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2016, yep, that one election my prediction was wrong. For the next eight years of US elections, I was correct…
Thanks for the UN report, Dover, but I stopped reading it when I got to these sorts of comments. For…
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It’s a pity that the Leak cartoon buys into the media and government spin where it cannot be at all acknowledged that either of the two men are in any way deserving. Thus, since Djokovic reflects resistance to the vaccine mania and is the victim of the disgraceful behaviour of the Australian establishment towards him, and since Kyrgios had stood by Djokovic, clearly, any journalistic cartoonist – one keen to ensure his continuing media salt – must ridicule not just one of the tennis players but both. The Australia citizenry must be prevented from forming mistaken opinions about what it is to be Australian. The joke is on us.
Sancho Panzersays:
July 11, 2022 at 11:25 am
Last time I had anything to do with one think they were about $80-90K a pop. Only had them on 2 projects and that’s because Hiluxes were in such short supply that’s all the client could get.
Beautiful to drive and can be very thirsty if flogged.
Biden must be absolutely gooorn if he can look at his son and believe that his family are part of an elite caste.
Good lunchtime inmates
Vibrating roller
Yes, it is.
I see Avi just had another win over Vikpol.
Great to see, but the deeper concern is a Police Force full of members who will enthusiastically enforce orders which are clearly illegal.
You might arrest a journalist once, but after doing it 10 times, surely…..
The ABC must have run this exact story dozens of times by now – it just finds a different neurotic person to whinge about how no one cares about them, how they’re terrified to go out in public with all of the indifferent maskless people milling about, daring to get on with their lives etc – and a bunch of different ‘experts’ to inform us why we all need to be forced back into face nappies and generally start panicking again.
Health experts say COVID-19 complacency has restricted freedoms of the immunocompromised and elderly
Lady, I don’t care about your neuroses. Your perception of your well-being doesn’t trump my right to get on with life, and it never should have. Get back into your bubble and stfu.
Experts, you can stfu, too. You’ve been dead wrong about just about everything Covid-related, and you continue to be wrong. No one should trust a word you say about, well, pretty much anything you purport to possess specialist knowledge of.
Odds are merely a reflection of where the punters money is.
If you really want to know who was “in the know” for the “big steal”, looking at the bookmakers books would be fascinating. As always, follow the money.
As an aside, it’s illegal for US citizens to punt on a US election. Therefore, you would have to look at the biggest US political betting market (the UK). That would be an interesting rabbit hole for someone to dive down. I’m a little surprised that investigators haven’t pursued it. If there were large amounts of US money wagered on the result, a clear offence has been committed.
It’s a bit like a jockey betting on the outcome of a race. It’s illegal for a reason.
I had $80k in mind too and thought, “What am I missing?”.
I reckon two things at play here:-
.1 He has spent hundreds of hours tinkering with it and has factored in his “high value mods” at full hourly rate; and/or
.2 A bloke in a pub told him that dickheads down South are paying totally over the odds and some “more money than sense Mexican” will fall for it; and/or
.3 He is a delusional Queenssslander.
I suspect VikPol got some lawyerly advice along the lines of “What the hell were you thinking?”
The apology gets them out of a pickle, but the people responsible presumably remain in their positions.
…the ABC appears to be spearheading a campaign for the return of hated Covid rules.
A succession of high-profile hosts have repeatedly questioned why masks are not being mandated across the country.
Daily Mail
Spoke to a masked-up lady at church yesterday. Having just gone through a bevvy of cancer treatments, she is very immunocompromised. And her husband is about to go in for surgery, hence the mask. Didn’t stop her going to church or most activities during the week, she’s just trying to be careful with her health.
To me this approach is perfectly reasonable. We have to be aware that not everyone who chooses to wear a mask is a “mong in a mask”. Whether or not the masks actually work is a different issue.
Expecting everyone else to mask up because frightened is the mark of a selfish cry-bully.
I’m having lunch with Barney on Saturday. Any Cats got any “observations” you want passed on?
We attended the election “after party” and Mrs A mentioned something about “Bonkaby” to one of his staffers. He couldn’t stop pissing himself laughing. They obviously don’t read the Cat, which is a shame.
back.
FUCK OFF BARNABY!
Noted. I’ll pass it on.
After lunch of course. It’s not often I get my snout in the taxpayer trough.
I spent some time with BJ at a Dowerin Field Day once, in person he’s actually a pretty funny guy… I thought we’d lost him to the eco-catastrophists but am glad to see he’s back on track.
I agree calli.
If people want to wear a deep sea diving helmet (with or without red underpants on top) to Coles I couldn’t give a shit.
But when they start prescribing the same for me …
Even if you only slip a note under the windscreen wiper of C*2.
Oh.
That’s right.
He doesn’t get to ride in that anymore, does he?
In other news, anti Pell conspirator Lucie M0rris Marred, wasn’t too happy when I quoted her twitter feed providing an update on her sickness/cancer – “aint karma a bitch” is apparently not the done thing to say. A Leftard pile-on ensued…
I’m torn between my “turn the other cheek” biblical inspiration and my “always escalate” Cat inspiration…
Whether or not the masks work or whether or not and in what ways they are harmful must must first be a moot point before allowing that mask wearers, for whatever motives, are being reasonable – if reasonableness is to have foundation. In the meantime, masks are a control mechanism inimicable to questions of reason, and ‘safety’ rules.
LOL!
Idiot.
I’m intending on ordering one of my “shell like” mates and smearing my body in the mornay sauce.
Daily Mail has an article about police recruiting problems around the country. Comments are worth a look.
Naturally none of the police forces are thinking Vax mandates might be an issue.
Meanwhile the Courier Mail put up two articles, one by the CHO, talking about Covid deaths. The lack of comments is noticeable and they have since put up two other Covid articles which are less relevant. I think they are trying not to have articles with hundreds of negative comments.
