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Bluey
Bluey
February 9, 2022 12:43 pm

Barrysays:
February 9, 2022 at 12:26 pm
Vicki says:
February 9, 2022 at 11:51 am
Re my last point. The only argument for using Novavax now, is that it would qualify you for mandate exception. However, will they then require you to update with current mRNA vacxx?????

Novavax published booster study pre-print data at the end of last year. Not yet peer reviewed and published as far as I can see. The booster shot was given at 6months post the first two. Some work was done at the Alfred in Melbourne.

Given no-one knows how or even whether the Novavax immunity wanes like the mRNA shot, I think that it will be some time before it is clear what the regimen should be. Approval would follow once that’s clear.

Don’t forget that premiers (squinting at Andrews particularly here) are quite happy to mandate a booster regardless of need or benefit. At this point, having been rendered unemployed by the mandates, I’m not going to bother with Novavax particularly when I’d probably need to get another shot in 3 months to keep working. Far simpler and easier to just drop out of society and coast.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 12:43 pm

Wrong their there. Forgive me, English is only my first language.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
February 9, 2022 12:44 pm

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins front up at the National Press Club today.
How on earth does Brittany or her lawyers think it’s OK to do this with a trial imminent?
You could be forgiven for thinking a fair trial isn’t on her agenda.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 12:44 pm

Hey, remember when the usual bully clowns went right off about anyone suggesting that another key purpose of this whole Wu Flu Farce was to fine tune Tracking & Tracing Everyone.

No, and that’s not what ‘anyone’ said either.

I do recall people taking the piss out of random screechers claiming that vaccines were chockers with tiny robots made in Inscrutable Dry Cleaner Land, and for the purpose of tracking and tracing everyone. Nobody, and I mean nobody, mentioned ‘fine tuning’ anything.

Ignoring the machinations of mobile phone technology which allows tracking in any event, said screechers produced links to other randoms such as MICHAELDET? and @spacebunny which didn’t further the screechers’ cause, but did allow them to change direction while maintaining volume.

attacked the topic until only the brave pursued it.

No no no. Only the ‘stunning and brave’ pursued it.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 12:47 pm

Freedom has no greater friend than the EU parliament. Just ask Nigel Farage. Or better still, watch a few YouTubes.

Gab
Gab
February 9, 2022 12:47 pm

In Queensland from 1 January, VAD assassins will be allowed to enter any religiously objecting hospital to kill a patient. The Archbishop of Brisbane’s Twitter profile pic tells you all you need to know about his inclination to fight the establishment.

All our current bishops here are novus ordites and just want to climb the clerical ladder and keep getting their taxpayer dollars from the government. Don’t expect any of them to stand up and stand out against societal atrocities. Sadly, our bishops are of the world and readily comply with the world rather than the actual Word. In the not too distant future, we can expect our bishops to agree that breaking the confessional seal is no biggie.

They ought to be sent white feathers in the mail.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

I used to support Howard’s firearm buyback

Never did. Never voted LNP since.
They get my vote back when I get my guns back. Not before.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 9, 2022 12:47 pm

Thanks Struth for the link to How COVID Shots Suppress Your Immune System

On a slight segue. Reading it made me think of the truth behind several comments here, that Australian society has been deliberately dumbed down. I got lost several times in the detail and medical terminology. Instead of re-reading and focussing, I just looked for the summary. I’ll bet I’m not the only one whose eyes glaze over when faced with difficult text. Journos included.

I’ve been indoctrinated well. Must do better.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 12:47 pm

As always, Orange man is right…from The Oz

“Stop apologising to these lunatics, Trump tells Joe Rogan

By HUGH TOMLINSON

Donald Trump has urged Joe Rogan to “stop apologising” about his Spotify podcast, as the commentator considers a $US100 million offer to move to a rival conservative platform linked to the former president.

Rogan, 54, is facing a public backlash for spreading misinformation about Covid-19, prompting a series of artists to pull their music from Spotify. He spent last weekend apologising for racist slurs in past episodes. He said he was “regretful and shameful” after a six-minute compilation video showing him repeatedly using the n-word and comparing a black neighbourhood to Planet of the Apes was shared on social media.

Spotify has pulled more than 100 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience but has no plans to cancel the podcast, which draws 11 million listeners per episode.

‘Don’t let them make you look weak’

The race row prompted Trump to leap to Rogan’s defence, as the podcaster became the focus of the latest clash in America’s culture wars.

“Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologising to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” Trump, 75, said.

“How many ways can you say you’re sorry? Joe, just go about what you do so well and don’t let them make you look weak and frightened. That’s not you and it never will be!”

The comments encouraged other conservatives to rally behind Rogan on social media, claiming he was a victim of left-wing “cancel culture”. The streaming site Rumble said that it had offered Rogan $US100 million over four years to bring his show to its platform.

Rumble has a deal with Trump and securing Rogan would bring the two most popular voices in conservative media to the site as it tries to take on YouTube. Chris Pavlovski, the Rumble chief executive, told Rogan he would face “no censorship” at the platform.

“Dear Joe, we stand with you, your guests and your legion of fans in desire for real conversation,” Pavlovski wrote. “How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new.”

Rogan, a comedian, has yet to comment on the offer. Despite the conservative effort to present him as a victim, Rogan conceded at the weekend that “whenever you’re in a situation where you have to say ‘I’m not a racist,’ you f***ed up, and I clearly have f***ed up.”

His exclusive deal with Spotify, struck in 2020, was itself worth more than $US100 million, according to reports. Rogan’s comments on vaccines and race have caused other artists to walk out and some members of the public to cancel their subscriptions.

Daniel Ek, the chief executive of the Swedish streaming platform, has promised a dollars 100 million investment in licensing and promoting music and audio content from “historically marginalised groups” but is reluctant to jettison Rogan. Ek, 38, told staff in a memo on Sunday that Rogan’s comments were “incredibly hurtful” but said he did not believe the answer lay in “silencing” the podcaster. Neil Young, who last month became the first musician to pull his work from Spotify over Rogan’s comments on Covid-19, renewed his attack on the firm yesterday (Tuesday). Young, 76, urged Spotify staff to resign and “get out of that place before it eats up your soul”.

Underscoring Trump’s power over conservative US media, Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor, plans to leave the board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to throw his weight behind the Republican campaign before the midterm elections in November. The Wall Street Journal reported that Thiel, 54, who in 2004 became the first outside investor in Facebook, would promote Republican candidates who supported Trump’s agenda. Allies of the former president are seeking to tighten their grip on the party, anticipating another run by Trump to retake the White House in 2024.”

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 12:48 pm

You could be forgiven for thinking a fair trial isn’t on her agenda.

The concept of not appearing in the witness box and being justifiably questioned, at length, on her own involvement, actions and demeanour would probably appeal to Brih-neee.

If there’s a permanent stay of proceedings as a result of Morrison’s clumsy hand-wringing, she will never be held accountable and also be forever able to claim victim status.

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 12:49 pm

You could be forgiven for thinking a fair trial isn’t on her agenda.

I used to think Show Trials were just a Russian thing.

Barry
Barry
February 9, 2022 12:50 pm

Bluey says:
February 9, 2022 at 12:43 pm

Don’t forget that premiers (squinting at Andrews particularly here) are quite happy to mandate a booster regardless of need or benefit. At this point, having been rendered unemployed by the mandates, I’m not going to bother with Novavax particularly when I’d probably need to get another shot in 3 months to keep working. Far simpler and easier to just drop out of society and coast.

I am hoping that:
The longer ATAGI take to mandate the booster as mandatory, the less likely it will become, mainly because ATAGI’s peers overseas are unlikely to go down that path. Dan would then be clearly out on a limb.

HOWEVER, as you say, Dan may just go it alone because he is un petit tyran.

Hope springs eternal, but reality certainly has a nasty way of intervening in this clownfuckclustershow.

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 12:50 pm

Wrong their there. Forgive me

Only this one time, Bear.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 12:50 pm

Look…to me the biggest disappointment was Tony Abbott. I actually feel a lot of anger towards him.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 12:51 pm

You get the impression Brittany is listening to her media advisors not her legal advisors at this point. That may change at some point.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 12:51 pm

You could be forgiven for thinking a fair trial isn’t on her agenda.

It’s not. What sort of gory details are likely to emerge under cross examination?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 9, 2022 12:55 pm

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins front up at the National Press Club today.

“For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.”

Someone said that once, seems apposite.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 12:55 pm

Look…to me the biggest disappointment was Tony Abbott. I actually feel a lot of anger towards him.

Second biggest disappointment after Malcolm Fraser – elected in a landslide with a majority in both Houses, given a clear mandate to reverse Whitlam’s experiment in “champagne Socialism” , and seemingly too timid to exercise that mandate, for fear of what the Left would say about him.

Kneel
Kneel
February 9, 2022 12:56 pm

“…what does justice look like to you?”

“Crucifixion or freedom? Crucifixion? Line on the left, on cross each. Next!”

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 12:57 pm

I would have to say in Abbott’s defense that the meja made governing almost impossible for him. Like a trial run for when Trump became POTUS. Remember ‘ANOTHER Gaff!!!’. That was the poisonous little morons’ favorite word back then. Trying to make friends with people who hate you and your supporters is pretty stupid to say the least.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 12:58 pm

From The Oz….Higgins minutes ago..

“Former Liberal staffer and sexual assault survivors’ advocate Brittany Higgins has opened her National Press Club speech by powerfully describing her alleged assault in Parliament House.

