Open Thread – Tue 26 July 2022


The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, William Turner, 1835

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The Beer whisperer
The Beer whisperer
July 27, 2022 7:40 pm

Excellent article, Beery. I love old maps and drawings – linking it to building detective work is the icing on the cake.

Thanks, Calli. I’m still deciding whether to post his somewhat conspiratorial article on Australia, which isn’t as good, but interesting all the same.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 7:42 pm

I aspire to being controversial. It beats being beleaguered.

miltonf
miltonf
July 27, 2022 7:43 pm

controversial means they hate you but can’t say so straight out. Garbage people.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 27, 2022 7:44 pm

Perth Tradersays:

July 27, 2022 at 7:37 pm

phuk me dead. Aust. needs to spend more on mental health cos’ I’ve never seen so many angry people with short tempers these last few weeks.

Fuck you!!!

Tom
Tom
July 27, 2022 7:44 pm

Cohenite, thanks for watching Blot so we didn’t have to. The Vic Libs will be lucky to retain 12 of their 21 seats in the next state parliament because they’re running on a Labor platform. They’ll be annihilated.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 27, 2022 7:45 pm

Oh.
Maybe you’re right.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 7:46 pm

phuk me dead. Aust. needs to spend more on mental health cos’ I’ve never seen so many angry people with short tempers these last few weeks

A lot of people labour under the misapprehension they are important or that people gives a shit what they think.

miltonf
miltonf
July 27, 2022 7:50 pm

Why would you even bother to hand out HVTs for the Lieborals ? I saw them doing it for Trumble in 2016- talk about drinking the kool-aide.

Frank
Frank
July 27, 2022 7:56 pm

A lot of people labour under the misapprehension they are important or that people gives a shit what they think.

Reminds me of Kathy Shaidle’s take on those shrines on the side of the road built by loved ones to commemorate road fatalities.

Rabz
Rabz
July 27, 2022 8:03 pm

Loved Spain when I was there in 1996. Drove into Figueres on the Mediterranean coast near the border with France after driving from Turin in the morning (we didn’t stop in France except when briefly accosted by a Mr Bean look alike who for some unknown reason had blown his stack while we were stopped at a toll booth). Highlights included:

The Dali (Figueres), Picasso and Miro museums (Barcelona)
Walking around Barcelona checking out the Gaudi works
Catching the funicular to Montjuic for the fantastic views over the Mediterranean
Climbing one of the Sagrada Familia’s spires
Walking around Las Ramblas in the evening soaking up the atmosphere
The nightlife in Madrid – and being denounced as an “Americano” after refusing to buy some drugs from some street hustlers in an alleyway
The Prado (an all day effort and still felt like we’d barely scratched the surface)
Driving from Madrid via Zaragoza across the Pyrenees into France, crossed the border around dusk headed for Toulouse

Unfortunately I wasn’t a football fan back then so didn’t even see the Nou Camp or the Bernabau …

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 8:06 pm

Reminds me of Kathy Shaidle’s take on those shrines on the side of the road built by loved ones to commemorate road fatalities.

Get another tatt if you must.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 8:06 pm

Unless it’s the Brocky shrine of course.

Rabz
July 27, 2022 8:07 pm

Grate – the updates are still playing havoc, wiped my details and the comments towards the end of the previous page can’t be seen.

The travelogue above is based on what seem now to be very distant memories. Thankfully there are many photos. Would help if I could find the bloody things.

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Zipster:

00:59 China Buys American Land near Military Base

So why aren’t the US buying land in China near their bases?
A: Because they won’t let us.
Why don’t we tell China that they aren’t allowed to do the same?
A: crickets…

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 27, 2022 8:09 pm

I would live in Asturias even though it rains a lot. Property is so cheap. Travelled by train across the top.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 8:09 pm

I was in Figueres in February.
Only had a week in Spain, so only Figueres and Girona.
I’m planning to visit Spain in January February next year.
Haven’t been to Cordoba.

Rabz
July 27, 2022 8:11 pm

Why would you even bother to hand out HTVs for the Lieborals ?

Severe brain damage?

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 8:12 pm

Or Cádiz

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 27, 2022 8:13 pm

blog playing up now, comment didn’t show and comments 1 hour slow in updating.

Timothy Neilson
Timothy Neilson
July 27, 2022 8:15 pm

Tomsays:
July 27, 2022 at 7:44 pm
Cohenite, thanks for watching Blot so we didn’t have to. The Vic Libs will be lucky to retain 12 of their 21 seats in the next state parliament because they’re running on a Labor platform. They’ll be annihilated.

And they’ll then conclude that the problem was that they weren’t “progressive” enough.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 27, 2022 8:22 pm

Lizzie get some silver coated dressings from the chemist. Heals much better especially for a face. Mine, not so much.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 27, 2022 8:28 pm

Just got on my phone and my comments show up but not on the pc.

Zipster
July 27, 2022 8:32 pm

phuk me dead. Aust. needs to spend more on mental health cos’ I’ve never seen so many angry people with short tempers these last few weeks.

rats in a cage

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 27, 2022 8:32 pm

Alhambra Palace is well worth visiting in Granada.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 8:33 pm

We made some pretty dangerous stuff in High School Metal Shop. However this guys is next level, in terms of what he made, and the quality!

(Remember what it was like in a free country?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXIan7-t_c&t=698s

Vicki
Vicki
July 27, 2022 8:33 pm

Granada, Toledo & Cordoba are my favourites in Spain. Granada – not simply for the magnificent Alhambra, but because it is such a liveable city. It’s Basilica of Dan Juan de Dios also is staggering for the amount of gold decoration. Toledo is a quintessential ramparted city with the most marvellous exhibit, when I was there, of reconstructed & actual Ancient weaponry. And Cordoba? Well La Mezquita – the stunning cathedral that incorporates Islamic architecture, is unique. It was also a Roman town, with its magnificent stone bridge guarding the town.

So many layers of history in Spain. From remains of Palaeolithic & Neolithic settlements and dolmen, to Roman & Medieval towns & cities.

Mater
July 27, 2022 8:35 pm

(Remember what it was like in a free country?)

Getting harder every day.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 8:38 pm

Has Captain Co-Morbidity karked it yet from the coof? or is he still milking it for sympathy?

Potential epitaphs:

If he hadn’t spent his life locked in his basement eating donuts…..

Harlequin Decline
July 27, 2022 8:40 pm

Sancho Panzer says:
July 27, 2022 at 7:02 pm

Yeah. I’ve been around a bit and I’m usually more careful. Split the important stuff, take the minimum with you, the rest in the safe etc etc. All it takes though is to forget once due to any reason and you’re cursing about it for weeks.

Cancelled all the cards afterwards then had to wait for replacements, the only card I got before I left Barcelona several days later was Amex. I had to pick the other cards up in London.

Irony was that my wallet was found and handed in 3 days later sans cash but all cards intact but now useless. A ‘Chica Polaca’ found it not far from the station and did the right thing. I thanked her profusely but she wouldn’t take any of the money I borrowed off a fellow conference attendee.

