Open Thread – Tues 13 Sept 2022


The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene Entering the French Entrenchments, Louis Laguerre, early 1700s

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JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:03 pm

I’ve mentioned a few things, I think, like whether they are themselves being belligerent, whether its disrupting the thread, whether its been going on for days, etc. It’s not an algorithm, its a judgement call.

Okay, work that view into your positions on Rosie and Liz. Both have defended themselves with equal aplomb, yet you’ve chosen to ignore Rosie’s position vs Liz. And please don’t even pretend the attacks on Liz have been less belligerent than that Queensland redneck’s and the way he went after her. There’s no comparison. And as for disrupting a thread… Struphid isn’t?

Winston Smith
September 14, 2022 4:04 pm

Dot:

People likely wouldn’t use fentanyl if safer alternatives were cheaper and legal. Controlling supply in the end just makes hospital care more onerous on users and taxpayers.

Fentanyl use is primarily because Codeine has been made to difficult to get legally.
The rules have been made by people who are not yet old enough to have a lifetime of wear and tear on their bodies, yet believe they are old enough and wise enough to make other peoples health decisions for them.
Great decision O Wise & Trusted Ones!

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 4:06 pm

“Gas and energy prices have gone absolutely bonkers and fertiliser plants are now saying ‘we cannot sell fertiliser based on the input cost of this gas’,” Mr Whitelaw said.

You can just hear the cogs clunking in the retarded retards’ heads:

‘Oh. You mean there’s a flow-on effect?’

No more smashed avo for the Eurotrash.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:06 pm

Larry Fink is Blackrock’s CEO. Rather than listen to his sustainable babble it might be better to look at what Blackrock is actually invested in… and it isn’t sustainables.

Zat, I can see what the finkmeister is trying to do. He won’t singularly inhibit his own firm and management team by instructing them to go all woke. Fink is attempting to make all of corp America woke so it won’t restrict his own firm in any way. There’s a putrid level of logic there.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:08 pm

Whoops

And please don’t even pretend the attacks on Liz have been less belligerent than that Queensland redneck’s and the way he went after her (Rosie).

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

And as for disrupting a thread… Struphid isn’t?

Struth doesn’t disrupt any threads.
Mainly because almost nobody reads him & apart from the three stooges who come in spinner every time, few respond to him.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 4:16 pm

From “The Age” – I know, I know…

We did a poll, and here is who you want on the $5 note
By Jordan McCarthy
September 14, 2022 — 3.53pm

From Bluey to Mr Squiggle, the responses to our poll of who should be the new face of the $5 note were diverse, to say the least. However, King Charles III and Uncle Jack Charles were the most common names to pop up.

The traditionalists believed the monarchy deserved to remain on our five-dollar note, and the recently crowned King Charles III was popular with readers like Jason.

“King Charles III has a rightful place on the note, we have not become a republic, so he is our head of state, like it or not,” he said.

Keeping Queen Elizabeth II on the note was also a popular option with many readers, including Luke, who cited the impact she has had on Australia over the past 70 years.

“Keep Elizabeth II permanently, as an acknowledgment of her contribution to Australian life and government,” he said.

There were even those who suggested keeping Elizabeth II purely to save the hassle of changing the note.

Prominent Aussies were also popular options, with many believing it was time to part ways with the royal family and foreigners in place of a local legend.

Those to receive a handful of votes included Kylie Minogue and Steve Irwin, but the overwhelming response was for a First Nations Australian to grace our purple bill.

Uncle Jack Charles and Uncle Archie Roach were the most popular choices to join Ngarrindjeri writer and inventor David Unaipon, who graces our $50 note, as an Indigenous representative on our cash.

Uncle Jack Charles, 2016’s Victorian Senior of the Year, sadly died earlier this week. He was a renowned stage and screen actor and advocate who was known for his work mentoring incarcerated Indigenous youth. He was a popular choice for the note with readers like Michael C.

“Jack Charles – he personifies the plight of the First Nations people and the ability to rise above the extended blight cast at him to reflect a persona capable of reflecting all Australians,” he said.

Gunditjmara and Bundjalong elder Uncle Archie Roach, who also died recently, was an iconic singer-songwriter and campaigner for Aboriginal Australian rights.

Beloved sports stars such as Don Bradman and Shane Warne also garnered a handful of votes, but they didn’t reach the lofty numbers of the royals or Indigenous elders.

The next most popular person was… no person at all: Native animals such as the kangaroo and koala received a solid number of votes in their favour.

Flora and landmarks, such as Uluru, were also popular suggestions for adorning the new $5 note.

Which option is most likely to become a reality? Does anyone even use cash anymore? Time will tell.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:16 pm

How would you know, Drills as you’re drunk in the evenings and these day being publess. You sleep in most days until the afternoon by which time Struphid has gone.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 4:19 pm

Are claiming being a neutral abserver, Salvatore?

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 4:19 pm

Are you…

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

JC says: September 14, 2022 at 4:16 pm

What a stupid comment.

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 4:21 pm

JC, there is certainly some agenda there and that one sounds reasonable. I just found that letter of his to be BS and hypocritical. This line for instance:

Most stakeholders – from shareholders, to employees, to customers, to communities, and regulators – now expect companies to play a role in decarbonizing the global economy.

Most stakeholders? How the hell does he know? He knows what pressure groups tell him and at best is basing his shtick on that.

Two of his major holdings are Exxon and Chevron and they certainly aren’t getting out of the fossil fuel business, no matter what their PR depts might say.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Are claiming being a neutral abserver, Salvatore?

Are you claiming to be a regular responder to Struth, bespoke?

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
September 14, 2022 4:22 pm

Drivers warned EV charging will be 98% more difficult in 2031 than it is today

Within the next 10 years, the ratio of electric vehicles will get worse rather than better, according to a new report released by GoCompare. The study also revealed the best and the worst places to own an EV in the next 10 years.

Experts believe that the number of electric cars will almost double in the near future, but the charging network will not be able to follow suit.

The news comes despite the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales looming ever closer.

Last year, there were 266 electric vehicles (EVs) to each public charger in the UK, but the insurance comparison site says this will rise to 527 cars per charger by 2031.

This means that charger availability will be almost half of what it was in 2021.

The main reason for this is the fact that the rate of new charger installations won’t be fast enough to keep up with the uptake of EVs over the next decade.

Despite more charger installations, the number of EVs purchased will outweigh the rate new charging units are fit.

The search for a charger could be particularly difficult in some parts of south England.

Luton, for example, will have only one charger available for every 10,956 cars – the worst projected ratio of EVs per rapid charger in the UK.

A major reason why charger availability is likely to be so low is that the uptake of EVs is set to soar over the next 10 years.

The number of registered EVs in the UK will skyrocket to 7.9 million by 2031 – a 509 percent increase from 2021.

This is almost twice as many as GoCompare’s initial prediction. Last year, the comparison site estimated that the 2031 figure would be just 3.8 million, but now that more accurate data is available, it has found that demand is rising more rapidly than first thought.