The CHO did seem to rule out further mandates but made no comment on current ones.
The question you have to ask yourself is, “Why did he go down that path in the first place?”
He will be totally “Coal is King” at lunch on Saturday.
But on Monday back in Canbra he will nodding furiously in agreement with “Net Zero by Teatime”.
Matt Taibbi
??@mtaibbi??
After Trump was elected I had psychiatrists call, willing to go on record to diagnose Trump from afar as removable under the 25th amendment. I called those same people back while on the road with Biden in 2019 and they refused to comment on “ethical” grounds.
Taibbi is just awesome.
There are few like him.
“got any “observations” you want passed on”
Ask him why he supported the suicide of net zero emissions.
Ask him why he didn’t spruik nuclear before the election.
Then tell him from me that he’s utterly spineless and useless.
“I’m torn between my “turn the other cheek” biblical inspiration and my “always escalate” Cat inspiration…”
Escalate, escalate, escalate.
Woke up a little under the weather this morning, suspected it may have been connected with last night and scotch, didn’t worry too much. By midday still not right, feeling cold. Missus is a nurse and had a ‘lollypop’ test at home. I didn’t want to use it but she needed to know for her work. Tested and I have wuflu. Hoping it’ll be mild like many others had it.
Pretty funny actually. At the “after party” his supporters were celebrating winning the battle. Meanwhile, on the “big screen” the war had already been lost due to their snivelling city Liberal allies.
No, we’ve lost him to the spineless troughers.
His turnaround in supporting net zero was spineless bullshit.
Win, lose, or draw he could of at least stood for something, in this case common sense.
Ask him where he stands on all this bullshit now, Arma.
Now the turkeys are coming home to roost. Because the truth is I don’t know and nor does anyone else and it will, given the precedent, probably change again in a year or two’s time.
They’ll never get my vote again.
You’re fucked. Probably best to organise a “Go Fund Me” for your funeral whilst you still have the strength to type.
Thoughts & prayers.
I didn’t know bowel cancer had been stricken with Lucy.
Just googled it and found a story from a year ago where she was cheering on LockDan 3.1.4 (the one with four hours notice).
Of course, it was all about her.
She could lock herself in her house between chemo bouts, but no.
Everyone else’s lives and livelihoods must be sacrificed on the pyre of Lucy’s ill-informed paranoia.
A carefully-cultivated perception of being ‘back on track’, having recently been reefed out of the giant trough and thrown in the shallow end of the smaller one.
A conceited, self-interested weathervane and a buffoon. He gets nothing from me.
FUCK OFF BARNABY.
Snap Cassie, Sancho and no doubt many others.
Exactly.
I must have missed his Road to Damascus conversion back to commonsense.
His answer?
“Well, yes, I have fucked over agriculture and mining, but you do have the Barnaby Joyce Bridge to drive across in your ample spare time.”
“Carol lives most of her life behind N95 masks and plastic face screens to protect herself from a potentially deadly infection.”
Is Carol aware that having been born, she is in an actually deadly situation? She will, at some time, die, just like the rest of us.
But if she had been aborted, these problems would never have entered her consciousness.
Sancho Panzer:
Perhaps this time Boeing will let the engineers design the aircraft not the accountants. If the company survives this latest brain dead decision, that is.
Today I went back through my file on the DGR process from 2018.
No where does it say ministerial approval.
It was an administrative & regulatory approval process.
Maybe I don’t have everything as I was merely a donor who was sharing a previous application & helping with some of the input ie turning the progressiveness up to 11.
Long story short, I feel uncomfortable with any political input to either approve (in the case of Tame) or deny DGR status to an organisation.
Yeah look, I appreciate the input, but I probably need to make some polite conversation BEFORE he picks up the lunch bill. Or maybe I just sit there silently. Nod when he nods. Smile when he smiles. It’s probably the best option.
Ha!
The bridge that swivels when you get half way over and dumps you in shit creek.
That one?
Crazy Carol:
And yet:
Invisible, except to hundreds of people in supermarkets at any one time.
Preach it, sister.
Maybe I just take a leaf out of JC’s book. I’ll tell him his missus has “nice hair”.
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Hmmm oh well, seems I was wrong on BJ’s “conversion.”
The Cat: An educational tool for all schools!
Why is the media calling the Sri Lankans who broke into the presidential palace protesters, aren’t they insurrectionists?
Just gathering up everyone’s thoughts here today and I think we are close to an agreement on the wording for the final communiqué to be delivered on Saturday:-
FUCK OFF BARNABY!
Are we agreed?
This! Another BoJo.
Albo is keeping ScoMo’s tax cuts.
Arma, I’m too lazy for a ‘Go Fund Me’ but I’ll accept direct deposit if you want to kick it off. Let me know where to send my details.
I probably should be asking the resident expert on how to get a free lunch. mOnster, what do recommend?
Absolutely agree. There are, of course, a small group of people who are more vulnerable to Covid than the vast majority of the population, and it is perfectly reasonable for them to make decisions that best ensure their health and well-being based upon their individual circumstances. The cautious shouldn’t be mocked for being cautious with regard to the way they choose to live their lives.
I would also add that sympathy and support should be extended to those who have overestimated the risk that Covid poses to them, and have taken extreme measures to protect themselves from this risk. These people have been subject over two years of never-ending catastrophising, gaslighting and worst-case-scenario prophesising from the media and government health agencies. It’s no wonder so many of them were terrified and remain terrified. And, as seen above, the ABC is constantly trying to get the Covid hysteria band back together.
With that said, a line needs to be drawn when a vulnerable individual or group demands others change their behaviour for what they claim to be their safety and protection. A return to universal mask mandates is the most common demand, and this needs to be countered with a firm negative, which it seems Mark Butler has done (to his credit).
