The totally off-topic thread

[QF WP]

Australian politics just gets better and better :

Politics live: Jacqui Lambie resigns from Parliament over dual citizenship

Crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie says she may run for the Tasmanian lower house seat of Braddon if Labor MP Justine Keay is found ineligible, after revealing she will quit parliament because she is a British citizen.

 

[Denali]

So what happens with their pension perks? All an untested grey area.

 

[TomVexille]

So what happens with their pension perks? All an untested grey area.

Well as they were ineligible, essentially they weren't there?

 

[Pushka]

Very sad but thankfully, sounds like shes finally cut him out of her life.

Jelena Dokic book: Years of harrowing abuse ultimately a story of survival

Her toxic relationship with her father was well known in sporting circles but there was not much anyone could do under the circumstances

 

[TheRealTMA]

And which makes this dual citizenship by parents birth in UK and any colonies just stupid.

Oh yes, agreed. But that's not what you wrote!

And not what the constitution says. Instead of spending it on health or R&D, do you really want to waste another $150 million for a referendum on the issue when it's actually very clear what the rules are, and, if candidates can't read and understand the rules then they should be banned from running and if they do get elected illegally then they should be forced to pay back the costs if they run and are elected.

But we are by no means alone. Remember the reason we have Trump and not Arnie as POTUS is that Arnie is not a native born american.

 

[Denali]

My boss just told me to stop being stupid and book the Jag for our Scotland trip at approx $100AUD per day (current price).

His actual words were, youre not paying for the flights, book the car!

 

[TomVexille]

My boss just told me to stop being stupid and book the Jag for our Scotland trip at approx $100AUD per day (current price).

His actual words were, youre not paying for the flights, book the car!

ROFL

 

[Pushka]

Oh yes, agreed. But that's not what you wrote!

And not what the constitution says. Instead of spending it on health or R&D, do you really want to waste another $150 million for a referendum on the issue when it's actually very clear what the rules are, and, if candidates can't read and understand the rules then they should be banned from running and if they do get elected illegally then they should be forced to pay back the costs if they run and are elected.

But we are by no means alone. Remember the reason we have Trump and not Arnie as POTUS is that Arnie is not a native born american.

If it takes the high court weeks to make a judgement then that alone confirms the complexity.
So if someone is American by virtue of parents citizenship and they still have that citizenship then does that entitle them to run for POTUS?

 

[TheRealTMA]

My boss just told me to stop being stupid and book the Jag for our Scotland trip at approx $100AUD per day (current price).

His actual words were, youre not paying for the flights, book the car!

Oh! Oh! Alright then! Don't take our advice eh?

Brilliant boss you have!

 

[TheRealTMA]

If it takes the high court weeks to make a judgement then that alone confirms the complexity.
So if someone is American by virtue of parents citizenship and they still have that citizenship then does that entitle them to run for POTUS?

This segment was very amusing last night.

"Brian, I said in the promo, with your long search through the universe for aliens, you never would have imagined finding so many in the Canberra parliament?"

Cox: "Last time I was on here, I didn't know Malcolm Roberts was a fellow Brit. I might have been nice."

Jones: "You did treat him like he was an alien.""​

Q&A recap: 'I didn't know Malcolm Roberts was a fellow Brit': Brian Cox mocks old foe

 

[TheRealTMA]

If it takes the high court weeks to make a judgement then that alone confirms the complexity.
So if someone is American by virtue of parents citizenship and they still have that citizenship then does that entitle them to run for POTUS?

GIYF

"The “natural born citizen” language in the Constitution is a relic of Eighteenth Century concerns that have little relevance to modern America. As Alexander Hamilton explained in the Federalist Papers, this requirement was placed in the Constitution to ward off “the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils” by “raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union.” More than two centuries after Hamilton wrote these words, however, it’s difficult to imagine a foreign power undertaking such a task."​

No, Arnold Schwarzenegger Can’t Be President — And This Is Dumb

 

[Pushka]

GIYF

"The “natural born citizen” language in the Constitution is a relic of Eighteenth Century concerns that have little relevance to modern America. As Alexander Hamilton explained in the Federalist Papers, this requirement was placed in the Constitution to ward off “the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils” by “raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union.” More than two centuries after Hamilton wrote these words, however, it’s difficult to imagine a foreign power undertaking such a task."​

No, Arnold Schwarzenegger Can’t Be President — And This Is Dumb

So someone doesn’t need to be physically born in the USA to run for President.

 

[TheRealTMA]

So someone doesn’t need to be physically born in the USA to run for President.

They need to be "A natural born citizen".

 

[Pushka]

They need to be "A natural born citizen".

Two terms are used in that article. Natural born citizen and a citizen at birth. Someone can be a citizen at birth but not born there.


The Constiution doesn’t define what a Natural Born citizen is. And I presume it’s never been challenged.

 

[Denali]

Oh! Oh! Alright then! Don't take our advice eh?

Brilliant boss you have!

My problem is, when on holidays, Im usually the driver as Im a very nervous passenger (due to witnessing multiple fatalities 20yrs ago).

If I book the Jag, the husband will want to drive and that ramps my anxiety and he will have to put me in the boot... which hes been threatening for years.

So, its happy husband with a Jag and me in the boot, or calm wife in a Fiat. (I joke about the Fiat but it would be a medium car).

 

[JohnK]

Saw a weird baby stroller yesterday. I've seen it somewhere before.

It has a single handle that you can use to push. The infant sits in a frame and there are 3 wheels? Doesn't really look like a stroller but looks to very effective if you don't want the overheads of a baby stroller.

Anyone seen similar?

 

[Pushka]

At a winery restaurant on Sunday for lunch. Restaurant was full with all age groups represented.

Visited the ladies where there were two cubicles, one occupied - worked out there were two sweet young things chattering to each other inside. Mmmm. Ok. Peeing with company. Not my choice but there you go.

I exit leaving the 2 girls chattering and there were 2 more sweet young things waiting. Lo and behold, they both go into the cubicle. What is this?

 

[whatmeworry]

So what happens with their pension perks? All an untested grey area.

I believe all the booted politicians have lost all pension perks.

 

[whatmeworry]

Her toxic relationship with her father was well known in sporting circles but there was not much anyone could do under the circumstances

Yet Tennis Australia probably provided hundreds of thousands of dollars for her training, flights and accommodation. One could say they were negligent in their duty of care for a minor.

 

[TheRealTMA]

At a winery restaurant on Sunday for lunch. Restaurant was full with all age groups represented.

Visited the ladies where there were two cubicles, one occupied - worked out there were two sweet young things chattering to each other inside. Mmmm. Ok. Peeing with company. Not my choice but there you go.

I exit leaving the 2 girls chattering and there were 2 more sweet young things waiting. Lo and behold, they both go into the cubicle. What is this?

Maybe not "peeing" as you put it but refreshing nostrils?