I was raped on a couch in what I thought was the safest and most secure building in Australia. In a workplace that has a police and security presence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” Ms Higgins said.

Who’s advising this female?

The accused will not receive a fair trial.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 12:59 pm

The Archbishop of Brisbane’s Twitter profile pic tells you all you need to know about his inclination to fight the establishment.

That’s just sinister, CL. I pity his flock.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 12:59 pm

There is no comparison. Trump fought back. Abbott didn’t.

As I’ve said before, you cannot turn the other cheek.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 1:00 pm

Grace Tame, Brittany Higgins at the National Press Club: parliament is safe — except if you’re a woman, says Higgins

Jess Malcolm
Reporter
@jessmalcolm1
Ellen Ransely
33 minutes ago February 9, 2022

Former Liberal staffer and sexual assault survivors’ advocate Brittany Higgins has opened her National Press Club speech by powerfully describing her alleged assault in Parliament House.

“I was roped on a couch in what I thought was the safest and most secure building in Australia. In a workplace that has a police and security presence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” Ms Higgins said.

“The parliament of Australia is safe — it is secure — except if you’re a woman.

“I’m very grateful to take the chance to talk at the National Press Club, I want to stress that I don’t pretend to speak for all survivors. Not for a minute do I imagine that I could. Everyone’s trauma is personal. Everyone’s story of abuse and fear and betrayal and humiliation takes a different shape.”

Ms Higgins has called on the nation’s leaders to address inequalities for women across the country, as she criticised the Prime Minister’s handling of her alleged rope in Parliament House.

Last year, Scott Morrison made headlines and was punished by his critics for explaining he was moved by Ms Higgin’s disclosure after his wife Jenny had urged him to consider what happened in the context of his own daughters.

Ms Higgins said his language was “shocking” and “offensive” and called for systemic action from Mr Morrison.

“Some of his language last year was shocking and, at times, admitly, a bit offensive. But his words wouldn’t matter if his actions had measured up.

“What bothered me most about the whole “Imagine if it were our daughters” spiel wasn’t that he necessarily needed his wife’s advice to help contextualise my rope in a way that mattered to him personally.

“I didn’t want his sympathy as a father. I wanted him to use his power as Prime Minister.

“I’m not interested in words anymore. I want to see action.”

While conceding her patience had run out, Ms Higgins said was optimistic the nation could do better in ensuring equal opportunities for women and girls.

“I think you have gathered by now, my patient has run out. I want to close by saying that for all the fear and anger and sadness that my time in politics has brought me, it did not take away my belief in Australia, my faith in democracy. I know our country can do better for women and girls.

“I know our parliament will be a better, stronger place if more women are ministers and members and senators and staffers.

“It is up to us to keep those in power up to account. To take up the challenge, we each have a responsibility to one another and have a role to play in making things better for the next generation of women.”

Her initial remarks came after cheers from the crowd, and an introduction from National Press Club chair Laura Tingle who said Ms Higgins’ disclosures had unleashed a “great anger” among women in Australia.

“Many of these stories are seen as being stories about women, and they have certainly unleashed a great anger in many women in Australia.

“But they should never be just stories about, and of interest to, women. The theme that ties all these stories together is about relationships of unequal power, and our two speakers today have been central to recasting the way we see these relationships and what we expect from our leaders as a result.”

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 1:01 pm

Old and Busted: sub judice

New Hotness: contempt

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:03 pm

Agree there is no comparison between Abbott and Trump but the actions of the Oz meja were very similar to the conduct of the US meja 2016 onwards.

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:04 pm

As I’ve said before, you cannot turn the other cheek.

which is a Christian doctrine that I cannot and will not accept

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 1:05 pm

“who said Ms Higgins’ disclosures had unleashed a “great anger” among women in Australia.”

Shingles speaking for all women. I’m not angry.

I’ve spoken to quite a few women and they feel nothing but contempt for Higgins and Tame.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 1:06 pm

Given no-one knows how or even whether the Novavax immunity wanes like the mRNA shot

It’s been in development and testing for more than three months.

They know.

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:06 pm

The Higgins stuff is agitprop- Alinsky would be smiling

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 1:06 pm

I meant to write that Shingles doesn’t speak for all women.

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:07 pm

“who said Ms Higgins’ disclosures had unleashed a “great anger” among women in Australia.”

Marxist identity politics

Bluey
Bluey
February 9, 2022 1:07 pm

Cassie of Sydneysays:
February 9, 2022 at 12:59 pm
There is no comparison. Trump fought back. Abbott didn’t.

As I’ve said before, you cannot turn the other cheek.

As I understand it turning the other cheek was really quite insulting. Along the lines of “you are not even worth noticing, but if you make me notice I will end you”. Giving someone a chance to admit they screwed up.
These days it’s taken as being weak, when it’s far from the case. Unfortunately most of the Christians I meet don’t appear to take it that way, instead use it as an excuse to avoid conflict.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 9, 2022 1:07 pm

Agree there is no comparison between Abbott and Trump but the actions of the Oz meja were very similar to the conduct of the US meja 2016 onwards.

There’s the problem. Trump half-understood what the political landscape had turned into, but Abbott was an innocent lamb in a lions’ den.

Well we know now. Trump certainly does. I really do hope he can win in 2024 just so I can see what he decides to do with this new knowledge.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 1:07 pm

I look forward to Kathy Sherriff being invited to address the National Press Gallery.

Speedbox
February 9, 2022 1:09 pm

Legal Cats will know better but surely the fellow accused of the offence against Higgins would be a shoe-in for having the charges dismissed. I would have thought that his defence lawyer must be salivating at the prospect of claiming any trial is hopelessly tainted and will produce reams of documents and video to support that assertion.

How on earth could a jury be ‘impartial’.

twostix
twostix
February 9, 2022 1:10 pm

I’m not sure any government should be ‘frightened’ of their population (frightened governments/people can do stupid irrational things) but they must respect their population and respect dissenting opinion.

Governments should absolutely be actively afraid of betraying their people, seizing power and declaring open war on the entire population. Otherwise what stops them doing that as they currently are? If the parliament and courts are swept away as counter-forces, what then is left to stop them but fear of retaliation by the people?

And without that fear of retaliation, why not just sweep away parliament and the courts as they have?

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 1:11 pm

Outside the politely bubble I doubt most know or only vaguely know about Higgins and Tame.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 1:13 pm

I look forward to Kathy Sherriff being invited to address the National Press Gallery.

Wasn’t she ignored when Labor and the Greens were asking women to come forward and tell their stories of rope and sexual abuse?

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:15 pm

The political class has been at war with us since around 1974 but it’s been a cold war. In 2020 it became a hot war.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 1:15 pm

“who said Ms Higgins’ disclosures had unleashed a “great anger” among women in Australia.”

Don’t know about other women, but I’m angry.

I’m angry that a stupid, drunken, slutty slob slaked her thirst at my expense, hooked up with another slob and proceeded to use Parliamentary offices, paid for by me, for a tryst.

Then has the cheek to proclaim it to the rafters while being hailed as a victim.

I could tell her all about what happened to a real rape victim. It would have to be at second hand. The victim can no longer speak for herself.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 1:15 pm

Legal Cats will know better but surely the fellow accused of the offence against Higgins would be a shoe-in for having the charges dismissed.

The howler monkey’s will then claim that any such dismissal shows that women cannot get any justice in this country…

Zyconoclast
Zyconoclast
February 9, 2022 1:15 pm

Ossiana Tepfenhart.

Looks like this

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 1:16 pm

political bubble…

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 9, 2022 1:17 pm

“I’m at work”

Not a single journalist has challenged this excuse when politicians and health officers remove their masks to speak to the media.
Everybody else is masked. The journos/stenographers. The sound guys. The cameramen.
They themselves are masked up to the point of speaking to the masses.
Never an enquiring voice asks “why?”

Kneel
Kneel
February 9, 2022 1:18 pm

“As I understand it turning the other cheek was really quite insulting. Along the lines of “you are not even worth noticing, but if you make me notice I will end you”.”

Just so – a metaphorical slap to the face can be ignored. A metaphorical gun to the head should result in the exact same response as a real gun to the head – viz, once the immediate threat is removed, the same actions against those who started it, but without ever backing down. If that means pulling the trigger, so be it. If you put me in the “kill or be killed” position, don’t be surprised if I decide that my life is more important than yours.

miltonf
miltonf
February 9, 2022 1:18 pm

When I think about the disgusting maliciously incompetent clown show that the Canbra is, I think the country would be better off if a big hole opened up in the ground beneath it. Wishful thinking I know.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
February 9, 2022 1:22 pm

The accused will not receive a fair trial.

If there’s a trial at all after Higgins Press Club address.
“Roped on a couch” is very specific considering the accused has denied any sexual contact took place at all. A curious defence and not that common but it does make you wonder if the man involved has a far clearer recall of the night and is backed up by surveillance.

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 1:23 pm

AussiegirlAnna
@AussiegirlAnna
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37s
What type of organisation approves Big Pharma’s latest money spinner, Molnupiravir (with its ‘’major safety concerns’’) – while continuing to ban off-patent Ivermectin and HCQ ?

How can anyone take the TGA seriously – they are beyond a complete joke.

img – https://gettr.com/post/ptdgtic4d5

Posted on 1:21 PM · Feb 9th, 2022

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 1:26 pm

Gez, waaaay too much “A Passage to India” about this one.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 1:28 pm

“I think you have gathered by now, my patient has run out. I want to close by saying that for all the fear and anger and sadness that my time in politics has brought me, it did not take away my belief in Australia, my faith in democracy. I know our country can do better for women and girls.

