In a bookshop recently, can’t remember which one, Australian section, 95% female authors, I’d never heard of most. Jane Harper…
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ANZ is into virtue signalling woke meddling too.
I am a US optimist, although the place has some real problems its capacity for reinvention is unmatched. After reading…
Why do the Australian people have to suffer this purely political appointment? Because Albanese is a political hack for whom…
Russians With Attitude@RWApodcastLavrov: “Trump’s arrival will not fundamentally change the U.S. attitude toward the situation in Ukraine; Washington wants to keep…
It’s a c..t of an administration.
Jan 6 was an insurrection. Going to people’s home is just a protest.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/psaki-encourages-protest-outside-private-homes-of-supreme-court/
Yes, JC, there are all sorts of fake “looxury” products around.
My favourite fraud is that seafood extender stuff with traces of red food colouring in a vain attempt to make it look like lobster or crab.
It is really a by-product of milk factories.
I think it is whey + emulsifiers + colouring.
Oh really, so that junk isn’t even fish based.
Dover- check your email for my Archie wordwall.
Crab sticks.
Yeah, baby. Similar to pretending there’s actual meat in hot dogs.
And just like that – the dodgy ladeeee boundary umpire story from this morning has been given the arse, all the way to the bottom end of the AFLW ladypages in the online Hun.
They must have worked out the story was a dud.
wow kevni and his Murdoch derangement syndrome
Appreciate the good wishes. Finally recovered sufficiently from usual overreaction to anasthesia to find it ‘s 29 hours since I last ate and my post operative ride home yesterday afternoon. went without me.
Lovely young nurses have made me tea and brought sandwiches to restore ne to my usual sunny self. Surgeon is hopeful that the outcome to fingers will be better than he originally expected.
Now to survive another 4 hours of hospital night noises and roomie’s CPAP machine without the benefit of anathestic unconsciousness.
Megan says:
May 8, 2022 at 3:15 am
Wish you a speedy recovery.
Ps, sorry to ask, what was the op for?
(even for lurking , I’m not very good, come here only every now and then, so I missed your prev. post)
Week In Pictures.
Megan, all the best for your surgery. At least it’s not the NHS you are grappling with.
Today here in Saffron Walden my friend took me to an art opening, lovely mid-twentieth century art from an atelier of the 1930’s to 1960’s gathered in a large village where Hairy’s parents had a house after retirment. We visted the village yesterday on our way to Sutton Hoo’s now-famous site (from ‘The Dig’). One of the main organisers of the gallery for this show has been on a ‘list’ for NHS treatment of a bad hip for two years over the Covid period. I spoke to her husband at the show, and he was scathing about the NHS to me, telling me how they resist those who wish to go ‘private’. More and more of the middle-classes are dropping the NHS mantra of perfection for all to take another view of it. I did manage to extract a telephone consultation and some more blood pressure meds from them, after considerable walking up and down to the town (no parking) to deliver my ‘temporary absense’ from my usual practice form (10 years ago and I still fortunately had the card with my NHS number). I had to appear again the next day to stand in line while an aged Irish (and very slow) male non-medically trained recepti0nist interrogated everyone as to what was wrong with them before allocating them to a docor or a phone consult (with nurse practitioner or doctor) or a ‘go away’ notice. An embarassing triage system for some women I am sure, telling him and the world about their menstrual issues etc. The man himself was also completely frazzled, run off his feet by ‘boxes not ticked’ etc on forms and grisly ‘specimins’ that people were thrusting at him. Top down bureaucracy gone mad, while other employees seemed fairly leisurely wandering in and out of box rooms. My small brush with the NHS done at last.
I purchased a large and heavy book of the paintings at the show for Hairy’s 70th this week, my prezzie to him which we will drag back to Australia, for they are charming renditions in mid-century style of an English life now long gone, but redolent for him and for me too. The good and the great of this town were at the show, the Grand Dame wearing a wonderful tapestry coat and a double row of solid yellow amber beads such as I remember the lezzo bookseller opposite my nana’s place in Evesham wearing as she took me under her wing in that golden age of my childhood at eleven and got me reading some old English classic childrens’ books. Here gathered today were the townsfolk of the right accent talking arcane chat, who exist in an aloof and unapproachable world in contrast to the sellers and buyers in the local market square we walked through on our way home. Class distinctions still live well in ‘village’ England.
Megan
Hope you find all the hospital noise and goings on a source of comfort and joy, of sorts.
Best wishes.
What does Putin think he is achieving by wiping out another generation of white men . I suppose there is the Merkle solution.
Gabor, it was a right hand fasciectomy to try and restore a couple of disabled fingers. Do not advise googling images. Result not clear for a couple of weeks. Genetic gift from Scottish ancestors.
Lizzie, Medicare has managed to self destruct faster than the blighted NHS. Total contribution of Medicare and top private insurance is $957 leaving me to pay the close to
Apologies for stupid quote insertion. One handed
Apologies for the quote fail. One handed typing and fat handed bandages do not play well on a sensitive touch screen.
Speedy recovery Megan.
You’re cheap to run Megan. My missus reckons I’m a no value trade in.
Pretty sure I exceeded 100% depreciation rate a couple of decades back, Ranga.
In bocco al lupo , In the mouth of the Wolf, good luck in Italian Megan and that about describes present Victorian health system .
When I got x rayed the other day the radiologist said in 35 years doing this I’ve never seen anything like this. Where did you get this done. Here. On Medicare.
It also helps to add some under ripe fruit. Contains more pectin and doesn’t alter the taste.
JCsays:
May 7, 2022 at 11:51 pm
Why the hell are people talking about caviar? I don’t get it as it doesn’t sound like a caviar crowd here.
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa – One of the Caviar Crowd
On my many 4WD Trips across OZ road testing New Vehicles for my 4WD Journo Mate, we were accompanied by Retired Qantas 747 Captain and his wife (who had been a Trolley Dolly for BA then QF when he met her) in his fully kitted out Toyota Series 100 Landcruiser retirement vehicle.
One of the traditions of the trip became that one evening on the trip, his wife would serve the team, the Qantas 1sr class Caviar with egg and Vodka
One of the most memorable evenings was sitting on a ridge overlooking the Bungle Bungles watching the sunset whilst having Caviar with egg and Vodka – something I had become accustomed to flying 1st Class on QF whilst working for them for over 18 years
Amazing times: Even the socialists are upset with the Democrat leadership
As a Reagan appointee who fought as a Marine in Southeast Asia, I am struck by how the Democrat party now has gotten outflanked by insightful sanity and truth from socialists and the anti-war left. It is truly a strange time.
