Open Thread – Weekend 5 March 2022


Golden Autumn, Isaak Levitan, late 1800s

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Roger
Roger
March 7, 2022 9:45 pm

Why is that? You wouldn’t want it at Bundaberg because of proximity to da Reef (holy to Gaia).

Yes, that would most likely be a problem. I’ll wait for Dio’s response though.

Cassie of Sydney
March 7, 2022 9:45 pm

“Not so not long ago, when Dot wrote off East Europeans as paedophiles and Cassie wrote off Ukrainians as Anti-Semites, racially vilifying whole Nations just so they could ‘excuse themselves’ racially vilifying someone they couldn’t beat with facts.”

LOL….go and take your pills slag heap.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 7, 2022 9:49 pm

Now I wouldn’t because the leadership at the highest levels does not have you back.

I’m not sure the leadership at the highest levels ever had their backs, Bear. Blokes like Birdwood at Gallipoli, Monash and Pompey Elliott on the Western Front, Vasey at Crete and Milne Bay and Arthur Key at Kokoda were not only once in a generation leaders, they were wartime leaders and promoted according to the situation at hand, rather than the shinybums.

I’m looking at you, Lavarack.

The highest ranks in any organisation – not just the Army – will throw an expendable sacrifical lamb or two into the incinerator if it suits their agenda to do so, or more importantly if they get to say afterwards ‘Look at me, I solved the problem’.

I watched Angus Whatsisname and some other bedazzled Navy type before some Senate enquiry or other after Captain Blood ‘N’ Guts* Sneath refused to let her pussers march in the dark on Anzac Day morning a few years ago.

They actually complimented Sneath in front of the enquiry for bringing to light an ‘important safety issue’. Now – while this has nothing to do specifically with having the troops’ backs, it highlights their mindset. That is, the officers will say anything and do anything to make themselves look good.

*I forget who christened Sneath as Blood ‘N’ Guts, but it was on the ExCat and I loved it. Hat tip, you magnificent bastard.

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 9:52 pm

Why Sanctions Will Hurt The West—Not Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjGGkM6TN88&t=2s

Streamed live 19 hours ago
Gonzalo Lira

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 7, 2022 9:55 pm

So long as he can distinguish the crap from the important stuff, which I am confident young Mr Dragger will know after years of preparation.

Any large group of people, statistically, is strewn with dickheads.

But there are also achievers in there – and quite a few, otherwise the entire thing would burn to the ground.

I have no doubt the organisation is redolent with poofery compared to the one I was in (gawd) 30 years ago. All the young bloke needs to do is identify who is there to get the job done, who is there to be a posing fuckstick, and tag along with the former group. Three golden rules:

1. Your mates are more important than you;
2. The team is more important than you; and
2a. Don’t shoot holes in someone else’s tent.

Boambee John
Boambee John
March 7, 2022 9:57 pm

Dickless Ed

I know that the Government didn’t waste time with a Conscription Referendum in WW2, that how bad a reputation the Army and Navy had for incompetence in WW1.

Possibly because conscription was introduced before the War started?

Boambee John
Boambee John
March 7, 2022 10:00 pm

Rogersays:
March 7, 2022 at 9:34 pm
Jervis Bay looks better to me.

Too far south, Bruce.

Doesn’t matter as much with nuclear power. The key is nearby deep water. How far offshore is the continental shelf off Jervis Bay?

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 10:02 pm

Sunday Talks, Petro Poroshenko Outlines the Importance of American Payments to Ukraine Politicians
March 6, 2022 | Sundance | 132 Comments

It is very challenging to filter through the propaganda from western media surrounding Ukraine – this doesn’t help. Fox News host Maria Bartiromo hosts former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the former installed Ukrainian division operator of the U.S. State Dept NATO laundry operation.

As President, it was Poroschenko’s corrupt government who were supported by Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Amy Klobuchar, former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and the DC politicians who supported Joe and Hunter Biden using Ukraine for financial profit.

Under Poroschenko, Ukraine maintained its status as the number one donor to the Clinton foundation. It was this corrupt influence system that led to frustrated citizens selecting current President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with his promise of reforms (never happened).