Unless they are at an ALP youth camp… because screw them.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 1:28 pm

“A Passage to India”

Is that a euphemism, y’know like “Black Holes of Calcutta”?

Eyrie
Eyrie
February 9, 2022 1:29 pm

Novavax seems to be safe. Still don’t want it as it is coercive.
Check back in 12 months. Same spike protein pathogen, different delivery method. Shit.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 1:31 pm

Check back in 12 months.

Then 2 years, then 3. … 5 … 10

How do I know this jab isn’t guaranteed to kill me in 5 years?

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 1:32 pm

Does she claim to have been forced into the building. If not she should be sacked and the other mater handled as a separate issue.

Cassie of Sydney
February 9, 2022 1:32 pm

“callisays:
February 9, 2022 at 1:15 pm”

Thanks Calli. I think you’ve said it best.

C.L.
C.L.
February 9, 2022 1:36 pm

Legal Cats will know better but surely the fellow accused of the offence against Higgins would be a shoe-in for having the charges dismissed. I would have thought that his defence lawyer must be salivating at the prospect of claiming any trial is hopelessly tainted and will produce reams of documents and video to support that assertion.

How on earth could a jury be ‘impartial’.

DPP Shane Drumgold is a far left Liberal hater. Before he decided to prosecute in the Higgins case, I went through his old Tweets and was genuinely shocked. Endless hate-tweets against Liberals.

Eyrie
Eyrie
February 9, 2022 1:38 pm

How do I know this jab isn’t guaranteed to kill me in 5 years?

You don’t and neither does anyone else.
Judging by recent conversations with supposedly intelligent people, the vax causes brain damage or at least unwarranted trust in people similar to some effects of toxoplasmosis.
One I know in Perth, vaxxed boosted, 10 grandkids all vaxxed, boosted even the 5 year old. Unbelievable.

shatterzzz
February 9, 2022 1:39 pm

Justin .. explained .. LOL!
https://ibb.co/nCcp686

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 1:40 pm

Blueysays:
February 9, 2022 at 12:43 pm
Barrysays:
February 9, 2022 at 12:26 pm
Vicki says:
February 9, 2022 at 11:51 am
Re my last point. The only argument for using Novavax now, is that it would qualify you for mandate exception. However, will they then require you to update with current mRNA vacxx?????

Novavax published booster study pre-print data at the end of last year. Not yet peer reviewed and published as far as I can see. The booster shot was given at 6months post the first two. Some work was done at the Alfred in Melbourne.

Given no-one knows how or even whether the Novavax immunity wanes like the mRNA shot, I think that it will be some time before it is clear what the regimen should be. Approval would follow once that’s clear.

Don’t forget that premiers (squinting at Andrews particularly here) are quite happy to mandate a booster regardless of need or benefit. At this point, having been rendered unemployed by the mandates, I’m not going to bother with Novavax particularly when I’d probably need to get another shot in 3 months to keep working. Far simpler and easier to just drop out of society and coast.

I’m with you. I don’t care if I start shitting gold nuggets after nonovax, I wont be getting it because of the tyrannical mandates.

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 1:42 pm

shatterzzzsays:
February 9, 2022 at 1:39 pm
Justin .. explained .. LOL!
https://ibb.co/nCcp686

Could easily apply to the hunchback.

Dot
Dot
February 9, 2022 1:42 pm

Oh shit.

“Ossiana Tepfenhart” is a chick with a dick…who hates other men and thinks it will get him feminist pussy.

What a fucking creep!

What a hideous fucking weirdo.

I wonder how many dumb white progressive women are being played on Medium.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 1:43 pm

Rambler, it’s a book by E.M. Forster.

It used to be on all the school reading lists. I primer for those contemplating a false or imagined accusation, and the terrible fall out of same.

I wonder if Brittany has read it. Or at least seen the movie.

C.L.
C.L.
February 9, 2022 1:43 pm

Best value comedy at the moment is watching Comical Murray every night beavering away for ScoMo.

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 1:44 pm

dover0beachsays:
February 9, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Something I want to point out about the homo-swamping of the Religious Discrimination Bill…

Now forgotten by apparently everybody is that the Bill’s earlier protection for conscientiously objecting doctors who refuse to ‘refer-on’ the elderly to be killed was dropped by Morrison months ago.

Nobody in the ‘conservative’ commentariat or the Sky Right cares.

Unless you’re actually opposed to euthanasia, abortion, gay ‘marriage’, these procedural measures will mean very little to you apart from providing some balm as you lose another rearguard action. These are the sort of peace terms you sue for when defeated; that these are the basis of present negotiations with our ‘friends’ in power tells you all you need to know.

Not sure what all these poo pusher perverts are raving about. They don’t believe in morals or that there will be any spiritual consequences for them. So what do they care about what some Christian or muzzy thinks?

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 1:49 pm

It’s good to be the King.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJXP5hrCdE

Leon L.
Leon L.
February 9, 2022 1:51 pm

OSC at 12:46

Instead of re-reading and focussing, I just looked for the summary.

That’s device induced attention deficit disorder.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:02 pm

“I was raped on a couch in what I thought was the safest and most secure building in Australia. In a workplace that has a police and security presence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” Ms Higgins said.

And thus, the colours are nailed to the mast.

That police and security presence is not there to protect you from your own giggly, taxpayer-funded decision-making.

Roger
Roger
February 9, 2022 2:03 pm

As I’ve said before, you cannot turn the other cheek.

which is a Christian doctrine that I cannot and will not accept

A couple of things…

The phrase needs to be read in context, i.e. the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus used hyperbole to make points; in which case a literal interpretation will be missing his true meaning.

Christianity also maintains, in continuity with the Old Testament, the right to self-defence.

Speedbox
February 9, 2022 2:04 pm

A married couple was busted in New York, USA, on Tuesday for allegedly trying to launder roughly US$4.5 billion (A$6.2 billion) in cryptocurrency stolen during a massive 2016 hack, federal prosecutors said.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, and his rapper wife, Heather Morgan, 31, are accused of conspiring to wash the proceeds of 119,754 bitcoin that were looted when a hacker breached the systems of virtual currency exchange Bitfinex. As part of the (money laundering) scheme, the duo allegedly “employed numerous sophisticated laundering techniques” including setting up online accounts under bogus identities and moving the money through the darknet, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said the pair had a bag labelled “burner phones” filled with mobile phones inside their Manhattan apartment, and that Lichtenstein, a dual Russia-US citizen, kept a file called “passport_ideas” on his computer. The Justice Department said special agents were able to recover over US$3.6 billion in bitcoin stolen during the Bitfinex hack — its largest-ever financial seizure.

Too stupid not to be caught. Who, in their right mind, pulls of one of the largest thefts in global history and continues to live in an apartment in New York. Seriously! Did they think “oh well, we just stole $4.5 billion but nobody can catch us ‘cos crypto”. To make matters worse, he is a dual Russian/American citizen. FFS. Idiots.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/married-us-couple-arrested-for-62-billion-cryptocurrency-theft/news-story/3e7d33ef5468d5812b439133abd1547d

Roger
Roger
February 9, 2022 2:06 pm

“I was raped on a couch in what I thought was the safest and most secure building in Australia. In a workplace that has a police and security presence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” Ms Higgins said.

My understanding is that security staff are there to protect politicians and staffers from the public, not from the consequences of their own actions. And, further, that staffers have never been backwards in letting security staff know that was their role and nothing more and therefore to mind their own business.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 2:08 pm

Classy…
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/feb/09/australia-politics-news-live-brittany-jenkins-grace-tame-scott-morrison-parliament-coronavirus-covid-omicron-weather

Another moment that gets a laugh from the audience. Higgins and Tame are asked how the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, could do better than the prime minister. Tame says:

All Anthony would have to do is none of the things that Scott’s done.

So Albo gets a pass to keep attending rub and tug shops.

mysterious mysteries of the mysterious mysteriousness…

Tame: I received threatening call from member of government-funded organisation
Interesting. Tame tells the crowd:

I received a threatening phone call from a senior member of a government-funded organisation, asking for my word that I would not say anything damning about the prime minister on the evening of the next Australian of the Year Awards.

Then I heard the words, ‘with an election coming soon …’.

And it crystallised a fear – fear for himself and no one else, a fear he might lose his position or, more to the point, his power. Sound familiar to anyone? Well, it does to me.

I remember standing in the shadow of a trusted authority figure, being threatened in just the same veiled way. I remember him saying: “I will lose my job if anyone hears about that, and you would not want that, would you?”

What I wanted in that moment is the same thing I want right now, and that is an end to the darkness, an end to sexual violence, safety, equity, respect, a better future for all of us – peace, a future driven by unity and truth.

….

An optimistic reporter asked Tame if she would name the person or the organisation who was behind that threatening phone call. Tame has been very animated, very facially expressive. She clowns around with a faux-earnest look and says:

I reckon if I was willing to name either, I would have put them in the speech.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:09 pm

Well worth reposting, because upticking – dickless or not – is insufficient for this:

I’m angry that a stupid, drunken, slutty slob slaked her thirst at my expense, hooked up with another slob and proceeded to use Parliamentary offices, paid for by me, for a tryst.

Then has the cheek to proclaim it to the rafters while being hailed as a victim.

I could tell her all about what happened to a real rape victim. It would have to be at second hand. The victim can no longer speak for herself.

Morsie
Morsie
February 9, 2022 2:09 pm

Well that apology worked a treat eh Scotty.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:10 pm

Ah geez.

Snap Roger.

