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Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow, Adolph Northen, 1866

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twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 10:53 am

Compliance licence to go places, freezing bank accounts of resisters, “zones” where you’ll be arrested if you go there, movement restrictions in peace time.

The New Normal.

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 10:56 am

See, it’s not the news that matters but whether it come from a source not on their bosses hit list –

Knuckle Dragger says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:47 am
mole, just now:

Appreciate the links. There you go. The pooftah-pansy ACT jacks had LRADs.

Wasn’t sure before, but that’ll do me.

feelthebern says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:48 am

thefrollickingmole says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:40 am

Thanks for posting mole-man.

“They don’t just groom children, they groom family & communities”

willgrow @willgrow
· Feb 14
Replying to @SPOOKY_SHADOW13

Every psychologist worth his salt has seen the behavioral cues that say what he is.
https://gettr.com/comment/cnh9h92526
Posted on 4:09 PM · Feb 14th, 2022

Vicki
Vicki
February 18, 2022 10:57 am

Jordan Peterson (Twitter account) has picked up a thread which links to a video of ex BlackRock top executive (who apparently accumulated for them a $14 billion portfolio) – Edward Dowd – who is predicting that it will be the USA insurance companies that will unpick this scandal and bring Pfizer and co to grief.

One America and others are currently being hit with insurance claims for deaths and injuries caused, not by COVID, but by the vaccines. He is predicting that a case for fraud may be brought against them for not providing correct data from early trials. If such a scenario happens, global governments, including our own, may be able to escape the transfer of liability in the contracts they signed. Hope so – because those claims may be astronomical.

(Sorry haven’t got link to Dowd’s statement – but it is on the Peterson twitter feed).

Yet another promising book to emerge during this insane period is Gad Saad’s new book “The Parasitic Mind”. Apparently he argues that the insanity is the product of the Culture Wars.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 10:57 am

Forty billion would barely touch the sides on the amount of battery storage which would be needed. Even getting enough batteries would be tough, since everyone else is chasing batteries but no one wants a lithium mine near them.

But the fireworks would be very entertaining, especially seeing how hot a battery could get in an Australian summer next time an el Nino comes along.

Another Grid Scale Battery Fire “Incident” (17 Feb)

The world’s largest lithium ion battery is down, again

The Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility Phase II set off fire alarms that activated a fault water suppression system, which – again – set off a cascading set of events that resulted in roughly ten battery packs melting down.

I’m surprised there are so few of these in the news, but then the MSM would probably prefer not to report such incidents.

flyingduk
flyingduk
February 18, 2022 10:57 am

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks the end goal was to seize crypto & everything leading up to this was just theatre as far as Castro’s kid is concerned.

I went down the crypto rabbit hole in 2015 after my last Afghan tour completed my red-pilling. I felt the need for private, non seizable, non censorable money. Bitcoin met that need. I now have 7 years of experience with it and it is a prime reason why I am now in a position to say NO to big government.

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false.

Indolent
Indolent
February 18, 2022 10:58 am
Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 18, 2022 10:58 am

As an Aussie abroad, you can commit numerous faux pas and not even know it.

And get away with it. They’re very tolerant of Aussies over there.

But it’s real. You meet some, say, lower middle class types and get on well with them. Later you meet some upper middle class types and get on well with them. Then, somewhere, both lots meet you and there’s an element of awkwardness before they manage to get used to the situation.

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 10:59 am

Glasgow Times:

Covid data will not be published over concerns it’s misrepresented by anti-vaxxers

LOL

What does the data currently show?

13 out of the 104 people who died of Covid in Scotland in the week ending Feb. 4 were unvaccinated. In the 4 weeks ending Feb. 4, 61 of the 478 people were unvaccinated

almost 9 out of 10 of the people who die in Scotland are vaccinated, and the vast majority of those are boosted. And deaths remain stubbornly high, even though Omicron is far milder.

Myess wouldn’t want that to be “misrepresented”! Down the memory hole it goes.

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 11:01 am

Trudeau Having Difficulty Teaching Mounties To Goose-Step

https://babylonbee.com/news/trudeau-having-difficulty-teaching-canadian-mounties-to-goose-step

Nong, everyone knows you learn how to herd cats first then they do the training for you.

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 11:06 am

twostix says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:53 am

Compliance licence to go places, freezing bank accounts of resisters, “zones” where you’ll be arrested if you go there, movement restrictions in peace time.

The New Normal.

And, what gets me about all those who put their faith in the crypto, block-chain, electronic swamp Lords is they KNOW how easy it is to lock anyone out of all electronic communication … but then again, mocking those who pointed out how easily & often it was done in the early days as they tweaked the systems, was one of the first most important jobs of professional narrative controllers had.

Baba
Baba
February 18, 2022 11:06 am

Flyingduk

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false.

But if you convert some to AUD the bank knows where it came from a crypto account, doesn’t it?

Zatara
Zatara
February 18, 2022 11:09 am

Trudeau found a new low to stoop to!

Attention animal owners at demonstration

If you are unable to care for your animal as a result of enforcement actions, your animal will placed into protective care for 8 days, at your cost. After 8 days, if arrangements are not made, your animal will be considered relinquished.

Fido and Lassi are now being threatened with arrest and given an ominous 8 days or else sentence.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 11:12 am

To those who say that bankers are not particularly bright – there is certainly plenty of evidence for that – just look at the recent Royal Commission here. But that not even one Canadian bank had the brains and balls to say “we’re not violating our customers’ privacy and civil rights”, and then watch the money flow in from fleeing customers of the rest, is extraordinary.

I suppose that Canadian banking is like ours – up to its neck in government regulation, in return for protection from outside competition. Hence, mediocrities abound at senior levels, being the go along to get along types with good networking skills.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
February 18, 2022 11:12 am

I can’t believe the stupidity of Canadian banks in going along with this banana republic stuff.

The Canadian Bankers Association said in a statement Wednesday:

“Banks in Canada follow all applicable laws and regulations in carrying out their operations, in keeping with their commitment to protect the integrity of Canada’s financial system”.

So, rules, orders, and Systemintegrität.

It’s actually considerably worse than herding Nazis into cattle trucks ‘ going somewhere’.

In a media briefing Wednesday, senior government officials said they are in ongoing discussions with financial institutions on the applications of the order.

Asked if financial institutions have been given guidance over which people involved should be targeted, the officials said it was up to the institutions to do their due diligence but it would make sense to first focus on key sources of funding since the intent of the order is to limit funding to the protests.

So, the banks themselves will be kicking doors in at 3am and chasing verboten account holders into the street with rubber truncheons.

To have financial accounts unfrozen, either because someone has stopped protesting or because of mistaken identity, officials said individuals would have to reach out to their financial institutions who would then validate the information and take necessary measures.

Necessary measures.

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 11:14 am

From The Daily Telegraph…..

“Mr Nellist first travelled to Australia six years ago following two years in the Royal Air Force and instantly fell in love with the country.

He was an experienced swimmer, loved being in the water and was always respectful of the wildlife, the friend said.

Mr Nellist was a fierce advocate of marine life and always rallied against shark safety measures.

“Shark net and drum lines protect no one and kill all kinds of marine life each year,” he wrote in a Facebook post just six months ago.”

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 11:18 am

To those who say that bankers are not particularly bright – there is certainly plenty of evidence for that – just look at the recent Royal Commission here.

NAB was put through the ringer by the RC for decisions taken on aforementioned bloke’s watch.

Hence, mediocrities abound at senior levels, being the go along to get along types with good networking skills.

The managerial class are not boat rockers. They do very well out of being compliant with big goverment.

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 11:19 am

Monica Bellucci and Nigella Lawson are old ladies too…

you’re forgetting the wonderful effects of film and makeup.

https://www.diglogs.com/italy/monica-bellucci-at-the-torino-film-festival-is-not-afraid-of-wrinkles/

Zatara
Zatara
February 18, 2022 11:21 am
Razey
Razey
February 18, 2022 11:21 am

flyingduksays:
February 18, 2022 at 10:57 am
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks the end goal was to seize crypto & everything leading up to this was just theatre as far as Castro’s kid is concerned.

I went down the crypto rabbit hole in 2015 after my last Afghan tour completed my red-pilling. I felt the need for private, non seizable, non censorable money. Bitcoin met that need. I now have 7 years of experience with it and it is a prime reason why I am now in a position to say NO to big government.

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false.

But Bitcoin is still valued in fiat. This is why I’m not convinced.

If fiat is ultimately worthless, then they only thing backing bitcoin value is power consumption & the mining electronics.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 11:21 am

I can foresee worker controlled credit unions making a come back.

Funny how the union movement has abandoned all the good ideas it once had in exchange for a seat at the big table.

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 11:22 am

Just look at this shit!

The case rates, hospitalisation rates, the death rates are very simple statistics, whereas for the vaccine effectiveness studies we use modelling, we compare people who have tested negative to those who have tested positive and match them on their underlining co-morbidities.

These people are unbelievable! Diabolical, they take reality and turn it into the exact opposite.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 11:24 am

Trudeau found a new low to stoop to!

