Firstly I must say Australian mainstream media is an absolute cancer. I see these reporters at these events and they have zero interest in reporting what is going on, everything has to be some sort of narrative. I guess they just don't have souls, any journo's on here care to talk me through how they sleep at night?

Despite the misreporting however the event was a massive success.

We had in excess of 500 people attend with thankfully minimal representation of the ''alt-right' crowd,these groups were advised they would not be welcome..glad they didn't show because a skinny 5'8" bloke in a high vis like myself might have struggled to kick out 6'4" steroid abusers.

The ferals had their counter protest of maybe 100-150, bravely protesting against nazism, facism, the kkk, homophobia, rape, transphobia, mysogyny, immigration control, pollution..eating meat, drinking milk (excluding soy). Just kinda sad for them that we weren't actually rallying for any of those ideals.

Some protesters managed to sneak in and bravely pulled out a megaphone with a siren on it in order to drown out one of our speakers talking about her experience living in an domestic violence shelter with her 3 children. They were evicted with a bit of a scuffle.

There was also another siren in a chilly bin that went off, again bravely drowning out a young man speaking about his experience of being sexually abused and his multiple suicide attempts.

Any neutral walking past would have immediately seen who the good guys were and who the deranged lunatics were but thankfully aussie mainstream media can do the thinking for the folk at home by labelling it an 'Anti-feminist march' (SBS) or the MC as 'Extreme right campaigner' (Channel 9)

Anyway a bit of a rant but it was really successful, huge turnout had some amazing conversations with the public. So many don't know that 40 Australian men commit suicide every week and when I explained these stats to most folk they fully understood what we were about and couldn't believe the protesters. Had some chats with Mens rights campaigners nearly in tears finally seeing public support for something they have been fighting and being demonised for for nearly 20 years.

The best news however of the whole day was a call from 'Dads In Distress' the charity we were raising money for. They had been inundated with calls from men who had been watching the march live on youtube and for the first time felt some hope in their lives about the situations they were in. Many were suicidal and reaching out for the first time because of what we were doing.

This is outstanding. CNN correspondent during a radio interview accuses the host of 'white privilege'...only problem for this deranged leftist is unbeknown to her, he is actually black.

One thing that also bugged me..and surely it's been mentioned is what happened to our must win attitude? That penalty with what was in 10 mins to go to bring the gap to 7, I saw going for that kick as an admission that we were happy settling for a draw. It should have been smashed to the corner and had everything thrown at the try line, sure we may have blown it and lost by 10 overall but at least we we'd have the right attitude and wouldn't die wondering.

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in The Folau Factor:

@Paekakboyz said in The Folau Factor:

I think they are screwed. But with his devotion to god and being able to share his message I wonder if Foal-ow has thought much about the ripple effect for RA in terms of staff and financial impact. He says this isn't about money, but if his court action cripples RA that's a massive cost (literally) to all involved in the sport. I get that from his perspective that's a non issue as it's about expressing his beliefs. But far out this will impact a big number of folks as it works its way towards a messy conclusion.

Fair point... but maybe QANTAS and ARU could have had similar thoughts....

Seems a lot of the current orthadoxy is based more on emotion than rationalism. The sooner organisations realise that the cultish 8% of twitter users (and the media who amplify it) that drive online discourse are not actually representative of normal every-day folk the better.

The worst part of that night in Cardiff was depressingly getting back to my accommodation only to discover my lucky All Blacks boxers were on inside-out. Sorry team.

So a few comments from a dairy farmer:

*So many variables. Canterbury and Wairarapa are drier soil types. River flow is less so higher chance of pollutants to build up.

In Taranaki however we started a fencing and riparian scheme voluntarily in 1995 - most farmers brought into it and over 97 percent fenced and over 90 ish planted. Canterbury and Wairarapa are further behind.

Stocking rates is also a concern (Cows per hectare) - Taranaki is 2-2.5 cow per hectare and Canterbury is 2.5-3.5. Also Higher input farms in Canterbury and Wairarapa - reliant on brought in feeds etc to maintain higher stock rates. Also depends on where waterways are etc - Most farmland in taranaki is off the mountain shorter stretch then to the sea - less chance of pollutants to build up. Wairarapa is from lake Wairarapa which is fed further up by rivers that have thousands of hectares of farmland and towns cities polluting. Canterbury Has the most pristine water coming from the alps but it meanders slowly so sedimentation happens quicker which will catch nitrates etc. Way more to go into and way more science needed to solve the issues.*

Well I also blame Laurel. She knows she has a massive unfair advantage and is cheating other girls out of their hard earned dreams. The gentlemanly (sue me) thing to do would be not compete and maybe go into coaching or something.

