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Thank you Wally.
Carryover question- why are the S.F. Liberals so unpopular in the West? -I don’t think they’re unpopular, just totally uninspiring.…
I’ll probably watch the coverage on Sky tonight unless it looks like the Libs are going to win in which case it’ll be straight over to the ABC.
Looking at the latest MonkeyPox (soon to be) panic, one thing occours to me.
If you have had smallpox vaccination, (which would cover military today and people up to the 1980’s), why then are they getting their panties in a bunch for a direct contact virus that won’t kill you.
Just saying
Matt Keen at 8:30 tonight …
Michael Smith News would be Proud
Do the Right Thing – Caro 75
Thanks O.O. Didn’t see his post.
Great minds and all that
Report confirms White House had advance knowledge of the NSBA’s ‘domestic terrorism’ letter and promised ‘we have your back’
But as word of the original letter spread people were outraged. By the end of October, the NSBA had apologized for “some of the language” in the letter. But the apology was too little, too late. Within days five state school board associations had withdrawn from the NSBA. By December the number of state associations leaving the national organization reached seventeen. That represented about 40% of the NSBA’s annual dues. By January the number had climbed to 19 and the Washington Post reported the NSBA was on the verge of a total collapse.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to help them understand what had gone wrong the NSBA hired an outside law firm to write a report about what went wrong. That’s the 55 page report that was released today.
The first takeaway is a confirmation of something we learned last year. The letter was arranged by Chip Slaven, the interim CEO of the NSBA at the time. However, the White House, in the form of White House Senior Adviser Mary Wall, was heavily consulted about the letter during its drafting.
I follow Archbishop Cordileone on twitter.
He’s the right shepherd for San Francisco.
Here they come – boatload of Illegal Centrelink Seekers intercepted.
Hey Kristina ..they got the message.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has warned that people-smugglers are “already trying to start up their illegal trade on the eve of an election” after the Sri Lankan navy intercepted a fishing vessel carrying dozens of people on Wednesday. A fishing vessel and two dinghies were stopped by the Sri Lankan navy off the Batticaloa coast earlier this week, with 40 individuals including four people-smugglers apprehended for attempting to “illegally migrate to a foreign country by sea”.
Ms Andrews, who met senior Sri Lankan officials in December about strengthening co-operation to combat people-smugglers, told The Weekend Australian “it’s already starting”.
“We know people-smugglers are watching and waiting for a change in Australia’s government, and they’re already trying to start up their illegal trade on the eve of an election,” she said.
“Only the Morrison government can keep people-smugglers out of business through our strong stance and consistency on border policy – no one who comes here illegally by boat will ever be allowed to settle in Australia.”
Haven’t voted. Had a look shortly after one, looked to be a 45 minute queue so I’ve set my alarm for 4.
Not as many how to vote handers out as last time. I remember there were greens in false colours last time and quite the gauntlet.
I never heard back again from ldp, must have had enough volunteers.
Disney Releases LGBTQ Pride-Themed Toys Marketed to Children
’For Ages 0+’
I religiously vote around 5.30 pm so that I don’t lose my cool at the vultures trying to coerce me into voting for their suck pardy. A pox on 90% of them.
Terminal ignorance – confirmed.
Hillary Clinton Did It
Her 2016 campaign manager says she approved a plan to plant a false Russia claim with a reporter.
By The WSJ Editorial Board
The Russia-Trump collusion narrative of 2016 and beyond was a dirty trick for the ages, and now we know it came from the top—candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. That was the testimony Friday by 2016 Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook in federal court, and while this news is hardly a surprise, it’s still bracing to find her fingerprints on the political weapon.
Mr. Mook testified as a witness in special counsel John Durham’s trial of Michael Sussmann, the lawyer accused of lying to the FBI. In September 2016, Mr. Sussmann took claims of a secret Trump connection to Russia’s Alfa Bank to the FBI and said he wasn’t acting on behalf of any client. Prosecutors say he was working for the Clinton campaign.
Prosecutors presented evidence this week that Mr. Sussmann worked with cyber-researchers and opposition-research firm Fusion GPS to produce the claims on behalf of the Clinton campaign, and to feed them to the FBI. An FBI agent testified that a bureau analysis quickly rejected the claims as implausible. (Mr. Sussmann has pleaded not guilty.)
Prosecutors asked Mr. Mook about his role in funneling the Alfa Bank claims to the press. Mr. Mook admitted the campaign lacked expertise to vet the data, yet the decision was made by Mr. Mook, policy adviser Jake Sullivan (now President Biden’s national security adviser), communications director Jennifer Palmieri and campaign chairman John Podesta to give the Alfa Bank claims to a reporter. Mr. Mook said Mrs. Clinton was asked about the plan and approved it. A story on the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations then appeared in Slate, a left-leaning online publication.
On Oct. 31, 2016, Mr. Sullivan issued a statement mentioning the Slate story, writing, “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow.” Mrs. Clinton tweeted Mr. Sullivan’s statement with the comment: “Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.” “Apparently” is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
In short, the Clinton campaign created the Trump-Alfa allegation, fed it to a credulous press that failed to confirm the allegations but ran with them anyway, then promoted the story as if it was legitimate news. The campaign also delivered the claims to the FBI, giving journalists another excuse to portray the accusations as serious and perhaps true.
Most of the press will ignore this news, but the Russia-Trump narrative that Mrs. Clinton sanctioned did enormous harm to the country. It disgraced the FBI, humiliated the press, and sent the country on a three-year investigation to nowhere. Vladimir Putin never came close to doing as much disinformation damage.
Re wuflu, my wife got it Friday a week ago, she tested herself and confirmed, she had a sore thorat, a few aches and pains and a headache for the first couple of days, then recovered. No more that a very mild flu for her. I didn’t test because I felt fine and have felt fine all week, that’s sharing a bed and everything else in the house.
“Only the Morrison government can keep people-smugglers out of business through our strong stance and consistency on border policy – no one who comes here illegally by boat will ever be allowed to settle in Australia.”
From the same mob that not only let all the medical rorters back in (via the Phelps agenda) but over the past coupla months has released them all onto the streets ….. not one of the ’emergency” cases ever required ICU care most didn’t get anything other than a routine check-up ….FFS!
Down the street. Walked past the polling place. Got talking to a couple of the minions handing out HTV cards. Got gravely assured “Oh,no, Labor’s the Party that looks after the battlers.”
“Fvck off, today’s Labor Party wouldn’t know a battler if they fell over one in the street.”
Damm you Old Ozzie.
I had successfully pushed that vivid visual deep into the forgettery – until now.