He better not shoot the wrong dog.
Keanu is Canadian.

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 11:30 am

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false.

Surely the last two years have shown the government can outlaw anything, any behaviour, any object, any movement, and activity it likes.

Similar to gold and silver, what good is bitcoin if you can’t pay your mortgage with it? What good is it, if you can’t pay your electricity bill with it? The survivalist then goes on to say “well I can pay it to the farmer directly at least”, but which farmer will accept bitcoin for a cow? How does that farmer hold onto his land and cows if he is not in and a part of the system himself. And if he’s in the system, why would he risk his position to accept your terrorist finance money?

Au-contraire, as the vaccination wars have shown, most people who accept their place in the system turn away from the people who refuse. They must for their own mental well being, let alone financial and business!

Pogria
Pogria
February 18, 2022 11:32 am

Johanna,
if you like mysteries with a bit of Syfy thrown in, Sapphire and Steel is pretty good. It also comes with eye candy, the dishy David McCallum and the delectable Joanna Lumley.

Frollicking, I loved Life on Mars. Ashes to Ashes was an excellent follow-up.

I also enjoyed the US version of Life on Mars. They didn’t screw around with the story too much. Shame it was never completed.

Winston Smith
February 18, 2022 11:33 am

Cassie Of Sydney:

I recall how a European tyrant uttered similar words about people like me in the 1930s and 1940s.

Every time I put on one of my T shirts with the logo on it, I think of you, Cassie.
I think “Cassie would fill this shirt a damned sight better than me.”
🙂

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 11:33 am

The managerial class are not boat rockers. They do very well out of being compliant with big goverment.

The big banks are complex, systems driven and cumbersome. I doubt whether you would get too far trying to shake them up, even if you wanted to. Having said that, the CEO and broad strategy do matter. No one wants to be seen as swimming against the tide.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 11:34 am

Cargo Ship Full of Porsches, Bentleys, Audis, and VWs Is On Fire and Adrift in the Atlantic

I know of at least two car carriers from the Tesla plant which caught fire and burned after Teslas on them had battery fires. I wonder how many of those 4000 or so German cars were electric?

I think the Tesla car carrier fires were because of the bouncing around as the semi trailer drove on the highway from the plant. A ship crossing the Atlantic would also subject newly manufactured EV batteries to a lot of sideways and up-and-down forces.

The article makes no mention of EVs, although that’s raised in the comments.

rickw
rickw
February 18, 2022 11:35 am

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false.

I think the problem is not them seizing it but rather attempting to smother the transactions that it can be used for, thereby reducing its value.

flyingduk
flyingduk
February 18, 2022 11:35 am

But Bitcoin is still valued in fiat. This is why I’m not convinced. If fiat is ultimately worthless, then they only thing backing bitcoin value is power consumption & the mining electronics

Whilst our legacy currrencies (dollars etc) retain some (albeit fast evaporating) purchasing power, people will tend to ‘convert back’ to that fiat to make purchases, BTC (and gold etc) have value irrespective of that. Once fiat currencies fail (due to inflation, or govt interdiction), people rapidly learn the intrinsic value of BTC (or gold etc) itself and stop converting back to fiat.

In Venezuela or Zim, you swap your gold or btc directly for what you want – the merchant doesn’t price his stuff in Bolivars or Zim$.

The value of any assett (including BTC) is determined by what the next person will give you for it – BTC is not really ‘backed’ by the mining expenditure, although its an interesting mental exercise to realise that all of life is about energy expenditure (food, heat, shelter, transport ) and hence money really represents stored energy/work. As such, ALL money has to be a ‘proof of work’ system, which is why fiat fails, and BTC is backed by energy expenditure.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 18, 2022 11:36 am

You know peak tard is when there is a definition of something in its very title, yet you write an entire article going “nuh-uh, its this instead”.
/Dot baiting intensifies

What I Learned From Dating an Incel
Not all who remain chaste can be classified as ‘Incels’; it’s an ideology; a way to define how you feel about sex, regardless of how often you’re having it. In this sense, men who are engaging in a lot of sex can still be considered Incels. And this was the case for my first love. As a woman who fell in love with an ideological Incel and remained friends with him for many years afterward, here is what I observed about his beliefs and behaviors.

/generic “good looking asshole who treated me like shit from day 1 story”….

Followed by
I still stuck by him — despite all the pain — because It’s not easy to say goodbye to your first love, and I still believed he had a good heart.

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flyingduk

Surely the last two years have shown the government can outlaw anything, any behaviour, any object, any movement, and activity it likes.

But they can’t enforce it wrt bitcoin…. Thats the point

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 11:40 am

Just as they all followed each other into the race to see who could be the most draconian about COVID, they are now all following each other in the race to get out. Take Doug Ford, the allegedly conservative Premier of Ontario:

ntario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that his government will accelerate its timetable for lifting coronavirus restrictions, reopening businesses, and terminating its vaccine passport system.

The world’s done with it, so let’s just move forward,” he said of the pandemic.

Like other Canadian politicians, Ford insisted his enthusiasm for lifting pandemic restrictions was not a result of the massive Freedom Convoy protests.

The Globe and Mail quoted Ford portraying himself as a longtime skeptic of harsh mandates who has been very quietly chomping at the bit to get rid of them:

In other words, the wind is changing and he’s changing with it.

Further down, the article reminds us that the slippery Ford actually supported Trudeau’s use of emergency powers against the truckers only days ago.

We see the same thing here, with our Premiers/Chief Ministers suddenly finding that COVID restrictions that only recently were saving us from disaster are now not needed.

But, to save face, they keep a few random ones, different in every jurisdiction, because ‘the science.’

What a farce, and what a tragedy. All the suffering that was inflicted over the past two years is now airbrushed from the picture.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 11:46 am

duk – I wouldn’t bother spending too much time on this stuff.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
February 18, 2022 11:48 am

As thousands of anti-vax protesters

They are not anti-vax. They are anti-mandate.

They are anti-‘government telling you what you have to put in your body’.

They are anti-‘companies telling you what medical procedures you must have when every other aspect of a person’s life, no matter how weird or fringe, must be protected and celebrated as special’.

Trust the ABC not to understand the ‘freedom’ bit.

But misrepresenting them by labelling them with what has traditionally been the preserve of the left – its sub-group that believes in magic and fairies and tarot cards and subtle-bodies and auras and chakras and other illusory constellations for the aimless to navigate their lives forever at sea – who believe vaccines are a conspiracy.

(Figures and ussr are honorary lefties in this particular.)

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 11:51 am

Doug Ford, the allegedly conservative Premier of Ontario

Yeah, you’d’ve thought he’d’ve learned something in the election campaign when he was smeared by everything the Left could come up with. The “Canadian Trump” was used often as I recall.

We’re getting this stupid stuff too from guys like Ted Cruz and Mike Pence lately. They have to be taught that no compromise and no Vichy behaviour is acceptable. I suspect Ford has guaranteed himself losing the next election and thereafter never being in office in an elected position ever again.

Conservatives have to go scorched earth on the MSM and the Left. Playing on their ground is futile.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 11:52 am

Thanks Pogria, but I’m not a fan of sci fi as a genre. It has to be exceptionally good to get my eyeballs.

Re the banks – our lot have a nice little cartel going, and it seems that Canada is the same.

Bushkid
Bushkid
February 18, 2022 11:54 am

Zatara says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:21 am
About those supply chain disruptions…

Cargo Ship Full of Porsches, Bentleys, Audis, and VWs Is On Fire and Adrift in the Atlantic

I wonder if there were any EVs on that ship.

Normally, a car carrier would be expected to have effective fire suppression systems to deal with an on-board fire in the cargo. It would be standard maritime risk-management. One of the very worst things that can happen on a ship is fire, so a LOT of attention is paid to fire suppression. There are rules governing how cargo and containers with dangerous goods are stored to minimise the risk of interaction and subsequent fire or other reactions.

We know that when one of these EV batteries lights up, you cannot stop it with normal measures. Is there a “safe” way to transport EVs, given their batteries are a very hot chemical reaction waiting to happen under the wrong circumstances? Are EVs usually shipped on regular car carriers? If so, I have to wonder if the stowage arrangements and onboard fire suppression systems on car carriers have been upgraded to manage that risk; and if they have, is the upgrade sufficient.

The loss of a ship and its cargo is no small thing in money terms. The insurance investigation is likely to be interesting.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 18, 2022 11:55 am

Do yourself a favour and go to srr’s link to the Babylon Bee.
Scroll down and watch the video “My pronoun is They”
Absolutely brilliant.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 11:58 am

Apologies if already noted:

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 11:58 am

Here’s the linkie, OSC.

😀

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 11:58 am

Anyone read Tom Minear’s column in the Hun yesterday?
It’s paywalled.
Re VicPol going full Gestapo on an alleged leaker.

Bushkid
Bushkid
February 18, 2022 11:59 am

Bruce of Newcastle says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:34 am

Snap, Bruce!

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 12:00 pm

“Conservatives have to go scorched earth on the MSM and the Left. Playing on their ground is futile.””