Cassie of Sydney
September 14, 2022 4:27 pm

“They refuse to comply because this normally works – not many people can quickly marshal up a legal team that can go toe-to-toe with the demonic hosts that large media networks can conjure up from chthonic realms. Add to this that j’ismists are a particularly poisonous and vindictive breed of hydra with multiple heads in Twatter, fakebook, new stories where they can repeatedly bring up the old claim and phrase it as if any judgement in their favour really addresses the substance of the accusation etc.”

Quite so ML. Just look at what Nine has done with BRS. Also, this is why Craig McLachlan spectacularly dropped his defamation case against Nine earlier this year. These media outlets pull out everything to destroy a person’s character and livelihood, they have very deep pockets. I’m very glad Laming pursued this. He’s done us all a favour.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 4:28 pm

Zachary Rolfe’s ‘disgusting, racist’ texts with colleagues read out at Kumanjayi Walker inquest

Any of the bush lawyers here help out? Wouldn’t the existence of such texts been revealed at Rolfe’s trial?

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 4:28 pm

Squirrel.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:33 pm

What a stupid comment.

Was it? Sorry as.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 4:33 pm

Experts believe that the number of electric cars will almost double in the near future, but the charging network will not be able to follow suit.

‘I made this decision based on the best available motor vehicle advice.’

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:36 pm

Zat

Don’t get me wrong, Fink is a piece of shit. I have investments in a couple of Blackrock funds – mostly index crap. I first caught a hold of the turd’s behavior years ago. I’ve called his office to complain about the shithead. He uses investors assets to push ideological positions. Have you seen him? He even looks like a turd.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 14, 2022 4:37 pm

who was known for his work mentoring incarcerated Indigenous youth

Up the bum, while a prisoner himself?

A thieving junkie until he got too old to run away anymore and latched onto becoming a full time bullshit artist.

One of his last actions, attaching himself remora like to a compo scheme based on “stories you told us”.
Famous elder is devastated when he’s asked to PROVE that he is Indigenous to receive $80k payment – and is baffled why anyone would PRETEND to be Australian First Nations people as life ‘is too difficult’
Uncle Jack Charles was asked to prove ‘Aboriginality’ for a reparation payment
The payments are part of Victoria’s Stolen Generations Reparation scheme
The committee has received applications from people not entitled to the scheme

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

What a stupid comment.

Was it? Sorry as.

Don’t be sorry for just being yourself.

Cassie of Sydney
September 14, 2022 4:39 pm

As if Zachary Rolfe hadn’t already endured enough, today the MSM are busy nailing the coffin shut on his life.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:39 pm

Don’t be sorry for just being yourself.

It was a sincere apology Drills as you know how much I respect you. Now go clean the soiled sheets as the boss is calling. Go!

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 4:41 pm

Have you seen him? He even looks like a turd.

Never in person. Just on those videos to shareholder things. If I had any doubts about him they were erased when I found out he sits on the board of the WEF.

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 4:42 pm

If I had any doubts about him they were erased when I found out he sits on the board of the WEF.

As in now I’m sure he’s a scumbag.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 14, 2022 4:43 pm

Ive had a win over the forces of darkness!!!

After my email back to AMSA regarding the renewal of my “in perpetuity” coxswains certificate they have seen the light.

Thank you for providing that information and attaching the Certificate for us to confirm.

In this case, there is no renewal required for your Perpetual Certificate so you can disregard this notice.

Take that evildoers!

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 4:43 pm

I believe it’s a fair call to defend your comments when someone quotes them, particularly if they have been truncated or distorted.

Sometimes it’s just a matter of clarification, but many times it’s just pure trolling. When it goes ad hominem, that’s different. We’ll always have our “favourites”, the ones whose views align with our own. The more interesting ones are those who can put together an argument in the opposite direction.

Thinking sometimes hurts though. 😀

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:43 pm

Zat, yea that’s what I mean. In pics.

My former boss reports directly to him. He was also a leftwing doofus in the 90s.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 14, 2022 4:45 pm

Zatara

That the WEF provides so much data on its Board and Young Leaders should be useful in the future. The WEF has effectively provided a list of those who should be among those to be prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 14, 2022 4:47 pm

among the first to be

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:47 pm

Zat

My former boss was a leftwing doofus. I wasn’t referring to finkface. Just to clarify.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 4:47 pm

Have no fear the librarian is here.

P
P
September 14, 2022 4:48 pm

On bird feeding and mince vs. worms.

Can someone please tell me where the calcium is in an invertebrate?

For worms –
From the soil in the guts of the worm.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 4:49 pm

As if Zachary Rolfe hadn’t already endured enough, today the MSM are busy nailing the coffin shut on his life.

Good luck recruiting for Northern Territory police after this!

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 4:49 pm

I’m sitting in the breakfast room overlooking Split. Off in an hour to view the Roman ruins and other delights of the second largest city in Croatia.

We ate so much food, and drank so much wine at an Agritourismo yesterday that we went without dinner. Boy, can those Croatians eat!

This morning I have tried the “black pig”, a type of gamey prosciutto. Yikes, is it strong! The Beloved foolishly picked up a couple of snags – turned out to be black pudding. He manfully ate a few bites then gave up. I bet he tries the haggis when we finally get to Scotland.

I’m toying with buying him a kilt for his 70th. There is a family tartan somewhere, some laird or other. He’d cut a fine dash on the 13th back home – it’s a wind tunnel.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

It was a sincere apology Drills as you know how much I respect you. Now go clean the soiled sheets as the boss is calling. Go!

What a stupid comment.

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 4:50 pm

The WEF has effectively provided a list of those who should be among those to be prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity.

Absolutely. Their Alumni list is eye opening and more than a bit scary. But maybe not so surprising when you think about it.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 4:51 pm

Thinking sometimes hurts though.

Sun Tzu

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 4:52 pm

cohenite says:
September 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm

Have no fear the librarian is here.

Okay, that’s been done to death. Find something else to try and be funny about because repeating variations of the same thing 300 times a day losses it appeal.

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 4:55 pm

Thanks P. I knew there’s be an answer fast.

If mince is made from all the bibs and bobs, you could safely assume there’d be some bone in there too. I’ve watched my crowd go from little bits of mince and back to the garden for a forage. The improved soil means there’s a ton of juicy worms in there, nice and close to the surface after rain. Thick mulch helps too. The other thing they love are the ivory curl grubs. A delicacy.

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 4:56 pm

I identify as a librarian.

I get dewey eyed just surveying my bookshelves.

Zipster
Zipster
September 14, 2022 4:56 pm

China, Japan and South Korea nervously await an Australian government decision that could cap LNG exports

how about you just stop selling to fucking communists

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 4:58 pm

repeating variations of the same thing 300 times a day losses it appeal.

Sun Tzu

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 4:58 pm

Stoush Wisdom

– not Sun Tsu

P
P
September 14, 2022 4:59 pm

The other thing they love are the ivory curl grubs.

The shells of snails for the calcium.

Winston Smith
September 14, 2022 5:01 pm

Bespoke:

What the Hell have I done now?

Drink 4x and collect used pantys as a hobby.

