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[Greiger]

"Oh no this cat food was poisoned you got me this time you supreme predator you.  However I am too dead and diseased to be delicious *bleh*"

"What do you mean you know the food isn't poisoned?"

[Kagus]

Aww, be nice to opossums...

[King Zultan]

The Tremors movie franchise is still ongoing as of last month. I don't know what to do with this news.

I enjoy that series, but I don't know why they keep making more of them as the newer ones aren't as good as the originals.

[Reelya]

Wasn't sure if Australian Politics, funny or WTF for this one, probably WTF

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/07/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-posting-bizarre-qanon-conspiracy-theories

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Sydney psychiatrist who posted “bizarre” alt-right conspiracy theories he claimed were the directives of US President Donald Trump to his practice’s official website has been struck off the medical register. The Dee Why doctor Russell Everard McGregor claimed Trump had taped evidence of a global Satanist paedophile network, that 9/11 was faked, and that the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Similar to the BBC) was part of an international deep state network covering up the crimes of the elite. Many of the 300-plus posts from 2018 onwards related to the debunked QAnon conspiracy that suggests Trump is leading a crusade against “deep state” forces who protect satanic paedophile rings. “Fight with your keyboard, knowledge and pen,” McGregor wrote in one post in January 2018. “Follow Q breadcrumbs on 8chan. The evil truth will be hard for most to bear. Be brave. Seek loved ones and offer compassion to friends and family.”

In another post detailed by the NSW civil and administrative tribunal this week, McGregor insisted that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, had not been hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London but was in Switzerland or Washington. “He is an Australian hero and would make a fine future PM,” McGregor wrote.

The doctor continues to post blogs to the official website of his Northern Beaches Psychiatrist and Psychologist Family Medical Practice. The blog was only uncovered after McGregor submitted a detailed complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency about an alleged affair between his wife and a colleague. When a colleague working at the same practice complained that the information had been inappropriately shared with her as well, the NSW Medical Council began to look into McGregor’s wellbeing. During a hearing into his mental state, McGregor told the medical council that if they had “any understanding of politics, you would understand that the beliefs that are actually put on the blog are actually the directives from President Trump”.

When the council chair called to say his registration had been suspended, he called her a “filthy dirty fucking leftwing slut” and claimed she “knowingly used the power of political correctness to inflict woman to male intimidation and assault against [him]”. “You think you can do this just because I’m rightwing?” McGregor asked. He later used the blog to label the council a “pedophile protection agency” and “deranged President Trump haters and those who are political sycophants of what the Deep State represents”.

McGregor’s deregistration was granted by NCAT on Wednesday after a hearing in which the doctor’s own assessing psychiatrist testified that McGregor was paranoid. Dr Murray Wright said McGregor had tried to win him over to the QAnon cause by bringing a 600-page document to the consultation. “These are extraordinary beliefs for a consultant psychiatrist to publicly associate himself with, particularly on a website associated with his clinical practice,” Wright told NCAT.

The tribunal agreed, finding McGregor was exposing his vulnerable patients to harm with the posts and was mentally unfit to continuing treating people. “His perception is not the reality,” NCAT said. “His clients, some of whom may be prone to paranoid thoughts or beliefs, are likely to read the blog and be influenced by his bizarre and overvalued ideas.”

McGregor was also found guilty of professional misconduct and banned from reapplying for a year over the posts and his verbal abuse. He will need to prove he has recovered significantly should he wish to practice again.

[Loud Whispers]

When the new identity totally consumes the old, what is left? Only smiling green frog

[Frumple]

Aww, be nice to opossums...

I mean, I kinda' was being nice? It lived and all.

In all seriousness, though, it's usually a bad sign when a possum will come up that close to human stuff, and particularly when it doesn't dip the instant a person gets close-ish to them. Can mean they're sick with something nasty, and possums can carry some diseases that transfer to other species, iirc.

If it was out in the woods/away from town/etc. I wouldn't bother it, but in town, rolling up on someone's front porch, sluggishly reacting to someone (and someone poking them with a stick)? Nuh uh, it gotta' go one way or another. Chase it off and hope it don't come back, escalate from there if it does.