According to the WSWS:
Pelosi’s pledge, coming just one week after similar assurances by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, amounts to an unlimited commitment of treasure and blood to the pursuit of sweeping, open-ended war aims that threaten to draw the United States into what Biden called “world war.”
What does “victory” in Ukraine mean? In the span of just one week, Biden, Austin and leading members of the president’s political party have all given conflicting and irreconcilable answers as to what the United States is trying to achieve in Eastern Europe.
On one hand, Biden claimed that it is “not true” that the United States is engaged in a proxy war with Russia. On the other, Austin said at a press conference in Poland last week that the United States is seeking to “weaken” Russia. The New York Times has raised the prospect of “bringing Russia to its knees,” while former US Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges called for “breaking the back” of Russia.
To which of these goals is Pelosi committing the United States?
If one accepts Pelosi’s statements in the most limited and most literal sense, they mean that the United States will assist Ukraine in achieving its military aims in regard to Russia. But Ukraine’s own military goals, developed in close cooperation with US military planners, are sweeping.
Now with the high probability of what is being called a midterm “Red Wave” portending Republican control of the House and possibly the Senate, with Republicans in charge, I pray that many “R” combat veterans are soon elected.
Such stupid, incoherent, and very public babbling of the Biden administration national security defense posture can be turned around.
One for Lizzie
(PS – my memories of the NHS in 90s in Guildford where my head office was, was easy to arrange an appointment and got an Australian Doctor seeing me)
THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN HUMAN BRAIN SHAPE
“Our data show that, 300,000 years ago, brain size in early H. sapiens already fell within the range of present-day humans. Brain shape, however, evolved gradually within the H. sapiens lineage, reaching present-day human variation between about 100,000 and 35,000 years ago. This process started only after other key features of craniofacial morphology appeared modern and paralleled the emergence of behavioral modernity as seen from the archeological record. Our findings are consistent with important genetic changes affecting early brain development within the H. sapiens lineage since the origin of the species and before the transition to the Later Stone Age and the Upper Paleolithic that mark full behavioral modernity.”
Taliban reimpose full burka for women and say it’s best they stay at home.
Up next: public executions at the local sports grounds.
Sky News is getting its obligatory worship of James Murdoch’s deity over in a rush this morning. They have no less than five repeats of this story on their main page.
Coal communities pushing for government support in pursuit of net zero (7 May)
That version of the headline obviously wasn’t enough so they went even further.
Mining towns demand ‘shift’ to net zero (8 May)
It’s complete rot. Mining towns aren’t going to vote for oblivion. This is who Dr Amanda Cahill is:
She sounds like a complete druid. I wonder who funded the stupid report?
The Beloved had his left hand done in 2021. Full recovery. All the very best Megan.
Don’t laugh. This is real.
Impressive.
Thanks Tom.
Ozzie, do you think there’s a possibility of shape change in store for H. wokiens?
I suspect at least 20% shrinkage.
calli – impressed by Impressive
Reminded me of “Up Here, Up Here” in Two and a Half Men – Boobra’s Mom
From Food Inflation to Food Shortages to Food Crisis to — Famine?
I have the same problem. I just call my man and go to the club.
Proxy War Update, Russia Targeting U.S. Military Equipment Arriving in Ukraine, Apparently with Some Success
It doesn’t sound like a very complex military strategy on the part of Russia actually. As the U.S. weapons convoys are pushed from Western Ukraine toward Eastern Ukraine (Donbas region) the Russians identify the locations and blow them up with cruise missiles.
It remains difficult to locate solid reporting on the ongoing Ukraine conflict, but somewhere between the western media disinformation about the heroic efforts to fight back – and the Russian claims of advanced success in the region, the truth must exist. The challenge is finding the accurate information.
According to Reuters, “Russia’s defense ministry on Saturday said it had destroyed a large stockpile of military equipment from the United States and European countries near the Bohodukhiv railway station in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The ministry said it had hit 18 Ukrainian military facilities overnight, including three ammunition depots in Dachne, near the port city of Odesa.” France24 seems to confirm this report.
Additionally, as to the Eastern Ukraine Alamo known as the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol, it now appears all of the women and children (human shields) have been able to escape the facility and now the Russians will collapse the remaining Azov Battalion opposition. “Before the UN-led evacuation, about 200 civilians, including children, were estimated to still be trapped in the Soviet-era tunnels and bunkers beneath the factory, along with a group of Ukrainian soldiers making a last stand.”
Yahoo News – “US President Joe Biden announces a new $150 million weapons package to Ukraine, including artillery munitions and radar, while urging Congress to pass a $33 billion aid package including $20 billion in military aid.
The new batch brings the total value of US weaponry sent by the Biden administration to Ukraine — including heavy artillery, shoulder-held Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and drones — to $3.8 billion since Russia invaded on February 24, says Secretary of State Antony Blinken.” (link)
It looks like Vladimir Putin’s military is simply playing whac-a-mole by destroying U.S. heavy weapons shipments as they arrive. We send in artillery pieces; Russia blows them up in convoys or on railroad trains.
The western propaganda is extremely thick. Much of the western effort is U.S. psychological operations, run from the Dept of State, using pictures and images to keep Americans supporting the proxy war.
UK Government Data Shows Nobody Should Be Injected with Covid “Vaccines” – They Should Be Halted Immediately
Best wishes, Megan. Hope you get out of hospital asap so you can get some sleep and recover properly.
Re the NHS – I read an article at The Conservavtive Woman recently (too lazy to find and link) about NHS dentistry in the 1950s. Apparently they had mobile dentist vans that travelled around, particularly targeting children. Horror stories abounded, because the dentists were paid on piecework rates, so the more fillings they could jam into your mouth, the better for them.
There was a phenomenon known as ‘the Australian trench’ (confirmed by several people in the comments and by a Google search) which was expat Australian dentists who would literally drill a trench along your back teeth, pour in amalgam like concrete, and of course charge the NHS for multiple fillings. Way to fund your European holiday.
That will be on top of the shrinkage the male of that species already has.
All the best for a full recovery, Megan.
Keep Calm & Censor On: Musk Summoned To UK Parliament To Answer For His Pledge To Restore Free Speech
“2000 Mules” Full of Must-See Surprises
Scotty Ritter on the utter hopelessness of the Ukraine War.
It’s Murder [7:27]
As one does.
Megan,
If SP trades you in he’s going to have a big tax problem.
Indolentsays:
May 8, 2022 at 8:37 am
“2000 Mules” Full of Must-See Surprises
Dinesh D’Souza’s 2000 Mules documentary is debuting this week in hundreds of cities nationwide. I like D’Souza largely because of his up-from-poverty background and his aggressive fight for liberty.