Drinking XXXX and collecting used panties is a serious business – not a hobby.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 5:01 pm

callisays:

September 14, 2022 at 4:43 pm

I believe it’s a fair call to defend your comments when someone quotes them, particularly if they have been truncated or distorted.

Hypothetical.
If someone posts something which six people independently conclude is stoopid, and say so, is that a pylon?

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 5:07 pm

If someone posts something which six people independently conclude is stoopid, and say so, is that a pylon?

No. It’s an opinion. Repeated independently.

Unless it’s an opinion from a sock drawer. Then it can be safely ignored as it is not given in good faith.

Winston Smith
September 14, 2022 5:08 pm

Lysander:

In fact, the “talent pool” of politicians to select for elections here has become so shallow, I’m seriously thinking of advocating a (Greek-esque) electoral lottery system for every naturally born Australian, over 30 with no convictions, small business experience and no union background.

You’ll be in Dots good books – that’s a sort of Sortition if I’m not mistaken.

Zipster
Zipster
September 14, 2022 5:08 pm

Uncle Jack Charles was asked to prove ‘Aboriginality’ for a reparation payment
The payments are part of Victoria’s Stolen Generations Reparation scheme
The committee has received applications from people not entitled to the scheme

he dun need prove nuttin, just idenitifiez is all

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 5:10 pm
m0nty
m0nty
September 14, 2022 5:12 pm

When the loons all get high
On their insult supply
That’s a pile-on

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
September 14, 2022 5:16 pm

Just thinking it out loud (well, in type), these texts of Zach Rolfe.

Presumably these texts will be meant to establish that he is raaaacist and therefore his raaaacism infects how he conducted himself as a police officer.

But, in that case, just present evidence of these raaaaacist actions as a police officer.

What if he really had gripes with Aborigines, but it never affected his work and he, in his duties, conducted himself properly and professionally? How could they matter if he does not have a history of targeting Aborigines?

I am not Zach. I have no insight into his mind or heart. But I would posit the possibility he has had run ins with violent miscreants before, in the course of which he may have been injured even if not to the point of it being debilitating – but bloody hurt. Especially if he has to bottle up his anger to maintain professional composure. Well, that energy has to go somewhere, and if he fritters it away in texts rather than storing it up for a heart attack or a psychotic break, then fine.

Everyone has a store of jokes that are ‘inappropriate’, but they have a role. Some might be to add a roguish veneer when hanging out with the lads, some might be about ridiculing a particularly annoying person by playing on a stereotype (like SHY and hysterical women, or Uber drivers and the unscrupulous business ethics of Indians – or the lazy entitlement of white Australians – shit, where to start there? Postcodes that start with ‘2’?) – and maybe to vent after yet another drug-fucked hoodlum scores a (luckily) glancing blow to your skull with a crowbar while screaming that you are a ‘white cunt’.

Only a lefty, or a grub lawyer, would think every passing thought is done under oath.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 5:17 pm

I’m not ignoring Rosie’s or anyone else’s position in comparison to Lizzie. I mentioned Lizzie in the other post as an example.

Is that because in your judgement call Rosie was being treated less roughly than Liz? You’re kidding right?

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 5:21 pm

Old Ursula is up on her hind legs before the EU telling us that “Russia is manipulating the energy market”.

I can’t believe the chutzpah of this b*tch!

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
September 14, 2022 5:22 pm

Kamala Harris On NBC: We’re Only A Legitimate Democracy If Democrats Are In Power

There is no logical end to Kamala and every other Democrat leader’s thought process other than: Only we can run things legitimately.

Democrats and their fangirls in the national media pretend they have this thoughtful, nuanced view about where the country is right now, but it really boils down to: None of America’s institutions or political processes are lawful nor legitimate unless we’re the ones controlling them.

Elections, Supreme Court decisions, legislation signed into law, “norms,” etc. All of it holds meaning so dear to their hearts.*

Except when Republicans are in power, in which case it’s all fraudulent.

That dynamic was reinforced in virtually everything Vice President Kamala Harris said during an interview that aired Sunday with NBC’s Chuck Todd. She said the Senate filibuster rule should be discarded for Democrat priorities, but believed it should be maintained for everything else. Roll the tape…

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 5:22 pm

Just put a blue check or better still a pink petal next to the untouchables names.

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 5:24 pm

Guys, you have to listen to this creep to believe it! It’s pure, unadulterated socialism.

Someone here could link to the broadcast later on and fisk it. It’s a barefaced disgrace.

Speedbox
September 14, 2022 5:26 pm

OldOzzie says:
September 14, 2022 at 3:00 pm

Rising yuan-ruble trade for oil a threat to dollar dominance and next step towards internationalizing China’s currency.

Earlier this year (February?) Dover kindly posted an article I wrote named ‘ The Putin Gambit – Part 2’. That post examined the financial fortifications Russia had been making since 2014. In part I wrote: “This currency shift partly stems from agreement between Russia and China where the two countries agreed an initial currency swap deal worth 150 billion yuan ($24.5 billion) back in 2014. The deal has been substantially extended and rejigged but it now allows each country’s central bank to gain access to the other’s currency (in addition to some other currencies) without trading via the US dollar.

Then in 2016 the Russian alternative to the SWIFT financial transfer scheme arrived. Named the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) it is similar to SWIFT in terms of technology and infrastructure. Undoubtedly a minnow by comparison to SWIFT but that isn’t the point. Russia’s banks are all connected and if Russia is cut off from SWIFT, they will transition to the intra- and interbank messaging which now includes the Chinese banks and those of a few other countries.
Further, Russian banks are all well advanced with introducing blockchain and using it in international payments and have been doing so since 2017.

Which brings us to international trade……..”

At first pass it may be befuddling why the western intelligence services didn’t connect the dots since 2014. Arrogance? Asleep at the wheel? Russia and China were becoming chummier and chummier and it wasn’t as if China had been a solid pro-western asset (Uyghurs, South & East China Seas, Hong Kong etc). And the blossoming Russia/China relationship and growing interdependence was on full public display. But in fact, it was deeply alarming to western intelligence.

From President Xi’s perspective, he is convinced that China’s ‘moment in time’ is fast approaching and that a resurgent east will soon dominate a declining west – and this belief is shared by Putin. The sanctions imposed on Russia have a clear sub-text to China lest it have any thoughts about Taiwan. However, if China were to invade Taiwan the sanctions imposed on China would result in the global economy screeching to a halt and how long could the west maintain the pressure?

But in any event we should recognise what is really happening: China has cemented a reliable and uninterruptable supply of energy, minerals and other resources it will use to achieve its destiny. It cannot allow itself to be reliant on the west which includes ring-fencing its financial and economic health. By happy coincidence, China’s huge neighbour has mineral resources in abundance and what’s more, is deeply offended at decades-long western efforts to suppress and isolate it with various sanctions (even before the invasion) and has repeatedly acted to cauterize or contain the Russian military via NATO. It is also longing to get into the economic bed with a large and powerful partner.

