Open Thread – Weekend 25 Sept 2021


Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1812

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Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 25, 2021 10:54 pm

Norwegian Wood, on the other hand, reminds me powerfully of high school Music lessons, Vikings and enormous…um…

miltonf
miltonf
September 25, 2021 10:55 pm

1. Identify a respected institution.
2. kill it.
3. gut it.
4. wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect.

MatrixTransform
September 25, 2021 10:56 pm
Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 25, 2021 10:59 pm

And all those songs by Cat Stevens, eww.

Megan
Megan
September 25, 2021 11:01 pm

I seem to be well outnumbered here but this is my first ever premiership celebration. And Tyrant Talidan, hater of people, fun and celebrations, prevented me from being able to experience it in person. His vile and despicable self can go fall down another set of stairs

Rabz
September 25, 2021 11:02 pm

This is the grotesque deformed jug eared imbecile who miraculously survived a potentially mysterious fatal accident lording over those who still exist in Disasterstan.

Imagine the owner of the shittest coffee shop in town crossbred with a minor monstrously deformed hospital patient – and you get the idea

Well no, you overseas dumbasses, you don’t. I don’t even exist in that shithole and I’m assailed by his daily doses of monumental imbecility.

We’ll get back to you for some “truth in j’ism” when he’s finally dangling from a rope.

Just before the long overdue implementation of HOP Time across this wide brown land. 🙂

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 25, 2021 11:07 pm

Ok now that I have year 9 songs floating around in my brain I need a clean out.

Fire In The Head

Rabz
September 25, 2021 11:09 pm

This is why I don’t get mixed up with temptresses any more.

They’ll break your heart beyond repair. 🙁

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 25, 2021 11:14 pm

The RSL should be banned from all ANZAC celebrations throughout Australia.

They are a compromised organization.

And those country sub – branches, with a proven track record of obtaining benefits for veterans – and widows?

Rabz
September 25, 2021 11:24 pm
Zipster
Zipster
September 25, 2021 11:27 pm

Been watching Bannon and Guo. According to Guo’s inside contacts, china is planning a second more lethal virus release. This relentless drive for more and more vaccination clearly had an unstated agenda, there is no medical reason to vaccinate children, nor for endless booster shots.

I figured this push to vaccine and ignoring the side effects wasn’t about covid as such.

china has at least a weaponised mers virus, death toll around 30%. what ever it has, it will also have a vaccine. We likely wont for months. Our governments have utterly failed us, playing nice with this regime that is more evil than the nazis.

china is going full bore building missiles. Likely it will invade taiwan sooner maybe even before the 2024 election, while it still has a senile woke white house.
I can’t imagine it wants to risk facing a reelected Trump in a war. Theres a chance biden administration will do nothing, perhaps china will leverage its further bioweapons to force the US to stand down. who knows.

what we know is government are not telling us the full story, and china has said it will take back taiwan.

it’s all an unpredictable toss up, going to stock up on PPE, more emergency rations and cash, wife wants to buy a self sufficient property out in the sticks somewhere just in case.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 25, 2021 11:31 pm

Fark – Melbourne by 74 – ran rampant after 10 minutes in the third quarter.
Thank fuck Daisy has shut up – now watching the wrap up on Fox.
Gary Lyon is just as fucking annoying though.

vlad redux
vlad redux
September 25, 2021 11:33 pm

Likely it will invade taiwan

Taiwan is armed and has the will to defend itself. It’s not like Australia.

MatrixTransform
September 25, 2021 11:34 pm

zippy, you make it sound like our govt is the good guys

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 25, 2021 11:38 pm

They’ll break your heart

The Wolf Alice lady reminds me of Single Gun Theory.

I’ve Been Dying

“Flow, river of my soul” is a great album.

Dot
Dot
September 25, 2021 11:40 pm

“We need to be more scary to the public. If you don’t get vaccinated, you know you’re going to die.”––medical professionals behind closed doors.

The medical industry is rife with psychopathy.

https://twitter.com/LFoolride/status/1438982637327208455

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 25, 2021 11:54 pm

Taiwan is armed and has the will to defend itself. It’s not like Australia.

Don’t have a link, but Taiwan could mount quite an effective defence against an outright invasion – sea mines, anti shipping missiles and coastal defenses, backed up by a fairly aggressive regular army and militia. How they would cope with a protracted blockade is another matter.

vlad redux
vlad redux
September 25, 2021 11:54 pm

you know you’re going to die

I knew that already.

Rabz
September 25, 2021 11:59 pm

Bruce – Miss Ellie is a chick/goil. Referring to her as a “lady” is terriblee ol’ fashioned, Squire.

In the meantime, let’s have some pure pop! 🙂

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
September 26, 2021 12:07 am

Last time I flew into Chiang Kai -shek Taipei I remember the cliffs. Seemed to be pretty uniform along the coastline I saw in and out. I am to believe that is pretty well much most of the coastline and the possible landing sites for an invasion are predictable. Possible for China but the losses would be horrendous.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 12:12 am

Good Evening, Standartenführer Waldheim! 🙁

Rabz
September 26, 2021 12:14 am

Good evening, you german personage … 🙁

duncanm
duncanm
September 26, 2021 12:14 am

Rabzsays:
September 25, 2021 at 10:21 pm
Janey, that slim, exquisite, long haired brunette is back … ?

that whole album is worth a listen. Recorded in (mostly) one day in a church in Canada with one mic. No dubbing or mixing.

Full of fantastic tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4hKmQpcT1k

srr
srr
September 26, 2021 12:14 am

Bruce of Newcastlesays:
September 25, 2021 at 9:55 pm

The only author whilst reading I’ve physically fallen off a chair laughing. Twice. Once in the Colour of Magic and once when reading Good Omens. Side-holding-in laughing. No other author has done that to me, not even once. I forgive him his apostasy for this, and I’m sad he suffered what he did.
_________________

Likewise, plus it was easy to see his daughters heavy hand in things when he’d already been suffering long before it became public.

ATM I’ve got Tom Sharpe as my audio book author while I potter and every time my son comes by to do something he just gets stuck chuckling along with me.

duncanm
duncanm
September 26, 2021 12:15 am

This is a another great track off that album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2odlGAxuwQ

Rabz
September 26, 2021 12:17 am

Thanks Dunc, I was worried everyone else was asleep …

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 26, 2021 12:27 am

I’m drinking good Scotch, and watching “Sharpe’s Waterloo.”

