Open Thread – Weekend 5 Feb 2022


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H B Bear
H B Bear
February 6, 2022 9:12 pm

Bagging SA surf is shooting fish in a barrel. Makes Trigg look good though.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
February 6, 2022 9:12 pm

Oky doc, the infinity symbol turned into a question mark…

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 9:12 pm

New England is on a 67:33 Two Party Preferred.
I doubt Bananaby will get tipped out.
I hope he loses enough paint on election day and gets toppled from the leadership to the point that he throws in the towel.
He won’t want another stint on the backbench.
One of the bizarre and irrational things about his behaviour is the contact with Britnah about ScoMo, ostensibly because he was pissed off to be sitting on the back bench.
The Trumbles were pushing the Britnah story hard. These were same Trumbles who insisted Bananaby get the arse from the frontbench in the first place for shagging a staff member.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 6, 2022 9:13 pm

Then Cardimona would spring into action abusing the commenter.

Dick Ed

When you have found the comment where I doubted that there were a million slaves in the US pre-Civil War, perhaps you could also find a few of these purported comments by Cardimona.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 9:13 pm

the ALP are just as bad

See the NSW labore government 1995 – 2011. Sydney will never recover from the high density abominations inflicted on it by Boob Carr et al, during that time.

But yeah, zero corruption at all, according to Greiner’s ICAC. Nothing to see here, people, apart from many, many neo brutalist monstrosities (that just mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, we tells ya).

John H.
John H.
February 6, 2022 9:14 pm

Rockdoctorsays:
February 6, 2022 at 8:59 pm
John H @ 8:44pm

You forgot Developers. There’s been some pretty smelly relationships that have bubbled to the top from time to time. Pity the only ones that attract attention are Liberal Party ones, the ALP are just as bad. They would also fight tooth and nail against something like that.

Yep. A relative was heavily into the real estate game and told me that developers and local government work hand in hand. By “Real Estate” I meant the whole bloody game.

Housing issues are not unique to Australia. It is a common problem in the OECD. Singapore is one example of a fix but as the government already has a monopoly there it is not applicable to Australia. We could look to other countries but I don’t think anyone in politics is particularly interested in addressing the problem.

To be honest folks I am so fucking fed up with our useless leaders because their sole purpose is to win elections and to that end they will throw away their principles and the future of the country in an instant. It wasn’t always like that. I don’t why this descent into political narcissism has become so pronounced in the last 20 years.

Cassie of Sydney
February 6, 2022 9:15 pm

Oh and another thing….I’ve long thought that Barnaby’s political nous has gone AWOL. I was stunned last year when he joined in the attacks on Katie Hopkins when she arrived in the country. So, we had a situation where he joined in a pile on of Hopkins that was orchestrated by the progressive MSM and social media scum….all designed to get Hopkins kicked out of the country. Barnaby, appearing on Insiders, joined in the pile on. I was furious and actually, I remain furious. I could not believe what I was seeing and hearing. Barnaby should have kept his fucking mouth shut.

I remember Vikki wrote a piece and it was published on the old Cat…it was just before the old Cat was shut down. I wrote a strident comment where I called out Barnaby for this…note it wasn’t abusive but it was certainly very critical. Cardi came on and agreed with me and told Vikki to listen to the criticism.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 9:18 pm

BTW, Beryl G’s squeeze got busted courtesy of an ICAC investigation into his corrupt development deals with my beloved local (labore) council.

Australia – where corruption is everywhere, but we don’t talk about it because we’ve grown used to it.

She’ll be right mate and throw another quadruple jabbed four year old on the barbie of our vanities …

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 6, 2022 9:19 pm

A bit of Howard era deadwood needs to spend more time with the family post election. The R-G-R deadwood will be in Cabinet.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 6, 2022 9:19 pm

Sydney will never recover from the high density abominations inflicted on it by Boob Carr et al, during that time.

Stew in your dog boxes climate criminals.

Climate Study: Air Conditioning Will Outstrip Grid Supply by 2030 (4 Feb)

High density housing for Gaia seems to’ve caused an electricity supply catastrophe.
How odd.

DaFisk
DaFisk
February 6, 2022 9:20 pm

The most powerful lobby in Australia is not the Chicoms, the Yanks or the J-ws. It’s the integrated property ponzi lobby which includes real estate spruikers, bricks and mortar retailers, banks and unis. Everything in this country is geared towards averting house prices falling.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 6, 2022 9:21 pm

I wouldn’t have a problem with allowing people to use their superannuation as a deposit on a family home and use their compulsory super payments to contribute to mortgage repayments on that property. Such an arrangement would need to be subject to certain conditions and restrictions – you couldn’t borrow against the value of the property prior to preservation age, access to the age pension would be different etc.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 9:22 pm

Australia – where corruption is everywhere, but we don’t talk about it because we’ve grown used to it.

There’s just as much corruption in Australia as any other Third World country – they acknowledge that corruption exists, we don’t.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 9:23 pm

Ed Casesays:
February 6, 2022 at 9:07 pm

Hey Grigs!

How about instead of slandering the man, you break out the Cat’s trove site and find us a post or three [dozen] that demonstrates your conceit?

Look, I’ve even provided you the link:

https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/89046

Stop gumming your mutton and get busy!

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 9:24 pm

And yet Barnaby sent a expletive ridden text to Miss Brittaneeeeeee which says to me that not only isn’t he a good judge of character, he’s a fool.

I read that differently.
I think he was too smart by half.
He thought this would work on two levels.
Firstly, “inside the beltway” he wanted it to become known that he had bagged out ScoMo and supported Britnah, in the hope that the media would grease the rails for him when made a run for the Big Chair again.
Secondly, he knew it would probably leak to the wider community eventually, but probably only cited as “a senior cabinet minister” with no attribution to him.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 6, 2022 9:25 pm

I’m looking forward to voting UAP in the HoR.

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 9:28 pm

The Exposé News
@DailyExposeGB
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Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 9:29 pm

Cassie of Sydneysays:

February 6, 2022 at 9:15 pm

Oh and another thing….I’ve long thought that Barnaby’s political nous has gone AWOL. I was stunned last year when he joined in the attacks on Katie Hopkins when she arrived in the country.

Helloooo!
Pillow talk.
They are the Aussie bumpkin version of BloJo and Carrie.

DaFisk
DaFisk
February 6, 2022 9:29 pm

I am thinking of voting this time around. UAP, LDP and Democratic Alliance right up the top. LNP stone motherless last.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 9:31 pm

I’m looking forward to voting UAP in the HoR.

I’m dreading a Labor/Greens Coalition.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 6, 2022 9:31 pm

New England is on a 67:33 Two Party Preferred.
I doubt Bananaby will get tipped out.