BTW there is now an option (that wasn’t available back then ) to suspend the card rather than cancel in case it turns up later.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
July 27, 2022 8:43 pm

she should continue her practice of missing most sitting days.

Fact check – cherry picked subjective bullshit.

Senator Hanson – Days Present 3, Absent 1, Absent With Leave 3.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 8:44 pm

Getting harder every day.

I actually caught up with my old metal shop teacher at a BBQ recently.

He was justifiably proud of the number of his students, from a modest country high school, that went on to be machinists, fabricators, electricians and engineers.

The VIC Education Department brought a lot of steel for trailers and weapons!

We both agreed that Australia is rooted.

Mater
July 27, 2022 8:44 pm

Potential epitaphs:

If only they had a vaccine for this…oh wait!
If only they’d forced it on everyone…oh wait!
If only they’d lockdown the entire State for months…oh wait!
I guess those wing nuts on the Cat were right, after all.

m0nty
m0nty
July 27, 2022 8:47 pm

I have had a better day, no naps and have eaten a little more. Hopefully this mode lasts until the weekend is through.

m0nty
m0nty
July 27, 2022 8:50 pm

I watched QT today… what a terrible performance by the opposition, what few there are left of them. A string of questions about the CFMEU, and nothing else. Obviously Dutton has learnt nothing from crushing defeat.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
July 27, 2022 8:50 pm

I have had a better day, no naps and have eaten a little more. Hopefully this mode lasts until the weekend is through.

DILLIGAF?

Mater
July 27, 2022 8:51 pm

I have had a better day, no naps and have eaten a little more. Hopefully this mode lasts until the weekend is through.

No Monty, that was it. If you’re on the improve, it’s done.
That was what you supported fucking up the country and our kids over.
Hope you’re proud of yourself.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
July 27, 2022 8:52 pm

That’s great Monty.
The source of the Nile is still within reach.

m0nty
m0nty
July 27, 2022 8:53 pm

The Libs’ new mantra seemed to be, “why are you making a bad situation worse”, which is a massive own goal of a thing to say since they are the ones who made the situation bad in the first place, and it allows Albo to go off on their terrible record on every question.

The new Speaker had to admonish the Libs to confine their interjections until after the government member started talking.

m0nty
m0nty
July 27, 2022 8:56 pm

No Monty, that was it. If you’re on the improve, it’s done.

Hope so!

I may get lucky, but COVID luck runs out for dozens of Victorians every day.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
July 27, 2022 9:02 pm

Average age 85.

Viva
Viva
July 27, 2022 9:03 pm

Mezquita – the stunning cathedral that incorporates Islamic architecture, is unique.

Actually it is the vast mosque which incorporates the cathedral

Mater
July 27, 2022 9:03 pm

I may get lucky, but COVID luck runs out for dozens of Victorians every day.

Luck runs out for roughly 120 Victorians per day, everyday, 365 days a year, regardless of Covid.
The only luck involved is that you’re not an 83 year old diabetic with dementia.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 9:05 pm

I’m guessing I’ve spent around five six months so far in Spain, still got a few places on my yet to do list, and a few on my revisit list.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
July 27, 2022 9:11 pm

No results found for “UAP election fraud Hinkler and Longman”.
Safari.

I like the Big Tech Censorship conspiracy theory best.

mem
mem
July 27, 2022 9:12 pm

South Australia, the renewables state is currently operating on 7% renewables, 90% gas and 2% liquid fuels (probably kero). That is our future under the mad green mandates. It is all a chimera.

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
July 27, 2022 9:16 pm

Hanson objects to smoking ceremonies and welcome to country: evil fascist racist. Greens and their organs in the woke media such as the ghastly Jenna Price sneer, in the most insulting and dismissive terms, at MPs taking oaths on the scriptures and reciting the Lord’s Prayer: ultra politically correct.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 27, 2022 9:20 pm

Harlequin earlier.

BTW there is now an option (that wasn’t available back then ) to suspend the card rather than cancel in case it turns up later.

Good to know.
I was convinced we were going to get robbed in Naples a couple of years ago.
Going to the railway station in a cab.
Total gridlock so the cabbie said we may as well leg it the last 250 metres. Dragged our cases along the narrow footpaths, hand firmly on my wallet.
I had read horror stories online about pick-pockets in the station and I remembered the dingy crowded station from twenty years before.
Prepare to be mugged!
Turned the corner around some construction hoardings and there it was … a brand new railway concourse about four acres in size lit up like a Christmas tree.
A pickpocket’s nightmare.
Some of the doomsayer online reviews were only weeks old. Obviously “stories my grandpa told me”.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 9:23 pm

FTB,
If you’re ‘round, I’m 75 pages in on the Kennedy book on Fauci and I’m not giving him the benefit of the doubt. It should be grand jury time with firing squad to follow.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 27, 2022 9:31 pm

rosie says:
July 27, 2022 at 8:09 pm
I was in Figueres in February.
Only had a week in Spain, so only Figueres and Girona.
I’m planning to visit Spain in January February next year.
Haven’t been to Cordoba.

rosie,

Love Figueres – Salvador Dali’s Museum amazing

use Paradores – 1st discovered them in 1974 – (1970 Spain trip was 2 man pup tent driving Harry Potter Ford Anglia – as Airline Staff -Standby British Air Ferries Bristol 2 engine Freighter Lydd to Le Touquet return – as idiot boss would only allow 2 weeks holiday time accrued in UK, one week at a time – Parked Zurich Airport Sunday Night – slept in Airport – Terrorist alarm – thankfully we were through checks – Monday to LHR – back Friday night to pick up Anglia and complete European Tour)

1974 trip with 18 Month old son basically around world, carried OZ Dollars – useless as hard to cash in Spain, so 1 night Paradores next night, 1 star Hotel usually outside Service Station on hill where every trick noise echoed in.

Thereafter have done a number of trips to Spain using Eurolease (booked in France) and staying Paradores to Paradores – great as Seniors

https://www.parador.es/en

Have yet to stay in Parador de Granada

Spend the night in the Alhambra complex, among gardens and fountains that evoke a past in which the Arab and the Christian intermingled.

as you need to book a year ahead but on next to do list – which is a month 2 nights per Paradores – each Paradores has a 3 course local food menu reasonably price

https://www.parador.es/en/paradores/parador-de-granada

Unique and sustainable accommodation

There are currently almost a hundred Paradores located throughout most of Spain. They usually have an average of 65 rooms, thus ensuring a personal, quality customer service. More than half of them are located in historical monuments and buildings; and many others offer accommodation in national parks and outstanding natural spaces. In addition, their restaurants serve a harmonious blend of traditional dishes alongside the latest culinary trends. All of this shows the Paradores’ commitment to sustainability, which translates into a management model where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, care for the environment and the promotion of the local economy always prevail.

