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And all the dual citizens in Lebanon wanting to evacuate back to Australia won;t be able to.

This stuff should have been bagged and given to farmers years ago.

Oh and Morrigu, a bloke on the Breakfast show this morning works for Lonely Planet and has published a book The last lions of Africa. Might be worth a look if you are in lockdown and can get a copy delivered.
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ronrat wrote: Oh and Morrigu, a bloke on the Breakfast show this morning works for Lonely Planet and has published a book The last lions of Africa. Might be worth a look if you are in lockdown and can get a copy delivered.
Yes Anthony Ham - have purchased already it's supposed to arrive early next week *fingers crossed*
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... a/12521610

And this one by photographer George Logan "Lion: Pride Before The Fall" - all proceeds go to supporting, protecticting and helping re-establish ‘The Last Lions of Meru’ in Kenya.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pr ... e-the-fall

I see the Australian Government has given 2 million in aid - that seems pretty pitiful to me!
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At work for a late shift yesterday and an early today. Post footy saw the news: such devastation. It’s truly shocking. Poor people (and animals), truly terrible.
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Russian "businessman" based in Cypress = code for Russian Mafia hood. You could float a ship on the Russian crime money that goes through Cypress.
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Lebanese authorities have taken into custody 16 individuals as part of an investigation into the Beirut port warehouse explosion that shook the capital, state news agency NNA reported.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/ ... 52876.html
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Was watching Nine News tonight - they spoke to a woman sitting beside her injured child in hospital in Beirut, I can’t find the clip but it broke my heart she sounded so worn out and just totally broken - words along the lines of “ I just want to leave go somewhere without corruption, without guns, without religion” :cry: :cry:

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.9ne ... 4e12356aa8
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yeah i saw that, tried to find it for you but didnt get a hit. so very sad.

the cyprus connection makes me sad, i lived there for 3 years as a kid.
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We have found the cause of the Beirut Blast: just when you thought it was Hezbollah weapons storage, the unintended consequences of welding nearby it turns out the cause is due to:

Sodomy, homosexuality, Lebanese girls, unmarried women, non-marital sex, plastic surgery and not observing certain Koranic interpretations. Well bugger me

https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/qatari- ... ast-638171
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^

Pass, buggering you has the potential to release an even bigger blast. :P 8)
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stui magpie wrote:^

Pass, buggering you has the potential to release an even bigger blast. :P 8)
Roger that
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I'm not going to roger it either. :lol:
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Two more explosions have occurred in Beirut. This is the latest one: Party of God (Hezbollah) Arms depot, 20 or so km’s south of Beirut.

A Party of God spokesman was quoted as saying: nothing to see here, move along, there’ll be more damage Saturday week in Perth. :shock:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-e ... ting-story
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