Because he had no credible opponent last time.
It was different in 2016 , he was gone for all money until The Australian tipped a bucket on Tony Windsor 5 days out from the Election.
He is erratic, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s done some sorta deal with Albanese should he be flicked again.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 9:31 pm

Oh dear.
The Daily ExRosé.

calli
calli
February 6, 2022 9:32 pm

Fisky!

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 9:32 pm

Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
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Jan 22
Last week we told you about a recent NPR segment on anti-diet dietitians and fitness experts who hate fitness. We thought it couldn’t get any better than that. But, oh, were we wrong.
https://gettr.com/post/ppv03x4f80

DaFisk
DaFisk
February 6, 2022 9:35 pm

@OCO I’m hearing reports the West is running out of food. Is this true??

calli
calli
February 6, 2022 9:35 pm

Whenever there’s a “sex scandal” in politics, always view it as a distraction squirrel.

The Brittany stuff is junk, the Barnaby text is junk. It’s all distraction.

Meanwhile our country has been ruined by people who knew they were ruining it. And all for nothing.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 9:35 pm

He is erratic, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s done some sorta deal with Albanese should he be flicked again.

A self-declared ‘Tory-fighter’ making a deal with someone he has declared a Class Enemy?

I wish I had some of your imagination, Grigory.

At the very least, I could certainly employ it more gainfully- Mutton goes into your stomach by your mouth, not up your nose or in your ear…

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 9:36 pm

Democratic Alliance

Too many South Africans in WA, clearly.

Interesting. Features Drew Pavlou!

https://www.democraticalliance.com.au/

rickw
rickw
February 6, 2022 9:37 pm

I’m dreading a Labor/Greens Coalition.

Already feels like we have one….

Speedbox
February 6, 2022 9:38 pm

Middleton is more likely. I know the area very well and when I saw ‘Victor Harbor’ I though ‘huh?’.
You’d wait a long time for a decent wave in Victor. But Middleton is another issue altogether and is only a few kms from Victor. Three footers when ‘calm’ and 5 to 6+ footers are very common. If the southern part of the Indian Ocean is restive, Middleton can be a wild ride. And on some days, only the very good or the very stupid would dare.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 9:38 pm

@OCO I’m hearing reports the West is running out of food. Is this true??

Short answer- No.

Long answer- Lion Nathan’s decision to consolidate WA’s breweries into SA and Vik may yet come back to bite it. But we’ve no shortage of locally produced wine, whiskey and other spirits.

The good ALDI chilli ketchup has disappeared from the shelves, but. Anarchy may yet still be crouching at our Sandgroperian heels… 🙁

Cassie of Sydney
February 6, 2022 9:39 pm

“I’m dreading a Labor/Greens Coalition.”

You’re not the only one. I pray the senate will be a dog’s breakfast for Labor……with quite a few LDP, PHON and UAP senators.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 6, 2022 9:39 pm

And yet Barnaby sent a expletive ridden text to Miss Brittaneeeeeee which says to me that not only isn’t he a good judge of character, he’s a fool.

Was it expletive ridden?
I read that he called Scotty a liar.
It reads like he was drunk and it sounded like the right thing to do, that’s the kindest explanation I can come up with.
The Machiavellian Barnaby that Sancho is spinning sounds like another of his wacky Qld characters.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 9:39 pm

Too many South Africans in WA, clearly.

Wat is jou probleem met ons?

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 9:40 pm

David Vance ????
@DavidVance
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1h
Shaq gets it.
https://gettr.com/post/pstpsvefe2

Rabz
February 6, 2022 9:40 pm

Bluddee hell, Fiskables – I thought you’d experienced a mysterious fatal accident.

JC will be thrilled to have you back.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 9:41 pm

DaFisksays:

February 6, 2022 at 9:35 pm

@OCO I’m hearing reports the West is running out of food. Is this true??

I am down to my last two packets of South Market dimmies if that means anything.
Don’t tell JC I’ve got a stash.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 9:42 pm

I read that he called Scotty a liar.

Stating the bleedin’ obvious leavened with his unique “Beetrooterisms” is about all the sad ol’ joke is capable of.

Even then it’s a struggle.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 9:42 pm

I thought you’d experienced a mysterious fatal accident.

Indeed, a helicopter ride.

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 9:43 pm

TommyRobinson1
@TommyRobinson1
·
12h
Neil Oliver’s latest covid tyranny Monologue, I look forward to this every week, he nails it every time ??
https://gettr.com/post/psptmi82b4

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 6, 2022 9:45 pm

Rex Angersays:
February 6, 2022 at 9:23 pm
Ed Casesays:
February 6, 2022 at 9:07 pm

Hey Grigs!

How about instead of slandering the man, you break out the Cat’s trove site and find us a post or three [dozen] that demonstrates your conceit?

Hang on Rex, I asked him first to provide his evidence for a statement he claims that I made. Don’t distract him!

Keith Forwheels
Keith Forwheels
February 6, 2022 9:46 pm

The most powerful lobby in Australia is not the Chicoms, the Yanks or the J-ws. It’s the integrated property ponzi lobby which includes real estate spruikers, bricks and mortar retailers, banks and unis. Everything in this country is geared towards averting house prices falling.

This is true but the real reason is not generally understood. German economist Richard Werner’s work helps connect the dots, particularly in the context of the Australian economy.

rickw
rickw
February 6, 2022 9:46 pm

If our government urban planners dispensed with their irrational obsessions about preventing ‘urban sprawl’ and ensuring vast swathes of ‘green space’, there is an abundance of land to build on.

It’s not that, it’s large kickbacks for rezoning rural to residential. There is simply massive corruption in the zoning game and there have been some pretty big lawsuits in Melbourne that back up that assertion. Northern Freight hub.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 6, 2022 9:48 pm

Dick Ed

The Australian tipped a bucket on Tony Windsor

ROFLMAO, Tony Windbag spent his entire time in Parliament tipping buckets on himself every time he opened his big gob.

DaFisk
DaFisk
February 6, 2022 9:49 pm

It’s a good thing Dover stepped up to this. Well done!

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 9:52 pm

It’s not that, it’s large kickbacks for rezoning rural to residential. There is simply massive corruption in the zoning game and there have been some pretty big lawsuits in Melbourne that back up that assertion. Northern Freight hub.

There is a good argument to zone stuff permanently if there must be zoning at all.

“Old rules are fair rules”.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 6, 2022 9:54 pm

Dick Ed

Found that comment supposedly by me yet? Stop faffing around about Bananaby and Windbag, and demonstrate that you weren’t just making sh1t up. You know, the one about the number of slaves in the US at the time of the Civil War.