Liberty quote BoN. Tis a pity our own stupid fucking Liberals and Nationals couldn’t adopt this policy…..all they do is appease, appease, appease.

Top Ender
Top Ender
February 18, 2022 12:02 pm

“Shark net and drum lines protect no one and kill all kinds of marine life each year,”

How about:

“Shark net and drum lines protect very vulnerable soft-skinned humans swimming off beaches and kill mainly sharks each year,”

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 12:04 pm

And we think our housing market is ridiculous:

In all, the flat is a little over half the size of an average parking spot, or about the size of a compact four-person tent.

There is space to lay out six and a half bath towels, if you fancy.

It’s in Lower Clapham, London.

Oh, well. At least you might meet someone in tune with public opinion on the omnibus.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 18, 2022 12:05 pm

Roger

Funny how the union movement has abandoned all the good ideas it once had in exchange for a seat at the big table.

A bit like the Liars abandoning the urban and rural working classes so they could assimilate into the inner city upper middle class?

dopey
dopey
February 18, 2022 12:05 pm

Geez, Napolean’s horse could do with a break.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 12:07 pm

Playing on their ground is futile.

Q: Are you or have you ever been a member of the ALP or Greens?
A: Yes.
[clang/clang – sound of gaol door]
Q. Watch you fingers! Next!

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 12:07 pm

Genuine question.
Did the AFP reply to a question on notice via a puff piece fed to the ABC?

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 12:08 pm

““Shark net and drum lines protect very vulnerable soft-skinned humans swimming off beaches and kill mainly sharks each year,””

The Daily Telegraph has an interactive map of shark attacks at Sydney beaches and waterways since records began…..what’s interesting is that shark attacks before netting were quite common and most were fatal. Sharks nets and drum lines save lives….so if the Greenies get their way (and they will) and nets and drum lines go, get ready for more fatal attacks.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 12:09 pm

A bit like the Liars abandoning the urban and rural working classes so they could assimilate into the inner city upper middle class?

Called out as perverts and dregs by Kim Beazley Snr. c. 50 years ago.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 12:10 pm

Gin.

Gin o’clock used to be an uncomplicated time. As the sun went down you lazily filled a glass with a few ice cubes and added a nip or two or Gordon’s or Beefeater, topping it up with tonic water and a sliver of fresh lime.

A simple gin and tonic, powered by distinct notes of juniper and citrus, was the ideal, no fuss, and refreshing pre-dinner cocktail. One is always enough.

However, I regret to say gin etiquette has gone out the window. Distillers are messing with the recipe. I went on a gin hunt and spent two weeks sipping oddball concoctions infused with everything from Indian turmeric (Bombay Sapphire Sunset) to native Tasmanian botanicals (Quintessence) to pinot noir, (Eleven Bridges) shiraz (Four Pillars) and even rhubarb (Several). Yes rhubarb

A visitor from Amsterdam said the pink gin made it a more interesting snap on Instagram.

I suspect the La Plancheliere had been coloured by grape skins or pimped with a French rose to deliver a faint strawberry vibe. I didn’t mind La Plancheliere, although one critic gave it an unflattering review and said it tasted like bubblegum.

I thought Citadelle Gin smelled vaguely of Toowoomba violets and posh after shave. It had an agreeable taste. I liked it a lot.

From Sky News today. I haven’t tasted gin for decades, and if it’s now a choice between posh aftershave and bubblegum I’ll go for a cabernet instead.

Real Deal
Real Deal
February 18, 2022 12:10 pm

King, played by the very gay Peter Wyngarde was likely one of the main inspirations for Austin Powers.

Loved Department S as a kid. Jason King was camp and cool. In one scene he saw off a number of henchmen with King fu kicks while managing to keep smoking a pipe. Try and do that Jack Reacher!

The late 60s was a great time for British drama. The Persuaders, The Champions and some of Gerry Anderson’s live action stuff such as UFO.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 12:11 pm

We can solve two problems by towing a bunch of greens* up and down our shark infested beaches.
The sharks would dies of food poisoning.

*With small cuts.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 12:12 pm

Andy Ngo reports that a big wig from Meta/FB has been allegedly caught in a child sex sting operation.
Things to expect.
1) Twitter to take down the vid and or suspend Andy;
2) Corporate media to run dead on it;
3) If Andy is wrong on any part of this, he’s going to be bankrupt pretty quick.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 12:13 pm

See, it’s not the news that matters but whether it come from a source not on their bosses hit list –

Stop obsessing about tunnels and their juvenile constituents like a common goblin, and how everyone in a position of power is out to murder us all and despoil and enslave our bodily fluids, Mrs Faulty, and you might be deemed worthy of consideration of the possibility of the prospects of being respected…

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 12:13 pm

Real class is temporarily descending from the mountaintop to the fetid lower middle class suburbs, graciously rationing out dunny roll through the Audi driver’s side window to the underclasses (‘from our limited stock’ was the phrase used, I believe) before retiring back up above the smog-infused nasty little fibro houses, accompanied by hosts of cherubim.

And then telling everyone about it*, in the complete expectation that tsunamis of critical acclaim would ensue and that nobody would seize on that golden opportunity to take the piss.

Don’t be ridiculous, KD. You are meme-making. Taking Johanna’s truly evil cues again.

I commented on the amount of traffic from Vaucluse to the city during lockdown when I was driving some supplies to my son in Surry Hills, but more particularly, to check that he was OK. I joked that I had some toilet rolls on the seat to indicate the supplying situation if I was pinged for breaking lockdown. And that is all. The response is all yours and nothing to do with me.

From this we get your meme above. It’s all about Vaucluse, the Audi and me as ‘my lady bountiful’.
What utter rot. That’s exactly the same as Tim Nielson’s misrepresentation of my observation concerning a lady from a golf club freaking out about swearing. I observe, no more, and report on observations. From this – memes get set in motion in part by a vicious attacker over years, who has barrows to push, who should be pulled up for her bullying abuse.

No wonder I am disgusted with this place. And shouldn’t be here, I know, answering the myriad of stupid memes and incorrect statements being made about me. If I wasn’t dizzy in the head from Covid I’d be dizzy in the head from the sheer weight of nonsense flying around here, and which I am best out of. I see the crowing has already started by the woman in question. Best you all get on with it.

KD, I spent my childhod in a ‘nasty little fibro’, Housing Commission, still very much the same, in Champness Crescent, St. Mary’s. So much for the ‘meme’ you think I have about that. I went there recently; it is the one at the beginning of the Crescent, still looking very daggy although the garden is tidier and there’s now a carport and a better fence. Go visit some day. It’s improved since I lived the there, I am sure the bath is not tin, although Sainties itself is still pretty gross, worse because there are no middle class left there at all. You can’t go to the Mt. Druitt dump we moved to later, because the F4 runs over it now. I’ve also seen the insides of more public housing units in Sydney’s inner city than you have I’ve no doubt, helping out as much as I can. I’ve said I help there, but I don’t include it on my list of voluntary work that I do as requested by Farmer Gez – who seems a good bloke, btw. His heart is clearly in the right place. I do the public housing visits for my family and people my family say need help, and they surely do.

Your spin, KD, is just spin. And unworthy of you as an otherwise good person. Like many here.

Figures
Figures
February 18, 2022 12:17 pm

(Figures and ussr are honorary lefties in this particular.)

Good one. I could have been like you and taken 30 vaccines before you realized it was all bullshit. Presumably that would have made me a more sophistimicated thinker.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 12:17 pm

Andy Ngo doesn’t report.
He’s amplifying the locals channel that stung the Meta/Facebook executive.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
February 18, 2022 12:21 pm

Thanks calli.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 12:21 pm

its an interesting mental exercise to realise that all of life is about energy expenditure (food, heat, shelter, transport ) and hence money really represents stored energy/work. As such, ALL money has to be a ‘proof of work’ system, which is why fiat fails, and BTC is backed by energy expenditure.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Arthur C. Clarke once predicted that the kilowatt-hour would eventually become the universal unit of exchange. Dunno what random year in the next century or two he predicted, though.

Figures
Figures
February 18, 2022 12:21 pm

Conservatives have to go scorched earth on the MSM and the Left. Playing on their ground is futile.

Can anybody give me one good reason why the Liberal government didn’t just lock down all journalists and panicky social media influencers in March 2020?

Instead, they declared war against their own base.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 12:22 pm

Let me leave you all with a recommendation:

Get, beg or borrow Foxtel and watch Ricky Gervais’ 3 series of ‘After Life’.
We have just finished series 2. It rips you from sheer pathos to hysterical laughter in five second flat, about seven or eight times in every episode. I hope that is numeric recommendation enough.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 12:24 pm

I could have been like you and taken 30 vaccines before you realized it was all bullshit. Presumably that would have made me a more sophistimicated thinker.

It might well have, Chad Thunderbrain.

You are, after all, the stooge who thinks that all disease is caused by human weakness. And everyone but you is weak, because we get diseased.

