Sunday 26 September 2010

Facebook launches "Like" page browser

Facebook have launched a new browser to "Like" pages.

This will help you discover Facebook Pages. They're organised into nine different categories including Music, Sports, Celebrities, Movies and Games. You’ll also still see the country drop-down menu for accessing popular Pages by country, and the “Friends similar to you.".

Many local businesses and organisations are setting up a page on Facebook, in additional to a person's individual profile.

Here's some local Facebook pages... feel free to add your favourite ones to the Comments.

16 comments:

Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

The Schapelle Corby support page, run from Cairns.


http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35255862578

Unknown said...

The general consensus seems to be that Schapelle has been silly and unlucky, but that she is not innocent. According to some long time Bali regulars Schapelle and her family have been importing dope into Bali for ages.

Having said that, I don't believe that Schapelle should be in jail, certainly not for such a long time. Marijuana should be legal.

Still, if you smuggle the stuff into places like Indonesia, then you take your chances. She would have been better off pleading guilty or bribing her way out in the early stages, instead of starting a media campaign. That really forced the Indonesians to stand their ground.

Maybe the slogan should be :" Free Schapelle Corby", rather than "Schapelle Corby is innocent".

Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

Nick, what a load of bollocks!

I'm surprised you didn't repeat the lie that her sister and husband have a surf shop in Bali where they sell their dope from.

As a "long time Bali regular" I can tell you quite categorically that the Corby family have been doing no such thing, and no evidence of such has ever been hinted at by the federal police, let alone proven.

Grass on the streets of Bali is every bit as good as Australian grass, and far, far cheaper.

If Bali was a regular run from Australia, how come no-one has been caught before or since?

The FACTS in this case are there for all to see ....

The Bali customs refused to weigh her bags, had they done so, and checked the weight against that when she checked in, her guilt or otherwise would have been proven .... why did they refuse?

They refused to fingerprint the bags .... why?

They refused the Australian Federal Police request for a sample to DNA test the grass ... why?

The CCTV footage at the point of check-in at Brisbane, and in the baggage hall was missing, suspicious?

Her "trial" was a chance for her to plead for a low sentence, she was not given the choice to plead not guilty.

The judge, Linton Sirait, declared after the "trial" that in 500 cases he had never found anyone innocent.

At the very least, Schapelle was denied the chance to prove her innocence, and all Australians should be up in arms about that.

To suggest she should have bribed her way out shows just how ignorant you are, not only that, the TV cameras were there within minutes, with the customs officers whooping it up like it was Christmas.

People like you Nick, who spread this shite, should be ashamed of yourselves.


The slogan is, and always will be, "Schapelle Corby is innocent", and the call is, and always will be, "Free Schapelle Corby".

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Unknown said...

Grass in Bali might be cheaper, but the punters want strong hydro.

That's why people are smuggling drugs TO Bali and I heard this from someone who has lived there, has worked there and knows about this business. The same person used to bring other goods from India to Bali, because there was a demand for it.

Why has no one been caught before ? Well, maybe the weren't on to it or maybe it is being done by professionals.

No one knows exactly what happened, except for Schapelle herself, so it all depends on who you want to believe. You have no evidence that she is innocent and you have no evidence that the drugs were planted in Bali. For a while it was even suggested that the drugs had been planted by corrupt customs officials in Australia. I wouldn't put it past the Indonesian to do such a thing as a deterrent, but where is the evidence ? It certainly can't be in their interest to scare away Australian tourists.

Model Michelle Leslie DID bribe her way out of Bali, despite all the initial publicity, so there is nothing ignorant about me suggesting that the Corby's should have done the same, rather than putting pressure on the Indonesians through the media.

I am not spreading any shite and I am not ashamed of myself. I am just asking questions and I haven't read any satisfactory answers in your post.

I agree that the Indonesian justice system is dodgy and probably corrupt. I also agree that Schapelle Corby shpuld be released immediately, guilty or not.

Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

Let me tell you something, I have been visiting Bali since the early 70's, I've had three businesses there and still own a restaurant there with a partner .... there is NO demand for strong hydro, and none on the streets, and I challenge you to go there and find some, I'll come with you, and if you find any I'll pay all your expenses, if you don't, you pay mine .... wanna deal? Of course you don't.

