Open Thread – Weekend 15 Jan 2022


The Lady of Shalott looking at Lancelot, John William Waterhouse, 1894

1,699 responses to “Open Thread – Weekend 15 Jan 2022”

  1. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    Aaron says:
    January 15, 2022 at 11:34 am
    “Dr Gerrard said the Covid deaths were happening in a range of settings, including hospitals, aged care facilities, and homes and some people had a short period of illness and then sudden death – often from the heart condition myocarditis”.

    Well fancy that.

    At what point will the slow thinkers begin to connect the dots? Ever, or never?
    What will it take for their sleepy brains to begin detecting patterns?

    It is theatre of the absurd for dummies now.

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  2. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Funnily enough, they have some BS astroturfed shit about Jan 6 people locked up being no biggie because of something that happened in Riker’s Island.

    Same thinking with Pell, people wanting him punished for the sins of others.

    In the Leftist mentality people are not primarily individuals but members of a group.

    It represents a gigantic step backwards for Western civilisation.

  3. Dot Avatar

    Stew Peters show

    [Groaning intensifies]

  4. Dot Avatar

    Marriage is like a Tornado: “In the beginning there’s a lot of blowing and sucking, then you lose your house”.

  5. Dr Faustus Avatar
    Dr Faustus

    Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelled because star seen as ‘talisman’ of anti-vaccine sentiment, lawyers say

    That’s pretty much exactly what ‘Alex Hawke’ said, too.

    Amazing what a roomful of $1500/hr lawyers can do for you.

  6. JC Avatar
    JC

    Duk

    Welcome back. Thanks for the explanation for negative efficacy, although it’s easy to figure what it means by seeing both words together.

    Here’s the issue. Earlier on, Eyrie was suggesting the inherent “negative efficacy” effect of the vaxxes is causing people to get covid twice.

    I pointed out to him that it isn’t surprising people end up getting a different variant of covid, but it’s very very rare to hear someone getting the same variant twice. In fact we have friends living in Miami where the couple got the Alpha and now are just on the recovered side of Delta.

    It was explained to him there is no surprise in people suffering a version of two variants but it is for getting the same strain twice. He seems to have a problems acknowledging this, which is why he gave your negative efficacy recognition. I thought I’d put it out there.

  7. Ed Case Avatar
    Ed Case

    Rex Franger says:
    January 15, 2022 at 2:14 pm

    You’re glowing.

    Self awareness fail there, Franger.

  8. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    Someone I used to think was ok was Jimmy Carter.

    He was pretty rabid at times with the pro Pali anti Israel thing.

  9. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “Same thinking with Pell, people wanting him punished for the sins of others.

    In the Leftist mentality people are not primarily individuals but members of a group.

    It represents a gigantic step backwards for Western civilisation.”

    Yep….it’s not just a gigantic step backwards, it’s dangerous, it’s sinister and it leads directly to lynchings…be it Arndt, Pell, Porter and others…..and note that those targeted are never leftists, it’s always those on the right.

    And the left will never ever admit they get anything wrong.

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  10. JC Avatar
    JC

    Frank says:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:24 pm

    Someone I used to think was ok was Jimmy Carter.

    He was pretty rabid at times with the pro Pali anti Israel thing.

    Look, he was totally useless, but he did one thing really well. He deregulated a lot of spots in the US economy that needed to be deregulated. Airlines would be one example. Airline deregulation may not have been good for the shareholders, but it’s been a boon to consumers.

  11. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “Someone I used to think was ok was Jimmy Carter.”

    Most people gave up on Jimmy Carter back in 1978/79….and then Reagan was elected in a landslide.

    Jimmy Carter was the worst president in US history, until Obama and until the current Sniffer in Chief.

  12. calli Avatar
    calli

    The hostage crisis finished Carter.

  13. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “Zyconoclastsays:
    January 15, 2022 at 3:50 pm
    The UK is bringing in new legislation to ban online racist trolls from attending football stadiums for up to 10 years.

    Now that BloJo has done the important work, he can focus on secondary issues such the child r@p3 gangs.”

    And of course the first person they’ll target is Tommy Robinson.