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 9:57 pm

CORONA INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE: GRAND JURY | DAY 1

https://www.bitchute.com/video/qyEAF1yOnDW9/

Bar Beach Swimmer
February 6, 2022 9:57 pm

Knuckle Dragger says:
February 6, 2022 at 8:56 pm

Sorry, KD, I inadvertently reported you – DB, I was just scrolling.

DaFisk
DaFisk
February 6, 2022 9:59 pm

Hi SSR good to see you again! What’s your position on the proposed Putinist annexation of Ukraine, and do you have any comments on the Chinese Communist Party regime’s motivation for supporting the invasion?

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 10:02 pm

multilanguage
@multilanguage
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Feb 1
DR. RYAN COLE: SHOCKING NUMBERS OF CANCERS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
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Translate post

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 10:03 pm

Numbers appears to have been banned!

Nah, Fisk.

He alleges he got bored on his own blog, but really he was only there to antagonise Sinc and his coterie of Class Enemies. As soon as it was gone, his reason for turning up evaporated.

He did turn up to try and abuse Adam on the Dash-Cat late last year, after Adam spent some 3 months away trying to sort put all manner of rolling c00f isolation and family catastrophes.

Numbers tried to pull his “I was in Vietnam, you know” schtick. And immediately tripped Adams ‘No Dickheads’ rule. And was smote so quickly I’m not sure he’s yet recovered from the whiplash…

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 10:04 pm

@ Fisk-

Just don’t mention you like pizzas or wear red shoes…

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 10:07 pm

Numbers tried to pull his “I was in Vietnam, you know” schtick

Numbers was last seen, over on Michael Smith….he was reminded there that he had a soft option to being conscripted…

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 10:08 pm

Or admit you have ever been in a tunnel.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:13 pm

Who the $#@^ are these guys?

https://cmaaustralia.edu.au/

CA…check.
CPA…check.

I have never, ever heard of CMA until just now watching Clarey rant about the negative value creation of decades of HR, managerialism and credentialism.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:14 pm

BBS:

No sweat on the reportage. Dover won’t ban me. I’

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:17 pm

The Daily Expose (aka gimme munny).
@spacebunny.

Reeling in the heavy hitters now. The first one was only ‘breaking’ two weeks ago as well.

#spacebunnytunnels

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:18 pm

I think it’s more like stonedbunny.

She’s Vox Day’s wife if that means anything.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 6, 2022 10:22 pm

What?!?
Tab limit reached.
Windows 11 tab limit of 1024 simultaneously open tabs has been reached.
You will need to close some tabs to continue.
(I’d start with the Bunny Exposé ones).

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:22 pm

First date advice please my older brothers, I am cooking for her:

Italian food (I am 1/32nd Italian), and some older adult contemporary like Dire Straits for background music?

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

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 10:25 pm

Numbers was last seen, over on Michael Smith….he was reminded there that he had a soft option to being conscripted…

Bugger! I must have missed it. Was that the one from Jan 22nd?

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:29 pm

Mark Taylor on the Langer sacking (the Hun):

“Ricky Ponting’s not happy, Steve Waugh’s not happy, I’m not happy, none of us are happy because of the way the game has been dragged through the mud.

“People like Justin Langer, who has just gone into the Hall of Fame, has been dragged through the mud. That disappoints us all.”

Adam Gilchrist:

“Still can’t get over what a pathetic day for Australian Cricket yesterday was.”

Aaaaand the faster, fiercer, more talented and not a greenie freak Mitchell Johnson (the West Australian):

“Pat Cummins has been lauded as some type of cricketing saint since his elevation to the top job this summer. Cummins might have delivered with the ball during the Ashes series, but he has failed his first big test as captain pretty miserably.

“He had plenty of public opportunities to endorse an extension for Langer. So when he let it through to the keeper every time, it became pretty obvious he didn’t want it to happen.

“Cummins holds a lot of power and must have been central to what’s happened. He’s clearly had an agenda to get in a coach he wants. His recent interviews have been gutless by not respecting his coach when he could have been upfront from the start.”

And then he went straight down the pipe at his former teammates:

“The baggy green is hyped as the most revered symbol in Australian sport. But what does it stand for now? In the wake of the disgraceful white-anting of Langer as coach, which led to his resignation on Saturday, it stands for selfishness.”

Brilliant. Just fucking brilliant.

The Cricket Australia people who did this are the very same people who fell over themselves to appear inclusive and fair when they sacked Tim Paine for sending a consensual dick pic to a tart four years before, when he wasn’t even captain, and which had been reported AND for which he was cleared of wrongdoing.

Kim Hughes was right. They should all be in Canberra.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 10:30 pm

Bugger! I must have missed it. Was that the one from Jan 22nd?

From memory, yes. Michael Smith posted that it was so many years since he’d enlisted in the A.R.A so Numbers had to remind everyone about the human cost of conscription….

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 10:31 pm

I was in a tunnel yesterday.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:31 pm

First date advice please

If eating Italian food, particularly on a first date, always wear a crisp white shirt.

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 10:32 pm

Okay it was more galleries but underground, very underground.

Bushkid
Bushkid
February 6, 2022 10:37 pm

Cassie of Sydney says:
February 6, 2022 at 8:18 pm
“Justin has a problem, a really big problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAlhWcPZIc“

According to the pretty boy PM who likes to put on black face….they’re all misogynists and racists. He’s still in hiding too.

Like all self-aggrandising dictators and despots, he has convinced himself that the people love him and live only to serve him. He simply cannot comprehend or imagine that there are any citizens out there who do not adore him and revere his rule. It’s the self-belief that brings undone the likes of a Musolini or a Caucescu.

He also seems to believe that labelling any who don’t fall at his sparkly-besocked feet as the various “-ists” and “-phobics” that he so bizarrely called the truckers this week will somehow automatically make them melt away in shame or something, or turn the rest of the citizenry against them. He just doesn’t seem to grasp that there are tens of thousands of people, possibly even hundreds of thousands now, out in the depths of the Canadian winter day and night, cheering on the truckers and all those supporting them.

Trudeau truly does seem to be living in a parallel universe. It’s quite bizarre.

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 10:37 pm

Boris On The Road To Damascus

https://rumble.com/embed/vrg4xo/?pub=5f67r

tonyheller – Published February 4, 2022
Rumble — The real story behind Boris Johnson’s disastrously poor judgement.

MatrixTransform
February 6, 2022 10:39 pm

First date advice please my older brothers, I am cooking for her:

tell her what to do

more oil, more vinegar
no … white wine vinegar not malt
a teaspoon of mustard … Baxter’s dijon
apricot jam
not too much white pepper
jaysus woman, salt the salad not the dressing

dip your finger in it and make her taste it.

ask her … is that what you want?

