Open Thread – Easter Weekend 2022


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  1. Perth Trader Avatar
    Perth Trader

    Joe Biden , White Rabbits , Kevin 07 , Men can get pregnant, Women can’t be defined ….we live in a world where reality has been suspended.

  2. rosie Avatar
    rosie

    That is good to hear sancho.

  3. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare Avatar
    Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare

    The problem is she’s apologised and deleted the material

    Under pressure of disendorsement. This is not being mealy-mouthed, but she wants the position to actually do something about women’s sport.
    I would like to see Zali Stegall explain how she would have received her sporting medals if she was up against a top male skier who had suddenly discovered his feminine side. Someone should ask her.

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  4. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    He had to be saved by the big white rabbit twice.

    What a job: wandering around in a rabbit suit after a demented President to keep him out of trouble.

  5. 132andBush Avatar
    132andBush

    Got that 200ha of canola in, finished up just after 3 this morning.

    Raining steadily now.

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  6. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    It also seems that Joshi Frydcheckenberger is staring down the barrel of electoral oblivion in Kooyong, a la Abbott/Steggles in Warringah 2019.

    “Josh” is underwhelming, to be sure, but why is it that people in these erstwhile “blue ribbon” Liberal seats are so stupid?

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  7. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Under pressure of disendorsement. This is not being mealy-mouthed, but she wants the position to actually do something about women’s sport.

    But Morrison has already said that won’t be happening.

    Of course, he could be lying.

  8. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    Mercenaries aren’t lawful combatants.

    Is this law or a morale opinion, Dover?

  9. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    I would like to see Zali Stegall explain how she would have received her sporting medals if she was up against a top male skier who had suddenly discovered his feminine side. Someone should ask her.

    An excellent point, Lizzie.

    If only Australia had some actual journalists …

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  10. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    Lotsa car windows smashed at light festival in Alice last night, no police presence required because indigenous festival. I guess the elders thought they could ensure safety and vandalism would not happen.

    I think we have enough evidence that the elders can do stuff all about yoof. I don’t know what the answer is, other than take the free money away, or make people work for it.

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  11. Kneel Avatar
    Kneel

    Boambee John says:
    April 18, 2022 at 11:42 am

    What happened to “stand, and if necessary fall”? Was that for others?

    That was Struth’s line, not mine.

    My question was basically, if you have 3 groups – active resistance, passive resistance, and “collaboration”. So active is protests, etc etc, passive is do you you have to, collaborative is jump in and help. Struth seemed to be in the active resistance, I’m more in the passive resistance.
    So OK, it’s a spectrum, not neat little boxes, right?
    But when you’re mostly in the “passive” part and someone who comes across as in the “active” part essentially says you are a traitor for not doing enough, for not being “active”, my question is: then why aren’t you MORE active? Not that I think anyone should be, has to be,needs to be etc – you do what you do, I have no claim to decide what your actions should be.
    But you see the point I hope – if me doing the “passive” thing is traitorous because it affects others, then why aren’t YOU traitorous for not going “all in”?
    Level of degree? In which case, who are you to define what my level of degree should be?
    Because violence is wrong? In which case, what of the violence you are claiming that gov is performing on your fellow citizens and why do you not apply the same back to them? Like “physical” invasion, do you shoot back or not? And if you have other concerns, should you be forced or shamed into doing so?

    In truth, I think it is more that everyone (me included) thinks their own “level” is appropriate, that those who do more are “fanatics” and those who do less are, umm, “weak”, “traitorous” etc etc. And the reality is that is as it should be – we should decide for ourselves. Which of course includes what goes into our bodies. And we should fight against a mandate for what goes into our bodies. Each as much as we can, to a level that WE, individually, decide is appropriate for US. And if, in the end, we don’t get what we want, then perhaps we should have tried harder, or perhaps we are not in alignment with the majority.

  12. Gabor Avatar
    Gabor

    bespoke says:
    April 19, 2022 at 10:26 am

    Mercenaries aren’t lawful combatants.

    Is this law or a morale opinion, Dover?