IMO, the West recognised (if belatedly) the implications of a Russian/Chinese alliance and as offensive as the Russian invasion of Ukraine may be, it serves a purpose in that there is a far bigger issue at stake. Namely, that western governments have determined that Russia must be substantially diminished so that its alliance with China is of far less value which correspondingly inhibits China’s global plans. In addition, a poor Russian outcome in the war must see Putin and his political party replaced with a leader* who are more accommodating of the western doctrine and who will choke off specific supplies to China, or at a minimum, doesn’t fully engage. China might (just might) be containable by itself but there is no chance as it feeds on inexhaustible raw material supplies from Russia, and unassailable finances.

Far fetched? Too many John le Carre books? Maybe I am way off but it is undeniable that there are always wheels within wheels when we examine geopolitics and, the biggest game in town is a China/Russia alliance.

(* remember Navalny?. There was a glimmer of hope but that was snuffed out. Welcome to the big league Alexei).

Dot
Dot
September 14, 2022 5:27 pm

Dubbya’s War on Terror did evoke a lot of extra-legal killings, it’s true.

As did Obama.

Cut it with the partisan stuff monty, we’re not really interested in 95% of the GOP or stooped effen’ Gliberals.

calli
calli
September 14, 2022 5:29 pm

There is absolutely no doubt that the Covid “crisis” and UKR-RUS war is being used as an accelerator for the climate war.

Every point Ursula McBlondB*tch makes supports this.

DocDuk (and others here) are right on the money.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 5:30 pm

Monty poetic?
Someone so unrefined!
I am blown away.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 5:30 pm

The death knell for Essendon (the Hun):

James Hird has officially put his hand up for the Essendon coaching job.

The Essendon great and former coach is believed to have been interviewed by the Bombers selection committee on Wednesday.

Diogenes
Diogenes
September 14, 2022 5:32 pm

Having pushed many tonnes of meat through a mincer back in the day, the only bone that goes through is a) tiny b) barely there, ie in the 1g per 200kg proportion.

Crossie
Crossie
September 14, 2022 5:33 pm

Zatara says:
September 14, 2022 at 3:59 pm
LARRY FINK’S 2022 LETTER TO CEOS:
Don’t bet on it is right.

Larry Fink is Blackrock’s CEO. Rather than listen to his sustainable babble it might be better to look at what Blackrock is actually invested in… and it isn’t sustainables.

As JC said, bankrupt and eliminate your opposition who are too stupid or vain to check what you are doing.

Mater
September 14, 2022 5:34 pm

I believe it’s a fair call to defend your comments when someone quotes them, particularly if they have been truncated or distorted.

Yes, they should always be given the opportunity to back peddle or make excuses.

She’s just lucky Sinc’s blog has folded and the full context can no longer be examined.

Delta A
Delta A
September 14, 2022 5:38 pm

Just read your happy news, Rosie. Congratulations!

Thank heavens for little girls. 🙂

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 5:39 pm

We have decided on a caravan for the Mil.
It’s got nothing to do with me having the only vehicle able to tow to a remote and large supply of ductape.

Trust me.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 5:44 pm

According to a recent poll librarians are the most trusted profession; except for lesbian librarians.

Arky
September 14, 2022 5:45 pm

lesbian librarians.

Lesbrarians?

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 14, 2022 5:46 pm

I think I’ve seen that video.

Indolent
Indolent
September 14, 2022 5:48 pm
cohenite
September 14, 2022 5:52 pm

Interesting; Tucker reports in Chicago black criminal gangs are operating with impunity with police directed now to arrest several gangs of blacks driving around and committing armed robberies. The same thing is happening in other demorat cities.

I’m pretty sure the mid terms are gone. They won’t be held. The demorats are going to continue to provoke a response from the general population and will enact martial law when even the slightest fightback such as some poor bastard shooting a black assailant occurs. it’s only a small step from what they are already doing.

Here we’ll have enough to worry about with blackouts, food shortages and chunk warships in Sydney harbour. Plus pile ons.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 5:52 pm

I’m not ignoring Rosie’s or anyone else’s position in comparison to Lizzie. I mentioned Lizzie in the other post as an example.

On reflection, and having put myself through the torture of reading that thread, it probably wasn’t the best example to choose as it turned out.
The principle got buried in the personal very quickly.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 5:53 pm

NOT to arrest; fuck. Some librarian I am.

Franx
Franx
September 14, 2022 5:53 pm

Simply, with Struth there is always an issue (one issue) at stake, even if offensively put and by way of named opponents. Not so in other instances where a named opponent may exist but no particular issue as such. Cancelling the (putatively offensive) comments would be cancelling the issue.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 14, 2022 5:55 pm

Dotsays:
September 14, 2022 at 5:27 pm
Dubbya’s War on Terror did evoke a lot of extra-legal killings, it’s true.

As did Obama.

Cut it with the partisan stuff monty, we’re not really interested in 95% of the GOP or stooped effen’ Gliberals.

But it was Obama who extended the “dronings” to US citizens living outside the US., with no legal due process. m0nty-fa deliberately ignores this reality, because it doesn’t suit the “narrative”.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 5:57 pm

Lord, it’s like Satan lurking in the shadows.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 5:57 pm

Tucker reports in Chicago black criminal gangs are operating with impunity with police directed now to arrest several gangs of blacks driving around and committing armed robberies. The same thing is happening in other demorat cities.

Something is wrong with this statement.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 5:59 pm

Again Tucker; 12 different examples of completely unhindered criminal activity in the streets of demorat cities: shootings, robberies, assaults, every one done by blacks.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 6:01 pm

Something is wrong with this statement.

I correct it, FFS:

Tucker reports in Chicago black criminal gangs are operating with impunity with police directed NOT to arrest several gangs of blacks driving around and committing armed robberies. The same thing is happening in other demorat cities.

This is how pile ons occur.

m0nty
m0nty
September 14, 2022 6:02 pm

Essendon reinstating Hird would be the dumbest thing they could do, which means it is very much on the cards.

Delta A
Delta A
September 14, 2022 6:03 pm

Enough with all this free-and-easy identity bs. I pinkie swear that I truly rooly was a librarian for the last three years of my teaching life. And I loved it!

A teacher librarian, I took every class from kindy to year 12, keeping them up to date with current affairs (from a bipartisan perspective*,) assisting seniors with their SACE requirements and fostering a love of language and books. Such a pleasure and a privilege to be part of the education of those young lives.

*We were allowed to do that in those days: present both sides of a policy or situation. I’m just happy that I retired while teaching was still an honourable profession.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 6:03 pm

Has Rosie been piled-on since the last post?

What’s that have to do with the price of cannoli?

Did I intervene re Lizzie in the most recent pile-on?

In the recent thread you did, most certainly.

I really don’t know what you’re getting at here. Lizzie hasn’t received preferential treatment as opposed to Rosie.

Perhaps it’s best to say Rosie was receiving zero freaking support.

Delta A
Delta A
September 14, 2022 6:05 pm

PS: and I never had sex in the library.

Can’t be so sure about my young charges.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 6:05 pm

Franxsays:
September 14, 2022 at 5:53 pm
Simply, with Struth there is always an issue (one issue) at stake, even if offensively put and by way of named opponents. Not so in other instances where a named opponent may exist but no particular issue as such. Cancelling the (putatively offensive) comments would be cancelling the issue.

