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lotocoti
lotocoti
January 20, 2022 12:55 pm

I would have thought embarrasing them internationally on the sensitive subject of immigration detention to be not a particularly wise move.

Quite.
In defeat, malice. In victory, revenge.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
January 20, 2022 12:55 pm

Megan. I used to use DHL for secure document delivery in Asia, they used to be very good. However somewhere in that time they went from marked vans & uniformed couriers to sub contracting to ununiformed men on motorcycles and that was where we noted the slide. Concerned about the security of the documents I stopped using them.

Recently heard from a mate whose Thai mrs tried to send something home with Pack and Send (DHL their courier), absolutely hopeless now and she thinks there might be some kickbacks with Thai customs going on. They tried to extort more than what the package was worth in “customs duties.” For perspective she had sent dozens of packages by Australia Post till COVID and never once had one lost or stopped for duties.

Barry
Barry
January 20, 2022 12:57 pm

hzhousewife says:
January 20, 2022 at 11:02 am

On the wiki page for Novavax, is show that testing has only been done for the Alpha strain, with no reports for Delta or Omicron. So, why bother except for getting a tick to travel.

I’m taking it so I can get some cardiac surgery done. I reckon there’s a fair chance I’ll get Covid while in hospital or recovering. I don’t want to get full strength Covid while also recovering from the cardiac work.

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
January 20, 2022 12:57 pm

Somebody gets my Marlboro for me.$175 a carton.
The excise on alcohol and tobacco is extortionate.
If the Governments weren’t such filthy fascist squander monkeys I would feel less smug about it.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 1:01 pm

But that episode didn’t contribute to him being rissoled from the Open and missing out on the potential £2.3m.

No, it’s a stretch.

I suspect some misreporting may be going on here.

And that Novax might take a more philosophical view on it than his family.

Missing out on 2-3 Australian Opens puts quite a dent in his quest for all-time greatness.

Hugh
Hugh
January 20, 2022 1:03 pm

Rogersays:
January 20, 2022 at 12:09 pm
A journalist at The Daily Mail writes that “top doctor” Norman Swan has a “doctorate” in paediatrics.

Fact check: He was awarded a diploma in child health in the UK in 1978.

His only doctorate is honorary, courtesy the University of Sydney.

Facts are racist. Trust the experts.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
January 20, 2022 1:03 pm

Previous to the deportation of Djoker he was playing freely from what I could see. Now a bunch of countries and tournament organisers are moving to end the exemptions. He wont be able to play till the madness passes and that’s if ever. Look at from his point of view, if I am going down I am going to take people with me.

Not only that there are a lot of Eurotrash NGO’s that hate Australia’s Border Protection Regime, Oxfam for one. Don’t discount them stirring the pot behind the scenes.

Slim Cognito
Slim Cognito
January 20, 2022 1:05 pm

Might be wise to let a few more test subjects bravely get injected with Novavax and see how the side effects, effectiveness in the wild, etc, go for a few months at least.

Apparently Indonesia started using it November 2021. First country to do so. I’d be interested to see their experience.

dopey
dopey
January 20, 2022 1:06 pm

‘Institutional racism and classism’…keeps them out of the Premier League too I suppose.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 1:07 pm

Speaking of Novak, the AO still has him front and centre of their promotional material. I wonder if it’s not an oversight but deliberate?

Frank
Frank
January 20, 2022 1:08 pm

Roger says:
January 20, 2022 at 12:09 pm

He was initially hoping to be an actor but failed in his application for the UK equivalent of NIDA. Following that he did medicine in then came to Australia as a paediatrician and according to his wiki page which phrases it as such: “moved away from medicine in the early eighties”. Strikes me as a curious attempt at elision. So, he last practiced medicine on a patient nearly 40 years ago.

Rather than “Top Doctor” it might be more accurate to describe him as failed luvvy and fraud.

Frank
Frank
January 20, 2022 1:09 pm

Yeah, grammar is an issue.

Barry
Barry
January 20, 2022 1:10 pm

Roger says:
January 20, 2022 at 1:07 pm

Speaking of Novak, the AO still has him front and centre of their promotional material. I wonder if it’s not an oversight but deliberate?

I’d say that Tiley and Hrdlicka are both cleaning out their desks ready for getting the arse the day after the men’s final. Promo material may not be uppermost.

duncanm
duncanm
January 20, 2022 1:13 pm

Rogersays:
January 20, 2022 at 12:09 pm
A journalist at The Daily Mail writes that “top doctor” Norman Swan has a “doctorate” in paediatrics.

Fact check: He was awarded a diploma in child health in the UK in 1978.

His only doctorate is honorary, courtesy the University of Sydney.

Which invites the question, when did Australia’s “top doctor” last practice medicine?

https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Registers-of-Practitioners.aspx

Registration Type – General
Registration Expiry Date 30/09/2022

Qualifications
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of Physicians of London, United Kingdom, 1980
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1976
Diploma in Child Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of London, United Kingdom, 1978

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 1:14 pm

Rather than “Top Doctor” it might be more accurate to describe him as failed luvvy and fraud.

We know he’s a luvvie.

Can you imagine the furore if someone like Nick Coatsworth was found to be talking up his credentials?

Or perhaps the journo honestly confused a diploma with a doctorate.

We should expect a correction tomorrow.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 1:16 pm

Thanks Duncan!

Would still like to know where he’s practicing though.

Perhaps he keeps it a secret so all his fans don’t show up for a consultation with the thinking woman’s sex symbol. Swoon!

That Jo
That Jo
January 20, 2022 1:17 pm

Dotsays:
January 20, 2022 at 12:54 pm
I may get diagnosed with COVID. I promised work to get Novavax but I’m not comfortable about it.

I don’t think the diagnosis gives much of an exemption any more. My boss has 30 days after recovery from COVID to get his booster shot – and he’s all for it.

I promised work too, but not keen to rush into Novavax either – might just get a new t-shirt and carry on… https://aussiebotstudio.com/shop/battleground-melbourne/bgm-womens/good-people-break-bad-laws-topher-field-5/

Anchor What
Anchor What
January 20, 2022 1:18 pm

Tucker Carlson found so much wrong with Biden’s two hour press event that he’s going to continue shredding it during tomorrow’s show.
Daytime Sky did a brief mention of it but (unsurprisingly) found nothing negative about it at all. It would be a significant day when they managed to be at all critical of the Democrats, their destructive policies or the cheating during the 2020 election.
Next week we might have some of the big names back for the other side of such stories (Sky After Dark) starting with Chris Kenny at 5pm Monday.

Frank
Frank
January 20, 2022 1:20 pm

Would still like to know where he’s practicing though.

Ultimo, that would be the ABC wouldn’t it.

srr
srr
January 20, 2022 1:20 pm

Texas Doctor Speaks Out After Suspended From Hospital For COVID

https://rumble.com/embed/vqac0y/?pub=5f67r

The Daily Caller Published January 19, 2022
Rumble — The Texas doctor, Mary Bowden, was suspended from Houston Methodist Hospital after sharing her views on COVID-19 on her social media accounts.

Zyconoclast
Zyconoclast
January 20, 2022 1:21 pm

Remember last summer when a mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of children was found on the grounds of a former government boarding school for indigenous children in British Columbia, Canada?

In the seven months since this shocking news broke, not one body has been found, and not a single shovel-full of dirt has been excavated from the site in question. Contrary to the worldwide media coverage last summer, nothing, in fact, has been “discovered” on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The whole story, it seems, was concocted to stir up hatred against Christians and stoke outrage. It succeeded.

twostix
twostix
January 20, 2022 1:23 pm

What’s this about then?

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) has told former basketballer Andrew Bogut he could be prosecuted for his social media content.

Mr Bogut, who isn’t affiliated with a political party, has been issued with a letter over a video he posted on social media opposing the Andrews government’s pandemic legislation.