Senators and DC officials from both parties participated in the Ukraine influence process. Part of those influence priorities was/is exploiting the financial opportunities within Ukraine while simultaneously protecting the background activity of Joe Biden and his family. This is where Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham were working with Marie Yovanovitch

You might also remember Marie Yovanovitch, George Kent and U.S. chargé d’affaires to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testifying against President Trump in the ridiculous impeachment effort surrounding Ukraine.
(more…)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/06/sunday-talks-petro-poroshenko-outlines-the-importance-of-american-payments-to-ukraine-politicians/

Boambee John
Boambee John
March 7, 2022 10:03 pm

KD

Vasey wasn’t at Milne Bay. The GOC there was “Silent Cyril” Clowes. The 7th Brigade had Field, and I think the 18th Brigade had Wootton at that time (need to look it up).

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
March 7, 2022 10:03 pm

1. Your mates are more important than you;
2. The team is more important than you; and
2a. Don’t shoot holes in someone else’s tent.

Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

Don’t ever let your mouth write a cheque your body can’t cash.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
March 7, 2022 10:06 pm

1. Your mates are more important than you;
2. The team is more important than you; and
2a. Don’t shoot holes in someone else’s tent.

I am not seeing any of that from those scratching each other’s eyes out in court.

Boambee John
Boambee John
March 7, 2022 10:07 pm

KD

Yes, Wootten

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
March 7, 2022 10:08 pm

2c. Always make sure the bread-van has at least three reverse gears.

Bluey
Bluey
March 7, 2022 10:09 pm

1. Your mates are more important than you;
2. The team is more important than you; and
2a. Don’t shoot holes in someone else’s tent.

I smell a story there……

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
March 7, 2022 10:09 pm

I am not seeing any of that from those scratching each other’s eyes out in court.

That’s the most disturbing part of the whole matter. Ben Roberts Smith was awarded the country’s highest honor. He wears it on behalf of the whole unit.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 7, 2022 10:10 pm

Vasey wasn’t at Milne Bay.

Happy to cop that one. The book I’ve re-read about ten times (A Bastard of a Place by Peter Brune) was just inside as I was typing that.

‘Do I need to go inside? Am I sure? Pretty sure.’

Nope. Lazy stuff. Apologies.

Razey
Razey
March 7, 2022 10:11 pm

srrsays:
March 7, 2022 at 9:52 pm
Why Sanctions Will Hurt The West—Not Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjGGkM6TN88&t=2s

Streamed live 19 hours ago
Gonzalo Lira

Along with Western government tyrannical response to a mild flu, the biggest own goal in world history.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
March 7, 2022 10:12 pm

I smell a story there……

A certain party, over on the old Cat, gloried in the nickname of “Tent slayer” for his habit of shooting holes in someone else’s tent. Naturally, this was due to inadequate safety procedures in his unit, not due to any sloppy weapons handling on his part….

JC
JC
March 7, 2022 10:15 pm

Cassie of Sydney says:
March 7, 2022 at 9:41 pm

More rain in Sydney…for weeks it has rained and rained and rained. Everything is wet and damp, nothing dries. I’m beginning to understand how Noah felt.

Cassie

I was living in Waverton in the 80s. We had literally 2 weeks of non stop heavy rain. And I mean it didn’t stop. My flat got flooded out. I’ve never seen so much rain since then.

Where’s Tim Flannery. I hope he’s safe from flooding.

I don’t mean this as a voodoo pin and doll thing as I wish him no harm, but wouldn’t it be darkly humorous if the fucker drowned in a flood? The Simulation often presents funny shit like that.

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 10:16 pm

Government of Poland Outlines U.S. State Dept Secretary Anthony Blinken as a Liar
March 6, 2022 | Sundance | 397 Comments

During three separate interviews today, U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told media that Poland was sending fighter planes to Ukraine, and the U.S. was in negotiations with Poland to replace them. The same assertion was made by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.

However, the official Twitter account of the chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland calls those reports “fake news”:
[at link below]
(Source)

It’s bad enough when the media is spreading fake news, now we have the U.S. Secretary of State doing it.

That said, the original statements by Secretary Blinken didn’t pass the smell test. Now it looks like Tony Blinken was trying to provoke Poland to be the spark that ignited the NATO war against Russia. Stunning. This is a pretty big deal, but watch the media drop the issue as if it never happened.
(more…)
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/06/government-of-poland-outlines-u-s-state-dept-secretary-anthony-blinken-as-a-liar/#more-229319

feelthebern
feelthebern
March 7, 2022 10:18 pm

Why is the media obsessing about Russia “capturing” & occupying Kiev.