Maintain your aura of invincible ignorance at all costs, Chad Thunderbrain. Because if a single tinge of self-doubt ever cracks through, you’ll be dead of face-tinea before you can say “That’s not infectious disease, it’s cancer! Disease isn’t real….Urk”

areff
areff
February 18, 2022 12:25 pm

Geez, Napoleon’s horse could do with a break.

and some realism on the part of Jaques-Louis David and others wouldn’t go astray either.

The tubby little bugger got about mostly in a green ‘war carriage’, memorably mounting it on runners so he could leave his retreating army far behind after that nasty business in Moscow.

https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/napoleons-military-carriage/

lotocoti
lotocoti
February 18, 2022 12:26 pm

Trouble’t mill.
Damn those icky workers and their socially conservative views.

You obviously missed his transphobia & homophobia during the Bately and Spen By-election. Not to mention his demands in Glasgow, last year, that the police do their job and arrest asylum seekers. Oh and he wanted Britain’s borders defended from migrants at Dover, same as Farage

Who’da thunk the progressive left would end up hating George Galloway
more than Enoch Powell?

JMH
JMH
February 18, 2022 12:27 pm

Keeping Up Appearances…

Baba
Baba
February 18, 2022 12:27 pm

feelthebernsays:
February 18, 2022 at 12:12 pm
Andy Ngo reports that a big wig from Meta/FB has been allegedly caught in a child sex sting operation.

Wow. Pedos are not lone wolves. They operate in networks. He’s not the only one at Meta/FB or other social media companies.

Find his loose thread, give it a tug and watch it unravel.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 12:28 pm

Called out as perverts and dregs by Kim Beazley Snr. c. 50 years ago

Whose lineal ancestors now form the dregs.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 12:31 pm

Find his loose thread, give it a tug and watch it unravel.

Phrasing.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 12:31 pm

Andy Ngo twitter.
Has the video of the meta/fb freak being caught.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1494455923049390080?s=20&t=4L5y73RR6Bo702dFiCXALg

Thread shows big tech rapidly deleting the person online.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 12:31 pm

The cure for Covid, by the way, is a stiff gin and tonic.
Rx PRN

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 12:32 pm

Keeping Up Appearances…

I only watch the repeats.

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 12:33 pm

Out of a long list, one of the grossest moments of the whole “pandemic” mania, was the mrs went into a clothing shop at the local shopping centre, paid with cash – as was all the rage at the time to avoid you know what.

Covid karen behind the register see the cash, see’s she’s not wearing a mask, screws her face up, tells her to put in on the bench, puts gloves on, then sprays it and wipes each individual note before putting it into the register.

The “new normal” is hell on earth, but we’ve all seen too much to go back to the “old normal” of pretending that a good chunk of people aren’t total NPC retards, man.

Razey
Razey
February 18, 2022 12:33 pm

So where’s that communist piece of shit’s Emergency Act now?

https://twitter.com/ritchiejrm/status/1494474049275117568?cxt=HHwWgICqkdqOuL0pAAAA

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 12:34 pm

The tubby little bugger got about mostly in a green ‘war carriage’, memorably mounting it on runners so he could leave his retreating army far behind after that nasty business in Moscow.

Areff, it’s on display in the whiz-bang new 1812 Museum in Moscow.
It’s quite tiny, so he would have found it quite a squeeze.
Or he was even smaller than we think. Or the leather in it has shrunk. 🙂

JMH
JMH
February 18, 2022 12:34 pm

I only watch the repeats.

Yes. That’s all we get!

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 12:35 pm

Keeping Up Appearances…

I only watch the repeats.

I will miss you too, Bear.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 12:39 pm

I will miss you too, Bear.

Not for long.

mizaris
mizaris
February 18, 2022 12:41 pm

“Shark net and drum lines protect no one and kill all kinds of marine life each year,” he wrote in a Facebook post just six months ago.”

Proof that God has a sense of humour.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 18, 2022 12:43 pm

I commented on the amount of traffic from Vaucluse to the city during lockdown when I was driving some supplies to my son in Surry Hills, but more particularly, to check that he was OK. I joked that I had some toilet rolls on the seat to indicate the supplying situation if I was pinged for breaking lockdown. And that is all.

KD must have been writing about a different one than what I thought of seeing his comment.
I immediately thought of the catalyst for Great Flounce I, which was Lizzie writing a lengthy, pointless screed detailing numerous acts of supposed altruism towards her relatives, and finishing by describing “Hairy” saying to her “I don’t know how they’d cope without you”.

In that instance too, “tsunamis of critical acclaim” failed to ensue and some commenters did “seize on that golden opportunity to take the piss”.

That resulted in the first of Lizzie’s now habitual declamations that she’d never again comment on the site, which are invariably followed by the ludicrous farce of yet another reappearance.

Baba
Baba
February 18, 2022 12:43 pm

Has the video of the meta/fb freak being caught.

The video features two interrogators, a woman and a man. I suspect there is a third man in the team. A huge silent beast standing just inside the door.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 12:49 pm

Fuck me dead.
There’s a security conference in Munich.
And Kamala is representing the Washington War Machine.
Before I read this, I put a 0% chance on Russia doing anything in the Ukraine.
Now….the %’s are rising.

lotocoti
lotocoti
February 18, 2022 12:51 pm

A belter from Spiked.

Every time working-class people rebel today they are instantly smeared as fascists.

The linked Paul Mason article is the Laptop Left condensed.

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 12:54 pm

9News Melbourne
@9NewsMelb
Feb 15
From March 15, adults at public schools across the state will need to be triple-vaxxed if they want to attend events including awards nights, school concerts and fetes.

Welcome to your life as a government mandated junkie.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 18, 2022 12:55 pm

the Laptop Left

Original, locototi?
If so, it’s a must for the Catictionary.

Barry
Barry
February 18, 2022 12:57 pm

If you haven’t got 20 grand in case (preferably 1/2 in USD) hidden under the mattress these days, you probably have a unjustifiably rosy view of the current situation.

Bluey
Bluey
February 18, 2022 12:59 pm

Barrysays:
February 18, 2022 at 12:57 pm
If you haven’t got 20 grand in case (preferably 1/2 in USD) hidden under the mattress these days, you probably have a unjustifiably rosy view of the current situation.

I suspect you would struggle to find many people who have 20 grand full stop. Hell, I reckon you’d struggle to find many who would have a few thousand.

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 1:00 pm

If you want proof that we now live in a demented pagan world, the piece I posted earlier about the Randwick Greens councillor and her demented statement about the death of the man at Little Bay by the shark is proof of this. The dominating narrative now is that it’s very mean to net sharks and to use drum lines in order to protect human life from shark attacks….because, because the the ocean is the domain of the shark. Human life doesn’t matter anymore….it has to take second place to some white pointer shark because the progressive mantra is that the life of a white pointer is more valuable than a human being. Since time immemorial human beings have undertaken brutal measures against animals, this was the key to our success and survival as a species. We would not have survived on land without measures such as tracking and killing wild animals so as to protect us.

But now…shark lives matter, human lives not so much.

P
P
February 18, 2022 1:00 pm

THE PRICE OF A PERMANENT EMERGENCY
by Graham Shearer
2 . 16 . 22

The current protests against vaccine mandates in Canada reveal that government authority and legitimacy are more fragile than we ordinarily suppose. For in emergencies, it is not only governments who respond. The Canadians who are protesting vaccine restrictions also appeal to extraordinary circumstances to justify their actions. After Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau complained that the protesters “are trying to blockade our economy, our democracy, and our fellow citizens’ daily lives,” the Babylon Bee published an apt headline: “Trudeau Demands Protesters Stop Shutting Down City So That He Can Shut Down City.” Governments who claim that circumstances require extraordinary measures may find that their citizens also take extraordinary measures.

Razey
Razey
February 18, 2022 1:01 pm

twostixsays:
February 18, 2022 at 12:54 pm
9News Melbourne
@9NewsMelb
Feb 15
From March 15, adults at public schools across the state will need to be triple-vaxxed if they want to attend events including awards nights, school concerts and fetes.

Welcome to your life as a government mandated junkie.

Thats been wetwacted by the Hunchback.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 1:04 pm

Let them eat rolls.

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 1:06 pm

Cassie of Sydneysays:
February 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm
If you want proof that we now live in a demented pagan world, the piece I posted earlier about the Randwick Greens councillor and her demented statement about the death of the man at Little Bay by the shark is proof of this. The dominating narrative now is that it’s very mean to net sharks and to use drum lines in order to protect human life from shark attacks….because, because the the ocean is the domain of the shark

It’s a pity nobody said to her council chambers are the domain of the dingo and we’re going to let a few hungry ones loose in her office.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:09 pm

The Biden Administration publicly asks the Saudi crooks to increase oil production.
The Saudi crooks publicly say no.
What did Blinken expect after they’ve spent months working to empower the Iranians?
Bidens’ foreign policy is quite retarded.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 1:09 pm

No wonder I am disgusted with this place. And shouldn’t be here, I know, answering the myriad of stupid memes and incorrect statements being made about me. If I wasn’t dizzy in the head from Covid I’d be dizzy in the head from the sheer weight of nonsense flying around here, and which I am best out of. I see the crowing has already started by the woman in question. Best you all get on with it.

