The German and Austrian fourth reich is staring to look very silly as positive case numbers now double and the free Poms see the results of sit tight and watch.
Boris is a useless blowhard but sometimes his lack of real action is a positive.

Dover

Just a suggestion it would take little effort to make “report comment” less vulnerable to false positives. Like shifting it over to the right.

I’m old enough to remember when the media viewed Border Force as the bad guys.

Australia is proper fucked.

h/t Mickey the pikey bastard.

Her head nearly burst “we haven’t got any RAT kits, we don’t have any supplies coming. What the hell are we supposed to do but shut the doors to everyone?

You have reached level 1945 Berlin!

My favourite meme right now.

https://ifunny.co/picture/hey-friend-listen-i-know-the-world-is-scary-right-eTigYGOX8

Someone made the meme into a vid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVueEr6GnHI

Razeysays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:16 am
Franxsays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:08 am
So much for the vaccines.
Ironic that not even the vaxxed can access privileges – eg Melbourne baths-pool is unavailable; also eateries, by the look of things. Seems the vaxxed are testing and isolating. Gloomy old town.

Everyone should now fully understand that the vax does nothing.

So why is there push back to their ‘boosters’?

No push back I mean.

Some triple vaxxed obese cow from The View has got the spicy cough.
Just like Whoopi, they are shocked they got it.
How, how ?

Mark Steyn says India is using ivermectin.
Is there anyway possible – apart from going there – to see if this is true/verified by credible sources?
Genuine question.

The one question that needs to be defined by the powers that be is by what measure is the coof and its associated countermeasures deemed to have ended. Strangely it is one aspect of it all that never seems to get any mention.

o why is there(no) push back to their ‘boosters’?

Cognitive dissonance.

Interesting article by Gottliebson where he describes the power of the ATO and pollimuppets’ inability to take them on.

ftb- isn’t Twitter documentation enough?
A quicker way to establish whether country x is using ivermectin, is to ask if country x has actively restricted it, usually in a batch along with the q’s and artemisinin.
I’d love to find a chart with countries arranged as geographic neighbours down the table, a list of “measures” across the top, like home detention, IVM, dodgy needles, and within the cells values like “compulsory” and “illegal”. In Japan, IVM is compulsory: Aus is illegal. Lockdowns in Aus: Japan illegal. In Europe, Moderna illegal (for u-50’s): Canada, compulsory.

A new low for Fairfax/Nine.
They are now combining the NSW/Victoria cases/deaths.

Headline:

66,000 cases, 24 deaths in NSW, Vic

Franksays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:31 am
The one question that needs to be defined by the powers that be is by what measure is the coof and its associated countermeasures deemed to have ended. Strangely it is one aspect of it all that never seems to get any mention.

Because it will never end.

That is a NYC summer. Mid-June through to mid-Sept. The subway platform is a sauna.

Don’t forget the tasseled loafers and pressed jeans.

shatterzzzsays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:50 am
Uncharacteristically sloppy reporting by TheirABC. Somewhat important data has apparently been overlooked. Can you guess what it is?

From the same article this is pretty good double-speak .. yer damned if ya duz & damne dif ya dusn’t .. LOL!

“The problem with vaccinations is they take many weeks to work until you’re fully covered and what we are seeing at the front line is just massive numbers of people wanting to come in and get vaccinated now.
“There’s also large numbers of people who have been fully vaccinated and done the right thing but who now need boosters, and unfortunately we just cannot vaccinate and boost the entire Gold Coast in a few days.”

It’s all lies.

Mark Steyn says India is using ivermectin.
Is there anyway possible – apart from going there – to see if this is true/verified by credible sources?
Genuine question.

Bern – Jonova has been doing a fair number of ivermectin in India blog posts.

https://joannenova.com.au/?s=ivermectin+india

I haven’t looked in detail but there are various links in them that seem authoritative.

Anyone got any suggestions, please? I’ve bought some double sided adhesive tape, but haven’t tested it out yet.

Get an MX-5 and regale us with tales of the Khmer Rouge, Uncle Squire.

We have a flounce. Flounce alert!

Something I hope to get involved with when in the UK in Spring.
A very worthwhile charity. Article on them in the Christmas edition of The Spectator.

Friends of friendless churches.

The one question that needs to be defined by the powers that be is by what measure is the coof and its associated countermeasures deemed to have ended. Strangely it is one aspect of it all that never seems to get any mention.

Frank Johnson is right!
Please Deathly Dan. what signals the end of the epidemic?

Queensland’s Chief Health Officer John Gerrard yesterday said almost a quarter of all people hospitalised in the state for the virus were on the Gold Coast, suggesting the city was experiencing a “significant surge” in cases.