Speedbox
March 7, 2022 10:18 pm

Roger says:
March 7, 2022 at 5:40 pm
Speedbox, another option for your wife would be to name the Oblast she’s from and walk away with a smile.

Roger, you’re a bloody genius. My wife was born in a tiny village in the harsh north of the country but in the oblast of Arkhangelsk which in english, translates to Arkangel (or perhaps even stretch to Archangel if you prefer).

Either way, who would challenge somebody from such a ‘divine’ birthplace.

I’ll suggest it (although I suspect she’s in no mood to accommodate the idiots).

Razey
Razey
March 7, 2022 10:19 pm

The world needs to isolate and contain the USA. The ‘Empire of Lies’ are nothing but trouble makers.

Cassie of Sydney
March 7, 2022 10:20 pm

“I was living in Waverton in the 80s. We had literally 2 weeks of non stop heavy rain. And I mean it didn’t stop. My flat got flooded out. I’ve never seen so much rain since then.”

Yes…it happens every few decades. I remember back in 1996 how it rained here in Sydney for two weeks.

I’m just sick of the rain and humidity…it’s quite oppressive.

Winston Smith
March 7, 2022 10:20 pm

Bruce O’Nuke:
I doubt you’d need a stack of nukes to take out the East coast of the US, Bruce.
I understand there’s an unstable island off the North African coast that with a little push – say 20 Kt of push – will slide into the North Atlantic and generate a tsunami that will wipe the US East coast clean to a depth of 200 k.
Don’t know if it’s true, but there has been some discussion of it here in the past.

feelthebern
feelthebern
March 7, 2022 10:20 pm

Anyone keeping tabs on McGowan while he’s in Sydney?

feelthebern
feelthebern
March 7, 2022 10:22 pm

If (big if) it comes to nukes, I reckon Putin would like to get square for the way he perceived he was treated at APEC in Australia.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
March 7, 2022 10:25 pm

Vasey wasn’t at Milne Bay.

He took Lae with the 7th Div, just before the 9th arrived.

I was just now checking the text as I thought it was Vasey, but turned out to be his subordinate, Brig Ken Eather:

A vivid description of the final spurt for Lae on 16th September was written at the time by the 2/25th’s leading company commander (Captain Butler):

Up at daylight and off again. “C” Company leading the Brigade this time. Men are a bit nervous again and went pretty steadily. Sick Japs along track kept holding things up and we expected to run into something at any moment. Then along the track and into the middle of us came a jeep crowded with Brigade HQ. Passed me and up to the leading platoon. The old Brig jumped out and started urging the troops to hurry along. The troops weren’t very impressed as they thought the Jap was in front. Finally the Brigadier, armed with a pistol, acted as leading scout, and the troops followed in column of route behind . . . . A brigadier is not an ideal section leader. …

Certainly not! At least one senior Russian general has been potted in the last week doing exactly that.

(see p 387)

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 10:30 pm

Biden was Personally Involved in Ukraine’s 2014 Coup

An in-depth look into how the Obama Admin and Neo-cons royally f***** up this time…

MONDAY, MAR 07, 2022 – 14:25
Authored by The Spaceworm Substack

Many know this story, but I’d like to summarize it as succinctly as possible, using only primary and establishment media sources in hopes that this article may be persuasive and shareable to friends/family of all politics. The goal is not to distract from Ukrainian suffering but to inform US citizens of how their leaders often engage in harmful foreign policy so that we may refrain from electing such leaders in the future.
[…]
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-03-06/biden-was-personally-involved-ukraines-2014-coup

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 7, 2022 10:31 pm

I know that the Government didn’t waste time with a Conscription Referendum in WW2, that how bad a reputation the Army and Navy had for incompetence in WW1.

I know Grigory is obsessed with flamers, but I think he’s just done one.

Quite spectacular, too.

(I do love it when Grigory is feeling his gypsum. You just know he’s going to come up with something spectacularly retarded… 🙂 )

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 7, 2022 10:34 pm

The world needs to isolate and contain the USA. The ‘Empire of Lies’ are nothing but trouble makers.

Wow. I knew there were Russian bot farms for purposes for purposes benign and nefarious.

But Russian Glowie farms are something new.