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 10:43 pm
Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:43 pm

Much to my surprise, sometimes I am too subtle, or some of you are playing A game banter.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:44 pm

Ian Chappell:

“Out of all the commentary, Cricket Australia have copped a pasting, as they should. People who are saying they haven’t been very good for six months forget that they haven’t been very good for 60 years that I’ve been involved.”

List, in batting order, and only so far, of decent cricketers rightully and righteously caning the bejesus out of the decision:

Mark Taylor
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Ian Chappell
Kim Hughes
Steve Waugh
Damien Martyn
Adam Gilchrist
Mitchell Johnson
Brad Hogg
Andrew Strauss (at No.11, because he’s a Pom)

Coach: Mickey Arthur, who said:

“Either give him a proper extension or move on, by offering 6 months you effectively say you don’t want him but don’t have the balls to fire the bullet!”

Rabz
February 6, 2022 10:44 pm

If eating Italian food, particularly on a first date, always wear a crisp white shirt.

Some dating advice from a past master – if your pizza turns up sans pineapple, grab the tub of choice juicy golden sunshine cuts you’ve stashed in your manbag and ostentatiously strew them across the aforementioned Italian foodstuff.

Guaranteed to sort the men from the pretenders. 🙂

Rabz
February 6, 2022 10:47 pm

they haven’t been very good for 60 years that I’ve been involved

He just had to make it all about himself (again).

The sad stupid ol’ communist bastard.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 10:49 pm

dip your finger in it and make her taste it.

ask her … is that what you want?

Okay. I recognise another professional when I see one.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:51 pm

Mark Taylor
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Ian Chappell
Kim Hughes
Steve Waugh
Damien Martyn
Adam Gilchrist
Mitchell Johnson
Brad Hogg
Andrew Strauss

Throw in Border and make Strauss 12th man and you have a solid “best ever” (yeah yeah, not quite) team. Only two fast bowlers though, a medium and two part time spinners.

Martyn and Ponting are probably my favourite two Aussie batsmen.

I can’t believe how mismanaged sport is in Australia. The land of wasted opportunities.

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 10:52 pm

I’ve been waiting, not breathlessly, for my ADE for MONTHS.
Where is it?
You promised!

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:53 pm

I always (wrongly) assumed Chappell was a fast bowler because he’s a prick.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 10:54 pm

While on the triumph of woke idiocy (BIRM) and its destructive effects on Australian sport, anyone remember the last Rugby world cup?

Yes, of course you don’t. The sport at the time was “administered” by a monstrous kiwi goth blandwhale and the purse strings controlled by a spiteful li’l homosexual irish hobgoblin.

Both of whom conspired to ban our best player for wrongthink.

The end result? Our worst ever showing in a Rugby world cup, knocked out by England (oh, the shame) in the quarter finals.

Was there anyone in Australian sports j’ism who pointed this out at the time?

Crickets (ptp).

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 10:55 pm

Italian food (I am 1/32nd Italian),

Whatever is easy amd simple for you to make and makes good eating.

As to music- Trust your own tastes. I am a philistine who ranges from symphonic power metal to pipes and drums to Didney wurl pop to Synthwave to Glenn Miller in the space of as many shuffles…

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 10:56 pm

Whatever you do, no Spotify.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 10:58 pm

No one clicks on links, they’re usually my punchline and I wholly blame frollickingmole.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 11:00 pm

Much to my surprise, sometimes I am too subtle,

TOO SUBTLE FOR YOUUUUU!!1!

#SNEAKATTACK

Rabz
February 6, 2022 11:01 pm

Martyn and Ponting are probably my favourite two Aussie batsmen.

Sacré bleu!

Mark Waugh and the Gilchrist. Afghanistan was the most effortless and graceful technician ever*, while Gilchrist was not someone you’d ever want to be bowling against, whether Australia were 4-64 or 4-364.

*And the best catcher in the field.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 11:02 pm

Ian Chappel also ruined cricket for me about 10-15 years ago.

OH THAT’S WRONG, VERY WRONG.

WHEN I PLAYED FOR AUSTRALIA

THAT’S STUPID, JUST STUPID

The final straw was when he started rambling about not changing your hand position to take a catch.

Whilst being totally wrong and demonstrably wrong by technically superior, more athletic modern players, he ranted that “kids at home” ought to listen to Uncle Ian’s 1870’s era coaching advice.

THAT MIDDLE STUMP, THAT’S JUST STUPID! QUEEN VICTORIA TOLD ME HERSELF!

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 11:04 pm

French innovation.
One of the options for the collection at mass today was a ‘basket’ than allowed you to pick an amount and tap’n’pay.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 11:05 pm

Err, Pol, don’t get me started on Chappelli …

MatrixTransform
February 6, 2022 11:07 pm

recognise another professional

there’s a five or ten minute space while the meat is resting

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 11:08 pm

there’s a five or ten minute space while the meat is resting

GG, GG

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 11:09 pm

Roman Galleries.
They were explored extensively by Abbe Signal? in 1938, then excavated in the 1960s and opened to the public in the seventies.
But they were not a new find, the information at the site admitted that people living above has been using some of them as private cellars in the modern age (which probably means many hundreds of years) and has damaged them. Bad people.

Rabz
February 6, 2022 11:09 pm

“The ball is very rouND!”

“The grass is very greEN!”

“The sky is very blEU!”

“I’m a sad embittered ol’ failure prone to reminiscing about how grate I was back in my dAY!”

And on and on and bluddee on. It’s very fitting he’s ended up with fellow idiots on the ALPBC.

No one else would put up with him, except the poor long suffering taxpayer.

cohenite
February 6, 2022 11:11 pm

srrsays:
February 6, 2022 at 10:37 pm
Boris On The Road To Damascus

https://rumble.com/embed/vrg4xo/?pub=5f67r

tonyheller – Published February 4, 2022
Rumble — The real story behind Boris Johnson’s disastrously poor judgement.

Yep, another kunt struck shit, just like hazza; only the fat bastard will have done far more damage then hazza or even his inbred fucktard father, prince tampon, will do.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:14 pm

Dot

Was it the dancing Gillard?
Was that what finally broke you?

Sorry…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOZ3IzRaf4

Rabz
February 6, 2022 11:16 pm

tried to pull his “I was in Veitman, you know” schtick

He’s always been a one schtick pony.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 11:17 pm

It was Nanny Roxon.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 11:18 pm

No one clicks on links, they’re usually my punchline and I wholly blame frollickingmole.

You really ought to click on mine.

Very subtle tactics… 🙂

Too subtle…

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 11:19 pm

This is no place for insane fan fiction.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 11:21 pm

Sale of former Soviet safe house stalls

Alice Workman
Strewth Editor
@workmanalice
9:37PM November 16, 2021
9 Comments

Have the Soviets burst the Sydney property bubble?