The video featured images of key crossbenchers who were voting in favour of the amended laws and the words “vote them out”, and directed people to a website with the same name.

In a letter, the VEC says the post “likely constitutes an electoral advertisement”, and warns “further offending against section 83(1) of the Electoral Act may result in prosecution”.

Zyconoclast
Zyconoclast
January 20, 2022 1:28 pm

Fucking US SC:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/19/supreme-court-donald-trump-documents-jan-6-national-archives/9173448002/

You realise that even at 9-0 of Trump selections they would still voted the same way.

custard
custard
January 20, 2022 1:31 pm

The supreme court decision sets a precedent for other documents to be released from other former Presidents presumably.

These people are stupid!

Sucked straight in.

Bluey
Bluey
January 20, 2022 1:32 pm

twostixsays:
January 20, 2022 at 1:23 pm
What’s this about then?

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) has told former basketballer Andrew Bogut he could be prosecuted for his social media content.

Mr Bogut, who isn’t affiliated with a political party, has been issued with a letter over a video he posted on social media opposing the Andrews government’s pandemic legislation.

The video featured images of key crossbenchers who were voting in favour of the amended laws and the words “vote them out”, and directed people to a website with the same name.

In a letter, the VEC says the post “likely constitutes an electoral advertisement”, and warns “further offending against section 83(1) of the Electoral Act may result in prosecution”.

And one of the best bits is the letter quotes the section that states social media posts are exempt. Dan’s gold standard strikes again!

duncanm
duncanm
January 20, 2022 1:32 pm

Nick Coatsworth should be talking up his credentials.

Specialities: “Infectious diseases” and “Respiratory and sleep medicine”

Almost tailor-made for Covid.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
January 20, 2022 1:35 pm

Misha Zelinsky, assistant nat­ional secretary of the Australian Workers Union, is seeking Labor preselection for Cunningham in a two-person contest with Illawarra local Alison Byrnes following the decision of sitting MP Sharon Bird to retire at the election.

Supporters of Ms Byrnes, a political staffer for Ms Bird now seeking her own political career,

A trade union official and a political staffer. Now that’s diversifying Labor’s talent pool!

mizaris
mizaris
January 20, 2022 1:39 pm

TaliDan has reversed the decision to ban IVF procedures.

Yeah, but only because all his poofter and lezzo mates were whinging.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
January 20, 2022 1:40 pm

Specialities: “Infectious diseases” and “Respiratory and sleep medicine”

Almost tailor-made for Covid.

Indeed.
I spent most of the first 3 days asleep.

Barry
Barry
January 20, 2022 1:43 pm

Eyrie says:
January 20, 2022 at 12:52 pm

Might be wise to let a few more test subjects bravely get injected with Novavax and see how the side effects, effectiveness in the wild, etc, go for a few months at least.

This would be a wise course of action.

However, I have a time critical need, so I will take it as soon as it’s released. I’ll report back on the results, assuming I’m still vertical.

Speedbox
January 20, 2022 1:47 pm

Just watching ABC (America). They were talking about the CDC and Fauci now say that children 2-4 years will need 3 vax shots.

WTF.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 1:49 pm

Good luck Barry.

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
January 20, 2022 1:58 pm

The ABC conveniently forgets to mention the long career if newly minted ‘independent’ Jo Dyer as an ALP activist and would- be parliamentary candidate:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-19/porter-and-lawyer-ordered-to-pay-more-than-430k-in-legal-costs/100768248

Can we have some real investigative journalism on the timing and terms of Dyer’s ‘departure’ from the ALP please?

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Border Closure

Had Six blokes in the bar at lunch time yesterday (i.e. that’s a remarkably large crowd these days).

They were crowing on about how safe they were, coz vaccinated. These blokes are in management, or successful business owners.
Turned out these wallies actually believed they were completely inoculated against any chance of being infected with covid, & they were thus totally safe from any harm.

Just then the news of that day’s covid deaths played across the screen of the TV (subtitles/captions, so people who can read are able to see the news).
The CHO (or whoever was speaking) announced that of the eleven deaths that day, nine or so were fully vaccinated.

…. total silence…. you could have heard a pin drop.

It shocked the suitcase out of them – this quite clearly was the very first clue these blokes had that the covid vaccines may not be a silver bullet.

Frank
Frank
January 20, 2022 2:01 pm

Fauci now say that children 2-4 years will need 3 vax shots.

Never liked that guy much, his eyes are too close together.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 2:01 pm

No surprise there, drills. They hail from FNQ, no? No reasonable person would expect them to know or understand much.

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
January 20, 2022 2:03 pm

Across the Tasman, St Jacinda the Woke has cancelled Auckland’s equivalent of the Gay Mardi Gras because of Covid. Image the howls of outrage (from the same gaggle calling for tougher restrictions on everyone else) if the fascist Opus Dei theocrat Perrotet tried that in Sydney.

custard
custard
January 20, 2022 2:06 pm

Lotsa people getting anxious now that the Novavax is approved. This would be great for those who have no choice due to stupid mandates etc.

No matter what vaccine you get you are still drawn into the commo style command and control digital passport and social credit system. The respective governments that want that can go and get fucked!

calli
calli
January 20, 2022 2:07 pm

Swan’s son, Johnathan also did that grotesque interview with Trump, where he fact checked the President in real time during the interview.

I hope this intrepid reporter will do the same with the current sack of dementia. If not, why not?

In “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” style, he too isn’t immune to profile massaging.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
January 20, 2022 2:08 pm

This seems fucky.

really, really fucky.

Woman, 40, released by police after officers find dead baby in freezer in southern NSW

A woman has been released by police after a three-month-old baby boy was found dead inside a freezer at a home in Corowa, near Albury, in southern NSW.

A 40-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Albury Police Station last night, where she assisted police with enquiries.

Police said the woman has now been released pending further inquiries.

About 10pm yesterday, officers attached to the Murray River Police District attended a home after concerns were raised for the welfare of a child.

They found the infant’s body inside a freezer at the home.

Local detectives with the assistance of the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad have established Strike Force Walumil to investigate the circumstances surrounding the child’s death.

A post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

Corowa, a small rural town on the border of NSW and Victoria, has suffered over the last two years after the 2019 summer bushfires kept holiday-makers away and the pandemic imposed lockdowns and restrictions on travel.

In what sane world does someone who stuffs a dead baby in a freezer (before causes of death are known) released?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
January 20, 2022 2:09 pm

You realise that even at 9-0 of Trump selections they would still voted the same way.

It was 8-1. Guess who was the one.
Hence this photo.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 2:11 pm
Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 2:11 pm

Rogersays:

January 20, 2022 at 1:07 pm

Speaking of Novak, the AO still has him front and centre of their promotional material. I wonder if it’s not an oversight but deliberate?

Has to be deliberate.
In the old days it was too late if it had been printed.
Not so now with electronic billboards etc.
I have been watching Drive to Survive about F1.
They showed a segment on Pierre Gasny getting dropped from Red Bull to Toro Rosso.
Same day his replacement is doing a photo shoot in front of a green screen.
Next morning the entire marketing collateral (three metre high truck stickers, handouts, carboard cutouts, electronic billboards, the lot) had all been replaced.

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 2:12 pm

Magnesium is essential for the immune system, including in the fight against cancer

Worth thinking about. For reasons I don’t understand my body seems to wash out magnesium. Deficiency is common. Peanuts are a good source. I take supplements but you need to be careful. Too much and you’ll end up with diarrhea.

local oaf
January 20, 2022 2:12 pm

Barry says:
January 20, 2022 at 1:43 pm

Eyrie says:
January 20, 2022 at 12:52 pm

Might be wise to let a few more test subjects bravely get injected with Novavax and see how the side effects, effectiveness in the wild, etc, go for a few months at least.