“Now, Maitland, Now’s your time!”

Rabz
September 26, 2021 12:30 am

My comment at 12:12 was wrong. He’s not a Standartenführer , he’s a Hauptsturmführer and looks all of about 25.

The Nayzees were so evil (err, to state the bleeding obvious). They believed they were on a righteous crusade across eastern Yerp.

Ground that the soviets had been ploughing with peasant blood since the ’20s.

Nowadays, in our schlockdowned so called liberal democracies, it means nothing.

Someone, somewhere else, some place not here.

Until we suddenly find ourselves existing under it. Even a new caste has been invented, out of nothing.

As Tails might observe – time for some partizan aktion!

HD
HD
September 26, 2021 12:30 am

“Victoria- the place to be”. From the look of this over face masks, NSW is in serious contention as a rival.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/3Xb5gxIC9hxC/

So what happens in three, six months from now if where I live is declared a “hotspot” with “breakthrough infections” that seem to closely tail vaccination drives. Does this happen to me if I’m a bit slow to put on a face mas coming out of the servo or get out the phone and start filming the horrendous brutality I witness?

srr
srr
September 26, 2021 12:41 am

Cassie of Sydneysays:
September 25, 2021 at 9:44 pm

“so well described by Terry Pratchett “

LOL…the great atheist. There was nothing Pratchett described “well”.

That’s a mighty big claim.
“Nothing”, you say.
How much have you read of Terry Pratchett?
Everything?

You know Pratchett & Gaiman dedicated, “Good Omens” to G.K. Chesterton, the great Catholic, so influential in bringing people to the faith that the push for his Sainthood was serious.
Chesterton was also a very dear friend of “the great atheist”, George Bernard Shaw.

srr
srr
September 26, 2021 12:52 am

Bruce of Newcastlesays:
September 25, 2021 at 10:26 pm
[…]
Good Omens is an interesting book, since Pratchett and Gaiman orbit the Bible like moths around a flame. I don’t subscribe to Amazon Prime or Netflix, but the TV series of Good Omens is a serious temptation to do so.

Yes, likewise.
For an atheist he was pretty good at never flat out denying God in his books, always keeping that possibility of ‘The God’ above all ‘the gods’ he had so much fun with.

But back to the TV version of Good Omens, I also watched the first season of Gaimen’s “American Gods”, with Ian McShane but I still don’t know if I want to watch the rest in case he ‘breaks’ what was a very interestingly told story.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 26, 2021 1:00 am

Grand Final wrap.
Dees deserved winners.
Collingwood reject Treloar can hold his head high.
Free kick harvester Weightman found things a bit tough without an umpy armchair.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 26, 2021 1:09 am

Agree Sancho.
And Petracca a well deserved winner of the Norm Smith Medal.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 26, 2021 1:14 am

Toad.
Petracca deserved the Norm Smith.
But Salem really fired them up early on. Great attacking defender with a lethal left foot. Intercepted a lot in the first half and always found a target when he got it.

Tom
Tom
September 26, 2021 4:01 am
rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 5:25 am

Thanks Tom!

Loved the Norks happy they’re not in Australia and the mechanics “best feeling”.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 26, 2021 6:00 am

Thanks Tom-
Stasi Australia getting plenty of notice abroad.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 26, 2021 6:02 am

Good day for a Melbourne protest.
After the NRL preliminary and the AFL grand final.
Gestapo will be tired and hungover.

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 6:37 am

Thanks Tom!

It never gets old

miltonf
miltonf
September 26, 2021 6:37 am

Real Mark Latham
@RealMarkLatham
·
19h
In the greatest Govt-authorised privacy breach in Australian history, The Morrison Govt is today releasing the vaccination details of 6 million NSW residents to the leak-prone Service NSW for the creation of Vaccine Passport ID Cards.
Morrison lied thru his teeth about this.

Another reason to hate the lieborals

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 6:46 am

Another reason to hate the lieborals

I told you this would happen. The Privacy statement included the clause with the catchall “any lawful purpose” get out of jail free card.

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 6:48 am

Worse than Juliar and the Carbon Tax. She was benign compared to this creature.

There. I’ve said it.

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 6:52 am

More fake than KRudd parading outside morning service for a photo opportunity.

Worse than Keating and his pig farms and Hawke with his grotesque “everyman” schtick.

………………

Worse than Whitlam.

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 6:53 am

Ladies and gentlemen…

We have a Winner!

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 7:09 am
Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 7:13 am

Barking Toad says:
September 26, 2021 at 6:00 am
Thanks Tom-
Stasi Australia getting plenty of notice abroad.

I can remember a time when our betters were so ashamed on the world stage of our quaint practices and attitudes that it even had a name – cultural cringe. Now that we are truly scandalising the world with our loss of freedom they are perfectly happy to support that culture. They were never better than us and they always hated us, it’s just that now we called their bluff.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 7:18 am

rosie says:
September 26, 2021 at 7:09 am
Norway decides to return to personal responsibility

Normal Australians should be ashamed of our governments and the media, they are inferior to those almost everywhere. This is a reversal of the previous cultural cringe, we are now ashamed on the world stage of our “elites”, they are dragging us down and making the world despise us.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 7:31 am

Real Mark Latham
@RealMarkLatham

I wonder if our privacy exemption applications achieved anything beyond giving them a good laugh.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 7:33 am

I told you this would happen. The Privacy statement included the clause with the catchall “any lawful purpose” get out of jail free card.

Interesting point. Where is the law which which authorises this?

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 7:34 am

Funny how those huge increase in deaths following vaccination!!!!@ sites never mention huge increase in number of people being vaccinated!!!!

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 7:38 am

Where is the law which which authorises this?

What is this “law” of which you speak?

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 7:39 am

Interesting point. Where is the law which which authorises this?

The Privacy Act.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 7:41 am
calli
calli
September 26, 2021 7:41 am

The Privacy Act.

Good one, Diogenes. We are now well and truly in “Ministry of Truth” territory.

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 7:46 am

Further to my last. If you are covered by the act, you are obligated to tell what you will do with personal data and to whom you will give it. Therefore the ‘any lawful purpose’ in the vaccine register privacy statement is the get out of jail free card.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 26, 2021 7:53 am

miltonfsays:
September 25, 2021 at 10:44 pm
How could an organisation that put up Trumble’s son in law as a state president have any credibility whatsoever.