Sure.

flyingduk
flyingduk
September 14, 2022 6:06 pm

Most stakeholders – from shareholders, to employees, to customers, to communities, and regulators – now expect companies to play a role in decarbonizing the global economy.

*Shareholders* are the only ‘stakeholders’ a company answers to, they need to stamp out this ‘stakeholder’ crap.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 14, 2022 6:10 pm

JCsays:
September 14, 2022 at 5:10 pm
What the hell is going on in the world?

Wait till the furries start entering the old peoples homes….
Who wants the job of cleaning grannies septic vulva piercings… again.

Anchor What
Anchor What
September 14, 2022 6:11 pm

Essendon reinstating Hird would be the dumbest thing they could do
Like keeping you on here.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 6:11 pm

I correct it,

Good girl.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

I correct it, FFS:

Good try, however no true librarian would have made such an error.

Indolent
Indolent
September 14, 2022 6:14 pm
cohenite
September 14, 2022 6:18 pm

PS: and I never had sex in the library.

This is in fact part of the librarians’ oath of office:

I pledge to order, assist and never have sex amidst the books I am charge of and to prevent to the best of my ability any pile on.

These woke librarians would never honour such an oath.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
September 14, 2022 6:18 pm

Berlin discarded its longstanding policy of not sending weapons into zones of armed conflict to join the US and other NATO allies in providing weapons to Ukraine. The German government says it has a moral responsibility to back Kiev so it can defend itself against Russia

First – Putin is a turd etc etc.

But geez, unless the Boxheads are going to supply a war winning quantity of equipment this is a propaganda win for Putes mob.
Surely they could have funneled it via a 3rd party rather than let the goons crow “oh so we are fighting against the germans.. again”…

Anchor What
Anchor What
September 14, 2022 6:22 pm

If someone posts something which six people independently conclude is stoopid, and say so, is that a pylon?
This was another piece of stealth from Sancho.
Tedious, but what percentage of it is troll mince remains to be decided.

Anchor What
Anchor What
September 14, 2022 6:24 pm

P.S. Calli is in the top five people worth reading here.
Do a sneak attack – it only downgrades (and tags) the attacker.

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
September 14, 2022 6:25 pm

Have just caught up with this.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/how-podcast-led-to-teachers-conviction-for-assaulting-student/news-story/c393258ef638e0714f8e8fdd4f9d30c2

If you’re a lezzo leftist from the public-sector teachers’ union you get a suspended sentence for behaviour that would have a priest or brother in the slammer – and the ABC will never report on you.

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 6:26 pm

Arky says:
September 14, 2022 at 6:02 pm
Interesting thread over at Adam’s:
https://catallaxy-files.com/monday-insanity-reality-the-only-weapon-of-the-conservative/comment-page-1/#comment-180234

Not really. There’s nothing illuminating about it that hasn’t been discussed here time and time again. The lollipop blogger is unoriginal and your own comment is the typical tedious, pessimistic doom and gloom crap you only peddle, with the misapprehension it’s deep and leadership like.

However, there’s more I believe . The lollipop blogger appears from comments sent to me in the past that he doesn’t really like that much . Meanwhile this is you rapt with joy because this is the first time he’s thrown you an old dry bone. You also want to show how much you respect him by linking over there. It’s grovelling.

I’m not buying your crap, leadership. You linked and indirectly asking for opinions and s0 this is mine. Hope you enjoyed it.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 6:26 pm

I don’t believe Sancho was having a go at Calli.

CrazyOldRanga
CrazyOldRanga
September 14, 2022 6:44 pm

Is JC married to Rosie? Asking for Sun Tzu .

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 6:49 pm

bespokesays:

September 14, 2022 at 6:26 pm

I don’t believe Sancho was having a go at Calli.

Err, no.
How the fuck would anyone draw that conclusion?

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 6:53 pm

‘Dr’ Jill Jill Biden Thinks It’s Un-American To Oppose Porn in School Librariesdirty old woman

JC
JC
September 14, 2022 6:53 pm

Dover

Have you ever been to Agapi?

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 6:54 pm

I don’t believe Sancho was having a go at Calli.

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 6:54 pm

cheap old slag

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 7:03 pm

Sancho! My armor!

Belay that, Sancho will need the armour himself if he’s taking on Calli.

Ten upticks to the person who gets the literary reference. There’s a clue in one of my earlier comments today.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 7:08 pm

Geebus!

Arky
September 14, 2022 7:09 pm

Don Quixote?

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 7:16 pm

‘Dr’ Jill and the old thief almost make the Clinstones look wholesome

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 7:16 pm

Don Quixote?

I have to read that book one day but sorry Arky that’s a negatory.

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 7:20 pm

‘Dr’ Jill Jill Biden Thinks It’s Un-American To Oppose Porn in School Libraries

Given how the Biden family kids turned out it’s probably best to skip their opinions on raising and educating children.

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 7:30 pm

‘Dr’ Jill Biden Thinks It’s Un-American To Oppose Porn in School Libraries

These people are human garbage. To think something like the above is even being entertained.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 7:32 pm

Bruce of Newcastlesays:

September 14, 2022 at 7:03 pm

Sancho! My armor!

Belay that, Sancho will need the armour himself if he’s taking on Calli.

Steady on.
That was just Anger Wut pole vaulting to an evidence free conclusion.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 7:36 pm

Sancho! My armor!

Jesus wept you people.

It’s from Man of La Mancha, made beloved to the populace via Python’s Doug and Dinsdale Pirhana.

You have to do everything yourself in this day and age.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 7:37 pm

Oprah hints at Sussexes’ chance of reconciliation with the royal family
By Keiran Southern
The Times
An hour ago September 14, 2022
2 Comments

American chat-show host Oprah Winfrey has said the Queen’s death could offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a chance to be reconciled with their family.

Winfrey conducted an infamous television interview with the couple in March 2021 that ruptured relations with Buckingham Palace.

Meghan Markle claimed that an unnamed member of the royal family had raised “concerns” about how dark her son Archie’s skin would be and said she felt abandoned while struggling with suicidal thoughts.

Since moving to Montecito, California, the pair has continued to comment on life as former working members of the royal family. Prince Harry is expected to release a memoir this year.

Hostilities have appeared to thaw in the days since the Queen’s death, with the Prince of Wales inviting his brother and ­sister-in-law to greet well-wishers with him and the Princess of Wales outside Windsor Castle.

“All families come together for a common ceremony, the ritual of, you know, burying your dead; there’s an opportunity for peacemaking … And hopefully, there will be that,” Winfrey, 68, told US showbiz television show Extra.

In a separate interview with her friend Gayle King, Winfrey appeared reluctant to discuss the royal family further.

“I do not get into people’s family matters,” she said.

“Everybody who has experienced some challenges in their families with in-laws or brothers or sisters knows how difficult those challenges can be.

“I’m sure for the royal family it’s no different.”

Some commentators have speculated that the US public may be growing bored with the Sussexes, who have signed multimillion-dollar deals with Spotify and Netflix.