And the hysterics deserve mockery. Look at this Carol lady’s photo – she’s standing in what is presumably her back garden, wearing her dressing gown and the full mask and facial screen get-up, demanding that everyone else cater to her needs. It’s wrong for the ABC to platform such people in an attempt to guilt the population back into draconian Covid restrictions, but she knows what she’s doing, too. Perhaps she inadvertently made herself into a comical figure. Well, tough. She’s going to be laughed at. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Wokdoctor:
I’ll buy every used tissue in your house for $100.
Dead serious.
Unvaccinated/immunocompromised.
Haven’t had a cold since the transplant eight years ago on the 20th of this month.
🙂
Armadillo will give him leprosy plus a dozen STD’S.
12 Months? That’s nothing. My uncle waited for his VAZ 2106 ten years.
OTOH, why would you buy a new car? Is this not one of the most financially irresponsible things you can do with your money? Scott Pape and a few other financial gurus say that it is .
Haven’t we had one of these before?
Sorry – I don’t read that from the linked report at all.
Table 6 – the 274 cases are pregnancies that reported a side effect from the vaccine
238 had ‘no outcome reported’
23 spontaneous abortions
.. etc
It doesn’t seem to make any difference who’s in the driver’s seat nowadays.
Mark Rutte is from a centre-right party, for example. How about a “CONservative” Scott Morrison?
They all seem to be just a hired hand to “steer” the tram accelerating on the rails laid by other people.
Another popular myth.
That the avaricious accountants in McDonnell Douglas stormed the citadel in Seattle and burnt all Boeing’s flight safety guys at the stake.
I had extensive exposure to both organisations both before and after the takeover, and MD’s commitment to flight safety was uncompromising, to the point of tedium.
What really happened was that Boeing commercial developed a Fat, Dumb and Happy culture over decades, driven by three things:-
.1 their initial almost monopolistic hold over the large passenger aircraft market in the 1970’s and 1980’s;
.2 their influence over Congress; and
.3 finally, and most tragically, their hold over the FAA certification process.
This meant they were incredibly slow to react to innovations introduced by Airbus, notably fly-by-wire. In fact, they quietly rejoiced at the odd failure of the Airbus pilot-computer interface (eg AF447 stalling into the drink). I can remember Boeing pointedly talking about producing “pilot’s airplanes” at the time.
But when Airbus introduced the fuel efficient A319/A320neo range, the tide went out on Boeing and they were standing naked in ankle deep water.
They panicked.
They tried to wring one more upgrade out of the 737 but the low ground clearance for the monster new engines presented major problems. Problems which they sought to solve through fly-by-wire solutions without the wealth of corporate knowledge Airbus had in that area.
But here is the irony.
Guess who else had a long history in fly-by-wire technology, going back further than even Airbus?
Boeing Defense and Space division (or whatever they are called now), going right back to the original F/A 18’s produced by “the accountants” at MD in the 1980’s.
But Boeing Commercial and Boeing Defense hate each other with a passion, so that collaboration was never going to happen.
Again, pride goeth …
And?
Are you suggesting commercial viability (or trumped up threats of it) should be a factor in certification decisions?
“Sign the paper or 100,000 Seattle jerbs will cop a bullet in the head!”
A coat with big pockets.
How many kgs of After Dinner Mints did m0nster stuff in his pockets, JC?
Religion of pieces. We should definitely let in all these refugees.
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Hmm who is “Peddo Pete,” why is he listed as a contact on the data hacked from Hunter today and why does this Pete have the same movements as Creepy Joe?
Arma,
ask Bananaby why the fucking hell he didn’t have a vasectomy after his girls were almost grown and his wife had said she was finished with having babies?
All care and no responsibility.
And also, FUCK OFF BARNABY!
Albanese unveils jobs, skills summit
Krudd will be there, sitting on the floor to show how he’s a man of the people.
Amid panicky media stories about fruit and veges, a report from the supermarket (Coles).
It seems that the claims of dire shortages and skyrocketing prices are somewhat selective. Delicious mandarins were $3.50 a kilo. Avocados were a buck each.
As for the Brussels Sprouts Index, they were $14 a kilo, so more than the $12 this time last year, but not exactly the end of the world.
Frankly, if you can’t live without iceberg lettuce, that’s your problem, not mine.
OTOH, the restaurants and cafes I frequent have all put their prices up around 5% in the last month or so. I’m guessing that energy prices, and prices for things they can’t do without to maintain their menus, are responsible. Word is that coffee prices are one of the main culprits.
Lysander, no need to turn the other cheek. They haven’t exactly hit you, just raged at you.
I don’t think resorting to “Karma” is a good idea for a Christian anyway. It always poses the question – exactly who decides? We know who.
You can always quote a great poet, and leave it at that.
Yeah look, I appreciate the input, but I probably need to make some polite conversation BEFORE he picks up the lunch bill.
Sooooo, lunch courtesy of the, mug, taxpayer …. but no upsetting the trougher! ..
sounds about right .. LOL!
Joh, everyone is suddenly discovering seasonality in produce.
Those of us for whom budgeting comes naturally already know it.
Brussels Sprouts are end of the world, johanna.
As for the Brussels Sprouts Index, they were $14 a kilo
Mandarins & Brussell Sprouts to be had for 99cents a kilo each in Fairfield this morning .. LOL!
Sancho,
Get Fucked Barnaby is a go for me but only after Arma gets a feed.
The last thing this place needs is undernourished critters.
Arma
Some time ago on the old blog, The Driller reckoned that Barndoor dissed him at some meetup. The Driller referred to himself as a kingmaker in the National party and when Barndoor was informed that he had dissed The Driller, Barndoor was beside himself.
Can you ask Barndoor if he dissed a FNQ Queensland publican some time ago and if the story is true. More than one person can play Snopes.
Please report back after you’ve asked him.