  14. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “callisays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:30 pm
    The hostage crisis finished Carter.”

    Yes, I remember it well. The failed rescue in particular.

  15. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Old blokesays:

    January 15, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    Even if someone had the means to leave Australia permanently to somewhere more to your liking, would you take your chances with a jabbed airline pilot? 

    Oh, spare me!
    Seriously, if you’re such a bedwetter that a major life decision is going to be determined by such an infinitesimal risk as that, you probably forego the right to bag people worried at Covid as “hysterical COWS”.
    What?
    The risk of both pilots having a stroke or something simultaneously?
    How many airline accidents have there been in the last 18 months caused by pilot incapacitation?
    In fact, how many airline accidents have there been full stop?

  16. Ed Case Avatar
    Ed Case

    Hawke has trodden on Federal judge dick.
    Federal Judges generally dont approve of cases sent for review being “short circuited” by ministers.

    Whatever.
    It’s gone from the Federal Circuit of the Family Court to the Federal Court.
    New judge, different Court.
    If Hawke doesn’t like the decision he can call for a Judicial Review, it’s his right on behalf of all of us.
    Meanwhile, Djoker can sit it out on Nauru.
    He’ll win eventually, say in time for Wimbledon 2033.

  17. calli Avatar
    calli

    Could it be that people are changing their habits? Instead of spending up big on restaurants and fancy clothing, they are doing other things like home improvement or paying down debt?

  18. Old bloke Avatar
    Old bloke

    Old bloke says:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    That link didn’t work, try this one…

    From the 18 minute mark.

  19. Old bloke Avatar
    Old bloke

    That didn’t work either, Rumble must be banned.

  20. Dot Avatar

    It’s gone from the Federal Circuit of the Family Court to the Federal Court.

    Grigory

    This “dumb conservative” schtick is giving you brain damage and compounding previously acquired brain damage.

    Soon you won’t be able to differentiate your beliefs and the kayfabe ones.

    Lefty troll ends his former self and brainwashes himself into a low IQ Freeper.

    Ahh, good times.

  21. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Self awareness fail there, Franger.

    It does help, Grigory, if you pay attention to who is saying what.

    But then again, you are slower than a sloth on a heroin high, so…

  22. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Yep….it’s not just a gigantic step backwards, it’s dangerous, it’s sinister and it leads directly to lynchings…be it Arndt, Pell, Porter and others…..and note that those targeted are never leftists, it’s always those on the right.

    I was also thinking of the potential it creates, in the longer term, for third world style internecine violence. Then you need a strong authoritarian government to keep a lid on things and it’s a downward spiral into tyranny. Leftists don’t realise how precious and fragile our way of life is. By demanding perfection they’re going to destroy it.

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  23. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Microsoft has included a new function in the latest version of its Word software that acts as a checker for inclusivity and offers PC alternatives to phrases which could upset snowflakes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK1cmQ4DTYA

  24. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    This is a great discussion, the Triggernometry guys talking to Theodore Dalrymple…please watch….

    Theodore Dalrymple – The Truth About Crime
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZyS9p-lXLM&list=WL&index=4

    Dalrymple is also very funny.

  25. DrBeauGan Avatar
    DrBeauGan

    Leftists don’t realise how precious and fragile our way of life is. By demanding perfection they’re going to destroy it.

    So many convinced they can build the ideal utopia. So many failures.

    Some ppl never learn from the mistakes of others.

  26. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    This “dumb conservative” schtick is giving you brain damage and compounding previously acquired brain damage.

    Equally as dumb as an obvious shill trying to throw back ‘glowie’ as an insult and short-circuit the fact he has been outed and called on his bullshit by multiple people this morning.

    Maybe the pair of them will accidentally morph into SovCits and spend the rest of their days raging about Admiralty Law.

    And we can laugh and throw sea shanties at them…

  27. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    The hostage crisis finished Carter.

    The rabbit attack was a bad omen.

  28. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “Sancho Panzersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:32 pm
    Old blokesays:

    January 15, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    Even if someone had the means to leave Australia permanently to somewhere more to your liking, would you take your chances with a jabbed airline pilot?

    Oh, spare me!”

    Quite so Sancho.