People might tell you it's Australian Hydro, although no-one ever has to me, but it isn't, it's Indonesian bush grass. Very easy to tell the difference. In the 70's we used to take Australian grass, spread it out over a bamboo stick and call in Thai Sticks, it didn't mean it was.

Schapelle didn't get a fair trial, that is beyond dispute, when someone is denied EVERY avenue to prove their innocence they can never be said to have had a fair trial.

As I said, you are spreading shite, you've repeated the lie that her family have been smuggling grass into Bali for ages ... do you have any proof? Of course you don't, but all that shit, and the surf shop lie, and the lie about her father being convicted of growing when it was his neighbour, and every other lie, was picked up by the Indonesians, and still is, so people like you are partly responsible for her predicament.

You also repeat the bullshit about her bribing her way out when she was on Indonesian TV within minutes ... do you think everyone would have just forgotten about it?

It's very easy to make shit up, and even easier to repeat it, but where is the proof?

An Australian woman is rotting in an Indonesian hell-hole, I know, I've visited her several times, I've seen the conditions, I've spoken to other prisoners, I've seen her deteriorate over the years, and people like you don't help.



["I am just asking questions and I haven't read any satisfactory answers in your post."]

Haven't you? What about the refusal to weigh her bag, which would have instantly proven her guilt or innocence?

What about the fingerprints?

What about the DNA?

What about the CCTV?

What about the grass being destroyed before the trial?

What about the judge's remarks?


It's not that you haven't seen any satisfactory answers, you've seen them, you just have no answers of your own.


Schapelle has always maintained her innocence and refuses to say she is guilty in order to get a pardon, Australians should be proud of her, instead we get clowns like you who repeat hearsay as if it were fact, and ignore the hard questions.
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Unknown said...

I won't go to Bali with you, mate, thanks for the invitation. I have been there, enjoyed it and am in no hurry to go back for a variety of reasons. Your offer of a deal (to find skunk) is ludicrous. You must be out of your mind.

Schapelle did not get a fair trial. Totally agree
Schapelle should be released. Totally agree

Is she innocent ? I would be very happy if she was. My information is obviously different from yours.

If she had been better advised, she might have been able to pay her way out the same way Michelle Leslier has done.

And the reason the dope wasn't DNA tested is because it had probably already disappeared onto the Kuta streets.

So why was she set up ? For what purpose ?

I will support any efforts to get her out of jail. Becoming abusive is not going to help your cause. And the fact that you admit to fabricating fake Thai sticks doesn't do anything for your credibility.

Maybe we should just stick to agreeing that Schapelle Corby should be released from jail, innocent or not.

Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

["Your offer of a deal (to find skunk) is ludicrous. You must be out of your mind."]

Why? If you're so sure it's in demand, and freely available, what have you got to lose? Are you afraid your information is bollocks?


["My information is obviously different from yours."]

What information?

Are you talking about your unsubstantiated rumours?

How do they compare to the FACTS?


["And the reason the dope wasn't DNA tested is because it had probably already disappeared onto the Kuta streets."]

The request for DNA testing was made whilst the grass was still around, the Indonesians didn't want it tested because they didn't want any contrary evidence.


["So why was she set up ? For what purpose ?"]

Who said she was set up?


["And the fact that you admit to fabricating fake Thai sticks doesn't do anything for your credibility."]

My credibility is obviously above yours, I don't spread unsubstantiated rumours designed to hinder the release of an innocent woman, denied a fair trial, who is rotting in a foreign prison.

I'm doing something about it ... what are you doing?
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Carl Butcher said...

You forgot mine Mike.

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Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

"Your offer of a deal (to find skunk) is ludicrous. You must be out of your mind."

What are you afraid of, that your information is a load of bollocks?



"My information is obviously different from yours."

What information, your unsubstantiated rumours?



"If she had been better advised, she might have been able to pay her way out the same way Michelle Leslier has done."

Well she didn't, so what's your point?



"And the reason the dope wasn't DNA tested is because it had probably already disappeared onto the Kuta streets."

The request was made when the grass was still available, they didn't want it tested.