This raises an interesting point. We had a discussion with my wife about it recently (she agreed with me).
Why is it, that usually it’s the man who has to ensure he doesn’t produce any offspring anymore? I think it’s more logical to have a woman sterilised after “she’s finished with having babies”.
What if your wife dies (God forbid) and you re-marry in your 40-s? Your seed is still in good condition at this age. But because you’ve made a practically irreversible medical procedure you can’t have kids, even if your new wife wants them.
Absolutely.
Finish up the three courses, stuff the pockets with after dinner mints, pick up a traveller from the bar and then give it to him.
And deliver it in the form of friendly advice so as not to jeopardise future troughing events:-
“Listen mate, some people say – this is not me mate – but some people say … well, when I say ‘some people’ there are quite a few actually … who say that you are a bit of a c***. Well, they say you’re a total c*** if I’m being honest.
But not me mate.
I’m totally onboard”.
If you word it just right it will get the better of him and another free feed will be on offer.
Sanchez
I was speechless when I recently read Qantas had ordered a huge batch of planes from Airbus. Qantas was Beoing’s customer even before Boeing existed if you know what I mean. That’s a huge jump.
Some restaurants in the US are now adding a 16% surcharge on top of the bill to cover inflation (denoted as a “kitchen surcharge” plus other descriptions).
Pity they wouldn’t call it a “Biden Surcharge” to hammer home the cause.
Republican supporting service stations should start advertising $2.41 per gallon gas (+ “Biden Surcharge”) on their advertising shingles. Customers might get a shock when they get their receipt and figure out it’s costing them $5 plus per gallon, and exactly who’s to blame for that.
Hormonal changes and a more complicated procedure with a hysterectomy
Dover Beach:
1417 today:
OK.
Quick quiz for the armchair aircraft experts re the latest variant of the Boeing 737.
Is it:-
(A) a totally fucked up deathtrap designed at the behest of the MacDonnell Douglas accountants*; or
(B) a pretty good design just requiring a minor tweak to the Bing-Bong! software but the anally retentive regulators are standing in the way of it.
It can’t be both.
….
* Amazing the reach those St Louis accountants have. The Boeing-MacDonnell Douglas takeover was consummated in 1997. But they are still reaching out of their retirement homes and graves to twist the arms of the pure-at-heart Boeing engineers.
Hmmm….I like your style, Sancho. Noted.
I agree, John of Mel. It’s a deeply personal decision of course, and a lot more complicated for a woman to ensure there are no more pregnancies.
A man who remarries after being widowed should have the chance to add to his family with the new wife and give her the joy of motherhood.
What transplant did you have Winston ?
Breaking news : John of Mel is actually Elon Musk.
The “delivery” might be an issue with a lobster claw hanging out of my mouth.
It isn’t a hysterectomy. It’s a tubal ligation. General anaesthetic and keyhole.
And to a national media audience.
The irony of her situation is that the measures she’s taken to prevent herself from Covid are likely to further suppress her immune response to the virus if she ever catches it. Shutting yourself off from the world tends to result in a reduced vitamin D intake, a lack of exercise and poor mental health outcomes. If Carol’s in this boat, it’s hard to think of a worse position to be in if avoiding serious illness and death is the objective.
Another irony is that, if Carol does end up dying prematurely, the likelihood is that it will be from her cancer returning, rather than from Covid-related illness. She’s wrong to say Covid is mainly killing people like her. No, it’s mainly ‘killing’ elderly people who are of an age when death typically occurs. I’ve used scare-quotes because, in these instances, we don’t know whether these deaths were caused by Covid, as our governments don’t release this information.
After all, if they started doing that, people would start getting ‘complacent’. It has to be complacency; it couldn’t possibly be a reasonable (and, frankly, well overdue) recalculation of risk in light of new information and changed circumstances.
I know, right.
Qantas has been predominantly a Boeing customer since the Wright brothers were making bicycles.
Boeing are bleeding customers and no amount of sooking to the regulator is going to change that.
In fact, demanding waivers out of the FAA is going to scare the shit out of some customers (and their end customers, the flying public).
John of Mel, what was it like having a threesome with Amber Heard & Cara Delevingne?
Dillo!
FUCK OFF BARNABY.
I think we need a poll on this so Dillo can properly communicate the feedback after having gorged himself at taxpayer expense:
FUCK OFF BARNABY
GET FUCKED BARNABY
I THOUGHT BARNABY WAS DEAD?
WHAT’S BARNABY?
BARNABY IS DOING AN OK JOB ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
WHY WASN’T I INVITED?
I understand what you are saying, BUT, Barnaby was in his Fifties. A dirty old goat who knew exactly what he was doing and did not care about the repercussions to his wife and daughters, and his new squeeze.
Old men wanting to show off their “virility”, is not a new phenomenon.
Also, why should the wife be responsible for birth control during the whole marriage? Scum like Bananaby probably would not have given their wife a “condom break”, during the whole marriage.
I’m taking Barney a “thank you” gift for the lunch invitation. Join the dots.
Dillo:
This is the message you could give him Saturday. We really don’t like representatives who change their stance with their audience. That’s what killed Morro in the electorates mind.
Either have values or piss off.
Please, people.
Can we cease and desist with any talk of Bananaby having sex.
The mental images are disturbing.
I’m quite different actually (in some categories even opposite). First, I’m not an African-American; second, I’m poor; third, I only had (and still have) one wife, and last but not least, I’m handsome.
And, Bern… stop playing out your sexual fantasies through me.
Sure, but I think we’d all love to know about Barndoor dissing a very important constituent from FNQ.
I was reading something last week where the Boeing spin-doctors were trumpeting about them bringing their order backlog down and reducing lead times.
Err, cancelled orders will do that.
What?
You think Bananaby is going to get stuck into Armadillo over lunch?
I’d say Barnaby’s decision to have a second family is nobody but his and Vicki’s business.