We on one trip had picked up Eurolease in Biarritz, started out in Parador de Hondarribia then paradores across north spain then inland to Leon – https://www.parador.es/en/paradores/parador-de-leon across to Parador de Santiago de Compostela, Parador de Pontevedra, Parador de Baiona down to Portugal back through Madrid to Coast backup to France

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 27, 2022 9:34 pm

For fuck’s sake, m0nster, get a grip man.
SitRep.
You’ve got Kung Flu. Confirmed.
From here, one of two things are going to happen.
Most likely you will be back to normal (whatever the fuck that is) in a couple of days.
Or there is a tiny, miniscule possibility your condition might worsen and you might die.
I doubt it, but let’s deal with that contingency.
Stop sooking about being too young for anti-virals. Get a bit resourceful. Find a relative who is over 65, get them to declare a positive RAT and get someone to grab some anti-virals from the chemist.
Stop being a fucking rule-following socialist. Take a bit of control.
You might even consider horse paste.
Can’t do any harm.
Might save you life, who knows?

Jorge
Jorge
July 27, 2022 9:34 pm

Last Night of the Proms on ABC 22. Rather rotund Aussie tenor Stuart Skelton in cricket whites and floppy green leads the singing of Rule Brittania. Lots of bonhomie.

When Britain first, at heaven’s command
Arose from out the azure main
Arose arose from out the azure main
This was the charter, the charter of the land
And guardian angels sang this strain
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Still more majestic shalt thou rise
More dreadful from each foreign stroke
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke
As the loud blast, the blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root thy native oak
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Still more majestic shalt thou rise
More dreadful from each foreign stroke
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke
As the loud blast, the blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root thy native oak
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
The Muses, still with freedom found
Shall to thy happy coasts repair
Shall to thy happy, happy coasts repair
Blest isle regardless, with countless beauty places
And manly hearts to guard the fair
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves
Britons never, never, shall be slaves

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 27, 2022 9:37 pm

Oops 1973 trip with 18 Month old son basically around world and where every truck noise echoed in.

Mater
July 27, 2022 9:40 pm

Stop being a fucking rule-following socialist. Take a bit of control.
You might even consider horse paste.
Can’t do any harm.
Might save you life, who knows?

In Monty’s book, if it’s not fucking up someone else’s life, it’s not an appropriate treatment/mitigation.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 9:40 pm

Get ready for a new strategy to get you masked up, since very few people are wearing them. The medico-industrio fascists are seeking to change the messaging. According to some ex-UN doctor on Sky today, masks are not to keep you safe – they’re to keep the people around you safe! So, it’s about embarrassing you until you concede that you have responsibilities beyond your own needs.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
July 27, 2022 9:45 pm

Daily Mail, on the subject of THAT fracas in Darwin – curious, they aren’t allowing comments.

Frightening footage emerges of a ‘riot’ at a Woolworths supermarket as a brawl breaks out and one man runs around wielding a knife

Witnesses describe seeing a ‘riot’ break out as people brawled at a Woolworths
Video posted on social media showed several people brawling outside the store
At least 10 people were involved, with reports of several knives being seen

cohenite
July 27, 2022 9:46 pm

I thought the fat little turd was on his death bed, yet here he is leaving slime trails.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 9:46 pm

Did anyone see reported in the Oz, Hugh Jackman received one of those alphabet guernseys in time for a photo-op and before the Manly players were informed of the club’s requirement for their own change of attire.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 9:50 pm

Is there no one here but us?

Dot
Dot
July 27, 2022 9:52 pm
cohenite
July 27, 2022 9:58 pm

Intriguing book titles for the jaded:

Don’t Look at Me: a child’s book about feeling different.
“Help Lord: the Devil Wants Me Fat”: a scriptural approach to healthy eating.
It Won’t Last Forever: a child’s book about living with a depressed parent.
The Key to Femininity: always ask a man.
Natural Bust Enlargement With Total Mind Power: how to use the other 90% of your mind to increase the size of your breasts.
Make Your Own Sex Toys: 50 quick and satisfying projects.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 27, 2022 10:01 pm

Where’s KD?
I hope he’s OK.
Not caught up in Woollies rioting or crocodile rustling.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 27, 2022 10:02 pm

If you didn’t think the Vogue shoot was bad enough, check out the behind the scenes.

https://twitter.com/Levi_godman/status/1552031687365861376

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 10:03 pm

Ok, so there is no one here but us.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 10:04 pm

ftb,
It’s a thumbs down on Fauci.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 27, 2022 10:05 pm

100%.
Atlas was being a pussy saying he was incompetent.
Fauci is evil.

Indolent
Indolent
July 27, 2022 10:07 pm
Barry
Barry
July 27, 2022 10:11 pm

Bar Beach Swimmer says:
July 27, 2022 at 9:40 pm

Get ready for a new strategy to get you masked up, since very few people are wearing them. The medico-industrio fascists are seeking to change the messaging. According to some ex-UN doctor on Sky today, masks are not to keep you safe – they’re to keep the people around you safe! So, it’s about embarrassing you until you concede that you have responsibilities beyond your own needs.

Simple answer.

I’m. Not. Sick.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 10:17 pm

I may get lucky, but COVID luck runs out for dozens of Victorians every day.

Such a fucking drama queen.

If it barely touched a fat fuck like you, any Victorian that croaks from Covid was weeks away from death anyway.

Two years of destruction and forced experimental medication for a virus that can barely get munty of his food?!

Dot
Dot
July 27, 2022 10:19 pm

According to some ex-UN doctor on Sky today, masks are not to keep you safe – they’re to keep the people around you safe!

…so they can wear a mask all they like.

Look if jellyback Parrot Head has said no and we’re past mid winter, the chance of this happening seems remote.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 10:21 pm

Fauci is evil.

Mengele level evil, just a little short of the authority necessary to let his evil take full flight.

rickw
rickw
July 27, 2022 10:24 pm

we’re past mid winter, the chance of this happening seems remote

I’m not so sure, there has been a inexplicable maskening of vicdanistan over the last couple of weeks. Stupid government combined with stupid people, anything is possible.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 27, 2022 10:38 pm

we’re past mid winter, the chance of this happening seems remote

But, Dot, it’s got nothing to do with our “great” leader and bringing back any health directive – because most people would be against any retrograde move now.

Nor is it about the time of year – winter or summer, is not the concern. In these people’s minds, it’s an “embarrassment thang”. “We will look down on you because until you put it on, you’re a bad person!” (And done with a harpy’s shriek). The “how dare you!” contingent of the ABC with Norman Swan in the lead.

jupes
jupes
July 27, 2022 10:39 pm

According to some ex-UN doctor on Sky today, masks are not to keep you safe – they’re to keep the people around you safe!

If that’s the case, then masks work only when exhaling, but not when inhaling. Therefore, the masks must consist of little one way valves. Who knew?

The solution then is simple. Rather than mandate everyone wear masks, just have the bed-wetters wear two masks – one facing in, one facing out! Normal people can just get on with their lives.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 10:49 pm

Monty if a frail wheelchair bound 92 year old can survive covid you can.
You aren’t even sick enough to need more than a couple of panadol.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 10:53 pm

You are correct rick, masks everywhere near me including on young children.
And now in addition to hoarding tissues (mum witnessed a lady buy 76 boxes at aldi which didn’t have a two box limit) now there is high demand for eggs, so local Coles has a two cartoon limit.
I bought one cartoon.