C.L.
C.L.
February 9, 2022 2:11 pm

Christianity also maintains, in continuity with the Old Testament, the right to self-defence.

Self-defence is not the same thing as revenge, though.
Jesus explicitly prohibits the latter.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:11 pm

Oh wait. First!

Unsnap!

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:14 pm

Ossiana Tepfenhart

I knew there was a Titania McGrath moment in there somewhere.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 2:14 pm

KD, I gave you a fully erect tick. Put it to goof use.

Old bloke
Old bloke
February 9, 2022 2:19 pm

twostix says:
February 9, 2022 at 10:30 am

And, the bitterest ironies, is it’s a pentecostal old-testament listening “christian” that really took us over the edge into the abyss.

That’s rubbish twosticks, our lords and masters are luciferean cultists of some sort, nothing Christian about them.

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 2:21 pm

Get a room fruits!!

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
February 9, 2022 2:24 pm

Rambler,

Greatly appreciated. Flaccid upticks are nobody’s friend.

Roger
Roger
February 9, 2022 2:25 pm

Self-defence is not the same thing as revenge, though.
Jesus explicitly prohibits the latter.

Yes, that’s what he’s getting at in the sermon. The kingdom invites a higher ethic than simply following the law to the letter. It goes to the heart and not just external actions.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 2:25 pm

Ossiana Tepfenhart

OasisNA… TeenFartPH is the best I can manage.

Roger
Roger
February 9, 2022 2:26 pm

Ah geez.

Snap Roger.

Great minds…!

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 2:28 pm

Great minds…

Suck up!

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 2:29 pm

So the laydiiiiiy demanding accountability at the press club isnt going to give out the names of the people she felt threatened by because

A; Its bullshit
B: Theres no proof
C: They are litigious

Im sure theres other possibilities.

Roger
Roger
February 9, 2022 2:32 pm

Suck up!

More like a mutual appreciation society.

😀

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 2:34 pm

The left has always been the political movement of neuroses, hysteria, insecurity, cloying need for validation, emotional fragility, and childlike temper-tantrums and outbursts of pure psychopathic hatred when frustrated.

Mmm

Carpe Jugulum
Carpe Jugulum
February 9, 2022 2:34 pm

A; Its bullshit
B: Theres no proof
C: They are litigious

Im sure theres other possibilities.

She’s more full of shit than a thunderbox at a B&S

shatterzzz
February 9, 2022 2:44 pm

Haven’t really been, overly, interested in the GRACE TAME pile-on/pile off that has ensued since the pix with BRADBURY garnered so much media attention but was drawn to a headline in the online Mail this morning stating she was raped .. never knew that so Googled Ms. Tame only to find that the Mail definition of rape is, apparently, different to my understanding cos what I ended up with was Grace was groomed by a school teacher and he was convicted of under-age intercourse with a minor (in his care) … so when & by whom was she raped?
Seems the media now interprets criminal offences to suit their story rather than outline the facts!

Morsie
Morsie
February 9, 2022 2:46 pm

More and more articles in the Oz have no comments even in the sport section .Jessica OHalloran who never writes about sport except in a political way and Will Swanton, the two most senior never have comments enabled. Most of the Justin Langer articles are similar bereft of comments.
Why its as if the narrative must be controlled.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 2:48 pm

Does she claim to have been forced into the building. If not she should be sacked and the other mater handled as a separate issue.

I don’t have any reference, but she claimed that she went into the building with him because she didn’t want to wait in the taxi.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 9, 2022 2:49 pm

@ miltonf-

‘Turning the other cheek’ has never meant allowing yourself to be rolled by an abuser.

Have a read through this:

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/what-christians-get-wrong-about-turn-the-other-cheek.html

We are taught to stand up for ourselves and others, but it is not for us to seek vengeance ourselves.

twostix
twostix
February 9, 2022 2:51 pm

That’s rubbish twosticks, our lords and masters are luciferean cultists of some sort, nothing Christian about them.

By their fruits you will know them!

Delta A
Delta A
February 9, 2022 2:52 pm

If there’s a permanent stay of proceedings as a result of Morrison’s clumsy hand-wringing, she will never be held accountable and also be forever able to claim victim status.

Exactly! And the accused shall evermore be branded a rapist.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 2:55 pm

Roberts-Smith barrister arranged new lawyers for newspapers’ witnesses, court told
Michaela Whitbourn
By Michaela Whitbourn
February 9, 2022 — 11.55am

A barrister acting for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case arranged for two Special Air Service witnesses that The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald proposed to call as part of their defence to be contacted by new lawyers to replace their existing counsel, the Federal Court has heard.

Nicholas Owens, SC, who is acting for the newspapers, told the Federal Court on Wednesday that “through means unknown”, two SAS soldiers dubbed Person 56 and 66 had been “placed in contact” with new lawyers after Arthur Moses, SC, one of Mr Roberts-Smith’s barristers, contacted a high-profile Sydney silk.

One of those witnesses might now object to giving evidence for the media companies, the court heard.

Mr Owens said “there is, of course, a prohibition on the true identity of Person 56 and Person 66 being made known to anyone” apart from authorised legal representatives in the proceedings. He said the new lawyers were not authorised representatives.

“There was an agreement by Person 56 to both speak to us and not oppose any application by us to call him to give evidence in the proceedings,” Mr Owens said.

“We have become aware that recently Mr Moses has made contact with Mr Phillip Boulten of Senior Counsel, and we understand that Mr Moses expressed to Mr Boulten concerns that the interests of Person 56 and also 66 may not be being properly protected in relation to [them] being subpoenaed to give evidence in these proceedings.”

Mr Owens said the newspapers’ legal team understood that Mr Boulten then contacted Peter Hodges, a partner at law firm Mills Oakley, and either or both of those lawyers “have been placed in contact with Person 56 and Person 66, without that initial contact occurring with the knowledge of [their] … retained Defence-approved lawyers”.

“Subsequently those [Defence Force-approved] lawyers have been made aware of that contact,” Mr Owens said.

“Subsequent to that contact, Person 56’s position [about giving evidence] has changed,” Mr Owens said.

Mr Owens said he understood “Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges are meeting with Person 66 today, and Your Honour knows that Person 66 is, or at least had been scheduled, to give evidence on Friday in these proceedings, and had not filed any application to set aside his subpoena”.

The newspapers’ legal team has now issued a subpoena to Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges and a notice to produce to Mr Roberts-Smith, seeking what Mr Owens described as “evidence of communications between those groups of people and these two witnesses about their participation in the proceedings”.

Mr Roberts-Smith is suing for defamation over a series of news reports in 2018 he says portray him as a war criminal.

The Age and the Herald, owned by Nine, and The Canberra Times, now under separate ownership, allege Mr Roberts-Smith committed or was involved in six murders of Afghans under the control of Australian troops, when they cannot be killed under the rules of engagement.

Mr Roberts-Smith maintains any killings in Afghanistan were carried out lawfully in the heat of battle.

Later on Wednesday, a serving SAS soldier, dubbed Person 14, told the court that he had spoken to one of the journalists who wrote the articles, investigative reporter Chris Masters, at a meeting in January 2018.

He said Masters asked him if he had heard a “rumour” about two alleged incidents in Afghanistan, about which Person 14 has previously given evidence in court. Person 14 said he told Masters he had heard those rumours, and that “no follow up” questions were asked. He said he had no further contact with Masters.

Mr Moses asked for any notes taken by Masters on that day to be provided to Mr Roberts-Smith’s legal team.

The hearing continues.

P
P
February 9, 2022 3:05 pm
hzhousewife
hzhousewife
February 9, 2022 3:06 pm

The audience at the press conference today was extremely feminine white bread – wasn’t Jacinta Price invited to represent poor battered native indigenes?

Delta A
Delta A
February 9, 2022 3:07 pm

callisays:
February 9, 2022 at 1:15 pm

A powerful post, calli.

I just wish that big-noting wannabees like Tame and Higgins were made to sit down for an instant education with you.

dopey
dopey
February 9, 2022 3:07 pm

Someone at the National Press Club would have to invite Brittanny to speak, if that’s how it works.

Warwick
Warwick
February 9, 2022 3:10 pm

I have no idea why Grace Tame thinks Scott Morrison is responsible for her letting a teacher shag her over a decade ago. Literally have no idea. It is Tasmanian issue. What exactly does she want? More jail time? More what? I am 51 and it was very well known when I was young that it was a serious crime for a teacher to have sex with a student. He was charged and convicted. I am literally lost with what her beef at a Federal level is?

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 3:11 pm

Hey, a long time ago some political arses kicked off a stinkingly stupid media diversion from our Nations being Stolen by unelected UN & EU wonks, of some make believe “Women’s Rights Against Rape Culture” BULLSHIT, and … never mind … we all see why certain dutiful little wonkettes have shunted certain others into their ‘enemy pile’

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
February 9, 2022 3:13 pm

If contraceptives had similar efficacy to Covid ‘vaccines’ they would have been withdrawn at warp-speed.

FDA Duplicity on Covid-19 Vaccines

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 3:16 pm

AussiegirlAnna @AussiegirlAnna
·7m
https://t.me/australiaforfreFuellmich says he has scientists who can prove causation between the shots and vaccine injuries

“There is a fingerprint that only the vaccines leave” ?

https://odysee.com/@jermwarfare:2/reiner-fuellmich-2022:f

Jerm Warfare on Telegram: @jermwarfare

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 3:18 pm

Reiner Fuellmich on the Covid exit strategy
February 3rd, 2022

https://odysee.com/@jermwarfare:2/reiner-fuellmich-2022:f

Jerm Warfare @jermwarfare

Reiner Fuellmich is a lawyer in Germany and the United States.