Also mostly it’s tubes tied not a complete removal.
If I were speaking to him, I’d say ordinary Australians* are entitled to have access to cheap reliable energy and if the Nationals and Liberals are too gutless to use our beautiful coal they have to go nuclear.
*The ones who can’t waltz out and buy a new EV, replace all their gas appliances with electric, pay for solar panels and a battery etc.
He should have some idea what it is like living on a budget, he was complaining how difficult it was a couple of years ago. He had to buy his meat in bulk!
And the current system where solar and wind get paid up to $15k has to go. It’s a scam.
His lunch invitation got stolen by the auditors? Leave it with me. I’ll raise the issue on Saturday.
I do hope that isn’t a crude reference to Mrs Bananaby 2.0.
I’ll ask him about that as well. But AFTER lunch.
Knuckle Dragger:
File that one under “Stories My Nanna Told Me.”
No, no. I’m inquiring about the other important constituent andNational Party kingmaker from the very far north Q who claimed Barndoor dissed one time and then Barndoor cartwheeled back making a groveling apology to the white robed god (Driller).
Having just panned the scrote:
Without wikifying the whole thing, Joyce has at least two kids with the new one – so it’s hardly a case of ‘Aha! Now you’re pregnant!’ The ‘repercussions’ were in all likelihood planned. Joyce could still have kids. The new misso wanted them. Nothing to see here.
As for ‘repercussions’ to ex-Mrs Joyce et al, this was widely discussed some time ago.
1. It is entirely likely ex-BJ was ‘distant’ from BJ for many, many years;
2. His (adult) daughters are said to be cool with it;
3. Ex-BJ milked the publicity for all it was worth before being forgotten;
4. Nobody cares;
5. Nobody should care, because it’s nobody else’s business.
I loathe the bloke for the reasons discussed earlier, and that he’s using my money to do it. If his personal life doesn’t impact me, aside from providing the odd bit of comedy value, then I absolutely do not care how many chicks he knocks up.
“Get Fucked” and “Who have you fucked” (besides taxpayers).
Got it. Noted. I’m set to go.
Michael Smith has put up apology letter from VICPOL to Avi.
Question is did it cost them any money ? Some of those unlawful “arrests” involved use of force.
Problems with Elbow’s proposed 2020 Summit rehash:
-It has already been done and resulted in nothing,
-You can’t invite everyone and you will always piss someone off by not inviting them,
-Decisions “by committee” rarely work,
-You can’t take the politics out of it (for example, will AGW sceptics be invited?),
-The summit is designed to fail as is looking at new jobs = more spending,
-The summit is designed to fail as is NOT looking at red tape, excessive regulation, taxation,
-Any real “reforms” resulting from the summit won’t be considered by Treasury until 2023.
The only thing that I recall coming out of KRudd’s summit was the Cash for Clunkers idea. But, given the price of clunkers in the market today, that could be a real money maker for proponents! 😛
The second bit is a bit hypocritical since taxpayers are paying for my lobster and champagne bill. Luckily, I have no shame. None.
Additional: When a Labor MP says “it will look at productivity” – that’s code for more union work maaaates’ breaks, more leave and higher wages.
Take some sunscreen and a hat.
The postprandial car-park Q&A might take some time.
Maybe ask Barnaby if he still maintained the view that a politicians jab status was no-ones business.
Kewl. But the cost of getting to Fairfield doesn’t make it worth it.
How come? Do the Fairfield greengrocers have direct supply lines? I don’t know how the growers could be making a profit at those prices.
Mandarins, lemons, and navel oranges are free from the tree in my backyard.
Strangely the Valencia tree went on strike and grew nuffin this year.
The apple tree looks dead, but I’m working on the “Just pining for the fjords” excuse.
My dislike of Barnabus Beetroot Juice has nothing to do with his affair with Vikki. In fact, I suspect he’s very happy with Vikki and good luck to him. Everyone is entitled to some personal happiness and I pass no judgment on them or how they came together. I think Beetroot was torn at the time, you could see it at the time, it happened during the whole citizenship fiasco, he was really all over the shop and the left were (and remain) determined to target him. None of us know what goes on in a marriage and I think that the Beetroot’s marriage was long dead, particularly in the physical department.
No, my disappointment with Beetroot is over his lack of balls when dealing with Morrison over net zero emissions. Beetroot and the Nationals capitulated faster than a speeding bullet. He should have stood firm and told Morrison that he he went down the “net zero” route, the Nationals would walk.
Also, to be fair and I commend him for this, Beetroot, unlike many men on both sides of politics, didn’t coerce Vikki into having an abortion and he now has two beautiful boys.
In the Aftermath of Political Violence, Japan Gives Big Election Win to Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Tribute to Assassinated Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
July 11, 2022 | Sundance
Yes.
That one really pissed me off.
“People will just fight and squabble about it”.
“1. It is entirely likely ex-BJ was ‘distant’ from BJ for many, many years;
2. His (adult) daughters are said to be cool with it;
3. Ex-BJ milked the publicity for all it was worth before being forgotten;
4. Nobody cares;
5. Nobody should care, because it’s nobody else’s business.”
I think you’ve said it best KD.
I’ve got enough on my plate, but it does seem to be a good conversation starter. I’ll lull him into a false sense of security.
Alas, Avi, in the usual spirit of conservatives being nice, stressed that he never sought financial penalties.
No wonder we keep losing.
The thought of maniacs hitting my local IGA and panic buying up all the Brussels sprouts, racing away with bags chock full of them, really cheers me up.
I think the cartoon of Barnaby as a stud bull (with a massive set of balls) climbing into a truck with Malcolm & ScoMo in the cab was the last time I laughed at a David Rowe cartoon.
Alas, Avi, in the usual spirit of conservatives being nice, stressed that he never sought financial penalties.
