lot of rain. lexw Jan 2013 #4

I know! PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #29

And nothing is going to slow it down. Gregorian Jan 2013 #5

Nice knowing you too! raouldukelives Jan 2013 #13

+1 countryjake Jan 2013 #18

So true. Gregorian Jan 2013 #27

But unfortunately, that's exactly where this type of "we're doomed" thinking leads....... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #41

We haven't screwed up Mars yet. tclambert Jan 2013 #19

The planet can only hold around... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #24

We regulate for a reason. Why are we unregulated? Gregorian Jan 2013 #28

No breeding in our family PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #31

Everything you say is true. Matilda Jan 2013 #33

Same here...No kids... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #34

Thanks. I really appreciate having this discussion. Gregorian Jan 2013 #38

YES, I have enjoyed it as well... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #52

That is so true! Matilda Jan 2013 #46

There is a social stigma regarding those who don't have children. Gregorian Jan 2013 #53

Sorry, but.... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #43

It is scientific fact... SkyDaddy7 Jan 2013 #51

..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #54

Well our right wing loonies are loonier than your right wing loonies zeemike Jan 2013 #7

Still not hot enough for tennis sponsors Matilda Jan 2013 #8

Yep you got them too. zeemike Jan 2013 #26

Time It Was and What a Time It Was... triplepoint Jan 2013 #9

It's very sad. Matilda Jan 2013 #15

I didn't like that song, but thanks for posting those videos. I'm watching the BBC documentary one.. Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #36

Good stuff, but one question. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #40

I Was Referring to Human Extinction triplepoint Jan 2013 #45

Oh, I see. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #47

Au contraire, mon frère GliderGuider Jan 2013 #48

Right back at ya. =) AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #49

Yeah - moderation has worked so well this far, why get worried now? nt GliderGuider Jan 2013 #50

"Chicken Little" stuff hasn't worked well, either. And it won't now. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #55

Frankly, nothing has worked. And nothing will, until TSHTF. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #56

Sucks. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #11

It was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Matilda Jan 2013 #14

Okay, then it's definitely kosher. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #16

Temperatures off the charts as Australia turns deep purple Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #17

Clearly, the geography of Australia is defective. tclambert Jan 2013 #20

Hey, Violet! Matilda Jan 2013 #22

The ACT's been relatively lucky so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way... Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #25

Jesus, 54C is like 120F, right? Odin2005 Jan 2013 #30

The purple looks like it's covering that area, but the forecast when I woke up this morning is mild. Violet_Crumble Jan 2013 #32

the problem with heat waves in the desert is that they make the entire summer hotter CreekDog Jan 2013 #37

54C is 129F CreekDog Jan 2013 #35

Last I checked the pink area was in SA...Alice Springs is a few hundred miles due north. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #42

Our deciduous trees are in full fall colors right now and lunatica Jan 2013 #21

Australia-wide, and for individual states pontingnick Jan 2013 #39

In Chicago it's supposed to be in the 40's & 50's this weekend Paula Sims Jan 2013 #44

It's raining and in the 40s here in Minneapolis too truthisfreedom Jan 2013 #58

It sounds like Abbott is of the "Ignorance is bliss school of thought" Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #57