Dear Colonel Sneakers,
As the proud voter in a one-Party state, I will not allow the present crisis to go to waste. Please ask your team to report on how much small business benefits from WA Government regulation. Have them explain how compliance issues should be costed and where in the Government the small business person should present their bill for costs of compliance.
Then pass that info on to the small business sector.
Disgusted of Perth.

Breaking news – the Andrews government will introduce their new Emergency Powers bill into the Lower House tomorrow, to be rammed through this week. And perhaps they will try to push it through the Upper House as well. A bill that as I type is still secret.

Normally a bill should be introduced and left to sit on the notice paper for two weeks before passing through the Lower House, and then sit for another two weeks before it comes to the Upper House. It would be extraordinary for them to try to push it through both houses in the same week the bill was first shown to the Victorian people.

This is the kind of behaviour you expect to see in a Banana Republic. Which should surprise nobody if they have been watching the government in action over the last 18 months.

Some people object to referring to the Premier as Dictator Dan. But sometimes, when the Jackboot fits, it has to be worn.

Makka says:
October 25, 2021 at 5:57 pm
… [John] Constable. Must have been 10 of his glorious paintings on display. I sat in there for hours soaking them in. I don’t know what it was but the paintings all portrayed the simplicity of rural English life that was very calming , soothing …

I love his art. So much of it is like the corner of Australia that we moved to, now with our our third generation calling it home.

Should be interesting watching Chairman Dan, as he realises the election is upon him, and he has a year to make nice with an electorate which has seen businesses collapse by up to 50% of their numbers, according to some analysts. In addition to that, you have all of the mental trauma of separated and divided families and groups in the cycle of the world’s longest lockdowns.

He has until 26 November 2022. Victoria has fixed terms. He has 55 out of 88 seats in the lower house at present.

Of course, actions like proroguing parliament, or dissolving it early somehow, are all in the mix.

the Andrews government will introduce their new Emergency Powers bill into the Lower House tomorrow

Sieg Heil Mein Fuhrer!
Oops. sorry, my artificial arm has a mind of its own.
In a spirit of bold curiosity.

Dear Colonel Sneakers,
Having grown up in the belief that Australia was a corruption-free paradise for ordinary decent citizens, I was a little alarmed by certain behaviour of Labor governments in the 1980s. Recent information has come to hand, suggesting that certain practices of that time were abandoned because better lurks have been found to spend one’s bagmen’s effort running.
To prevent the ignominy that is certainly coming the way of the only party in WA’s Parliament, you should pack several large envelopes with fine, used Australian 50-dollar bills, and have them delivered to
Disgusted of Perth.

Dr John Wakefield PSM
Director-General
Queensland Health.

Extracts from a message from the above, dated today:

It is my obligation to ensure your safety in the workplace, the safety of your co-workers, patients and visitors and the community; this is why this Directive and Policy is in place; we know that vaccination against COVID-19 is highly effective and safe.

Getting vaccinated is the right thing to do. Staff have a legitimate expectation that they can be as safe as possible in the workplace, and if you are not vaccinated, you are putting yourself, your colleagues and patients at risk. In New South Wales and Victoria, we have seen the effects of transmission of COVID-19 to patients inside hospitals and the tragic outcomes for these people. We all have a duty to minimise this risk and I intend to take a very firm stance on this critical safety issue.

If you haven’t responded to calls to upload your vaccination details and have not applied for an exemption, then you are not compliant with the requirement to be vaccinated and from 1 November will not be able to enter a facility where care is provided to undertake your duties. You can expect to be notified in writing and maybe the subject of a discipline pathway.

My primary objective is to provide a safe workplace. I don’t want to be pursuing a disciplinary pathway. However, I will not hesitate to do so for staff who fail to comply with this reasonable condition of employment, in order to provide a safe workplace.

The time for “please” is gone. Get vaccinated—it is the right thing to do and this Directive will be enforced from 1 November.

2. Can the government prevent you leaving on a private jet if you are not vacced?

I left Australia once on a private charter flight. The flight plan gets lodged and approved, then about 45 minutes before departure time some immigration staff drive up and check your passports.

No need to pick an aircraft that can go all the way in one stretch, one fuelling stop wouldn’t be to difficult and would also allow the pilots to stay in their hours.

You can drop me off in Saipan, it’s on your way!

My wife was very pleased with her tutoring day at a local High school.
One of the uncool fifteen years old boys was at our farm collecting a wild bee hive over the weekend.
My wife raised the subject with the boy in class and suddenly all the hot shots were listening to the lad tell his bee collecting story.
“How do you do it?”
“Did you get stung?”
“Any money in it?”
Centre of attention and for once knew all the answers.
He’s a good lad with a passion for beekeeping and I look forward to buying some of his honey.

The time for “please” is gone. Get vaccinated—it is the right thing to do and this Directive will be enforced from 1 November.

I can’t wait for “fuck you” time to come.

“Did you get stung?”

Bee men are unsung heroes.
Seriously important people.
Anyone who does it deserves a medal.

BeeHero’s precision pollination platform wings its way to $19M in new funding (7 Oct)

This story is like a window to another planet.

If the liars get back in, which seems likely given scomo’s cowardice they will enact Finkelstein’s proposals. Those proposals will capture not just Murdoch but outlets like this. Think about it.

What’s the old saying? Turnabout is fair play. I see more trouble for SMH and FB.

Anyway, this is an entertainment site for lovers of sadism and ridicule (the more tame of French obsessions, the Liars share more in common with Gilles de Rais)…(whips it out and starts pissing on Kevin Rudd)…

News?

More Hendra Virus?
I hope they look for other stuff like Marburg and Barmah River viruses.
Or would that offend?

Areff:
Let me guess.
It’s French, isn’t it?

Victoria’s permanent state of emergency legislation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTbvtZGI-w

……. and he was ranting about pedophilia conspiracies.

That stuff does sound deranged but I wonder if you watched the program on SBS last night on this topic. It is breathtaking what is happening on the internet re pedophiles. There are scores of thousands of Australians on one site alone. Another ‘Child Play’ has 1m international members. I realised as I watched it that like most people I am totally uninformed.

I now wonder about the disappearance of the little girl in WA. And that little boy in a Spider-Man costume (in Moe was it)a few years ago. Some say these things are highly organised and done to order for a voracious clientele. Once I would have mocked this as a conspiracy theory. Now I dunno.

Bruce of Newcastle says:
October 25, 2021 at 8:07 pm

Interesting article, thanks Bruce.

Our Foxtel is down, wait time has moved from 15 minutes to 30 minutes and keeps getting longer. It insists we are not subscribers. I am furious as I wanted to see Succession tonight. So did everyone else apparently.

After the kerfuffle I had with my son’s Vodafone payments and trying to unsubscribe to these cc payments with the receiver, and various other payments I have to make for others, I am now unhappy to link my credit card to ongoing subscriptions as they can be scammed if you can’t easily unsubscribe. Thus I’ve contributed a modest year’s worth in one go as a one-off to the Cat, and will contribute more if needed.

Hairy now wrestling with Indian voice regarding what has happened to our Foxtel subscription. Endless hassle. I’m sorry, but I didn’t catch that, can you repeat it please etc. etc. And no Succession, which will have to another nite now or later tonight.

Oh noes! She’s just wished him a lovely night. Dear oh dear me.

No I’m not having a lovely night, he says loudly to the universe at large.

Apparently we are not the only ones. They are working on it.

I feel sorry for the poor call operators. It’s not their fault.

Lotocoti:

you can dial 1800 CODGER and they will send you a hard copy certificate.
That number may be incorrect.
Crystal was only interested in discussing what she was wearing.

Sure you didn’t dial 1800 TODGER?

Not Trampis/Homer Paxton is babbling a lot over at CL’s blog. I gather that he is employed by Macquarie Uni (definitely not sandstone, more red brick), but does anyone know what he does there? Also, In my time at the Old Cat, I do not recall him. Did he and the Doomlord have strong differences?

From Virology Journal 2005, the official publication of Fauci’s National Institute of Health

https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-422X-2-69

Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread

Daniel Andrews warns Victorians may LOSE their freedoms when their ‘six months is up’ if they don’t get their booster shots in time – as the state records 1,461 new Covid cases

whatever plan they are working off it seems to be universal

Ellen of Tasmania says:
October 25, 2021 at 8:26 pm

Yes, I read that yesterday, Ellen.
As the Director-General keeps repeating, however, the vaccines are SAFE.
Unfortunately, these people get to make up their own definitions with impunity.
I’ve noted with interest that he and others of his status have been careful not to explicitly state that the vaccines prevent transmission, but imply it.

JC

Thanks, that clarifies a lot.

In the spirit of JC nicknames, I have taken to calling him Non Compos Mentis. He in turn, refers to me as a deplorable.

He doesn’t seem to be very bright.

Regarding Homer Paxton/Not Trampis:

I can only presume that dear Homer has somehow fallen afoul of even Steve of Brisbane, after both he and Homer lost the ability to vibe-check m0nty on his own blog.

Since he has nobody to toady up to, I suspect he is now drifting aimlessly to try and ‘m0nty’ at contributors he remembers from OldCat…

Thanks Rex.

Indolent says:
October 25, 2021 at 6:47 pm
If you want to get them out of the state, this might be a way. Things change so rapidly. By 1 December no one will need to show proof of vaccination in NSW. Dan may well follow suit if he’s embarrassed enough.
Reading all this is simply unbelievable. It sounds like trying to escape from East Germany. Does anyone still remember when this was a free country?

That’s exactly what I was thinking as I was reading about it. This madness has got to stop.

Have you ever thought that Bosi might be closer than you to know what is going on behind the scenes?

He’s a chicken hawk.
Just because he speaks well doesn’t mean shit.

Saef (noun)-
2. A catch-all term for increasingly restrictive and abusive limitations imposed on peoples’ freedoms of movement, association, employment and pursuit of satisfaction in life. Characterised by governmental paternalism, infantilisation of what little discussion and dissent is permitted on the matter, and a desperate, seemingly common desire to live life at its barest minimum as a preference to the possibility of (apparently) premature death.

The AFP must have been taking Big Websites classes.
Big threat, big threat, are you all scared yet?
Bosi is the same.

Saef is a contribution to the Catictionary from The Combined Peoples’ Republiks of Australistan’s Guide to NewSpeak, 2019-2021 Edition.

SNL are now making gags at Biden’s expense.
That’s how bad things are for him.

Bruce O’Newk:

Didn’t they burn Joan of Arc at stake?

Has everyone forgotten?! We hate the French! We fight wars against them! Did all those men die in vain on the fields of Agincourt?! Was the man who burnt Joan of Arc simply wasting good matches?!

Blackadder.

Hard then to avoid concluding that children are being vaccinated primarily to try to achieve herd immunity for the benefit of the elderly.

Just as likely that the government promised pfizer etc, it would guarantee 90+% vaccination rate in Australia over the next four years to be allowed to buy their products.

Either that or FEAS with a silent ‘S’. (Pronounced Fee-ah).

Might be word adding that one in as a cross-reference or ‘see also,’ Muddy… 😉

Only six days remain for you to join with the people against the tyranny of which you are part.
If you do not, may God have mercy on your soul in the next life because we the people will have no mercy on the guilty in this one.
Consider this carefully.

Sounds like a threat to the magistrate.

Oh fuck.
6 days.

I may have mentioned this some time ago. A lifetime back, one of the platoon commanders in my rifle company was a bloke by the name of Peter Tinley. He was a great big unit, markedly different to the inspid specimens we usually saw straight out of ADFA, and he was a fucking maniac.

A great platoon commander, by all accounts (he wasn’t mine) but he’d flog those poor blokes in his platoon senseless with PT, more PT, extra PT and additional PT. And rope climbing with full pack. All the time. We did enough of that as it was, but Tinley was next level.

He spent a pile of time in the Army, most of it in one form of SF or another, and now he’s a long-serving Labor pollie in WA. How, I will never know but someone told me years ago he went down the path of liaison office in other countries, or similar.