The sale of the secret safe house, used by Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov after they defected to Australia in 1954, seems to have stalled. The four-bedroom, heritage-listed house hit the market with a $7m price tag in September. It sits in a cul-de-sac in McMahons Point on Sydney’s lower north shore and has been owned by Karen and Graeme Foster for the past 30 years.

Karen told the Mosman Daily that every time she digs a hole in the garden she hopes to find something. But so far she’s only unearthed a couple of forks and some plate fragments, sans hammer or sickle.

No 3 Commodore Crescent hid the KGB spies during the political storm, when the Petrov Affair was making headlines around the world, until the couple were given new identities and moved to a quiet suburb in Melbourne.

It featured in Lee Whitmore’s 2006 film The Safe House. Set in the summer of 1954, it’s a true story about seven-year-old Lee growing up next door to the defectors and watching the mysterious comings and goings of strangers in suits and hats, and it won the Best Animation gong at the Sydney Film Festival.

The 594sq m block was last traded in 1993 for $810,000 and comes with development approval for off-street parking, plus the potential for a modern makeover. It’s known to locals as Billy Blue’s Cottage, named after African-American convict slave Billy Blue who originally owned the estate in 1817 and built the sandstone house.

With sweeping views of Sydney Harbour and a colourful past, this one-of-a-kind slice of history was all set to sell before it went under the hammer on October 8. Until the potential buyers got spooked at the last minute. The auction was binned and inspections are now only available on request.

Are Cold War ghosts scaring away the luxury market? Or is it something even scarier … the local council?

Di Jones agent Nigel Mukhi reassured Strewth that he’s had a few bites on the property and expects to privately offload it to a special buyer soon. A number of potential investors are scheduled to inspect it on Saturday.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:22 pm

Dot.

Bad Boy Bubby is an awesome first date film.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:26 pm

Old spice, it’s impossible to use too much to make a really strong first impression.

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 11:26 pm

Or Blair Witch Project, in case the meal wasn’t quite up to scratch, you’d have an alternative explanation.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:27 pm

Getting your mum to drop her home shows you have superior planning skills.

Dot
Dot
February 6, 2022 11:27 pm

This is NOT subtle.

Sam Hyde – Take a knee for Huwhite women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjz9lJ-2In8

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 11:27 pm

This is no place for insane fan fiction

It is merely TOO SUBTLE for imgur…

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:30 pm

Be sure to tell her what you hated about your past girlfriends for most of the meal.
Sobbing at some stage will show your sincerity.
Chicks love that.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 11:31 pm

When are you meant to show her your shed?

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:33 pm

For more tips subscribe to my Modern Musculinist channel, only $50 a month for unrivalled insights like these.
Subscribe now and I’ll throw in a copy of my book “ pegging, the deeper path of manhood”…

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 6, 2022 11:35 pm

Chappelli did make listening to the cricket hard work this summer. It was a relief when Jim Maxwell came on and you could have a snooze.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 11:36 pm

First date films:

Reservoir Dogs
Saw
The Dirty Dozen
Any Which Way But Loose
Pet Sematary

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:36 pm

Rex, I know you paid for the deluxe “ more meat masculinity” package but you can’t go giving away secrets like the cuck hut without payment.

Chicks dig cuck huts.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 6, 2022 11:38 pm

If people start live blogging mature dates I’m gonna have to flounce. For my own well being.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:38 pm

I like the wereporker

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:40 pm

Chicks dig dudes with pants HB
Nobody loves a bear bottom.

Fair Shake
Fair Shake
February 6, 2022 11:42 pm

Take along your best bottle of Ben Ean. Goes with any Italian food.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:46 pm

At the end of the meal roll up a white ox, when you are licking the paper to glue it shut be sure to stare meaningfully into her eyes as you display your tongue skills.
Be sure to blow the smoke in her face to assert your dominance.
She will be sliding off the seat…

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 6, 2022 11:46 pm

Have Archer on in the background, all the time.

You’ll be a rolled gold shoo-in.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 6, 2022 11:48 pm

Nobody loves a bear bottom.

That reminds me of that joke. A bear and a rabbit are taking a dump in the woods. The bears says, “Does it stick to your fur?”. Rabbit says,”Nah, not a problem.”. And the bear grabs the rabbit and wipes his arse with him.

rosie
rosie
February 6, 2022 11:50 pm

I think Dot needs to grow a horseshoe moustache before this date.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:50 pm

Is an ocelot still hot?

How do you titlate an ocelot?
You ocellate it’s tit a lot

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 11:52 pm

Avi Yemini
@OzraeliAvi
·
7m
The WA police barged into a church to check mask compliance on a day with 18 local cases in a state that is 93% fully vaccinated.

Learn from Australia.

Don’t believe them when they promise life goes back to normal if you get vaccinated.

Covid-Cops STORM Church during service

The Western Australia police barged into a church to check mask exemptions on a day with just 18 new local cases in a state that is almost 93% fully vaccinat…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAw4i-tCASA
youtu.be

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 11:53 pm

First dates, all those years ago

The Memsahib and I met, on a blind date.

She confessed years later that, when she first saw “my place” she thought I must have been renting. No man who she knew, who was divorced, ever had a house…….

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:53 pm

Be sure to tell her you are 1/432 German and you think it’s your duty to produce as many white babies as possible.
Which is why you will be continuing to make the twice weekly trips to the sperm bank.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 6, 2022 11:54 pm

Chicks dig cuck huts.

You mock my train room [to be]!

Prepare to get railed!

srr
srr
February 6, 2022 11:54 pm

ladisvratil
@ladisvratil
·
2m
Replying to @OzraeliAvi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAw4i-tCASA

Yes and it was the locals who reported them to the police. Learn from Australia don’t be a snitch!

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 11:55 pm

The WA police barged into a church to check mask compliance on a day with 18 local cases in a state that is 93% fully vaccinated.

Some fvcking Karen/Nigel sat outside that church, saw people entering without a mask, and rang the coppers…

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 6, 2022 11:56 pm

I hope you are taking notes Dot.
This is advice you literally could not put a price upon.
But I’ll settle for you naming your firstborn after me.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 6, 2022 11:56 pm

stt – snap!

Indolent
Indolent
February 7, 2022 12:00 am
srr
srr
February 7, 2022 12:05 am

Lawyers or those who care about a Justice System will find the first 5 minutes interesting –

“YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice #191: Count Dankula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mXwulLRabQ

Premiered Jan 27, 2022
Michael Malice
172K subscribers
Michael Malice (“YOUR WELCOME”) is joined by YouTube sensation, and political activist, Count Dankula to talk about the current state of Scotland, political sensitivity, and Dankula’s recent run-ins with the law. The two also talk about vaccination policies and how they differ between countries (or do they?).

