{"id":39114,"date":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/?p=39114"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:19:32","slug":"pom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblaridion.info\/blog\/pom\/","title":{"rendered":"POM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>POM<\/h1>\n<p>Australians were originally convicts which is why they called newly arrived Brits POMs. <span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">The most common explanation is that it&#8217;s <b>a reference to Australia&#8217;s past as a convict colony<\/b>. \u201cPom\u201d is supposedly a bastardised acronym, meaning \u201cprisoner of Mother England\u201d or \u201cprisoner of Her Majesty\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker Carlson on the Socio-political Scene of Australia in 2023 (1 min)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tucker Carlson on the Political Scene of Australia\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6dDVSFzsZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nothing to report <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalCommissionNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoyalCommissionNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurlyKrissy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KurlyKrissy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RougeNoirUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RougeNoirUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/white_arrow_uk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@white_arrow_uk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronin19217435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ronin19217435<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Goldenbeehive1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Goldenbeehive1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarnCat9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DarnCat9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarmenKrebs5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarmenKrebs5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bitemecommies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bitemecommies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomaisMac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomaisMac<\/a> \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uagVurjfRa\">pic.twitter.com\/uagVurjfRa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fl earth (@earth_fl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/earth_fl\/status\/1635285072243986433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praised China on Friday for its efforts to combat climate change, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are seeking a retraction of those remarks and demanding that Granholm \u201ctestify immediately.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5JHmWtdazF\">pic.twitter.com\/5JHmWtdazF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Kuffar \u271d\ufe0f\u262e\ufe0f (@BetrCutlerLoose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetrCutlerLoose\/status\/1635398984113225729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POM Australians were originally convicts which is why they called newly arrived Brits POMs. The most common explanation is that it&#8217;s a reference to Australia&#8217;s past as a convict colony. \u201cPom\u201d is supposedly a bastardised acronym, meaning \u201cprisoner of Mother England\u201d or \u201cprisoner of Her Majesty\u201d. 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