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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Trump melts down as Obama romps back into the White House

Nymag.com

Donald Trump went into Twitter meltdown when it became evident that Barack Obama had been re-elected as President.

He may have deleted one or two of those tweets, but what remains courtesy of Topsy may haunt him in the future:

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

Our country is now in serious and unprecedented trouble... like never before.

22 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 195

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

House of Representatives shouldn't give anything to Obama unless he terminates Obamacare.

22 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 5,813

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Hopefully the House of Representatives can hold our country together for four more years...stay strong and never give up!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 6,556

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The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 11K

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

Our country is now in serious and unprecedented trouble...like never before.

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 15K

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 12K

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More votes equals a loss...revolution!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 2,777

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Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us.

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 6,597

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 6,779

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

The phoney electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 3,441

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 12K

realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump

Well, back to the drawing board!

23 hours ago Reply Retweet Favorite 4,820

Having the last laugh on disgruntled American wingnuts in November 2012

A response to all those who tweeted that they would move to Australia if Obama was re-elected as President of the United States of America....

Pimlico woman fined for illegal dumping on flood affected land

Court and Compliance Watch in EDO NSW Bulletin 2 November 2012 - Number 784:

A Pimlico woman has been fined for her part in organising the illegal dumping of about 200 tonnes of demolition waste on flood affected land in Pimlico.
The woman was convicted in Ballina Local Court on Friday [26 October 2012] for "actively recruiting" a demolition company to illegally transport demolition waste to a property in Pimlico. The court also found that at the time of the illegal dumping, Mrs Wall was aware she required development consent from Ballina Shire Council for the placement of the demolition waste on the property. No steps were taken by Mrs Wall to seek approval until after she was caught by council officers.
Mrs Wall was fined a total of $7500 and ordered to pay all of the council's legal costs, totalling $3800, as well as $83 in court costs.

The Northern Star 30 October 2012 :

Verna Kathleen Wall was convicted in Ballina Local Court on Friday for "actively recruiting" a Maclean based demolition company, Chambers Constructions Pty Ltd, to illegally transport demolition waste from the former Coles liquor store to a property at 883 Pimlico Road, Pimlico.

It was then unlawfully deposited in five separate locations within the property.

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

2012 US Presidential Election - calling it for Obama

US Presidenial Election 6 November 2012 - links to live cover on the night

* In Australia on Wednesday 7 October from 10:30am ABC News 24's begins coverage of the 2012 US Presidential Election.

* Antony Green's background briefing on the US Presidential election:

Past Results By State

Close of Poll Times By State

* US CNN Election Centre

* US FOX NEWS Election Centre

* US CBS Campaign 2012

* BBC US2012

* Twitter:

BBC News US

E-Health: join at your own risk

It is hard to believe that 13,600 people are said to have joined the national e-Health database, when the system seems so insecure.

Pulse+IT 22 October 2012:

The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has confirmed it has cancelled its $23.6 million contract with IBM to build the authentication service for the PCHER system.

IBM won the contract to build the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) in March 2011. It promised to create a security and access management system to enable healthcare providers to securely access the PCEHR by June 26, 2012.

IBM failed to deliver its promised infrastructure for NASH by its deadline and an interim solution was deployed by the Department of Human Services (DHS). Secure tokens were issued in late August to those healthcare providers and organisations who had registered for an HPI-I and an HPI-O respectively and had applied for a certificate from Medicare Australia.

Australian IT 23 October 2012:

THE Department of Health and Ageing has refused to guarantee that its much vaunted e-health record system is risk-free after more than 140 risks were identified before it went live on July 1.

The Gillard government's personally controlled e-health record system, developed by Accenture, contained a staggering 142 risks of which 32 were rated extreme, 77 high and 33 medium.

The detailed risk assessment study, obtained by The Australian, was prepared by the National E-Health Transition Authority (Nehta) and submitted to the Health Department and other relevant parties about two months before the July go-live date.

The department did not directly respond when asked to confirm that all the risks were resolved by July 1.

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

NSW government called upon to put the cash to good use

A Lower Clarence resident's view on the NSW Government's billion $ bungle

GET ON WITH JOB

George Orwell, that great English novelist who died in 1950, once said, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity of pure wind".

Six decades on and politicians of any brand continue to behave as though stupidity was a virtue.

Having cried poor since gaining power to a cash-strapped NSW state government, the Coalition had a respectable argument that it was unable to afford a 50/50 contribution with the Federal Government to upgrade the Pacific Highway.

However, since finding their ledger is now showing a $680mil surplus, their argument is considerably weakened.

Nevertheless, it did not stop National Party hopeful Kevin Hogan resurrecting that old chestnut of the 80/20 agreement the former state government had with the Feds. (Hogan attacks Saffin DE 2/11/12).

That may have been the case, but public revenues are raised from rates, taxes, duties, customs etc appropriated for the payment of public expenses in the public interest. Government revenues do not belong to political parties and should not be used by politicians to advance their political careers or their longevity to power.