  29. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:41 pm
    This “dumb conservative” schtick is giving you brain damage and compounding previously acquired brain damage.

    Equally as dumb as an obvious shill trying to throw back ‘glowie’ as an insult and short-circuit the fact he has been outed and called on his bullshit by multiple people this morning.

    Maybe the pair of them will accidentally morph into SovCits and spend the rest of their days raging about Admiralty Law.

    And we can laugh and throw sea shanties at them…

    You’re still glowing. Glowie.

  30. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    Yes Cassie I remember the Carter Iran debacle in 1980- I was still in High School. The thing we were fed in those days was that Carter was for detent and Reagan was Raygun who wanted a nuclear war. The danger of atomic war was rammed down our throats in those days. Scaring the young- now it’s globull warming and the China bug.

  31. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    ” Leftists don’t realise how precious and fragile our way of life is. By demanding perfection they’re going to destroy it.”

    I think the destruction is already happening and it’s out of control.

  32. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    Détente I mean

  33. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    The left pulled out all stops and aroused all their sleepers after 2016.

  34. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Cassie of Sydneysays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:46 pm
    ” Leftists don’t realise how precious and fragile our way of life is. By demanding perfection they’re going to destroy it.”

    I think the destruction is already happening and it’s out of control.

    What can be done?

  35. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Cultural tip.
    When you get there, don’t say “glowie” to people in Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
    It is still sensitive.
    You’re welcome.

  36. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    Roger

    By demanding perfection they’re going to destroy it.

    The fascist left don’t want perfection. That is just the excuse they use to attempt to justify controlling every minute aspect of people’s lives. And it is only ever their version of perfection that is acceptable to them.

  37. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    You’re still glowing. Glowie.

    I do suppose this is better than you screechily accusing conservative folks of being Labor supporters when they first started questioning your authenticity in your early months on the Cat…

  38. Dr Faustus Avatar
    Dr Faustus

    then again why would you even want a dual passport
    To avoid the queues at LHR.

    That was one of the last great pleasures of a UK passport.

    On arrival you got to walk briskly to the UK Passport Holders desk (quick glance, ‘Thank You , sir’) while two 747’s of “Aliens” waited in a pen for two immigration officers to slowly and grudgingly let them though.

    It meant something to be British.

  39. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    What can be done?

    Move to Japan and stop pissing and moaning about it?

  40. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    What can be done?

    We could threaten to run away to somewhere nicer.

  41. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Snap Rex.

  42. Old bloke Avatar
    Old bloke

    The risk of both pilots having a stroke or something simultaneously?

    The pilot interviewed (link doesn’t work) was concerned about about the pilot having a bad turn on the final approach. Mid flight isn’t a problem, the pilot can die and the co-pilot can take over without any issues, but on the final approach there’s no time to reorganise things.

  43. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    That was one of the last great pleasures of a UK passport.

    On arrival you got to walk briskly to the UK Passport Holders desk (quick glance, ‘Thank You , sir’) while two 747’s of “Aliens” waited in a pen for two immigration officers to slowly and grudgingly let them though.

    It meant something to be British.
    Too bad about Australian passport holders who fought for Britain and risked their lives in WWII

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  44. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha Avatar
    Zulu Kilo Two Alpha

    The thing we were fed in those days was that Carter was for detent and Reagan was Raygun who wanted a nuclear war.

    “What’s black and charred, and glows at night?”

    “Tehran, the day after Ronald Reagan is elected POTUS.”

  45. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    Razey

    You were much more interesting when you were seeking help to find about your ggf in WW I. Have you sorted out the cursive writing in his service record yet? And has the book on the 6th MG Company been delivered yet?

  46. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    It meant something to be British.

    I went straight to It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum when I read that.

    #SHUUUUUUTAAAARP!

    #Glorious

  47. Rockdoctor Avatar
    Rockdoctor

    Wow that got repetitive in some of the Annexes. Hawke is using his powers which are pretty broad. They admit Novak is low risk, they accept he co-operated, had the right visa and a person of good standing with no history otherwise, yadda yadda yadda. However they are basing their case on the fact he will by, mere presence, encourage people to make a stand against forced vaccination. Going on other visa cancellations especially for conservative speakers for much less, I’d say we are at checkmate.