However, I had no great expectations of the film, imagining a rehash of election irregularities already aired on Fox News — poll watchers kept 60 feet away in Philadelphia while cardboard was placed over windows to block their view, shifts of ballot counters that closed down for the night only to open within a half hour with no supervision but lots of new ballot boxes.
Imagine my surprise to find no reports like that in the documentary. It was more like a thrilling Mission Impossible episode complete with Star Wars technology.
Many of us are aware that we can be tracked by our cell phones, even when they are turned off. Now imagine being able to track people who are paid to pick up ballots and run them to drop boxes at different locations around a city or even across counties.
These deliverymen are called “mules,” and D’Souza’s documentary takes us on an unbelievable ride with 2,000 of them, evincing that ballot harvesting was rife during the 2020 election.
They geo-tracked cell phones to what I’ll politely call “ballot modification stations.” Combined with surveillance video — 4 million minutes in all — their research uncovers a widespread system of organized crime and mass ballot manipulation.
Jam hints.
Do not add treacle.
Lemon pips contain a lot of pectin. If you have a T****mix you can whizz them into a fine grind at the start, and you get the setting effect without having to fish pips out of your jam.
Any news on Gonzalo Lire?
Has he been found?
You soak the pips in a cheesecloth pouch. Remove pips before cooking. No need to sift them through the teef.
That hand op was 2020 by the way. The past two years have swept by in a miserable haze.
It’s spelled out pretty clearly that JFK’s decision making in the Bay of Pigs debacle deeply pissed off all the heavy hitters in CIA and the Warren Commission was handled by maaates to ensure the right outcome. But the author is an old school leftie and it shows at the end. A very good read indeed.
Fertilizer is made from Natural Gas
And
John Kerry vs. Natural Gas
Scotty Kilmer on how to drive a manual Mazda Miata [they look like a pretty good car].
Apart from the Banned Drinkers Register, the other annoying alcohol policy in the NT is the “minimum floor price”.
This means any bottle of grog sold by a shop has to be at least $1.30 per standard drink.
So therefore it’s impossible to buy a bottle of wine less than $10. Wine casks cost over $40.
Guess where the money goes? Into the pockets of the shop owner.
When Red Fred is regarded as making a useful contribution to the pre-election debate you really are down the rabbit hole.
The Economist: Russia is back on its financial feet
The Economist Sat, 07 May 2022
In early April we pointed to preliminary evidence that the Russian economy was defying predictions of collapse, even as Western countries introduced unprecedented sanctions. Recent data further support this view. Helped along by capital controls and high interest rates, the rouble is now as valuable as it was before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February (see top chart). Russia appears to be keeping up with payments of its foreign-currency bonds.
The real economy is surprisingly resilient too. True, Russian consumer prices have risen by more than 10% since the beginning of the year, as the rouble’s initial depreciation made imports more expensive and many Western companies pulled out, reducing supply. The number of firms late on their wage payments seems to be growing.
But “real-time” measures of Russian economic activity are largely holding up. Total electricity consumption has fallen only a smidge. After a lull in March, Russians seem to be spending fairly freely on cafés, bars and restaurants, according to a spending tracker run by Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank. On April 29th the central bank lowered its key interest rate from 17% to 14%, a sign that a financial panic which began in February has eased slightly. The Russian economy is undoubtedly shrinking (see bottom chart), but some economists’ predictions of a GDP decline of up to 15% this year are starting to look pessimistic.
Groogs stop angling for an invite to the Woomba Miata Helldrivers AGM. It ain’t gonna happen.
Canadian sniper ‘terribly disappointed’ with military reality in Ukraine
A Canadian ex-soldier known as ‘Wali’ has alleged chaos, looting and incompetence in the Ukrainian military
Exactly calli. What sort of philistine would leave the pips in?
Michael Smith News – Labor Party advertising still features Kimberley Kitching…..
Outsiders making hay with poor ol’ Albo’s “communication struggles”.
Piers Akerman in the Daily Telegraph…..
Piers Akerman: Malcolm Turnbull’s backing of Teal independents proves he doesn’t grasp politics
Malcolm Turnbull has proved again why he was a hapless Liberal leader and prime minister with his backing of the teal independents against the moderates of his former party.
Malcontented millionaire Malcolm Turnbull has donned the teal uniform of the so-called independents claiming traditional political party supporters can escape the “thrall of the dominant faction” by “voting for an independent who has a real chance of success”.
The elitist former Liberal PM, ranked first or second as the worst in the party’s history, made his pitch to the Washington chapter of the Harvard Club (he did not attend Harvard) not in his old electorate, Wentworth, where former diplomat and current MP Dave Sharma is facing off against millionaire fashion heiress Allegra Spender. She is one of a number of independents backed by the heir to another fortune, Simon Holmes a Court, who runs the sect-like Climate 200 political fundraiser.
His candidates’ campaigns have been distinguished by the well-choreographed performances of (largely) well-groomed women dressed in uniforms who resemble characters from A Handmaid’s Tale.
The bitter Turnbull’s grasp of politics hasn’t improved since he was dumped by his colleagues in 2018.
On Friday morning he told the ABC that “in the federal party room, the tide has really gone out for the smaller ‘l’ Liberals and the moderates”.
“So the consequence is that the people who were more comfortable with that side of the Liberal Party are, if you like, voting with their feet, and supporting teal independents,” he went on to say.
This is nonsense with a capital “N”. The teal independents are targeting seats held by small-l Liberals who actually share most of their views and some of whom have crossed the floor to vote against the majority of their party MPs. They claim to be independent but actually caucus with each other and read from the same policy sheet prepared by their sponsor Holmes a Court.
The planks to their shared platform are climate change, integrity, an inclusive economy and strong health and education policies. Spender actually promises “a better climate for Wentworth” as if the wealthy eastern Sydney electorate is on another planet and not part of the global climate she claims to be able to influence.
All her teal colleagues totally ignore the glaring reality that China’s annual increase in carbon emissions would totally negate anything Australia could do if global warming was in fact proven to be caused by human activity.
Her most important referee is Rowena Danziger, the former headmistress at the expensive all-girls Ascham School Spender attended, along with Kerry Packer’s daughter Gretel and (disclosure alert) my own daughters. Danziger, a 20-plus year veteran director of a number of Packer companies including the troubled Crown Resorts, was a member of Crown’s risk management committee.
Former judge Patricia Bergin, who conducted the inquiry into the casino concern found last year Crown was not fit to run the new casino at Barangaroo. She said Danziger gave her evidence before most of Crown’s problems had been exposed but noted “the ineffectual nature and functioning of the Crown risk and governance structures is the responsibility of all directors who served at the time of these failures”.
Perhaps Danziger is advising her former head girl on integrity issues.
Holmes a Court, in turn, could also take some lessons in integrity given his father, the billionaire Robert Holmes a Court, was accused in federal parliament of stealing nearly $1bn from the people of Western Australia.