Any lurkers from DIO, ASIO or DSD, take note…

Zipster
Zipster
March 7, 2022 10:34 pm

china still running a covid-zero policy. what do they know about this virus?

China Mandates COVID-Zero Policy, Shenzhen People Desperate For Food

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 7, 2022 10:44 pm

china still running a covid-zero policy. what do they know about this virus?

More likely someone smarted a Party official in Shenzen, and that Party official has friends in high(er) places…

Winston Smith
March 7, 2022 10:49 pm

Cassie:

I’m just sick of the rain and humidity…it’s quite oppressive.

Turn on the clothes dryer and the aircon.
Our power problems will not be addressed until we break the system or at least push it to the very edge.

harrys on the boat
March 7, 2022 10:52 pm

I understand there’s an unstable island off the North African coast that with a little push – say 20 Kt of push – will slide into the North Atlantic and generate a tsunami that will wipe the US East coast 

‘Tis true. One of the Canary Islands. Heard about it while doing a tour of the volcanic landscape of Lanzarote. Amazing place. Don’t ask me which island or the actual likelihood, though.

Harlequin Decline
March 7, 2022 10:57 pm

Back in school we studied the lead up to WW2. I have been struck by the parallels between the events back then and the evolving situation in Ukraine-

-Treaty of Versailles breaking up Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1919 vs the breakup of the USSR in 1989

-Ethnic Germans isolated in Czechoslovakia following Versailles vs ethnic Russians isolated in the Donbas following the USSR collapse

-The 1939 German-Russian non aggression pact vs the 2001 Russian-Chinese Friendship Treaty, extended in 2021. Both designed to reduce threats from the east.

-Germany’s Anschluss with Austria in 1938 vs the Russian incorporation of the Crimea in 2014

-German annexation of the Sudetenland and then the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1938 vs the invasion of the Ukraine 2022

Perhaps the Western leaders think that the situations are sufficiently similar that a robust response (short of war) is needed to deter further Russian adventurism in order to avoid a repeat of the events that followed the Munich Agreement.

If history repeats then the next step would be for China and Russia to divide up one or more of the Stans (probably not Afghanistan unless the Chinese are feeling very lucky) between themselves.

Winston Smith
March 7, 2022 11:09 pm

Here ’tis.
La Palma.

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 11:17 pm

A_Solzhenitsyn ?
@A_Solzhenitsyn
·
28s
Billions of people are being murdered, terrorized, and bankrupted by a few thousand commie politicians.

Do the math!

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 11:21 pm
Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 7, 2022 11:23 pm

Harlequin,

That is very cool.

Zipster
Zipster
March 7, 2022 11:25 pm
Bruce in WA
March 7, 2022 11:27 pm

A Russian nuke detonated just south of Fremantle in WA would take out HMAS Stirling and the SASR in one fell swoop.

Zipster
Zipster
March 7, 2022 11:39 pm

china still running a covid-zero policy. what do they know about this virus?

More likely someone smarted a Party official in Shenzen, and that Party official has friends in high(er) places

no they know exactly what covid does because they created it. it’s particularly nasty virus. The chinese are all in on vengeance for the 100 years of humiliation that drives their paranoid policies. the virus wasn’t particularly designed to kill, but to maim. Unconditional Warfare even talks about the types of virus china is working on, for instance a virus that causes a loss of balance. So the chinks can laugh at westerners falling over and not able to stand up without help. this is the chinese mentality.

covid is a persistent toxin in the majority of people that are infected with it. It damages the immune system, it damages vascular and neurological systems. it damages fertility in both males and females. most of the damage flies under the radar and you only start noticing once its starts becoming difficult to reverse.

there is nothing benign or mild about covid. that mrna vaccines that target the spike protein were chosen preferentially over conventional vaccines is not by accident.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 7, 2022 11:44 pm

Hard to believe, I know (the Tele):

NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello never alerted the Premier of the accidental leak of hundreds of secret addresses contained in a QR check-in database.

It was revealed last month the addresses, including locations of domestic violence shelters and critical infrastructure sites, had been uploaded to a public government website.

No way they’d fuck that sort of thing up.

Almost unprecedented, aside from all the other times.

srr
srr
March 7, 2022 11:46 pm

Hundreds Arrested In World’s Largest Ever Pedophile Ring Raid
Hundreds of child rapists have been arrested around the world in one of the biggest international pedophile ring raids in history.