Dot
Dot
July 27, 2022 10:59 pm

Nor is it about the time of year – winter or summer, is not the concern. In these people’s minds, it’s an “embarrassment thang”. “We will look down on you because until you put it on, you’re a bad person!” (And done with a harpy’s shriek). The “how dare you!” contingent of the ABC with Norman Swan in the lead.

I am embarrassed to be part of a species that loves being swindled.

Next life: Ferengi, please.

Oh come on
Oh come on
July 27, 2022 11:00 pm

I actually do see where the ‘Covid isn’t real’ folks are coming from. I think they’re wrong, but I get it. Imagine your current self telling your 2019 self about the terrible swathe Covid is cutting through the community – snuffing out the lives of those pushing 90 and the morbidly obese with cardiovascular and respiratory problems. And diabetes. It’s not as though such people are at a heightened risk of dying as compared with your average person. It’s so unusual.

Oh come on
Oh come on
July 27, 2022 11:04 pm

Masks are highly predictive personality identifiers when worn in non-medical settings. Use the knowledge to your advantage.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 11:05 pm

I’ve seen that hotel in the Alhambra complex old Ozzie, but as I’ve visited the place twice no great desire to return unless I take a family member with me.
Last time we rocked up early without a booking and were the last ones let in for the day, week day in January, I wouldn’t do that again.
I’ll keep Paradores in mind if im travelling with someone else, I’ve always used Airbnb in Spain, lots of interesting apartments in different locations and usuall very reasonable prices.
I think we stayed on Elvira? St the first time in Granada (had the original gate to the city?) and a place in a back street near the cathedral the second.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 11:10 pm

Why would you even bother to hand out HTVs for the Lieborals ?

The LOLs.

jupes
jupes
July 27, 2022 11:11 pm

My own snapshot of mask wearers in Perth city gives a small amount of confidence that common sense is returning. About a week ago, I counted people passing me while I was waiting for my darling wife. About one in three were wearing a mask. Today I repeated the exercise, and it was about one in five.

rosie
rosie
July 27, 2022 11:12 pm

Madrid Cordoba Rondo Cadiz huevla? then bus into Portugal is looking good.
There are a couple of medieval walled cities starting with e in southern Portugal I want to visit and I wouldn’t mind visiting North Western Portugal and then a couple of the towns on the coast above Santiago de Compostela.
Then maybe the train to San Seb and into France.
Just have to be sure all is calm at home first.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 27, 2022 11:22 pm

I don’t really pay attention to masks unless someone is wearing them outside. Then I just think how sad it would be to be that uninformed.

Dot
Dot
July 27, 2022 11:30 pm

Bye bye Trump.

No one is voting for a death penalty for drug dealers in 2024.

“China doesn’t have drug problems”

They have a communism problem.

Executing drug dealers is a step away from shooting pub owners and home brewers.

Please. Less government power. Less killing.

Bring on de Santis and repeal Clinton’s drug kingpin law too.

Dot
Dot
July 27, 2022 11:36 pm

Think about it.

Along with the drug Czar and President, who is going to make policies here?

That’s right, a Health Czar.

That will definitely work out well and be science based. Maybe even Scoience! based.

Health freedom, but if you take the politically incorrect drug, we will shoot you if you make money on the side selling it, to save your life, bro.

That sounds similar to “reasoning” made over the last two and a half years.

Dot
Dot
July 28, 2022 12:00 am

Something is definitely up,

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11049903/Matt-Gaetz-likely-prison-sex-trafficking-2024-Pence-aide-Marc-Short-says.html

Interestingly:

Gaetz has denied the sex-trafficking allegations against him, and no charges have been filed against him. The New York Times first reported the existence of the federal investigation into Gaetz in March 2021.

I may have to eat crow and ask forgiveness from God (Trump).

This seems to be the start of three months of rank propaganda.

Followed by two years of full spectrum, maximum power indoctrination.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 3:49 am

Drug addiction in San Fran.
It’s like they want addicts to off themselves via over dosing.

https://leightonwoodhouse.substack.com/p/through-the-cracks?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:10 am
Tom
Tom
July 28, 2022 4:11 am
feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 4:21 am

Thanks Tom.
Current line in Manly game is 18.5.

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Sancho Panzer:

Mrs P has a bag with a cut-proof strap with other cards.

Good way to get your arm ripped off when the two blokes on the motorbike grab the bag and don’t let go.

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Rosie:

No one ever stole my decoy wallets in Barcelona.
Very disappointing.

Can you get ones that explode when they get, say, 5 meters away from you?

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Does Spain have concealed carry for when some arsehole decides whats yours is his?
That shit would stop real quick by the tenth justifiable culling.

bespoke
bespoke
July 28, 2022 5:02 am

Morning inmates

Kiruna

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 5:08 am

The way to play this evening’s game is anytime try scorers in a same game multi & load up.

will
will
July 28, 2022 5:36 am

No one is voting for a death penalty for drug dealers in 2024.

pity

there never was a “war’ on drugs, if there was then possession of illegal drugs would result in summary execution on the sidewalk, like in Saudi Arabia.

Was it Frederick Forsyth who wrote a book on what a real war on drugs looks like? (The Cobra I think)

Instead, it was hardly a crime, and may as well be made legal.

Gabor
Gabor
July 28, 2022 5:51 am

will says:
July 28, 2022 at 5:36 am

No one is voting for a death penalty for drug dealers in 2024.

pity

there never was a “war’ on drugs, if there was then possession of illegal drugs would result in summary execution on the sidewalk, like in Saudi Arabia.

Was it Frederick Forsyth who wrote a book on what a real war on drugs looks like? (The Cobra I think)

Instead, it was hardly a crime, and may as well be made legal.

Agreed, let Darwin’s law decide. Sad for some but it’s self-inflicted.

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 5:53 am
Anchor What
Anchor What
July 28, 2022 6:31 am

If you are following US politics this might be the most important article you read today.
I was wrong about Trump.

Dot
Dot
July 28, 2022 6:32 am

Day 1 of the 2022 US Civil Propaganda War update:

Tim Pool: The View caught flat out lying about TP USA rally (Matt Gaetz was there) smeared as a NAZI rally!

https://youtu.be/UhZXBAVdLk0

bespoke
bespoke
July 28, 2022 6:33 am

After what’s been happening over the past few years that it is bad idea to give the government more power. All is lost.

bespoke
bespoke
July 28, 2022 6:38 am

After what’s been happening over the past few years and still think it’s a good idea to give the government more power. All is lost.

Geebus!

Dot
Dot
July 28, 2022 6:39 am

Morning fellow traitors.

Trabant.

Dot
Dot
July 28, 2022 6:47 am

The US Democrats have turned up dirty tricks to 13 overnight.

Biden is basically CGI now and endless leaks of fatuous and vexatious criminal probes against America first Repubs. Gaetz & Trump, etc.

The funny thing is, Hillary will never be President.

Anchor What
Anchor What
July 28, 2022 6:53 am

LaborLotto!
Senate president wants to ditch the Lord’s Prayer, says article in the Paywallian.