Hansard of September 18, 1990, records Wilson Tuckey saying of Holmes a Court Sr: “His smooth extraction of almost $1bn from the SGIC (State Government Insurance Commission) could be equated to the efforts of those celebrated cat burglars of the movies.”
The Climate 200 founder was apparently unaware of his father’s history and last month emailed me a query: “What are you referring to? What do you know about my father that i (sic) don’t?”
Plenty, apparently, and I hastened to enlighten him. So far though no response to my request that he hand back his inheritance to the taxpayers. Maybe his “independent” candidates, who make much of their claims to integrity, could return their funding given the claims around its primary source? That would make the real difference they claim they could make in politics – but it won’t happen.
Holmes a Court’s team is bereft of policies to deal with the big issues of defence and the economy. No wonder Turnbull finds it so admirable. It mirrors his hapless leadership.
Rich Strike wins the Kentucky Derby.
On course odds, 80/1.
Ladbrokes had it at 300/1.
If you go through the form of most group one runners in Australia, the sires are all familiar names even if they they had history in Europe or even a few US sires.
I didn’t recognise a single sire for the runners in the Kentucky Derby.
Bastard.
I have to be doing outdoorsy stuff for most of the day again – but first I must head down to Colesworths to pick up supplies for the next few days. Apparently 17 year olds consume their own body weight in chicken each week.
Aside from all that, I am running dangerously low on pipless caviar, so – y’know – that needs to be rectified.
SanFranNan says no to de-escalation.
Lula needs to shut up if he wants to win later this year.
First he’s ultra critical of the US & Ukraine.
Now he’s saying they need to abandon the USD peg.
Keep in mind the Brazilian Central bank is one of 14 central banks that can tap the Fed.
It’s a helluva thing for Lula to be saying.
I see Macquarie pay numbers are out. CEO $25m Head of commodities and markets $36m. The article also referred to 1,000 page Board papers. FMD.
Note Piers no doubt carefully lawyered aside to Simon’s Dad’s business dealings.
What is that lump in the carpet?
And the embarrassment of having a daughter at Ascham.
The article also referred to 1,000 page Board papers. FMD.
That’ll be a product of the banking Royal Commission. Financial institutions will be petrified of failing to tell the Board even the slightest detail.
He grasps politics all too well.
Backing the Handmaids serves two purposes:
– Revenge that he just can’t get enough of
– Lucre from green schemes
Ackerman is being too nice.
Confirmed: Walkinshaw ditches Holden to race Ford Mustangs
In what way did Walkinshaw “ditch” Holden? How can you ditch something that no longer exists?
I’m not sure why GM bothers to race Camaros in the Australian Supercar series now. There doesn’t seem to be any commercial value in it. Maybe they use it like many car brands traditionally used F1 and Le Mans – ie. as a test bed to develop their road car designs?
Tim – yes, it did make that point. In my NAB days (as a lowly corporate banking analyst) I was surprised the Board was also circulated the credit applications for certain exposures, which included interbank exposures to banks with names like a 25 letter string of a bad Scrabble hand. I am sure they didn’t just initial them like I did.
Former party?
I thought he was still a member in good standing?
Yup, he’s in it for the money. However, I really don’t think his endorsements mean a damn thing to anyone. He’s a leftist’s pet, but I don’t think he swings any votes by backing non-Liberal candidates (or Liberal candidates, for that matter). I mean, who gives a crap about what Trumble thinks, regardless of your political stripe? He’s utterly superfluous.
Im not sure why GM bothers to do a lot of things.
A small, mean man in the same mould as Rudd.
Too many are surfacing in Australian politics these days. Rich, empty men, full of wind and malice.
Chaney’s current articles and comments lack detail. He is critical of the Liberal Party and “its Coalition partner” (the Nationals) on “climate change”, “refugees”, “the government’s Robodebt debacle”, along with the “almost glacial progress being made” to put to the electorate a constitutional referendum to create a “Voice to parliament” for Indigenous Australians.
Chaney is not a conservative; he is a variety of the green/left condition known as matt keanitis; in short he is stupid.
Ten minutes of Neil Oliver goodness.
Making money is a spin off from what drives Turnbull, which is ego.
Didn’t I see a comment earlier in the week that Malcolm has been thrown out of the Liberal Party? Was that just a rumour?
Courier Mail has article up about a group of Dr’s going to Supreme Court to overturn the Vax mandates.
Good luck to them.
We’re probably outside the statute of limitations on another banking story. We used to bank JAG at the back end of the 80s. It was not a big exposure, a few million but kept the managers interested. We did a client visit to somewhere in Richmond, walked over a glass bridge to the in-house cafe for lunch which was better than anything out on the street. I can’t remember if they made any money.
Well, I’m sold.
Obama?
callisays:
May 8, 2022 at 9:37 am
Malcolm Turnbull’s backing of Teal independents proves he doesn’t grasp politics
He grasps politics all too well.
Backing the Handmaids serves two purposes:
– Revenge that he just can’t get enough of
– Lucre from green schemes
Ackerman is being too nice”
All correct.
And Turdbull is still a member of the NSW Liberal Party. The fact that the party hasn’t expelled him says it all.
Most of the Greens stuff is just them talking to themselves. I would put that firmly in that category. A glorified protest vote – albeit one likely to be wagging the dog.
Can we really have peace with these people?
A frock wearing bloke with danger hair using smart and evidence-based in a sentence should include a laugh track.
Dunno why dye their hair weird colours. It must be a religious doctrine or something. Tim Blair picked up on this yesterday with a sixer. (I won’t say sextet, might put someone off their lunch.)
The Lieborals can hardly expel Waffleworth. Over half the Parliamentary party share his beliefs and voted to install the glorified scatter cushion as his replacement.
Does that mean Ukraine can invade France and arrest Macron given their double dealings and furnishing a war of aggression?
You mean they’d walk out in sympathy?
I’m struggling to see a downside here.
A brief piece by me up at Quadrant, on the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Not sure if it’s paywalled.
No. They don’t have the numbers.
Expect Howard v Peacock on steroids after the election.
Ed Casesays:
May 8, 2022 at 8:40 am
Scotty Ritter on the utter hopelessness of the Ukraine War.
It’s Murder [7:27]
Now it’s clear. When Dickless talks about “Scotty” playing someone like a Stradivarius, he is talking about Ritter, not Morrison.
PS, Ritter is probably a spook.
Ed Casesays:
May 8, 2022 at 9:01 am
Scotty Kilmer on how to drive a manual Mazda Miata [they look like a pretty good car].
Let’s check:
Queensssslander? Check.
Rabid lefty? Check.
Miata? Check.