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 12:06 am

IT WAS A JOKE ABOUT PIZZAGATE, FFS!

Are you happy now?

rosie
rosie
February 7, 2022 12:17 am

Poor dot.
First date didn’t go so well.

Thefrollickingmole
Thefrollickingmole
February 7, 2022 12:18 am

I almost forgot your killer line.
After you tell her of your gyppo heritage ask if she has any Italian in her.
If she says no then ask if she wants some.

srr
srr
February 7, 2022 12:20 am

Hearts of Oak
@HeartsofOak
·
Feb 5
“It is a disgrace….” @jamesdelingpole discussing journalistic integrity during the ‘pandemic’
WATCH the full interview here on GETTR
https://gettr.com/post/ps94ln141b
LISTEN on Podbean or the pod app of your choice
https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/e/james-delingp
Hit play for a clip ?? LIKE??SUBSCRIBE??SHARE

srr
srr
February 7, 2022 12:21 am

Carl Benjamin
@carlbenjamin
·
Feb 5
If you didn’t boo, I’d think we were doing something wrong!
https://gettr.com/post/psi0yzaab6

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
February 7, 2022 12:24 am

Women love sincerity.
Once you can fake that you can fake anything.

srr
srr
February 7, 2022 12:28 am

Corona Investigative Committee
@CoronaCommittee
·
Feb 3
Announcement: Start of the Grand Jury Proceeding

First date: Feb. 05, 2022

In serious criminal cases in the U.S., a so-called #grandjury is presented with the evidence at hand to convince them that this evidence is sufficient to bring public charges against the defendants.

We are adopting this model to prove to the public, with the help of real witnesses, lawyers, a judge and experts from around the world, that we are dealing with #crimesagainsthumanity that span the globe.

The goal is a coherent presentation of all the facts gathered to date, and thus to convince the populations of all countries that resistance here is not only possible, but required of every individual.

videohttps://gettr.com/post/prz9onf100

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 12:30 am

Nerd stuff on the code for Nero

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BeastNumber.html

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 7, 2022 12:35 am

Drinking good single malt Scotch, and watching Michael Caine, and Robert Duvall, in “Second Hand Lions – the Bar Fight Scene” is an occupation befitting a gentleman.

Could someone, who knows more about the technology, then I do, post the link. I am obliged to you.

Miss Anthropist
Miss Anthropist
February 7, 2022 12:44 am

Dot,
Fart jokes are a good icebreaker in any social situation, particularly first dates.

srr
srr
February 7, 2022 12:49 am

Woodys 360° View
@Woodys360View

14m
·
·
Memes, memes, and more memes.
#GKChesterton
https://gab.com/Woodys360View/posts/107751308702040069

pete of perth
pete of perth
February 7, 2022 1:02 am

Dot..

Plenty of culinary advice at the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hF41qPkJxs

pete of perth
pete of perth
February 7, 2022 1:06 am

… and the do’s and dont’s of dating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBOSdl-b54

rosie
rosie
February 7, 2022 2:25 am

“Academic, personal interest is not the same thing as a clinical reason to do it,” Dr Moy says. “Most doctors will be wary of using public funds to do a test for interest, when you do a test you have to know what you’ll do with the result.”

“If people are interested in knowing whether they’ve had the virus, due to curiosity or to receive certain immunity passports for travel, they can also seek out an antibody test through a private provider at their own cost.”…

“Put simply, if a person only has spike antibodies, then they’ve likely had a vaccine but not an infection. If another protein called nucleocapsid shows up alongside the spike protein, it suggests they’ve been infected in the past.

“Although crudely, we can say that spike-only antibody equals a recent history of vaccination and spike plus nucleocapsid antibody equals natural infection plus or minus vaccine, it’s still an imperfect science,” Professor Kaldor warns.

There are also limitations on the time frame for antibody tests. Experts estimate antibodies develop about two weeks after an infection and should last for at least six months, but this can differ from person to person.”

how to know if you’ve already had covid at the dreadful ABC

Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:09 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:10 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:11 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:12 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:14 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:15 am
Tom
Tom
February 7, 2022 4:16 am
rosie
rosie
February 7, 2022 5:32 am
Cassie of Sydney
February 7, 2022 5:52 am

Please tell me why we bother to vote Coalition?

Extra funding for ABC

The Morrison government has given the ABC a pre-election pay rise, committing to a $3.28bn support packageand scrapping its indexation freeze on the broadcaster’s budget.”

This government is one of the most cowardly in history. Spineless, craven, supine and cowardly.

Good riddance. They aren’t even “Labor lite”….they’re Labor.

bespoke
bespoke
February 7, 2022 6:09 am

I haven’t seen one clip of the Canadian protest showing talking heads screeching about lizard people or snarky interviews with idiot counter protesters.

It’s all been refreshingly upbeat focused on a single unifying issue.

rickw
rickw
February 7, 2022 6:11 am

focused on a single unifying issue

That’s the key to success.

Bluey
Bluey
February 7, 2022 6:12 am

You know, having been pushed into unemployment from the jab mandates, I’m rather enjoying all this free time. Laze at the beach, exploring walking trails, finishing a whole lot of books and just having a nice easygoing life.

Starting to wonder why I bothered with working two jobs, staying employed, and actually being a useful member of society. What exactly did it get me?

rickw
rickw
February 7, 2022 6:16 am

Some fvcking Karen/Nigel sat outside that church, saw people entering without a mask, and rang the coppers

And the coppers being Nazi Mongs didn’t say “thanks for the information” and go back to munching donuts.

rickw
rickw
February 7, 2022 6:19 am

Starting to wonder why I bothered with working two jobs, staying employed, and actually being a useful member of society. What exactly did it get me?

Bluey Lying Flat!

rosie
rosie
February 7, 2022 6:19 am

Lnp focus groups must have said votes in extra bucks for ABC.

calli
calli
February 7, 2022 6:26 am

ScoMo thinks the ABC will be nice to him if he gives them money.

Ahahahahaha!

Cassie of Sydney
February 7, 2022 6:28 am

Can someone post this piece from the Oz…

“Legal protection of religious freedoms vital to democracy
Julian Porteous

I’ve been on the receiving end of an attempt to silence the expression of religious beliefs. I know the chilling effect it has.”

calli
calli
February 7, 2022 6:30 am

A lot of people lying flat up here. No one wants to work, not even school leavers wanting summer work.

They just can’t find people to fill the positions, yet the population hasn’t up and disappeared. I can’t quite get my head around it.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 7, 2022 6:41 am

Scotty might as well increase ABC funding – at least he’s got some chance of evenhandedness there.
Murdoch and Fairfax/Guardian are just out to gut him.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 7, 2022 6:44 am

Lnp focus groups must have said votes in extra bucks for ABC.