Law enforcement discovered sickening child rape imagery including “imagery depicting sadistic acts of sexual abuse of infants and children” after an online service provider reported in 2019 that their services were being use to share images of child sexual abuse, according to a press release from Europol.

A huge investigation led by the New Zealand authorities has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of people around the world for possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material, officials said. Dozens of children were rescued as a result. https://t.co/A7p0k9uAWkThe New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2022
Dailycaller.com reports: The investigation so far has led to the opening of 836 cases and the safeguarding of 146 children internationally, the press release said. Police identified more than 100 suspects across the EU and arrested 46 in New Zealand according to the press release.

New Zealand authorities led the investigation, aided by the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and several European countries.

Harlequin Decline
March 7, 2022 11:51 pm

Thanks KD.

BTW I passed on your analogy of the Ukraine situation( being like the chick who was shagging two blokes at the same time) to an Australian friend of Russian heritage.

He thought it was excellent.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
March 7, 2022 11:52 pm

Heh. It’s important that we get our opinions from celebrities.

“Kick Russia out of NATO”.
Tweeted by Patricia Arquette.

flyingduk
flyingduk
March 7, 2022 11:52 pm

there is nothing benign or mild about covid. that mrna vaccines that target the spike protein were chosen preferentially over conventional vaccines is not by accident.

Not quite…. mRNA vaccines MAKE the spike protein.

H B Bear
H B Bear
March 8, 2022 12:00 am

Loss of balance is a real bugger. It’s basically what is stopping me walking without a walker (plus a bit of muscle control in my left leg). One rehab physio exercise was just to stand to attention with your feet together. 30 seconds is a long time and you get tired as you have to consciously use all the muscles you basically use unconsciously since you were 2yo.

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 8, 2022 12:05 am

no they know exactly what covid does because they created it. it’s particularly nasty virus. The chinese are all in on vengeance for the 100 years of humiliation that drives their paranoid policies. the virus wasn’t particularly designed to kill, but to maim.

In which case, it is the height of lethal stupidity to unleash it amongst your own people first.

Even if you are confident you will still outnumber your targets afterwards.

H B Bear
H B Bear
March 8, 2022 12:05 am

Balance is assessed using the Berg balance test which is used to assess fall risk. There was a few tasks I could never quite manage.

Zipster
Zipster
March 8, 2022 12:08 am

Not quite…. mRNA vaccines MAKE the spike protein.

duh. why did they chose this? because it’s the toxic part of the virus and the theory is that giving people a modified spike protein would protect them from this bioweapon and future bioweapons based on S1. thats the theory, unfortunately they didn’t test the modified spike protein’s ability to stay modified and not toxic, nor the long term efficacy of the vaccine.

it’s become obvious the body is capable of unlocking the modified spike protein and liberating S1 into circulation with predictable negative outcomes.

H B Bear
H B Bear
March 8, 2022 12:14 am

Duk – I was listening to a podcast which said (layman paraphrasing ) mRNA vaccine technology was already largely developed and understood prior to Covid but had no immediate widespread application. Does that sound broadly correct?

The actual process of the mRNA sequence goes straight over my head.

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 12:16 am

Hundreds Held After New Zealand-Led Investigation Into Images of Child Abuse
An international collaboration resulted in the rescue of dozens of children and exposed a secret global network used to share material on sexual abuse.

Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France. The investigation began in New Zealand but brought together security agencies in various countries, including Interpol.
By Natasha Frost
March 3, 2022
A two-year investigation led by the authorities in New Zealand has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of people around the globe on charges of possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material, officials said on Wednesday. Dozens of children were moved out of harm’s way as a result, the authorities said.

The investigation, the largest of its kind led out of New Zealand, found a secret global networks that shared child sexual abuse images on a wide scale. In some cases, the pandemic provided cover for the illegal activity, as lockdowns kept children isolated at home and predators took to the web in search of victims, a British official said.

The investigation, called Operation H, involved 12 countries and began in 2019, after an unnamed online service provider reported that its platform was being used to share horrific images of child sexual abuse. About 90,000 accounts were linked to the activity.

That led to the discovery of 32 gigabytes of files, some of which included “sadistic acts of sexual abuse of infants and children,” according to a statement from the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, known as Europol.