    There a lot of fluff in the submission, especially the newspaper articles which shouldn’t hold weight as they are a journalists opinion and all likely cherry picked snapshots. That seems for local consumption as the MSM will definitely latch on to it.

    They seem to downplay the political fallout internationally from this, I really don’t know whether internationally how damaging it will be. I suspect from a world perspective the bleeding obvious will be discussed, why grant the exemption & visa in the first place? Then pirouette once he lands because of local politics. Not good optics.

    Also this guy is very influential due to his status and will now have the irritation of more paperwork wherever he goes due to a visa cancellation. Also will have sympathetic voices in international sports bodies. Could that affect Australia hosting future events? The effect will wane over time but he could cause some short term discomfort.

    Be interesting to see his legal teams counter to Hawke which should be up later.

  48. Ed Case Avatar
    Ed Case

    Jimmy Carter’s brother, Billy Carter was a cool guy and genuinely funny.
    Not saying he wouldabin a Great President or anything, but he definitely wouldabin an improvement on Trump.

  49. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    The pilot interviewed (link doesn’t work) was concerned about about the pilot having a bad turn on the final approach.

    Well, there is a lesson here.
    Don’t worry about pilots generally.
    Just don’t fly with this one.
    He has just admitted his own incompetence. Whoever has control for landing, if he/she shows signs of incapacity, the non-flying pilot calls “taking over” or “my aircraft”, shoves the balls to the wall and goes around.
    Even on short final.
    Sort it out in the circuit.

  50. Dot Avatar

    I had a friend in the Liberals who wanted me to join them because he wanted people to stop the likes of Hawke.

    Sorry little guy, I think Novak Djokovic did a better job than I ever could.

    If you’re out there reading this, I think you’ll find this is way more hilarious as well.

  51. Runnybum Avatar
    Runnybum

    This bullshit is going to go on a while yet, didn’t scumo give approval for a poison jab factory that will be in production in 2024?

  52. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    However they are basing their case on the fact he will by, mere presence, encourage people to make a stand against forced vaccination.

    Encourage people to stand up for freedom of choice. Shocking to the modern lieboral party- an organisation that has outlived its usefulness to Australia.

  53. Franx Avatar
    Franx

    ‘health and good order’ in terms of attitudes to the vax:
    Surmising -The absence of ‘good order’ implies wrongdoing.
    In which case, the matter is something like that of another high profile appeal where the onus of proof was to show that it was not impossible that wrongdoing could have occurred, with Djokovic’s case being the need to show that it is not impossible that wrongdoing will occur.

    Anyway, if Djokovic is judged a threat to good order then people like Craig Kelly might, just might, be safe from detention for as long as they don’t leave the country and wish to re enter.

  54. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    Yes Hawke (bad name for starters) has wishy washy photios bot written all over him.

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  55. Runnybum Avatar
    Runnybum

    Please listen to biggles when it comes to piloting tips, he has an A340 in the cow paddock.

  56. Miss Anthropist Avatar
    Miss Anthropist

    Cohenite,
    How does one become an ex veteran?

  57. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Jimmy Carter’s brother, Billy Carter was a cool guy and genuinely funny.
    Not saying he wouldabin a Great President or anything, but he definitely wouldabin an improvement on Trump.

    I much preferred his Great-great-great-great-great-great-Grand Uncle, Magna.

    Also, a ‘wouldabin’ is something you store bits of logs in, in the more mountainous and Alpine regions of Italy.

    Not something you use to reinforce gypsum-fuelled failure…

  58. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    How does one become an ex veteran?

    Roll up the curtains and join the Choir Invisible?

    #NorwegianBlue

  59. JC Avatar
    JC

    Ed

    You’re sundowning. Turn off your computer and go to your bed.

  60. Ed Case Avatar
    Ed Case

    They seem to downplay the political fallout internationally from this, I really don’t know whether internationally how damaging it will be.