Numbers the Ostrich (head permanently up his bum) thinks that bloke is the shining future of the RSL.

Which is condemnation enough.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 26, 2021 8:04 am

Barking Toadsays:
September 26, 2021 at 6:00 am
Thanks Tom-
Stasi Australia getting plenty of notice abroad.

Whatever happened to all those lefties perpetually wringing their hands about Australia’s declining international reputation?

Seems they are now the principal contributors to the decline.

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 8:07 am

Last time I flew into Chiang Kai -shek Taipei I remember the cliffs. Seemed to be pretty uniform along the coastline I saw in and out. I am to believe that is pretty well much most of the coastline and the possible landing sites for an invasion are predictable. Possible for China but the losses would be horrendous.

do you honestly think they give a shit? they have enough missiles to clear huge landing sites. This won’t be a replay of ww2

Cardimona
Cardimona
September 26, 2021 8:11 am

GOAT POTUS GA Rally here –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QogaUdcx6Rc
Live now, but 45 not on yet

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 8:13 am

“That’s a mighty big claim.
“Nothing”, you say.
How much have you read of Terry Pratchett?
Everything?”

Yes indeed, Pratchett was a great atheist and a staunch advocate of euthanasia. Anyway, his writing wasn’t a patch on C.S. Lewis or Tolkein.

Oh…and which reminds me…..

““They murder, pillage & burn down their own communities, that never get built up again, while the main ‘right’ they ‘win’ from those riots is to sink into yet more unhampered, Govt assisted even, self destructive criminality.””

Who’s they Mrs Nong? Or is it that you’re not averse to a little “racial vilification” and “racial stereotyping” of your own.

BTW Mrs Nong, I hope you don’t babble on to your “Jewish grandchildren” about “holy water”.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 26, 2021 8:14 am

The Hun has a piece this morning advising people on ‘how to talk to anti-vaxxers’.

It goes on and on, but the general theme is along the lines of asking a two year old, very gently, not to put their hand on that hot stove because they (the adult doing the asking) would feel terrible if something bad happened.

Jesus wept.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:14 am

. Therefore the ‘any lawful purpose’ in the vaccine register privacy statement is the get out of jail free card.

It’s not really. It’s not lawful, is it?

There needs to be a provision authorising this or extrinsic materials that price this was always the intent of the Act.

Last time I looked, NSW had not passed legislation or even a regulation authorising these stupid “passports”.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 26, 2021 8:16 am

From last night:

‘Chokehold the Bitch’

Still giggling.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 26, 2021 8:16 am

Worse than Juliar and the Carbon Tax. She was benign compared to this creature.
There. I’ve said it.

Here’s a headline I never expected to see:

Nancy Pelosi: Aussie PM “leading the way” on Climate Change (24 Sep)

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 8:17 am

“do you honestly think they give a shit? they have enough missiles to clear huge landing sites. This won’t be a replay of ww2”

True…but the Taiwanese will fight.

Cardimona
Cardimona
September 26, 2021 8:17 am

Interestingly, the RSBN livestream of the Arizona election audit announcement yesterday had been nuked a couple of hours later.
As if it never existed…

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 8:18 am

Turned off replies, a bit too late.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 8:18 am

The real criminal in all of this is Scummo.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:19 am

In plain sight.

Totally brazen.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/transaction-denied-get-ready-for-credit-card-that-cuts-off-spending-once-you-hit-your-co2-max/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa

‘Transaction denied’: Get ready for credit card that cuts off spending once you hit your CO2 max

Mea culpa. Mea culpa maxima.

I thought this was just a meme.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:21 am

Taiwan needs hundreds of nukes and tens of millions of landmines.

No one: Joe Biden will have a good idea.

USA: let’s equip the 400,000 strong Taliban Army.

johanna
johanna
September 26, 2021 8:25 am

Knuckle Dragger says:
September 26, 2021 at 8:14 am

The Hun has a piece this morning advising people on ‘how to talk to anti-vaxxers’.

It goes on and on, but the general theme is along the lines of asking a two year old, very gently, not to put their hand on that hot stove because they (the adult doing the asking) would feel terrible if something bad happened.

Jesus wept.

I know.

There are similar articles around about how to reprogram climate ‘sceptics’ – just assume that they are mentally retarded and go from there. Treat them like Kindy kids who have painted the sky purple.*

Strangely, we’re not seeing a lot of data on how this approach is working.

*To be clear, I reckon that Kindy kids who paint the sky purple should be commended for their imagination, not corrected.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 8:25 am

An outstanding interview with Dr. Zelenko on the X22 Report

He simply and clearly states what’s happening. When asked if it was a “plandemic” he refers to patents going back 20 years for all the various elements.

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 8:26 am

Peak Stupid:

I was asked to put on a mask while using a Mc Donald’s drive through.

Cardimona
Cardimona
September 26, 2021 8:28 am

The only two hours of TV I watch all week is Outsiders, which comes on at 0900 – precisely when 45 is due to begin speaking in GA.

Aaarghh!

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:28 am

I was asked to put on a mask while using a Mc Donald’s drive through.

Keep on driving.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:33 am

There are similar articles around about how to reprogram climate ‘sceptics’ – just assume that they are mentally retarded and go from there. Treat them like Kindy kids who have painted the sky purple.*

Now now Kan Dide and Johanna.

No one has ever benefitted from divergent thinking, curiosity, creativity or observations.

Now let’s all enjoy our cup of free mung bean and soy soma from Mega Donald’s courtesy of JAB banking & grotesque old liche Noose Corpse.

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 8:33 am

zippy, you make it sound like our govt is the good guys

There are clearly multiple overlapping agendas at play here. We have enough facts to connect the dots. China has sworn to take taiwan, the only question is when and how. We know they released this virus on purpose. Even if it started as a leak, it was used as an opportunity to spread chaos to the west and warn of the next release.

The docs shows they are working on MERS chimera, they have the tech and so have have to assume they have an airborne mers virus ready and have a vaccine. They have according to WHO issued over 2billion covid vaccines to their population by mandate , this is a trial run.

the sars mRNA vaccine may protect from weaponised mers if it has the same spike protein. thats quite likely its an ace2 key. mers death toll is 10x sars.

FDA said no booster. Biden comes out and says no no no take the booster. what does he know fda does not? booster buys at least another 6+ months thats what.

the geopolitics is at a different level to the davos agenda, the oz libs or labors agenda. They all seek to use covid to further their own agendas.

You have nothing to lose by prepping for another viral release. Stock up on N95 PPE, goggles, gloves etc. The next viral release will be far worst than covid.

Make plans now.

As for the vax, I am still not taking it. I don’t agree with the tactics of fear rather than telling us the facts. perhaps they fear a violent backlash against the local chinese population. We will get plenty of notice once another viral release happens then Ill take the vax.

the west is still trying to wave that piece of paper that says Peace In Our Times.

it wont happen

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 8:35 am
Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 8:35 am

Interesting to see that Norway vaccinated 18+ while Gladys wants 12+ which will the make it harder to get to the “required” percentage. We keep being told do this and the you will be free but the target keeps moving further and further. She may not have sent the police out to monster us yet but I’m wondering how long we can take this BS.

Tom
Tom
September 26, 2021 8:36 am

Actually, my favourite part of this week’s Week In Pictures is the final image of the chick with a gun. Chilean actress Cote de Pablo, who plays the beautiful Jewish former MOSSAD agent Ziva David in NCIS, for which CBS holds the Australian rights on its local tax write-off, Network Ten.

Even though its Australian airing is only replays we’ve seen before, NCIS is a franchise Hollywood and big media would prefer you don’t watch as it deals with themes like patriotism and even occasionally features Muesli madmen as mass-murdering baddies. I am astonished it is still being made in the current poisonous American cultural environment.

The USA is a very complex country – a juggernaut that pays little attention to the current attempt to cripple it by the unelected White House revolutionary committee and flood it with millions of illegal immigrants.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:38 am

I am pretty sure I heard on Tim (Lydia and I are not dating) Cast the other day that the J & J vaccine booster was approved for ….every two months.

Two shots
Six boosters a year
Two pills a day
Anal swabs
Internal passports

Surely 2022 will be better. ???????

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 8:38 am

“I watch all week is Outsiders”

Outsiders is the only reason I continue to subscribe to Sky.

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 8:40 am

Nannanna not happy about International travel resuming, possibly as early as November in NSW.

Palaszczuk all class, as usual.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 8:41 am

Zipstersays:
September 26, 2021 at 8:33 am

Zippy, great theory but did you happen to watch this Stew Peters interview linked last night?

Actually, the interview with Dr. Zelenko may well hold the answer. Certainly not the actions of our rabid governments.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 8:41 am

Cardimona says:
September 26, 2021 at 8:28 am
The only two hours of TV I watch all week is Outsiders, which comes on at 0900 – precisely when 45 is due to begin speaking in GA.

Aaarghh!

I always record The Outsiders in case I want to look at something again later or I have to go somewhere when they are on.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 8:43 am

Gad Saad on the latest anti-women drivel from the The Lancet….

“The Lancet, Prestigious Medical Journal, Erases the Existence of Women”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhKfhiEUOZQ

JMH
JMH
September 26, 2021 8:43 am

What’s the bet Rukshan’s FB page with over 200,000 followers gets disappeared by the Nasties pretty soon.

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 8:44 am

Tips for driving on Post Apocalypse Australian Freeways:

Be very careful when using the right hand lane, there is starting to be a significant accumulation of dead roo’s and wombats in the right hand lane.

In additional, all bird life now considers the right hand lane to be theirs given that it is used so infrequently by vehicles.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 26, 2021 8:45 am

On This Day:

1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England

500 years ago people sailed around the entire planet, large parts of which were unknown and expecting a minimum loss rate of 75% of men and ships over the three years it took to do it.

Today, most of this country can’t stand up in a pub without being protected by a sheet of soft paper.

Eyrie
Eyrie
September 26, 2021 8:47 am

china has at least a weaponised mers virus, death toll around 30%. what ever it has, it will also have a vaccine. We likely wont for months. Our governments have utterly failed us, playing nice with this regime that is more evil than the nazis.

The vaccines might be the primer for the real bioweapon so the Chunks don’t need a vaccine against the bioweapon as none of their people got the mRNA vax.
A better way to do business as you don’t have to worry about virus mutants arising which evade any vaccine you pre prepared

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 8:47 am

It’s amazing what soft paper is capable of doing.

Eyrie
Eyrie
September 26, 2021 8:49 am

new Johnson and Johnson data shows second shoot boosts antibodies against covid-19 but one dose is still strong against delta variant

LOL rosie. Two problems:
1. It is The Conversation, about as leftie a place as you’ll find.
2.The data is from J&J who would say that wouldn’t they as they stand to make heaps of money.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:50 am

I can’t go to the pub with Scott Morrison, Beryl Gladischlockian & Asst. Comm. Gravy Warboat letting me.

Then I need a 5 ft tall 18 year old girl to monitor my alcohol consumption and an obese bloke who can’t speak English and couldn’t flog a wet lettuce to protect me from other potentially violent patrons.

But hey. They both did a one or two day course at TAFE or through an RTO.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
September 26, 2021 8:52 am

Interesting to see that Norway vaccinated 18+ while Gladys wants 12+ which will the make it harder to get to the “required” percentage.

Norway offers vaccination to the 12+ too.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 8:54 am

Tell me Zippy, does it bother you when they call you Nanna Slayer behind your back?

Rabz
September 26, 2021 8:57 am

Grate – turn on the telly and whose ugly mug greets me?

Paul “is wrong, again” Kelly.

Thanks, Skah.

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 8:58 am

Dot suggested that j&j boosters would be given every two months.
It seems J&J did some research offering boosters at either a two month or six month interval and concluded that the one shot was strong enough against delta.
So firstly, there is no apparent basis for claiming that people who have been vaccinated with j&j will need two monthly boosters.
And secondly in concluding that a single dose is effective do you see ‘heaps of money’ being the purpose of the research?

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
September 26, 2021 8:58 am

Morn Zip, agree totally about them not giving a shit about losses. Just saying not an easy place to invade and I’d say be defended ferociously. Also if the US got involved, unlike the Korean War I don’t think the industrial areas of Chinese mainland would be off limits to missile strikes as well. Could be a massive own goal. Top Ender what’s your take?

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 8:59 am

Zippy, great theory but did you happen to watch this Stew Peters interview linked last night?

Actually, the interview with Dr. Zelenko may well hold the answer. Certainly not the actions of our rabid governments.

They will not stop the vax roll out, they are and will ignore the side effects. The spike protein is toxic, less so in the vax than from covid. The longer you put off the vax the better off your chances. That’s one problem with giving out the truth.

The above is not theory. Everyone can see that there is something not right about this vax fervor. It’s not just about pumping cash into big pharma, it’s plain geopolitics.

We owe Trump a huge debt for getting this mRNA vax out in record time. Yes it has some serious side effects, but the alternative is catastrophic.

The cat is well ahead of the curve as usual. We see all the alternative media who are the ones pulling out the facts. Even Soros has recently chimed in about chinese evil and he is a davos man.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:00 am

So firstly, there is no apparent basis for claiming that people who have been vaccinated with j&j will need two monthly boosters.

Yes there is.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:00 am

Need vs you will be told you need.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 26, 2021 9:01 am

Anal swabs

That does not sound good.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 9:02 am

JMH says:
September 26, 2021 at 8:43 am
What’s the bet Rukshan’s FB page with over 200,000 followers gets disappeared by the Nasties pretty soon.

I don’t think anybody will care next time Facebook or other socials piss off the government who would then regulate or break them up. We can only hope for a real democratic government sometime in the future who will do the right thing.

Bushkid
Bushkid
September 26, 2021 9:04 am

rosie says:
September 26, 2021 at 7:34 am
Funny how those huge increase in deaths following vaccination!!!!@ sites never mention huge increase in number of people being vaccinated!!!!

Oh, so lots of deaths from vaccines are A-OK in your mind, just so long as lots of people are getting vaccinated?

That’s nice.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 9:04 am

Brilliant, The Outsiders will have Rukshan on their program today.

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 9:05 am

Has the eligible population definition been changed from 16 plus to 12 plus?
It doesn’t appear to have been.
Nsw still projecting 18 October and iirc 1 November as the dates.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 9:05 am

What are the chances of any tradies working on any Victorian police station in the near future?

feelthebern
feelthebern
September 26, 2021 9:06 am

The vaccination rates quoted are for the 16 & over population.
The under 16’s are carved out of that number…for now.

The below link shows the roll out numbers.
It’s updated around 5pm each day for the 24 period ending the day before.

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-update-25-september-2021

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
September 26, 2021 9:07 am

The Hun has a piece this morning advising people on ‘how to talk to anti-vaxxers’.

For those with dangerously low blood pressure; their ABC’s Norman Hermant explains that protestors are in “their own information universe”:

In that world, they saw police actions this week as close to outright tyranny.

The legitimate right of protest has been squelched, they say, and people are being forced to live in a society divided between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

Protesters say their views are being silenced.

However, these views are represented in the so-called mainstream media, but carefully and with context.

Care, context and deep insight.
Remember, Mr Hermant is a better person than you.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 9:11 am

“their ABC’s Norman Hermant explains that protestors are in “their own information universe”:”

Well he’d know all about existing in his “own information universe”….funded by you and I.

feelthebern
feelthebern
September 26, 2021 9:11 am

What’s a little scary/mind blowing is that NSW/VIC/ACT can do real time vaccination updates if they wanted to.
The data collection in Australia by governments directly and for governments via hundreds of private businesses is almost a big as scandal as the effective forced vaccinations.

feelthebern
feelthebern
September 26, 2021 9:13 am

effectively.
not effective.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 9:13 am

“we have to be better than this” says Rita.

Well, sorry love, we’re clearly not – and it’s time certain totalitarian imbeciles learned this the hard way.

rosie
rosie
September 26, 2021 9:15 am

That’s bs and you know it Bushkid.
Those reports are not ‘this death is definitely linked to vaccination’.

I was merely pointing out that you would naturally expect an huge increase in reported adverse effects if you had a huge increase in vaccinations.

Like you would have a huge increase of people reporting adverse reactions from any prescribed drug if the numbers of people taking it increased exponentially, not showing the denominator is misleading.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 9:16 am

This crisis has shown populations of all countries that their constitutions are simply historic relics. Unless applied as written they are non-existent.

feelthebern
feelthebern
September 26, 2021 9:17 am

Outside of the UK, I can’t think of a western nation that lets it governments collect as much data on their citizens as Australia.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:19 am

Like you would have a huge increase of people reporting adverse reactions from any prescribed drug if the numbers of people taking it increased exponentially

True.

Also true.

The vaccines efficacy is so low that herd immunity cannot be conferred and only the elderly, very sick and obese are at risk.

Given that, the level of coercion, bullying and sheer illegality is staggering.

Tom
Tom
September 26, 2021 9:20 am

Thanks, Skah.

Cheer up, Rabz. At least Szah Outsiders has got rid of that fake actress Daisy Cousens, who regards every TV appearance as a Shakespearean sollioqoy delivered loudly so it can be heard in the back row of the Princess Theatre.

Thank god Rita Panahi is back. Unlike Cousens, Panahi is a thinker and excellent writer (who grew up under the type of fascism Dan Andrews is inflicting on Victorians).

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 9:21 am

We owe Trump a huge debt for getting this mRNA vax out in record time. Yes it has some serious side effects, but the alternative is catastrophic.

I’m a great admirer of Trump but this was his greatest blunder. He was rolled. Basically, he was rolled. Operation Warp Speed was a chimera. It is quite obvious that they had these kill shots ready to roll. The whole thing was planned, including the virus itself.

What Dr. Zelenko said toward the end of his interview with the X22 Report, was that the various therapeutics which are being suppressed work against all variants and would also work against the flu, which is a different virus but uses the same entry method to the cell. What odds, then, that it would also work against other corona viruses too?

feelthebern
feelthebern
September 26, 2021 9:22 am

their constitutions are simply historic relics

Australia was founded on the facade of property rights & the rule of law.
Property rights are selectively enforced.
The rule of law is selectively applied.
If you think otherwise, you are a retard.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 9:23 am

“Panahi is a thinker and excellent writer (who grew up under the type of fascism Dan Andrews is inflicting on Victorians).”

Correct, I always enjoy Rita analysis. She’s an adult. Daisy’s just a youtube spruiker.

FlyingPigs
FlyingPigs
September 26, 2021 9:27 am

Yorta Yorta Man – Jimmy Little
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbKAtG7GE5w

rugbyskier
rugbyskier
September 26, 2021 9:27 am

The video of the vegan and her dog that Outsiders just had on was hilarious. The vegan was going on about how her dog preferred salad and to prove it she had some salad and meaty dog food together and got the dog, which couldn’t vacuum the meat down fast enough.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 26, 2021 9:28 am

Hahaha….
Outsiders just had a clip of a vegetarian training her dog to prefer salad to meat.
She had pile of salad on one side and a pile of mince on the other to show how her dog loved salad.
She called Fido up and he whomped into the mince – hahaha.
I laughed until I stopped.

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 9:29 am

I’m a great admirer of Trump but this was his greatest blunder. He was rolled. Basically, he was rolled. Operation Warp Speed was a chimera. It is quite obvious that they had these kill shots ready to roll. The whole thing was planned, including the virus itself.

conspiracy rubbish. How many nutters came out during the Trump election? Every lunatic turd on the planet had their day in the sun.

20m shots and maybe 200 deaths at best vs no shots and how many 10s of thousands of deaths??

Do you seriously think china has stopped its bioweapons program?
Do you think when Xi says he will take taiwan its an idle threat?

use your brain

duncanm
duncanm
September 26, 2021 9:30 am

Real Mark Latham
@RealMarkLatham
NSW Health now refusing to allow unvaccinated staff to take their accrued leave entitlements for which the workers are legally due.
The NSW Govt created these staff shortages with its crude, unnecessary mandates and is now breaching workplace laws in the resulting panic.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 26, 2021 9:32 am

their ABC’s Norman Hermant

Not one of the staff co-ops freest thinkers.

Helen Davidson (nmrn)
Helen Davidson (nmrn)
September 26, 2021 9:32 am

Peak Stupid:

I was asked to put on a mask while using a Mc Donald’s drive through.

I’m still trying to understand the reasoning behind a QR code check in at the top of the boat ramp at Manton Recreation Reserve.

According to a friend who visited there last week, there are also QR codes to check in at the start of some of the walks at Kakadu.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:34 am

Well, we kinda already knew

The six feet/1.5 m rule that destroyed the economy came out of thin air.

https://youtu.be/mS7cWijYK_0

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 9:36 am

China Uncensored: The CCP’s COVID 19 plan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMZik3vz0E

calli
calli
September 26, 2021 9:36 am

I laughed until I stopped.

All good until the tears run down your leg.

duncanm
duncanm
September 26, 2021 9:36 am

rosiesays:
September 26, 2021 at 8:14 am
vicpol requesting assistance on twitter , have turned off replies

wow, its 100:1 against VicPol. I’m delighted, but somewhat surprised the DanBots haven’t gone in.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
September 26, 2021 9:36 am

Hope Scotty’s advisors are watching Outsiders to give hime the heads up about how fucked things are.
EarsDan advisors probably don’t watch Fox.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:37 am

According to a friend who visited there last week, there are also QR codes to check in at the start of some of the walks at Kakadu.

LOL

Nothing in the bush can hurt you. Beware of a common cold variant though.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 9:37 am

Thanks Tom, posted without comment.

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 9:38 am

According to a friend who visited there last week, there are also QR codes to check in at the start of some of the walks at Kakadu.

Bureaucrats gotta bureaucrat. Frankly I think most of them are embarrassed at how little actual work they’ve done over the last 2 years.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 26, 2021 9:38 am

I think I caught Covid from a tree.

Northshore Redneck
Northshore Redneck
September 26, 2021 9:38 am

Diogenes,

Latham was always giving bad advice about the immunisation form.

A quick search turns up: https://www.health.gov.au/privacy-policy-australian-immunisation-register

Who can access, use and disclose personal information in the Register?

The Register Act governs who can access, use and disclose your personal information in the Register.

For example, access is permitted by:

the individuals to whom the information relates
recognised vaccination providers
authorised Commonwealth personnel, including officers and contractors engaged by us or Services Australia to work on the Register
prescribed bodies, which include state and territory health departments.

Tom
Tom
September 26, 2021 9:39 am

Thanks for the Trump rally link, Cardimona. POTUS 45 is speaking now and the joint is rocking. Tens of thousands of people have turned out in Perry, GA..

Rabz
September 26, 2021 9:39 am

Daisy Cousens, who regards every TV appearance as a Shakespearean sollioqoy delivered loudly so it can be heard in the back row of the Princess Theatre.

LOL.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
September 26, 2021 9:40 am

Not one of the staff co-ops freest thinkers.

Canadian.
100% reliable.

MatrixTransform
September 26, 2021 9:40 am

What are the chances of any tradies working on any Victorian police station in the near future?

I don’t think the Polis or the Govt have thought that far ahead.

Did youse know that pretty much all airconditioning is computer controlled these days?

MatrixTransform
September 26, 2021 9:42 am

if the numbers of people taking it increased exponentially

*shakes head

duncanm
duncanm
September 26, 2021 9:42 am

Tomsays:
September 26, 2021 at 9:39 am
Thanks for the Trump rally link, Cardimona.

note the new calling card. Its no longer MAGA, its “Save America”

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:43 am

the individuals to whom the information relates
recognised vaccination providers
authorised Commonwealth personnel, including officers and contractors engaged by us or Services Australia to work on the Register
prescribed bodies, which include state and territory health departments.

So have the States been engaged or are they prescribed bodies? I can’t tell if that is poorly written or taken from dot points replicating the legislation.

Does the Register Act or regulation specify for what purposes the registry can be accessed?

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 9:44 am

What are the chances of any tradies working on any Victorian police station in the near future?

We’re asking for plumbers to particularly make a contribution to this effort. Given the physique of Vikpol members there is no way that your average station doesn’t experience at least one serious sewage blockage a week.

Roger
Roger
September 26, 2021 9:44 am

Re the CCP & Taiwan, the CCP’s goal is to absorb Taiwan by 2049, their 100th anniversary.

Of course they’d prefer to achieve that goal by “negotiation”, but they also have several criteria that in their view would justify military intervention, such as a unilateral declaration of independence by Taiwan or the irretrievable breakdown of those “re-union negotiations.”