This would be a wise course of action.

However, I have a time critical need, so I will take it as soon as it’s released. I’ll report back on the results, assuming I’m still vertical.

I thought they said some time ago that Novavax, if approved, would not be allowed for first jabs?

My assumption was that it would be like rewarding the filthy anti vaxxers with the good stuff, after having forced all the “good” people to take the crap jabs.

i.e. not politically wise

Cassie of Sydney
January 20, 2022 2:14 pm

“Can we have some real investigative journalism on the timing and terms of Dyer’s ‘departure’ from the ALP please?”

Dyer’s departure from the ALP would be a start but I’d be more interested in seeing some real investigative journalism into the whole Porter affair…..the involvement of Dyer and other Adelaide luvvies such as Senator Wonk, Senator Hanson-Dung, Crabb and Maiden et al and I’d like to see a chronicle of the dead woman’s emotional and mental decline and collapse.

There’s a story there….a very sordid and intricate tale.

But we don’t have any quality journalists anymore. I believe we now need a James O’Keefe in this country…the only way to out the left do is to go undercover and be underhand.

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
January 20, 2022 2:15 pm

Just been scrolling upwards to yesterday.
There appears to be an infestation of anti smoking weightiest Karens.
I had to stop my manly upticking..
Lift your games. You know as to whom I am addressing.
I have never before seen such abhorrent behaviour on this blog.
Fortunately I am not one to take offence.
Youse can kiss my arse.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 2:18 pm

I kid you not. It was exactly how I saw it.

I was driving along St. Kilda road this morning, which most people would know it as the main boulevard heading south from CBD Melbourne. Along the way, I saw what soon appeared as a couple of tubby dykes running along the sidewalk, holding up above their heads, a LGBTQ rainbow flag as it draped /unfurled behind them. They were doing a photo prop for a couple of grinning female cops taking pics with their smart phones who were just a ahead (of the two running dykes).

It's Remarkable
It’s Remarkable
January 20, 2022 2:25 pm

Just looking at the Covid Medical Network’s latest newspaper section (see: https://www.covidmedicalnetwork.com/) I note an article about the World Economic Forum’s Young Leaders, you know the one that Angela Merkle, Jacinda Ardern, Tony Blair, Greg Hunt, Emanual Macron, et al are members/graduates of.

Surprising to note that one Scott Morrison is also a graduate, as was Joe Hockey.

Might give some clues about why the supposedly conservative liberal party is anything but.

See here: https://wentworthreport.com/2022/01/07/klaus-schwabs-young-global-leaders-school-rules-the-world/

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 2:28 pm

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Border Closuresays:

January 20, 2022 at 1:59 pm

Had Six blokes in the bar at lunch time yesterday (i.e. that’s a remarkably large crowd these days).

So, no yuuuge bottlenecks at the cash register if they buy each round with a credit card?

Barry
Barry
January 20, 2022 2:29 pm

local oaf says:
January 20, 2022 at 2:12 pm

I thought they said some time ago that Novavax, if approved, would not be allowed for first jabs?

My assumption was that it would be like rewarding the filthy anti vaxxers with the good stuff, after having forced all the “good” people to take the crap jabs.

i.e. not politically wise

The original purpose when originally ordered was as boosters due to the later ETA, but Novavax only applied for permission as first jab. There’s no evidence for Novavax needing boosters, since there’s no installed base. There’s also no evidence for Novavax efficacy as booster for mRNA.

I also believe that the TGA know that there are major problems with mRNA, so a new formulation with theoretically less side effects allows them to kill two birds with one stone (so to speak) – increase the total jab percentage by attracting the hesitant, and also over time replacing the incumbent mRNA with protein jabs based on public demand. Any admission of mRNA danger may be a step too far though.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 2:31 pm

I’m thinking of writing a scfi novel.
The basic plot:
Evil dictator creates a disease (which isn’t scary) scare.
ED then force jabs most of the population, eventually the scary bit passes and thinks go back to normal. Or so they thought.
5 years after the last jab, people start dropping like flies and there is only handful of people left to keep things running. Only the unjabbed survive. We are left with stubborn old bastards, politicians, lawyers and those who were in the toilet at the time.
Knowledge of how things work quickly disappears.
Things fall apart.
The ending is not good.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
January 20, 2022 2:32 pm

The Von Crapp regime in Austria are working the detention camp beautifully.
Record case numbers.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
January 20, 2022 2:35 pm

Its official, Biden will be replaced this year.

Hes achieved Herculean labors to great success.

Joe Biden says his administration has ‘outperformed’ in bruising first year

“I didn’t overpromise,” he said. “I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen.”

Wednesday’s press conference was his 10th since taking office, far fewer than his most recent predecessors. Only a limited number of journalists were credentialed for the press conference, and all were required to wear masks, a reminder of the virus’s continuing threat.

At ease behind the lectern, Biden parried* with reporters for nearly two hours. At one point, he checked his watch, smiled and agreed to take questions for 20 more minutes.
….

Addressing the brewing threat at the Ukrainian border, where Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops, Biden predicted that Moscow would invade Ukraine and promised Vladimir Putin would pay a “dear price” if he moved forward with an attack. He also appeared to suggest that a “minor incursion” would draw a lesser response from Nato than a full-scale invasion.

Moments after he spoke, White House press secretary Jen Psaki sought to clarify the remark, saying that any act of aggression by Russia, including cyberattacks and paramilitary tactics, would be “met with a decisive, reciprocal, and united response.”

On Afghanistan, Biden said there was no easy way to leave the country after 20 years of war: “I make no apologies for what I did.” And asked about talks with Iran, he said now was “not the time to give up” on efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Pressed on the economy, he said it was the “critical job” of the Federal Reserve to tame inflation, but touted his domestic agenda as a remedy for rising costs, which has left voters pessimistic about the state of the economy and Biden’s ability to improve it.

But Biden was bullish: “I’m happy to have a referendum on how I handled the economy.”

Looking ahead, he was unequivocal when asked whether vice-president Kamala Harris would again be his running mate in 2024. “Yes,” he replied.

In one exchange, a reporter with a right-wing news outlet asked why some Americans view Biden as mentally unfit to run the country. “I have no idea,” he replied tartly.

In another, he pushed back on the notion that he was trying to pull the country leftward. “You guys have been trying to convince me that I am Bernie Sanders. I’m not,” Biden said, asserting that he was a “mainstream Democrat” as he always had been.

Asked how he could win back independent voters who supported him in 2020 but have become disillusioned with his leadership so far, Biden pushed back. “I don’t believe the polls.”

Its not a bad list to remind you of the clown show hes running so far.

* Thats not how you spell fellated.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 2:36 pm

John H.says:
January 20, 2022 at 2:12 pm
Magnesium is essential for the immune system, including in the fight against cancer

Worth thinking about. For reasons I don’t understand my body seems to wash out magnesium. Deficiency is common. Peanuts are a good source. I take supplements but you need to be careful. Too much and you’ll end up with diarrhea.

When I was training 7days a weeks for Taekwondo I had to take body salts to stop the muscles cramping. Water by itself didn’t work. To drink enough to stop the cramps my gums would bleed. Changed to differing solutions and turned out to be too much magnesium. Never had the diarrhea problem and never had the cramping problem when I was younger.

Fair Shake
Fair Shake
January 20, 2022 2:36 pm

I’m thinking of writing a scfi novel.
The basic plot:
Evil dictator creates a disease (which isn’t scary) scare.
ED then force jabs….

The survivors are then forced to drive their porches to the bitcoin mines and work a solid hour a day every month after their water aerobics class and eat locust sandwiches. It’s a very weird future.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 2:38 pm

Confusion about Novavax.
Oz reported initially that it could be used for juveniles and boosters.
This approval doesn’t say that.
But the TGA statement kind of gives a wink and a nod that this will happen.
This is all about making stacks of doses available for doses 1 & 2 for the currently unvaxxed for the next two months.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 2:44 pm

The ending is not good.