Looks like Bear was right. My work is not done – it’s beginning to look like painting the Harbour Bridge.

Note the typical and transparent pleas for sympathy “if I wasn’t dizzy in the head” etc with a built in get out clause for later use.

Your poor husband. How many times have you told him you are leaving to try to get your way? If the internet is any guide, it probably worked, and you can’t understand why it isn’t working here.

Like Knuckles, I remember the halcyon days when you boasted about your sex life, your perky tits, your diamonds, interspersed with Angela’s Ashes in Western Sydney. Oh, and the boasting about hubby No. 1’s University Medals while describing him as a cad and a bounder. Those were the days when you peddled a bit of soft porn for the old blokes who believed your lies about your age.

And, the selflessness for the less fortunate, which we were told about in excruciating detail. Cats and Kittehs were suitably chastened about their own lack of charity, which must be the case because they never mentioned it.

Details of dinners with The Highest in the Land were often mentioned, as were academic records from more than half a century ago, because this site is inhabited by stupes who need to be put in their place.

(BTW, I got 100/100 for Arithmetic in third class. I hope all Cats and Kittehs give this important fact the attention it deserves).

I won’t pick more than I have to at the scab called The Book. Suffice it to say that for a long time this fake told us she was writing a Very Important Book about King Arthur or something, and dined out on it for years and years. Some people fell for it and imagined that she is a true interlecshural and skolar.

The book never materialised.

There’s plenty more where that came from, BTW.

Honestly, it’s like trying to kill a vampire with a toothpick. Truth doesn’t seem to work at all with this one.

cohenite
February 18, 2022 1:09 pm

List of the kunt law suits against Trump. They’ll get him one way or another.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 1:10 pm

Bern – The politics are fun. Putin seems frustrated that the various pollies in the West are only giving lip service to him, and are pretty much ignoring his demands.

Unfortunately for Putin all the lefty pollies, which presently is just about the whole lot of them, have rabid green-prog bases who think gas is the devil’s flatulence and want to replace it with cavorting unicorns on treadmills. So they really don’t mind Putin turning off the taps.

Consequently the gas price keeps rising and they do nothing…because that is exactly what their bonkers rank and file want. Very frustrating for a wannabe gas monopolist. Of course he could turn the taps back on again, but the price would go back down and he’d’ve gained nothing, except egg on his face.

Then there’re the rude knuckle dragging capitalists from across the ocean…

Europe’s Energy Crisis Pays Off for U.S. Natural-Gas Sellers, Global Traders (WSJ, 17 Feb, paywalled)

U.S. natural-gas producers and global commodity traders are emerging as some of the biggest beneficiaries of the surging energy prices spreading pain in Europe.

That’s because a vast fleet of LNG ships suddenly changed course from East Asia to Europe. Fun how free markets work like this.

Boambee John
Boambee John
February 18, 2022 1:14 pm

Cassie of Sydneysays:
February 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm
If you want proof that we now live in a demented pagan world, the piece I posted earlier about the Randwick Greens councillor and her demented statement about the death of the man at Little Bay by the shark is proof of this. The dominating narrative now is that it’s very mean to net sharks and to use drum lines in order to protect human life

Remember the mad woman who Bruce in WA mentioned yesterday. These idiots are, unfortunately, numerous and often in positions of power.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:15 pm

Cricket Tasmania sounds hornier than your average family reunion.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 1:15 pm

If we hand fed the sharks cake then they wouldn’t need to eat humans.

rickw
rickw
February 18, 2022 1:15 pm

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

So they deployed a device design to make targets sick and unwell against a peaceful crowd which included women and children?!

Australian Police forces are capable of anything.

If they haven’t done something yet, it’s only because Government hasn’t ordered them to do it.

Bruce in WA
February 18, 2022 1:16 pm

For any Cats who are interested in or collect militaria, and I know there are a few, Lloyds Auctions are auctioning off Rod Bellar’s lifetime collection of militaria, everything from helmets to firearms to cannons and tanks and everything in between. Worth a look.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:18 pm

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

RickW, what was the source of this confirmation please?

There was a bit of stick handed out here a few days ago about this, and I would like to make sure of the facts.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:18 pm

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

We are all chickenvan men now.

Gab
Gab
February 18, 2022 1:19 pm

Ya know, the Cat never used to be like this. It all started when females joined the Cat.

Change my mind.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:19 pm

When do we enter the sunlit uplands of post-history?

I’ve been waiting since 1990.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 1:19 pm

Incidentally the Wussian media are putting it out today that dastardly Ukraine committed a genocide in Donetsk. Lots and lots and lots of mass graves!

C’mon guys, show a bit of ingenuity! This sort of rubbish has been so done to death (oops, did I say that?) so much that it just gets ignored by everyone these days.

Russia claims Donbas genocide by Ukraine forces (17 Feb)

Meanwhile, Russia’s Investigative Committee claims that mass graves of hundreds of Russian-speaking civilians had been found in the Donbas region, and the Russian government is accusing Ukraine of genocide.

The Russian news agency RIA reported that Ukrainian forces were the first to open fire, when representatives of the “People’s Republic of Luhansk,” a group of rebels allegedly supported by the Russians, claimed that the Ukrainian army opened fire on them and used machine guns and grenades against them. “Ukraine’s military forces have grossly violated the ceasefire, using military weapons,” Maariv reported Luhansk representatives saying.

It’s quite amusing.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:21 pm

I was wondering the same Gab. You’ve been here a little longer than me – we used to joke about torn gymslips and broken hockey sticks.

It isn’t a strictly female trait though…unless some are transitioning.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:22 pm

calli, the ABC “reported” it.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:22 pm

Next step: find out who is authorised to use LRAD and who authorised its use in this instance.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 1:23 pm

Scientists* say that a sharks preferred diet is gangreen councillors.

* I heard BoN say this. True!

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:23 pm

interspersed with Angela’s Ashes in Western Sydney

bwahahaha, that’s pretty good.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 1:23 pm

If we hand fed the sharks cake then they wouldn’t need to eat humans.

Fortunately my currawongs don’t have teeth like white sharks or I’d no longer have any fingers. They can be quite indiscriminate in trying to grab pink stuff. Kookas also, especially the young ones.

Must go, some blue-faces have just arrived going loudly “Weep! Weep!”

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:25 pm

Next step: find out who is authorised to use LRAD and who authorised its use in this instance.

You need to wait for a unsavoury political type to ask the plod the question.
Then for the plod to say they’ll get back to them.
Then the ABC releases a snarky puff piece on behalf of the plod on why it was such a righteous decision.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:25 pm

Hmmmm…the ABC. Now, it may be all a tissue of lies, or it may be true. If it is true, the ABC will have reported it to damage the government because AFP.

In that case, Aussie Cossack is not a liar but reported the truth about what he saw and what others at the protest experienced.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:26 pm

It’s quite amusing.

Baddies v. Baddies always is…until the shooting starts and Western leaders feel they must “do something”, when they’ve already been doing plenty behind the scenes with their chosen baddy.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:26 pm

Steady on old chap. This isn’t exactly the Weld Club.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:27 pm

calli, mole posted regarding LRAD at 10:40am.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:29 pm

Compare how tough the plod tried to look at the Canberra protests on the weekend with how pathetic they looked when Old Parliament House was vandalised.

PS should the vandalism be called an insurrection?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 18, 2022 1:31 pm

OK.
Quick scroll through.
I gave someone some toilet paper once, but I don’t like to talk about it.
(It was only a couple of sheets of that shiny stuff I got from a railway station toilet, but still, it’s the thought that counts).
And these LRAD devices.
Were they pumping out a shrill “Richaard!” at high decibels?

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:31 pm

bwahahaha, that’s pretty good.

Yep. Best keep your head down.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:32 pm

Got it. Thanks bern.

Is this some new level of dumb being plumbed?

But while the devices are known to cause harm (they are often referred to as non-lethal weapons), claims made by Canberra protesters that the use of the devices caused them to feel ill are likely incorrect.

Then, you incredibly thick and amoebic individual, why were they used in the first place?

Were they actually turned on? AFP says “yes”.

Do they have a damaging effect on people? AFP says “yes”.

Did they actually cause harm? ABC says “no”.

We pay for this shit.

Old bloke
Old bloke
February 18, 2022 1:33 pm

Roger says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:58 am

Apologies if already noted:

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

They have just made Morrison a liar. He said people are free to protest peacefully, it’s their democratic right, blah blah blah, and then uses his police force to punish them for protesting.

That man is a contemptible liar, he’s totally unworthy of holding public office.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 18, 2022 1:33 pm

H B Bearsays:

February 18, 2022 at 1:15 pm

Cricket Tasmania sounds hornier than your average family reunion.

This is what happens when people engage in sex outside their immediate family.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:34 pm

Hmmmm…the ABC. Now, it may be all a tissue of lies, or it may be true.

Senator Antic has a photo of the device in situ in front of Parliament House with several AFP officers behind it.

Commissioner Kershaw claims the device was only used as a public address system.

