Australia responds to shark attacks by … attacking sharks first

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By Jim MeyerAug 12, 2014, 7:57 am42 pts
The Simpsons were wrong: Australian toilets don’t go backwards. Sadly, the same can’t be said of the Aussies’ politics. Reacting to an uptick in fatal great white shark attacks (seven fatalities between 2010 and 2013), the country’s Conservative Party has decided to go all man vs. nature, a strategy…

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