Of course its good. The stubborn old bastards gut the politicians and lawyers then go on the piss after taking advantage of the recently bereaved widows who haven’t had an indecent root for years because their husbands were all girly boys. What’s not to like. I wouldn’t part of the royalties.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 2:45 pm

wouldn’t mind part

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 2:45 pm

I had to get my first jibe last Friday (Pfizer). Can I get Novavax as second jibe?

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 2:45 pm

The other plot option is that some survive to take revenge on the politicians, lawyers and elf nazimorons.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 2:47 pm

The survivors are then forced to drive their porches

What about their Ferrari’s?

Top Ender
Top Ender
January 20, 2022 2:47 pm

The full name of the British PM is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.

This explains a lot.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 2:48 pm

Associate Producer GreyRanga

Slim Cognito
Slim Cognito
January 20, 2022 2:49 pm

drive their porches ….

I can’t go anywhere in mine as it won’t separate from the front of my house.

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 2:49 pm

Lysandersays:
January 20, 2022 at 2:45 pm
I had to get my first jibe last Friday (Pfizer). Can I get Novavax as second jibe?

No, must be the same as the first jab.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 2:52 pm

I had to get my first jibe last Friday …

Aint it amazing how so many of the unjabbed have survived the worst of the plague?

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 2:52 pm

JC, have you been on the bath salts?

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
January 20, 2022 2:54 pm

Lysander,
Disgusting that you HAD to get jabbed.
Worst part is no more upticks.
Rules is rules.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 2:56 pm

incoherent ramblersays:
January 20, 2022 at 2:48 pm
Associate Producer GreyRanga

Would prefer something with Executive in it. Associate sounds more like a partner in crime.

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 2:56 pm

No, must be the same as the first jab.

Ugh….

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 2:56 pm

Lysander,
Disgusting that you HAD to get jabbed.
Worst part is no more upticks.
Rules is rules.

I’m sure I’ll pique your interest one day and earn an uptick 😛

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 2:58 pm

A flaccid uptick.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 2:58 pm

Biden was bullish: “I’m happy to have a referendum on how I handled the economy.”

If he can hold on to November he’ll get his wish.

And I wonder if Putin will interpret “minor incursion” as a green light to annex eastern Ukraine?

Top Ender
Top Ender
January 20, 2022 2:58 pm

A virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago today in combat with HMAS Deloraine, off Darwin Harbour, Australia. (I was the advisory historian for the project…)

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

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 2:59 pm

For the military buffs.

The Caribou

Fair Shake
Fair Shake
January 20, 2022 2:59 pm

What about their Ferraris

Every second trip but they may drive their nuclear electric Ferrari.

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
January 20, 2022 3:00 pm

Incoherent Rambler,
Have you not noticed a wee flaw in your plan to become the next Asimov?
The vaccinated are slated to start dying in the next few months.*
Who is going to buy it?

*from a secret source.

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 3:01 pm

Why Australia has no replacement for Cardinal Pell.

Good read that usually the AB of Sydney becomes the Cardinal but Papa Smurf might not like his politics. Perhaps Frankie is looking for a Bush Bishop… read on if you like…

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 3:01 pm

The full name of the British PM is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.

This explains a lot.

He was also born in the Upper East Side of NYC.

Not many people know that.

calli
calli
January 20, 2022 3:04 pm

drive their porches ….

My vehicle of choice is also Continental.

I cut a dash in my al fresco. Everyone says so.

cohenite
January 20, 2022 3:04 pm

You realise that even at 9-0 of Trump selections they would still voted the same way.

No I don’t. The SC did not intervene and overturn lower courts decision to allow the release of confidential communication but expressed some concerns. This is an astounding chain of events: a subsequent POTUS can waive confidentiality, which no one disputes were confidential and protected, of a previous POTUS.

Pogria
Pogria
January 20, 2022 3:05 pm

The ending is not good.

incoherent,
Kalki, by Gore Vidal is very similar to what you have described.

cohenite
January 20, 2022 3:06 pm

I’m thinking of writing a scfi novel.
The basic plot:
Evil dictator creates a disease (which isn’t scary) scare.
ED then force jabs….

See Kingsman.

Pogria
Pogria
January 20, 2022 3:06 pm

In what sane world does someone who stuffs a dead baby in a freezer (before causes of death are known) released?
mole,
Abo.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:07 pm

feelthebernsays:

January 20, 2022 at 2:52 pm

JC, have you been on the bath salts?

Snorting lines is fine.
If he starts smoking it, look out!

Pogria
Pogria
January 20, 2022 3:08 pm

Youse can kiss my arse.

Miss,
you old curmudgeon, you.

Zatara
Zatara
January 20, 2022 3:08 pm

The Democrat election fraud enabling bill fails in 49-51 vote. The bill requires a 60 vote minimum to pass.

The Dems then tried to vote out the filibuster (60 vote) rule so they could ram the election fraud enabling bill with a simple majority…. they failed.

There is no Democrat “voting rights” bill in DC. It does not exist. It has never existed. It is not being voted on. There is *only* legislation making it easier to vote under a false identity, harvest illegal ballots, vote as noncitizen, or to otherwise perpetrate criminal fraud.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:09 pm

The vaccinated are slated to start dying in the next few months.*
Who is going to buy it?

*from a secret source.

Fifteen months to get it written, published and in the shops.
Doable.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 3:09 pm

He was also born in the Upper East Side of NYC.

Not many people know that.

and then this happened.

Having been born in New York City to British parents, Johnson at first held British-American dual citizenship. In 2014, he acknowledged he was disputing a demand for capital gains tax from the US tax authorities on a property that he inherited in the United Kingdom,[682][683] which ultimately he paid.[684] In February 2015, he announced his intention to renounce his US citizenship to demonstrate his loyalty to the UK,[685] which he did in 2016.[6

I bet he announced his intention to give up his US citizenship. The IRS would chase you to Mars if you owe them money.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 3:10 pm

See Kingsman.

Great movie. What is the new one like?

MatrixTransform
January 20, 2022 3:10 pm

the section that states social media posts are exempt

I am no laywer but I had a squiz anyway
I don’t think it says tsocial media is exempt anywhere.
Quite the opposite
The act is prescriptive and as far as I can see it says, “you do it this way and it is an offence if you dont”

print, publish, handbill etc …

S. 83
(1)
(a) the name and address of the person […] appears; and
(b) in the case of […] otherwise than in a newspaper, the name appears.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person who makes copies […] on the Internet is deemed to be the printer of those copies.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
(a) a car sticker, an item of clothing, lapel button, lapel badge, fridge magnet, pen, pencil or balloon; or [more gibber]

and in Definitions:

“publish” means publish by any means including by publication on the Internet

so essentially if it isn’t a car sticker or a T-shirt and you publish or print it, or likely(?) re-publish up the interwebs … it needs your name and address.

MatrixTransform, Melbourne

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 3:11 pm

Why Australia has no replacement for Cardinal Pell.

Thanks Lysander.

I think Coleridge is odds on.

Just one thing – when an Australian cardinal is voting in a papal conclave, is he really thinking “What do the people of Australia want?” as the author seems to suggest with his notion that Australians should “get a say” in who is pope? I would have thought he would be asking himself, “Who’s best for the church?”

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 3:11 pm

JC, I thought the IRS only target conservatives?

#Obummer

Baba
Baba
January 20, 2022 3:11 pm

There’s a lot to ponder in this very ABC news item.

Mr Smith, the director of environmental and occupational hygiene company SCAADA Environmental Consultant Services, was determined to find the cause of his family’s illnesses.