He and his team (Corona Committee) have been gathering evidence against the global players behind the Covid pseudopandemic.

In this conversation, Reiner discusses

his background;
this not being a pandemic at all;
PCR fraud;
the importance of the Grand Jury;
why the legal system is captured; and
getting off the control grid and building parallel srtuctures.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
February 9, 2022 3:18 pm

My observation is that the demons that afflict some (not all) gay people come from within, not the broader community. Why that is I don’t know.

I rather think most men have an instinctive distaste for male effeminacy. We also have an instinct for kindness. Which dominates depends upon the culture, leading either to poofs being tolerated or thrown off tall buildings.

It isn’t unlikely that the poofs also have both instincts, which may lead to self-loathing. The same considerations apply to trannies. Mostly, I feel pity for them, but their suicide rates may owe a lot to an instinctive loathing of their own selves.

Hugh
Hugh
February 9, 2022 3:22 pm

Some more information on Dr Duk’s alleged incident and current status: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFLos8MBlaE

Chris
Chris
February 9, 2022 3:23 pm

Sorry srr, normally I just scroll through your stuff but I was out of practice and read some today. My bad.

Brislurker
Brislurker
February 9, 2022 3:26 pm

The Archbishop of Brisbane’s Twitter profile pic tells you all you need to know about his inclination to fight the establishment.

He is a weak and unpopular man, even within the clergy. Much comment has been made about his possible aspirations for higher office.

Speedbox
February 9, 2022 3:27 pm

This is the security guard’s account of the events of the night once Higgins and the man entered Parliament House. (edited – see link for full version).

Ms Higgins and a colleague were at a nightclub, 88mph, after a night of drinking. The colleague had offered Higgins a lift home in a taxi, which she accepted. The man said he first needed to swing by Parliament House to pick something up.

CCTV from the night shows the pair arrived at Parliament House’s ministerial entrance at 1:50am.

Security issued issued the pair with Positively Identified Passes, or green passes, which allow holders unrestricted, unescorted access. Security took the pair up to Senator Reynolds’s office, unlocked the door and let them in before the security officer headed back downstairs to continue the shift.

Once inside the office, Higgins has said the male colleague began looking for the item he needed to retrieve and she fell asleep on a couch. She later claimed that she woke to find the man on top of her.

“I woke up mid-rape, essentially,” she said. “Um, I, I don’t know why I knew he was almost finished, but I’d, I’d felt like it had been going on for a while or that he was almost done. He was sweaty. I couldn’t get him off of me. At this point I started crying.”

CCTV shows the man left Parliament House at 2:35am (about 45 minutes after arrival).

At 4:20am, security went to do a welfare check on Higgins at Senator Reynolds’ office. The security office said “As I approached Minister Reynold’s office, I opened the door and announced myself. So, yelling, ‘Security. Hello. Security, security’ … just so that she was aware that I was there,” she said.

“I got no response whatsoever.”

The security officer opened the office door. “As I’ve opened the door, I’ve noticed that the female was lying on her back, completely naked, on the lounge that was adjacent to the door, for which I’ve gone, ‘Oh,’”.

“The sound of the door or the breeze of the door opening has then made the female open her eyes, look at me. And then she’s rolled over onto her side.” “So, therefore, my [take] on it was she’s conscious. She’s breathing. She’s doesn’t look like she’s in distress. She’s just sleeping off her night. And with that, I shut the door, and I exited the room. I made sure her dignity was intact by shutting this door… I was trying to do the right thing by keeping her dignity intact.”

At 7:00 am another security guard did a welfare check but did not go into the office and called out from behind the closed door. No reported response.

Higgins is recorded as leaving Parliament House at 10:00am and took an Uber to her Canberra home.

The accused had denied he had sex with Higgins.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-22/four-corners-security-guard-brittany-higgins/13259262

Winston Smith
February 9, 2022 3:41 pm

Cassie:

The real Albo is a stinking, petty and vulgar Labor party apparatchik and all round thug who’s never had a real job in his life, who spent his youth in the 1980s turning up at Labor party branch meetings exuding menace and thuggery.

Albo is that Party Member in the film about Chernoble.
I keep thinking about Albo as that mate of Stalins in one of their drinking competitions who got so pissed he passed out and vomited. Attendees noted that Soviet Culture had made the worlds first ‘Mobile Vomitorium”.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 9, 2022 3:42 pm

C.L.says:
February 9, 2022 at 1:43 pm
Best value comedy at the moment is watching Comical Murray every night beavering away for ScoMo.

Almost as good as watching Sneakers Ed here every day, doing the same.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 3:45 pm

I’m curious to know how the DPP came to the view they could obtain a conviction beyond rolling the dice. I expect there will be much more evidence lead about events prior to their departure. As always, best wait till you have heard both sides at trial under the rules of evidence. Not at the National Press Club.

The bar for a mistrial due to pre-trial publicity is pretty high. Many argue it, few succeed.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 3:46 pm

Bear, this wasn’t “pre trial publicity”.

This was an endorsement by the PM.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
February 9, 2022 3:48 pm

That police and security presence is not there to protect you from your own giggly, taxpayer-funded decision-making.

And a convenient decision to make a statement after any definitive sample evidence was cleansed. Handy that.

Delta A
Delta A
February 9, 2022 3:52 pm

Just heard from Daughter. She and SiL will be joining the Convoy to Canberra this weekend. Neither are the protesting type – both very laid back – but they’ve had enough of threats and coercion.

They and their children are unvaxxed and intend to stay that way. She has made her views known to pollies through calls and emails. Now, she says, it’s time to act.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 3:52 pm

Graceta Tameburg is starting her own foundation, which she’s modestly named the Grace Tame Foundation. And it’s launching a campaign called “Stop romantisicing child abuse“. Um…what? I’m not seeing a whole lot of romantisicing of child abuse – outside of Hollywood, anyway. Hell, even the ALP has learnt to keep their enthusiasm for touching kids under wraps.

r u ok, Grace?

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 3:52 pm

My view of the initial statement was a ploy to save her job. The idiot minister who hand patted her should have referred the lot straight to the AFP.

Remember, this was at the height of the “me too” hysteria, where every idiot who had been touched by an equally idiotic and clumsy male was crying assault. It played right in to the zeitgeist.

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 3:53 pm

Now while Publicly & Loudly Damning God, Praising Satan & Celebrating your abortion have become Legally Protected “Rights”, how on earth is ANYONE still falling for the, “You Must Use The Letter For The Word You Can’t Say (Even Though Everyone Knows Saying The Letter Is Saying The Word), Or Be Damned From All Society For Life!”, BS?

Please watch the whole episode & learn, a LOT, once & for all!

The S Word
The Boondocks episode (season 2, episode 11)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x59qbvl
Granddad and the Rev. Rolo Goodlove want to cash in after Riley’s teacher uses the “n-word” in the heat of a classroom argument.
Show: The Boondocks
Air date: 21 January 2008

Hugh
Hugh
February 9, 2022 3:56 pm

Delta Asays:
February 9, 2022 at 3:52 pm
Just heard from Daughter. She and SiL will be joining the Convoy to Canberra this weekend. Neither are the protesting type – both very laid back – but they’ve had enough of threats and coercion.

They and their children are unvaxxed and intend to stay that way. She has made her views known to pollies through calls and emails. Now, she says, it’s time to act.

Good on them. I agree. Now is the time.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
February 9, 2022 4:03 pm

The world’s first female F-35 fighter pilot crashed a plane on its first flight

The world’s first female pilot, crashed an F-35 fighter on her first try.

After the publication of a video of the collision of an American F-35 fighter with the deck of an aircraft carrier, it became known that the world’s first female F-35 pilot was at the helm of the US Navy’s fifth generation fighter. This, according to American sources, was her first flight from the deck of an aircraft carrier, which was enough to destroy a fighter worth more than $ 100 million.

The information that the fighter was flown by a woman was presented to the media by one of the crew members of the American aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, noting that despite the fact that the woman had completed a full course of training and successfully completed the take-off and landing training program on the deck of an aircraft carrier, for her, the current flight was the first from the deck of a real warship.

It is noteworthy that in the video (50 Secs)you can hear that the crew is furiously giving instructions to the F-35 pilot, probably realizing that the crash of the fighter will be virtually inevitable, and literally in a matter of moments the woman is trying to align the fighter with the deck, but completely unsuccessfully.

The command of the US Navy has not yet commented on such information.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 4:04 pm

Bear, this wasn’t “pre trial publicity”.
This was an endorsement by the PM.

Struggling to see any distinction. I didn’t do any real crim law, I think it all gets thrown in the same basket. Others more qualified than me might be able to comment.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 9, 2022 4:08 pm

Just read Janet Albrechtsen’s article on “not up to the job Scummo”. – 2133 comments – my goodness don’t know the fors/againsts but will get back to it.