    The rest of the World hate Australia, we’re the new Apartheid South Africa, though apart from Gideon Haigh, no one mentions it.
    It was a StoogeUp to embarrass the Coalition from the GetGo, Serbs and Serbia are notorious for stupid politics, that’s how they gave themselves so much grief in the 20th Century.
    Bottom Line:
    Scotty came out on top anyway and it’s off to the Election before the Bushfires “accidentally” kick off again.

  61. Dot Avatar

    Hmmm

    There are a few Jewish people here so I can totally understand if people can’t stand slippery Nick J Fuentes.

    The thing is, his hot takes are often correct, despite him being really shrill about some other nonsense.

    Nick Fuentes Is A Women-Hating Incel Freak
    56,878 viewsDec 15, 2021

    1.3K

    H3 Podcast Highlights
    1.65M subscribers

    “”Sex is the only unit of value I can comprehend”

    I mean he even looks like the coomer meme so who would’ve expected this”

    “Nothing is more sad than “adult men”, who think a man’s value comes from women.”

    “Reminder that Ethan said he can no longer get erections and craps his pants due to his meds”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AilGwhcjw4I

  62. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Yes Hawke (bad name for starters) has wishy washy photios bot written all over him.

    Speaking of Photios, his candidate went down to someone from the right wing in Berejiklian’s old seat.

    Fwiw, which may not be very much.

  63. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Please listen to biggles when it comes to piloting tips, he has an A340 in the cow paddock.

    Better than a closet full of tinfoil and a copy of the Protocols.

    Remind me, just who do you think controls the world’s central and reserve banks again, dollar-discount Bird?

  64. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    Ed Casesays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:55 pm
    Jimmy Carter’s brother, Billy Carter was a cool guy and genuinely funny.
    Not saying he wouldabin a Great President or anything, but he definitely wouldabin an improvement on Trump.

    I don’t think that what you are smoking is legal.

  65. Speedbox Avatar
    Speedbox

    miltonf says:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    The hostages were released almost simultaneously with Reagan being sworn in as the US President. There were plenty of negotiations beforehand (with Algeria as the mediator!) but I recall hearing a story that the US side made it crystal clear that Reagan was an entirely different man to Carter. Namely, that Reagan was in no mood to negotiate further and the full resources of the USA will come to bear. The USA will brook no further humiliation and for each hostage life lost, Tehran and the holy city of Qom, can expect serious, and upscaling, retribution.

    Thus the Mullahs (Khomeini specifically) determined they had milked this incident as far as it could go. The release time/date was specifically scheduled as a final ‘slap’ to Carter.

  66. calli Avatar
    calli

    Yes Speedbox. Reagan threatened to glass them and they believed him.

  67. Ed Case Avatar
    Ed Case

    However they are basing their case on the fact he will by, mere presence, encourage people to make a stand against forced vaccination.

    Haha, it’s all Politics.
    How is Albanese and The Labor Shillerati at The Australian going to spin that?
    Answer:
    They can’t.

  68. JC Avatar
    JC

    More proof of the Simulation. Queensland cop on tv. His name

    Rhys Wildman.

  69. Rockdoctor Avatar
    Rockdoctor

    miltonf, I admit my wording and my bias there. However the actual language Mr Hawke used was much less flattering.

  70. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    The left pulled out all stops and aroused all their sleepers

    Phrasing.

    #Snerk!

  71. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:49 pm
    What can be done?

    Move to Japan and stop pissing and moaning about it?

    Will do. Glowie.

  72. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    How is Albanese and The Labor Shillerati at The Australian going to spin that?

    I don’t think even Grigory is blind, deaf and retarded enough to be unaware of how the entire leftwit establishment is going to spin an apparent embarrassment they provoked the Federal Government into making…

  73. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 4:48 pm
    You’re still glowing. Glowie.

    I do suppose this is better than you screechily accusing conservative folks of being Labor supporters when they first started questioning your authenticity in your early months on the Cat…

    You’re still glowing.

  74. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:12 pm
    How is Albanese and The Labor Shillerati at The Australian going to spin that?

    I don’t think even Grigory is blind, deaf and retarded enough to be unaware of how the entire leftwit establishment is going to spin an apparent embarrassment they provoked the Federal Government into making…

    Nice one glowie. Your so awesome.