[scriver]

Wasn't sure if Australian Politics, funny or WTF for this one, probably WTF

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/07/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-posting-bizarre-qanon-conspiracy-theories

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Sydney psychiatrist who posted “bizarre” alt-right conspiracy theories he claimed were the directives of US President Donald Trump to his practice’s official website has been struck off the medical register. The Dee Why doctor Russell Everard McGregor claimed Trump had taped evidence of a global Satanist paedophile network, that 9/11 was faked, and that the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Similar to the BBC) was part of an international deep state network covering up the crimes of the elite. Many of the 300-plus posts from 2018 onwards related to the debunked QAnon conspiracy that suggests Trump is leading a crusade against “deep state” forces who protect satanic paedophile rings. “Fight with your keyboard, knowledge and pen,” McGregor wrote in one post in January 2018. “Follow Q breadcrumbs on 8chan. The evil truth will be hard for most to bear. Be brave. Seek loved ones and offer compassion to friends and family.”

In another post detailed by the NSW civil and administrative tribunal this week, McGregor insisted that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, had not been hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London but was in Switzerland or Washington. “He is an Australian hero and would make a fine future PM,” McGregor wrote.

The doctor continues to post blogs to the official website of his Northern Beaches Psychiatrist and Psychologist Family Medical Practice. The blog was only uncovered after McGregor submitted a detailed complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency about an alleged affair between his wife and a colleague. When a colleague working at the same practice complained that the information had been inappropriately shared with her as well, the NSW Medical Council began to look into McGregor’s wellbeing. During a hearing into his mental state, McGregor told the medical council that if they had “any understanding of politics, you would understand that the beliefs that are actually put on the blog are actually the directives from President Trump”.

When the council chair called to say his registration had been suspended, he called her a “filthy dirty fucking leftwing slut” and claimed she “knowingly used the power of political correctness to inflict woman to male intimidation and assault against [him]”. “You think you can do this just because I’m rightwing?” McGregor asked. He later used the blog to label the council a “pedophile protection agency” and “deranged President Trump haters and those who are political sycophants of what the Deep State represents”.

McGregor’s deregistration was granted by NCAT on Wednesday after a hearing in which the doctor’s own assessing psychiatrist testified that McGregor was paranoid. Dr Murray Wright said McGregor had tried to win him over to the QAnon cause by bringing a 600-page document to the consultation. “These are extraordinary beliefs for a consultant psychiatrist to publicly associate himself with, particularly on a website associated with his clinical practice,” Wright told NCAT.

The tribunal agreed, finding McGregor was exposing his vulnerable patients to harm with the posts and was mentally unfit to continuing treating people. “His perception is not the reality,” NCAT said. “His clients, some of whom may be prone to paranoid thoughts or beliefs, are likely to read the blog and be influenced by his bizarre and overvalued ideas.”

McGregor was also found guilty of professional misconduct and banned from reapplying for a year over the posts and his verbal abuse. He will need to prove he has recovered significantly should he wish to practice again.

There are no words except What and The and Fuck

[Iduno]

I enjoy that series, but I don't know why they keep making more of them as the newer ones aren't as good as the originals.

That applies to most series that have lasted. Star Wars? Game of Thrones (while they were making it)? Simpsons? No series survives the creator getting to be well-known.

Wasn't sure if Australian Politics, funny or WTF for this one, probably WTF

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/07/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-posting-bizarre-qanon-conspiracy-theories

There are no words except What and The and Fuck

That sounds pretty common around here.

[King Zultan]

Aww, be nice to opossums...

I mean, I kinda' was being nice? It lived and all.

In all seriousness, though, it's usually a bad sign when a possum will come up that close to human stuff, and particularly when it doesn't dip the instant a person gets close-ish to them. Can mean they're sick with something nasty, and possums can carry some diseases that transfer to other species, iirc.

If it was out in the woods/away from town/etc. I wouldn't bother it, but in town, rolling up on someone's front porch, sluggishly reacting to someone (and someone poking them with a stick)? Nuh uh, it gotta' go one way or another. Chase it off and hope it don't come back, escalate from there if it does.