Since then, at least 836 cases have been opened internationally, with more than 100 suspects identified across the European Union alone. Those arrested included 47 people in Canada, 43 in New Zealand and hundreds in Britain. In Australia, the police charged 121 men with 1,248 total offenses.

“This operation will have an impact on the global networks that deal in the most horrific and damaging material, and we are extraordinarily proud of the effect it will have on children’s lives around the world,” said Tim Houston, who led the operation at the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand.

The distribution of these images could create significant additional harm, Mr. Houston added. “Many people who view material of this kind will go on to physically offend against children,” he said. “This is not a victimless crime; every time this material is viewed, that child is revictimized.”

Last year was the worst on record for the distribution of child sexual abuse images online, according to the Internet Watch Foundation, a charity based in England. In 2021, the foundation identified more than 250,000 instances of online images that featured children being sexually abused, an increase of almost 100,000, or nearly 70 percent, compared with images discovered in 2020.

The investigation began in New Zealand, but it brought together security agencies in Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain and the United States. Interpol also joined the case.

The inquiry resulted in the rescue of 146 children around the world, including six in New Zealand and 79 in Britain. In Australia, 51 children across six states were moved to safety, including 23 in Queensland and 10 in South Australia.

In one case each in Austria and Hungary, the suspects were accused of abusing their own children, who were 6 and 8 years old. And in Spain, a suspect both possessed and disseminated material about child sexual exploitation while making covert sexual images of adults without their consent, officials said.

In some cases, those arrested on charges of possessing the material were later charged with more serious offenses. One unidentified offender in the South Island of New Zealand later admitted to “consuming child exploitation material for over 20 years as well as other forms of harmful material such as bestiality and torture bondage,” according to the New Zealand authorities.

The offender had traveled to Asia and paid families there to create images of their children being sexually abused for financial gain, the investigation found.

“Although the offender denied engaging in sexual exploitation while abroad, it is likely from the information obtained that they were a sex tourist,” a spokesman at the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand said.

In Britain, officers from the National Crime Agency arrested 450 people on charges of using the platform, and those detentions often brought additional charges.

“Much of this activity took place during the Covid-19 lockdowns, when the majority of young people were at home and offenders had more time to spend online targeting their victims,” said Sarah Blight, a spokeswoman for the agency.

The agency found a pattern of offenders working in “positions of trust,” including at kindergartens and primary schools, in health care professions, as religious clergy or within law enforcement. One suspect, who worked as a night support worker in a children’s home, had hundreds of indecent images of children on his phone, officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/asia/new-zealand-child-sexual-abuse.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

MatrixTransform
March 8, 2022 12:46 am

I’m amazed it’s so modest.

and … a shrubbery

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

dover0beachsays:

March 8, 2022 at 12:35 am
First Squawk
@FirstSquawk · 27m
RUSSIA WILL STOP INVASION IF UKRAINE AGREES TO THE FOLLOWING DEMAND
-CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RULING OUT MEMBERSHIP OF ANY BLOCS (NATO)
-UKRAINE MUST RECOGNISE CRIMEA AS RUSSIAN, AND DONETSK AND LUGANSK AS INDEPENDENT STATES

Were I Ukraine, I’d likely take that deal.

MatrixTransform
March 8, 2022 1:03 am

The Holy Grail

the whole play

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 8, 2022 1:03 am

and … a shrubbery

Only one?

Or the Russians will say NI!

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 8, 2022 1:06 am

Or the Russians will say NI!

NI!

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 8, 2022 1:09 am
MatrixTransform
March 8, 2022 1:10 am

I’d likely take that deal

things have gone a bit quiet
reckon they’re down at Bunnings as we speak

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 1:12 am

Russia is not Germany.

You can’t stuff Russia into a German box.

G.K. Chesterton also understood this.

JC
JC
March 8, 2022 1:15 am

Russia isn’t a Mars Bar either, USSR and you can’t stuff Russia into a Lindt box.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

I’d likely take that deal

This comes with the unspoken caveat that (naturally) I’d try for some non-strategic concessions from Russia.
Mindful that Russia may wish to repair some international reputation, say some financial help in rebuilding damaged infrastructure (“The west & USA are keen to help us, Marshall plan style, however in the spirit of fostering peace/goodwill in our neighbourhood, naturally we prefer Ivan to be our benefactor…. [blah blah blah]”

Rex Anger
Rex Anger
March 8, 2022 1:17 am

Ecky Ecky Ecky Ecky Ferrtang Zwip-boingummm!