The holiday destination where 100,000 vaccinated covid karens have just moved in?

Also, I’ve said since day one, the true power driving this – the public health classes, have never lied about their intentions. And it is their full intention that you will be taking these drugs every couple of months for the rest of your life.

“Whether it’s by natural infection or vaccination, by hook or by crook we need to get herd immunity up to stop the virus circulating.

“Basically, this is the game we’re playing for the next three, four or five years.”

Thanks Bruce.

I wish my runny nose would flounce. And my sandpaper eyes.

It’s hot and steamy here too. At least I have an excuse to sit back and watch the weeds grow from the comfort of my armchair and aircon.

Pogriasays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:54 am
Bear,

Found it!

On cue. One of the usual suspects.

Chemical science

Err, “molecular engineering”.

It’s hot and steamy here too. At least I have an excuse to sit back and watch the weeds grow from the comfort of my armchair and aircon.

Enjoy, Calli. Taking to one’s chair is a grandma’s last resort.

I’m due at the docs at eleven.
Probably will pick up some Covid on the way as will drop into Coles for some milk.
If not there, then the doc’s is also a likely place for a dose. 🙂

I think EVs for town usage are a much better option. They have excellent performance and seem like a great deal of fun to drive. The big drawback for many though is ideally you need a home charging kit.

The problem is breakdowns. Even on major highways we have tiny little towns. There isn’t much in Gunning or Collector. Victoria might be better in that regard to NSW. Who in 100+ km has servicing capabilities?

Just assume that, as all the symptoms line up, that you have it. Or a head cold.

It is literally a cold. It always was.

Perfect Covid gift for the Karen in you family.

Have we reached bottom?! ‘Reusable’ toilet paper touted to save trees – Say hello to the ‘Family Cloth Reusable Toilet Paper’ – ‘Eco-friendly Washable Toilet Paper’ (10 Jan)

Not only do they no longer have to panic buy toilet paper but they’re saving Gaia too!

The usual suspects.

I’m the good looking one.

How did this John Gerrard chap get the gig?
It seems like he doesn’t bullshit like the rest of the CMO’s.

Indeed. He stands alone amongst the CMO’s in terms of speaking science rather than The Science.

Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard has reassured parents they should not be anxious about children being infected with COVID-19, describing the effects on youth as a mild respiratory illness.

“In reality, the biggest risk is not to the children themselves. It’s the people around them, to their parents and their grandparents,” he said.

“So as much as anything else, these two extra weeks give us an opportunity for others who might be at risk to get that third dose [of vaccine].

“If I’m pushing anything, it’s that in particular.”

Obviously not as credible as the average trusted blogger, but getting there.

Who in 100+ km has servicing capabilities?

Forget the car. Find a equipped hospital outside of Melbin metro.
Human service stations outside of the city are pretty bad too.

Final word on power tools.

Blue bosch are the nicest and best ones.

In reality, I have 18, 36 V Ryobi and green bosch, but 18V. I buy better spec hand tools because I need them for my car. I can slum it with power tools.

Sparkies I know use Milwaukee and AEG. Carpenters I know use Makita.

I’d settle for de Walt (I really, really like Blue bosch and Milwaukee) because they make the best and strongest electric torque drills (Milwaukee come second).

Anyway, I have set up the nephew with hand tools, he does need a workbench and and I have looked at jigs for dovetailing etc.

After that, it’s power tools. Might go for Ryobi because of the ease of use, interoperability etc and vast range of tools available.

Over the next two birthdays and Christmases, I can set him up before he hits Year 10 and has to make some decisions.

I have to show him some quotes for work in the ACT. I’d rather he grow up fleecing the pubes than becoming one.

If you own an EV outside of Sydney & Melbourne, you’re going to struggle.

In Sydney & Melbourne too. The powers have discovered how costly those poles and wires will be.

EV’s destined to pay for upgrading electrical grids (10 Jan)

UK regulations coming into force in June 2022, will restrict charging times, as new chargers in the home and workplace are to automatically switch off in peak times to avoid potential blackouts.

1. New UK chargers will be pre-set to not function during 9-hours of peak loads, from 8am to 11am (3-hours), and 4pm to 10pm (6-hours).

2. In addition, all home installed UK electric vehicle chargers will be required to be separately metered and send this information to a Smart meter data communications network.

3. Potentially, this UK legislation allows the electricity used for charging EVs to be charged and taxed at a higher rate than domestic electricity.

The UK technology enacted also enables the rationing of electricity for EV charging because the UK government can decide when and if an EV can be charged, plus allowing the EV battery to be drained into the UK grid if required.