Zyconoclast
Zyconoclast
February 9, 2022 4:11 pm

Mel Brooks version of
It’s good to be the king

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:12 pm

From something I posted last night – wonder if anyone has any thoughts:

Check out the WA government’s vaccine dashboard. The numbers don’t add up. WA has a population of 2.8 million. Govt claims ~93.6% of the population aged 12 and over are double vaxxed. Govt claims around 4.25 million shots have been administered. At first pass that doesn’t seem right. The population aged between 0-11 numbers about 600k – a decent chunk of the 5-11s have received their first shot, just awful. A decent chunk of the 12+ cohort have received their third. Seems to me that waaaaay over 5 million shots – probably nearer to 6 million – would need to have been administered to hit that 93. 6% rate, after accounting for shots given to the poor 5-11yo human guinea pigs, the million or so that are boosted plus those that only got one shot…something doesn’t seem right here.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 9, 2022 4:13 pm

If these two featured comments reflects the tenor of the comments Wobbleguts/Scummo is charred chitlins :

We survived the bush fires. We survived the pandemic lockdowns. We can do without the grace of China. We survived without tourists. We can endure the summer that never was. But please, please, Janet don’t now inflict 4 years of Labor wokeism on us.
Jean10 HOURS AGO
981 Thumbs up
I have never been in such a quandary on how to vote at an election. I hate that the Morrison Government have turned at nearly every turn, on their base. The Liberals really do deserve to lose the next election but the thought of putting Albanese and his lot in, is terrifying too.

Geoff’s wife. 911 Thumbs up

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
February 9, 2022 4:14 pm

Leaked Video Emerges Of US Stealth Jet Crashing On Carrier In South China Sea

In late January, a $135 million single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth fighter jet designed by Lockheed Martin crash-landed aboard the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. A partial video of the incident was published days after the Jan. 24 crash but didn’t show the full impact until now.

What I don’t understand, although would assume carrier travelling 20 knots into wind, why a rescue bot wasn’t launcehd to get a tether around the F35

Below is a confirmed photo of the F-35C floating in the South China Sea after sliding off the flight deck.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:16 pm

My guess is that the unvaxxed proportion of the population is maybe 15% rather than 5%.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:19 pm

The world’s first female pilot, crashed an F-35 fighter on her first try.

It’s probably because she wasn’t wearing one of those pregnant person flight suits that the military designed. Curse you, patriarchy!

Lysander
Lysander
February 9, 2022 4:20 pm

I’m not sure what the Cricket Australia Board want to “transition to” without Langer?

Losing?

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 9, 2022 4:21 pm

I don’t have any reference, but she claimed that she went into the building with him because she didn’t want to wait in the taxi.

Has the whole taxi thing been explained?
She said (as I understand it) that she took a taxi with him as a convenient way to get home.
OK, but they went to Parliament House. How was that convenient for her? She hadn’t asserted that she had any reason to go there.
The explanation of that was that he said he had to just duck in there to pick something up and it wouldn’t take long, and she acceded to that.
OK, so why didn’t she wait for him in the taxi? Because, she said, she’d feel safer in Parliament House.
(Would she have felt unsafe at the front entrance with the security guards? But that’s a side issue.)
OK, but what happened to the taxi? Has anyone ever heard of a taxi driver letting multiple passengers all leave the cab and go into a building without paying?
So, maybe they paid the driver. OK, then what happened? Did the driver drive off looking for another job? If so, that blows the “convenient” argument right out of the water. (I’m presuming that at 2.00 am on a weekend there wouldn’t be a taxi rank outside Parliament House that was so long that they’d be sure of getting another cab straight away when they came back out.)
If not, what was the deal with the driver? Wouldn’t he just say “sure I’ll take you if I’m still here when you come back out”. But that too would blow a big hole in the “convenient” argument.
It only works if one assumes that they paid the driver and then the driver promised to wait for them – exactly why he’d promise that is not clear. Even then there’s something a bit odd – why would she risk the driver reneging?
Was it impossible for her to wait near the cab so that the driver wouldn’t start heading off without her knowing, but within sight of the security guards so the safety angle was covered? Maybe not, but it would be worth finding out.
And then, when they got into the minister’s office, how long were they there before she started questioning the “just got to pick something up, won’t take long” line – particularly if she’s claiming she only shared a cab for convenience and by hanging around in the minister’s office she was risking the driver getting impatient and going off for another fare.
Maybe that works if she walked into the minister’s office and almost immediately flaked out.
But remember, her story is that she was compos mentis enough to make a decision to go from the taxi to the building (and remembers her reason for doing so).
So the whole thing hinges on some rather strange interactions with the taxi driver, followed by a sudden transition from active decision maker to unconscious victim within a walk down a corridor. But how does one explain the bloke’s motivation? If he’d been intending all along to rape her when she flaked out, there was a potentially big flaw in his plan since she was still compos mentis even at the door of Parliament so how did he know she’d flake out at all? If he wasn’t planning to rape her all along, presumably it was a spur of the moment thing when she did flake out – which isn’t impossible, but it does seem far fetched that a Canberra staffer would do it in a Cabinet minister’s office just on a whim given the consequences which would inevitably ensue.
I’m not saying this is conclusive proof that she’s lying. However, there’s a very narrow range of circumstances in which her story is at all plausible.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 4:25 pm

You need to have an end point in mind when transitioning. Freelance transitioning is a recipe for disaster.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 4:28 pm

Lots of questions. How many will be answered? Sit tight. Groogs is on it.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 4:29 pm

My guess is that the unvaxxed proportion of the population is maybe 15% rather than 5%.

I’m thinking that it is 20-25%, but we will never know the real number.
With You-cant-prosecute-me Sutton in Viktoristan constantly changing the numbers to keep Mad Dog Dan happy.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
February 9, 2022 4:38 pm

I’ve always felt that if a bloke gets totally shit-faced pissed, gets into a car and then runs over and kills two children and a little old lady, then he should get clobbered for manslaughter. The idea that he should get let off because he’s drunk strikes me as insane.

The same applies to chicks getting shitfaced and then claiming that they couldn’t give consent to sex. They are responsible for getting shitfaced and all that follows from it.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:40 pm

I’m thinking that it is 20-25%, but we will never know the real number.

I’d like to think so but I don’t think they could fudge the numbers that much. Also, that would put us at a similar vaxx rate as comparable countries. However, Australians have been terrified by an artificial depiction of Covid as presented by the media, and I think that has made us more compliant and willing to get vaxxed. In comparison, those other countries have been living with Covid pretty much continuously since early 2020 and have a much more realistic outlook on the threat it poses. So it makes sense to me that a higher proportion of Australians are vaxxed than the population of, say, the UK. But 95% vaxx rate here? Nah that’s bullshit.

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
February 9, 2022 4:41 pm

She didn’t wait for him in the taxi because it was bleeding cold and it would be warmer inside PH. Apparently.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 4:42 pm

Does that imply we are responsible for the election of Moronsin and all the woe he has caused?

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 4:42 pm

FYI. This RAT testing in schools is becoming a farce. Probably only 10% of kids are testing (Karen parents). None of the kids give a shit about this covid nonsense from what I hear.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 9, 2022 4:43 pm

I was blind drunk when I voted liberal, I will never do it again.

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 4:44 pm

DrBeauGansays:
February 9, 2022 at 4:38 pm

Totally stupid analogy. -8

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
February 9, 2022 4:45 pm

Seems the ride was terminated by the cab hirer at PH.

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:48 pm

DrB, you’re a maths brain. What do you think of my back-of-an-envelope calculations above?

By the way, I’ve noticed the first cracks appearing in the vaxx passport mandates. A week ago, Dan Murphy’s required proof of vaxx to use their pre-order contactless direct-to-boot pick up service. However, just now I see their website is stating no proof of vaxx required for contactless pick ups.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 4:49 pm

The same applies to chicks getting shitfaced and then claiming that they couldn’t give consent to sex. They are responsible for getting shitfaced and all that follows from it.

You couldnt have that, bars and nightclubs would be full of unsavory chaps buying drinks for tipsy harlots in the hope of getting their end away.

shatterzzz
February 9, 2022 4:54 pm

FYI. This RAT testing in schools is becoming a farce. Probably only 10% of kids are testing (Karen parents). None of the kids give a shit about this covid nonsense from what I hear.

Out here in Fairfield, NSW the 2 public swimming pools have been booked out M to F for swim carnivals, all of February, no masks or social distancing in operation .. BAT FLU is, apparently,stuck in detention in the class rooms so the pool areas are safe .. LOL!

Oh come on
Oh come on
February 9, 2022 4:59 pm

Consenting because drunk = not rape
So drunk that consent cannot be given = rape

In the latter scenario, there is still some onus on the victim in that better choices should have been made in order to avoid being in such a vulnerable situation in the first instance. Don’t go out on the town and get shitfaced with people you don’t really know etc.

srr
srr
February 9, 2022 5:04 pm

The Real Skinny on the Joe Rogan Controversy

https://rumble.com/vufux8-the-real-skinny-on-the-joe-rogan-controversy.html?mref=5f67r&mc=7xi0y

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calli
calli
February 9, 2022 5:04 pm

Prepare for a visitation guys.

The thumbs are pricking again.

custard
custard
February 9, 2022 5:06 pm

I’d like to publicly thank areff for his assistance getting some Ivermectin.

He shared the details of his contact in India and they arrived today after just 4 weeks!

12 packs each with
3 x Ivermectin
12 x Zinc
14 x Doxycycline

Zatara
Zatara
February 9, 2022 5:10 pm

The world’s first female F-35 fighter pilot crashed a plane on its first flight

She may or may not have screwed the pooch but this article is misogynistic codswallop.
She isn’t the first female F-35 pilot and this wasn’t her first landing on a carrier. Far from it.
Reality check – the USN doesn’t carry out initial carrier qualification training in the South China Sea.

duncanm
duncanm
February 9, 2022 5:10 pm

So drunk that consent cannot be given = rape

both so drunk = rape-rape = nada ?