The taxpayers would have footed the bill, so I’m not too worried about that aspect of it.
Where the hell is he when you need him? He’s always lurking around like a stoush stalker especially late at night but when you need him he does a no-show.
Driller, get in here and explain to Armadillo when Barndoor dissed you and how he groveled back. Give him a rough year etc so he can ask questions about the dissing of a National Party kingmaker.
It’s an interesting edition of Michael Smith – Tanya Plibersek is getting wet knickers over the fact that that Gough Whitlam was born 106 years ago today, and what a kinder, fairer, more vibrant Australia he left behind…
I’ll pencil that in as a “follow up” question.
Coercion takes many forms.
Great scene from that NZ classroom comedy (Mr Gormsby).
Male teacher gets female teacher pregnant. He goes through the whole hand-patting speech about how he totally supports women’s rights, her body her choice and he’ll stand behind her when she exercises that choice.
Her : “I’ve decided I will have the baby”
Him (very downcast) : “Oh … OK. Greeeat.”
Armadillo:
I’m not surprised it isn’t done in Australia – but there’s probably a law against it.
Look, all jokes aside, my only beef with Mrs Bananaby is I think she is part of his “talking out of both corners of his mouth” shtick.
But that is more on him than her.
Let’s not forget that most of the moralising about shagging staffers came from those two buttoned up old Methodist spinsters, Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull.
Arky, if you are about, is there any chance you could chauffeur me to the luncheon on Saturday in the Model A?
If I’m going to be a total fuckwit, I need to send Barney a warning signal in advance.
No way. There’s no chance we’re going to let this opportunity slide without asking Barndoor what was it that he did to the anointed one.
Arma, start that one off with a generic privacy question about pollies private lives.
Yep, he will be all good with that.
Then go to the politicians not disclosing vax status. “That’s fair enough right, Bananaby?”
He’s now comfortably leaning back in his chair and letting the Bollinger course through his overworked veins.
Now go for the juggler.
“So how come I couldn’t walk onto a 200 acre racecourse or into a bank foyer or a pub without proving I had the jab?”
Bananaby and Boris, Birds of a Feather.
Two-faced bastards who have lied to and cheated anyone they claim to have cared about. That includes family, friends, constituents and last, but not least, their Country.
I wish their children only the best possible childhood that our Taxes can buy. I have no doubt the children are well-loved and cared for. That does not mitigate the fact they are used as props and photo opportunities when needed. There was a well commented upon post by the current Mrs Bananaby that did just that. Funny, no more posts after that.
If I could make a film of Bananaby and Boris, this would be it.
Hi Pogs, are you still doing the semi-rural thing with some equestrian angles?
Cheers, ‘strop.
I’ve got enough on my plate, but it does seem to be a good conversation starter. I’ll lull him into a false sense of security.
Make sure everything you eat & drink is, bloody, expensive, ask for seconds plus a”doggy bag” cos after all these, reasonable, questions I’m doubting you’ll get another chance at a”trough freebie” … LOL!
Around 10 years ago a good source told me that (vicpol) false arrest payouts run at around $1000 per hour of freedom lost. I guess it would be more than that now.
With a focus on addressing a shortage of skilled workers, Mr Albanese said targeting overseas workers was a key focus.
“The government inherited, along with a long list of problems, a massive backlog in the visas. It is absurd that at a time of skills shortages, there have been people waiting for such a long period of time.
“We have a global labour market. We need to acknowledge that, and we need to make sure we have better pathways to a permanent presence in Australia for people to give us the skills we need.”
AnAl restores the population Ponzi, surprise!
Would he like my extended family to vote for him?
When they all get their guns back, he gets their vote back.
Oh here he is.
Maybe there was a NDA re any payout for Avi.
And an increasing amount of NDA’s include a clause to not refer to an NDA being agreed to.
I do like the image of woman in her thirties as ‘young and naive’ though.
You’d think someone would have explained birds and bees to her by then.
How come? Do the Fairfield greengrocers have direct supply lines? I don’t know how the growers could be making a profit at those prices.
I think after the $15 a kilo gouge they’ve lotza unsold stock to move .. quickly .. LOL!
Hi Anchor,
yes I am. Although I wouldn’t call it semi-rural. Although only 45 minutes from a large country town, I am fairly isolated and becoming connected has been a nightmare. Thank God for Maters’ tip on Starlink.
No equestrian until I have the house sorted and the yards and sheds built for the pet goat and my beloved poultry. Maybe a pony next year.
I know I am tempting fate but, I reckon the rain could hold off for a few weeks.
How is your own Private Idaho going?
Iceberg lettuce is almost bargain basement here.
$6.49.
I bought brussel sprouts instead at $10 a k.
As always chicken was cheaper.
Wow, so Mr Roberts will be due quite the hefty sum!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-11/jason-roberts-police-officer-murder-not-guilty/101217858
Wonder if “our” Kate will fly over from Hollywood for AnAl’s “summit”? .. LOL!
If I were speaking to him, I’d say ordinary Australians* are entitled to have access to cheap reliable energy and if the Nationals and Liberals are too gutless to use our beautiful coal they have to go nuclear.
rosie gets the prize for best question for Bananaby.
If they had said that instead of playing MSM game I would have more sympathy.
If I play my cards right, Barney and I might become mates, and this Saturday gig will become a regular occurrence. My goal in 12 months is this…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczPDGC3f8U
“As always chicken was cheaper.”
Lamb mince ($7.50/500g) cheaper than beef mince ($8.50/500g) in Shitney for the last several weeks.
Co-mingled vid of Bunter and Hiden.
JC, the Hunter videos from the 4chan hack that are circulating can not be un-seen.
Hormonal changes? I know when I got fixed I stopped chasing cars. That’s some change.
Lysander, a little different in that case. I reckon the arrest would’ve been legitimate, more to do with police and prosecutor behavior during the trial.