Hi all,

As anyone who browses the politics forums are aware I'm starting to get a little active on scene in Melbourne, and as anyone who knows me can attest I'm pretty passionate on the field of men's issues and don't have a lot of time for groups that go out of their way to demonise men or shut down the few support avenues for men that are currently out there.

A young political commentator here in Melbourne 'Sydney Watson' has made a call for a 'March for Men' in response to a number of recent attacks on men and boys in Australian media. Me and a few friends have been asked to assist.

The idea of the march is to remind the men in our lives that their issues matter too and that masculinity is not something to be ashamed of. Demonising a whole gender does nothing for society and we need to recognise that both men and women face unique challenges and we are better dealing with these issues standing together.

I know this is Australian based and doesn't impact many of you but as decent blokes yourselves I think most would agree that this message is a very important one for society as a whole and any support we can get either through liking our page, sharing the event through social media, helping support financially through our go-fund-me or even if you are in the area and would like to attend or volunteer would be greatly appreciated.

We have 5 speakers organised to speak on Men's issues for the rally and have also have proudly partnered with the 600,000 strong online Men's support group 'Blokes Advice' (If you are not a member, or want to know more about them please PM me).

Cheers,

Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/marchformenaus/

Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/420967508398069/

Sydney's promotional video:

Some context on the attacks in the media:

Bearing:

@booboo said in Plans for Saturday:

@Rembrandt said in Plans for Saturday:

I was going to do a quiet one at home but I happened to be at a Irish bar midweek which was all decked out for the WC so I've now booked a table there. Risky move for sure if results don't go my way (or even if they do...), I'll be the only kiwi rest of the group being an international assortment of friends, not really rugby fans but coming along for a gander anyway.

Wear Black.

Definitely, going to Trudeau it up big time

@canefan said in Cannabis debate:

@Rembrandt said in Cannabis debate:

My big concern with legalisation is increased use in under 20 year olds and accidents resulting from people under the influence, maybe there are ways to mitigate that once legalised.

This. As for mitigation, is that going to be like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted?

I'm not up with the latest advancements. If they can test 'under the influence' then that solves some of the problems. As for under 20 year olds getting it, I know there was no issue getting it when I was young. Maybe other peoples experience is different or things have changed since then. I think the best you can do is give your kids advice and hope they make good decisions. I would rather teens getting hold of weed that met certain criteria than those dodgy legal highs or whatever the local tinnie house is peddling.

I'm for it despite the greens position. Got some mates who have been pretty screwed with criminal charges relating to weed, I don't feel its a significant danger to society. If we can get to a position where you can buy weed legally without finding yourself in environments with the kind of folk that will try to upsell you to other far more dangerous substances then I think that is a good thing. I'd like to see police have more time to concentrate on worse things. By big concern with legalisation is increased use in under 20 year olds and accidents resulting from people under the influence, maybe there are ways to mitigate that once legalised.

3 apparently murdered at random last night by a man in a 'justice for Breonna Taylor' tshirt.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/arrest-made-in-bungalow-joes-restaurant-shooting-that-left-3-dead/ar-BB19c98w

I wonder if even Trump wanted this. After the insanity of the last appointment.

What a game!
You know 2020 isn't really that bad a year after all.

@canefan Jesus Christ! Wtf this along with increase to minimum wage. Insanity

@Frank Amy Coney Barrett frontrunner? They 'probably' won't call her a rapist but it will be interesting what they do try to portray her as. With antifa on the job I wouldn't be surprised to see threats to peoples homes and children this time around. Won't take much to kick it off properly.

Shit is heating up alright. A lot of threats coming.

Strictest and longest lockdown in the world is apparently not enough. Now Andrews is trying to push through legislation for increased powers to allow for indefinite arrest for pre-crime and to give those powers to people who aren't police officers.
This is getting insane.

Finally some honesty from this cause