rehctub,

"While I accept OTB may be a bit off topic..."

Oh, I see...anything goes.

Okay then - here's a recipe for chocolate cake.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 eggs, lightly beaten

Chocolate Frosting

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and flour two 8-by-1 1/2-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms with wax paper. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat and stir until the sugar dissolves; then pour into a large bowl. Add the chocolate and butter and let sit, stirring occasionally, until melted and slightly cooled. Stir in the vanilla.
Beat the eggs into the chocolate mixture at medium speed until combined. Add the dry ingredients all at once and beat at medium speed until smooth. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the top springs back when pressed lightly and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool the cakes in their pans for about 25 minutes, then invert onto a rack to cool completely.
Set one cake, right-side up, on a serving platter. Using a metal spatula, spread one-third of the Chocolate Frosting evenly over the cake. Top with the second cake and frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting.

Dear Rehctub,

The Queensland Government is tackling
the problem of organised crime.

Attorney General Yvette D'Ath in a media statement explains that
former Supreme Court Judge Alan Wilson will head
the Palaszczuk Government review of VLAD laws as part of
an extensive crackdown on organised crime.

Ms D'Ath stated that Justice Wilson, who retired in
March was widely regarded as one of the State's finest
legal minds and would bring a well-earned reputation for
fairness and decency to the role.

We're told that in a distinguished career of over more
than 3 decades, Justice Wilson was admitted as a barrister
in 1982 and was appointed to the District Court bench in 1998
before rising to the Supreme Court in 2009.

Apparently he also became the Inaugural Head of the Queensland
Civil and Administrative Tribunal at that time.

Ms D'Ath stated that the government is delighted that a
legal figure of Justice Wilson's calibre will oversea this
critical review.

Ms D'Ath tells us that this is what should have happened in
the first place. A thorough analysis of important legislation
designed to protect ordinary Queenslanders from organised
crime.

Instead the LNP delivered a stunt-driven mish-mash of
legislation.

She states that - it is the job of this task-force to
examine how to focus these laws so that they deliver safe
communities across the state by taking crime gangs off the
streets.

The LNP legislation championed by its leadership team was rammed
through without proper scrutiny.

Now is the time to get it right.

It's made quite clear that the task-force will include
high-ranking representatives from the Queensland Law Society,
the Bar Association of Queensland, the Public Interest
Monitor, the Queensland Police Force, the Queensland Police
Union, the Queensland Police Commissioned Officer's Union
of Employees and Senior Public Servants.

It will work in tandem with the Palaszczuk's Commission of
Inquiry headed by respected criminal barrister Michael Byrne
QC as part of a multi-faceted assault on organised crime.

This taskforce will report back to the Government by the end
of this year incorporating the findings of the Commission
of inquiry.

Dear Rehctub,

As for same-sex marriage?

It was the LNP MP Warren Entsch who presented the
Same-Sex Marriage Bill to Parliament. Liberal
co-sponsor - Teresa Gambaro, whose office helped draft
the Bill hugged Mr Entsch after his speech.

Foxy, unfortunately the 'Usual Suspects' on the forum cannot bring themselves to eating chocolate cake, its against their racial beliefs, its the wrong color, maybe you have something in a vanilla for them?

Poirot , you're kidding, if you can't see there is a link between this thread, and labor's seemingly lack of priorities when it comes to major issues effecting this country, then I feel sorry for you and perhaps you would be better off baking a cake and leave the debating to the grown ups.

There are two sides to this debate, one being that gays want to be accepted in marriage as equal, the other being that our governments have become so weak when it comes to political correctness that they are unable to actually govern. Il bet Joe would not have put up with this type of new aged crap back in his days.

Here we have a country on the brink of a major jobs crisis and the best the percieved incoming government can find to debate is two queers gaining the right to marriage equality. QLD labor is just as lame as they are about to open the flood gates to organized crime again.

Dear Rehctub,

On the contrary the Queensland Government with
the current task force is examining how to focus
the laws so they can deliver safe communities
across the state by taking crime gangs off the
streets. The previous government delivered a
stunt-driven mish-mash of legislation. They rammed
through without proper scrutiny. And as the Attorney-General
tells us - now is the time to get it right. The task-force
includes all the appropriate high-ranking reps that are
needed for this to succeeded.

Why do you suppose Queenslanders kicked the previous
government out with such a unanimous vote - because they
screwed up - big time!

Also - you may not approve of same-sex marriage - however,
you are not in the majority on this issue.
The majority of Australians seem to support it - and
it will be the majority who will decide on the subject.
Whether you like it or not.