Open Thread – Mon 20 Dec 2021
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Hizzoner spake thusly
To quote my best friend’s dear ol’ Mum* upon discovering his copy of “The Antichrist” in about 1980: “Who is this Nyeechee person?”.
She’s still with us, as dignified as ever and living in the family home in Bankstown. Nearing 95 and still coping with recently having lost her beloved James at 97 (i.e. in April this year).
They were/are real working class people, not self aggrandising scum like that vile preposterous pretender keating.
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calli says:
December 23, 2021 at 11:56 am
BBS, you have to do the emojis the old fashioned way. Colons, semi colons, brackets, and a capD for a big smile.Like this. ?
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Lysander, re who gets exemptions. A few weeks ago, when that arseh*le Andrews moved to bring in the mandates in Viccy, the courts (the judges and court staff) pointed out that the separation of powers restricted the govt from mandating that sector. So Andrews folded on it.
Commonwealth, justice employees in Victoria granted vaccine exemption (Sky News 9/10/21)
Authorised workers in Victoria have been given a reprieve after the Andrews government backflipped on plans to enforce a COVID vaccination mandate.
All Commonwealth employees as well as people who work in connection with court proceedings will be exempt with a government spokesperson saying the relaxation is an attempt to avoid “jurisdictional limitations”.
The change will apply to judges, lawyers, security guards and police officers
Zip, my sister’s doctor won’t see the unvaccinated.
I’m with Rick on this – despite being private businesses, most of their income is taxpayer derived, which under the Australian universal health system known as Medicare, should be enough to remind these tax hooverers of their Hippocratic Oath to their fellow man.
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Something a little more traditional for Dover.
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Just put the last very over tired and very over excited child to bed. Hopefully it’s now Silent Night. Cooked dinner for 10, tomorrow lunch for 14.
Big Santa now has a nice glass of scotch, some gingerbread and a chocolate. He appears to be quite content with the stopover, might stay a while. His elves are all enjoying a glass of Lodge Hill Shiraz.
Happy Christmas one and all.
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Well Cats, it’s been the week from Box City Mk 2 down here in sunny Jerra, over the border from the Greenie Nirvana of Canberra.
Took a break from unpacking, hanging pictures, installing Mrs TE’s in the cupboard twin-bins, two trips to Bunnings etc etc, to meet up with RugbySkier for a local coffee – many thanks mate. Together we plan to storm Parliament House next month and install our own version of government.
A happy Christmas to all.
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Lovely banner. Who is the artist?
(I cheated…if you open the picture as an image you can see the name of the painting. Then a DDG search gets you the artist! I will never be an art cognosniffy.)
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Bluddee hell jupes – here’s mine (minus the day display). My suits are going to need fumigation and dry cleaning in order to ever do it justice. In the meantime, it’s been gathering much dust. Along with this.
I’ve become so habituated to padding around the house in sports clothes over the last six months that wearing a suit again seems ridiculous pointless and quite frankly, ostentatious.
Thanks, hitlerists!
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Collectivists, being unlistenable (again) …
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Merry Christmas All!
Little Bloke just crashed, Christmas started yesterday for him, he spent most of the day with two of his mates in one of his mates new house (I got to spend the afternoon carefully making holes in walls for paintings and mirrors). Today we drove up to the farm visiting friends on the way. One of his mates also came to visit so they spent the afternoon playing with the dogs and catching tadpoles. Evening rounded out with a BBQ and appreciation of Nana and Grandpa’s extensive Christmas Lights. He was on the couch watching Carols with Nana before mum called it, time to go to bed before you fall off!
They’re all having Maximum Christmas despite Australian Politicians best efforts to stuff up everything!
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Feeling ever more emboldened in his now out of control Parisian mood, Paul tries out yet more schoolboy French to woo a (getting increasingly grumpy) continental bohemian lass …
“err, Où sont les vestes blanches de levi, mademoiselle?”
Continental bohemian lass: Storms off, having never been so insulted in her entire life.