This may perhaps sound altruistically naive, but if politicians had to face the relatives of those whose lives have been lost on this treacherous goat track they might stop playing this myopic, self-serving small-time politics, with the unambitious goal of clinging to power, and for once act in the public interest.

Ray Hunt
Yamba

Source: Letters, The Daily Examiner, 5/11/12

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Moggy Musings

Hi! My name is Boy. I'm a male bi-coloured tabby cat. Ever since I discovered that Malcolm Turnbull's dogs were allowed to blog, I have been pestering Clarencegirl to allow me a small space on North Coast Voices.

A false flag musing: I have noticed one particular voice on Facebook which is Pollyanna-positive on the subject of the Port of Yamba becoming a designated cruise ship destination. What this gentleman doesn’t disclose is that, as a principal of Middle Star Pty Ltd, he could be thought to have a potential pecuniary interest due to the fact that this corporation (which has had an office in Grafton since 2012) provides consultancy services and tourism business development services.

A religion & local government musing: On 11 October 2017 Clarence Valley Council has the Church of Jesus Christ Development Fund Inc in Sutherland Local Court No. 6 for a small claims hearing. It would appear that there may be a little issue in rendering unto Caesar. On 19 September 2017 an ordained minister of a religion (which was named by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to 40 instances of historical child sexual abuse on the NSW North Coast) read the Opening Prayer at Council’s ordinary monthly meeting. Earlier in the year an ordained minister (from a church network alleged to have supported an overseas orphanage closed because of child abuse claims in 2013) read the Opening Prayer and an ordained minister (belonging to yet another church network accused of ignoring child sexual abuse in the US and racism in South Africa) read the Opening Prayer at yet another ordinary monthly meeting. Nice one councillors - you are covering yourselves with glory!

An investigative musing: Newcastle Herald, 12 August 2017: The state’s corruption watchdog has been asked to investigate the finances of the Awabakal Aboriginal Local Land Council, less than 12 months after the troubled organisation was placed into administration by the state government. The Newcastle Herald understands accounting firm PKF Lawler made the decision to refer the land council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption after discovering a number of irregularities during an audit of its financial statements. The results of the audit were recently presented to a meeting of Awabakal members. Administrator Terry Lawler did not respond when contacted by the Herald and a PKF Lawler spokesperson said it was unable to comment on the matter. Given the intricate web of company relationships that existed with at least one former board member it is not outside the realms of possibility that, if ICAC accepts this referral, then United Land Councils Limited (registered New Zealand) and United First Peoples Syndications Pty Ltd(registered Australia) might be interviewed. North Coast Voices readers will remember that on 15 August 2015 representatives of these two companied gave evidence before NSW Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 INQUIRY INTO CROWN LAND. This evidence included advocating for a Yamba mega port.

A Nationals musing: Word around the traps is that NSW Nats MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has been talking up the notion of cruise ships visiting the Clarence River estuary. Fair dinkum! That man can be guaranteed to run with any bad idea put to him. I'm sure one or more cruise ships moored in the main navigation channel on a regular basis for one, two or three days is something other regular river users will really welcome. *pause for appreciation of irony* The draft of the smallest of the smaller cruise vessels is 3 metres and it would only stay safely afloat in that channel. Even the Yamba-Iluka ferry has been known to get momentarily stuck in silt/sand from time to time in Yamba Bay and even a very small cruise ship wouldn't be able to safely enter and exit Iluka Bay. You can bet your bottom dollar operators of cruise lines would soon be calling for dredging at the approach to the river mouth - and you know how well that goes down with the local residents.

A local councils musing: Which Northern Rivers council is on a low-key NSW Office of Local Government watch list courtesy of feet dragging by a past general manager?

A serial pest musing: I'm sure the Clarence Valley was thrilled to find that a well-known fantasist is active once again in the wee small hours of the morning treading a well-worn path of accusations involving police, local business owners and others.

An investigative musing: Which NSW North Coast council is batting to have the longest running code of conduct complaint investigation on record?

A fun fact musing: An estimated 24,000 whales migrated along the NSW coastline in 2016 according to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the migration period is getting longer.

A which bank? musing: Despite a net profit last year of $9,227 million the Commonwealth Bank still insists on paying below Centrelink deeming rates interest on money held in Pensioner Security Accounts. One local wag says he’s waiting for the first bill from the bank charging him for the privilege of keeping his pension dollars at that bank.

A Daily Examiner musing: Just when you thought this newspaper could sink no lower under News Corp management, it continues to give column space to Andrew Bolt.

A thought to ponder musing: In case of bushfire or flood - do you have an emergency evacuation plan for the family pet?

An adoption musing: Every week on the NSW North Coast a number of cats and dogs find themselves without a home. If you want to do your bit and give one bundle of joy a new family, contact Happy Paws on 0419 404 766 or your local council pound.

North Coast Voices

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Trump melts down as Obama romps back into the White House

Having the last laugh on disgruntled American wingnuts in November 2012

Pimlico woman fined for illegal dumping on flood affected land

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

2012 US Presidential Election - calling it for Obama

US Presidenial Election 6 November 2012 - links to live cover on the night

E-Health: join at your own risk

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

NSW government called upon to put the cash to good use

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