Mater
July 28, 2022 7:05 am

LaborLotto!
Senate president wants to ditch the Lord’s Prayer, says article in the Paywallian.

And yet, from the instigator of the Acknowledgement of Country farce:

Dingo brushes off accusations that the welcome to country has become an empty gesture or, worse, a form of tokenism. For him the ancient ceremony has the same religious purpose and spiritual weight as attending church. “You can’t kill spirituality. You can’t take somebody’s soul. You can’t kill the presence, the inner sanctums of spirituality. You can’t do that.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/23/ernie-dingo-and-richard-walley-on-the-40th-year-of-their-welcome-to-country

Hypocrisy perhaps?

Anchor What
Anchor What
July 28, 2022 7:07 am

David Llewelyn article at News website: Australia is Screwed!
A lot of blather about interest rates and inflation, while not wanting to sheet home blame for kneecapping the economy with climate changey crap like wind and solar while building no new affordable and reliable power.
Add the over-reaction to da virus and the excruciating expenditure (cheered on by state Labor premiers) and you have a Reserve Bank with a tendency to raise rates.
Activists will continue to try and shut down our remaining major earners called Mining and Agriculture, so we would then be “totally screwed” for sure.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
July 28, 2022 7:35 am

James Lovelock has gone to Gaia.

Renowned Scientist James Lovelock dies aged 103: First proposed the Gaia hypothesis – Reversed belief in ‘global warming’ – Declared: ‘I’m not sure the whole thing isn’t crazy’ (27 Jul)

Not entirely sure he reversed his view on worming but he did seem to get an attack of doubt. But he was getting there since the whole thing is, in fact, crazy.

duncanm
duncanm
July 28, 2022 7:36 am

Thanks Tom,

I usually find Warren a bit lame – but he’s on the money this time.

Crossie
Crossie
July 28, 2022 7:36 am

Mater at 7:05 am, it’s not a religion but it’s a religion.

The fact that they perform in parliament the welcome to country rite straight after the prayer indicates absolutely that it is a religion.

The welcome to country ritual is a handy stand-in for worship of environmentalism and Gaia. It is paganism, pure and simple. The mono-theistic religions tolerating it is akin to promoting it and therefore against their own beliefs.

duncanm
duncanm
July 28, 2022 7:45 am

The Beer whisperersays:
July 27, 2022 at 7:40 pm
Excellent article, Beery. I love old maps and drawings – linking it to building detective work is the icing on the cake.

Thanks, Calli. I’m still deciding whether to post his somewhat conspiratorial article on Australia, which isn’t as good, but interesting all the same.

interesting — but it seems likely to me that the building in question re-worked some facades which explains much of the ‘mystery’ he’s making up.

The only real ‘unsolved’ part is the original stereoscopic photo, but the photo has been retouched or the M has fallen off.

Better image herecomment image

Anchor What
Anchor What
July 28, 2022 7:50 am

ABC Classic music channel is going so woke!
Latest project is to sponsor aboriginal choir in dead language.

calli
calli
July 28, 2022 7:53 am

It is paganism, pure and simple.

The worship of the creation rather than the Creator. The Christians in parliament should be especially worried – no point in asking for their work to be blessed and then baring their backsides to the Almighty as they bend down to sniff the magical smoke.

Vicki
Vicki
July 28, 2022 7:55 am

Unfortunately James Lovelock created a religion – the worship of Gaia. There is no other way to explain the religious fervour of so many Climate Change activists. And like other worshippers, some are more devout than others. But all seemingly elevate what they see as the health of the planet above all else – certainly above the well-being of the human species.

The planet is an immensely complex and dynamic entity, & that complexity needs to be monitored, as we do. But to believe that our species can control or substantially influence those processes had always seemed ludicrous to me.

lotocoti
lotocoti
July 28, 2022 7:56 am

A blow against the current thing.

Rail conductor sues after he was sacked for questioning ‘black privilege’

calli
calli
July 28, 2022 7:58 am

Duncanm, the other point he’s making though is the manufactured history of architect and date built. It’s curious that even relatively recent structures such as this have a “story” woven around them that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

I liked the idea though that it might incorporate some much older elements, much the same as many buildings in Rome for instance.

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 7:59 am

Labor.
Making energy significantly more expensive and less reliable.
Strangle our main export earners, mining and agriculture.

What’s not to like?

rugbyskier
rugbyskier
July 28, 2022 8:02 am

The welcome to country ritual is a handy stand-in for worship of environmentalism and Gaia. It is paganism, pure and simple. The mono-theistic religions tolerating it is akin to promoting it and therefore against their own beliefs.

It also has the nasty undertone to all non-Aboriginal Australians that this is not your country. I don’t need to be welcomed into the land that I was born in, my parents were born in and my grandparents and great-grandparents were born and died in.

The Beer whisperer
The Beer whisperer
July 28, 2022 8:03 am

Pirate Pete endorsed vilification yesterday because alphabet people have been vilified forever.

He is the complete cockhead.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
July 28, 2022 8:09 am

Mater shirley dingo and walley wrote welcome to country 40,000 years ago. You know it makes sense.

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 8:09 am

You know what the galleria looks like to me, two crossing streets that have been covered over with a glass roof, apparently the church of Santa Brigida is also incorporated.
I might go Rome Naples Sicily Sardinia Barcelona.
inside

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:11 am

“You can’t kill spirituality. You can’t take somebody’s soul. You can’t kill the presence, the inner sanctums of spirituality. You can’t do that.”

Mmm…the prog-left would like to do just that to the Manly 7.

They can’t even attend the match because of security concerns, which suggests credible death threats have been received.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:13 am

It also has the nasty undertone to all non-Aboriginal Australians that this is not your country.

If we’re welcome to country why all the talk abut Invasion Day and de-colonisation?

Can’t we all just get along, as most Australians thought we were making genuine progress at?

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 8:13 am

Michael Malice speaking with Alex Jones.
Live streaming now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZxcPDHKpvc

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 8:14 am

There is clearly going to be a substitution of welcome to country for the Lord’s prayer.
I’m not sure I care that much.
We should be getting people back to church.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 8:17 am

I’d be more supportive of the welcome to country prayer if it mentioned the goals of raising education standards & reducing domestic violence in all indigenous communities.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
July 28, 2022 8:19 am

Dingo brushes off accusations that the welcome to country has become an empty gesture or, worse, a form of tokenism. For him the ancient ceremony has the same religious purpose and spiritual weight as attending church. “You can’t kill spirituality. You can’t take somebody’s soul. You can’t kill the presence, the inner sanctums of spirituality. You can’t do that.”

I was at boarding school with Ernie Dingo in the early 1970’s. Pulling the legs of gullible white fellas was something he and his claque thought fine sport. They all considered an education fully funded by the whitefella taxpayer their rightful due – boarding fees, airfares home for holidays, textbooks, school excursions, pocket money, the lot.

Vicki
Vicki
July 28, 2022 8:20 am

Well even the Breakfast TV morons commented on it:
Australian athlete WITH Covid (I believe a squash player) is being permitted to play when positive to Covid.