Paul: “Sacré bleu, mademoiselle Ellie ne me traiterait jamais comme ça”:(
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Oops, WHO just left all Australian CHO’s and Politicians standing alone on Mong Island with COVID policies that not even they are dumb enough to support:
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you should ask Santa for the Monaco
jupes – santa seems to have a selective hearing and reading problem whenever I grant him my wish list.
He still hasn’t delivered me one of these, for example … 🙁
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Moment Kings Cross cop turns the tables on a bumbag wearing dad who was filming her – firing back with pepper spray and a brutal takedown
Angry dad confronted two police officers to claim one swore in front of his kids
The furious father took pictures of one of the officers before following her
As she walked off, he kept photographing her until she pulled out pepper spray
She snapped: ‘Get out of my f***ing face’ as she unleashed a spray in his facePosted upthread – wouldn’t pepperspraying someone who was taking pictures of you, be considered an excessive use of force? Any of the bush lawyers on the Cat help out?
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china in focus
01:05 Intel apologizes to China following backlash
04:09 Biden signs bill to ban imports from Xinjiang
06:15 China’s Xi’an city under strict lockdown
07:49 #Lithuania MP: Communism is in trash can of history
08:41 3 Chinese vax doses ineffective vs. Omicron: Study
09:31 China warns celebrities over tax evasion
10:50 HK University removes Tiananmen massacre statue
12:48 China creates state-run rare earth giant
13:54 Report: U.S., Japan plan in case of Taiwan crisis
15:59 TikTok is most-visited site in 2021
16:30 JD.com shares plummet after Tencent giveaway
18:55 Logjam: the journey of one Chinese export
21:18 Well preserved baby dinosaur found inside egg -
What have they done to us?
Paul Joseph Watson -
Too bad about all the sundered families at this sacred time, across this wide brown land, Craigo.
At least you took a stand and stated loudly that what your contemporaries are doing to us is obscene and unconscionable.
I have a dream – that my nephew will say to me sometime soon, “What my father and your brother did is wrong”.
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(Was listening to Ol’ Blue Eyes sing Christmas carols earlier. This one is quite lovely for a Christmas song – sorry, can’t link).
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the yule-tide gay
Next year all our troubles will be miles awayOnce again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Will be near to us once moreSomeday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow
Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas nowOnce again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Will be near to us once moreSomeday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow
Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas nowPs I very much value all your friendships; and the laughing, ribbing and p1ss taking, as well as the truly amazing insights on so many varied subjects.
And DB, thanks for taking it upon yourself to not just “fill the gap” this year but to make the Cat even better.
Best wishes for Christmas,
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You Am I : Dress Me Slowly
Best album evah.
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Calli:
Just put the last very over tired and very over excited child to bed. Hopefully it’s now Silent Night. Cooked dinner for 10, tomorrow lunch for 14.
Big Santa now has a nice glass of scotch, some gingerbread and a chocolate. He appears to be quite content with the stopover, might stay a while. His elves are all enjoying a glass of Lodge Hill Shiraz.
Happy Christmas one and all.Just think Calli, a Feminist would say you got the raw end of the deal – you did all the work and did it for free. You could have been managing a multinational corporation and had servants to do all this stuff. Curse that Glass Ceiling!
However, the rest of us know who got the best deal – the intangibles are priceless for a reason.
Merry Christmas to everyone, and may the WZV die a cold, lonely, and miserable death in the New Year. -
Rickw:
Oops, WHO just left all Australian CHO’s and Politicians standing alone on Mong Island with COVID policies that not even they are dumb enough to support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHk71KuOvGc
The ‘Great Scramble to Get Out of The Painted Corner’ picks up speed.
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Zipster:
From your China in Focus:
12:48 China creates state-run rare earth giant – This has been an issue for nearly three years and there has still been no move to use our own (the Wests) resources?
21:18 Well preserved baby dinosaur found inside egg – Great stuff – No chance of any dNA being recoverable, so no chance of Santa bringing us 2 meter carnivorous flying chickens in the near future.
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Rabz:
I have a dream – that my nephew will say to me sometime soon, “What my father and your brother did is wrong”.
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Just specify size, and colour (only XL and 2XL available in black and white atm.) just send me an email or reply here with nearest post office you can pick it up from.
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