Dick Ed is Numbers!
I was jesting.
Like Seinfeld, a show about nothing. Only nowhere near as funny.
Comrade Neil Oliver Discusses Living as a Dissident Through Orwellian Times
May 7, 2022 | Sundance
Going on form thus far, if I were Putin I’d ask the generals to check that the missile systems haven’t been stripped of all valuable parts before going down that path.
I don’t need to be ‘welcomed’ to my country
Lincoln Brown / The Spectator
The notion that Australians must be welcomed or invited to their own country by Indigenous leaders – as occurs at the opening of state and federal parliaments, conferences, and school assemblies – is a divisive and destructive one.
This practice, while it may appear reasonable or harmless, is a manifestation of the ongoing assault on Australia’s Western heritage and implies that non-Indigenous Australians, whose families have called Australia home for many generations, do not really belong here.
I recently attended an event where the audience (mostly comprised of Australians with European heritage) were ‘welcomed’ by an Indigenous speaker. It was a pitiful display of bitterness, resentment, and even hatred towards white Australians. Indeed, it was little more than a scolding for the colour of their skin.
The speaker bluntly stated that Australia still belongs to ‘First Nations’ people (a nonsensical and ahistorical term lifted from Canada’s debates about colonialism) and does not belong to so-called ‘white people’ (or presumably any other migrant families). He then asserted that the audience needed to learn Australia’s ‘true history’. This, even though ignorance of Australia’s British heritage has never been more apparent than it is now.
It was an overtly adversarial presentation – devoid of hope or a positive vision for Australians. Not a trace of recognition for the fact that Indigenous people enjoy the same fundamental rights that all Australians enjoy, or the tremendous efforts that governments, charities, and individuals have put into improving life for Indigenous Australians over many decades. Instead, the speaker aggressively asserted that Indigenous people are still colonised and that white people must continue to be reminded of this until colonialism ends.
The belief that all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, have a right to call the country in which we were born home is now openly attacked.
The desired outcome for such activists is unclear. How, exactly, will we know when enough has been done to overcome racism? What measurable goals must be achieved? When will we be able to congratulate ourselves for elevating Indigenous voices and dismantling colonialism enough? Will it be when all references to Christianity are removed from the national curriculum, as was attempted (and, thankfully, negated) last year? Or when we abolish the Australian flag? At what point will we have made enough progress?
Ironically, as I flew home on a Qantas jet, the pilot acknowledged the traditional custodians of the state I was returning home to. It is a strange form of colonialism in which major corporations, from airlines to the AFL, feel the need to constantly remind everyone that the land belongs to Indigenous people. One would think that if racism were the ubiquitous problem that we are told it is then major corporations would not bother with such sentiments.
White people, as nebulous as that concept is, are not guests in Australia. My ancestors were also born and raised here many generations ago. No one should be made to feel guilty for the colour of their skin or blamed for the actions of people who have long since died. This attribution of historical, collective guilt to an entire group of people due to their ethnicity is not only racist but is a symptom of a dying Australia. It is a direct, ideological assault on Western values based on selective distortions of history and the Marxist idea of class guilt, now applied to race, which divides humanity into ‘oppressed’ and ‘oppressor’ classes and ascribes sinfulness or virtue based on whatever group one happens to belong to.
If you are Indigenous, you are a victim, and therefore virtuous. If you are white, you are an oppressor, and therefore sinful. If you disagree, this demonstrates that you are entrenched in your oppressor privilege, which makes you more of a racist.
This is a dangerous fiction.
The reality that nobody is allowed to acknowledge, but everyone knows, is that Indigenous Australians not only enjoy the same basic rights as everyone else but are now viewed by mainstream institutions such as government, media, and education as having a kind of culturally protected status thanks to policies concerned with promoting ‘equity’. Such policies mean that Indigenous people have access to a range of opportunities, from scholarships to employment, that non-Indigenous people do not.
Welfare policies for Indigenous people abound, yet so do high rates of alcoholism, abuse, imprisonment, and early deaths in Indigenous communities. Is this because of racism? How many more apologies, more welcomes to country, more equity programs, are needed to remedy these issues and undo the supposed harms of our colonial heritage? Or could it be that these policies, which negate personal responsibility (that nasty colonial idea), do more harm than good?
People are afraid to suggest these things because they will be accused of racism. To call someone a racist is one of the most destructive slurs available. It destroys careers and reputations. This constant threat of ostracism for saying ‘the wrong thing’ is a cudgel the Left wields to shut down debate and discussion about how to view Australian history and how issues in Indigenous communities can be addressed. The tragic irony is that ‘welcome’ ceremonies, apologies, and other pointless gestures do nothing whatsoever to address the real and serious problems faced by Indigenous communities (especially those who live in remote areas). The virtue-signalling activists do not care about helping them, only about getting revenge on white people, and promoting themselves as victims.
None of this is likely to be new to most readers of The Spectator Australia. We know that Western values are under attack and that Australian history is more complex than being entirely good or entirely bad.
What is needed is the courage to say the unsayable: it is not right for white people to be chastised for their skin colour, nor is it right to blame every problem that Indigenous people face on so-called racism. This assault on Western values only ends when cancel culture is countered with courage culture, and name-calling stops being a weapon that can be used against people who see through the pernicious cultural-Marxist worldview.
Lincoln Brown can be found over on Twitter.
If the Lieborals main function is indeed to keep the Liars out of government they might as well develop a series of secondary functions while they’re at it.
Top Endersays:
May 8, 2022 at 10:33 am
A brief piece by me up at Quadrant, on the Battle of the Coral Sea.
TE
HMAS Australia (II) was a heavy cruiser (8″ guns), not a battle cruiser such as was HMAS Australia (I).
That’s like asking the fox to count the chickens.
Keeping the Liars out of government is a perfectly legitimate object. Perhaps a little bit narrow to found a political movement. It is worth remembering the USA was founded by a desire to be left alone and look what it became.
Map of north Donbas as of yesterday.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSMiWyrVgAAnNpA?format=jpg&name=large
I think it’s pretty clear where all this is headed for Ukr in the contested regions. All that remains to be seen is what more destruction and death Zhelensky will accept fighting for regions containing ethnics the Ukr Govt actually despises. If only those people had all fled like they were “encouraged” to.
That did occur to me.
From theTwitter column
Only poor people can afford to have babies. That is a well known economic fact.
10 minutes well spent. Thanks, lotocoti.
Quoting statements made under privilege from Hansard is a very neat way around that.
I’m sure we could trust The Poot.
You are right BJ – my mistake!
It’s unofficially the official start of summer in the US, with the running of the Kentucky Derby and an 80:1 shot made it through the finish line first.
Their int’l trade depended on the protection of the Royal Navy but weren’t prepared to pay for it.