“I opened the re-investigation into the house myself

Including this:

“Our home had about … 500ml running through the site,” Mr Smith recalled.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 3:12 pm

Bern, no I haven’t. Why?

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
January 20, 2022 3:12 pm

Roger. Russia and other CIS countries apparently evacuated all non essential embassy staff out of Kiev a couple of weeks ago.

Pom’s also flew in arms in the last few days too, I am far from a Putin booster but he has put a few lines in the sand that unlike Obama’s lines will extract a result if crossed. I am at a loss what the EU with a major critical requirement (Gas) would have to gain in the area.

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 3:14 pm

Just one thing – when an Australian cardinal is voting in a papal conclave, is he really thinking “What do the people of Australia want?” as the author seems to suggest with his notion that Australians should “get a say” in who is pope? I would have thought he would be asking himself, “Who’s best for the church?”

I would hope the latter Roger! Although, given the church is a very small place (although global), I’m sure there’d always be rumours and ruminations going on about certain Cardinals…

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 3:15 pm

so essentially if it isn’t a car sticker or a T-shirt …

How about pics of car stickers and t-shirts?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:18 pm

I might be about to cut the mother of the dead nine year old girl a bit of slack.
Yes, she showed poor judgement in her choice of partner, which is raised to the level of gross negligence leaving her daughter in his “care”.
But the most heinous crime of all?
Concealing her daughter’s murder?
Let’s wait and see.
Did he just say she had a tantrum and ran off into the bush?
A lot of these nut-jobs can be incredibly convincing when they spin a tale, not least because they end up convincing themselves it is true.

Vicki
Vicki
January 20, 2022 3:19 pm

Anybody getting what seems to be a news.com.au story about Andrew Forrest on The Project promoting his Ethereum bitcoin project?

This story then links to scam stories about Forrest and Bill Gates promoting “get rich” stories about bitcoin which they say the banks are trying to stop.

These scams, plus the huge increase in phone scams are starting to make me a bit nervous……….

The Information Age is the new damn Covid!!!

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 3:20 pm

Your lesbian & plod party story.
We don’t even have that in Sydney.
Hence my taking the bath salts comment.
Seems like a hallucination.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 3:21 pm

JC, I thought the IRS only target conservatives?

Like Boris 🙂

This is going back a long time. A Brit I worked with left the US and headed back to the UK. Before he did so he fiddled his tax by claiming a maximum number of anualized deductions, which essentially allowed him to take home his entire gross pay. You could finagle this in the US at the time. Anyway finagling deduction items isn’t the point. He never lodged an tax return on leaving.
About 12 months later he received a call from the IRS attache at the US embassy asking him to come in for a chat. He smelt a rat and spoke to a UK based lawyer specializing in US tax matters. He was told that under no circumstances should he enter the US embassy in London as he would be arrested and sent to the US to face criminal tax charges. He was also told that the IRS would go through UK courts to garnish his wages and forcibly send him back. He was also told to avoid travel as there could be an arrest warrant at the other border. He paid the tax and penalties.

Dude, the IRS has officers in Australian capital cities looking for cash they’re owed.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 3:22 pm

Written and authorized by Pancho Sanzer, Lot 23, Upper Bumfsck, Danistan.

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 3:22 pm

am genuinely surprised Biden was able to give a two-hour press conference…

Meds must be working…

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 3:23 pm

For the military buffs.

The Caribou

Flown by some of the biggest and manliest trolls and chads in the Air Force at the time.

An apocryphal story refers to a formation flight of 4 Hueys (While still flying as 9 SQN RAAF) in transit between bases. All aircraft are strictly radio silent, when there is a sudden crackle and declaration of “Five’s In!”

The formation leader is confused but keeps going.

“Five’s In.” Lead looks at his copilot, then out to the other aircraft trailing him to port and starts to get annoyed.

“Five’s In.” Lead breaks radio silence to castigate whomever it is dicking around on the radio.

The last man replies. “One from Four. Honestly, it’s not us. If you look off to your starboard side, you will see that FIVE IS IN!”

And there it is, an innocent-looking Caribou matching speed and course in perfect formation.

Five was in.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 3:23 pm

Seems like a hallucination.

Bern, Dude, I’m not making it up. It’s not just what I saw. I saw it as it was happening.

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 3:24 pm

Dude, the IRS has officers in Australian capital cities looking for cash they’re owed.

😛

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:26 pm

The electoral commish attack on Andrew Bogut could have unintended consequences.
He has a massive following among people who don’t normally follow politics, and is seen as a straight shooter on subjects as broad as drugs and cheating in sport (and the hypocrisy surrounding that) and selective media coverage of all sorts of things (probably based on his exposure to sports media in the US).
His following is a cross section of basketball fans, AFL fans and the wider community.
If he chose to run in any of a few selected outer Melbourne seats, he would give it a shake.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 3:27 pm

one off another top of the page !

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 3:28 pm

I am at a loss what the EU with a major critical requirement (Gas) would have to gain in the area.

Rockdoctor, yes indeed, but even setting aside the gas issue, realpolitik would dictate that the sovereignty of certain Russified oblasts in the eastern Ukraine is not a stoush worthy matter. Biden’s “minor incursion” slip suggests that is the thinking.

Ellen of Tasmania
Ellen of Tasmania
January 20, 2022 3:28 pm

Our triple-jabbed guest tested positive, yesterday. His double-jabbed wife is still negative, but they now have another week of isolation.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:29 pm

And there it is, an innocent-looking Caribou matching speed and course in perfect formation.

The things a Caribou can keep up with:-
.1 Fully laden donkey carts;
.2 Pelicans after a feed of fish;
.3 Hueys in the hover.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 20, 2022 3:30 pm

incoherent ramblersays:

January 20, 2022 at 3:22 pm

Written and authorized by Pancho Sanzer, Lot 23, Upper Bumfsck, Danistan.

Oi!
No doxxing!

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
January 20, 2022 3:31 pm

I was the advisory historian for the project

Here you go TE, coverage in the Express this morning.

World War 2 breakthrough as sunken submarine’s secrets revealed with groundbreaking tech (19 Jan)

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 3:32 pm

The Victoria tax hoover is the thinnest skinned of all tax hoovers.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 3:33 pm

Good point Pancho.
The electoral commission insists on self-doxxing.
I thought we had anti-doxxing laws in the privacy act!

Eyrie
Eyrie
January 20, 2022 3:34 pm

IIRC the Caribou cruises at 130-140 knots. Not too shabby for what it is.
Great fun to fly. I got most of the trip from Manjimup to Pearce flying it from the right seat.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 3:35 pm

The electoral commish attack on Andrew Bogut could have unintended consequences.

You mean, aside from exposing to even normies just how deeply left-captured the Victorian Administrative State is?

South African-levels of total cultural and political corruption, except that the Saffers are honest enough to admit it and at least attempt to enforce some concept of accountability…

Cassie of Sydney
January 20, 2022 3:44 pm

I recall that the Victorian Electoral Commission went after Avi Yemeni post the 2018 state election (Avi ran in the upper house). I think charges were dropped or Avi won the case, can’t remember.

One thing is clear, the VEC, like the Victorian police, judiciary and courts, has now been politicised and it is an arm of Dan’s corrupt ALP/Marxist government.

Top Ender
Top Ender
January 20, 2022 3:45 pm

Thanks Bruce. Have been doing some radio i/vs on her.

Dot
Dot
January 20, 2022 3:45 pm

I might be about to cut the mother of the dead nine year old girl a bit of slack.

No.

Concealing her daughter’s murder?

We call that being an accessory after the fact.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 3:46 pm

The electoral commission insists on self-doxxing.

Incorrect.

Bogut linked to an activist website which had political themes. Said groups may or may not have, in turn, registered/authorised/arse-covered themselves as far as their putative ‘electoral’material is concerned.