    Not full bottle on this, but in my opinion they are not lawful combatants.
    Adventurers fighting for money or loot or the fun of it.

  13. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Kevni is such an absurd character we really should be thanking the Liars for bringing him to a wider audience and not leaving him in Queensland where they are used to such people.

  14. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    up against an average male skier who

    fixed with reality injection

  15. Gabor Avatar
    Gabor

    Excellent question, Elizabeth, (Lizzy)
    BTW I upticked.

  16. chrisl Avatar
    chrisl

    Kevin Rudd employs an “activist” full time to find dirt on the Murdochs
    Not obsessed at all

  17. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Hopefully WA Liars will thrust Quigley, our local weirdo, onto the Broadway of Canberra.

  18. rosie Avatar
    rosie

    And there I was thinking kevni was checking the Murdoch headlines all by hisself

  19. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha Avatar
    Zulu Kilo Two Alpha

    Not full bottle on this, but in my opinion they are not lawful combatants.

    That’s my understanding, as well.

  20. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    why is it that people in these erstwhile “blue ribbon” Liberal seats are so stupid?

    There seems to be something of a pattern emerging. Blue ribbon inner city labore seats will increasingly be under pressure from the greenfilth, while “blue ribbon” gliberal seats will be under pressure from “conservative independents”*.

    But in answer to your question, Rog – because they can afford to be. The true costs of greenfilth insanity end up being borne by those least able to afford them.

    *Who are neither conservative nor independent.

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  21. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    Mercenaries aren’t lawful combatants.

    I saw somewhere that they’re inducted into the Ukrainian Territorials, which probably is intended to cover that issue. That would make them nominally lawful combatants, like the French Foreign Legion.

    Be interesting to know if the Wagner Group is regarded as a Russian Army unit. It’d be a Catch 22 since if they’re officially Russian Army then they’ve carried out acts of war against sovereign countries such as the US and Turkey. If they aren’t part of the Russian Army then they’re illegal combatants in this conflict. I guess hypocritical legal kludging is the go on both sides though.

  22. rugbyskier Avatar
    rugbyskier

    For Lizzie and Tom, the women’s slalom results at Nagano were a combined time for the two runs around 1 minute, 32 seconds for the three top places. The men’s slalom had combined times of 1:49/1:50 for the top three places, however men’s slalom courses have 55-75 gates and women’s slalom courses have 40-60 gates, so men’s courses are generally 20-25% longer in gates, distance and vertical drop.

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  23. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    Why isn’t someone in the party telling Matt Kean to STFU or leave the tent?

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  24. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Good work rugbyskier. I could barely tell you what channel the Winter Olympics were on.

  25. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    GreyRanga on Salvos and the like:

    Run by women with nothing to do.

    Just like Parliament.

  26. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    The problem with the Salvos and SvdP is that their focus has moved from “supply affordable used clothing and household goods to the needy” to “make money from people’s charity, grift off a large chunk to pay a bloated administration, use the leftover to lobby for public funds for the poor”

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  27. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    Mr Rudd is not going to Washington?
    You have to ask what role Rupert Murdoch had to play in all this.

    Ratfuckers!

  28. lotocoti Avatar
    lotocoti

    First kevni popped up, then another blast from the past.
    Surely we are facing the end of times.
    For Cats how may have led a sheltered web life, CS was a teen tankie,
    destined to be the shining future of communism, until things turned…
    … sordid.

  29. OldOzzie Avatar
    OldOzzie

    Helensays:
    April 19, 2022 at 10:31 am
    Lotsa car windows smashed at light festival in Alice last night, no police presence required because indigenous festival. I guess the elders thought they could ensure safety and vandalism would not happen.

    I think we have enough evidence that the elders can do stuff all about yoof. I don’t know what the answer is, other than take the free money away, or make people work for it.

    https://www.grc.qld.gov.au/news/article/499/council-will-not-accept-the-recent-spate-of-goondiwindi-crime-as-normal

    https://www.goondiwindiargus.com.au/story/7687687/action-plan-to-end-crime-in-goondiwindi/

    https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/degenerates-deputy-mayors-call-to-arms-against-criminals/news-story/4fc810f2abf678a70c84681dfc6deb49

  30. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Why isn’t someone in the party telling Matt Kean to STFU or leave the tent?