Royal biographer Tom Bower told the Palace Confidential podcast in July: “I think they have to realign their image. In any case, they are burning their royal status pretty fast now. I think they will, in the end, have to give that up because it won’t wash.”

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 7:40 pm

American chat-show host Oprah Winfrey has said the Queen’s death could offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a chance to be reconciled with their family

Translation:-
“My fabricated gossip pipeline has dried up. We need to get Ginge and Whinge out of the freezer, and fast.”

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 7:40 pm

“I do not get into people’s family matters,” she said

LOL!

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 14, 2022 7:41 pm

Oprah muscling in on Dr Phil’s turf.

Oh come on
Oh come on
September 14, 2022 7:41 pm

Dr John Campbell at the 3min mark with such an innocent question and the deadpan reaction to its answer, lol.

Zatara
Zatara
September 14, 2022 7:41 pm

Asking the Public via Twitter to Suggest Names for NASA Probe to Uranus May Have Been a Mistake

Well duh.

Oh come on
Oh come on
September 14, 2022 7:43 pm

American chat-show host Oprah Winfrey has said the Queen’s death could offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a chance to be reconciled with their family call their family racist again.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 7:43 pm

Oprah Winfrey has said the Queen’s death could offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a chance to be reconciled with their family

Live seance with the ex-Queen coming up.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 7:43 pm

Indigenous group warns it will hit the streets and PROTEST during Australia’s national day of mourning public holiday: ‘The Queen is dead, colonisation is alive’

Indigenous group to protest in Brisbane on national day of mourning for Queen
Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance will take to the streets on September 22
They will decry past atrocities and the impact of British colonisation in Australia
Queen Elizabeth died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8
The Indigenous group argue the British monarchy represents a violent history

Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance? Wasn’t any Aboriginal resistance to colonization about the most futile ever mounted?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 7:44 pm

It’s from Man of La Mancha

Sorry KD that’s also a no.
C’mon it’s easy!

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 7:46 pm

Harry ‘Snapper’ Organs, on the trail of Doug and Dinsdale:

The Piranhas realized they had gone too far and that the hunt was on. They went into hiding. I decided on a subtle approach, viz some form of disguise, as the old helmet and boots are a bit of a giveaway. Luckily my years with Bristol Rep. stood me in good stead, as I assumed a bewildering variety of disguises.

I tracked them to Cardiff, posing as the Reverend Smiler Egret. Hearing they’d gone back to London, I assumed the identity of a pork butcher, Brian Stoats. On my arrival in London, I discovered they had returned to Cardiff, I followed as Gloucester from ‘King Lear’.

Acting on a hunch I spent several months in Buenos Aires as Blind Pew, returning through the Panama Canal as Ratty, in ‘Toad of Toad Hall’.

Back in Cardiff, I relived my triumph as Sancho Panza in ‘Man of la Mancha’ which the ‘Bristol Evening Post’ described as ‘a glittering performance of rare perception’, although the ‘Bath Chronicle’ was less than enthusiastic. In fact it gave me a right panning.

Tom
Tom
September 14, 2022 7:47 pm

Today I watched the ABC Four Corners hit job on Qantas first aired a couple of weeks ago.

As someone who wrote about airlines for a living for 25 years, I found it was nothing more or less than a square-up by the left’s government propaganda unit on behalf of unions still smarting from Alan Joyce’s 2011 decision to ground the entire Qantas fleet to kneecap unions’ attempt to forestall management’s drive to turn the airline into a lean, profitable entity facing an onslaught of low-cost competition from aggressive full-service raiders like Emirates, which undercuts QF business class fares by 50% or more.

Union hacks like Steve Purvinas, federal secretary of the Australian Licensed Engineers association cut off at the knees by Alan Joyce is 2011, featured prominently in the ABC’s hit job on the national carrier, backed by anti-business academics who sounded like communist revolutionaries and health bureaucrats fretting that the airline’s management didn’t buy government Kung Flu hysteria after 2020.

That is why the Australian left regards the ABC as an irreplaceable propaganda asset.

cohenite
September 14, 2022 7:48 pm

Gutfeld has a main segment on the infiltration of woke librarians with balls and breasts into the demure, formerly sacred ground of libraries. This is an issue symbolic of and probably responsible for the decadent decline of the West. Make no mistake true librarians are on the front line. Expect blood and ink to flow.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 7:49 pm

Ok I gave a clue a previous comment I put up today was related.
Time for a second clue.

Ukraine’s Astronomers Say There Are Tons of UFOs Over Kyiv (13 Sep)

Ten hot upticks are on offer here Cats.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 14, 2022 7:56 pm

That is why the Australian left regards the ABC as an irreplaceable propaganda asset.

Your average union secretary is assured a place on the speed dial.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 7:56 pm

H B Bearsays:

September 14, 2022 at 7:41 pm

Oprah muscling in on Dr Phil’s turf.

I think this is a job for Jerry Springer.

H B Bear
H B Bear
September 14, 2022 7:59 pm

Prince Andrew and a few of his bimbos would make a good Jerry Springer episode.

Roger
Roger
September 14, 2022 8:02 pm

The Indigenous group argue the British monarchy represents a violent history

Self-proclaimed warriors protesting against violence.

Priceless.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 8:04 pm

Knuckle Draggersays:

September 14, 2022 at 7:43 pm

Oprah Winfrey has said the Queen’s death could offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a chance to be reconciled with their family

Live seance with the ex-Queen coming up.

That’s all she’s got now.
You can bet that Lizzie 2.0 was very explicit about not letting the race-baiter anywhere near her in the final days and hours.
Eliminate the opportunity for any confected death-bed confessions.

Cassie of Sydney
September 14, 2022 8:06 pm

“‘Dr’ Jill Jill Biden Thinks It’s Un-American To Oppose Porn in School Libraries”

Of course she would think this, this is the woman who probably turned a blind eye to her creepy pervert of a husband showering with their daughter. Anyway, as for porn, it’s already in American schools. The always excellent Powerline had a piece a few days ago by John Hinderaker called “Corruption in Public Schools”, and how a book called “Gender Queer” is currently found in Minnesota public schools.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/09/corruption-in-the-public-schools.php

As you can see, if you click on the link and glimpse some of the book’s pictures, “Gender Queer” ain’t the Karma Sutra. What’s clear is that the American public school system, long fragile, has collapsed.

I try and be optimistic about the future, particularly the future of the US, and men like Ron DeSantis give me hope but if American children attending public schools in the US are reading such putrid filth, my hopes fade. Get the children, get them young and groom them. Foucault is laughing.

Oh and I reckon Putin wouldn’t allow such “instructional” books in Russian school libraries. Russian kids are probably still learning quaint things like reading, writing and maths. Golly gosh, how utterly reactionary.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 8:07 pm

Clue number three: the galaxy is on Orion’s belt.

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 8:09 pm

Oh and I reckon Putin wouldn’t allow such “instructional” books in Russian school libraries. Russian kids are probably still learning quaint things like reading, writing and maths. Golly gosh, how utterly reactionary.

which is why I prefer Putin to the new American establishment.