Which leads to the question, why didn’t they just set up a PA system then?

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:37 pm

Commissioner Kershaw claims the device was only used as a public address system.

Yeah. Right. Sounds truthy.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:37 pm

This is what happens when people engage in sex outside their immediate family.

It’s what happens when boys who excel at sport never have to get a real job and grow up.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 1:38 pm

Were they pumping out a shrill “Richaard!” at high decibels?

Jacinda tried Barry Manilow this week but I don’t think it worked.

New Zealand authorities blast out Barry Manilow songs and turn on water sprinklers to try to flush out hundreds of Freedom Convoy protesters camped outside parliament over strict vaccine rules (13 Feb)

She could try Justin Bieber I suppose. That would be quite severe.

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 1:38 pm

feelthebern says:
February 18, 2022 at 12:12 pm
Andy Ngo reports that a big wig from Meta/FB has been allegedly caught in a child sex sting operation.
Things to expect.
1) Twitter to take down the vid and or suspend Andy;
2) Corporate media to run dead on it;
3) If Andy is wrong on any part of this, he’s going to be bankrupt pretty quick.

4) Knuckle Dragger, Rex Anger, Sancho et al running sick with the Pizza ‘Jokes’ to remind everyone that –
‘every latest major child sex trader ring busted proves that it didn’t happen, isn’t happening & won’t happen, so STFU about … f#ck it … THEY’RE ALL PELL!!!’

Everyone knows that even funny jokes get stale but when a circle of characters are so religiously committed to ‘joking’ about something that was never funny but actually designed to give protection to actually evil people … anyway … as they say, ‘They don’t just groom children, they groom families & communities.’

willgrow @willgrow
·Feb 14
Replying to @SPOOKY_SHADOW13

Every psychologist worth his salt has seen the behavioral cues that say what he is.

[video 2:20] https://gettr.com/comment/cnh9h92526

Posted on 4:09 PM · Feb 14th, 2022

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 18, 2022 1:39 pm

They have just made Morrison a liar. He said people are free to protest peacefully, it’s their democratic right, blah blah blah, and then uses his police force to punish them for protesting.

Is it “his” police force though?
I think KD posted here once that the AFP comprises two separate arms.
The “big picture” counter terrorism, international crime branch and the ACT local police branch.
I assume the latter ran the active protest stuff (although the former were probably there gathering intel on grudge Nazis).
Firstly, who is accountable for ACT policing and secondly, can we categorically say ScoMo was involved at a tactical level?

John Brumble
John Brumble
February 18, 2022 1:39 pm

Cassie –
Running up against the same shite with respect to attacking birds (plovers) in my area. Now, I’m not one to begrudge the things a chance to reproduce, but when they’re still swooping in February with no nests or babies anywhere, attacking kids in their yards hundreds of meters away from any nest that’s existed in the last 20 years (and remember – no nests now), and swooping to make contact when they do, then it’s time to do something.

A few things:
Anyone with more than half a brain can see that the issue is too many plovers. They’ve got themselves all worked up because they’ve over-produced for the area in which they live.

They’re almost exclusively attacking small children and small dogs – and don’t give me that crap about them being worried about things of that size -the birds are left alone and the dogs are on leash.

Rang the council not expecting much, but got a promise that they’d send someone out to have a look. Said “look, if all you can do is put up signs, don’t bother”. So they sent someone out, he confirmed that, yes, there were an awful lot of plovers for the area, but that he couldn’t do anything because there were no nests to put signs up around.” fk me dead.

These people start with “oh, we just want to be nice to the animals”, but very rapidly turn it into “animals have more of a right to live than humans”.

PS: Bruce – don’t want to hear it. You’re part of the problem.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:41 pm

Yeah. Right. Sounds truthy.

The sawn off shotty was just a means of persuasion, guv’nor.

I never intended to use it; I swear it on my mother’s grave.

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 1:42 pm

“and then uses his police force to punish them for protesting”

It’s not Morrison’s police force.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 1:42 pm

Until Kamala went to Munich there was more risk of China bombing Norway for embarrassing them at the Olympics.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:42 pm

It doesn’t matter whether the AFP are SloMo’s police. The public sees them as police supporting the federal government and Canberra. They don’t go for all the niceties of who is in charge of what and why.

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 1:42 pm

Snap Sancho.

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 1:43 pm

The AFP has confirmed that a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), a.k.a a “sonic cannon”, was deployed against Canberra protesters last Saturday.

FMD – can we get over this?

If it was used as a bullhorn and wasn’t used in ear-bleed mode, then so what?

Winston Smith
February 18, 2022 1:45 pm

Indolent:
https://gab.com/SonOfEnos/posts/107813548724666088
I’m a bit suspicious of the whole video – when someone starts talking of chemtrails I switch off.
But I’d like to know the name of the music…

Rabz
February 18, 2022 1:48 pm

Sharks nets and drum lines save lives….so if the Greenies get their way (and they will) and nets and drum lines go, get ready for more fatal attacks

Cassie, Fred Pawle at the Oz (a lifelong surfer) has written several pieces on the phenomenal recent increase in human/large toothy fish “interactions” (many of which have been fatal) in coastal areas across the nation since greenfilth imbeciles started sabotaging protective measures such as nets and drum lines.

If you want to drive yourself into a fury of flabbergastedness, listen to one of those anti human greenfilth imbeciles try to explain away the inevitable increase in these “interactions” and how this is indeed, a good thing. Almost as infuriating as listening to one of the monumental morons talking about “our clean green (no) energy future”.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
February 18, 2022 1:49 pm

LRAD
e.g. ACDC

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:50 pm

Groupies are just an added perk for your average professional sportsman, uni lecturer, media executive or ad man.

Dipping you toe in the water has its risks. Ask Jarryd Hayne.

Gilas
Gilas
February 18, 2022 1:50 pm

flyingduk says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:57 am

I can assure you that government CANNOT seize/ban/outlaw bitcoin – any stories to the contrary are false

Happy to be corrected and educated, but it was my understanding that:

Governments cannot seize BC, or any other cryptos but, unless you hold them in your hardware-encrypted USB or SDD, they can compel the crypto exchanges to hand over your ID, given and verified when you opened the account. You can fill-in the rest.

They can also ban and outlaw crypto use, as they’re in the process of doing. China and the US are already on that particular “journey”, the rest will follow.

Lastly, the SHA-256 encryption algorithm has always been a problem IMO. Mainly because it was created by the NSA and, although no backdoor has been found yet, no one can prove that the algorithm is NP-hard, ie. it’s only a matter of time before some autistic number theorist who can’t tie his shoe-laces finds an exploit, as has happened to various AESes, Diffie-Hellmann and even some RSA.

And who knows whether the NSA already has the processing power to break SHA by brute force? Not something they’d be publicising or boasting about.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:50 pm

It doesn’t matter

I’ll qualify that. Of course it matters. The truth always matters.

All this stuff is predicated on the perceived ignorance of the populace. The ABC drops an “it’s all okay, nothing to see here” piece with snippets of truth interspersed with assumptions and outright lies. What is a casual reader to do? It’s usually accepted because pulling it all apart is too taxing and time consuming.

And they are already primed to acceptance because it’s from a source they trust.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 1:52 pm

LRAD
e.g. ACDC

I was in the next suburb and heard the last concert at Subiaco Oval.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 1:52 pm

PS: Bruce – don’t want to hear it. You’re part of the problem.

😀

Plovers aren’t blessed with great intelligence. Never managed to get any to be friendly. I do better with wood ducks, which are dumber than quite a lot of geology.

If you encourage the magpies they tend to displace the plovers. Of course then you might swooping magpies instead.

Foxes also have a taste for them I believe.

Zatara
Zatara
February 18, 2022 1:53 pm

Russia’s Investigative Committee claims that mass graves of hundreds of Russian-speaking civilians had been found in the Donbas region.

Umm, Russian-speaking? And Russia know that how? Did they ask for a ballot?

twostix
twostix
February 18, 2022 1:53 pm

The AFP and the Commonwealth bureaucracy runs itself and is controlled by a “shadow” – for lack of a better word, class of self appointed elites that answer to each other first, their cultural apparatus (The ABC, Age, SMH, etc, etc), second and parliament third. Morrison and other elected representatives are lucky they’re allowed into the city, let alone into the government buildings let alone be involved in what’s going on outside of providing abstract “direction”.

In fact a few short months ago they weren’t allowed into the city.

Hopefully Australia will start to see what a nasty little captured termites nest their hugely neglected – in so far as aussies caring about it, capital city is. And having “the government” – I.e the the lower house in parliament, is only about 30% of what is necessary to control a country. You can have the parliament, but if the capital city is 95% communist, good luck getting anything done.

Same problem Trump had.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 1:54 pm

Great Flounce I, which was Lizzie writing a lengthy, pointless screed detailing numerous acts of supposed altruism towards her relatives, and finishing by describing “Hairy” saying to her “I don’t know how they’d cope without you”.