  75. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    callisays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:08 pm
    Yes Speedbox. Reagan threatened to glass them and they believed him.

    To quote an American I worked with at the time, “Turn Teheran into a glazed parking lot”.

  76. miltonf Avatar
    miltonf

    miltonf, I admit my wording and my bias there. However the actual language Mr Hawke used was much less flattering.

    Is that right? What a fool I was for ever giving that miserable organisation time and money.

  77. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:10 pm
    The left pulled out all stops and aroused all their sleepers

    Phrasing.

    #Snerk!

    Another good one. Glowie.

  78. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Will do. Glowie.

    Sorry Glowman, but you as stunning, brave and likely to carry through on your grandiose pronouncements as Struth.

    But please do keep trying to salve your ego by posting ‘Glowie’ in response to anything I type. It’s totally going to expose and upset my credibility.

    Totes, even…

  79. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:06 pm
    Please listen to biggles when it comes to piloting tips, he has an A340 in the cow paddock.

    Better than a closet full of tinfoil and a copy of the Protocols.

    Remind me, just who do you think controls the world’s central and reserve banks again, dollar-discount Bird?

    Nice comment. Glowie.

  80. Razey Avatar
    Razey

    Rex Angersays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:15 pm
    Will do. Glowie.

    Sorry Glowman, but you as stunning, brave and likely to carry through on your grandiose pronouncements as Struth.

    But please do keep trying to salve your ego by posting ‘Glowie’ in response to anything I type. It’s totally going to expose and upset my credibility.

    Totes, even…

    Nice one. Glowie.

  81. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    KKK on Twitter:

    So, according to the Morrison Govt:

    Novak’s anti-vax views are dangerous

    But…

    The Liberal-National’s own George Christensen can spread as many COVID conspiracies as he likes

    Another leadership failure by Mr Morrison

    Shaddowz – fully Vax’d ??
    @Shaddowofadream
    ·
    3h
    Replying to
    @KKeneally
    does this mean can we deport Gorge Christensen too ?
    Touringsun
    @touringsun
    ·
    3h
    Yes …..the member of Manila should be in Manila . ?
    Australian Liberal Party (but honest)
    @LiberalOz
    ·
    3h
    Replying to
    @KKeneally
    Ms Keneally. If we needed Novak’s vote on the floor of the House, we would be consistent here.

  82. Dr Faustus Avatar
    Dr Faustus

    It’s expressly not health risks, or paperwork cockups.

    There’s been no suggestion that Djokovic would actually use his celebrity to proselytise his views on vaccination.

    Hawke’s (read the Morrison Government’s) express reason for revoking the visa substantially boils down to ‘we’ve lost control of part of the flock and can’t trust the buggers to behave themselves’.

    That’s vaxxed and unvaxxed buggers.

  83. Rockdoctor Avatar
    Rockdoctor

    Just looked up Hawke.

    Hawke is a Sydney Uni Regiment old boy, Troop Commander in 1/15 RNSWL. Wow the NSW party is an incestuous lot, wasn’t Reynolds another Army Reserve type from the same flock? Kept David Elliott out of the seat so small mercies. Seems he used the NSW Conservatives to get a leg up then promptly dumped them by doing deals with “moderates” aka Photios. He is also in one of the safest seats out there so expect to see Hawke for the long haul.

    Ed, seriously if you believe the Bushfires and this are a success for Scomo I have a bridge for sale, great views.

  84. calli Avatar
    calli

    Has someone learned a new word?

    It’s cute when they do that.

  85. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Will do. Glowie.

    You’re still glowing.

    Another good one. Glowie.

    Nice comment. Glowie.

    Nice one. Glowie.

    OK, now I’ve definitely tripped the algorithm.

    Sorry, Cats. Maybe we will be graced with a better quality Viktoristan.gov chatbot next time…

  86. Runnybum Avatar
    Runnybum

    Choo choo man, it is about time you educated yourself about fiat money & money creation, you can’t be that stupid with only one head.
    Also what on earth gives you the idea I am anti Jewish?
    You & biggles are still the groovy gang fruitless.