It is breathtaking hypocrisy after the damage done to Djokovic in refusing to allow him to compete I. The Australian Open when he was NEGATIVE but unvaccinated.

Ally Langton Ch9 said “it is a strange world”.

Well HELLO- she was one the most vociferous against positions opposed to vaccination.

But no – they will just say “we are moving on” – ignoring the terrible damage their stupidity did to families & friendships in supporting mandate& the rest of the totalitarian measure against the unvaccinated.

P
P
July 28, 2022 8:20 am

IMF Data, Global Output Contracted in Second Quarter
July 27, 2022 | Sundance

Notice the IMF does not generate a single word about the western industrialized nations using the climate change issue to justify their Build Back Better energy programs.

The global pretending continues.

It is very weird to keep seeing all of these global institutions ignoring the origin of the global economic issues. The World Bank will not say it directly, the EU central bank will not say it directly, the U.S. Federal Reserve will not say it directly, the U.S Treasury Dept will not say it directly, nor will the Australians, U.K. or E.U. Central Commission.

Vicki
Vicki
July 28, 2022 8:21 am

BTW the squash player is being permitted to play at the Commonwealth Games with Covid.

In my outrage I forget to give the details – sorry.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
July 28, 2022 8:23 am

School history ‘teaching national shame to our children’

Natasha Bita
Education Editor
12:00AM July 28, 2022
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“National shame’’ is being taught in school history lessons, a new Centre of Independent Studies ­report claims.

British analyst Joanna Williams has charged into Australia’s culture wars, blaming a black-armband view of history for the rise in identity politics among young Australians.

“History classes increasingly focus on past wrongdoings rather than a more positive view of the nation state,” she writes in a report for the CIS.

“Successive generations of children have been socialised into negative feelings towards the ­nation. In response, we can see a rise in iconoclasm in Australia, and across the rest of the Western world, and a worrying trend of privileging the differences of identity groups above the potentially unifying notion of national citizenship.”

Ms Williams, the founder and director of libertarian British think tank Cieo, said national history was often considered a “source of shame’’ in both Britain and Australia.

“In both countries, history classes increasingly focus on past wrongdoings rather than celebrating national successes, and schools promote global citizenship rather than national citizenship,’’ she writes.

Ms Williams argues history should be taught in a chronological and balanced way.

“Ignoring past atrocities leaves young people ignorant and at risk of repeating immoral acts,’’ she writes. “But an increasingly prioritised focus on atrocities above all else robs a national story of its ­capacity to inspire and unite.’’

Ms Williams writes that history teaching in recent decades has placed more emphasis on ­students’ analytical skills than knowledge.

“This is premised on an understanding that the past is ‘messy’ and people need to be ‘trained’ to make sense of it,’’ she writes in the report.

“Some Australian historians are keen to bring emotion into history. This focus on emotional responses empowers potentially activist teachers to promote their own inter­pretations, irrespective of the knowledge content of the ­curriculum.’’

Ms Williams writes that successive generations of chil­dren in Britain and Australia have been taught a history curriculum that “substitutes identity for chronology and elite national shame for balance’’.

“The legacy is cohorts of young adults who have grown alienated from their nation and its democratic process.”

Australia’s revised national curriculum, which will be taught from next year, will teach Indigenous perspectives of a white invasion, alongside concepts of a Christian and Western heritage.

A new “deep time” strand will focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait ­Islander history and the impact of European ­arrival, including the concept of an “invasion’’.

The impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – “for example, dispossession, dislocation and the loss of lives through frontier conflict, disease and loss of food sources and medicines” – is included in the new national curriculum.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 8:24 am

I might go Rome Naples Sicily Sardinia Barcelona.

Put your Nazi-pass away.
It’s upsetting.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 8:27 am

For all of his faults, I can’t remember Obama talking all that much publicly about Bush once he was elected.
I’m sure he did.
But Biden just can’t stop talking about Trump or his “predecessor” as he calls him.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:27 am

Social work academic whoworks with the NRL to help with their Pacific island players blames colonisation for the players’ stance.

Evidently brown people have no moral agency of their own.

Indolent
Indolent
July 28, 2022 8:28 am
Dot
Dot
July 28, 2022 8:31 am

Michael Malice is a debunked conspiracy theorist!

Indolent
Indolent
July 28, 2022 8:31 am

This is what they plan for us. Or rather, some ghastly facsimile. Buried alive.

Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog
I’d rather be dead than live in something like this

lotocoti
lotocoti
July 28, 2022 8:33 am

Another blow against the current thing.

we acknowledge that the response from the Force was not wholly proportionate.

Words never to be heard from DanPol.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 8:33 am

They all considered an education fully funded by the whitefella taxpayer their rightful due – boarding fees, airfares home for holidays, textbooks, school excursions, pocket money, the lot.

Giving all indigenous kids the option of going to boarding school on the tax payer tab would save tax payers a fuck ton of money in the long term.
But considering the industry around ensuring indigenous Australians are a permanent underclass that will never happen.
Also, they’d scream stolen generation.
It’s all about money.

Indolent
Indolent
July 28, 2022 8:34 am
Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 8:36 am

Mmm…the prog-left would like to do just that to the Manly 7.

They can’t even attend the match because of security concerns, which suggests credible death threats have been received.

Roger, they also don’t want to risk the spectacle of them perhaps being applauded by average supporters.
Someone touched on this the other day.
The likes of Bandana Man hates them because their religion represents colonial and evangelist settlement of the Pacific. It irks him that it lives on through fervent Christian devotion.
He would love to call them “Uncle Tom coconuts” but that is a bridge too far, even for him.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:37 am

Giving all indigenous kids the option of going to boarding school on the tax payer tab would save tax payers a fuck ton of money in the long term.

I don’t know what applies in other states but they’ve had that option in QLD for decades.

Big_Nambas
Big_Nambas
July 28, 2022 8:39 am

I love Pauline;

“I’m furious about this, that chamber is a people’s chamber, the Australian people have never been asked to accept or vote on the Aboriginal flag.

It was forced upon us, and given pride and precedent over our Australian flag. I’m furious. This is divisive.”
Sernator Pauline Hanson

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:40 am

Roger, they also don’t want to risk the spectacle of them perhaps being applauded by average supporters.

The NRL is going to do immense damage to itself over this issue.

These players and their fans will walk away from the game rather than betray their beliefs.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 8:40 am

Roger at 8:27.
Yes.
It is the colonial source of the religion which pisses off the SJW.
If they were haka-hoppin’ Kiwis they would be tip-toeing around “culture and tradition”.

calli
calli
July 28, 2022 8:41 am

This is what they plan for us. Or rather, some ghastly facsimile. Buried alive.

Oh, yay! Another Tower of Babel.

How original.

The translator of Orosius
Intil his chronicle writes thus;
That when the sun is at the hicht,
At noon, when it doth shine maist bricht,
The shadow of that hideous strength
Sax mile and mair it is of length:
Thus may ye judge into your thocht,
Gif Babylon be heich or nocht.