    He knows it’s his tent.

  31. rugbyskier Avatar
    rugbyskier

    Slalom is the alpine skiing discipline that is probably the closest between men and women, it’s slower and more technical so the muscular advantage for men is less apparent. That said, a male competing in a women’s event would still likely have a faster time than the women.

  32. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    OldOzziesays:
    April 19, 2022 at 9:45 am
    Good on you Jacinta, me too.

    Jacinta is one of our few politicians with both outstanding morals and balls to back it up.

  33. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    Speaking of, have the gliberals disendorsed Ms Deves? The screeching in the braindead lamstream meeja demanding it seems to be reaching a crescendo.

    I simply can’t see Morristeen not caving (again).

  34. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha Avatar
    Zulu Kilo Two Alpha

    I think we have enough evidence that the elders can do stuff all about yoof.

    The “elders” in this part of the world are seen as tired old men, who nobody listens to, anyway.

  35. Zipster Avatar
    Zipster

    Systemically, the US is undergoing socio-economic collapse, which means that individually, we all have to understand the place we are living, and, more importantly, if we need to move out of that place in order to not just survive, but to perhaps even thrive in our unfolding economic landscape.
    Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds joined Paul “Half Dollar” Eberhart of Silver Doctors on Monday, January 17, 2022, for a robust discussion on the collapse of the US in general, and the individual decisions and abstract dynamics regarding regional economic dependencies and weaknesses specifically.

  36. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    ScoMo’s vote would jump 10% if he stood up and backed Deves to the hilt.

    His refusal to do so just confirms his lack of a moral compass (and a spine).

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  37. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    On the weekend, during one of the quieter moments I went through my wardrobe and threw out a pile of older T shirts I haven’t really looked at for 12 months or more.

    Straight into the bin, because I could not be bothered taking them down to one of the Vinnies or Salvos to be berated by the Karen nannas there about why they weren’t of better quality, why they weren’t in different sizes, why they weren’t all dry cleaned the day before ,what they were going to do with them and why I was providing more work for them by bringing in clothes I had no further use for, but could be of (potential) use to others.

    Because that happened the previous four times.

    I also didn’t want to see some beardy hipster or humbugging itinerant shitting in the street while wearing my T shirt. That may also have impacted my decision making, but it was primarily the Karen nannas.

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  38. OldOzzie Avatar
    OldOzzie

    The AFR View

    Keeping the jobs miracle alive is election key

    The Prime Minister’s rhetoric has captured the importance of the jobs issue for Australians. Anthony Albanese has failed to grasp it.

    The 2022 election is taking place with employment numbers that most modern governments of Australia could only dream about. Last week, the rounded-up jobless rate for March came in at 4 per cent, the lowest since November 1974, and it is tipped to fall further over coming months, given the 423,000 job vacancies that employers are desperately trying to fill.

    The female jobless rate fell to 3.7 per cent, the lowest since May 1974. The proportion of the female population in employment has risen to nudge 60 per cent, representing a 50 per cent increase since the monthly data started in 1978. The pandemic hit youth employment hard, but a higher proportion of young people now have jobs than before the virus arrived.

    This extraordinary result has come about despite a global pandemic that destroyed more than 800,000 jobs in the first two months of the crisis two years ago. Now, there are nearly 400,000 more Australians in paid employment than there were before the pandemic hit.

    Prime Minister Scott Morrison has grabbed the momentum in the first week of the election campaign because the extraordinary job market result has happened under his watch, and because his rhetoric clearly frames the issue, even if it lacks substance going forward.

    Labor’s proposals to counter the overstated problem of insecure work are likely to kill jobs rather than encourage them.

    Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese looks rattled because his basic failure to nominate the key facts of the issue – such as the 4 per cent unemployment rate – exposed Labor’s ever more threadbare plan and his own lack of engagement in it.