Watch Carefully. Hilarious video.
It’s a proven scientific fact, ranger.
Brussels Sprouts, G&T and 4x induce hormonal changes.
This dude is side splitting. Not Hiden, the owner of the twitter page.
https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1543002190788411392
In Well, You Voted For It news:
Apparently, it’s going to be a defense, NBN, trains, trams, and ferry-led recovery.
And aliens will come to Earth and give us things…
Thanks Bern. Can you send me the link.
Elbow being humorous.
I love looking forward to this or that fruit or veg in season. Plums, passionfruit, apricots, peaches, grapes, strawberries, figs in mid-late summer. Pumpkins in autumn. Mandarins in winter. Magic.
Jason Roberts, who was convicted of the murders of Sgt. Gary Silk and S/C Rodney Miller in 1998 has walked free today after a jury found him not guilty.
Knowing what we know now about the workings of Victoria Police, could it be or is there a possibility that Roberts was ‘bricked’ (set up with false/bogus charges) to showcase how good Vic. Pol. are at clearing offences – particularly one as important and as significant as this cold-blood execution of two officers?
Just wondering out loud.
Not linking to anything JC.
Hunter’s tastes are on the young side.
FOUR LEGS GOOD!! TWO LEGS BAD!!!!
FTB, I saw on twitter Hunter with what seemed a young person with a bag over their head hog tied on a bed. If he wasn’t related to Democratic royalty it would be on MSM 24/7, a police investigation, and the downfall of the administration.
Keep in mind all of this was freely available to the media a month before Nov 2020 and the media not only refused to cover, actively interfered with the NY Post publicizing it. It was also in the custody of the FBI.
Testink. Won, Too, Free.
Mandarins are the pigeons of citrus. Plant one and start to work out how to get rid of the excess fruit.
Brilliant.
Oh.
Like Dad, then. Apple and tree I guess.
Trying to post comments about the acquittal in the re-trial of the silk – miller murders but Klaus keeps blocking me.
Clearly I know too much.
Dover the 4chan hack is from a phone which is separate to the laptop from hell stuff.
The stuff that’s all over twitter is ripe.
It makes the laptop from hell stuff look like The Hangover while these 4chan photos & videos are 8MM & Bad Boy Bubby combined.
Sick shit man.
Regarding your plate, remember that it’s the poor, struggling taxpayers who are paying for your lunch.
Nothing other than a cheese and tomato sandwich should be on that plate, and definitely none of those expensive brussel sprouts.
Oh come on says:
July 11, 2022 at 1:33 pm
Look at this Carol lady’s photo – she’s standing in what is presumably her back garden, wearing her dressing gown and the full mask and facial screen get-up, demanding that everyone else cater to her needs. It’s wrong for the ABC to platform such people in an attempt to guilt the population back into draconian Covid restrictions……
Indeed. I was a little surprised she mentioned going to Coles (rather than ordering online and home contactless delivery) and although she is entitled to home care, her fear of covid means she rarely takes advantage of it. She was quoted in the ABC that routine medical trips to the Royal Melbourne Hospital have become “absolutely terrifying” ordeals as the rest of the country moves on from the pandemic.
“There are people everywhere without masks” Carol said. That’s true but not in hospitals were they are still mandatory. So, assuming Carol is travelling by private car to the hospital, she wouldn’t come into contact with unmasked people.
The ABC tries to tug at the heart-strings by saying that “With COVID-19 still casting a spectre over every Australian town and city, Carol has found herself cut off from the rest of the world” but we are also informed that Carol has ovarian cancer and, possibly worse, systemic lupus which means that her immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. Those immunocompromised to that extent can be at mortal risk from viral, bacterial and fungal infections from countless sources. Even the food they eat can represent a risk. Yet, Carol will go to Coles and whinge that people are not wearing masks.
The article also states that succumbing to the virus after her long battle with cancer would feel unfair to Carol. “I’ve fought cancer for years…….I don’t want to die from the bloody virus.” Well yes and I feel sorry for Carol, and I’m sure she doesn’t want to live her remaining time like a hermit, but the truth is that sometimes people are dealt a shitty hand of cards and she is one of those people.
Expecting that the rest of Australia revert to the mask mandates is silly and futile but a classic vehicle for the ABC to hitch their wagon.
Weren’t we meant to be an international IT powerhouse due to the introduction of the NBN by now.
OK.
Here goes.
Part 1.
The re-trial of Roberts was because of Police ignoring (or actively covering up) alibis or exculpatory witnesses.
That could get awkward and might might attract compensation.
If it had simply been “new evidence” compensation probably isn’t as likely.
Bern
Do you think hackersz really got into his Icloud account? You think it’s true or a hoax?
Spot on DB. Truly unforgiveable behaviour from most of the MSM.
My daily routine over the last 12 years has gone from 7 News, SBS, ABC, 730 report to Tucker, Gutfeld, Waters on Fox with the odd Trump rally thrown in as a treat every now and then. Might also do a bit of Rogan or Crowder..
If I’m feeling risky, I might watch a docco on SBS – but I do so guardedly, regardless of the topic.
I don’t intend on ever giving any leftard station, newspaper, journal, website, program one single rating.
Part 2.
And I reckon Pell could be saying I’ll have 10% of what he’s having based on time served (noting that Roberts has separately pleaded to several armed robberies at the start of this trial, so he was probably due 10-12 years anyway).
shatterzzz says:
July 11, 2022 at 3:55 pm
How come? Do the Fairfield greengrocers have direct supply lines? I don’t know how the growers could be making a profit at those prices.
I think after the $15 a kilo gouge they’ve lotza unsold stock to move .. quickly .. LOL!
Tassie potato growers are waiting for a final offer from Simplot, hoping it will amount to 50c per kilo for spuds into the factory. Last year 36c.