Cat Call for Election 22…with three hours to go
Predicted result out of 151 seats up for grabs. (76 to win)
Coalition to win:
Winston Smith 84
Knuckle Dragger 80
Tom 80 LNP, 70 the rest (Liars-Filth). Simon’s leg-openers: ZERO.
Top Ender 79 (ineligible for prize)
Lizzie 78
Eyrie 78
Calli 77
Fleeced Libs to get between 76-80 seats
Rosie LNP by one; nothing for teals, 1 green 2 independents
Megan LNP chancers, morons and grifters B team to fall over the line by one from the LAB chancers, morons and grifters A team.
Roger LNP to win 73 seats (ALP 72) & form government with support of independents
Fair Shake Scomo as a minority government…after two weeks of recounts. He takes it by 2
Chris Put me down for 3?????
Delta A Hung parliament – 74 seats each – with Greens and One nation voting each way. Rebekha Sharkie (Centre Alliance) going with LNP.
Hung parliament
2dogs Hung parliament with about 65 each for the majors
Armadillo hung Parliament with one teal holding the balance of power
MatrixTransform Liars 67; Crossbench 13; LNP 71
Labor to win:
pete m Labor to win by 10 seats
Rabz Labore at least 78 seats
Cassie of Sydney two or three seats
Crossie Labor will squeak in
Leon L ALP + Greens + TEALS 90; LNP et al 61
Sancho Labor – 76; LNP – 73; Greens – 1; Teal – 1; UAP – 0
Jeez
https://www.barrons.com/articles/a-1955-mercedes-benz-fetches-record-143-million-at-auction-01653078585?mod=hp_PENTA
Hey Gez is everyone drawing a picture of your willy?
Will Caroline Jones be finally removed from the ABC payroll or will that require a Board resolution.
Hehe – nice one TE @ 1:12pm.
If the skank loses I will be happy regardless of the end election result.
They’re both variants of cyan.
Just to be sure, the local Teal used both aqua and teal on her corflutes.
“Matt Keen at 8:30 tonight …
The loss of these seats tells us that we need to adjust our policy position from ‘net zero by 2050’ to ‘net negative before teatime’.
And pre-select more trans candidates.”
And purge the party of the base….those filthy far-right Trumpians and Putin sympathisers.
Is it electric?
Blue Altona sky
Never teal you Monty fool
This election, boo!
OK. Back from handing out HTV’s for Barney. Bloody quiet at my booth. Too quiet.
Eight candidates in New England, with only 3 handing out HTV’s (Barney, ALP plus 1 of the Independents).
My observation was that only 1 in 10 punters wanted a HTV. I’ve never seen that before. I’m not too sure what to make of that. Lotsa donkey votes? Lotsa people just getting their name ticked off? It doesn’t seem credible to me that 9 in 10 had already “made up their mind” and researched where they were putting their preferences beforehand. There was a distinct air of “I couldn’t give a shit, they are all as bad as each other”. Pretty lacklustre stuff.
The only bloke that everyone absolutely didn’t want a bar of was the Labor candidates mule (who happened to be the candidates son). He only managed to giveaway a single HTV in the two hours I was there.
On the upside, there is free piss at the after party. If they do a “live cross” tonight, Ill be the bloke in the background with a Schooner glass in each hand. It’s my one and only chance of getting my “snout in the trough”.
Another limpet employed from school to grave.
I wonder how much she pulled for the Strayan Story gig.
A series of 30-45 second top ‘n tail pieces which would be recorded back-to-back in one day. Four hours in make-up, two hours reading the Bidencue.
The party that puts up non-compulsory voting as a policy might be on to a winner!
“Here they come – boatload of Illegal Centrelink Seekers intercepted.”
It begins. I commented this morning as to how long before the people smugglers get going but this shows precisely how emboldened they are, they haven’t even waited for the votes to be counted. They know full well that Labor and the Green will simply wave their hands and let them through….coz….coz……coz….they’re the “compassionate” ones. The smugglers have been itching for this for almost nine years. How long before we see boats and bodies smashed up on rocks? But who in the progressive left care about such trivialities, in the immortal words of Senator Hanson-Dung…….”accidents happen”.
All I can say is if the skanky Teal Independents get up and enter into an alliance with Labor, then these illegals should be billeted in Wentworth, Warringah, North Sydney, Kooyong, Curtin and Goldstein. Now that’ll be fun.
How dare you!
Did his HTV show correct examples of how to draw a dick and balls on a ballot?
It’s my one and only chance of getting my “snout in the trough”.
Hammer it Armadillo.
Though I think you might be shortchanging the punters not wanting HTV cards – there’ll be plenty who know how to vote.
If it’s not too late, I’ll have a punt on the ALP winning 86 seats outright.
The ALP hates the Coalition. The Watermelon Party, its adjuncts and its beards hate the Coalition. Indepenents hate the Coaltion. People who hate the ALP, The Watermelon Party and the independents hate the Coalition. Most Coalition voters hate the Coalition. And the parliamentary party are such ****s that they’ll probably vote against themselves, too.
So. ALP: 86 seats.
Cassie:
Australia over the next three years is not going to be a boring place.
Unpleasant as Hell, yes.
But not boring.
Old Ozzie:
Using the Pravda/Trud News Interpretation Mod 2022.3, It would have been part of an ongoing Martian vs Venusian Triad squabble over Oxygen levels in their rented properties, OR another mob of Blacks/Hispanics fighting over a misspelled gang tag.
Either is possible in Lightfoot City.
I’m reading a Song for Nagasaki by Paul Glynn.
Beautiful story of Catholic convert and radiologist Takashi Nagai who married into one of Japan’s secret Christian family.
Paul gives you a fantastic potted history of Japan as part of introducing Dr Nagai, including the story of the secret Christians, at this point im up to where he’s just off as a conscripted medic for a four and a half year stint in the Japanese army in the mid 1930s.
Indolent:
The fact the O’Biden/Harris Administration isn’t being impeached in toto is an indication of how corrupt the US system is.
Fleeced! Set free from moderation at last!
I blame Dover’s bevelled nightmare tiles.
Dot:
I keep mentioning the Australian Federal and State government debt levels of $Trillion 1.5 and it just sinks like a stone – even here.
Just voted. It was at a joint Brisbane/Ryan polling booth. There just one kid handing out HTV cards for the LNP. There were way more Greens workers — I mostly see Greens signs and a smattering of LNP one. feels like it will become Greens, just like the state electorate.
There are “Secret Christian” carvings at Himeji castle. Tucked away very discretely.
OCO:
A statement from an expert witness – i.e. Doctor would be sufficient.
OCO:
…or a Rabbi.