All this will come to EV owners as a rude shock methinks, especially when they plug in to charge it and nothing happens. Or if they park and hook up their nearly full car and find it empty next morning after the government drained all the electrons. Another fun thing would be when 10pm comes around and suddenly a million EVs start charging…

…telling everybody how much the Australian public hates Serbian tennis players, and Djokovic in particular.

You hear this a lot.
But is it true?

On a personal level Djokovic appears a little cold. But a no-bullshit player – and clearly close to being the tennis GOAT.

It could just be that he is about to shade Rod Laver’s adopted son.

Final word on power tools.

Young and naïve.
There is never a ‘final word’ on power tools.

Cohenite

EVs use more then an average house does, and with the grid already under strain in supplying current demand, and with Liddell and other coal fired power plants closing soon, there simply will not be available power to charge the fucking things.

exactly.
One just has to look at Australia’s energy consumption. No doubt similar to other 1st-world countries.
https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-energy-statistics-state-and-territory

transport is about 1/3 of total energy consumption.

Electrickery is only about 1/4

Oh, and of course household electrickery is a fraction of that 1/4!

D Alex
@D_Alex_connect
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Novak Djokovic

Gottleinsen should go on Mastermind. His special topic would be stating the bleeding obvious.

Hello Battery Pack,

The Leaf Blower is back on the shelf.

I say again, the Leaf Blower is back on the shelf.

Lawn Trimming to be expected on Wednesday.

Out.

Family Cloth has been a “thing” for a while now, even before the BogRoll War of 2020.

Doesn’t everyone use a bidet that uses Evian ?

Two years of letting these people operate the levers of power and run the place like they’re playing a civilisation builder video game on god mode, and your supermarket shelves are empty, abattoirs are banned from operating, farmers are being prevented from taking their food to market, hospitals are collapsing, nurses are banned from nursing – ideologically purged, schools aren’t operating, thousands of teachers ideologically purged, and police state tyranny is found from one end of the country to the other in ever more frantic and insane pursuit of preventing their vast centrally controlled system from ‘collapsing’.

And they’re talking about doing this for another five years. without the slightest bit of introspection that the current chaos, is 100% their fault.

If this goes on for even another twelve months you’ll be on rations and the camps will be operating for ‘wreckers‘ (unvaccinated – including unboosted). As night follows day, every formerly wealthy country that comes under this revolution, this mania, finds itself under the central command and control this type of class of people goes through the same progression. For the first couple of years things on the surface are politically nasty and short and sharp, but life generally goes on, society’s systems delivering as they always did. But there’s a lot of inertia in a country and under the surface the old systems are fighting to keep operating and delivering, but the reality is they’re dying and they’re being wrecked and all the moments of ‘chaos’ happen more frequently and last longer and then of a sudden, all at once, everyone wakes up and things just suddenly seem to be terrible everywhere and they don’t get better.

Rex Angersays:
January 11, 2022 at 10:30 am

thanks very much for the link Rex, much appreciated. I will be in touch with them. You never know where a link can send you. I am too decrepit to go fossicking for anything other than mushrooms and local herbs.

The ‘Family Cloth’.

Dad’s just been in the bathroom, I would give it a while kids.

Daylight saving? What’s that?

Been overcast so often my jar of daylight is almost empty.

Tom says:
January 11, 2022 at 9:12 am
Haha! Mark Steyn: Australia is East Germany with koalas.

A must-watch tour de force. (H/T Cassie).

It certainly is . . . Mark Steyn nails it !

It’s quite possible that a dipping point has been reached here in Oz and the insanity might start to unravel very quickly.

That ABC article on the Gold Coast as ‘epicentre because unvaxxed’ is a tissue of lies.

Every single sentence from “Griffith University infectious diseases expert Nigel McMillan ” is propaganda.

“We’re clearly seeing lots of cases there which might otherwise have been prevented or [been] less serious,” Professor McMillan said.”

“might”.

That “might” could fill volumes. Entire careers could be built about critiquing the system which produced the man, the ‘expert’ who builds an entire message to the entire nation in his profession capacity, selling a drug that he wants 100% of the population to accept, around ‘might’.

And then goes on to admit that covid is just the common cold:

Of course the common cold is very good at making our immune system forget, so your one advantage with immunisation is you’re going to get a much longer response to the normal infections.

Boosters are now being mandated at 3 months overseas. Immune systems don’t ‘forget’ that quickly or we would all be dead ten thousand years ago.