    Shifting Labor’s line of attack to the government’s failure to set up an anti-corruption body or to the obnoxious transgender comments of a Liberal candidate cannot cover up this structural fault.

    The problem is that Labor’s proposals to counter the overstated problem of insecure work are likely to kill jobs rather than encourage them. Labor would crack down on the gig economy that means insecurity for some, but flexibility and opportunity for many. It wants identical terms and conditions for all workers regardless of their circumstances, which would make them less attractive to hire in the first place.

    The Coalition is instead seeking changes that would help lock in higher pay though more flexibility and co-operation between employers and employees. Mr Morrison has recommitted to putting the Coalition’s omnibus industrial relations bill back in front of Parliament.

  39. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    I think we have enough evidence that the elders can do stuff all about yoof.

    Seems the courts are the problem.. from the first link:

    The police continue to report that this is a small group of youth at the heart of this, with the majority of crime overwhelmingly opportunistic. I understand that the relentlessness of their actions might make it seem like there are a large number of offenders responsible, but the advice is that we are dealing with a small, core group of re-offenders (which is why we need the courts to uphold justice and deliver adequate consequences and deterrents). Unfortunately, the special treatment accorded to juvenile offenders, is also taken advantage of and is used as a shield against personal responsibility and accountability

  40. rugbyskier Avatar
    rugbyskier

    H B Bear, I only watched two minutes of the Winter Olympics this year as I didn’t want to support the evil regime hosting it. The only event I watched had a young fellow from my ski club competing in a snowboard event and when he crashed out the TV went off.

  41. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    BoN

    The definition of mercenarie seems to down on who’s side you support.

    My grandfather allegedly fought in Africa as a mercenarie after ww2.

  42. calli Avatar
    calli

    Run by women with nothing to do.

    As it’s mostly older ladies, what would you prefer them to be doing?

    The jobs are voluntary. Should the charity shops close?

  43. dover0beach Avatar

    they already “liquidated” uk’s Mike Grundy

    Do you mean Aiden Aslin, aka CossackGundi? He’s still around.

  44. dover0beach Avatar

    Is this law or a morale opinion, Dover?

    Geneva Conventions.

  45. Kneel Avatar
    Kneel

    ” In which intellectual cesspit was this poison dreamt up I wonder? Columbia? Harvard?”

    I think a lot of it stems from the “white patriarchy”, “privilege”, “oppressors” and “victims” crap.
    In that, if you are “white” you are “privileged” and an “oppressor” unless you are LGBQTI+ – in which case, you become a “victim”.
    That’s a pretty powerful force on a young mind to become “trans-gender” and become “good” instead of “bad” because of who you are – you are “bad”, but when you “change” you become “good”.

  46. calli Avatar
    calli

    I’ve had a chat with some of the “Karen nannas” from time to time.

    You wouldn’t believe the crap that people drop off. Unlaundered, torn and ruined, all the buttons snipped off, fit only for the bin.

    When I drop items off, I make sure it is clean, pressed and folded neatly so they don’t have to iron it out the back, all the seams and buttons intact. On the Beloved’s beautiful wool/silk suits, I pinned on the extra buttons that came with them from the tailor.

    Many…many people use these places as pseudo-dumps. It’s not charity, it’s opportunism.

    Of course, all the Cats and Kittehs take more pride in themselves and would never impose on volunteers. We aren’t made that way.

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  47. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    Well the French or US don’t care about the Geneva Conventions.

  48. OldOzzie Avatar
    OldOzzie

    Biden’s war on the ‘common man’

    Democrats’ endless coercion rather than gentle persuasion

    The political version of the story about the preacher caught in the brothel is the politician who tells everyone about how much he or she cares for the common man, but whose actions make their lives much worse. Lower-income people spend a much higher percentage of their income on food and fuel — so the tax of inflation is particularly cruel on them — but many in the political class appear not to care.