🙂
I’ll go with hung, LNP 71, Lab 70, ferals (hopefully conservative…) 10.
Praying for a complete cluster fuck for parliament, not us long suffering taxpayers.
Top Endersays:
May 21, 2022 at 11:13 am
TE, SFLs at 74, Liars at 66, the rest on the crossbench made up of the current crop, less Helen Haines (go sfw!) and the rest, fingers crossed, a combo of UAP/ON.
Indeed it did. The point was, that under Shorten’s ‘Net Zero’ plan, electricity prices would rise.
Now just three years later, SloMo has enthusiastically embraced the same plan. Imbecile.
I do have a suggestion as to how ALL the parties could save themselves a shitload of time, money and resources.
Ban the HTV human seagulls altogether. I certainly had better things to do with my time on a Saturday (as did the rest of them).
Walk into polling booth and get your name ticked off. Get your ballots and proceed to the voting cubicle.
Each cubicle has a HTV from each party plastered on the wall. Ensure the most “prominent position” is rotated in each cubicle (so one party doesn’t get an advantage over the others). For example Liberals might have the “front and centre” position in the first cubicle, but bottom left in the next, top right in the next….and so on.
Allow each party is allowed to have a large “standard size” advertisement as you enter the facility i.e this is what we are offering, these are our policies e.t.c….
Fair dinkum, we all get bombarded with all this shit during the lead up to the election. At least on the day, FFS let us vote in peace without harassing people until the very last second we walk in the door.
If you want to see a sinister motive for the quarantine camps, this is it.
“Why pay to send them offshore to Nauru when we have brand new facilities sitting idle in every state?”
(Complete with 3 foot high fences).
“Here they come – boatload of Illegal Centrelink Seekers intercepted.”
And this is the reason that there should be no early voting, apart from genuine reasons. Voting early means that so much of the campaign is still to be known. The SFLs housing policy for first home buyers is a case in point and the main chancers on the high seas is another.
From The Oz, okay Liberal Party, this is your future, it isn’t in electorates like Warringah and Wentworth…..KISS THEM GOODBYE….
“Transgender views strike a chord in city’s west
The views of Warringah Liberal candidate Katherine Deves on transgender athletes appear to be shifting votes for the Coalition in western Sydney as the controversy around her mobilises religious communities.
Religious leaders in the western suburbs – a key electoral battleground – said the storm around Ms Deves, who is against transgender athletes playing alongside women and girls, was cutting through with their constituents. The Coalition is targeting western suburb seats in the hope of offsetting expected losses elsewhere.
Scott Morrison has visited Parramatta, currently held by Labor on a margin of 3.5 per cent, six times this election to support Liberal candidate Maria Kovacic.
The seats of Greenway and Werriwa are also considered outside chances.
A Sydney Liberal powerbroker who didn’t wish to be named said Ms Deves was “shifting votes” in the west as she represented the views of a “silent majority of people that are sick to death of wokeness” and were disappointed by the Morrison government’s failure to pass religious discrimination legislation.
“Is it enough to save the ship?” the person asked. “I don’t know there is enough of her to go around.”
Andrew Charlton (pictured above left), a managing director at Accenture and former economic adviser to Kevin Rudd, was a late captain’s pick parachuted into the key Sydney seat held by Owens since 2004. Owens, who won the seat from Liberal Ross Cameron, suffered a swing against her at the 2019 election. Charlton, a well-respected economist and leading candidate for fast-tracking into the ministry, lives outside the electorate and his preselection angered local Labor branches. Liberal HQ had been eyeing off the seat before preselection chaos delayed the selection of Maria Kovacic (pictured above right) as the party’s candidate.
While many pundits believe Ms Deves’ transgender comments don’t sit well with her own electorate, the controversy has helped her campaign in one respect: volunteers from western Sydney have been travelling to the north shore to help at her pre-polling booths in Warringah.
Her campaign co-ordinator, Jonathan Malota, said he was surprised by the number of volunteers from the west, which he said increased the more Ms Deves spoke publicly about the issue. “I can’t tell you how many bus timetables I have given out,” he said. “The more she spoke the more those in the west wanted to help.”
UTS sociology emeritus professor Andrew Jakubowicz said the resounding No vote in the 2017 same-sex marriage plebiscite in western Sydney indicated voters would be receptive to Ms Deves’ views.
“These are communities with a high number of people from non-English-speaking backgrounds, both immigrants and their children, and voters who have high rates of religious alignment,” he said.
He described the Deves controversy as “symbolically salient and anxiety provoking” for specific voters and it had the ability to “shift preferences with significant consequences”.
“These communities were most heavily targeted in Covid by drastic lockdowns, job loss, surveillance, and are resentful and hurting, especially compounded by rising prices and stagnant wages,” he said.
In a close contest Professor Jakubowicz predicted marginal voters might “abandon their economic interest (supporting the ALP on wages) and follow their emotional response on moral issues”.
At the Victory Life Church in Blacktown, Shadey Hawae said Christian communities had been “mobilised” by the Deves controversy. “She is saying what the average Australian thinks but is scared to voice,” he said.
Further west at Glendenning, Come to Jesus Church lead pastor Jim Yap said his congregation was concerned by the prospect of transgender athletes playing sport with girls.
Catholic Weekly editor Peter Rosengren said the controversy exposed the double standards of “woke activism”.
“There was no shortage of politicians, activists and media identities lining up to condemn Ms Deves,” he said. “However, when Senate candidate Mich-Elle Myers was exposed tweeting slurs about both Jesus and the Catholic Church, her attacks went unchallenged.”
A Catholic youth worker, who did not wish to be named, said Ms Deves was “speaking for religious people in western suburbs” but said religious leaders were not necessarily keen to engage publicly about her.
At a shopping centre in Seven Hills, in the electorate of Greenway, Celia Rennie said she felt “upset and angry” about how Ms Deves was treated.
“I felt sorry for her, they were trying to cancel someone they didn’t agree with.”
Labor holds the electorate of Greenway by a margin of 2.8 per cent. After the 2019 election, local MP Michelle Rowland identified the party’s misunderstanding of religious voters as a central issue in the election loss, conceding the party “didn’t get it right”.”
THIS IS YOUR FUTURE LIBERAL PARTY.
Even better.
QR codes which you can scan and read voting preferences on your phone.
Of course, they would need to be placed securely near the front desk to prevent them being coloured in and rendered unusable.
A QR code, a logo/photo of a given size, party/candidate name and 128 characters for a slogan or promotion “UAP – for freedom” or “Teal Independent – Using Stolen SGIO Money to Save us from Corruption”.
The end.
Bother. The spaminator just ate my dinosaur post from Boulia.