Britain’s finaces were particularly stretched after the Seven Years War, which began when a colonial liutenant-colonel attacked a French fort on the Ohio river. His name was George Washington.
Reports that “Admiral Makarov” is in Sevastopol doing fine, in Donbass pocket the heavily fortified city of Popasnaya was captured by RUS, and, further north, RUS have crossed the Seversky Donets now threatening to encircle Sievierdonetsk and Lysychansk. According to ISW, Jomini, etc. situation for RUS deteriorating.
Demonrats abort kids. If abortion was made illegal (and it’s not even if Scotus reverses Wade and Row, there would be more Demonrats. I’m not advocating anything here, but it’s worth giving it some thought. 🙂
You can’t be a superpower without throwing your weight around. Look what happened in the 30s and 40s.
Oh my wordy lordy. I’m not sure this tidbit was widely advertised – surely the vast majority of these stints would have been ‘between series’ for this grinning, chick-bashing imbecile. The Tele:
Osbourne, Sheen, Lohan and Nolte do not have records for flogging women while discussing minutiae related to opening flower businesses.
Obviously.
Ah. That was the network’s plan. Throw enough Hail Marys around and it works, until it doesn’t.
It is both refreshing and gratifying for O’Keefe to finally realise that – contrary to his earlier opinions – he is in fact a little dog in a big yard.
Magnificent.
This is a myth.
I’m surprised that there are still those people who still believe the “Battle of the Coral Sea” turned back a Japanese invasion fleet, headed for Australia……
See above.
The US Navy came into being because of the nonsense along the Barbary Coast by pirate towel-heads. It was privately funded too at the outset. As you become bigger, you need to protect your sea-lanes and trade routes. It just goes with the rhythm.
Lef-leaning luvvy media here and overseas think Lula is lickable lingamwise.
Dey hates Bolsonaro, Orban, the Poles, and any conservative who gets elected anywhere.
Sixteen century England was well known for its political and religious freedom.
Turley hangs the soulless redhead out to dry.
You know what struck me with respect to religious freedom. The main Jewish synagogue in Rome is a stone’s throw from the Vat.
Yes, although New Guinea was an Australian mandate, a mandate won by the argument that it was effectively a forward post in our defence. So you can see how that belief got some legs.
There’s still hope for Mr. Ed.
Scientists discover shock therapy that ‘repairs misfolded proteins’ linked to dementia – offering hope to nearly a million Britons living with the condition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10791503/Dementia-cure-hope-scientists-discover-shock-therapy-repairs-misfolded-proteins.html
and he’s not the only one.
January 6th was an insurrection though.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/democrats-scream-outside-homes-of-justice-roberts-and-kavanaugh/
Let’s all be civil though.
The renewables huckster is on Sky with Ross Greenwood expounding how energy will be cheaper when there is less of it. According to him the cheap renewables are being held back by the coal powered electricity generators.
Really disappointing that Greenwood did not challenge him on any of his assertions. Who would have thought that Laura Jayes is better at this than Ross Greenwood?
Hmm, lovely people.
Bear, just take a look at the laws they instituted in the colonies.
Dunno why dye their hair weird colours. It must be a religious doctrine or something. Tim Blair picked up on this yesterday with a sixer. (I won’t say sextet, might put someone off their lunch.)
What a hideous collection there, Bruce. Many of them appear to have Adelaide names too. Can anyone copy and paste the article? Tim’s blog is sadly paywalled.
It’s a beautiful building.
https://www.viator.com/en-AU/Rome-attractions/Great-Synagogue-of-Rome/d511-a23200
Tony Abbott has an excellent article in the latest Spectator on two of the books on the Pell case.
What is surprising now though is why Pell didn’t sue the Victorian government.
I have never sued or been sued (perhaps surprisingly). Having been proximate to much litigation it takes a real toll on most people. My old boss regarded it as just part of doing business. He is currently counter suing his neighbour in the Supreme Court of WA. The rest of us would just say “Thank God that is over” and find something different to do.
Dover, I got about 1/3 of the way through a book on the English Civil War. I’m not about to start on early American history.
The attempt to intimidate the justices by going to their homes is despicable. Will the Biden regime condemn these actions? Will the MSM demand such a statement or criticize the regime for failing to?
PS the book was fascinating, just very heavy going. Much/most/all of the political arguments have been fought out (literally) before.
Pasazki truly is a dead soul like the old thief
I wouldn’t hold your breath.
Which raises the question…what were the police up to? .. part 2 ..
besides most of the local plod being on the books the non interest stretched all the way to the top .. prior to the departure of Bob Carr as NSW Premier there were two main contenders Craig Knowles & Carl Skully .. Knowles was Health minister who shot himself in the mouth after a public spat with a senior nurse from Campbelltown Hospital whilst Scully was Housing minister .. Scully (aka ‘the man who would be king”) realised that he needed to be squeaky clean & avoid publicity to ” draw the sword”.
Unfortunately, late 2002 there occurred an incident on the estate that under normal circumstances should have made front page & TV news headlines as well as a full plod investigation*.. it wa snipped in the bud, died on the vine and any other epithets can think of due to the mateship between “the man who would be king” and the then Plod Commish Colin Maroney aka “con baloney” .. who’s main career aim was Commish for life .. a dream that would be realised if Scully became Premier!
Basically, a local druggie ran out of the “necessary” and had no money sooo lost it and set fire to his mother’s HC pad resulting in near destruction of said property .. plod was well aware of who to blame/arrest but, of course, the, resultant, publicity would have finished Scully’s “tilt at the crown” ..
anywayz to keep a long story shorter .. the fix went in! .. the offender (a habitual criminal) handed himself in after 4 days on the run and claimed memory loss due to substance abuse .. instead of being charged with arson and a few other, obvious, charges which would have created enuf publicity to bring in the media he was charged with a, whittled down, misdemeanour BS .. nuttin’ to see ‘ere, mooove along pleeeze!
Worked like a charm! .. Liverpool Court , November 2002 .. pleads guilty as charged, to close to SFA, and received a 2 years good behavior bond …….
Thankfully, unlike fairy tales this story doesn’t have a completely happy ending ..
“the man who would be king” failed to pull the sword from the stone and became known as “excalibur failed” .. For “con baloney” tho a happier ending! .. “excalibur failed” who’s downfall was due, not to any adverse publicity leaking but to the fact that his only good point, politically, was he wasn’t only not “eddie’s boy” but constantly at war with another local member, Joe Tripodi (“the cinematic simian”) who was one of “eddie’s boyz”, ended up Plod minister in the Iemma gummint and “con’s ” dream come true!