Taiwan’s best chance of escaping the CCP’s clutches is a collapse of the CCP before then, whether due to internal or external pressures, or both.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:46 am

I am not sure this scheme (internal passports) is allowable under section 10.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 9:47 am

“Hope Scotty’s advisors are watching Outsiders to give hime the heads up about how fucked things are.
EarsDan advisors probably don’t watch Fox.”

LOL…as if….I reckon Scotty’s advisors aren’t that much better than Dan’s advisors, they also no doubt think that Outsiders is a far-right, Nazi, white supremacist programme for far-right, Nazi, white supremacists such as Rukshan.

As I wrote above, it is Morrison who’s the real criminal here. It is Morrison who’s the spineless, craven, quisling joke ‘of a PM and who’s empowered and emboldened Andrews and the other premiers.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 9:49 am

Forgive me using Austlii. I am on my mobile.

AUSTRALIAN IMMUNISATION REGISTER ACT 2015 – SECT 10
Purposes of the register
(1) The purposes of the AI register are to facilitate the following:

(a) establishing and keeping an electronic database of records relating to vaccinations of individuals;

(b) collecting, analysing and publishing statistics, and other information, about vaccination coverage across Australia and parts of Australia;

(c) monitoring vaccination coverage across Australia and parts of Australia;

(d) monitoring the effectiveness of vaccines and vaccination programs in preventing vaccine preventable diseases;

(e) identifying any parts of Australia at risk during disease outbreaks because of the number of unvaccinated individuals in those parts;

(f) checking an individual’s vaccination status by that individual or by a recognised vaccination provider;

(g) checking an individual’s vaccination status:

(i) by (or on behalf of) the Commonwealth; and

(ii) to the extent that this is necessary for determining eligibility for family assistance;

(h) advising an individual when he or she is, or was, due to receive doses of a vaccine;

(i) certifying when a course of vaccination has been completed;

(j) promoting individuals’ health and well-being by giving information on new developments associated with vaccinations to them and to recognised vaccination providers;

(k) payments relating to vaccinations;

(l) research relating to vaccinations;

(m) anything incidental to any of the above paragraphs.

(2) For an individual who is incapable of managing his or her health affairs:

(a) paragraph (1)(f) also applies to checking of the individual’s vaccination status by a legal personal representative of the individual; and

(b) paragraphs (1)(h), (i) and (j) also apply to advising, or giving a certificate or information to, a legal personal representative of the individual.

___________________

I don’t think the scheme is legal.

srr
srr
September 26, 2021 9:50 am

TRUMP – there’s still been No Concession.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
September 26, 2021 9:58 am

Bureaucrats gotta bureaucrat. Frankly I think most of them are embarrassed at how little actual work they’ve done over the last 2 years.

I know some of the odd ones out.
The hot meme in the mid-level-work-at-home Queensland PS is:

No Distraction = Moah Productivity, But You Are At Work All The Time.

I think it’s a segue for a jolly decent pay increase.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 9:59 am

Sky News Australia should give Rukshan a full-time job. Rukshan can replace Clennell.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 10:00 am

Just saw an interesting screen grab on outsiders stating “some types of conservatives express a barely concealed hatred for public institutions”

Err, that would be me.

Shut them down, fire them all, salt the earth and then nuke from orbit.

You know it makes sense.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 10:01 am

Rukshan can replace Clennell.

I don’t think the former is up for a lobotomy, Cass.

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 10:04 am

Arky, rip the engine out of the Model A and build one of these:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietenpol_Air_Camper

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 10:05 am

Diogenes,

Latham was always giving bad advice about the immunisation form.

Exactly. The ‘any lawful purpose’ in the Privacy Statement on the opt out is just shorthand for all of what Dot posted.

Top Ender
Top Ender
September 26, 2021 10:06 am

I reckon if the Chunks took Taiwan we’d do nothing. As per the USA and everyone else.

Unless the Chinese were stupid enough to go for a long period of posturing and chest-beating, which would require us to do the same. We might do a bit then.

If they check out the Principles of War and go for Surprise they’d take it in a few days. And then we’d talk about sanctions, and pass silly motions in the UN, and then nothing would happen. Game over.

Gab
Gab
September 26, 2021 10:07 am

I am not sure this scheme (internal passports) is allowable under section 10.

Nor under s51 23A

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 10:09 am

The media turning into the government’s propaganda machine is how we got here and why we may not be able to get out. Everything will change only when the media remember the people.

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 10:11 am

Unsaid, but hinted at in Rowan Dean’s editorial before the montage they are showing is why would any sane foreign student want to come to Aus to study when the borders reopen.

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 10:11 am

China Uncensored: The CCP’s COVID 19 plan:

They also wanted help developing nano particles that allowed the virus to soak in through the skin.

There should be a darwin award category for the biggest useful idiots.

Aside from the geopolitics, the vax passports is a leftist evil.

Shy Ted
Shy Ted
September 26, 2021 10:12 am

Eyriesays: September 26, 2021 at 8:47 am

Yep. One of several functions – graphene oxide, contaminants, magnetite and who knows what. Still, at least some are getting only saline.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 10:12 am

What is dystopian is that Eastern European relatives are ringing up to ask what is going on. These are the same relatives who remember the Prague Spring and Solidarnosc.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 26, 2021 10:12 am

Canadian.
100% reliable.

He would make an excellent battery chook. I think he would struggle if required to go free range. As would most of the co-op.

Eyrie
Eyrie
September 26, 2021 10:13 am

Arky, rip the engine out of the Model A and build one of these:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietenpol_Air_Camper

A mate of mine is doing just that, only his will likely have a Continental O-200. His previous project which he still has is a replica Sopwith Pup ww1 fighter. Has the slightly unfortunate name (for Cats) of Rosie. You can see it on Youtube.

johanna
johanna
September 26, 2021 10:13 am

Cassie of Sydney says:
September 26, 2021 at 9:59 am

Sky News Australia should give Rukshan a full-time job. Rukshan can replace Clennell.

He doesn’t need anyone to ‘give him a job’ – he has one and likes it.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 10:14 am

Diogenes says:
September 26, 2021 at 10:11 am
Unsaid, but hinted at in Rowan Dean’s editorial before the montage they are showing is why would any sane foreign student want to come to Aus to study when the borders reopen.

That’s an easy one, we will only get Chinese students, those who have been specifically selected by the central committee.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 26, 2021 10:14 am

Surely 2022 will be better. ???????