Or…it might have been the Min Min.
I read it a couple of years ago. A sad but ultimately uplifting story.
Not everyone pays that much attention until the day (other than knowing they have to vote).
If need be, have a seperate room off to the side manned a “policy wonk” from each party. If you read a policy on the “advertising board” from a particular party as you are waiting in line such as “We promise to do X” and you want more information about what they mean, you can wander in and have a chat before you vote.
Sancho @ 4:15
Even better. Works for policy. Works for preferences.
Just leave us alone on the day.
Long lines seem to be the order of the day. Got to jump the queue in the wheelchair. Sausage sizzles are off the menu now (forgot cash anyway). Left home at 10 for coffee and a vote. Home at 1:30. Keep meaning to go postal but like the vibe on the day.
My observation was that only 1 in 10 punters wanted a HTV. I’ve never seen that before.
Arma, at the 2019 federal election, NSW Senator Jim Molan put out a plea to the party “faithful” to vote below the line to get him back into the senate – iirc he had the 3rd position on the ticket and could not win from there. A large number of electors in the state listened and he got between 120-130k votes iirc.
This time there has been a number of candidates (I mean to say, independents and minors) explaining how to vote below the line.
The Topher Field vid showing how a vote can move through the minors, if voting that way, to raise up the likelihood of a non major win was clearly explained and instructive.
This refusal to take a HTV card seems to be happening in more than one electorate. It’s also interesting that the SFLs have been focusing on giving them your second preference – as has Paul Murray on Sky – showing that this maybe more than a narrow phenomenon.
I’ve heard that description “men who have sex with men” and I’m puzzled why they don’t fit into the gay or bisexual groups. Is this some new gender group which has sprung up? I can’t keep up with all these modern arrangements.
Maybe they are grumpy homosexuals who feel that the “gay” identifier doesn’t match their disposition, perhaps the homosexuals should be classified as the Gays, the Grumpys and the Greedys (for the bisexuals).
Estate still hanging in there for a Quentin Dumpster long goodbye.
Top Ender.
Im going for ALP up by 10.
memories of having a dump in Singleton Military Toilets rows
Damm you Old Ozzie.
I had successfully pushed that vivid visual deep into the forgettery – until now.
Dont tell me you all had the same experience?
Arma,
Any idea why Bananaby is backing the net zero bullshit?
Oh that’s right…
“The Trough”
TE
ALP by four
T E could you put me down for 78 to Labor. If that’s taken just keep increasing by one ‘til I’m clear of the pack. Hope I’m wrong.
I avoided the 2 idiots handing out H2V cards because I had a neatly fold A4 in my hand as I had prepared in advance. The ALP guy said as I walked past “I guess you won’t be needing these.”
To reiterate and for the record, as many have expressed here, I voted minors and independents because I want to see the Coalition routed. I will never support treachery, dishonesty and general bastardry. If the Great Albatross makes it into the Lodge, then so be it. This country is overdue for a good rectum-ramming of the pineapple’s prickly bits.
Now back to the Champagne!
I’ll go for hung but unworkable parliament and back to the polls before Christmas.
C.L.
Someone has found they have balls and are not only for Christmas decorations.
Back from doing penance … err, voting.
Greens at the head of the path with their HTV cards, partnered with the Animal Justice Party.
We ignored both of them even though they were “in your face” aggressive.
Behind us was a young family: Mum, Dad and two girls about 8 and 10 I’d guess.
As we walked on, I heard one of the girls: “Look, Mummy. Greens. Remember, vote Green for a Green future!” And Mum dutifully took their HTV card. Well done, Greens; nice job of subverting and propagandising education.
sfw : That pretty much reflects our experience – though in reverse. Husband got mild flu symptoms for 3days, then 2 days recovery & by 6th day tested negative. I gargled Betadine morning & night & squirted new Vicks product from Germany up my nose twice a day & did not register Covid in either RAT or PCR tests.
On the other hand, both of us have had a scratchy throat & post nasal discharge for weeks. Very much like an allergy – but definitely not Covid.
BTW we are still unvaccinated.
Couple up here took their children out of the local school and home school them for that reason…
Because Barnaby, despite initial promise, stopped respecting the people who elected him.
Matt Canavan is the only one whose integrity I would bet on. He would make a great Nationals leader. The rest are in his shadow.
Thinking about it…..Canavan would probably be the only one still standing after a Lie Detector test.
I took my how to vote slip I’d printed out from the site posted here a few weeks ago, and told each group of voter handerouter peoples who I was voting for and why.
Also had four different sound recording devices going to make sure I had a record of what I said and how I said it.
Because I don’t trust the bastards.
This is just weird.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/west-australians-cast-their-vote-in-the-2022-federal-election-/101078364
Australia-wide, more than 50 per cent of Australians have already voted at pre-polls or via the post, setting a new record in the country, says the Australian Electoral Commission.
And screw you McClown, you fascist po faced prick.
But it didn’t all go smoothly for Mr McGowan as he attempted to vote in the safe Labor seat of Brand, in Perth’s south.
The WA Premier was repeatedly heckled by a United Australia Party volunteer over vaccine mandates, while in line to cast his ballot.
“Why can I go to the football, but I can’t work in my job,” the heckler said.
“I’m one of your constituents. It’s a fair question, I deserve an answer.”
Mr McGowan told the man he would not talk to him before the Premier’s security intervened.
“The good thing about the mandates is we got to the highest vaccination rates in the world, the best health and economic outcomes in the world and I think sometimes that is not well understood,” the Premier said.*
“Mr Palmer’s team don’t like it, but they’re really just a bunch of oddballs.”
* So he bravely had security save him from the nasty man asking questions before answering the question to a pack of loyal press catamites and showing how macho he is by adding in an insult once the scary wrongthinker wasnt there.
What a front bar urger.
Much less queue but still took me 45 minutes go to woe, I guess that included being bailed up by the Labor htv guy, whom I know, bit of a Labor Insider who who is mates with a couple of party leading lights and works in a cushy Labor mates job. Did the polite then went and got a lnp htv for good measure though I told the two lnp young blokes I was voting ldp.
Rolled eyes at the mid thirties couple waiting behind me, she’d masked up and both of them tut tutted about the dreadful waste of paper htv cards were. Felt like pointing out even the Greens weren’t forgoing those for the planet’s sake.
I decided Lidia Thorpe was candidate number last so worked my way through on that basis.
Small things amuse small minds.
Vicki,
All true.
I was hoping Arma could ask him and get back to us before everyone gets too pissed.
Bloody Telstra!
Wife got given the youngest daughter’s iphone 7 to replace her ancient iphone 5. It doesn’t connect properly to about three mobile numbers – they answer but neither side can hear each other.