– Sir David Lyndsay

Indolent
Indolent
July 28, 2022 8:41 am
Mother Lode
Mother Lode
July 28, 2022 8:42 am

There is clearly going to be a substitution of welcome to country for the Lord’s prayer.

The Internationale?

Mater
July 28, 2022 8:46 am

Giving all indigenous kids the option of going to boarding school on the tax payer tab would save tax payers a fuck ton of money in the long term.
But considering the industry around ensuring indigenous Australians are a permanent underclass that will never happen.

It was tried in Tasmania (by one of my ancestors) in Tasmania, as far back as 1835.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4181618?searchTerm=Hobart%20courier%20ten%20little%20aborigines%201835

Also, they’d scream stolen generation.

Yep, that’s what happened. Even back then.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
July 28, 2022 8:50 am

That story about the train conductor being dismissed for suggesting there might be such a thing as Black Privilege – here is the text of the Tweet:

With our help, Simon Isherwood has won his Employment Tribunal case against West Midlands Trains! The rail conductor was dismissed for gross misconduct after asking whether indigenous populations enjoy ‘black privilege’ in African countries during a diversity training course.

Guy was not even suggesting it existed in the UK. Just that, if there is supposed to be White Privilege in ‘white’ countries, do ‘black’ countries have Black Privilege.

Just think what West Midlands Rail must think that such a question is grounds for dismissal. What they must think so that White Privilege is accepted as a scourge beyond question, but the very thought of Black Privilege is nonsensical to the point of malice.

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 8:50 am

Iirc private indigenous scholarship scheme for non government schools biggest problem is that children from remote communities can’t cope with the dislocation.
Urban children do much better so the scholarships programme may have ended up the way a lot of things do.

rosie
rosie
July 28, 2022 8:51 am

I also suppose we’ll never hear the end of rich white people whinging about genuinely disadvantaged aboriginal people getting a hand up.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:52 am

It is the colonial source of the religion which pisses off the SJW.
If they were haka-hoppin’ Kiwis they would be tip-toeing around “culture and tradition”.

Its’ revealing that the NRL would employ a cultural Marxist to advise them on their Pacific island players. No wonder they have no insight into their religious beliefs.

It’s evident from the boilerplate that the coaches are now uttering publicly that they have all been to “workshops” on the gay issue, probably as a condition of their continued employment in the NRL.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 28, 2022 8:52 am

From Anchor What’s link at 6:31am

Trump thinks we can vanquish all comers if we just put our minds to it, and he’s right… Courage never demands perfection…

Apart from agreeing with the article on Trump , this statement caught my eye for another reason. I thought of the soldier at war (or, maybe, my idea of what that person would be like in such circumstances) and I thought of everything that’s being thrown at Ben Roberts-Smith in the media and now in the courts over the past four years. And I repeat it because of that: courage never demands perfection.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 8:52 am

Only 3 (three) days left to save The Daily Exposé!
Does he accept gifts in kind?
If so, I might send him a calculator.

Zipster
July 28, 2022 8:53 am

China Insights

In May and June of this year, Chinese warships took turns appearing outside the first island chain, including the Liaoning aircraft carrier in eastern Taiwan and Okinawa waters.
The specific method of the CCP’s Anti-Access and Area Denial is to attack the U.S. aircraft carrier formation so that it does not dare to approach China’s surrounding waters easily.
In June and July, the U.S. military launched counterattacks in the East China Sea and the South China Sea in response to the CCP’s weaknesses. It made clear that the Indo-Pacific strategy has become a priority for the U.S. in recent years.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 8:55 am

Iirc private indigenous scholarship scheme for non government schools biggest problem is that children from remote communities can’t cope with the dislocation.

That can happen, but just as many relish the opportunity to get away from those communities.

Mater
July 28, 2022 8:59 am

Iirc private indigenous scholarship scheme for non government schools biggest problem is that children from remote communities can’t cope with the dislocation.

Still racist.
Why are white kids, who are potentially in as much need, overlooked because of skin colour?

Need, not breed.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
July 28, 2022 9:03 am

These players and their fans will walk away from the game rather than betray their beliefs.

Would now be a good time for a Kerry Packeresque swoop to start a “we dont give a shit, just play the game” league?

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 9:05 am

It sure is racist.
But taxpayer money is getting pissed away on a million things.
Breaking the cycle in indigenous communities is just as good a place as any.

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Montifa:

I may get lucky, but COVID luck runs out for dozens of Victorians every day.

Are they dying with or from, the Wuhan Zombie Virus?

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 28, 2022 9:06 am

Email from Drinking/Lunch Mate – slightly older

Sardonic Senior Pearls of Wisdom

I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.

If you find yourself feeling useless, remember it took 20 years, trillions of dollars, and four presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.

I’m responsible for what I say, not what you understand.

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.

My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously, there’s a new strain out there.

It’s not my age that bothers me; it’s the side effects.

I’m not saying I’m old and worn out, but I make sure I’m nowhere near the curb on trash day.

As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history, I’m sure of one thing: It will be misspelt and have no punctuation.

As I’ve gotten older, people think I’ve become lazy. The truth is I’m just being more energy-efficient.

Turns out that being a “senior” is mostly just googling how to do stuff.

I want to be 18 again and ruin my life differently. I have new ideas.

God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world. Then he made the earth round. . . and laughed and laughed and laughed.

I’m on two diets. I wasn’t getting enough food on one.

I put my scale in the bathroom corner and that’s where the little liar will stay until it apologises.

My mind is like an internet browser. At least 19 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no clue where the music is coming from.

Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall, and when it rang, I picked it up without knowing who was calling.

Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation “Maybe next time” isn’t the correct response.

She says I keep pushing her buttons. If that were true, I would have found mute by now.

Sometimes the Universe puts you in the same situation again to see if you’re still a dumbass.

There is no such thing as a grouchy old person. The truth is that once you get old, you stop being polite and start being honest.

lotocoti
lotocoti
July 28, 2022 9:06 am

Just think what West Midlands Rail must think that such a question is grounds for dismissal.

Gross misconduct, no less.
I suspect the rail union would’ve gone to the mattresses if he’d been merely
hopped up on goofballs and got a couple of passengers killed.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
July 28, 2022 9:07 am

The rail conductor was dismissed for gross misconduct after asking whether indigenous populations enjoy ‘black privilege’ in African countries during a diversity training course.

Stolen…

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
July 28, 2022 9:09 am

Suprise!
Redefined along with recession in the USA to mean “completely predictable, growing and looming”…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-28/us-rate-hike-75-wall-street-inflation/101276276
“Inflation has obviously surprised to the upside over the past year, and further surprises could be in store,” chair Jerome Powell said.