Cassie of Sydney
September 14, 2022 8:11 pm

“You can bet that Lizzie 2.0 was very explicit about not letting the race-baiter anywhere near her in the final days and hours.
Eliminate the opportunity for any confected death-bed confessions.”

Yep.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

You’d almost think these fellers actually want the Voice to Parliament to fail:

Indigenous group warns it will hit the streets and PROTEST during Australia’s national day of mourning public holiday: ‘The Queen is dead, colonisation is alive’

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 8:11 pm

Look at the US executive government- it’s obscene. End of Rome stuff.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 8:12 pm

which is why I prefer Putin to the new American establishment.

There is a third option.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
September 14, 2022 8:13 pm

I was in Singapore the night Joyce grounded the airline. Asian press was very objective, in other words he had no choice as the unions had pushed management into a corner. Red eye run to Darwin then on to Cairns and the press here was the polar opposite.

As someone who had been inconvenienced by baggage delays, cancelled flights and just about every other Tom foolery I wasn’t too sympathetic to the unions cries…

For the record till COVID I thought the red roo was better off for the showdown, a much better product.

Dot
Dot
September 14, 2022 8:16 pm

There is a third option.

Marshal Tito and Colonel Gaddafi?

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 8:17 pm

Sure it’s fine to sympathize with Joyce and his union problems, but the full on adoption of cultural marxism by Qantas eg piping junkee into baggage halls mean I won’t fly with them anymore.

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 8:22 pm

No

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 8:24 pm

You’d almost think these fellers actually want the Voice to Parliament to fail:

I don’t normally go in for conspiracy theories, but, if the “Voice to Parliament ” referendum IS defeated, doesn’t that offer a great opportunity to play the race card loudly and often?

Helen
Helen
September 14, 2022 8:26 pm

Bruce
shows my lack of knowledge :-

Harrington had small fusion reactors

OK so we have to take another step before we can power vehicles with a suitcase!

Tom
Tom
September 14, 2022 8:27 pm

which is why I prefer Putin to the new American establishment.

Putin is a neo-Marxist creation of the Soviet Union. He is also corrupt and has stolen billions of dollars from the Russian people. The Marxists of the Biden regime are also repulsive but they’re ultimately just thieves like Putin.

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 8:30 pm

Yes Tom but I don’t believe the Russian establishment is peddling pornography to minors.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

eg piping junkee into baggage halls

Please, can you give an English language translation of that phrase?

miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 8:31 pm

Sure. Junkee is a left wing news channel which Qantas was, and maybe still is, showing on screens in their terminals.

132andBush
132andBush
September 14, 2022 8:33 pm

BoN,

Men in Black reference?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 8:36 pm

Helen – There’ve been some nice developments with fusion lately, but as you might expect we’re a long way from what Admiral Honor Harrington was powering her ships with.

Researchers generate fusion at 100 million Kelvin for 20 seconds (Phys.org, 8 Sep)

I think the real breakthrough will come, though, when they start to seriously look at other fusion elements. Especially lithium and boron. But who am I? I’m just a chemist who reads a lot of stuff.

I’m still hoping for an answer for my challenge: Sancho! My armor!
Fits extremely well with this topic, btw, which is another clue.
Ten upticks are on offer…

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
September 14, 2022 8:37 pm

Anyone else waiting for this macabre dead queen procession to come to a screeching halt when Zombie Liz sits upright in her coffin and says PAYBACK TIME, BITCHEZZZZ ?

No?
Just me?
Ho-kayyy.

Dot
Dot
September 14, 2022 8:39 pm

miltonf says:
September 14, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Yes Tom but I don’t believe the Russian establishment is peddling pornography to minors.

Russia for a very long time has been the source of illicit pornography.

The Russia mafia profits and the Russian deep state takes their cut.

Boambee John
Boambee John
September 14, 2022 8:40 pm

Bruce of Newcastlesays:
September 14, 2022 at 8:07 pm
Clue number three: the galaxy is on Orion’s belt.

Men in Black?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 8:43 pm

Tomsays:

September 14, 2022 at 7:47 pm

Today I watched the ABC Four Corners hit job on Qantas first aired a couple of weeks ago.

I saw it.
Almost laughable.
Every one interviewed was an ex shop steward.
Apparently baggage handling is some amalgam of science and the black arts.
And the ambush of Joyce – “why do cabin crews get different pay rates?”
Because their competitors with staff based in Singapore or Dubai or wherever pay those rates.
It was classic “get the band back together” stuff.
Emotive bullshit about “cutting staff cuts safety”.
You know, if a 727 had a crew of three and a 737 has a crew of two …
Or it took a ground crew of twenty to turnaround a 747, but a 787 only requires eight ground staff …

Roger
Roger
September 14, 2022 8:44 pm

Russia for a very long time has been the source of illicit pornography.

The Russia mafia profits and the Russian deep state takes their cut.

Surely you’re not suggesting Vlad the Defenestrator is a whited sepulchre?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 8:44 pm

Men in Black reference?

Bushie – Close but no cigar. 😀 Yes the clue is from MiB, but the keyword in the clue is the key to my challenge.

I’m surprised this has turned out to be as hard as it appears to be. Dover’s Cat isn’t so infused by SF as Sinc’s Cat was.

132andBush
132andBush
September 14, 2022 8:50 pm

Galaxy quest?

bespoke
bespoke
September 14, 2022 8:51 pm

Buck Rogers.

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
September 14, 2022 8:53 pm

BoN
Doesn’t Doc Brown have a gunfight with Mad Dog McGree in BTTF3? Maybe he asks some random Mexican assistant to hand him some home-made armour?

Nah, I dunno.

Real Deal
Real Deal
September 14, 2022 8:53 pm

Doug and Dinsdale Piranha.

Dinsdale says ‘I hear you’ve been a naughty boy Clement’ and he splits me nostrils open and saws me leg off and pulls me liver out and I tell him my name’s not Clement and then… he loses his temper and nails me head to the floor.

Interviewer: He nailed your head to the floor?

Vince: At first yeah”

Arky
September 14, 2022 8:54 pm

Watching 13 Assassins on Stan.
No bad.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 8:58 pm

Ok here’s another clue: “old bang-bang”.

That is an essential background to “Sancho! My armor!”

Interestingly Bing gets it, but Google doesn’t.

Arky
September 14, 2022 9:02 pm

Evil Dead?

Franx
Franx
September 14, 2022 9:11 pm

I missed what it’s all about, but:
windmills.

rickw
rickw
September 14, 2022 9:15 pm

Most stakeholders – from shareholders, to employees, to customers, to communities, and regulators

“Stakeholders” is straight from the WEF playbook.

The Beer whisperer
The Beer whisperer
September 14, 2022 9:23 pm

which is why I prefer Putin to the new American establishment.

There is a third option.

It’s important to note that a regime change in Russia would achieve far less that a regime change in the US. A regime change in the US could achieve a level of freedom that isn’t forthcoming in Russia.

The Beer whisperer
The Beer whisperer
September 14, 2022 9:26 pm

Researchers generate fusion at 100 million Kelvin for 20 seconds (Phys.org, 8 Sep)

Wind and solar are also “free”, but it’s the capture and generation of it that costs money. Regular nuclear is also free, but isn’t. Fusion needed to be made cheaper than all alternatives to succeed.