"So why was she set up ? For what purpose ?"

Who said she was set up?



"I will support any efforts to get her out of jail."

You will. or you have? Does spreading lies count as support in your world?



"And the fact that you admit to fabricating fake Thai sticks doesn't do anything for your credibility."

My credibility is way above yours, I've spent years trying to help a fellow Aussie in trouble, what have you done, apart from spreading vicious lies?
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Unknown said...

"Your offer of a deal (to find skunk) is ludicrous. You must be out of your mind."
What are you afraid of, that your information is a load of bollocks?

You want me to go and buy drugs with you in Bali to prove a point? Yes, you must be out of your mind.

"My information is obviously different from yours."
What information, your unsubstantiated rumours?

There is a lot of information out there both for and against. I suppose we all have to make up our own minds. Apart from the information that is widely available in the media and on the internet I know a few people who have spent a lot of time in Bali when all this was going on and know a bit about the local trade. I have no reason to doubt their information. Maybe you don't know as much about the Bali drug scene as you think you do.

"If she had been better advised, she might have been able to pay her way out the same way Michelle Leslier has done."
Well she didn't, so what's your point?

My point was that she could have possibly paid her way out in the same way that Michelle Leslie did, instead of allowing her family to turn the whole thing into a media circus and putting the Indonesians in a position where they could not back down.You said she could not possibly have "bribed" her way out.

"So why was she set up ? For what purpose ?"
Who said she was set up?

If she wasn't set up, then how did the drugs get into her luggage and why was she searched in the first place, if, as you say,no one is smuggling drugs into Bali ? Were they planted, were the customs tipped of ?

If you feel so strongly about her innocence, why don't you try and get Aussies to boycott Bali ? That might be more effective than abusing people who aren't necessarily convinced that she is in fact innocent, but don't believe she should rot in jail. Saying that I am partly responsible for her predicament a is just bizarre.Your attitude certainly does not help her cause or convince me of her innocence..

Just as well you are not using your real name. I have a feeling we might know each other. Those fake Thai stick in the 70's...mmmm.....

Anyway, innocent or not, I think she should be released immediately.

Hans said...

while you are at it Mike...a brand new one...thanks for the idea

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Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

"You want me to go and buy drugs with you in Bali to prove a point?"

Buy? Who mentioned buying? Are you really that stupid? Why would you have to buy it to see what it is, and what's available?



"I know a few people who have spent a lot of time in Bali when all this was going on and know a bit about the local trade. I have no reason to doubt their information. Maybe you don't know as much about the Bali drug scene as you think you do."

However much I know or don't know, at least it's MY knowledge, not bullshit I've picked up from others.



"My point was that she could have possibly paid her way out"

Possibly? Do you think everyone in Bali is corrupt? I could tell you about money that was offered .... but I won't, it's irrelevant.



"If she wasn't set up, then how did the drugs get into her luggage"

You tell me, the drugs were in her bag, why did they have to be there to set her up? On the very day her cases arrived in Sydney airport there was a major drugs bust involving baggage handlers, maybe the person waiting for the grass knew the police were watching and wouldn't risk retrieving them. Who knows?



"why was she searched in the first place"

Have you never been searched at an airport, or is your trip to Bali the only time you've arrived at a foreign airport? They search people all the time, either randomly or on a tip off.



"If you feel so strongly about her innocence, why don't you try and get Aussies to boycott Bali ?"

Now who's being an idiot?



"Saying that I am partly responsible for her predicament a is just bizarre."

I said people LIKE you are partly responsible for her predicament by repeating lies about her and her family.



"Your attitude certainly does not help her cause"

My attitude? You mean showing up idiots like you who repeat rumours and lies? It was people like you, who caused all the shit in Australia during her trial, that were partly responsible for her long sentence, let's not forget your first remark in here ...

"According to some long time Bali regulars Schapelle and her family have been importing dope into Bali for ages."

Do you think that type of crap helped her cause or hindered it?

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Schapelle Corby is innocent. said...

"You want me to go and buy drugs with you in Bali to prove a point?"

Buy? Who mentioned buying? Are you really that stupid? Why would you have to buy it to see what it is, and what's available?