“My colleagues and I are acutely aware that high inflation imposes significant hardship, especially on those least able to meet the higher costs of essentials like food, housing, and transportation

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 9:10 am

Mother Lodesays:

July 28, 2022 at 8:50 am

That story about the train conductor being dismissed for suggesting there might be such a thing as Black Privilege

Years ago I was press-ganged into a training session on diversidy, inclusion yada, yada, and set a little trap.
I related the example Mrs P encountered in her employment of a chap refusing to shake her hand because he doesn’t shake hands with women.
Much tut-tutting and “How dare he!”
I then revealed that he was a Moosley and it was his cultural and religious beliefs which drove his stance, and the room suddenly went a bit quiet.
I asked which set of values should prevail. Australian commitment to gender equality or his religious and cultural beliefs.
“It’s complicated. Let’s park that one for now.”
It never got un-parked. Of course, had I said he was a fundamentalist Christian relying on obscure Bible verses, I doubt it would have been a conundrum.
The upside was that I was not asked to participate for the remainder of the course.

Bar Beach Swimmer
July 28, 2022 9:10 am

Indolent’s link at 8:34.

In his article. Senger asks the question, why did western govts throw out their pandemic plans and, as one, institute lockdowns etc?

For far too many years now, there seems to be too many frogs regularly visiting too many ponds, starting with the UN.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 9:11 am

Would now be a good time for a Kerry Packeresque swoop to start a “we dont give a shit, just play the game” league?

I tell you what, if Rugby Australia had any nous they’d be watching the situation closely.

Most of the players would have no problem switching codes and would take the fans with them.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
July 28, 2022 9:12 am

Sardonic Senior Pearls of Wisdom

Pay that one, OldOzzie!

Mater
July 28, 2022 9:12 am

But taxpayer money is getting pissed away on a million things.
Breaking the cycle in indigenous communities is just as good a place as any.

And it’s odds on that a lot of aboriginal kids will be on top of the stack in terms of need, but let’s get rid of race being the determining factor in determining eligibility.

I’ve seen these private (and public) scholarships go to some very privileged kids, based purely on some Aboriginality. It’s a disgrace.

Roger
Roger
July 28, 2022 9:13 am

…if Rugby Australia had any nous

They don’t, of course.

feelthebern
feelthebern
July 28, 2022 9:14 am

The Alex Jones movie is being promoted on the Apple TV platform.
It’s odd that a chap who’s been de-banked & de-platformed is having a movie/doco about him available via one of two of the biggest tech ecosystems in the western world.
I smell a rat.

Winston Smith of ///logical.raccoons.signpost

Bar Beach Swimmer:

Get ready for a new strategy to get you masked up, since very few people are wearing them. The medico-industrio fascists are seeking to change the messaging.

Got my latest T shirts back from Vistaprint.
These ones have “Remove the Masks & Smell the Bullshit” on the front.
A big hit in the docs yesterday, and the hospital this morning.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 9:15 am

I tell you what, if Rugby Australia had any nous …

Please.
No hypotheticals.
It’s not that sort of blog.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 28, 2022 9:17 am

Who made the mistake? – Australian mountain climber Matthew Eakin’s body found on K2

The Himalayan Times newspaper reported Mr Eakin and Mr Cartier went missing last week during their descent from Camp 2 to Camp 1.

Rescuers found the two men’s bodies on Tuesday.

Mr Dube-Fahmy had been keeping a log of the group’s K2 trek on Facebook and had last posted on July 21, stating that the trio was “pretty tired” after 16 hours of climbing.

Today we touched lower C4 (76,000m). We are heading back to Base Camp tomorrow,” he wrote.

“It’s starting to get cold. We are pretty tired after these two big days.”

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
July 28, 2022 9:17 am

Is that the same type of rugby that inflicted this on the world?

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
July 28, 2022 9:20 am

Good support for Pauline and the Manley players from what I can see. I see the Speaker wants to do away with the Lords prayer.
Credlin has a great article in the Oz today. One of her best.

lotocoti
lotocoti
July 28, 2022 9:21 am

‘Tis Vogue so I guess by bravery they don’t mean she’s been doing a Dorothie Feilding, but rather been seen wearing last season’s Manolo Blahniks.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
July 28, 2022 9:21 am

thefrollickingmolesays:

July 28, 2022 at 9:17 am

Is that the same type of rugby that inflicted this on the world?

I think you’re just being transphobic.

Rabz
July 28, 2022 9:24 am

the ancient ceremony

WTF? It’s nothing of the sort.

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
July 28, 2022 9:26 am

Facts no longer matter. This rejected comment I made at the Oz was in reaction to an article by AFP about recent research by Andersen and another, that suggests the virus not from a lab. Perfect example of how the game is being played.

“Anybody who has followed the Wuhan story will recognise the name Kristian Andersen mentioned in this article. He was one of the first to email Fauci (1 February 2020) expressing concern that the virus was “engineered”. He subsequently backtracked and months later received a US$1.8m grant from NIH. He also deleted all his 5,000 Tweets and closed his account.

See also Chapter 14 of Sharri Markson book What really happened in Wuhan. It would be interesting to see her comments about this latest research.

This article is more of a press release for the research mentioned which is why none of his early involvement in the saga is mentioned”.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 28, 2022 9:28 am

Trump in 2024 is the only answer against the political elites

By Kelly Sadler – The Washington Times – Tuesday, July 26, 2022

As Washington and New York City political pundits and politicians salivate over the Jan. 6 show trial and speculate whether former President Donald Trump still has a hold on the Republican Party, they’re missing one key point: The majority of the American electorate hates them.

So much so, that many are willing to turn to Mr. Trump in 2024 no matter what because he’s a proven streetfighter who is unafraid to take on bureaucratic thugs and return the government to the people.

According to a recent University of Chicago poll, 56% believe the government is corrupt and rigged. In a Quinnipiac poll, less than a third of the country approves of the jobs President Biden and Congress are doing. And Americans’ confidence in the news media has fallen to an all-time low, Gallup reported this month.

The American public simply doesn’t believe what they’re being fed from the political elites, and why would they?
On Sunday, former Vice President Al Gore compared so-called “climate-deniers” to police inactivity during the Uvalde, Texas, shooting.

This man, whose net worth is estimated to be $300 million, once said the Arctic would be ice-free in the summer of 2013 and New York City and Miami would be underwater by 2015.

Just 1% of Americans named “climate change” as the most important problem facing the U.S. in a recent New York Times poll. The vast majority agree economic issues are their top concern.

Yet, according to the Biden administration, the economy is strong.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who last year explained inflation was merely “transitory,” is now working to change the definition of the word “recession” — which most economists acknowledge is two-quarters of GDP contraction.

Last week, it was reported by Axios that, if reelected, Mr. Trump plans on gutting the federal bureaucracy. The elites in Washington shuddered.

“How could unelected bureaucrats possibly lose their jobs?” they practically muttered out loud, fearing for their own futures.

Yet, personnel is policy.

A promise to reform a bloated administrative state that acts like unaccountable autocrats (look no further than Dr. Anthony Fauci) would be welcomed by many Americans who want the government to work for them, not the other way around.

H B Bear
H B Bear
July 28, 2022 9:28 am

Is that Granma Yellen in the Lisa Benson cartoon? Surely that just perpetuates stereotypes around elderly women drivers.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
July 28, 2022 9:30 am

thefrollickingmole says:
July 28, 2022 at 9:17 am
Is that the same type of rugby that inflicted this on the world?

thefrollickingmole, warnings think about people drinking morning coffee

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