Chris
Chris
February 9, 2022 5:12 pm

The world’s first female pilot, crashed an F-35 fighter on her first try.

I know a lady who flew Dakotas as Aristotle Onassis’ personal pilot. She was turned around by MiGs when flying into the Berlin blockade.
I sat next to someone who turned out to be an Examiner of Airmen on aplane; the Captain came out to greet her personally as she was exiting with us hoi polloi. When I mentioned her to someone in the trade, his view was that she could command a 747 to stop and hover in mid-air, and it would damn well do what it was told.

‘World’s first female pilot’.
I don’t think so. I really don’t think so.

Baba
Baba
February 9, 2022 5:14 pm

I have had a gutful of lying skanks.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
February 9, 2022 5:16 pm

DrB, you’re a maths brain. What do you think of my back-of-an-envelope calculations above?

Dunno, OCO. I’m very sceptical about any numbers offered by the gummint, although I’m less sceptical about the numbers that destroy their arguments. I figure that the mean and median ages of death from/with WuFlu are probably safe, for example. They exceed the life expectancy, suggesting that you’re better off with WuFlu. This is unlikely.

I certainly don’t trust the official numbers about vaxx rates. But I don’t trust anything the officials tell me. There is lots of evidence that the buggers will say and do anything that suits their agenda. Trying to get us to take a new and untested medical procedure by pretending nearly everyone else has done it would be exactly their modus operandi.

They’ve been following the traditional method mentioned by H L Mencken a century ago, frighten the populace with hobgoblins so they’ll be clamorous to be led to safety. It’s depressing that it still works.

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 5:16 pm

Absalutly Oco but still no excuse to go at it like a necrophiliac.

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 5:17 pm

Zatarasays:
February 9, 2022 at 5:10 pm
The world’s first female F-35 fighter pilot crashed a plane on its first flight

She may or may not have screwed the pooch but this article is misogynistic codswallop.
She isn’t the first female F-35 pilot and this wasn’t her first landing on a carrier. Far from it.
Reality check – the USN doesn’t carry out initial carrier qualification training in the South China Sea.

Probably a tranny.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 5:20 pm

Absalutly Oco but still no excuse to go at it like a necrophiliac.

Yep. Creates a lot of work for the courts too.

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 5:21 pm

Hehe. They are all selling their RAT packages on ebay. The kids were mentioned the going price for a pack. LOL. Suck it up Dan, you fuckn POS.

Struth
February 9, 2022 5:21 pm

Side theatre really gives the compliant something to discuss.
They latch hold.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 9, 2022 5:23 pm

They’ve been following the traditional method mentioned by H L Mencken a century ago, frighten the populace with hobgoblins so they’ll be clamorous to be led to safety. It’s depressing that it still works.

Church and the priests been at it much longer than that.

Jorge
Jorge
February 9, 2022 5:23 pm

He is a weak and unpopular man, even within the clergy.

Hmmmm. Back in the mid 90s in Melbourne he’d just been awarded a doctorate and was regarded highly as a brilliant scholar, a man who could communicate with the young, an up-and-comer adroit at explaining the church’s position on all the hot button issues.

Then we watched him on Q&A conceding, pussy-footing, hard-pressed and unable to shoot straight because Twitter and Jones would have erupted and that would not do. He wants to be liked. Plaudits and praise are taken as progress for a church beleaguered. When you use the Willy Loman measuring stick you become a salesman or a politician and you are doomed.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 9, 2022 5:27 pm

I rather think most men have an instinctive distaste for male effeminacy. We also have an instinct for kindness

With the latter overwhelming the former, DrBG.
I believe that the vast majority of men would leap to the defence of an effeminate male who was was being bashed.

Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
February 9, 2022 5:28 pm

This is worth watching. God has the last laugh.
https://gab.com/vaccineregrets/posts/107765538630845005

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 5:30 pm

Old School Conservativesays:
February 9, 2022 at 5:27 pm
I rather think most men have an instinctive distaste for male effeminacy. We also have an instinct for kindness

With the latter overwhelming the former, DrBG.
I believe that the vast majority of men would leap to the defence of an effeminate male who was was being bashed.

Maybe bull queers.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Reality check – the USN doesn’t carry out initial carrier qualification training in the South China Sea.

Course they wouldn’t.
Neither would the Navy spend money paying for sex-change operations for anybody who felt they should have their tackle sliced off, nor would the Army adjust the Ranger qualification benchmark to allow for women.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 9, 2022 5:37 pm

This is a longish and interesting piece on why hysteria is currently trumping sound argument and facts.

https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/womens-tears-win-in-the-marketplace

Given that (3) is so horrible and basically gives a veto to hysterical women over all public policy, we have to choose (1) or (2). I have no doubt that public discourse as a male space works better. That doesn’t mean women are barred from voting or discussing politics. They can participate in the public arena but as soon as they start crying over a Halloween costume or talking about “online abuse,” most people should roll their eyes and understand that someone without the emotional stability to even participate in the marketplace of ideas isn’t going to have the traits necessary to contribute much to it. I think we were closer to this ideal 20 or 30 years ago, but we’ve moved away from it under the pressure of civil rights law and women becoming more prominent at higher levels of important institutions. This is basically the way we treat men already; a male journalist crying over mean words instantly loses credibility, and rightfully so. The public space should be regularly purging people, and we can’t care if the purges have a disparate impact.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 9, 2022 5:41 pm

hzhousewifesays:
February 9, 2022 at 4:41 pm
She didn’t wait for him in the taxi because it was bleeding cold and it would be warmer inside PH. Apparently.

OK. I’d thought it was “safety”. I suppose “warmer in PH” might make sense if the driver was going to turn the engine off and freeze himself. But even then…

hzhousewifesays:
February 9, 2022 at 4:45 pm
Seems the ride was terminated by the cab hirer at PH.

Hmm, so “convenient”, hey?

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 5:42 pm

Struth says:
February 9, 2022 at 5:21 pm
Side theatre really gives the compliant something to discuss.
They latch hold.

Exactly who are you accusing here, Struth?

You may have noticed my comment on the subject last night and the day before.

Baba
Baba
February 9, 2022 5:45 pm

Reality check – the USN doesn’t carry out initial carrier qualification training in the South China Sea.

Even if you have a vadge and your daddy is an admiral at the Pentagon?

bespoke
bespoke
February 9, 2022 5:48 pm

Just finished reading that, mole.

It is V=very good .

Delta A
Delta A
February 9, 2022 5:48 pm

DrBeauGansays:
February 9, 2022 at 4:38 pm

Totally stupid analogy. -8

No, I see Beaugy’s point and agree with it completely.

It’s all about accountability and responsibility, concepts which are foreign to many people. Too often the law, as it stands, protects the stupid, regardless of any tragedy caused by their blatant disregard for personal responsibility.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 9, 2022 5:49 pm

hzhousewifesays:
February 9, 2022 at 4:41 pm

She didn’t wait for him in the taxi because it was bleeding cold and it would be warmer inside PH. Apparently.

Garbage.
The Accused dismissed the taxi.
That was recorded.
She had the choice of either standing alone in the dark late at night or going into PH.
Was her drink spiked?

rickw
rickw
February 9, 2022 5:50 pm

We can only hope.

Good article.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 9, 2022 5:51 pm

This is worth watching

….especially for the audience laughter when she falls down. Epic.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 9, 2022 5:51 pm

Too often the law, as it stands, protects the stupid, regardless of any tragedy caused by their blatant disregard for personal responsibility.

Otherwise known as …The Innocent.
That’s the general idea of the Law, by the way.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 9, 2022 5:54 pm

The Accused dismissed the taxi.
That was recorded.
She had the choice of either standing alone in the dark late at night or going into PH.

Bullshit.
Since the taxi was now a free agent, she could have given the driver her address and paid for the ride there from PH.
She had the option to leave.

rickw
rickw
February 9, 2022 5:55 pm

The world’s first female F-35 fighter pilot crashed a plane on its first flight

Oh fuck not this again.

Anyone remember call sign “Revlon”?

F-14 Tomcat pilot that killed herself but fortunately not her copilot.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 9, 2022 5:57 pm

I’m not sure what the Cricket Australia Board want to “transition to” without Langer?

Beating India.
They were never going to do that with Langer & Lyon.

rickw
rickw
February 9, 2022 5:57 pm

Kara Hultgreen “Revlon” and how she killed herself:

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

Razey
Razey
February 9, 2022 5:57 pm

Indolentsays:
February 9, 2022 at 5:33 pm
We can only hope.

WHY THE PHRASES “BIO-ETHICS & NUREMBERG CODES” ARE GOING TO TAKE CENTER STAGE IN 2022-2023

These articles are all BS designed to stop us from protesting on the streets. Instead they want us to sit at home waiting for them to ‘release the Kraken’.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 5:58 pm

Have they established whether it was pilot error or mechanical failure?

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 9, 2022 6:00 pm

Ben Roberts-Smith case hit with twists as Nine‘s source unmasked and private documents released
Perry Duffin
Senior Court Reporter
@perryduffin1
NCA NewsWire
56 minutes ago February 9, 2022

The defamation trial of Ben Roberts-Smith has been hit with a series of dramatic twists; one SAS witness is backing away from giving evidence against the celebrated soldier, another may do the same, while a third has been unmasked as a source for Nine‘s journalists.

Meanwhile the Federal Court has released a trove of documents that expose the inner workings of Mr Roberts-Smith‘s intensely private “affair” and images of his injured ”mistress” which could decide crucial parts of the case.