Got told to go to a Teltra shop for a 4pm appointment. Went there to find not open on weekends.
Going to see how much compo we can get for the whole mess.
I signed up to Senator Alex Antic’s newsletters. The last 8 or so have requested a donation. Nope. The only two worth their salt in the Coalition are Antic and Rennick who I have been following on another platform. He’s been full-on about the “injection” and “injection” damage. Rennick has reams of good stuff. Canavan makes a lot of noise but doesn’t appear to follow through. Happy to stand corrected.
Cat Call for Election 22…one hour to go
Predicted result out of 151 seats up for grabs. (76 to win)
Coalition to win:
Winston Smith 84
Knuckle Dragger 80
Tom 80 LNP, 70 the rest (Liars-Filth). Simon’s leg-openers: ZERO.
Top Ender 79 (ineligible for prize)
Lizzie 78
Eyrie 78
Calli 77
Fleeced Libs to get between 76-80 seats
Rosie LNP by one; nothing for teals, 1 green 2 independents
Megan LNP chancers, morons and grifters B team to fall over the line by one from the LAB chancers, morons and grifters A team.
Roger LNP to win 73 seats (ALP 72) & form government with support of independents
Fair Shake Scomo as a minority government…after two weeks of recounts. He takes it by 2
Chris Put me down for 3?????
Hung parliament
Delta A Hung parliament – 74 seats each – with Greens and One nation voting each way. Rebekha Sharkie (Centre Alliance) going with LNP.
Bar Beach Swimmer SFLs at 74, Liars at 66, the rest on the crossbench made up of the current crop, less Helen Haines (go sfw!) and the rest, fingers crossed, a combo of UAP/ON.
2dogs Hung parliament with about 65 each for the majors
Armadillo hung Parliament with one teal holding the balance of power
MatrixTransform Liars 67; Crossbench 13; LNP 71
EvilElviss hung, LNP 71, Lab 70, ferals (hopefully conservative…) 10.
132andBush hung but unworkable parliament and back to the polls before Christmas.
Labor to win:
pete m Labor to win by 10 seats
thefrollickingmole ALP up by 10.
Behind Enemy Line 86 seats
Bruce in WA ALP by four
Rabz Labore at least 78 seats
Not Uh oh 78
Cassie of Sydney two or three seats
Crossie Labor will squeak in
Leon L ALP + Greens + TEALS 90; LNP et al 61
Sancho Labor – 76; LNP – 73; Greens – 1; Teal – 1; UAP – 0
132andBushsays:
May 21, 2022 at 4:36 pm
Arma,
Any idea why Bananaby is backing the net zero bullshit?
Bush, I saw him on the 7:30 Report the other night and he admitted that he did a deal with Scummo – he got more infrastructure money for the bush (that, unfortunately, is not for you). Despite saying last year when Scummo was off to Glasgow that the govt was going to sign up to nett zero anyway and he couldn’t stop it happening. Duplicitous b*astard!
I got banned from posting comments on the Richardson Post for telling the truth. I now feel free and so much for free speech.
I’ll try my best, Bushy.
Well done!
For those interested in how the minor parties are going this evening, this might prove helpful:
” The Good Sauce is hosting your election night coverage as results begin rolling in from close of polls at 6pm (AEST).
Special guests from the 3 main #freedom parties will join The Good Sauce’s Dave Pellowe in the studio: George Christensen (One Nation, Qld senate candidate), Dr Dr John Humphreys (LibDem’s founder) and Rob McMullan (United Australia Party, Griffith candidate).
Other guests throughout the night will include Senator Malcolm Roberts, Senator Gerard Rennick, Senator Alex Antic, Campbell Newman, Ross Cameron, Gideon Rozner, Topher Field, Alexandra Marshall, Lyle Shelton, Rocco Loiacono, Dylan Oakley, and some more, surprise guests.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8bLL20_yAE
anybody know who’s got the arse-less chaps ?
Arma at 4:18.
I’ve gone right off QR codes in the last hour.
Bought a Stihl line trimmer a while back and it just ran out of line.
The bloke in the shop explained how to load new line but I had forgotten.
No paper manual, but a QR code on the bag to take you to various instruction videos.
Great.
Except the Stihl marketing department have obviously commandeered the link and trying to sell me stuff I either already have or don’t want.
Marketing people thinking they are being really clever by “creating customer interactions” when all they are really doing is wasting time and pissing people off.
Found what I wanted on the YouTubes in a 90 second video.
TE, you’re missing my Hung Parliament….. by an angry mob!
So, $100 billion to upgrade the road, bridge and rail network ?
I must’ve missed that.
Fixed, Rick.
Arky, if you are lurking…
A couple of guys just pulled into the motel here at Boulia. Driving a 1930 “A” with a trailer. They have just come up from Birdsville and before that they did The Track!
Her name is “Betty” and she’s beautiful. And very very dusty. But she made it!
Unfortunately I knocked her A-board over when I was headed for the sausage tent.
Obviously the Greens think she is a vote catcher with all the promo material with her head on it.
FMD.
Okay. It’s Pub o’clock. The Australian Hotel, Boulia’s local Hot Spot.
Libs 77-78 .
Bulldogs won and that’s the important thing.
Daily Mail.
I think the post mortem will be interesting.
There might be a bit of acrimony over minors cannibalising each other’s vote.
PHON and UAP on the right and Green and Teal on the left.
Bring on the democracy!
I’ll be communicating with areff this evening about the final outcome. The very best thing about Australia is that, unlike America, wholesale cheating is not yet occurring.
My longshot tip: among the seats the LNP will need to pick up to win will be Lingiari, which is basically the entire NT outside the Darwin northern suburbs.
Old Ozzzie:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/federal-election-2022/results
Looks an interesting site – I’ll refer back to it.
Not paywalled.
Am in Lilley, Wayne Swan’s old electorate which was close last election, the first after his retirement, which amazingly might indicate a personal following for the goose. Voted at the nearby polling station at the local Happy Clappers’ church/hall/centre, which is really well set up for running a polling booth – only one main entrance, under cover. Went mid afternoon, which is meant to be quiet, but I had to park four parks from the entrance and walk through the heavy dew. Two Libs, two Lab, one each of the other five candidates handing out HTVs. I always take them all, it runs down their resources and they have to budget in the next campaign for pay for the printing costs. Always expect the silly Greens to ask me for the HTV back to recycle but they didn’t. I have seen them going through the bins at other elections. Picked LDP first, ON second, was going to put Fat Cloive third but put the Lib third and Fat Cloive’s lady fourth. How much that decision to put the Lib above Fat Cloive was based on neary fifty years of Lib/Nat loyalty and how much on the picture of the nice looking Lib candidate I don’t know. Then the anti vaxer (who made sure I took his HTV last, smart), Labour sixth and Greens last.