The arsonist (who’s name I haven’t used as it wouldn’t ring any bells) moved to Queensland where, 3 months later, during an attempted car theft was shot in the head by plod tho not fatal resulted in enuf damage to leave him a denser vegetable ( the slight difference between a cabbage to turnip .. LOL!)
* Only one plod turned up after the fire brigade had finished .. sadly, he, an, apparently, “newbie” detective forgot to get “higher-up” permission to enter the estate .. he was only here 20 minutes before being called away, urgently! .. heard several weeks later from one of the dealers that he was tranferred to the back of “Woop Woop” after the “mob” suspended all plod “good will”payments for 2 weeks due to unauthorized entry affecting business .. LOL!
Apologists for a regime are arguably worse than the regime itself.
The apologists are part of the regime.
I don’t think we can say everything we were taught (or picked up from American culture) about the American Revolution is wrong. Let’s just say the birth of any nation is fertile ground for myth makers. It’s fascinating history regardless.
The Unflushable Turd was deliciously skewered on Outsiders this morning. His vicious hypocrisy exposed again to any that have failed to notice.
But the failure of the now “wet” dominated Liberal Party to expel this vile narcissist is but one of many reasons they will lose government.
Depressing times ahead.
Plenty of myths about Australia and Australians died in the last few years.
You should write a book, shaterzzz.
You could do for NSW plod what Matthew Condon did for Qld.
You could do for NSW plod what Matthew Condon did for Qld.
It would have to be fiction and that field is already saturated .. LOL!
It’s one thing to “know” but the folk involved are experts at cover-up ..
You only have to read books any of the books regarding “Michael Drury” & the NSW Plod .. well researched but average sellers cos the facts were well & truly buried at the time they happened .. 20 years down the track they are just yarns plus I think with gummint corruption being not only endemic but accepted as fact nowadays we’ve become too blase & complacent ……..!
Turnbull, Chaney and others of that ilk. Men seeking approval by endorsing air-head females. Just wear a dress for goodness sake.
Without Mal Turnbull it woulda been a One Term Government and you’d be lining up for your 3 monthly Covid Booster.
That or Liverpool Pathwayed into a dirt nap.
Don’t forget that the widely held view of Putin in the West as a demonic, despicable character has been propagated by the same people and organisations that propagated and continue to propagate the view that Trump is a demonic, despicable character. And then you have to ask yourself how much of your opinion of Putin has been informed by these sources.
Just something to consider. Rejecting the MSM/establishment line on Putin doesn’t mean one must consider him a hero or a saint, either.
Same with much of the WA Inc and 80s business stuff. Get a “meh” at best.
Any pics of Allegra Spender in the company of Jeffrey Epstein or Leslie Wexner?
Just something to consider. Rejecting the MSM/establishment line on Putin doesn’t mean one must consider him a hero or a saint, either.
No kidding?
That totally made me laugh out loud. He’s still dealing with the fallout of asking me what’s for dinner.
Wally, check your email.
Condon’s trilogy on Terry Lewis et al was so successful he wrote a follow up on his experiences writing the books. If these were works of fiction his editor would say he was asking the reader to suspend too much disbelief!
This is from a Crikey article about the death of a five-month-old Tasmanian girl.
Red Nose Australia’s CEO Keren Ludski says it is vital that parents who co-sleep are given practical advice so they can do so as safely as possible.
“These situations are beyond heartbreaking and no family should have to experience the pain this family is now experiencing,” Ludski told AAP.
“We do not recommend co-sleeping. However, we know this is a very sensitive topic that needs to be spoken about with compassion.
“There may be many reasons parents choose to co-sleep – exhaustion, cultural norms, socio-economic challenges and ease of breast feeding to name a few.”
Red Nose’s advice to parents choosing to co-sleep include always placing their baby on their back to sleep; keeping the baby’s head and face uncovered and away from adult bedding; moving the bed away from the wall so the baby can’t get trapped; and never letting the baby sleep between two adults.
99.999% of babies are smothered by a obese mother. It’s not even a co-sleeping issue, it happens as often as not on couches in front of TVs.
Red Nose should drop the crap about two adults, bedclothes, backs, and serve it up to obese parents. And they should drop the “red nose” pettiness, it was a good and original fundraiser concept, but they are obviously fumbling the task of “awareness raising” with this soft-focus wittering.
“‘I am open to backing PM’: Spender
‘Teal’ independent Allegra Spender supports possible increase of GST as part of wider tax review; will ‘negotiate with either side if it comes to forming government’.”
Sure you are Princess.
I’m sure it was just hard work. /sarc (for those that need it).
Calli:
Well, shit.
That’s like emptying a bathtub with a teaspoon – I’d rather just pull out the plug.
The Poot does get bad press compared to The Big Guy.
It’s a beautiful day here in Sydney so I went for a long walk this morning, including along parts of Oxford Street. Mercifully I didn’t see any “Teal Independents” but I did note a few businesses, businesses that would depend on affordable and reliable electricity to continue trading, such as hairdressers and dog groomers, have Allegra placards on their shopfront and stickers with the following writing, “Climate Action Now”.
I laughed, “Climate Action Now”….”Business Closures Tomorrow”.
That’s the worst advice about sleeping position for babies that it’s possible to imagine.
This Red Nose wouldn’t be a moneymaking scam with a few families reaping the $$$$, by any chance.
Without Mal Turnbull it woulda been a One Term Government and you’d be lining up for your 3 monthly Covid Booster.
You can’t stop fucking donuts even on Mum’s day.
Thanks Dover, good timing- I’ve done a tidy-up wind-up last para.
And seriously – why do so many normally sensible people ascribe some kind of bizarre, pre-Westphalian mentality to Putin? He’s going to take the Baltic states, he’s going to take Finland, he’s going to keep pushing west.
Why?? Why would he do this? What does he gain by occupying these territories? Occupying hostile territory is costly. No one launches a war of conquest just because the land is there for the taking, unless there’s some significant value in possessing it. What do the Baltic states offer Russia that it doesn’t already possess in huge excess?
““We do not recommend co-sleeping.
Good, it’s dangerous and unhealthy.
However, we know this is a very sensitive topic that needs to be spoken about with compassion.”
Why?
And seriously – why do so many normally sensible people ascribe some kind of bizarre, pre-Westphalian mentality to Putin? He’s going to take the Baltic states, he’s going to take Finland, he’s going to keep pushing west.
Finns are stupid, it took 40,000 dead in the hundred day Winter War to bring them to their senses [temporarily].
Estonia and Latvia were Russia’s for centuries.
If they push on with joining NATO, they’ll become Russia’s again.
It’s not Rocket Science
Another excellent essay from the good Doctor. RTWT here.
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2022/05/01/care-homes-and-covid19-2/
A taster follows:
Been watching Topher’s marble video – gotta admit I’m still a bit confused by preferential voting.