    Climate czar, former senator and presidential candidate John Kerry recently said something to the effect that “climate crisis” is much more important than concerns about the war in Ukraine or inflation. Mr. Kerry is very rich and only travels in private jets, yet may not know how to operate a gas station pump or bag his own groceries. But never mind the fact that the “climate crisis” to date has increased crop yields because of the increase in CO2 and longer growing season, and reduced cold-weather-induced mortality. It is a long-term, not a short-term problem. But right now, tens of thousands are being killed in Ukraine, and the rise in energy costs will cause serious health effects for millions.

    If one listens to the “green lobby,” it is easy to conclude that the lives they care about saving are people who may be alive a hundred years from now, while the rest of us are dispensable because our mere existence harms the environment.

    The Biden administration has deliberately reduced the supply of oil and gas. As brain-dead as they are, they know their actions increase the price of energy, hurting the very people they claim to care most about.

  49. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Salvos are just one of the professional NGOs that largely facilitate government displacing civil society. They seem to regard it as virtuous.

  50. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    Those torn and unusable clothing get sold to industry to be used as rags.

  51. Entropy Avatar
    Entropy

    I am not sure it is using the charity bins as a dump, as not wanting to just toss in the bin stuff they had found useful, or really liked back in the day.
    I am always having this argument with Mrs entropy. Old worn out clothes sit in bags “for the poor” for months. Sometimes I sneak them out on garbage night, and usually they are not missed. Other times I find it very worthwhile to listen to SWMBO and take it to the charity bin.

  52. OldOzzie Avatar
    OldOzzie

    COVID-19 lockdowns not worth the cost

    Free states did disproportionally better than those with mandates

    In the pandemic’s earliest days, the American people were told to self-quarantine for 14 days to reduce the rate of COVID-19 infections. This effort to “flatten the curve” was undertaken on the pretext it would prevent the nation’s hospitals from being overwhelmed with new cases.

    The curve didn’t flatten, at least not appreciably. The hospitals were largely able to handle the patient load anyway. Remember the U.S. Navy hospital ships made ready in near-record time and sent to New York City and Los Angeles to handle potential overflow? They were hardly used.

    What happened? A new study recently released by the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research shows the proponents of using lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19 hit on the wrong strategy. The states that did had no better health outcomes than those that remained mostly open.

    In “A Final Report Card on the States’ Response to COVID-19,” economists Stephen Moore, Casey Mulligan and Phil Kerpen examined the impact lockdowns had during the pandemic in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, using three metrics: health, by using the death rate in each state from COVID-19 adjusting for comorbidities; economic performance, by using unemployment figures and the growth of output in each state; and education, by measuring the number of days the schools remained open.

    What they found is that the places that imposed strict lockdowns fared far worse than those that reopened quickly or never closed at all. Washington, whose regime was one of the country’s toughest, came in 50th out of 51. Its combined score was 4.3 out of 100. Only New Jersey did worse.

    The remainder of the bottom five — New York, New Mexico and California — are also run by Democrats. The top five — Utah, Nebraska, Vermont, Montana, and South Dakota — have Republican governors. So does No. 6, Florida, and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis found himself on the receiving end of devastating criticisms and accusations he allowed the disease to spread nationwide because businesses and resorts in his state had been allowed to reopen with little if any restrictions.

  53. OldOzzie Avatar
    OldOzzie

    Easter Bunny sent to save Biden from himself.

    This is extremely serious.

  54. dover0beach Avatar

    I saw somewhere that they’re inducted into the Ukrainian Territorials, which probably is intended to cover that issue. That would make them nominally lawful combatants,

    The Convention re mercenaries is here If captured they are entitled to be treated as lawful combatants until a tribunal decides their status. If you read the convention, their status is ambiguous. My reading of the convention is that it is designed to limit a conflict to the respective national parties, not to have it extended and/ or inflamed by the introduction of foreign nationals or mercenaries.

  55. chrisl Avatar
    chrisl

    Another ex Australian cricketer has a heart attack (Ryan Campbell)
    Fifty years old
    In an induced coma
    Nothing unusual really

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  56. rosie Avatar
    rosie

    Everyone whinges about the unpleasant experiences in retail.
    It’s how it is.
    Of course some people’s unwanted items really are trash.
    I drove up Mountain Highway to Sassafras the other day, apparently laybys are drop off points for unwanted household goods.