It will inevitably be a Labour win in HOR here, so I was careful with the Senate, below the line, LD, ON, Canavan and also Stoker of the Libs, some of Fat Cloives’, independents and Lib McGrath last of my 12. No sausage sizzle at that hour, the Church had their coffee staff going but I didn’t check whether they were offering sausages.
As to the outcome, the future under Albanese and the retreads from the RGR years is hard to contemplate, I am hoping for a Lib win, but it’s hoping only.
Also I expect some of you are on Graham Young’s mailing list, but if not, and particularly if you’re younger (which I take to be under 70), he’s looking for a younger demographic for his Online Opinion survey on the election. I think there’s a link on the sidebar.
I hope those predicting a SFL victory are right but I don’t think it will happen. My prediction:
Liars (76) ahead of SFLs (70) by 6 seats but a crossbench of 5 loonies to make life interesting.
Oh and a senate with the greenslime holding the balance of power.
ZK2A at 5.22 pm
Accidentally hit “Report comment” when I meant a thumbs up. Sorry, mate.
That’s the stuff of nightmares.
This maybe an omen for the election result. Arrived at our house up in the tropics after a few months away and a few problems. The worst-
Over 2 months ago the chap who looks after the place was asked to take 2 kilos of fish out of the fridge and turn it off.
One out of 2 ain’t bad but unfortunately it was the fish removal that was overlooked.
Rotting fish in a closed fridge for 2+ months which just happen to be the hottest months of the year has left an indelible stench that we haven’t been able to remove.
It seems to have permeated the fridge,floor and the rst of the room and after 3 washes with bleach it is still there.
Hopefully the election result isn’t as bad.
First Ever NIH/NIND Study on Vaccine Caused Neurological Injuries (Preprint)
drbeen
Special report: China’s bid to topple the US without fighting | China in Focus
C.L.:
Red Green Blue. The three bloke colours.
If pressed, I will admit to Black and White.
Teal?
Citrus?
Lavender?
***tilt***
It does not compute.
oooh … that’s bleak
after-parties?
went to Dan’s earlier and the pinot section was gutted
Went to vote about 5 pm, rather surprised not to find a single person handing out HTV cards.
kind of a duck-egg blue maybe ?
Jimmy Dore
Global WHO Treaty Is Real And Will Control You
JMHsays:
May 21, 2022 at 4:40 pm
JMH, my experience exactly… although I’m sipping Chardy instead of Champers.
Best man and I rolled up with my carefully analysed HTV*, which started with Aust Federation party (because I liked their opposition to climate change and the covid rubbish, plus I know they’re not going to have any influence) followed by LDP, then blahblah with Animal Con Artists and The Greens bringing up the rear.
HTV wavers gave us the thumbs up when I showed my list.
Off to the pub for a steak and forget about the shit show for a few hours.
Heard from one old LNP stager at the booth that the ALP crew weren’t counting their chickens in any sense and thought the last week didn’t run well for them.
A long way from the burbs here so it probably doesn’t carry much weight.
Paraphrasing Bluey, a pair of labore and greenfilth imbeciles were gifted a piece of my mind this afternoon.
Amoral drones. I’ll post transcripts of some of the exchanges on the election thread shortly.
Harlequin,
Burn an old tyre inside, should solve your problem.
You’re welcome.
I’m rugged up, it’s bloody cold here in Sydney and I’ll soon pour a glass of Barossa grenache.
Gez – while I was belittling the aforementioned imbeciles, no one defended them.
Seemingly crazed ol’ men loudly stating the bleeding obvious while clad in a white Bayern München Training jacket will have that effect on voters. 🙂
Trolling comments on Facebook I feel confident it’ll be about 81 Labor and affiliates, and 70 to LNP and its allies.
Channel Nein early bolters in the slimiest panel stakes, top showing. ABC under pressure to whip up an even more disgraceful team.
Last gasp for voters in the eastern States, but election eve party kicking off early at 4.00pm WA time at Casa Pedro with the first jelly bag of plonk tapped with due ceremony.
Four TV’s set up to cover all the range of election eve pundits, laptop ready for wise commentary to the Cat, possibly becoming less wise as the beer and plonk stocks are consumed.
Betting tickets totalling $126 attached to the fridge door with a possible payout of about $4K if they all come in (highly unlikely as I bet $5 on Our Pauline being PM on 22 May). Some other bets equally as dubious, wishful thinking.
ALP by 5 is my gloomy pick, alas.
Let the games begin!
A book of verse,
A jellybag of plonk,
And you beside me …
Roger:
I have a very small portfolio of photos/pictures that when I become Emperor of Australia, will hang in the throne room.
.1
.2
.3
.4
All of them to remind me of just what happens when we believe “Our Cause Is Just And No Sacrifice Is Too Great.”
The rulers rarely pay the price of their ideological arrogance.
Heard from one old LNP stager …
Snagger?
Given she is in the Senate, the bookie just stole five bucks from you.
so the strategy is to stand back and watch, while the west pays them for solar panels, taking our “recyclable” rubbish and throwing it in the Yangtse, and assorted trinkets
A wood fire, a leather armchair, the second volume of Shelby Foote and a large Abelour or three. To Hell with all politicians.
Australian election hasn’t even rated on Instapundit today. The rest of the world couldn’t give a shit what we do about anything including climate change, even if they know we exist.
‘Failure by Russia to open up ports in Odessa will be a declaration of war on global food security’
The Executive Director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, in his address to the Council said that failure by the Russian Federation to open up ports in the Odessa region “will be a declaration of war on global food security, and it will result in famine and destabilization and mass migration around the world.”
Integrated AI – PaLM by Google (Apr/2022) – Explaining jokes + Inference chaining (540B)
I’m dreading an Albanese victory – can you imagine all the bawling about being raised in public housing by a single mother?
Chat with an old mate today.
poor sod was in a carpark smash which has near crippled him at the age of 50.
Car aquaplaned into his at not a hugely high speed but he was at an odd angle in the seat about to get out, completely unprepared and its done a lot of disk and nerve damage.
As he put it.
“Im fine, unless I laugh, cough, fart or try to shit’…. Hes only just managed to stop having to use a walking cane and still cant climb stairs.
Nerve ablation is what hes likely to end up with as his long term treatment.
Count your blessings, you never know when life might take a nasty turn.
Winston Smith
Number 2 is a bastard of a picture.
Make it a big one Cassie.