Fuck me dead and call me Covid, you certainly do know how to make things up, Tim Nielsen. Like the way you chased me through about five pages here demanding, demanding, demanding for me to ‘acknowledge’ something that I and every other epidemiologist could clearly see (although some insane anti-vaxxers couldn’t), which was the 82% of women in early pregnancy were not losing their babies due to the vaxx. And I am no fan of mRNA vaxxes, having a second quite damaged with synovitis after his second vaxx. I am however, a trained epidemiologist and being ‘demanded’ to see a problem which was clearly one of improper categorization, and then being called ‘beclowned’ for it, was beyond reason. You did that, Timothy Nielsen.

I can’t agree with your quote Timothy, as written, in fact I think this is another misrepresentation, but yes, I have posted stuff here about some problems I have had at times with rellies, and it is true that my husband has said some of them should learn to cope without me. I don’t seek acclaim for coping, but I thought it was ok to share problems here. Drug addiction has been one familial problem. Autism has been another, as it runs in my family. My latest worry – youngest grandson, nearly three, is not yet verbal. I am very worried about him, as a possible third autistic one in the family. Getting speech therapy with a mask on both him, poor little kid, and his instructor, is another Covid nightmare.

Statements like Timothy’s above get twisted into more memes about me and I get fed up and leave the Johana-induced bullshit here until I am enticed back by some, welcomed back strongly in fact on my 78th birthday, and I think that the nonsense of the memes will stop and that the attacks by Johanna will cease. It is clear now that they are encouraged and will never cease, and that I have been very mistaken about the goodwill on this site.

Mention social class and the world of many collapses into a set of ridiculous memes. It makes people very uncomfortable, as is well recognised by researchers, me included. It’s an interesting aspect of Australian life and maybe worth me writing something about sometime.
But not here although it is a treasure trove of case studies.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 18, 2022 1:54 pm

Russia’s Investigative Committee claims that mass graves of hundreds of Russian-speaking civilians had been found in the Donbas region.

Katyn Forest?

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 1:55 pm

‘every latest major child sex trader ring busted proves that it didn’t happen, isn’t happening & won’t happen, so STFU about … f#ck it … THEY’RE ALL PELL!!!’

I see our very own Mrs Faulty is auditioning for the role of SRR Mclean in the upcoming Tunnel Trilogy of Nuff Hard, Nuff Harder and A Good Day to Nuff Hard.

Just a shame she can’t pick which of her myriad selection of bad guys is going to get chucked off the top of Nuffatomi Plaza at the end of the film.

And where is all the shattered glass gonna come from? Her jaw?

#Yippikiyay,MotherNuffer

Delta A
Delta A
February 18, 2022 1:55 pm

In that case, Aussie Cossack is not a liar but reported the truth about what he saw

My daughter is not a liar, either, and neither is her camera.

Roger
Roger
February 18, 2022 1:55 pm

If it was used as a bullhorn and wasn’t used in ear-bleed mode, then so what?

These things were developed by the military for use as a sonic weapon. It was deployed to be used as such if necessary (else why else would AFP, taking their cue from American police forces, own one?). Their use as a means of crowd control can cause permanent damage to hearing and tinnitus. This is going well beyond tear gas.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 1:55 pm

If you encourage the magpies they tend to displace the plovers.

I had my house magpies attacking some plovers who were swooping me. Saw them off in very short order.

I like to think they were being my guardian angels, but it was most likely territorial.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 1:57 pm

Gab says:
February 18, 2022 at 1:19 pm

Ya know, the Cat never used to be like this. It all started when females joined the Cat.

What are you talking about? What is “this?”

If you are suggesting that Ye Olde Catte used to be a haven for manly blokes doing bareknuckle boxing, please say so, with examples.

Also, please explain why this was a Good Thing.

What a load of codswallop.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
February 18, 2022 1:58 pm

Fuck me dead and call me Covid

That’s a good ‘un. 🙂

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 1:58 pm

Zatara says:
February 18, 2022 at 1:53 pm

Russia’s Investigative Committee claims that mass graves of hundreds of Russian-speaking civilians had been found in the Donbas region.

Umm, Russian-speaking? And Russia know that how? Did they ask for a ballot?

8 Months in Ukraine (Euromaidan – MH17)

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srr
srr
February 18, 2022 2:00 pm

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Bourne1879
Bourne1879
February 18, 2022 2:00 pm

If the ACT police did use the acoustic thingy is it considered a use of force ? If so shouldn’t they warn the people to disperse if they are doing something illegal.

If not illegal why use it?

What about their own officers in the area ? Earplugs.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 2:02 pm

Why didn’t they use the boom box at Old Parliament House?

srr
srr
February 18, 2022 2:03 pm

True story of Ukraine Civil War (from the people of Donbass)

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duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 2:04 pm

Rogersays:
February 18, 2022 at 1:55 pm
If it was used as a bullhorn and wasn’t used in ear-bleed mode, then so what?

These things were developed by the military for use as a sonic weapon

“Developed for” and “used as” are two distinct things.

Show me evidence they were used as a weapon in Canberra.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 2:05 pm

ssr. Yellow Card. I don’t know, something.

Vicki
Vicki
February 18, 2022 2:05 pm

Well, looks like Canadian truckers & their supporters need to go to Plan B – it seems the convoy have been disbanded & leaders arrested.

https://rebelne.ws/3JDPmZQ

Lysander
Lysander
February 18, 2022 2:06 pm

Senator Thorpe has claimed Aus Govt purchase of aboriginal flag is “colonisation of our flag.”

With comments like that, she’s not really helping Albo win votes…

P
P
February 18, 2022 2:09 pm

Winston Smithsays:
February 18, 2022 at 1:45 pm

Indolent:
https://gab.com/SonOfEnos/posts/107813548724666088
I’m a bit suspicious of the whole video – when someone starts talking of chemtrails I switch off.
But I’d like to know the name of the music…

Maybe this is it (written by Leonard Cohen) –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sLFbjRePk

Cassie of Sydney
February 18, 2022 2:11 pm

“Rabzsays:
February 18, 2022 at 1:48 pm”

What’s worse Rabzy is that they actually celebrate the deaths. I remember, back in 2016 or 2017, a young girl (about 16 at the time), holidaying with her family, was fatally mauled at a beach near Esperance…..greenies on Twitter celebrated her death. These people are sick.

Just looking at the Daily Telegraph today and they have an interactive map of Sydney shark deaths, going back over a century. Most of the attacks before nets were fatal and they didn’t happen in deep water. The last known fatality, in 1963, was a Balmoral beach and she was wading knee deep in water.

Razey
Razey
February 18, 2022 2:11 pm

Vickisays:
February 18, 2022 at 2:05 pm
Well, looks like Canadian truckers & their supporters need to go to Plan B – it seems the convoy have been disbanded & leaders arrested.

https://rebelne.ws/3JDPmZQ

So why didn’t they just do that after the first weekend?

Seems that they wanted to escalate this.

local oaf
February 18, 2022 2:12 pm

Timothy Neilson says:
February 18, 2022 at 12:55 pm

the Laptop Left

Original, locototi?
If so, it’s a must for the Catictionary.

There’s a nice turn of phrase I heard used by Jonathan Meades in one of his TV docos,

“brothers in armchairs”

Don’t know if he originated it, but I think he was describing comfortable, middle class socialists claiming to represent the downtrodden workers while actually being the rulers.

H B Bear
H B Bear
February 18, 2022 2:15 pm

Senator Thorpe has claimed Aus Govt purchase of aboriginal flag is “colonisation of our flag.”

Senator Thorpe, like Senator Hyphen-Sea Patrol, is someone best ignored.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 18, 2022 2:15 pm

If it was used as a bullhorn and wasn’t used in ear-bleed mode, then so what?

“We had mustard gas, and could have used it on the crowd of peaceful protesters, but we didnt, so what”?

They deployed a device which can cause mass injury/disability and long term injury but didnt switch it on.
Im not awfully comfortable with that.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 2:17 pm

Ya know, the Cat never used to be like this. It all started when females joined the Cat.

Change my mind.

When you and Candy and I were the only women here Gab we all got on alright.

It was when a particular female arrived and started laying down her law that trouble started.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
February 18, 2022 2:18 pm

Anyway, there’s one less female here now.

Bye.

areff
areff
February 18, 2022 2:20 pm

Off topic but amusing: Been watching Inventing Anna and enjoying it, especially the scene regarding the imposter’s troubles in Marrakesh, where she landed with a group of admirers who thought she’d be picking up the entire tab for their five-star pleasures that, in the end, the most gullible member of the crew had to pay for.

Well, later, one of Anna’s biggest and most trusting dupes is asked why she didn’t turn in the imposter/confidence trickster to police. She replies:

“I didn’t want a foreign woman arrested in Donald Trump’s America”

It’s just beautiful! There she is with freeloading mates in Marrakesh running up the room service bill, swooning to be in close proximity with serious money and revelling in their self-anointed elite status — and Donald Trump is perceived as the ultimate moral leper.

Pogria
Pogria
February 18, 2022 2:21 pm

“Shark net and drum lines protect no one and kill all kinds of marine life each year,” he wrote in a Facebook post just six months ago.”