  57. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    inflamed by the introduction of foreign nationals or mercenaries.

    Got plenty of that going on. Apparently both sides have recruited Syrians. I have no idea how they’d be treated under the laws of war.

  58. Zipster Avatar
    Zipster

    23-year-old woman to Tucker: I regret transitioning as a teen
    Helena Kerschner tells Tucker Carlson on why she de-transitioned. The full ‘Tucker Carlson Originals’ episode is available on Fox Nation. #FoxNews #Tucker

  59. Bluey Avatar
    Bluey

    Shock horror, not having hundreds of thousands of students, working visas, etc. means citizens can find work more easily. Imagine how many of those open positions could be filled without reintroducing the same if the state dumped vaccine mandates.

    We really have smart people running the country.

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  60. dover0beach Avatar

    Looks as if that woman from Bezos Post crying a river, about two weeks ago, about online harassment is going to dox Libs of TikTok.

    They are despicable creatures.

  61. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    Kneelsays:
    April 19, 2022 at 10:31 am
    Boambee John says:
    April 18, 2022 at 11:42 am

    What happened to “stand, and if necessary fall”? Was that for others?

    That was Struth’s line, not mine.

    I know. I was responding to his comment that you quoted.

    Agree also with the rest of your comment.

  62. Dr Faustus Avatar
    Dr Faustus

    My reading of the convention is that it is designed to limit a conflict to the respective national parties, not to have it extended and/ or inflamed by the introduction of foreign nationals or mercenaries.

    Compliant, low flsmmability foreign nationals:
    Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war

    Now members of Brig. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan’s division are among hundreds of Russian-trained Syrian fighters who have reportedly signed up to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, including Syrian soldiers, former rebels and experienced fighters who fought for years against the Islamic State group in Syria’s desert.

    Mostly peaceful chaps, highly disciplined, very unlikely to commit atrocities. Not a terror weapon like [cue spooky music] the Chechens.

  63. Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity Avatar
    Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

    I drove up Mountain Highway to Sassafras the other day, apparently laybys are drop off points for unwanted household goods.

    The entirely predictable outcome of councils charging hefty “Dump fees”

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  64. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    Tucker Carlson Originals

    I thought this one was pretty original.

    Twitter trends Tucker tackling testicle tanning *

    Follow the link at the link for some fun. * I made up that headline since yes, it is on Tucker, it is about tanning one’s testicles, and yes testicle tanning apparently is now trending on Twitter, which figures. Oh and lefty heads are currently exploding muchly.

  65. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    Btw, it’s safe for work – the link is to Instapundit, and thence to Twitchy.

  66. dover0beach Avatar

    Anya Parampil
    @anyaparampil
    ·
    5m
    Chile’s Foreign Ministry reports that ?
    @realGonzaloLira?’s family has not heard from him since April 15

    Can someone let the family know he’s in Waikiki.

  67. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    The entirely predictable outcome of councils charging hefty “Dump fees”

    $80 for a mattress $20 a tyre at my local tip.

  68. rickw Avatar
    rickw

    We really have smart people running the country.

    Yep, treasonous mongs.

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  69. Tintarella di Luna Avatar
    Tintarella di Luna

    50 year old Ryan Campbell former cricket international fighting for life after suffering a heart attack on the weekend – hope he makes it back to full health

  70. Winston Smith Avatar

    rosie:

    What’s all this?
    Winston has a supply chain talking points today?

    They’re the stuff I get in my newsfeed.
    What’s the problem?

  71. dover0beach Avatar

    New OT incoming at 1pm.

  72. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    $80 for a mattress $20 a tyre at my local tip.

    That’s cheap.
    Captain Snooze charges $500 for a mattress.

  73. Winston Smith Avatar

    Roger:

    “Josh” is underwhelming, to be sure, but why is it that people in these erstwhile “blue ribbon” Liberal seats are so stupid?