Another ‘Conspiracy Theory’ May Be About to Come True: The WHO Could Decide if You Get Medicine, When You Travel, and What You Write on Social Media
So true!
COVID Vaccine Blood Clot Issue ‘May Be in the Hundreds,’ but ‘Heart Issue Is in the Thousands’: Cardiologist
Wise counsel.
That’s more or less our answer when anyone asks us why we would even consider going overseas ever again or, God forbid, get on a cruise ship.
If only that were so we could rest easy.
The Biden government was contemplating sanctions against us for climate inaction.
Goes some way the explaining the Liberals’ capitulation to net zero.
Old Ozzzie:
In the polite circles I tend to circulate in, commonly known as ‘poofters.’
Reminds me of one day when I was the remote area nurse in McKinlay, one of the blokes at the bar asked me to have a look at a lump on his back.
Being a convivial sort of chappie, I helped him pull up the shirt – realised what I was doing – and loudly proclaimed to all the drinkers – “Any bastard who mutters ‘shirt lifter’ is banned from the pub.”
Many, many, good memories of that place.
Early election results look like a piss-pot’s puke.
Early election results look like a piss-pot’s puke.
Sounds good, Mongocracy disabled for a couple of years.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/20/loudoun-county-schools-sues-shut-down-rape-coverup-investigation/
Barking Turd:
I wonder how many had gone to the vote sites and spent some time working on their selection, then printed it out?
ABC = L/NP 19; ALP 4
The Australian = L/NP 4; ALP 6
WTF??
This is typical of every election I’ve covered in the past 20 years: leftards claim to be winning in the two hours after polls close … because what could go wrong?
ABC is up to 26 L/NP.
All of my immediate family.
Topher’s advice and the Put The Majors Last site were extremely helpful. I tweaked the order of my preferences, but their templates had the right sort of people in the right sort of places.
Vicki:
The Vicks product from Germany comes with an anal applicator.
That’s why you haven’t got rid of the upper respiratory symptoms.
ABC has L/NP at 36 seats, ALP 21……
Early results good for the filth and the rich brat’s whores. The electors in this shithole are fucked in the head.
A reminder, election thread here.
Rosie:
You could have pointed out the HTV cards were another form of date roll and they should save them for the next shortage.
If they complain about the sharp edges, tell them “Some sacrifices must be made. You know, For The Planet.”
Calli:
That’s a very effective pedestrian crossing – even the drunks would slow down for it.
Matrix:
Oh, that one?
I remember it from my Airfix days as the underneath colour of the Spitfire and Hurricane.
Ok – gotcha.
Anchor Wat:
That’s a very poor translation from the original Omar Khayyam.
But close enuff, I guess.
Will:
There are 3 things that you should never underestimate:
.1 The resilience of the US economy once the shackles are broken,
.2 The folly of invading Russia,
.3 The German army’s reaction to any serious breakthrough in their lines.
All of them bring a surprising and generally unwelcome response.
TFM:
Too bloody true, mate.
A rooster one day, a feather duster the next.
Dover Beach:
Yes, yes, dear.
I’m on my way…
So bloody many open tabs…
Finished A Song for Nagasaki.
Echo Rugbyskier’s comment.
If you want to understand Christian thought on pain and suffering reading this book a very good place to start.
Not to mention Dr Nagai puts the lie to the nonsense that Christianity and science are in opposition.
And having looked him up I see Fr Paul Glynn the author is still with us, age 94.
Russia Explained How The West Is Responsible For The Global Food Crisis
Gov. DeSantis announces largest budget surplus in Florida history
Latest episode in the destruction of womens’ sport:
What a farce.
Where are all the feminists? Hello? (tap tap) Is this thing on?
Spent the day looking around Lincoln Cathedral, after a lazy lunch in our Curate’s Quarters, part of an old Rectory, which is built over a section of land very near to the Cathedral, which it self is sited over an old Roman Fort of the Lindum Colonia (Lincoln). Our accommodation was actually where a Roman settler soldier was given his reward after 25 years service, so the owners inform us, teling us that they are not allowed to dig more than 30cm into the garden area because of possible future excavations. I went out there in the dawn when I woke early and strained to hear the sounds of Roman life awakening to the birdsong but only birdsong replied.
Tonight we are booked soon to eat at the Wig and Mitre up the road beside the Cathedral; a name that signals the power of the State (wig rule of law) and Mitre (power of the church). Having my pre dins G & T now looking out from this hill over the town of the Colonia that grew up in Saxon and then medieval times and it is offering solace to the news just in from Australia.
Week In Pictures.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
May 22, 2022 at 3:48 am
I honestly expected you to say, you went on dug down more than 30 cm to see what happens and what you can find.
You disappoint me Lizzie, where is the adventurous Lizzie?
I can’t get down there Gabor or I probably would have a scrabble around.
We stopped briefly a while back at a placed called Grimes Graves neolithic flint mines.
We stopped for our picnic a bit further along the road, and as I scrabbled around in our little pull off area I noticed, amongst the roadway flint pieces that the Council had used there was a slightly different piece. See here, I say to Hairy, this is a small neolithic scraper flint – it fits well into a female hand thumb and two fingers and you can actually see the recurrent chip marks where the edge has been sharpened. Truth be told, I actually noticed it when I was having a pee a bit further in behind some bushes. The marks stood out well when wet. That’s archaeology for you.
Cleaned it off with make-up remover wipes and it’s in the glove box of the car now.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
May 22, 2022 at 6:07 am
LOL that’s more like you.
Hope you have fun and enjoy your travels.
Planned Wealth Destruction Continues…
In this week’s market review, we see the negative moves now compounding as the bears remain in charge, emboldened by fresh statements for Central Banks about the need to tackle rampant inflation, and even confirming that falling markets ARE PART OF THE PLAN.
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walk the world
Katherine Swynford is buried in a large stone tomb, along with her daughter Joan, in Lincoln cathedral. Like most of the other tombs, especially those with human-form effigies on them, the top of Katherine’s tomb has been picked and pock marked so that it is almost destroyed. During the Lord Protectorate of the English Civil War, right in the middle of my ancestor’s period fleeing from the wars of religion in France, Oliver Cromwell’s men barricaded themselves into the Cathedral after winning the Battle of Lincoln and took to iconoclastic destruction with a vengeance.j All of the Cathedral’s floor graves prior to that period have been defaced and also the tombs.