(Aka TOS-1 Thermobaric launchers are vicious. But fortunately, only direct fire-capable)

JC
JC
March 8, 2022 1:24 am

Russia is seriously, seriously fucked economically if this continues as the sanctions are horrendous. Russia’s economy is about the size of Spain. If this shit doesn’t end soon and the worst of the sanctions removed, someone suggested that Russia’s economy was about the size of Spain’s. It would morph into an economy the size of Portugal.

JC
JC
March 8, 2022 1:32 am

You know, ordinarily I’d say this is unknowable bullshit. After all, it’s The Star.

Vladimir Putin ‘dying in agony from terminal cancer’ and pics show his pain, say sources

EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s President Putin is reportedly suffering from ‘terminal bowel cancer’, a Pentagon source claims, it comes after he was seen with a ‘puffy face’ following the invasion of Ukraine

The problem is that pics of Putin sitting miles away from people in meetings. Why? Why, because he is supposed to be fit and healthy and a fit and healthy person shouldn’t be worried about Covid.

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 1:52 am

@SRR/USSR, how are the bread queues in your oblast? Are people having to line up all day yet?

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 1:54 am

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
#Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet

No later than March 11, all servers and domains must be transferred to the #Russian zone. In addition, detailed data on the network infrastructure of the sites is being collected.

It’s been nice knowing you, SRR!

JC
JC
March 8, 2022 1:56 am

Fisk
I have half suspected USSR is a Russian bot.

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 1:58 am

Great analysis as always by investor and GOP pundit Albert Marko.

https://intelligencequarterly.com/europe-politics/update-on-ukraine-march-6-2022/

Putin’s invasion has been a total debacle that will probably leave his country a virtual colony of China.

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 2:00 am

Fisk
I have half suspected USSR is a Russian bot.

USSR has taken a 50% paycut in the last week alone, so times are not good. Let’s not rub it in (too much).

Hey, USSR, didn’t you say you were a chick? I’ve heard a lot of Chinese fellas are looking for a second wife if you’re still available…

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 2:04 am

I’m really struggling to see what Vlad the Putin’s calculation is here. He gets totally cut off from world markets and has to sell everything for barter or half price at best to China. His army is decimated and revealed to be a logistical shitshow that can barely hold a fight against a busted ass corruptocracy a third of its size. China is going to DINE on his carcass. At a minimum, every 19th Century treaty that China ever caved on is getting re-written very soon, or they just straight out annex whatever they want to take. Epic, epochal catastrophe.

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 2:08 am

Russia can barely supply its own army at all a few hundred kilometres from the capital and its economic heartland. How the fuck does it keep hold of Siberia???

JC
JC
March 8, 2022 2:13 am

Fisk

Visa and Mastercard just stopped service in Russia so Vlad impaled himself on the Chinese systems. This means the Chinese will be able figure what Russians buy the most and tailer their own sanctions if the Russians have problems with them.

Russia will run to the west in few years. They’ll run not walk.

DaFisk
DaFisk
March 8, 2022 2:20 am

Russia will run to the west in few years. They’ll run not walk.

Putin will die or be replaced before long, but I’m not convinced there will be such thing as “Russia” once he’s out of the picture. They can’t hold it together.

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 2:43 am

And some still insist on believing this one doesn’t take & tweak as her own, from everywhere, no matter how often her very own natural voice screeches the absurdity of entertaining such a thought –

Cassie of Sydney says:
March 7, 2022 at 9:45 pm

“Not so not long ago, when Dot wrote off East Europeans as paedophiles and Cassie wrote off Ukrainians as Anti-Semites, racially vilifying whole Nations just so they could ‘excuse themselves’ racially vilifying someone they couldn’t beat with facts.”

LOL….go and take your pills slag heap.

A gutter mouth that arrogantly calls herself a “Princess”, choking on the delusion that they are too far above simply saying, ‘Sorry, I was wrong.’.

When you can’t, or worse, don’t want to, see through characters like that, you’re a sitting duck for top tier propagandists.

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 2:53 am

When someone pokes holes in your favourite socks, pull out your drawer with your special socks.

No one will notice.

Well, no one will tell you they noticed.

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 3:04 am

Ukraine’s Top Negotiator Says Kiev Open To ‘Non-NATO Models’
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“We are ready to discuss some non-NATO models. For example, there could be direct guarantees by different countries like the US, China, UK, maybe Germany & France.”