Some activist got angry, who contacted a fixer, who then set about winding up sympathetic maaaaaaates in the Viktoristani Electoral Commission to invent a means to go after him.

The claims he himself is producing unauthorised electoral material is bullshit. After all, any tinpot leftwit can put up all the links to activist sites they want and wish, without triggering such a reply.

I was going to reference Union material, but they are quite scrupulous.

One defining feature of all leftwits is their immediate recourse to legalism, both as offensive weapon and defensive figleaf.

Cassie of Sydney
January 20, 2022 3:48 pm

“We call that being an accessory after the fact.”

Yes, which is why the mother is in hospital and isn’t talking.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 3:54 pm

Seriously, this selective enforcement by the Victorian Electoral Commission is enraging.
Expected, but enraging.

Speedbox
January 20, 2022 3:58 pm

Lysandersays:
January 20, 2022 at 2:45 pm
I had to get my first jibe last Friday (Pfizer). Can I get Novavax as second jibe?

No, must be the same as the first jab.

Not so sure about that. I am aware that some people have mixed AZ (1st) with Pfizer (2nd) as deliberate, if reluctant, choice. If you want Novavax, enquire/research.

Baba
Baba
January 20, 2022 4:02 pm

Things can happen quickly in a (re-engined) Caribou when something critical is overlooked during the preflight check.

P
P
January 20, 2022 4:08 pm

NUVAXOVID is provisionally approved for primary vaccination only. Studies for use of NUVAXOVID as a booster dose and in paediatric patients are ongoing, so the vaccine does not have regulatory approval for these purposes at this stage. The TGA will review any future application from the Sponsor as a priority.

The Novavax vaccine has received conditional marketing authorisation by the European Medicines Agency,
TGA

calli
calli
January 20, 2022 4:12 pm

Another thing SloMo was wrong about.

He said last year that Novavax would be held back for boosters.

Can someone please point me to a truthful statement of his? They seem to be rather scarce.

sfw
sfw
January 20, 2022 4:15 pm

Andrews is flexing his political muscle, he’s demanding that 3rd clot shots be mandatory for all Australians. What will Morrison do, I reckon he’ll somehow define it as non mandatory and then follow through on his masters (Andrews) plan.
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2022/01/andrews-the-control-freak.html

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
January 20, 2022 4:16 pm

JC’s best mate.

Explaining how hes not manipulating the market, hes just being ‘prudent”.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/blackrock-larry-fink-climate-policies-profits-woke

Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment fund manager, said pushing climate policies was about profits, not being “woke”.

In his annual letter to CEOs , Fink said businesses, cities and countries that do not plan for a carbon-free future risked being left behind. He argued that the pursuit of long-term returns was the main driver behind climate policies, after being criticised for seeking to influence companies.

“Stakeholder capitalism is not about politics. It is not a social or ideological agenda. It is not ‘woke’,” he wrote. “We focus on sustainability not because we’re environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients.”

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 4:19 pm

I’ll talk to my GP about if I can get Novavax for second jibe… I’m not keen on any jibes but job…

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 4:20 pm

Can someone please point me to a truthful statement of his? They seem to be rather scarce.

His “It’s a free country” after two years of covid theatre was risible.

JC
JC
January 20, 2022 4:22 pm

Mole

You take that shit back. Fink is a truly regrettable human being. The piece of shit heads the largest fund manager in the world and then uses the power through stock holdings Blackrock doesn’t own, but holds on behalf of investors, to cajole companies into running his green objectives. He’s truly disgusting.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 4:24 pm

Shirley, there must be another set of stairs somewhere in Australia prepared to do their duty. Shirley?

/NADT

Cassie of Sydney
January 20, 2022 4:24 pm

“His “It’s a free country” after two years of covid theatre was risible.”

Yep…you know I’m not one for violence (or at least I wasn’t) but upon hearing him utter those mealy-mouthed words I imagined attacking him with my walking stick!

Bons
Bons
January 20, 2022 4:25 pm

Once in prehistory, I was chugging along to NW Cape with two other aircraft when one of the guys called up that a Caribou was passing underneath us on the same track.
We got him on his Squadron frequency and he slowed down so we could formate, one on each wing and one in trail.
He opened the rear ramp and we could see a bunch of passengers on board staring at us with great interest, obviously impressed by our formating skill.
“Hey Boo, who are your pax”?
“A bunch of Army senior officers going to an exercise”.
“Oh fuck”!

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
January 20, 2022 4:26 pm

Local tyre chain bloke is in a tizz. Phoned him up to get his young bloke in the mobile truck into my place, and he’s a goner. They’d been trying to find a way to get him out on jobs despite the jab ban- he’s good value, knows locations and back paddocks, chunky enough to break a bead and lift a 78incher etc- but they’re still terrified that they’ll get slugged, so he’s cooling his heels “for a long time to come” according to Sneakers, while the boss is snowed under. No worries for inventory, but boss says every other tyre place is having the same problems- unjabbed lost off one end, and with suddenly understaffed underground miners, there’s big money jobs waitning for the jab compliant off the other end.
Wheel off, I’m driving it two hours to the city for attention. Tho I’ve been on the road far too much in the last month for my liking, there’s worse places to be than an air-conditioned ute.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 4:27 pm

/NADT

Not a Fall Threat, either…

Speedbox
January 20, 2022 4:30 pm

Can someone please point me to a truthful statement of his?

Sure. “we’re all in this together”.

——–
hahahahahahahaha cough cough spit gurgle hahahahahaha

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
January 20, 2022 4:33 pm

NUVAXOVID is provisionally approved for primary vaccination only. Studies for use of NUVAXOVID as a booster dose and in paediatric patients are ongoing, so the vaccine does not have regulatory approval for these purposes at this stage.
The New The Science, when a compulsory jab is only a vaccine if it’s useless enough to qualify for repeat application.

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 4:33 pm

https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/is-it-true/is-it-true-do-people-have-to-receive-two-doses-and-do-they-have-to-be-the-same-type-of-covid-19-vaccine-for-it-to-be-effective

It is important you get the same type of COVID-19 vaccine. This is because the evidence from clinical trials shows this is effective and is what is approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

BUT! BUT! BUT!

See how stupid our government is. The below is from March 2021 and the morons still haven’t caught up.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01359-3
Vaccinating people with both the Oxford–AstraZeneca and Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines produces a potent immune response against the virus SARS-CoV-2, researchers conducting a study in Spain have found.

Vicki
Vicki
January 20, 2022 4:37 pm

I know I said almost a year ago that I would agree to a Novavax vaccination….but I am reneging:

The recent data regarding the batch irregularities in Pfizer and Moderna reinforce the importance of the manufacturing process of these vaccines. One of the reasons for the delay in bringing Novavax to market was because the company had not before brought such a product to market. I recall info from finance sources that the company developing Novavax finally appointed a new MD that had pharma experience. Sorry, but that doesn’t give me much comfort in view of the problems being discovered in experienced Big Pharma organisations.

We are two years down the track now, and there is every reason to believe from the UK, SA & other countries, that Omicron is our ticket out of this virus. I think I might take my chances with my current FLCCC prophylaxis of vitamins & anti-histamine & healthy diet.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
January 20, 2022 4:38 pm

You take that shit back. Fink is a truly regrettable human being.

Hes Tsundere for him…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXF8pSdDJls

WHAT DOES TSUNDERE MEAN?
Among the personalities derived from dere, a tsundere is the most popular of anime. He is a cold, violent, irritating person, but deep down he has feelings but cannot show them.

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 4:41 pm

Speedboxsays:
January 20, 2022 at 3:58 pm
Lysandersays:
January 20, 2022 at 2:45 pm
I had to get my first jibe last Friday (Pfizer). Can I get Novavax as second jibe?

No, must be the same as the first jab.