Opossums come up to the porch at my house all the time and steal cat food so I doubt its sick, it probably there because the cat food is easier to get than anything else it can find.

[Yoink]

Wasn't sure if Australian Politics, funny or WTF for this one, probably WTF

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/07/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-posting-bizarre-qanon-conspiracy-theories

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Sydney psychiatrist who posted “bizarre” alt-right conspiracy theories he claimed were the directives of US President Donald Trump to his practice’s official website has been struck off the medical register. The Dee Why doctor Russell Everard McGregor claimed Trump had taped evidence of a global Satanist paedophile network, that 9/11 was faked, and that the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Similar to the BBC) was part of an international deep state network covering up the crimes of the elite. Many of the 300-plus posts from 2018 onwards related to the debunked QAnon conspiracy that suggests Trump is leading a crusade against “deep state” forces who protect satanic paedophile rings. “Fight with your keyboard, knowledge and pen,” McGregor wrote in one post in January 2018. “Follow Q breadcrumbs on 8chan. The evil truth will be hard for most to bear. Be brave. Seek loved ones and offer compassion to friends and family.”

In another post detailed by the NSW civil and administrative tribunal this week, McGregor insisted that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, had not been hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London but was in Switzerland or Washington. “He is an Australian hero and would make a fine future PM,” McGregor wrote.

The doctor continues to post blogs to the official website of his Northern Beaches Psychiatrist and Psychologist Family Medical Practice. The blog was only uncovered after McGregor submitted a detailed complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency about an alleged affair between his wife and a colleague. When a colleague working at the same practice complained that the information had been inappropriately shared with her as well, the NSW Medical Council began to look into McGregor’s wellbeing. During a hearing into his mental state, McGregor told the medical council that if they had “any understanding of politics, you would understand that the beliefs that are actually put on the blog are actually the directives from President Trump”.

When the council chair called to say his registration had been suspended, he called her a “filthy dirty fucking leftwing slut” and claimed she “knowingly used the power of political correctness to inflict woman to male intimidation and assault against [him]”. “You think you can do this just because I’m rightwing?” McGregor asked. He later used the blog to label the council a “pedophile protection agency” and “deranged President Trump haters and those who are political sycophants of what the Deep State represents”.

McGregor’s deregistration was granted by NCAT on Wednesday after a hearing in which the doctor’s own assessing psychiatrist testified that McGregor was paranoid. Dr Murray Wright said McGregor had tried to win him over to the QAnon cause by bringing a 600-page document to the consultation. “These are extraordinary beliefs for a consultant psychiatrist to publicly associate himself with, particularly on a website associated with his clinical practice,” Wright told NCAT.

The tribunal agreed, finding McGregor was exposing his vulnerable patients to harm with the posts and was mentally unfit to continuing treating people. “His perception is not the reality,” NCAT said. “His clients, some of whom may be prone to paranoid thoughts or beliefs, are likely to read the blog and be influenced by his bizarre and overvalued ideas.”

McGregor was also found guilty of professional misconduct and banned from reapplying for a year over the posts and his verbal abuse. He will need to prove he has recovered significantly should he wish to practice again.

The craziest part was describing Assange as a "hero", lmao.

[Tack]

Whether or not a person is a shit, whistleblowing on big government stuff does need some kind of crazy courage.

@ Tack: I mean, by the time you're drinking it, the chlorine has done its job, you don't need it anymore, so I suppose there's no harm in removing it. Besides, among the many carcinogenic things you encounter in daily life, the chlorine in your water is probably one of most negligible ones.

When the biggest issue with the water is chlorine, it's a good day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

I wonder if a water filter would catch lead.

[Kagus]

I wonder if a water filter would catch lead.

Only with a new chip.

[pisskop]

umm sorry?  water merchants always come first.  Invest in small caravans.

[GiglameshDespair]

umm sorry?  water merchants always come first.  Invest in small caravans.

No, no, that means the super mutants can attack sooner.

[TamerVirus]

Disgruntled soldier in Thailand snapped and went all active shooter.
Currently holed up in a mega mall with hostages.
Guy was posting live updates and selfies to social media for a while too