I’ve noticed this change in messaging. They’re starting to talk about covid as “one of many” coronaviruses which are the “common cold”. Previously this fact was completely off limits, and any talk of it ruthlessly and aggressively attacked. But now like so many of last years bad-facts, it’s just a statement of fact, no biggie.

I said nearly two years ago that these people, the public health classes, see themselves as making grand history, being placed in the annals alongside the great hygiene movers early last century, the antibiotics discoverers, the small pox eradicators. They see themselves going down in history as being the people who eliminated the common cold from society.

Here, in glorious Shitstraya, our Wide Brown Land pipes allow us to chuck great wodges of tissue and wipes and other unmentionable items down the dunny without a care in the world.

Clearly you have never been into a mens’ room on one of the many roadhouses that dot the Nullabor. Fifty degree heat, stagnant water, blowflies and proportions (diameter) that defy any sane understanding human anatomy. Truckies in other words.

“Might” and Power.

A safe bet.

More on the Wide Brown© Land.
Cairns airport.
Bad snacks on the plane. Desperation rush to the shitters upon landing.
Only 4 shitters. A long queue. Some very very ugly scenes.
Inside and outside the airport buildings.

I said nearly two years ago that these people, the public health classes, see themselves as making grand history, being placed in the annals alongside the great hygiene movers early last century, the antibiotics discoverers, the small pox eradicators.

It is like the WHO claiming in their literature to have eradicated smallpox and polio. While the logistics of actually vaccinating the world are not trivial it is not quite the same as actually coming up with the cure. By a process of elision they (the administrators and managerial types) are trying to lay claim to a success which originates from the medical fraternity.

ZK2A, don’t joke about daylight saving. I’ve tendered a gentleman’s wager that Marx McSneakers will shoo it in after the next election.

Angus Black,

thank you for such a lot of info. It is very thoughtful and I appreciate it as I do everyone else who has been kind enough to answer my query.

I plan on having a large load of fire wood delivered before winter sets in. I have a slow combustion fire in the house I am in now and rate it highly. House I am in now is open plan and the fire heats the whole area such that you walk around in just light t-shirt and even shorts. Never have to wear a jumper when the fire is on.

The house I am moving to is pre-war build. Foot thick, rendered sandstock. It’s funny, some of the render on the internal walls is worn and the wool they used in it is visible. Because of the build, the house is amply insulated. Also, all windows and later additions of sliding glass doors are double glazed. I have been there in the winter and it warms up nicely. The Rayburn is a dream come true for me. I haven’t used one since the late seventies. I have worked as a baker for seven years, and short of building a pizza oven, (on the to do list), am so looking forward to baking bread in a wood fired oven.

There is also a slow combustion heater in the main lounge room. I will be toasty. Your tip about the size of the cut is important. I knew it, but it can never be stressed enough. What will fit in slow combustion will never fit in the oven. This is bringing back memories of having to light the chip heater in the bathroom of a property I worked on also in the seventies. After a hard days work, it was still a hard days work just to have a hot bath!

It does snow where I am going, but nowhere near as cold as you must be in Tassie. I did think about moving to Tassie, but the logistics were overwhelming as I refuse to leave any of my animals behind. Wouldn’t mind replacing furniture, but you can’t leave your mates behind.

Thanks again Angus.

Rexanger:

It is dissidence without actually breaking any laws.

Right up until they make it illegal to not be in gainful employment.

Miltonfsays:
January 11, 2022 at 9:34 am
Interesting article by Gottliebson where he describes the power of the ATO and pollimuppets’ inability to take them on.

Any pollie who tries to take on the ATO will receive an anonymous parcel through the mail, containing the material that “could” be leaked were this issue to be pushed.

How many of them do you really think have pure consciences on tax matters (including all those nice “gifts” they have received over the years)?

Only 4 shitters. A long queue. Some very very ugly scenes.

At a restaurant on the ski slopes at Les Houches. The toilet facilities are in a largish basement room – 1 stall and 1 open urinal – with stairs doglegging down two sides.

A chap gets to push past the 30 ladies waiting on the stairs, undo his layers of ski pants and thermals, and perform – all under the hateful gaze of 60 desperate eyes.
(With some anxiety.)

Right up until they make it illegal to not be in gainful employment.

That is the point of the Lying Down concept. Many of these people remain in gainful employment. They work to rule, or limit any extra jobs beyond what they need to make ends meet.

Unless the Chinese Communist Party makes it law that all Chinese people must work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days per week (The ‘996 philisophy’ the Party and its beneficiaries and sycophants have aggressively nudged China to do for the past 20 years), I doubt the concept will go away.

And the laws of unintended consequences and violent civil pushback would rather ruin their Mandate Under Heaven…