Proof that God has a sense of humour.

Mizaris,

For 13 years Timothy Treadwell spent his summers camping out in Alaska with wild bears.

A former heroin addict, the 46-year-old found solace with the grizzlies – who he spoke to, played with and even touched. He gave each one a name and classed them as his friends.

But his luck ran out one stormy October evening when, just hours from when he was due to be picked up by seaplane to return home for winter, he was mauled to death in front of girlfriend Amie Huguenard, 37, before the bear turned on her.

Another member of the Darwin Club.

There is audio, but I will not link.

Struth
February 18, 2022 2:29 pm

Bloody hell, I pop in for five minutes only to find Lizzie flouncing and I didn’t even know she was back!

Look all you silly moos, none of you have the slightest ounce of smarts, so get in the bloody kitchen and make me a sandwich!
Enough.
We let you vote. We have been too nice, and it’s the downfall of the west. The emasculation of our nations.
All of you.
Shush, and do not ask what your men can do for you, but what you can do for your men.
There is more important things which we men must discuss.
We have to listen to Frank make sure no one says a bad word about Sco Mo or his liberal party, and sigh at the scoffing done by the eternally wrong toward those who have been proven right again and again and again.

Fat Tony
Fat Tony
February 18, 2022 2:31 pm

Incoherent rambler johnson is right!!!

That’s how one performs a flounce!

You have given us the Gold Standard Flounce…

Everyone please take note.

JMH
JMH
February 18, 2022 2:31 pm

Anyway, there’s one less female here now.

Bye.

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 2:33 pm

thefrollickingmolesays:
February 18, 2022 at 2:15 pm
If it was used as a bullhorn and wasn’t used in ear-bleed mode, then so what?

“We had mustard gas, and could have used it on the crowd of peaceful protesters, but we didnt, so what”?

They deployed a device which can cause mass injury/disability and long term injury but didnt switch it on. Im not awfully comfortable with that.

except this device has a purpose other than injury — loud hailer.

Are you as uncomfortable at at live music concerts?

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 2:34 pm

JMHsays:
February 18, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Anyway, there’s one less female here now.

they’ll be back in 3.. 2.. 1..

I must say, the histrionics going on around here at the moment will cause repetitive scrolling injuries if we’re not careful.

P
P
February 18, 2022 2:35 pm
calli
calli
February 18, 2022 2:37 pm

You wait till I do a flounce! It will be like the heat of a thousand suns. It will make Tunguska look like a gentle zephyr whispering over the Siberian steppes.

There’ll be no returning from that one for the interwebs will be fried on account of my extreme displeasure.

Meanwhile…I shall eat much…much popcorn.

Gab
Gab
February 18, 2022 2:37 pm

Hehehe caught me two fish.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 2:37 pm

Excellent article at Spiked about class and politics:

Leftists across the Western world have become so alienated from working-class people that when they see truckers taking to the streets their immediate thought is, ‘Oh fuck, the Nazis are back’. They essentially now fear working-class power. They think it is de facto fascistic. Demented anti-fascism is now one of many means through which these bourgeois posers peddle their class hatred.

We’ve known for some time that the left is morally lost, intellectually spent and in bed with the very elites it claims to rail against. But the truckers’ revolt could well be the final nail in the coffin – for any claim contemporary leftists might once have had to be on the side of workers. The left as we knew it is gone, and it isn’t coming back.

That is what the real class lines look like today.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 2:38 pm

Are you as uncomfortable at at live music concerts?

Only when someone invades my personal space.

calli
calli
February 18, 2022 2:39 pm

I told you it was fishy day today Gab.

Old bloke
Old bloke
February 18, 2022 2:42 pm

Sancho Panzer says:
February 18, 2022 at 1:39 pm

Is it “his” police force though?

Yes. He is the Prime Minister who is supposedly responsible for the actions of his cabinet. His cabinet includes Karen Andrews, the minister responsible for the Australian Federal Police. The Australian Federal Police switched on their sonic toys.

Morrison is responsible for their actions, whether he personally authorised and sanctioned their actions is not a consideration. If some rogue officers decided to turn the accursed thing on without his foreknowledge and approval then he must apologies to those assembled in the crowd and discipline the perpetrators.

Gab
Gab
February 18, 2022 2:42 pm

Speaking of class, there’s a new series out called ”The Gilded Age” from the creator of Downton Abbey.

Early days but doesn’t seem too bad; I can see Jane Austen influences.

Gab
Gab
February 18, 2022 2:43 pm

As usual, Calli, you were right.

(H/T Mr Calli recently 🙂 )

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 18, 2022 2:43 pm

I must say, the histrionics going on around here at the moment will cause repetitive scrolling injuries if we’re not careful.

Lot of it about since Powerline melted down yesterday after nearly two decades.
The angst from Covid and Trump has accurately sorted the emotionalists from the realists.

A Public Statement About Our Current Internal Drama | Power Line (16 Feb)

(I haven’t been reading Mr Mirengoff’s stuff since about mid 2016, for the obvious reasons.)

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
February 18, 2022 2:46 pm

I could have been like you and taken 30 vaccines before you realized it was all bullshit.

I broke a nail once. Must have been because I was depressed about having both my legs torn off by a rogue shopping trolley.

Two months later I was coming to terms with the cost of having all my trousers and jeans adjusted and, lo and behold, the nail had grown back!

And that was without any of your crazy 5G-enabled nanobot infused vaccines!

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 2:47 pm

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
February 18, 2022 at 2:18 pm

Anyway, there’s one less female here now.

Bye.

If only.

I said that at about her fourth ‘flounce.’ Didn’t work then, won’t work now.

She’ll be back, because to her nothing is worse than being ignored.

Poor hubby.

feelthebern
feelthebern
February 18, 2022 2:49 pm

Dover, Powerball is up to $120mill next week.
How about you take some of the Dover Cat pot & put in a ticket?
If you win, turn this place into the Platinum Cat Infidel Tiger used to talk about.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
February 18, 2022 2:49 pm

I am however, a trained epidemiologist and being ‘demanded’ to see a problem which was clearly one of improper categorization, and then being called ‘beclowned’ for it, was beyond reason.

Anyone who wants to know the truth about this can go to the 16 October 2021 Open Thread where Lizzie decided to prolong a stoush that had occurred on the 11 October thread.
Lizzie’s opening salvo on the 16 October thread, my “in case you’ve just tuned in” summary and Lizzie’s response to my summary (all between about 2pm to 4 pm 16/10) will be sufficient to enlighten the discerning about the general characteristics of the events.

Apropos of “misrepresentation”, though, I never “demanded” that Lizzie believe the 82%. I just pointed out that the 82% was derived by simple arithmetic from the very data that the authors of the paper in question had propounded, and that Lizzie’s prancing strutting preening denunciation of the “idiot commenters” etc. (i.e. those who had pointed out that simple arithmetical truth) totally failed to acknowledge that simple and incontrovertible truth, thus rendering her repeated dogmatic denunciations a spectacularly calamitous exercise in slapstick boffo self-beclownment.

I can’t agree with your quote Timothy, as written, in fact I think this is another misrepresentation,

Well, that’s not an outright denial, so it needn’t be a cause of further dispute when I stick to my story.
Actually we may be making slight progress. She’s not attempting to deny that such a performance would have been downmarket showboating.

johanna
johanna
February 18, 2022 2:50 pm

calli says:
February 18, 2022 at 2:38 pm

Are you as uncomfortable at at live music concerts?

Only when someone invades my personal space.

🙂

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
February 18, 2022 2:53 pm

except this device has a purpose other than injury — loud hailer.

If only there was another cheaper, more widely available device that could do the same thing without a switch going all the way to “long term physical injury”

Something like this. perhaps

And i dont attend concerts where the promoters promise they wont release the bees/ deliberately cause injury, unless they think its necessary.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 18, 2022 2:53 pm

callisays:

February 18, 2022 at 1:42 pm

It doesn’t matter whether the AFP are SloMo’s police. The public sees them as police supporting the federal government and Canberra

Well, that is fine, but you will forgive me if I regard any member of the public posting that stuff here as a UAP shill and also a moron.

areff
areff
February 18, 2022 2:53 pm

If you win, turn this place into the Platinum Cat Infidel Tiger used to talk about.

If I win, I’m putting $20 million into a startup legal foundation to battle and harass the left, as do the Soros- and government-funded legal carbunkles to us.

duncanm
duncanm
February 18, 2022 2:56 pm

The problem with the current LRAD accusations is that they are blown out of proportion.

Police took their weapons to these protests.
Were they ‘deployed’ ?
Is anyone upset?

Saying an LRAD was ‘deployed’ is over egging the situation.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
February 18, 2022 2:58 pm

Senator Thorpe has claimed Aus Govt purchase of aboriginal flag is “colonisation of our flag.”

What is the opposite of colonisation – like, when you decided to create a ‘flag’ in the first place.

Despite Pascoe’s assurances of indigenous space programs, quantum computers, genetic engineering, and ubiquitous agriculture, I believe they were vexillologically unsullied.

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