Mr Roberts-Smith is suing Nine newspapers claiming they falsely accused him of war crime killings in Afghanistan when he was deployed in the SAS.

He is also suing the newspapers, and journalists Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie, over accusations he abused a woman known as Person 17 during a clandestine relationship.

Nine stands by the stories, saying the allegations are true, and opened its case against Mr Roberts-Smith by calling SAS soldiers to testify against him in the Federal Court.

The court is expecting to hear from multiple members of the SAS throughout the coming weeks including two soldiers known only as Person 56 and Person 66.

Nine‘s barrister Nicholas Owens SC, on Wednesday, told the court he believed Mr Roberts-Smith’s legal team had contacted two high profile lawyers – Philip Boulten SC and Peter Hodges.

In that contact, Nine claims, Mr Moses “expressed” that the interests of Person 56 and Person 66 may not be ”properly protected” when they are called to give evidence against Mr Roberts-Smith.

The identities of the SAS witnesses are closely guarded secrets known only to their lawyers and others closely involved in the defamation trial.

Nine claims Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges “through means unknown” were put in contact with Person 56.

Person 56 is now seeking to withdraw from giving evidence, Nine told the court.

Mr Owens claims the two lawyers will meet with Person 66 later on Wednesday and is expected to give evidence on Friday.

Person 66 has not made any application for that plan to change, the court heard.

Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges are not accused of any wrongdoing

According to court documents, Nine alleges Mr Roberts-Smith stood behind Person 66 and ordered him to execute one of two Afghan prisoners in a field in Syahchow in October 2012.

Former SAS soldier and Liberal MP Andrew Hastie was deployed during that mission, the court documents state, and is expected to testify for Nine saying he saw Person 66 looking anxious after the mission.

Mr Roberts-Smith denies that allegation entirely.

Person 56, the court previously heard, is expected to give evidence about Nine‘s “centrepiece” murder accusation where Mr Roberts-Smith is alleged to have kicked an unarmed shepherd named Ali Jan down a ”cliff”.

That shepherd was allegedly then shot dead by another soldier while lying injured in the dry creek bed below.

Mr Roberts-Smith denies that allegation as well – saying he shot dead a spotter in a cornfield during that 2012 mission within the rules of engagement.

The court has previously heard claims from Mr Roberts-Smith that Nine had done “a deal” with Person 56 that he would only have to give evidence about that single mission.

On Wednesday Justice Anthony Besanko agreed Nine could issue subpoenas to Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges and another notice to Mr Roberts-Smith‘s lawyers to overturn their communications relating to Persons 56 and 66.

Nine‘s main witness this week, an SAS soldier known as Person 14, has accused Mr Roberts-Smith of ordering the execution of another unarmed Afghan in 2012.

The court had ruled Person 14 would not have to answer questions from Mr Roberts-Smith‘s lawyers about whether he had spoken or met with Nine’s journalists.

But Justice Besanko, on Wednesday, reversed the decision and ordered Person 14 to answer the questions.

Person 14 told the court he had met and spoken with Mr Masters about rumours in the SAS involving Mr Roberts-Smith and a major raid in 2009 known as Whiskey 108.

Nine would later accuse Mr Roberts-Smith of ordering the execution of one Afghan prisoner to “blood the rookie” in his SAS unit and further accuse him of machine gunning another captive during that raid.

Mr Roberts-Smith denies that allegation and has told the court the man he shot dead had been armed and was killed under the lawful rules of engagement.

As Person 14 gave evidence the Federal Court released dozens of documents that had been entered into evidence in June 2021.

The documents contain marriage counselling notes between Mr Roberts-Smith and his now ex wife Emma Roberts, medical records, emails and text messages.

Some of those messages are between Mr Roberts-Smith and a married woman known as Person 17.

The court has previously heard the pair had been dating and had a volatile relationship – Mr Roberts-Smith maintains he dated Person 17 while separated from his wife.

Person 17, the court has heard, had hired a car and driven to Mr Roberts-Smith‘s marital home to expose their relationship in April 2018.

The text messages, released on Wednesday, show Mr Roberts-Smith accusing the woman of “outright blackmail” in the hours after she confronted his then wife.

“Please don‘t waste your time with intimidation or payback,” Person 17 wrote to Mr Roberts-Smith, the texts show.

“The benefit of seeing what you are capable of a few weeks back & knowing the threats you‘ve made to me since is that I immediately put in place ’insurance’ in the event that anything should happen to me or my family.”

Mr Roberts-Smith has steadfastly denied he ever threatened Person 17 and told the court she had lied on multiple occasions – his lawyers describe her as a “fabulist”.

Person 17 is expected to testify, for Nine, that Mr Roberts-Smith struck her after she got drunk at a swanky party one month earlier, in Canberra in 2018.

Mr Roberts-Smith totally denies that saying Person 17 fell down the stairs while leaving the venue and ended up with a black eye.

He told the court he stayed up all night tending to the injured and intoxicated woman at the Hotel Realm and photographed her injury.

The documents, released on Wednesday, contain an email chain where Nine‘s lawyers request those images.

The images, with Person 17‘s face covered by a black box, appear to show a woman in bed.

The lawyers for Mr Roberts-Smith, in the emails, tell Nine‘s lawyers that the original images were deleted and all that remain are screenshots.

“Unbeknownst to (Mr Roberts-Smith), at some point his former wife, while searching his belongings and mobile phone, had taken photos of the images of Person 17,” Mr Roberts-Smith‘s lawyer wrote in the March 2021 email.

Mr Boulten and Mr Hodges have been contacted for comment.

Delta A
Delta A
February 9, 2022 6:00 pm

This is worth watching. God has the last laugh.

Thanks, Judge.

I’d heard about this, but lefty friend said, “No, no. Right wing BS.” Nothing like a piccie.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 9, 2022 6:00 pm

calli this is a gem:

He(Scummo) is despicable. Like Rudd, a smooth and facile liar cloaked in a tawdry rag of stolen respectability.

calli Liberty Quote

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
February 9, 2022 6:01 pm

This is a longish and interesting piece on why hysteria is currently trumping sound argument and facts.

https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/womens-tears-win-in-the-marketplace

Excellent article, Mole.

I note that, mostly, newÇat follows his first option. And that the females here are happy to go along with it; those who can’t handle it flounce sooner or later.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 9, 2022 6:01 pm

Judge Dreddsays:
February 9, 2022 at 5:28 pm
This is worth watching. God has the last laugh.
https://gab.com/vaccineregrets/posts/107765538630845005

That’s up there with Peter Fitzsimian and the French.
We need to keep these on sidebar links so when anyone’s feeling down they can click on and watch an uplifting vignette.

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 9, 2022 6:01 pm

Since the taxi was now a free agent, she could have given the driver her address and paid for the ride there from PH.
She had the option to leave.

She was in a very bad state, not unlike someone who had been given a Date Rape drug.
Now, back in my Dad’s day, Taxi Drivers were rough and ready, but they had a rep for doing the right thing.
Those days were 2 generations ago.
Taxi drivers today still have a rep, particularly late at night, but it isn’t for doing the right thing.

calli
calli
February 9, 2022 6:03 pm

*blush*

The interwebs were angry this morning, Tinta. And they stayed angry.

Need…more…carbs…. 😀

Zatara
Zatara
February 9, 2022 6:05 pm

Have they established whether it was pilot error or mechanical failure?

No they haven’t calli. It will be some time before the investigation is concluded.

Winston Smith
February 9, 2022 6:06 pm

Bruce O’Newk:

I used to support Howard’s firearm buyback, but that was when I thought making firearms scarce would be a useful way to keep the underclass to the kitchen-knife level. Narrowly, it worked. Unfortunately now that all Australian governments have turned into 1930’s grade fascists I can see my error. Sorry.

I never supported it.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 9, 2022 6:06 pm

The world’s first female F-35 fighter pilot crashed a plane on its first flight

Sadly the USN would grab any lady cadet with both hands and physically carry her through training these days if that’s what it took, such is the woke imperative for equalidy. That’s not a good preparation for a carrier fighter pilot. I don’t know what her story is, but I’ve often seen women being levitated in such a way in corporations for that reason.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
February 9, 2022 6:07 pm

With the latter overwhelming the former, DrBG.
I believe that the vast majority of men would leap to the defence of an effeminate male who was was being bashed.

Very much a cultural thing. My sense of justice would certainly override my distaste for effeminate men. But then, I was raised in a Christian country. It would be different if I’d been brung up in Saudi Arabia, I suspect.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 9, 2022 6:08 pm

Bullshit.
Since the taxi was now a free agent, she could have given the driver her address and paid for the ride there from PH.
She had the option to leave.

Exactly. “I shared a taxi since it was a convenient way to get home, it drove somewhere totally different, and I watched it set off into the distance leaving me stuck there until another taxi could be summoned, instead of getting that taxi to take me home”.
Anyone think that’s a good enough basis for a “beyond reasonable doubt” guilty verdict?

Ed Case
Ed Case
February 9, 2022 6:11 pm

That’s not a good preparation for a carrier fighter pilot.

John McCain crashed at least 6 Navy jets, plus causing massive loss of life by starting a fire on the USS Forrestal.

I don’t know what her story is, …

So why are you commenting on it for?

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
February 9, 2022 6:14 pm

The stupid are not innocent, laws cannot protect the stupid. Neddy NutCase you are a prime example of stupid. Everyday you prove it. No law can be written to make you any different. If you ever get anything right it will be by accident. Look up the Oxford Dictionary of Stupid. In your version there will be a mirror. Thats what stupid looks like. Go away, you have nothing to contribute.

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