Many Kittehs and some Tom Cats will have read Anya Seton’s many times republished novel called “Katherine”, which is about Katherine Swynford’s forbidden love affair with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in the fourteenth century; a time of dramatic change, especially after the Great Plague hit and carried away half the population. I loved that book as an adolescent and so did the historian Alison Weir, whose well-researched book into Katherine I purchased today at the Cathedral (to Hairy’s protests about more luggage). In it, Weir says how impelled she was by Anya Seton’s extraordinarily compelling 1956 romance to seek the historical truth behind the real Katherine. Seton’s book has been reprinted countless times and is still a favorite on BBC Great Books listings. I hope Weir’s truth doesn’t take some of that magic away for me, though I doubt it can; so much of that period is speculative anyway.
I see there is a Katherine Swynford Society. Maybe I should join it, I ponder, but if I do, where does one end with joining historical peoples’ fan clubs?
John of Gaunt legitimated his illegitimate children with Katherine by eventually marrying her. Her Beaufort-named sons then rose to great heights in later generations. One of them started the line that ended in Margaret Beaufort, the true Lancaster heir, who was forced into marriage with Edmund Tudor and who then produced a son who was to become Henry VII. Katherine’s bloodline thus produced all of the ongoing Royal Houses of Britain; in a very tangential manner, it must be said. The bloodline legitimacy of the Tudors was always suspect – hence Henry VIII’s motto was ‘God And My Right’, i.e. my legitimate right to rule.
Good historical novels are like gold. They can produce life-long enthusiasms for certain periods.
Planned wealth destruction is certainly on the horizon now, Zipster.
Self-funded retirees like us can take no comfort from the win, that’s for sure.
More tax on super income for a start (thank you Libs for opening the door on that one).
More tax on anything making money or holding it, so might as well spend it now.
And nowhere safe to land cash either or beat the inflationary spiral.
Stock market and bonds all unstable and likely to get worse.
Inheritance tax will be the kicker for the ‘woke’ generation.
Albo will no doubt happily do his worst to drag Australia down.
If we feel it, a lot more will be at the end of their tether, for we are some of the lucky ones.
Covid and its lockdowns have brought too many down already.
I can’t get down to the Roman garden here, Gabor, but we do have a big terrace with furniture for outdoor sitting, which overlooks the garden area. They have had to cover the renovated parts with shingle stones, but the unrenovated part is still derelict and could still turn up treasures.
We both sat there on the terrace reading this arvo after we returned tired from Lincoln Cathedral.
I am even more tired now after an excellent dinner at the Wig and Mitre, and so to bed for us now.
Tractor news!
Brought an after market new bonnet for Little Johnny 18 months ago. Has been sitting in my mate’s garage in the USA since then as shipping costs went stratospheric. I met him at the airport last week, he managed to get it through on 0$ due to his airline status. Arrived undamaged and fits perfectly!
Covid and its lockdowns have brought too many down already.
Every Mong Labor premiere must have a boner right now. Absolute and unfettered power to do whatever stupid shit they feel like.
Oh dear, Ukraine is about to get a whole lot less popular amongst a certain demographic.
Father-of-two leaves wife for Ukrainian refugee who moved in to family home 10 days before (21 May)
The conquest of Britain begins!
Cross posting this here from the erection thread.
In reply to Armadillo.
Andrew Clennell on Sky suggesting that Libs lost because ScoMo was not gung-ho enough about the vaccines. I’m glad Michael Kroger answered him that it was because Libs stood for nothing. It only took an election loss for Liberals to notice that. They’re not very bright but acknowledging your mistakes is halfway to recovery.
You Rang
While watching ScoMo’s concession speech last night something struck me as very odd. For somebody who just led his government to a stunning defeat he seemed remarkably cheerful. I thought is he really that good an actor or does it mean nothing to him at all. It seemed as if he had no personal investment in the outcome to show emotions of regret.
The other thing about ScoMo’s concession speech last night, someone on Channel 7 remarked how gracious he is in admitting defeat compared to Trump. ScoMo was finally accepted by the media now that he is a loser.
Malcolm Turnbull smiles as the Libs are destroyed by his patsy.
Catturd ™
@catturd2
LOL – It’s amazing how many suckers and fools fall for the latest government fear tactics.
Let’s check that list of vaccine side-effects again.
Monkeypox = Shingles
His sinecure/reward is probably all lined up.
are covid boosters causing more severe adverse events than previous doses?
Just remember what happened when Australia’s most popular prime minister fronted some concert goers.
Shades of Biden. The winner that no one would turn up for.
His sinecure/reward is probably all lined up.
Undoubtedly. London or New York? My moneys on London.
Would not have happened if a good horsewhipping hadn’t fallen out of fashion.
Michael Kroger answered him that it was because Libs stood for nothing. It only took an election loss for Liberals to notice that.
I think it was worse than that. Stood for something and then did nothing and smirked when the exact opposite happened. “Vaccine mandates are not who we are….”
Outsiders ripping into Scommo and LNP.
Has the Nobody Girl finally run out of ALP markers?
In the last days of the campaign the msm was circulating stories questioning the bona fides of James Morrow, who broke the news that her polling was plummeting. They just couldn’t believe their girl could lose to a Vietnamese refugee.
after wheat, mail order brides is ukraine’s largest export market. now home delivered!
Watching Outsiders – the leader of the Nationals says the loss will be good for conservatives as a lot of housecleaning will have to be done.
Then again it’s Matt Canavan – is he their leader?
methinks property is the only place for the non elite class, to park money. it’s not the price of goods changing, its the value of the dollar. one house is still worth one house irrespective of how many dollars you need to buy it.
governments have been debasing the money since forever. with the kleptocrats and corruptocrats back in power they will debase with the gusto of mmt.
mmt=spend and tax masquerading as economics. communism by any other name
Should be.
She is a classic example of the political bubble.
Inside the bubble she is seen as a dead-cert high profile celebrity candidate.
Outside the bubble the voters picked her for the hair-flicking, head-tilting fraud she was.
No doubt the club will line up something for her.
But they will live to regret it, because she loves the limelight.
Year 15 of Mass Formation Psychosis
Emil Kalinowski
Maybe soso is man enough to keep his personal feelings private.
You left out gum chewing and screeching.
On top of everything else, Kristina Keneally is a very pretty human female and, since she could walk, has been doted over and excused from every performance expectation that applied to every frump of her age. Because she is pretty, she has been allowed to fail upwards throughout her adult life. The party, like everyone else, is dazzled by her looks and will now find her a new sinecure. If you object, you are sexist. Neat trick.
She won’t forget this. Oh ho ho no she will not.
It’s not as though she didn’t hate Joe and Jane Mortgage anyway, but having received a very public rebuff it’ll be on like Donkey Kong.
The faceless men want to be careful what (if anything) they give her, because potential exists for a revenge campaign against normies making William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North in 1069 look like syndicate work with butchers’ paper and whiteboard markers.