  87. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Hawke is a Sydney Uni Regiment old boy, Troop Commander in 1/15 RNSWL. Wow the NSW party is an incestuous lot, wasn’t Reynolds another Army Reserve type from the same flock?

    Nope. Females have only been allowed into the Armoured Corps within the last 2-3 years.

    Reynolds was something else, and quickly catapulted into HQ and staff officer positoons, before becoming a politician.

  88. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Remind me, just who do you think controls the world’s central and reserve banks again, dollar-discount Bird?

    Ah, well, Rex, funny you should mention that.
    Faulty over at the Furniture Store reckons The Powers That Be are going to crash the banking system for a day, during which time Parliament will pass the We Want Your Cash Bill.
    Next day, your deposits will be used to pay down bank debt, government deficits and top up the WEF Christmas Club.
    Cash payments will be outlawed.
    You heard it here first.
    Unless you read the Furniture Store.
    Which no-one does, so you heard it here first.

  89. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Also what on earth gives you the idea I am anti Jewish?

    Piss-simple, Shit Dribbler.

    They’re the only folks who get excited or evem vaguely animated about such things…

  90. calli Avatar
    calli

    Rockdoctor, the creep branch stacked to get Mitchell, ousting Cadman. Safe as houses.

    There is some nasty stuff relating to John Brogden too.

    He’s the closest thing to a “Conservative” gangster is it gets.

  91. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Faulty over at the Furniture Store reckons The Powers That Be are going to crash the banking system for a day, during which time Parliament will pass the We Want Your Cash Bill.

    I read that, in a fit of idleness and a quiet hope of observing another Bird-strike (he’s back, by the way. Under ‘Josey Wales.’ And Struth now nukes him on sight).

    Struth, to his eternal credit, felt that pronouncement was too nuffy for him to agree with.

  92. Rockdoctor Avatar
    Rockdoctor

    Rex na, Hawke did 6 years back in the ’90’s if Wikipedia is accurate.

  93. Speedbox Avatar
    Speedbox

    Boambee Johnsays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:14 pm
    callisays:
    January 15, 2022 at 5:08 pm
    Yes Speedbox. Reagan threatened to glass them and they believed him.
    To quote an American I worked with at the time, “Turn Teheran into a glazed parking lot”.

    Yes. I heard similar sentiments. The US negotiators were nominally Carter officials but the Reagan Presidential Transition Team inserted themselves into the negotiation process. I was told that the language used by the Reagan team was ‘less than diplomatic’ but nobody could have been under any illusions that they were serious and spoke with the authority of the incoming President. Whether Reagan would have glassed Tehran and Qom is obviously unknowable (and I doubt he would have) but even so, conventional weapons would have caused a hell of a mess.

    Imagine – this was almost exactly 51 years ago.

  94. johanna Avatar
    johanna

    I see that Deadman popped in yesterday.

    This is great news.

    He is a tough chap, coming back here, where grocers’ apostrophes and ‘towing the line’ are endemic.

    Ave, Dedders.

  95. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    it is about time you educated yourself about fiat money & money creation

    Why?

    Is it only something those perfidious Jacobians can create?

    How do they do it? Do they grow it on trees? Tend it in gardens? Pull it out of the sea?

    Tell me their secrets!

  96. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    callisays:

    January 15, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    Has someone learned a new word?

    Yes.
    And all triggered by a post by Johanna in the dead of night last night which, incidentally, didn’t name names.
    It seems it touched a raw nerve around blow-harding about leaving the country (but not actually doing it).

  97. Rex Anger Avatar
    Rex Anger

    Hawke did 6 years back in the ’90’s if Wikipedia is accurate.

    They may well have all gone thru SUR, but there is UNSWR as well. And ne’er the twain shall meet…

  98. calli Avatar
    calli

    I’m happy to tow a line, Joh. Provided there’s a fish on the other end.

  99. dover0beach Avatar

    The thing about negative efficacy and COVID vaxxes is that the UKHSA figures show that vaxxed are back to twice the rate of infection (or thereabouts) vs unvaxxed across all age groups 18 and above. Vaxxed do better on the death rate but that is only meaningfully the case for 60 and above. It literally makes almost no difference to 40 and under because hardly anyone dies from COVID in those age groups.

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