All hail PM Albo and President Kamila…
And we are sending troops back to Afghanistan to help our Taliban allies against ISIS-covid-K.

And Ive already penciled in “china kicking off over Taiwan” for January, as that around the time my car is due for delivery and god hates ,me.

Dot
Dot
September 26, 2021 10:14 am

The ‘any lawful purpose’ in the Privacy Statement on the opt out is just shorthand for all of what Dot posted.

No.

Vaccine passports are not a proper purpose.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 10:15 am

johanna says:
September 26, 2021 at 10:13 am
Cassie of Sydney says:
September 26, 2021 at 9:59 am

Sky News Australia should give Rukshan a full-time job. Rukshan can replace Clennell.
He doesn’t need anyone to ‘give him a job’ – he has one and likes it.

If that were to happen he would be prevented from doing his job.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 26, 2021 10:15 am

No Prague Spring in sight for Dansasterstan.

Crossie
Crossie
September 26, 2021 10:17 am

And Ive already penciled in “china kicking off over Taiwan” for January, as that around the time my car is due for delivery and god hates ,me.

I better get a move on and buy a new laptop then, once Taiwan is offline there will be a huge shortage of technology.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 10:17 am

“I don’t think the former is up for a lobotomy, Cass.”

Indeed.

Indolent
Indolent
September 26, 2021 10:18 am
Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 26, 2021 10:18 am

I reckon if the Chunks took Taiwan we’d do nothing. As per the USA and everyone else.

Be interesting to know if Taiwan has surreptitious nukes. They have nuke plants, and a powerful incentive to want them. If South Africa could do it they surely could.

It would also explain Chinese posturing, since they’d not actually risk an invasion in that circumstance. So they’d tend to use international diplomacy to pressure Taiwan into the “voluntary” reunion option.

Both China and Taiwan would also have an incentive to keep the nukes secret.

Rabz
September 26, 2021 10:19 am

Excellent – Limbrick laying into Teats Peanuthead and the latter’s tin eared idiocy.

lotocoti
lotocoti
September 26, 2021 10:20 am

Meanwhile, in the formerly united Kingdom, the annual labour party conference laff-riot is underway.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 26, 2021 10:20 am

H B Bearsays:
September 26, 2021 at 9:38 am
I think I caught Covid from a tree.

You used the same excuse for chlamydia you filthy, fithy Phascolarctidae.

Roger
Roger
September 26, 2021 10:24 am

Unsaid, but hinted at in Rowan Dean’s editorial before the montage they are showing is why would any sane foreign student want to come to Aus to study when the borders reopen.

Because they’re desperate to get out & they failed to get in to a US or UK university.

’twas always thus.

We weren’t getting the brightest ones.

Zipster
Zipster
September 26, 2021 10:25 am

I better get a move on and buy a new laptop then, once Taiwan is offline there will be a huge shortage of technology.

which china would now own, presumably they would be careful not to blow up all the fabrication plants.

I think for this reason alone the west would be forced to intervene.

Roger
Roger
September 26, 2021 10:26 am

Both China and Taiwan would also have an incentive to keep the nukes secret.

Taiwan certainly would; the possibility of a nuclear armed Taiwan is one of China’s pre-prepared justifications for military intervention.

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 10:27 am

Serpentsa, the CCP prepares citizens for war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CjXkb99Z4

Bar Beach Swimmer
September 26, 2021 10:28 am

Zipstersays:
September 25, 2021 at 8:48 pm
We have to see what’s happened as a turning point. And I think more and more people are seeing it in that way too.

the vast majority of people get their news from the MSM and the censored socialist media

Zip, I’m not denying that the ABC and msm are watched and listened to. But more and more people must know that what’s happening goes against everything that this country stands for.

Few of these people – whether those who are demonstrating or those who have followed government orders, know or care about Klaus Schwab or anyone from Davos. That’s not to say that Davos people don’t have influence- we’re seeing the results of that influence now.

But after this, many, many eyes cannot fail to be opened up. And this will have come about because people are seeing our leaders and those who are supposed to be there for our protection, as they really are – the police thugs; the premiers reneging on their duties to their citizens and destroying their lives; the prime minister refusing to stand up to the states and showing impotence instead of leadership.

If people can’t/won’t wake up after all this then there is no hope. But I have to hope that they will and I do think there’s been too much now that people can’t fail to see.

We are a democracy and we must keep stating that fact, otherwise we will have in our minds complied with despots.

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 10:29 am

“Indeed. Working independently is where it’s at. Corporate work is the pits.”

Agree DB…it was a joke. Rukshan and Avi are doing magnificent work as independent journalists. Clennell is a corporatist parasite. But it’s nice that Sky is giving a platform to Rukshan.

Bar Beach Swimmer
September 26, 2021 10:29 am

Great Outsiders this morning! In fact I think it’s the best ever.

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 26, 2021 10:29 am

Dot,
Big difference between legal and proper

rickw
rickw
September 26, 2021 10:30 am

A mate of mine is doing just that, only his will likely have a Continental O-200.

That’s cool, can we make Arky angry by stealing his engine anyway?

Cassie of Sydney
September 26, 2021 10:32 am

Rowan Dean’s “J’Accuse” is magnificent.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 26, 2021 10:32 am

I reckon if the Chunks took Taiwan we’d do nothing. As per the USA and everyone else.

Then the “rest of the world” would be rooted for 5-10 years as effectively the manufacture of 90% of the worlds chips would be in Chinese control.

And we know they would never abuse that sort of monopoly…

Mr Chapman isn’t convinced that the market is up for grabs. He argues that Asia-based chip makers, such as those in Taiwan, China and South Korea, are already racing to meet demand, and will likely continue to dominate in the future.

lil’ Kim will be an excellent tool to spook the markets…

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 26, 2021 10:33 am
Shy Ted
Shy Ted
September 26, 2021 10:34 am

Bruce of Newcastlesays: September 25, 2021 at 9:55 pm
The only author whilst reading I’ve physically fallen off a chair laughing.

Try Tom Sharpe, Blott or any other of his. You might just miss bedtime.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 26, 2021 10:35 am

Roger – The pertinent question is when Taiwan acquired nuclear weapons. China has only recently developed the capability to take the island by force. Those nuke plants have been there quietly for a long time. South Africa had built deployable nuclear weapons by the mid 1980’s.

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