Not so sure about that. I am aware that some people have mixed AZ (1st) with Pfizer (2nd) as deliberate, if reluctant, choice. If you want Novavax, enquire/research.

It may be possible to get away with that. Last night I registered for my second jab and it was stated it must be the same as the first jab. However I didn’t see any indication that the jabber checks that. So you go to a pharmacy and they’ll take your word for it because I doubt they can do all the requisite checks.

Bar Beach Swimmer
January 20, 2022 4:53 pm

Gab, if you’re about , this is how Novavax supposedly is made.

(Obviously I’m no-one informed on it, but from how that bit of detail it sounds alright).

Here’s how it’s done, in brief: the genetic code for only the virus’ spike protein (or only part of it) is extracted and inserted into a cell line. The DNA-edited cells are cultured and they make the spike protein. The proteins are extracted from the cell culture and purified, then manufactured into a vaccine. We’re borrowing a very helpful illustration of these steps from the Nature article linked below.

Novavax uses a moth cell line to do this (yes, the fuzzy flying insect). Just like other cultures, we’re talking about a bunch of identical cells in a dish ?–not a mutant moth. ?

(Still can’t put in a reference but if you search for: Novavax in Indonesia, that’s how I found this article. The website seems to be Dear Pandemic)

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 4:53 pm

Sure. “we’re all in this together”.

I believe Scotty and Dan are ones responsible for the nasty smelling bubbles in the hot-tub of life.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
January 20, 2022 4:53 pm

feelthebernsays:
January 20, 2022 at 3:20 pm
Your lesbian & plod party story.
We don’t even have that in Sydney.
Hence my taking the bath salts comment.
Seems like a hallucination.

You need to get out a bit more. They’re everywhere. I only go to Sydney occasionally.

Bar Beach Swimmer
January 20, 2022 4:58 pm

Can someone please point me to a truthful statement of his?

He’s my leader and I’m ambitious for him.

(Until he wasn’t. Although that’s the one statement I’m glad he reneged on. Now, we just need another member of the parliamentary party to do the same to him.)

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 5:00 pm
cohenite
January 20, 2022 5:00 pm

Great movie. What is the new one like?

Woke.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 5:03 pm

More fodder from the polls:

Roy Morgan says LNP on track to lose Longman, Leichhardt, Dickson, Brisbane and Ryan in QLD.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
January 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Roy Morgan says LNP on track to lose Longman, Leichhardt, Dickson, Brisbane and Ryan in QLD.

Is that all?

rosie
rosie
January 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Someone told me a while ago ‘I’m waiting for Novavax’ was part of the litany.
Seems it’s true.
If you are going to refuse drug x because completely unrelated drug y might have had a problem you probably should refuse to take any drug.
Japan detects no health risks in withdrawn moderna vaccine

John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 5:15 pm

cohenitesays:
January 20, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Great movie. What is the new one like?

Woke.

The new Spiderman movie has great visuals, really need to see it on the big screen but have a bucket handy because the wokeness will make you vomit.

cohenite
January 20, 2022 5:19 pm

Great new paper reviewing the greenhouse experiments which alarmists claim prove AGW but which in fact disprove it:

https://www.academia.edu/letters/submissions/W5blwA

I have recommended it for publication. We’ll see.

Cassie of Sydney
January 20, 2022 5:19 pm

“Rogersays:
January 20, 2022 at 5:03 pm
More fodder from the polls:

Roy Morgan says LNP on track to lose Longman, Leichhardt, Dickson, Brisbane and Ryan in QLD.”

It would be a pity to lose Dutton. The polls will tighten in the lead up to May…and whilst I think Labor will win, people don’t like Albanese and they don’t want an Albanese government.

Gab
Gab
January 20, 2022 5:19 pm

Thanks, BBS. Yes it uses traditional technology however I cannot, in good conscience, take a vax that has been either manufactured ot tested using aborted fetal cell lines. Novavax has been tested using these cell lines.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
January 20, 2022 5:24 pm

Unpalletable’: Scott Morrison hits reverse on plan to allow under-18s to drive forklifts

Scott Morrison has abandoned a proposal to allow children to drive forklifts after it was rejected by states and territories and criticised as a dangerous “brain fart” by unions.

Morrison said on Wednesday that “there are changes that we need to make around the age of forklift drivers, to get quite specific,” to help reduce regulations and increase labour supply.

On Thursday, Morrison said that national cabinet had “agreed to proceed no further with the issue of 16-year-old forklift drivers”.

Good that he managed to get National Cabinet to agree on something.
But, really, what actually the fuck is going on?

We’re straying well into Biden-level confusion here.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 5:26 pm

Is that all?

Yes, based on a predicted 6.9% swing.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 5:26 pm

In QLD, that is.

Frank
Frank
January 20, 2022 5:27 pm

Why would the issue of teenage forklift drivers be of any concern to the national cabinet, they are meant to deal with important stuff.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 5:31 pm

…people don’t like Albanese and they don’t want an Albanese government.

The trouble is they don’t particularly want a Morrison government either, while more people remain dissatisfied than satisfied with Morrison’s leadership and that’s been consistent through the last quarter of 2021, which may go some way to explaining the Novax decision.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
January 20, 2022 5:32 pm

Wow, Leichardt. Still reckon they have problems in Herbert & Dawson though. Christiansen is retiring so no incumbency and he was very popular. Also these are 2 seats are where Palmers UAP could be strong enough to split the Conservative vote.

I think the ALP are going to hurt in Hunter too, everyone I talk to has had it with both parties.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 5:33 pm

Prime Minister Albo !
The peoples champ.
What a shit hole.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 5:35 pm

Good News, Everyone!

I wish to be the first to publicly congratulate Dover on picking up his first GetUp! troll.

That ‘Living The Dream’ fellow we thought was Vietman, is still busily trying to pass himself off as a principled and responsible (Narrative-approved) employer on ‘The Cult of Covid’ thread. But the mask just slipped when he snarkily declared “If I’m a Leftist, then y00z are an Far-right Nasti!”

Lysander
Lysander
January 20, 2022 5:40 pm

Just chiming in briefly…

10.6% swing against LNP predicted in WA for Fed Election.

Says it all really…. ugh…

Speedbox
January 20, 2022 5:43 pm

John H.says:
January 20, 2022 at 4:41 pm

More than possible John, I did it. When I booked my 2nd jab I stipulated I wanted Pfizer although AZ was first jab. On arrival I checked on the witch’s brew they wanted to stick into me and confirmed it was Pfizer. Nurse said “Oh, you’re having different shots” Yes I said and quoted that study from Spain (there is another from France that confirms). Anyway, nurse shrugged and injected me with the experimental Pfizer vaccine. That was late October 2021.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 20, 2022 5:43 pm

10.6% swing against LNP predicted in WA for Fed Election

Self inflicted by poor/idiotic strategy.
ScoMo’s legacy will be a Labor/Green government.
Even if they don’t need the Green votes in the lower house, they’ll need them in the Senate so it will be as good as.
Well done Scotty.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
January 20, 2022 5:43 pm

Why would the issue of teenage forklift drivers be of any concern to the national cabinet, they are meant to deal with important stuff.

It’s about saying how important the holy supply chain is to our election prospects hearts, without doing anything actually meaningful, like enforcing the re-employment of unvaxxed truck drivers and shelf stackers, removing quarantine restrictions and getting rid of stupid face nappies and suchlike.

Scott Morrison: Measures to cope with supply chain pressures are having a ‘positive effect’ one week after introduction (Skynews, 20 Jan)

areff
areff
January 20, 2022 5:45 pm

Augusto Zimmermann on the WA disgrace.

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/public-health/2022/01/liberty-sinks-slowly-in-the-west/

First and so far only comment will strike a chord with many cats.

twostix
twostix
January 20, 2022 5:47 pm

Scott Morrison has abandoned a proposal to allow children to drive forklifts after it was rejected by states and territories and criticised as a dangerous “brain fart” by unions.

