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Crazy ? Maybe. Depends on your POV I suppose..

WA man has his property seized because he refuses to pay $300,000 owing in rates
ABC Mid West and Wheatbelt
By Laura Meachim and Cecile O'Connor
Updated 23 minutes ago

Photo: Wayne Glew was joined by supporters who travelled from across Australia to see him face court in Geraldton. (ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt: Laura Meachim)
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A long-running dispute in Western Australia has ended with a 'sovereign citizen' having his property seized and sold from under him.

Wayne Kenneth Glew, from Geraldton, owed his council $300,000 in rates, which he refused to pay because he believed local governments were unconstitutional.

Mr Glew is one of an informal movement of 'freemen' or 'sovereign citizens', who believed Australian legislative laws only applied if you consented to them.

City of Greater Geraldton mayor Shane Van Styn said Mr Glew's actions were an injustice to those doing the right thing by paying their yearly rates.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12...e-glew-land-for-non-payment-of-rates/10619944
 
old angry man doesn't wanna pay rates for roads, sanitation, police, fire brigade and so on.

"People tend to just want to take the benefits and not want to pay or contribute."
 
BlindSquirrel said:
old angry man doesn't wanna pay rates for roads, sanitation, police, fire brigade and so on.

"People tend to just want to take the benefits and not want to pay or contribute."
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Not quite as simple as that Blind Squirrel. There are whole organisations around that swear the government isn't legal and that the Magna Carta is the root of all law. That is why there was a group of people from around Oz who were supporting this guy.

In my mind crackers stuff but these days when clowns like Malcolm Roberts and One Nation are elected and represent people the crackers are exploding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement
http://youveenteredlawland.com/freeman-on-the-land-australia/
 

When you see the cream of politicians federally I shudder to think was goes on in local governments
 
Crazy stuff ? I remembered this outrageous story from a couple of years ago. Thought it was posting for those who thought they were doing it tough..

Came across the life of Peter Freuchen. The word adventurer just starts to describe his life. One of the most outrageous adventures he endured was digging his way out of a ice bound avalanche by using a chisel he created from his own ****. When he finally escaped his ice tomb he crawled through the ice/snow for three hours to a hut. Inside the hut he realised his toes had frozen (duh...!) and become gangrenous. Undaunted he amputated them with pliers and a hammer and naturally no anesthetic.

Naturally there is more to read and in fact his biography is on line.

http://badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=977797832498

Freuchen with his third wife.
His coat is made from the fur of a polar bear that he killed himself.

 
French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, sets off on voyage across the Atlantic in a barrel
A French adventurer has set sail for the Caribbean in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, hoping to complete the three-month voyage from the Canary Islands with the aid of ocean currents alone. He has decided that trying to change peoples minds on ASF forums is a futile exercise and that this voyage will clear his mind and bring a new perspective on life.

Key points:
  • Jean-Jacques Savin's journey will help oceanographers study the Atlantic
    • The capsule boasts a porthole that will allow the 71-year-old to watch passing fish
    • The Frenchman's supplies include wine and foie gras
Former military paratrooper Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, reinforced his orange resin-coated plywood capsule before setting off and furnished it with a bunk, kitchen and storage space.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12...-on-voyage-across-atlantic-in-barrel/10670476
 
basilio said:
He has decided that trying to change peoples minds on ASF forums is a futile exercise and that this voyage will clear his mind and bring a new perspective on life.
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Aww poor Bas, you are doing great at keeping true believers, believing. That has to be seen as a good job for you. John Cook said somewhere in is CC/GW propaganda...ooops sorry Skeptical Science site, don't bother to argue with the very few who you know will not change their minds. Just label them deniers and link them to conspiracy theorists who don't believe man landed on the moon. Move on he suggests.

Now I am sure you have your phone app from the SkepticalScience site for all your instant GW/CC answers ready at your fingertips.
Handy at a dinner party no doubt, that is if you are still invited to dinner parties!
But I thought I would just help you out with one of their you-beaut handy at-the-ready responses which might help you out.

In a recent Reddit conversation the question was put out: "Former climate deniers, what changed your mind?" Karin Kirk*, at Yale Climate Connections, analyzed the responses and found that "science" was the number one reason people gave for changing their minds (47%). The second most popular reason people gave was "stewardship" of the Earth (29%), and the third was the changing weather (21%). The fourth reason (17%) is related to the first: the credibility of science deniers' arguments. Kirk noted, "An interesting sentiment among the commenters was that climate science deniers’ attempts to discredit climate science often had the opposite effect." The poor quality of scientific arguments used by science deniers, as Jerry Taylor discovered, leads many to look more closely at valid scientific arguments, which further leads them to see how solid the science behind AGW really is. (For more on the poor quality of "skeptic" research see Lewandowsky et al. 2016 and Benestad et al. 2015.) https://skepticalscience.com/How-to-Change-Your-Mind.html

Hope that helps a little Bas. Mind you they still have feckin dodgy percentage figures. All their percentage responses add up to 114%. But maybe the 14% difference was for the % of bullsh!t value.
 
Well good to see you have recovered from your concussion Ann.
As for the rest of your post ? Ah well ...
 
Ann said:
Ahhh, just softening us up for Global Cooling, all to do with increased levels of CO2 didn't you know? Quick we need to up the air tax and stop the plagues and fogs and brigands in the street!
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Your really feisty today Ann. Clearly into your oats again. Just be careful you don't pick up some mind altering bugs.
 
basilio said:
Your really feisty today Ann. Clearly into your oats again. Just be careful you don't pick up some mind altering bugs.
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It isn't the mind-altering bugs that are concerning me Bas, I got a belly full of Chinese food bugs a couple of nights ago and can't even take LittleDog for a walk. Still I have just been hanging out playing spot the difference with some old photos from way back, been keeping me laughing with each find. I like spot the difference stuff. Almost as much fun as spot the bullsh!t.
 
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