All these decades I believed that they only bothered distributing preferences if there wasn’t an outright winner on first preferences.
Is that not correct?
This incredible pile is in Brisbane: EOI
This is nuts.
A baby can’t turn over on while on his back and the position prevents natural breathing.
Placed in a Cot like that is asking for disaster.
To the person who was ranting about obese mothers and co-sleeping upthread:
There’s a reason it’s called Cot Death, Sherlock.
‘Security against invasion?’
(OK, granted that was Joe Steelyman’s excuse in 1945, but a lot of folks do continue to offer it up as a justification. Even up to today’s Speshul Operation. And those ‘secured’ States haven’t forgotten it. There is a damn good reason NATO expanded…)
A glutton for punishment?
Flying up to QLD on Tuesday for a special someone’s birthday.
A pleasure denied me last year by Dan and Anna.
Then road tripping up there again in early June for another special occasion, this time with some other family members.
Looking forward to visiting country New South Wales on the way.
Should be great fun.
Same with much of the WA Inc and 80s business stuff. Get a “meh” at best.
Big, big difference .. I’m not across the antics of the WA games but gather it involved those-in-the-know making lotza money they wouldn’t normally have legally .. but did they affect the bloke/blokess’s in the street?
Here it was absolute fear inflicted on ordinary folk to ensure the drug trade & all the hangers-on made money regardless of the consequences .. try imagining being threatened with your kids being given hard drugs for FREE with no other intent than to keep you in line by implication to hook ’em .. they didn’t threaten the parents .. they didn’t have too .. just the, veiled, asides that the kids were vulnerable .. anytime …
Add to that that this was all being, tacitly, aided by corrupt plod & public serpents for money .. they may not have been fully across what taking the bribes meant for the inhabitants but they were happy too look the other way for profit ..
OK, who sprinkled Stalin’s ashes into Grigory’s gypsum again?
Also, why can Zampolit Grigs hear Finnish Boss Music?*
* Historically used to jam Russian tele-mines during the Siege of Vyborg.
Lithuania would give Russia’s mainland access to its own Kaliningrad oblast, which comes with a good trading port.
Also Griggy, the Finns said Niet, Molotoff! Twice.
I am sure they can break it out once again, and translate it into Hardbass…
Ed Casesays:
May 8, 2022 at 12:42 pm
Without Mal Turnbull it woulda been a One Term Government and you’d be lining up for your 3 monthly Covid Booster.
Dickless
Try to post items with at least some connection to reality.
If not for Bananaby and the Nationals winning an unexpected seat, Turdballs would have been out on his ear in 2016. He lost, what was it, 13 seats?
Fortunately he campaigned only in the mornings, retiring after lunch for a post-prandial nap. Had he campaigned all day, the loss might have been 26 seats.
The absolute state of the US. However, good job those guys.
Finns are stupid, it took 40,000 dead in the hundred day Winter War to bring them to their senses [temporarily].
Dickless doesn’t believe in national defence.
Well, not against communists anyway.
Then you’ve got this weird thing.
2dogssays:
May 8, 2022 at 1:37 pm
What do the Baltic states offer Russia that it doesn’t already possess in huge excess?
Lithuania would give Russia’s mainland access to its own Kaliningrad oblast, which comes with a good trading port.
Perhaps the Germans, in these fraught times, might wish to place a native title claim to Kaliningrad, under its former name of Konigsberg?
When it comes to Vlad Bae and Western perceptions, it’s a kind of Chicken and Egg thing, OCO…
Some of us looked to Georgia in 2008, Chechnya (Round 2) before that, active influence ops in Belarus in 2020 and a certain location from 2014 onwards to form our analyses of the man before we thought about wasting our time on whatever the ‘Orangutan Bard’ Media had to say on the matter.
Vlad Bae was almost tailor-made to become the bugbear he has apparently been portrayed as. And all by his own efforts. Even before Orangutan Bard appeared on the Presidential scene and had to be domestically nobbled at any cost.
It’s Mr Three’s birthday today as well as Mother’s Day. I remember your mercy dashes to Qld during the faux crisis, Rosie. And why.
Amusingly, some still believe you were “cowering in your home” when you were out and about being defiant. Funny that.
Met a young Mancusian doing a backpacking stint this morning – he says he was desperate to get out here to work, as are many others. Staffing levels through central Oz are dire, with many places offering reduced services. Off to a sunset cruise tonight along the Katherine gorge. Should be lovely. It’s hot as hades atm.
Next stop Kakadu.
***Prussian Glory intensifies***
🙂
#FredericusRex
(#TryingToUpsetDot)
(#ProbablyFailing 😛 )
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1523108790408671232
I suspect this is as much directed at their own team.
“Don’t expect to be treated differently .”
Has anybody got a spare Bell 47, a Junkers Ju 52 and the means to ensure at least 8 feet of snow falls in the surrounding districts some time in the next 3 months?
I have a strange desire to build a cable car and enact a rendition of Where Eagles Dare…
cohenite says:
May 8, 2022 at 1:47 pm
Then you’ve got this weird thing.
That’s what I call sold with acreage.
That’s about 100 hectares. 10,000m2 in a hectare.
Lurrve that bathtub.
You breed them, you feed them…
This has been my whole point about that grub, KD.
He has manipulated the legal system at every turn using the mental elf card.
Firstly to avoid conviction “not guilty on mental elf grounds”.
And secondly to convert remand into a stay at the Sydney clinic where a sympathetic shrink will “bail” him after a couple of weeks.
They are not buying it and he isn’t waking up that the game has changed. The beak basically told him on two successive occasions he needed a “much longer time in rehab”.
That is, two weeks with day release isn’t going to fly. Also the beak isn’t going to overtly prescribe when release on medical grounds is appropriate. But he/she is strongly hinting that it is secure long term rehab or jail.
No Plan C.
Why.
Because they assess that he is a high risk of committing GBH or worse.
Wally Dali at the Archibalds
Ed was dropped on his head as a baby. It’s been uphill ever since then. We admire his struggle.
But the Greens believe Albanese will have to negotiate with them to pass legislation if Labor secures a minority government and that some of its other policy priorities, which include more affordable housing and adding dental and mental health into Medicare, could be open for negotiation.
Push comes to shove. it is likely that the Lieboral branch of the UniParty would join with the Liars branch to exclude the Slime.
The Russians (and the Arabs) already own most of Knightsbridge.
Top Ender says: May 8, 2022 at 9:02 am
This ticket-clipping opportunity has not gone unnoticed by the wholesalers.
(Just saying) 😉
It isn’t about forgetting the other human – it’s about ignoring the right to life of the other human because it is convenient to do so.