They don’t need a focus group tom tell them that.
Ever had a look at the other Media in Australia?
Toxic waste is the polite description.

Crossie
Crossie
February 7, 2022 6:45 am

Cassie, ScoMo is not craven. It takes courage to give your voters the finger right before the election by gifting the ABC gobs of money. He doesn’t dislike the ABC, he loves them, it’s us he hates.

bespoke
bespoke
February 7, 2022 6:49 am

Bluey

This situation is snuffing out the last resistance to dependence on the state.

sfw
sfw
February 7, 2022 6:54 am

Calli, much the same everywhere else. I reckon the lockdowns, all the ridiculous arbitrary rules, the sit down money, the constant fear mongering etc have combined to instill a sense of malaise in much of the population. It will take decades or more before anyone will have a good idea of the damage caused by our politicians to the nation and the world.

Cassie of Sydney
February 7, 2022 6:55 am

There’s a tweet on the side that DB has uploaded re. GoFuckMe…the author of the tweet is Pedro Gonzales…

“GoFundMe had to be harassed and bullied by countless people and threatened with lawsuits before it came to this point. Bullying works and it is the only language these psychopaths understand. There is no “invisible hand”; you have to slap them in the face with yours.”

Mr Gonzales is 150% right. Turning the other cheek with progressive scum DOES NOT WORK. Being polite DOES NOT WORK. We have to fight progressive scum using the very same tactics they use against us. IT’S WAR.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
February 7, 2022 6:55 am

I can help Rabz. The first two problems. I don’t drink Scotch? Woodstock? After those two I can only imagine the quip about not having pineapple on pizza is actually a dirty secret. Lift your game. If I can turn my life around anyone can.

Mak Siccar
Mak Siccar
February 7, 2022 6:56 am

As requested.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/legal-protection-of-religious-freedoms-vital-to-democracy/news-story/6268a089ca31fe129a973a8c34266667

Legal protection of religious freedoms vital to democracy
JULIAN PORTEOUS

11:00PM FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I recently received a letter from Scott Morrison. While it was addressed to me personally I am sure I was one of many religious leaders who received this letter. It concerned the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill being considered by parliament.

The Prime Minister said in part: “The ability to live in a country where you could live your faith free from persecution is one of the primary reasons many choose to make Australia their home.” I believe Morrison is right in highlighting this point. The vast majority of us blessed to be born in Australia too easily forget just how fortunate we are. Most of us are unaware of the extent of religious persecution that still exists throughout the world. The fact that Australian society respected and valued religious freedom from very early on in its history has brought many to our shores who have contributed greatly to the building of our nation.

But this is at risk. I have noticed over recent years the freedom to express and live by religious belief is increasingly being whittled away through legislation in different jurisdictions across Australia.

During the recent hearings on the proposed religious discrimination bill, a number of groups suggested that even though there is a clear gap in protections for religious belief in legislation the proposed bill goes too far.

As someone who has actually been on the receiving end of an attempt to silence the expression of religious beliefs through a state-based Anti-Discrimination Act, I would respectfully disagree.

What I have realised through my experience of being cited by the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner for a possible breach of the Act is that it is not just the attempt to silence particular individuals that is the problem, but also the chilling effect such actions have on the rest of the believing community and, more broadly, our society.

READ MORE:Religious bill seeks corporate blessing

Anti-discrimination complaints directed against the expression of religious belief, whether successful or not, have a widespread effect of largely silencing those who share such beliefs out of fear of being hauled before an anti-discrimination tribunal, attacked through social media and potentially losing their livelihood. This is the reality we live in. Social media has helped to weaponise anti-discrimination legislation. This is not a good thing for the religious communities or for society.

Freedom of religious expression is not just critical for religious communities to flourish, it is also fundamentally important for our democratic system of government, which requires free, honest and respectful public debate on issues affecting the life and direction of our nation. It is the oxygen for the lungs of our democracy. In an ethnically and religiously diverse society the free expression of views enriches, and does not diminish, our culture.

It is not just Anti-Discrimination Acts that have become a problem for free and respectful expression of religious belief. We should also be deeply concerned about the denial of freedom of conscience on important moral matters. Doctors in Tasmania are denied the right to refuse to refer a request for an abortion. Euthanasia legislation in different states seeks to force individuals of faith and/or faith-based institutions to provide or allow euthanasia. So-called conversion therapy legislation in certain states also seeks to restrict expression of religious belief and freedom of conscience.

One area the bill does address is the vital freedom for faith-based education to act in such a way so as to protect the integrity of belief within its institutions. It is essential our faith-based schools are free to present the fullness of their beliefs to students and are able to get a commitment from staff to support and uphold these beliefs in their professional capacity, even if some may have personal reservations. In the case of Catholic education, prior to enrolment parents are made aware a school will present Catholic teaching in lessons and other activities and parents are asked for their consent. Indeed, it is because of the Catholic faith and the type of human formation provided that parents seek a Catholic education for children. They want their children raised in accordance with certain beliefs and values.

Having the legal ability to require staff to uphold the school’s religious values is essential to the operation of faith-based schools. This, too, is under threat. In Victoria, legislation has recently been passed that removes the ability of faith-based schools to require staff to uphold the religious principles of the schools in their professional capacity, except for the roles of principal and religious education co-ordinator. Thus, a teacher employed in a Catholic school in Victoria could oppose Catholic teaching and yet be protected from disciplinary action.

It is clear the Religious Discrimination Act is urgently needed to protect religious freedom both for individuals and communities of believers. Without such an Act, not only will religious faith continue to be greatly undermined and threatened in Australia, but so too will the very vitality and stability of democracy.

Julian Porteous is the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 7, 2022 7:00 am

It will take decades or more before anyone will have a good idea of the damage caused by our politicians to the nation and the world.

Scotty has ruined the World now?
ALP daily talking points have left the planet, then.

calli
calli
February 7, 2022 7:08 am

a sense of malaise

I observed it late last year, but thought I might just be projecting my own mindset onto others. A recent zoom meeting confirmed my suspicions. Although the participants had all had time off over the Christmas break, they all said they were tired. These are tough, resourceful people, not malingerers.

In a war or other conflict, people are energised by the goal of winning. In the nightmare that we now find ourselves in, thanks to unapologetic, lying bureaucrats who gloat about it, there seems to be no way out. We are trapped in a web and are being sucked dry.

Gabor
Gabor
February 7, 2022 7:15 am

bespoke says:
February 7, 2022 at 6:49 am

Bluey

This situation is snuffing out the last resistance to dependence on the state.