TUE MAR 8, AT 2:50 AM
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraines-top-negotiator-says-kiev-open-non-nato-models

First, second, third sign that there is no good will with the Ukrainian negotiators; they keep turning up to these serious, solemn meetings dressed as the thugs they are.

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 3:14 am

Saudi Crown Prince Gives Biden The Cold Shoulder: “I Do Not Care” What He Thinks

Crown prince’s words came weeks after Saudi Arabia rejected US calls to pump more oil…

MON MAR 7, AT 11:00 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/i-simply-do-not-care-what-biden-thinks-mbs-cold-shoulders-biden-recent-interview

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 3:16 am

Harley Salinas
@harleyesalinas
·
Mar 6
Official Data: Fully jabbed people account for 9 of 10 COVID Deaths

Official Data: Fully jabbed people account for 9 of 10 COVID Deaths – Latest News USA

The fully jabbed account for 9 of every 10 deaths from COVID in England and 4 of 5 deaths among the triple-jabbed, according to official data published by the UK Health Security Agency. The government report, published …

https://latestsnewsusa.com/official-data-fully-jabbed-people-account-for-9-of-10-covid-deaths/
bit.ly

srr
srr
March 8, 2022 3:21 am

Harley Salinas
@harleyesalinas
·
Mar 6
Wait, what??
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court In The US Has Ruled That The Covid Pathogen Is Not A Vaccine, Is Unsafe, And Must Be Avoided At All Costs-Supreme Court has canceled universal vax

BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court In The US Has Ruled That The Covid Pathogen Is Not A Vaccine, Is Unsafe, And Must Be Avoided At All Costs-Supreme Court has canceled universal vax – Latest US News

BIG PHARMA AND ANTHONY FAUCI HAVE LOST A LAWSUIT FILED BY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR AND A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS! Just got this: Has not been in the news anywhere. Looks like we are …

https://www.latestusanews.com/breaking-news-the-supreme-court-in-the-us-has-ruled-that-the-covid-pathogen-is-not-a-vaccine-is-unsafe-and-must-be-avoided-at-all-costs-supreme-court-has-canceled-universal-vax-3/
bit.ly

Gabor
Gabor
March 8, 2022 4:07 am

DaFisk says:
March 8, 2022 at 2:20 am

Russia will run to the west in few years. They’ll run not walk.

Putin will die or be replaced before long, but I’m not convinced there will be such thing as “Russia” once he’s out of the picture. They can’t hold it together.

I haven’t see your previous prognostications, so I don’t know how accurate you are, but let me reassure you Russia has been there for a while and will be there long after you and me.
Putin may go or not, I predict not, but he is not Russia.

Your post reminds me of the quote ‘the report of my passing was premature’

Cassie of Sydney
March 8, 2022 6:50 am

“A gutter mouth that arrogantly calls herself a “Princess”, choking on the delusion that they are too far above simply saying, ‘Sorry, I was wrong.’.”

LOL, You’re the one, slag heap, who’s labelled me a “princess”. You can’t even remember what you post you piece of rotting garbage. Oh and who’s the gutter mouth? Why it’s our very own “slag heap”….aka “ssr”…..a person who posts links links to Holocaust deniers, racists and anti-Semites and then refuses to take any responsibility when you’re called out for your posts. Anyone with an ounce of decency would apologise but not you, our very own slag heap called “ssr”, instead you just deflect any responsibility because you think you’re too far above simply saying “sorry, I was wrong to link to a Holocaust denier”.

BTW…slag heap…..the post you linked to a HOLOCAUST DENIER was deleted by the blog owner.

FUCK OFF you piece of garbage.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
March 8, 2022 7:36 am

I see it’s been a big night on the Wizz Fizz for the World Nanna.

Boambee John
Boambee John
March 8, 2022 8:16 am

JCsays:
March 8, 2022 at 1:32 am
You know, ordinarily I’d say this is unknowable bullshit. After all, it’s The Star.

Vladimir Putin ‘dying in agony from terminal cancer’ and pics show his pain, say sources

For those who read such fiction, there is a Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills novel based on exactly that scenario. Title Red War IIRC. Brain cancer in the novel.

Top Ender
Top Ender
March 8, 2022 10:25 am

New thread!

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