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Hello, we are a young couple (23 years old), currently living in Greece and we would like to move to Singapore/Australia/New Zealand. We have no friends or relatives in any of those places. We chose those countries due to their economic freedom, opportunities and high quality of life. Regarding ourselves, my name is Dimitris Papadiotis and the last 2 years I started studying philosophy here, in freedomain radio which changed my life!! In february (2016) I will graduate from my bachelor's degree in mathematics, specialized in statistics, from the University of Ioannina and I am going to be approximately at the top 10%. IQ score of 128. I am willing to work hard, learn new things and develop new skills. I have almost no working experience. and I am Maria Mourkou, I graduated from the department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies from the University of Macedonia in November 2014 (top 12,79%) . I can communicate (write and speak) in greek, english, french (level C2) and also russian and bulgarian (level B1). IQ score of 123. You can check my working experience below: April 2015 - October 2015: Vernicol SA , Department: foreign affairs, public tenders October 2014 - January 2015: CTG Advertising, Independent partner, Door to Door Sales February 2014 - April 2014: Internship in 18-24 Travel Agency, Department: Social Marketing 2011 - 2014: Thessaloniki International Fair, Department: Promotion, Auxiliary Staff (10 days each year) We are searching for employment and social network. It would be very much appreciated if you can help us in any way, shape or form!

So I thought it would be cool to replace the Union Jack with the ancap flag in the Australian flag, for purely personal use. Australia is ruled by the British Monarch, represented by the Union Jack corner, like New Zealand etc. As an anarcho-capitalist, I aim for a life free of monarchies and tyranny, so its gotta go. The Southern Cross represents us as the Great South Land, location identification. I'm ok with this, it's where I live, what I see in the sky every night, important to the Native Australians who were displaced from their homeland by the British Colonization (Invasion). No probs The Commonwealth Star (below the Union Jack) is seven pointed, one point for each Australian state and territory. If Australia was ancap, we wouldn't have states and territories. Just places and land ownerships. So I'm not really sure what to do here. The blue background represents the ocean that makes the entirety of Australia's border. We're a continent-sized island, so it seems appropriate. My other option was either removing the quarter flag, and putting the ancap flag stripe through the commonwealth star, representing replacing the 'states' with anarchy. But it looks strange and unfamiliar without the corner. It also looks unfamiliar without something in the lower left corner. Thoughts? Also, does anyone know if I could get in trouble for "defacing" the Australian Flag? As far as I can tell AU is super chill about the use of the flag, especially compared to most other countries, but there may be loopholes I should watch out for...

Just an update on things happening in Australia, it's pretty big news here but I haven't seen a thread on it so, here's some back-story (and some things I think are related): On September 15th, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and other speakers held a conference in NZ to talk about, among other things, Snowden's revelations on how the New Zealand, Australia, Canada, USA and the UK Governments collude on spying, and how they to ignore every single guideline of the privacy laws against their own citizens: The Moment of Truth: (Starts at 22:00 mark; Snowden at 1:00:00 mark) ...Just two or three days before this conference is due, Australian Government decides to heighten it's "Terror Threat Level" to "High", a ridiculous gesture to scare the public, and frame in Australian's mind How Much They Need Their Security Agencies: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-12/australia-increases-terrorism-threat-level/5739466 It has not gone down as yet: http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Securityandyourcommunity/Pages/NationalTerrorismPublicAlertSystem.aspx ...One week later, police call a suspected Islamic radical on his mobile and ask for a meeting at the police station - this someone who has posted pictures of himself in camo and a balaclava, in front of an flag of Islam, on FaceBook, apparently along with images of ISIS members. His posts include: "Lets not put the focus on other things. The main message I'm sending with these statuses and photos is to the dogs AFP and ASIO who are declaring war on Islam and Muslims" ...They do not approach this obvious radical with basic precautions - and both police officers end up being stabbed, with the man being shot dead. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/terror-suspect-shot-dead-after-two-police-officers-stabbed-in-endeavour-hills-20140924-10l5d4.html Never Letting A Tragedy Go To Waste, Attorney-General Brandis has pushed for new National Security Laws, which effectively could make the whole of the Australian internet monitorable legally - makes whistle-blowers and journalists unprotected and liable for prosecution as law - and this is now followed by a push for 2 years of internet data retention. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/parliament-bullied-to-pass-national-security-laws-says-greens-senator-scott-ludlam-20140924-10lir9.html The Greens party, some independents, and the only Libertarian politician with a seat (David Leyonhjelm, LDP), push a for modification to limit this massive over-reach for power - a futile gesture as both major parties, without exception (to my understanding), both voted in favor of the new reforms. Probably most revealing video on the attitudes of the current Attorney-General (by the commie Greens, but helpful to understand what's happening): Final Words as new reforms go through: Some other related videos: Data retention now the latest push: A year ago, the Australian security advisers refusing to even name the agency that's censoring websites off the internet, let alone what they are blocking. (Around 08:00 mark).

Hello from Sydney, I new here but I have noticed it has been a while since one of these went out, so i thought i'd do it. Are there any people in Sydney on these forums or giving a search? I've noticed that a quick search of the forums shows, that none of the posters from the last thread have been active in the last few years, so im going to give it a shot with this one. Thank you, Charles Turner Me culpa, just realised this should have been in the meet' n greet.

Hey guys, 5 confirmed to meet on Thursday 10th July at 7pm in Melbourne CBD. http://www.meetup.com/Freedomain-Radio-Melbourne/events/191936842/ I would love to meet you all! And if you're in Melbourne then you've got no excuse! Cheers Timur

Hey guys, I've been FDRing for about a year and Objectivising for about 7 years, but I've only just gotten into verbing nouns! I'm down with the anarchy and the atheism and non-violence in all aspects of life. I'm 29yo marketing analyst living in Melbourne, I freakin' LOVE music. I think music was pulling me out of the matrix long before I ever got into philosophy. I was a metal-head in high school through university but not so much anymore. Now I'll listen to anything that comprises real performing musicians (as opposed to electronics) playing skilfully and from the soul. I've just started a Melbourne Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Freedomain-Radio-Melbourne/events/173049702/?comment_table_id=330683272&comment_table_name=event_comment Meetup coming up this Wednesday, I'd love all Melbournians here to come along! Actually I'd love you all to come along! I'm extremely pleased that this community exists and look forward to contributing! Cheers Timur