Indolent
Indolent
September 14, 2022 9:28 pm
miltonf
miltonf
September 14, 2022 9:29 pm

possibly beery-

Old bloke
Old bloke
September 14, 2022 9:33 pm

Speedbox says:
September 14, 2022 at 5:26 pm

IMO, the West recognised (if belatedly) the implications of a Russian/Chinese alliance and as offensive as the Russian invasion of Ukraine may be, it serves a purpose in that there is a far bigger issue at stake.

There has been very little, if any, public discussion about the Russian economic talk-fest recently in eastern Russia, and the accompanying joint Russian and Chinese war games.

Of particular importance was the involvement of the Indian military in these Russian war games. India participated with China at Russia’s request; I’d think it impossible for China and India to jointly cooperate on anything at any time given their mutual hatred, but there you go, Chinese and Indian military joining together with Russia for their war games.

Who’d have thunk it?

custard
custard
September 14, 2022 9:43 pm

Presidential EO 13818 and 13848 confirmed that the target of these orders was Joe Biden and foreign interference in American elections.

These orders had sunset clauses and if a legitimate administration was in charge of the Whitehouse then they would have expired.

These orders have been renewed under the illegitimate Biden administration.

That doesn’t make any sense.

Wake up Cats!

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 9:48 pm

I thought it would be easy!

“Sancho! My armor!”

If you search this on Bing it comes up at #3.

Other clues: Orion‘s belt. Old bang bang. UFOs. A previous comment (Niven and Pournelle).

A: Footfall

I give myself ten upticks.
.
.
.

…the tension stretched until Harry could stand it no longer. He bellowed. ‘Sancho! My armor!

The youthful faces looked at him. Some were grinning. He heard Gillespie’s grunt of disgust and saw Gillespie’s elbow move. An atomic bomb went off under Harry Reddington’s ass.

God was knocking, and he wanted in bad.
WHAM
WHAM
WHAM
‘The respite will be brief,’ Gillespie bellowed. Harry barely heard him in the silence after the bombs. How many were there? Twenty? Thirty?

Orion. Old bang-bang.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
September 14, 2022 9:49 pm

Custard – are you starting up a new QAnon branch in Australia?
Your recent posts have me scratching my head.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
September 14, 2022 9:54 pm

Spelling alert.
It is:-
Sancho!!
My amour!!
Mwahhh!!!

That’s the way I hear it.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 14, 2022 9:58 pm

Daily Mail.

Aussie who claims he is Charles and Camilla’s lovechild says it is ‘a kick in the face’ to see William named Prince of Wales and insists he will bring legal action to prove his heritage despite Queen’s death

Simon Charles Dorante-Day is insistent that royals should submit to DNA testing
Queensland-based engineer believes King Charles and Camilla are his parents
Mr Dorante-Day said it was a ‘kick in the face’ to William named Prince of Wales
He vowed to continue his fight alongside lawyers to prove his relation to the King of England

rickw
rickw
September 14, 2022 10:02 pm

ABL reviewing pro-lifer taking a rake to pro-abortionist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVIS9uR0iYA

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 10:02 pm

My amour!!
Mwahhh!!!

Ahhhh. ‘Old bang-bang.’

Pepe le Pew. It was so obvious.

rickw
rickw
September 14, 2022 10:08 pm

Who’d have thunk it?

A corrupt and morally bankrupt super power will facilitate things like that happening, and I’m not talking about Russia.

The USA has spent 30 years trashing its brand. With the lunacy now in overdrive no one wants to engage with them except the rusted on West.

What does conservative India have in common with LGBTQI American and a Regime founded on Pedo, Porn and Pay to Play?

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 10:09 pm

Sadly Jerry Pournelle died in 2017 after catching flu at a SF&F fan convention. I was reading his blog at the time he went. Which I have to say is a pretty good way to go out, if you’re a science fiction author.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
September 14, 2022 10:11 pm

KD – The old Cat was a haven for SF readers, of which Sinc was the foremost. Sadly we seem to’ve lost the great tradition.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 10:21 pm

Further detail on Mr. Dorante-Day, from the abovementioned piece:

A British-born Aussie

Strike one.

who believes he is the lovechild of King Charles III and Queen consort Camilla has said it is a ‘kick in the face’ to see William named as the Prince of Wales.

And:

Both of Mr Dorante-Day’s adoptive grandparents had worked for the Queen and Prince Philip in one of their royal households and he claims his adoptive grandmother told him he was the son of Charles and Camilla.

Which is exactly what you’d say to a precocious little mong to get him off your case, and to give him something to do for the next 50 years. Strike two.

Mr Dorante-Day’s case alleges King Charles and Queen consort Camilla began their close relationship in 1965, a year before his birth certificate says he was born.

Except:

But his timeline of events contradicts official records that say the new King and Camilla met each other five years after Mr Dorante-Day’s birth.

Strike three.

Mr Dorante-Day insists that Camilla kept him until he was eight months old, hiding him from the world with the help of the royal family and protection officers, and claims to have been told it was a condition of the adoption that his names Simon and Charles were not changed.

However by eight months he was growing too big to hide and it was arranged for the daughter of a royal household staff member – Mr Dorante-Day’s adoptive grandmother – to take him under her care.

So several thousand of the world’s best dirt journos, right there in Fleet Street, along with their open chequebooks somehow missed that Prince Charles porked some minor royal, and which resulted in a child subject to super-secrecy provisions, and they missed it for over 50 years while not one of the hundreds of royal staffers leaked that there was a rogue baby at large in somebody’s palace.

This really is world-class grifting.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
September 14, 2022 10:23 pm

The old Cat was a haven for SF readers

I remember, Bruce.

My next guess was going to be something about Darth Vader.

m0nty
m0nty
September 14, 2022 10:27 pm

PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin’s chief senvoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia’s demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead with his military campaign, according to three people close to the Russian leadership.

rickw
rickw
September 14, 2022 10:34 pm

CAC Boomerang back to airworthy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0IYfwZn8fE

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
September 14, 2022 10:35 pm

Old bloke says:
September 14, 2022 at 9:33 pm

There has been very little, if any, public discussion about the Russian economic talk-fest recently in eastern Russia, and the accompanying joint Russian and Chinese war games.

Of particular importance was the involvement of the Indian military in these Russian war games. India participated with China at Russia’s request; I’d think it impossible for China and India to jointly cooperate on anything at any time given their mutual hatred, but there you go, Chinese and Indian military joining together with Russia for their war games.

For me, as an energy wonk, this is the most significant missing element of public discussion on this whole horrific fuckup.

Putin’s Russia is in the process of becoming owned by China (and to a lesser extent, India). Heavily discounted energy exports is the win-win-win loss leader for Vlad the Invader.

Looking beyond the next couple of European winters, it’s also the Russian future.

Well done Kremlin chaps. Hope (for all our sakes) that most Russians are happy to see themselves as an Asian client state when prices calm down.

(And fuck you, NATO strategic geniuses, for missing this inevitability.)

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