Morrison said on Wednesday that “there are changes that we need to make around the age of forklift drivers, to get quite specific,” to help reduce regulations and increase labour supply.

On Thursday, Morrison said that national cabinet had “agreed to proceed no further with the issue of 16-year-old forklift drivers”.

Good that he managed to get National Cabinet to agree on something.
But, really, what actually the fuck is going on?

You’re living in a centrally controlled nightmare run by a secretive illegitimate Junta. The generals have their secret meetings and talk about forklift drivers while the vast endless spiders web of rules and regulations and ‘mandates’ and purges and firings and destruction they’ve created for 21 months has created empty shelves and people having to hunt for days for basics.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 5:47 pm

Still reckon they have problems in Herbert & Dawson though.

Herbert had an 8.3% LNP swing in 2019. Dawson 11.24.

So they survive as safe seats on paper. But you’re right, on the ground in QLD surprising things can happen.

“The electorate is volatile.”

Pedro the Loafer
Pedro the Loafer
January 20, 2022 5:48 pm

the electorate of Pearce (WA) is a goner for the LNP.

Current MP Christian Porter resigning, and with most of the rural areas of the seat swapped out to neighbouring Durack, the new dominant voter demographic is Perth Northern suburbs Pommy expats and African reffos, plus a Wanneroo town councillor as the ALP candidate. Not too many Lib voters in Tory hating Poms and “more munney” reffos.

I predict a 20% swing against the Libs.

twostix
twostix
January 20, 2022 5:50 pm

Not even an acting premier is ‘allowed’ to attend a ‘National Cabinet’ meeting.

Only the special gang of 7 are personally allowed into their new central government body that Scott Morrison illegally created, where they secretly discuss what age people are allowed to drive forklifts and who will be forced to do what.

Delta A
Delta A
January 20, 2022 5:51 pm

He is a cold, violent, irritating person, but deep down he has feelings but cannot show them.

Sounds like a Mills and Boon bodice ripper.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
January 20, 2022 5:51 pm

Roy Morgan says LNP on track to lose Longman, Leichhardt, Dickson, Brisbane and Ryan in QLD.

Dickson (Dutton) is a distinct possibility. The outer northern burbs have had the shit kicked out of them by Covid. PHON, Indies and UAP – and particularly how their preferences flow – are strong threats to Dutton.

Similarly Warren Entsch (Leichhardt) relies heavily on preferences flowing back from Katter, PHON, and UAP.

Speedbox
January 20, 2022 5:52 pm

Roy Morgan says LNP on track to lose Longman, Leichhardt, Dickson, Brisbane and Ryan in QLD.”

Ryan is my electorate in Qld. Needs about 9% swing to be lost. If a swing of that magnitude occurred uniformly across Aust, the LNP would lose about 30 seats.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE!!!!!

Indolent
Indolent
January 20, 2022 5:53 pm
Dot
Dot
January 20, 2022 5:56 pm

Why would the issue of teenage forklift drivers be of any concern to the national cabinet, they are meant to deal with important stuff.

You can shoot a gun and kill people for the Commonwealth when you’re 17.

Forklift work? No, let’s keep that a protected class of retarded boomers.

twostix
twostix
January 20, 2022 5:57 pm

If there was supposed to be a central government body inside the Commonwealth government, where the prime minister and premiers secretly meet multiple times a month to determine the legislative agenda for all of Australia each month, I’m pretty sure that would have been mentioned sometime in the 120 years the Commonwealth existed until 2020.

But like hard borders, internal passports and mass house-arrest at a whim, it’s in the bit that none of the previous 150 premiers and 28 prime ministers ever read. Would have come in handy for a few of them I guess, but stupid them for not reading the imaginary bits.

Indolent
Indolent
January 20, 2022 5:58 pm
Rex Anger
Rex Anger
January 20, 2022 5:59 pm

If there was supposed to be a central government body inside the Commonwealth government, where the prime minister and premiers secretly meet multiple times a month to determine the legislative agenda for all of Australia each month, I’m pretty sure that would have been mentioned sometime in the 120 years the Commonwealth existed until 2020.

“I’ll take What is COAG for $200,000 please, Mike…”

#PoliticalSystemJeopardy

Indolent
Indolent
January 20, 2022 6:01 pm
John H.
John H.
January 20, 2022 6:02 pm

Speedboxsays:
January 20, 2022 at 5:43 pm
John H.says:
January 20, 2022 at 4:41 pm

More than possible John, I did it. When I booked my 2nd jab I stipulated I wanted Pfizer although AZ was first jab. On arrival I checked on the witch’s brew they wanted to stick into me and confirmed it was Pfizer. Nurse said “Oh, you’re having different shots” Yes I said and quoted that study from Spain (there is another from France that confirms). Anyway, nurse shrugged and injected me with the experimental Pfizer vaccine. That was late October 2021.

Thanks Speedbox. Damn it though it was only late last night I booked my second jab. Not sure if everyone would do as that nurse did because strictly speaking that was a violation of the TGA idiocy.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
January 20, 2022 6:03 pm

IIRC the Caribou cruises at 130-140 knots. Not too shabby for what it is

The Caribou was said to be proof that a brick chicken house could fly, given enough horsepower.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
January 20, 2022 6:03 pm

I was driving a forklift at 17. Had a job running the bottle shop out of a supermarket in the ancestral seat.

No ticket. No instructions. Just ‘Do you reckon you can drive this?’

‘Yep.’
‘Take it around the yard until you’re used to it then.’

Never stuck the forks into anything I shouldn’t have.

rosie
rosie
January 20, 2022 6:05 pm

McGowan is going all in.
Must be politically acceptable to the majority of WA voters who still love them some covid zero.

Morrison needs to take him to court, but will he?

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 6:05 pm

“I’ll take What is COAG for $200,000 please, Mike…”

But COAG & the Premiers’ Conferences that preceded it at least published minutes of their deliberations, Rex. National Cabinet should do the same, if only so we can confirm what a bunch of gooses they are.

twostix
twostix
January 20, 2022 6:06 pm

Without Morrison’s illegal, un Australian “National Cabinet” the last 21 months of terror would have not happened with nearly the violent efficiency that it has.

Even the UK, even Russia, has a more robust system of competitive representative government than Australia now.

And they did it so they could get away with what they’ve done without anyone being able to hold them individually responsible for the decisions they’ve all made. They deliberately conspired against us to protect each other.

H B Bear
H B Bear
January 20, 2022 6:07 pm

SloMo limping towards annihilation. The kids-in-short-pants must have run out ideas. National Cabinet now just another opportunity for a ritual humiliation.

Indolent
Indolent
January 20, 2022 6:07 pm

This I can believe. Two sleazes together. Clinton was accused of rape multiple time.

Prince Andrew’s ex says Clinton, Epstein were ‘like brothers’

rosie
rosie
January 20, 2022 6:07 pm

John
Just try a different one when you go back for the third.
Eventually we should be all able to have a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Indolent
Indolent
January 20, 2022 6:09 pm

National Cabinet now just another opportunity for a ritual humiliation.

He set it up himself to annihilate us. Only fair that it should also annihilate him.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
January 20, 2022 6:09 pm

You can shoot a gun and kill people for the Commonwealth when you’re 17.

16½ in theory.

I looked it up as a neighbour’s son was thinking of an apprenticeship, so I suggested the ADF. As initial employment a 16½ year old would be served well going through Holsworthy and learning what a bit of discipline can do.

Roger
Roger
January 20, 2022 6:09 pm

Morrison needs to take him to court, but will he?

Let’s see…what’s his track record of standing on principle rather than political pragmatism.

Right…that’ll be a No.

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