    They’re not bright enough to be classified as stupid. They belong to the demographic that will go to the Gulags when the Communists get in.

  74. duncanm Avatar
    duncanm

    OldOzziesays:
    April 19, 2022 at 12:51 pm
    Genius’ shopping centre offers ‘husband storage pods’ where wives can leave their partners to play games while they browse the stores

    https://www.instagram.com/miserable_men/?hl=en

  75. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    I drove up Mountain Highway to Sassafras the other day, apparently laybys are drop off points for unwanted household goods.

    The entirely predictable outcome of councils charging hefty “Dump fees”

    I notice the local Vinnies has had to close its drop off point.

    Despite large signs requesting otherwise, on the weekends it became a dumping site for townies to lazy or cheap to drive to the tip.

  76. Winston Smith Avatar

    Old Ozzie:

    The 2022 election is taking place with employment numbers that most modern governments of Australia could only dream about. Last week, the rounded-up jobless rate for March came in at 4 per cent, the lowest since November 1974, and it is tipped to fall further over coming months, given the 423,000 job vacancies that employers are desperately trying to fill.

    Do they count the wukkas forced out due to their refusal to be vaccinated?

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  77. bespoke Avatar
    bespoke

    Captain Snooze charges $500 for a mattress.

    Yes removal from a 787 is a little more complicated.

  78. Tintarella di Luna Avatar
    Tintarella di Luna

    Well this kitteh does as you do calli, volunteers shouldn’t be put upon. Though I was at a Salvos shop a week or so ago and found a beautiful large Russ Teddy Bear in immaculate condition, would probably cost more than $50.00 to buy new if you can find such a bear. One of the workers told me she rescued it from the bin because the higher ups have decided that all pre-loved toys are to be disposed of – she said she was not going to throw perfectly good toys away and that donees would not be happy about that decision; she rescues as many as she can. Good for her – the Bear I bought I gave to a friend’s disabled son who loves Teddy Bears – he loves it.

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  79. GreyRanga Avatar
    GreyRanga

    callisays:
    April 19, 2022 at 11:05 am
    Run by women with nothing to do.

    As it’s mostly older ladies, what would you prefer them to be doing?

    The jobs are voluntary. Should the charity shops close?

    The shop I mostly support now is to support the local medical centre that only charges the medicare fee and fits anyone in without an appointment. They used to struggle for funds coz the local nannas only went for a chat. The books were three times the price of the other two shops across the road, I doubt if one was sold for years. The furniture needed to go to the tip, the clothes weren’t sorted into sizes just piled up. Recently some new nannas have taken over, the place hums. The voluntary job is to sell stock, good intensions are just that if not followed through with actions. The Vinnies I used to go to had a great book section, always picked up something, now about quarter the size with the remaining space filled with glassware from the fifties that no-one buys. No help is better than the wrong help.

  80. Winston Smith Avatar

    Entropy:

    I am always having this argument with Mrs entropy. Old worn out clothes sit in bags “for the poor” for months. Sometimes I sneak them out on garbage night, and usually they are not missed. Other times I find it very worthwhile to listen to SWMBO and take it to the charity bin.

    I take it those times are when SWMBO has hidden the keys to the beer fridge?
    🙂

  81. Mother Lode Avatar
    Mother Lode

    New Fred!

  82. Top Ender Avatar
    Top Ender

    I have only two words to add to this discussion of secondhand stuff.

    Facebook Marketplace.

    The stuff being given away, or sold for a song, just for a drive to the donor’s house, is incredible.

  83. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    have 55-75 gates and women’s slalom courses have 40-60 gates,

    Just like the tennis, but equal, you know.

  84. Indolent Avatar
    Indolent

    Inside a Shanghai mass quarantine center: No showers, lights on 24/7

    People being treated like cattle. Don’t think for a second they wouldn’t do the same here if they thought they could get away with it.

  85. cohenite Avatar
    cohenite

    Jacinta Price defends Katherine Deves; that bald prick matt kean criticises her. That’s all you need to know about Katherine Deves.

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