I only have one problem with this, who is going to pay for all this?
Surely eventually we lose so many of the actual productive taxpayers that the state has no option but to print money.
Make no mistake I don’t mean everyone will be on the dole, the majority is still imbued with work ethic, and has a purpose in life that involves working in a meaningful job.

I know I could not be idle, I’d find something meaningful and hopefully profitable to do if I’d lose my job.
But the future for the young brought up in this “the state will look after me” mentality is not bright.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 7, 2022 7:16 am

Mr Gonzales is 150% right. Turning the other cheek with progressive scum DOES NOT WORK. Being polite DOES NOT WORK. We have to fight progressive scum using the very same tactics they use against us. IT’S WAR.

My thoughts precisely – being polite to scum only enhances and encourages the scum because conservatives are very polite people and giving them a shovel-full of their own medicine shocks them to the core.

calli
calli
February 7, 2022 7:19 am

This is nice. Dover is giving us a long weekend.

Bluey
Bluey
February 7, 2022 7:20 am

bespokesays:
February 7, 2022 at 6:49 am
Bluey

This situation is snuffing out the last resistance to dependence on the state.

Maybe. I know a few people who’re just going cash in hand or payment by barter now. I’m not signing up for any centerlink payments that’s for sure.
It is definitely destroying faith and trust in government and other institutions like police though. Some of the comments about the police force I would never have expected from the people who said it. It shows just how far they have fallen in the public trust, and it will be damn hard to regain it.

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 7:21 am

It’s all been refreshingly upbeat focused on a single unifying issue.

This is not that sort of blog.

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 7:23 am

Malaise? I am more morose.

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 7:28 am

Bluey

I might lose my job soon when I might otherwise gotten a decent upwards bump.

Looking at all sorts of cash jobs. It isn’t about not having a job, it’s about sanity, living with yourself.

If the government forces you out of work, there is nothing wrong with getting welfare.

Enjoy the decline.

I simply do not trust and do not like police or doctors now.

I rate them above serious criminals but below unsolicited telemarketers.

Bons
February 7, 2022 7:28 am

Malaise? I am more mor(ose)on.

PeterM
PeterM
February 7, 2022 7:30 am

I can’t shake the feeling that we’re sliding towards another Kevin07 type election. Looking to replace a slightly competent government with an utter clown show.

I, too, am morose.

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 7:30 am

I hope you get all the help you need, Bons.

Barry
Barry
February 7, 2022 7:38 am

Morro is leaking against Dutton now.

It’s possible he is completely insane.

#Libspill

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 7:44 am

Chaos is a ladder.

bespoke
bespoke
February 7, 2022 7:44 am

I all for giving them a shovel.
Ridicule and exposing their motives are powerful tools.

Not for getting in the hole with them.
That is letting them dictate the battle ground.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 7, 2022 7:50 am

We have to fight progressive scum using the very same tactics they use against us.

Unfortunately Cassie the Left uses illegal and outright criminal tactics. Because the state apparatus is captured by them there’s instant overkill on any righties (eg. 1/6) but impunity for the criminal lefties.

GiveSendGo Hosts Freedom Convoy Trucker Fundraiser: $1.4M Raised Despite Cyberattacks (5 Jan)

Christian-owned funding platform GiveSendGo is hosting a new fundraiser for the Canada Freedom Convoy after its initial fundraiser was shut down by far-left funding platform GoFundMe.

GiveSendGo is currently difficult to access, struggling under increased traffic and cyberattacks from left-wing activists.

The company says it is facing attacks from bots and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), a technique used by cybercriminals to take a website offline by overloading it with artificial traffic.

Despite this, the GiveSendGo fundraiser is gaining momentum, with over $1.4 million pledged to the truckers on the platform as of 6:30 p.m. ET.

That’s probably why some Cats who wanted to donate couldn’t get the site to respond. Unfortunately I very much doubt the authorities will pursue the attackers, and indeed they may even be the attackers.

Pogria
Pogria
February 7, 2022 7:50 am

Zulu, here’s the bar fight from Second Hand Lions you were after.

One of the best Buddy Movies of all time.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 7, 2022 7:55 am

Watching the WA bushfires on the teev this morning, and attempting to reconcile those scenes with a currently sodden Darwin.

I have a longstanding mate who’s been a firey there for quite some time. He’s been stood down, but not actually sacked yet due to his unvaccinated status. He reckons there’s quite a few of his colleagues in the same boat.

Just wondering if the bushfire response has been hampered in any significant way by this particular Hermit Kingdom policy.

It would be weird if the Sneakers government thought it was a-okay for someone to be killed by radiant heat, or from inhaling superheated air so your lungs fry and you suffocate at the same time your face is burning off – but a 95 year old can’t shuffle off this mortal coil from pneumonia, but with hospital-acquired covid.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 7, 2022 7:57 am

Oops, that of course was 5 Feb. I’m still stuck in January.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 7, 2022 8:02 am

Ed Casesays:
February 7, 2022 at 6:41 am
Scotty might as well increase ABC funding – at least he’s got some chance of evenhandedness there.
Murdoch and Fairfax/Guardian are just out to gut him.

Sneakers Ed hard at work! “Some chance of evenhandedness”! ROFLMAO.

Haven’t you found that comment by me yet? Stop slacking off and prove that you really can Google.

Dot
Dot
February 7, 2022 8:02 am

Surely this is a hoax article, like the Emperor’s New Clothes?

Tim Pool: Scientists publish research article recommending wearing pantyhose over a masked face to stop COVID

https://youtu.be/vmxNs1fMzl0

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 7, 2022 8:08 am

Gabor

I only have one problem with this, who is going to pay for all this?
Surely eventually we lose so many of the actual productive taxpayers that the state has no option but to print money.

Hello Argentina, Venezuela and Zimbabwe, here we come.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 7, 2022 8:10 am

bespoke:

I haven’t seen one clip of the Canadian protest showing talking heads screeching about lizard people

Yep – which is also why (in my view) it received the international traction it’s getting. Compare and contrast with themes introduced by people given microphones in some of this country’s protests:

Lizard people;
Indigenous land rights;
Pedos pedos fuckin’ pedos;
Chemtrails;
Thousand year old secret plans finally coming to fruition;
Armed takeover of the government (where, when, who and how have yet to be specified);
Martial law, and thousands of UN troops landing at Chinese airfields ready for deployment;
Donald Trump; and
Climate change.

There are probably more. The exact moment the righteous, justified and entirely on-point anti-mandate protests began in this country they were hijacked by fringe dwellers riding on that movement’s coat tails, with predictable results.

There are people (including some here, and/or formerly here) who claim that all this is a good thing, because ‘they’re on our side’ and ‘they are Doing Something’.

But are they? Are they really?

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