Cheap bridges are about $3 p/k at supermarkets.
Quite possibly. It would make an interesting term of reference for a future Royal Commission into VicPlod at some stage.
I’ll wait for more conformation. 4chan has it share of creeps too.
Completely out of Control in Vaucluse
A Vaucluse woman believed she “was under attack” from a bizarre litany of enemies, including Russian spies, x-ray beams and communist assassins, when she removed a series of CCTV cameras from her neighbour’s home, a court heard.
Katherine Peterson, 51, appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on Friday having previously pleaded guilty to one charge of larceny.
The court heard Peterson stole three Arlo CCTV cameras, valued at $738, from a neighbouring Derby St, Vaucluse, property on March 12.
According to agreed police facts, the owner of these recently purchased cameras placed the first one at the entrance of her driveway around 6pm on March 12.
Just over an hour later, this woman received a phone notification alerting her to motion and the camera’s removal.
Ten minutes later, Peterson’s neighbour installed a second camera in the same position, and soon received a similar notification on her phone, a court heard.
At 9pm, with both cameras now removed and a new one in place, the neighbour watched the live stream until she saw Peterson remove this camera and flee across their quiet Vaucluse street to her neighbouring home, the court heard.
The following day, police entered Peterson’s home to say she was depicted on CCTV committing an offence, a court heard.
After this, Peterson paused before stating, “I’ll get you the cameras, but I was under attack,” court documents state.
She returned the operational and undamaged cameras to police, a court heard.
According to documents tendered to Downing Local Court, Peterson had experienced several interactions with police after suffering from episodes of mental illness.
“(Peterson) appears to be under the impression that there are spies in her street spying on her and that she is being attacked … (she) is clearly suffering from an undiagnosed mental health condition and is not in a clear state of mind,” court documents state.
“(After Peterson returned the cameras), she spoke about numerous topics such as communism, Russian spies, assassins, X-ray beams and even the different races of people surrounding her spying on her,” court documents state.
Earlier this year, Peterson appeared via videolink at Waverley Local Court and uttered the bizarre words “it’s actually a Chinese box” when the Optus 5G mobile phone towers on the Vaucluse street were referenced in court.
This episode relates to separate allegations, where police charged Peterson in connection with three counts of attempting to ignite Optus 5G mobile phone towers in Vaucluse between October 2021 and April of this year.
On Friday, at Downing Centre Local Court, Magistrate Michael Barko said Peterson clearly suffers from paranoia and delusion.
“She believed they were all out to get her,” Mr Barko said, also referencing the 5G phone towers Peterson believed were installed by the Chinese government.
This charge of larceny first came before the court on April 29 and Peterson entered a plea of guilty.
On Friday, Mr Barko dismissed the matter on mental health grounds, with the condition Peterson is to comply with any community treatment orders she is assigned.
[Albanese] said more manufacturing can be done in Australia with the development of clean energy.
After what’s left of the current manufacturing base has been destroyed by high power bills.
Do you think hackersz really got into his Icloud account? You think it’s true or a hoax?
The messages, sure could be fake.
Having Pedo whatever in the contacts, sure could be fake.
But he send 17 messages to another contact in his phone saved under “Dad” (btw the way, that makes the Pedo contact story seem fake), of which one was a video of him rooting a bird.
Bridges? Sheesh!
Spuds.
Cheap for bridges. Buy in bulk
Hey, you might remember me from past words/terms such as “inculturation” or “raising awareness” or “transgenderism.”
Today’s new term is “Spectre!”
(That’s a commie’s word from 1848 – dead giveaway ABC!)
Anything could be fabricated these days.
Is this for real?
I expect the greengrocers buy direct from the growers (possibly family in some cases) bypassing the central markets altogether. It is no different from any spot/contract market. You give up some spot price windfalls for contract volume certainty. Over in WA the Spudshed guy is the master of moving up the supply chain, although their business structure was also designed to get around some historical retail shopping hours laws as well. The Vietnamese also play the same game.
I’m old enough to remember Jimmy Carter’s near death election campaign experience when, in an interview with Playboy magazine, he admitted to once having had impure thoughts about someone other than Rosalynn.
All downhill on the pretence about public morality after Bill ‘Ah Did Not Inhale/Have Sexual Relations’ Clinton…
JC, confirmed.
Via contract too.
Not via an intermediary.
‘Daily Exposé’ reader?
Yes it is true, that was last weeks outrage though. It is almost getting to two a week with those degenerates.
Frank says:
July 11, 2022 at 4:42 pm
With cheap and abundant renewable energy, our manufacturing sector will create jobs for Australians.
Weren’t we meant to be an international IT powerhouse due to the introduction of the NBN by now?
You mean we’re not? Jeez, that’s disappointing. The Government promised…… oh, wait…..
Seriously? Does anyone believe this rubbish? Marxist Govts in most states plus Canbra that will be regulate , unionize and tax enterprises into bankruptcy – sure investors will be queuing up for that kind of trauma.
We have potentially oodles of cheap effective energy. The problem is our stupid fkg Govts are hell bent on destroying our economy and quality of like with this renewball fantasy world of phantom clean energy.
Doubly confirmed JC, tucker had a 15 minute rant on it last week due to the fact that they were taken from the US STRATEGIC (!) reserves…. aka, for wartime.
He had a nice take on it:
“We are paying around $7 per gallon for fuel and Biden has signed a contract (possibly through his son) that takes our fuel from our strategic reserves and doesn’t give it to Americans who need it nor to ease prices, but to a country whose main aim is to destroy the US?” He concludes “This is treason”
On the weekend I found out I know someone who’s working on the big solar farm in the NT project that will cable power to Singapore.
I don’t think they’ve been west of Homebush in their life.
They didn’t like my gags about maintenance guys having to dodge the crocs when the cable gets up past the top end of of the NT.