"I know a few people who have spent a lot of time in Bali when all this was going on and know a bit about the local trade. I have no reason to doubt their information. Maybe you don't know as much about the Bali drug scene as you think you do."

However much I know or don't know, at least it's MY knowledge, not bullshit I've picked up from others.


"My point was that she could have possibly paid her way out"

Possibly? Do you think everyone in Bali is corrupt? I could tell you about money that was offered .... but I won't, it's irrelevant.


"If she wasn't set up, then how did the drugs get into her luggage"

You tell me, the drugs were in her bag, why did they have to be there to set her up? On the very day her cases arrived in Sydney airport there was a major drugs bust involving baggage handlers, maybe the person waiting for the grass knew the police were watching and wouldn't risk retrieving them. Who knows?


"why was she searched in the first place"

Have you never been searched at an airport, or is your trip to Bali the only time you've arrived at a foreign airport? They search people all the time, either randomly or on a tip off.


"If you feel so strongly about her innocence, why don't you try and get Aussies to boycott Bali ?"

Now who's being an idiot?


"Saying that I am partly responsible for her predicament a is just bizarre."

I said people LIKE you are partly responsible for her predicament by repeating lies about her and her family.


"Your attitude certainly does not help her cause"

My attitude? You mean showing up idiots like you who repeat rumours and lies? It was people like you, who caused all the shit in Australia during her trial, that were partly responsible for her long sentence, let's not forget your first remark in here ...

"According to some long time Bali regulars Schapelle and her family have been importing dope into Bali for ages."

Do you think that type of crap helped her cause or hindered it?

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Syd Walker said...

Current laws that criminalize psychotropic 'drugs' are a cruel, irrational, anti-social atrocity.

It's way beyond time that we legislate policies for harm minimisation / education / legalisation and stop practising systematic cruelty to each other, to our collective detriment.

Schapelle Corby is one victim of this wave of mass hysteria and repression, which began in the west but now infects other societies (mainly because of pressure that came in the first place from western governments!) There are, of course, MILLIONS of other victims around the world.

These inhumane anti-drug laws have led to the establishment of a massive repressive state apparatus that nows amounts to a significant vested interest with a stake in its own perpetuation. It has also been a trillion dollar+ gift to organised crime and the black economy.

Like the bogus War on Terror, I suspect the War on Drugs is not really intended to be 'won' in any meaningful sense. It's certainly not 'winnable'. That's why there's no targets anymore, no goals that anyone finds credible, no 'end date' or 'exit strategy'.

It's a way of seriously distracting and dividing the populace. Despite clear evidence decades ago via government inquiries from Britain to Canada, almost all of our current crop of hypocritical, intellectually lazy and self-serving politicians continue to pay homage to policies that are a demonstrable failure and have been for most of their lifetimes. Pathetic.

Bong Head said...

Puff, puff, Aaaahhh! NOW I understand.

Syd Walker said...

Anyone who believes fit-ups never happen should watch last Monday's 4 Corners.

Likewise, anyone who thinks it's a great idea giving ever-increasing amounts of money and effectively unaccountable power to police and spooks might note today's story in The Age: ASIO files found in drug raid

Here's the first few paras:

"A CACHE of secret files stolen from ASIO and police and anti-corruption agencies has been discovered during a drug raid in Melbourne, raising fears of a major breach of national security and crime intelligence.

"Police are investigating whether the former head of intelligence and phone tapping at Victoria's Office of Police Integrity stole the documents.
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"The files were discovered on September 10 by detectives searching a house in Melbourne's north as part of a drug investigation.

"They found boxes containing sensitive national security and law enforcement documents, including files from ASIO, the OPI and West Australian police.

"The suspected criminal whose home was raided is believed to be in a relationship with the former OPI official suspected of taking the documents. The former official previously worked for the Victoria Police and the West Australian Anti-Corruption Commission. It is unclear how long the pair have been in a relationship."


Clearly increasing ASIO's budget by a factor of 10 in the last decade didn't do much for its own 'security'. When it comes to security of electronic data (it's potentially much easier for intruders to scoop VAST amounts of electronic data in one strategic hit), God knows where it ends up.