Apparently a good bloke. Never had adverse dealings with him. Vote for him? Fuck off, he was a lunatic when I knew him and I have no idea what his skill sets are outside of the ADF.

Genuine question.
Could Dre release “Bitches Aint Shit But Hoes & Tricks” today?

calli says:
October 25, 2021 at 6:23 pm

The only way we get herd immunity is to contract the virus. Which our idiot “protectors” have shielded us from for two years.

Not exactly -the “immunity only from contracting the virus” part. Apparently being relatively healthy and hanging around people who have contracted the virus seems to do the trick. Such as caring for a sick relative or, suprise, suprise exposed medical personnel like nurses. For example:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22036-z

“Here we report virus-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell memory in recovered COVID-19 patients and close contacts. …suggesting close contacts are able to gain T-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 despite lacking a detectable infection.”

Or, as there are voluminous studies demonstrating, have previously been exposed to the non-weaponised relative of SARS-Cov2. For example:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd3871

“Several studies have reported that some people who have not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 have preexisting reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 sequences….the preexisting reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 comes from memory T cells and that cross-reactive T cells can specifically recognize a SARS-CoV-2 epitope as well as the homologous epitope from a common cold coronavirus.”

Genuine question.
Could Dre release “Bitches Aint Shit But Hoes & Tricks” today?

He wouldn’t, but Kanye would if he wasn’t religious.

Prince would, Dave Chapelle would and Charlie Murphy would.

TBH, it would be Miley Cyrus.

Someone from the Public Health Unit in your area may contact you or your health provider if they require more information for reporting and surveillance purposes.

Or as we 40k folk would put it:

*BLAM!*

JC says:
October 25, 2021 at 10:13 pm
…an active shooter.

Remarks like that could bring unwanted attention to the blog. Not so smart.

Even Janet Yellen Thinks Bidenflation Will Last Well Into 2022… Stock Up NOW!
Styxhexenhammer666

Due to the large number of adverse events being reported throughout Queensland we are unable to routinely contact every reporter individually. Someone from the Public Health Unit in your area may contact you or your health provider if they require more information for reporting and surveillance purposes. If you have any concerns about ongoing symptoms or future vaccinations, please speak to your GP or Healthcare provider.

There is very obviously a D-notice now in operation throughout Australia on the reporting of adverse reactions and deaths. A few months ago, deaths from vaccination were routinely reported. Then it very suddenly ended.

Government Is Not the Solution to The Unravelling of the World Economy.

I have no intention of becoming involved J.C. However, if you have credible information of a possible threat to public safety, the relevant local authorities would be the ones to directly report to, rather than an online blog where others, uninvolved, may be affected by having an important social interaction removed.

Is it heresy, progress or just as planned?

It’s kinda hard to tell- It is as if the world’s governments’ policy decisions flip 50:50 between Chaotic Evil and Chaotic Stupid at any given point in time.

You’d think the Gretchin Revolutionary Committee had finally succeeded.

Zoggin’ Grots. Deys all needz a good krumpin’, I tells ya…

#WAAAAAAAGH
#TheCodexAstartesDoesSupportThisAction

Here’s a black pill.

Australia is the B Ark.

Here’s a red pill.

It always was.

The blackest pill would be if the UK’s first recorded case of the dreaded lurgi was contracted from a dirty telephone…

There’s a third – we don’t want to pay for the pineapple the government wants to stick up our arses.
Perhaps the third reason hasn’t occurred to them.

To date (sorry), I haven’t noticed any Covid pineapple shyness from the Palacechook Government.

if you have credible information of a possible threat to public safety, the relevant local authorities would be the ones to directly report to

Yep. Sinclair’s position. If it is worth reporting, report it to the cops. Their problem then.

Protects the blog.

Wow. Snap.

I need to learn how to type faster.

I’ve seen it, and I’m of the opinion that no – one could read the staff officer’s handwriting.

Doctors seem to be able to get away with it.

Perrottet still hasn’t abolished vaccine passports and freed Gladys’s slaves.

Not a good look now.