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A bathroom of old, lucky some. Others bathed once a year in May or later in the rivers. Brides carried…
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Sadly I missed it with my children, they were not interested but we had a jolly good time when I…
Just gave you 23 upticks for that.
That’s certainly how I remember the decade. Brisbane winters are said to be mild but I’d wear a jumper under my blazer to school.
Faustus – might be time to get those files out of storage. Plenty of projects fail through timing alone. We worked on a project that would have doubled Perth’s clay brick capacity through a robotic, fully automated plant that went nowhere. Still have cyclical shortages 20 years later.
Is it correct that all of the Earth’s ice ages have occurred in the last few million years, there was no such thing previously?
If so, the long term trend must be of a gradually cooling Earth
confession time – until now I had no idea there was such a function on the blog – have never used it, never checked my own count.
Upticks.
Largely ignored by most (with one notable example).
But it is the intent.
The intent to create an impression of a prevailing view within a particular group or society as a whole.
Gaslighting, pure and simple.
If you believe it is a legitimate tactic, fine. But you kind of forego the right to have a sook the next time Sleeping Giants loads up Twitter with fake re-tweets and gets something which is near and dear to you banned.
When you can snatch the pebbles from my hand, Grasshopper …
The last year has been shocking for me.
I thought Russians were those friendly, cute meerkat things you see in that insurance ad.
Finding out they aren’t always friendly has been disturbing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b669CoYY3gc
So full of shit as per usual.
The sneerers trolling the blog.
Phew…I thought I was going out on a limb there.
U.S. INTENTIONALLY PROVOKED WAR IN UKRAINE—RAND CORP
By Howell Woltz -September 16, 2022
MEET GERMANY’S TRAITOROUS GREENIES WITH BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS—BAERBOCK & HABECK
This pair of German traitors—according to the memo and our reporting—were used to put their nation in deadly jeopardy
Sea Change is the name of the Russian funding mechanism to promote Marxist Greenies like Baerbock and Habeck around the world.
This pair of reprobates is responsible for making Germany dependent on Russian energy, as we reported.
Page iv of the Rand memo for the Biden White House and Democrat National Committee acknowledges these two and their complicity in causing this crisis for their nation—and all of Europe.
“The prerequisite for Germany to fall into this trap is the leading role of green parties and ideology in Europe….Personal features and the lack of professionalism of their leaders – primarily Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck – permit to presume that it is next to impossible for them to admit their own mistakes in a timely manner.” [Emphasis added] (Rand Memo to Biden White House and DNC)
In fact, these Greenies were paid with Russian money to ignore the scientific facts (and their mistakes), to make their nation dependent on Russian energy, but why is the U.S. attempting to destroy Germany?
THEIR GOAL IS TO BRING DOWN GERMANY & EU
The Rand Corporation memo written for the Biden Administration and DNC (Democrat National Committee) explicitly states the outcome this contrived conflict in Ukraine was intended to bring about.
“Not only will it deliver a devastating blow to the German economy, but the entire EU economy will inevitably collapse.”
Does that line get your attention like it did mine? Russia backed the Greenies solely to make the EU completely dependent on it for energy—economics—while the American Marxists’ goals are much more sinister. They literally prompted Germany’s entry into the war to destroy them.
Marxists—be they in the EU or America—cannot produce anything. Their system can only destroy (or steal) that which has been built by others.
As the memo clearly points out, the Biden Bolsheviks’ purpose for this intentionally provoked war was to break the EU and its economic backbone, Germany, after they have destroyed the American economy.
They simply need to put the competition in worse shape by comparison.
Their memo states, “There is an urgent need for resources to flow into the national [US] economy, especially the banking system. Only European countries bound by EU and NATO commitments will be able to provide them without significant military and political costs for us,” and U.S. Marxists are willing to destroy America’s allies to bring this about this outcome.
Memo continues, “The major obstacle to it is growing independence of Germany. Although it still is a country with limited sovereignty, for decades it has been consistently moving toward lifting these limitations and becoming a fully independent state,” so they intend to destroy it economically. How will they do this? By coercing Germany to get stuck in the mire of the Ukraine war, that Biden and his Bolsheviks intentionally provoked!
I see I got 2 upticks for that – now I feel the allure of the precioussssss
Anyone else think that the Meme Vineyard homeless shelter lady looks like dog the bounty hunters sister?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Q6YuVwK9Q
he European Physical Journal Plus
published a paper, Jan 13 2022, by 4 scientists titled:
“A critical assessment of extreme events trends in times
of global warming”.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02243-9.pdf
(springer is the journal publisher).
A quote from the abstract:
“In conclusion on the basis of observational data, the climate crisis that, according to many sources, we are experiencing
today, is not evident yet.”
https://joannenova.com.au/2022/09/sunday-open-thread-12/#comments
custard is on the cutting edge of Trumpism. Apparently pointing an index finger is the new salute favoured by Trumpist droogs.
A study of signs in the USA
There seems to be a fashion for advancing your cause with a political sign in the front yard here in the States.
Washington DC was the most enthusiastic so far. Small signs in people’s front yards, consisting of a wooden stake jammed into the ground, and a square printed sign about 40 x 40cm at the top, the whole thing only about a metre high.
Most in the federal capital were proclaiming that Washington DC should be a state. It isn’t although its residents apparently pay more tax than the average citizen for less representation. So lots of signs saying “51st state = Washington DC” and the like.
Others suggest “Fight climate change” and the usual bollocks.
Moving further south, School Board elections feature prominently. It seems there is a big push back against the woke causes being seen in the schools.
Getting into North Carolina though they begin to be a bit different: “Let’s go Brandon”, “Blue lives matter!” and simply “Biden sucks”. The “Let’s go…” also features prominently as a bumper sticker.
South Carolina decided to go hard or go home on highway rubbish, and as a result feature immaculate roads. They have frequent signs: “Don’t Litter. $1000 fine and prison”.
Trump 2024s were beginning to be seen. But the prize for the best up-front argument thought goes to a Trump 2020 banner. It said underneath “God, Guns and Country”.
Can I swap my Russian Twitter bot followers for upticks?
My point earlier!
The Euro is certainly heading south.
Winer is coming….
What exactly, then, was behind Ukraine’s refusal to negotiate after Istanbul? Not that it matters, now. I mean, there was no sticking point in any negotiations because the negotiations were simply rejected. The Minsk agreements were a background, yet even in this capacity, they were thwarted. It was in this stymied context that there occurred a ‘mistaken’ assassinations of a Ukranian quasi negotiator-oligarch. Not carried out by Russians but by the SBU. And so the war rages, especially for Russian civilians in Ukraine.
Pelosi plastered in Armenia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWN1S7-YyI
Snow isn’t decreasing; neither is ice or glaciers.
And head prefect, will you STFU about fucking upticks.
Spooky.
Has custard been hacked or had his nickname pinched?
He is usually eminently sensible, but some of last night’s ramblings under his name sounded more like Bird.
Red label Peroni is ok, not the blue label stuff. Mind you 99% of Aussie beer is crap.
A pint or two or three or…………….of Coopers Green Label is quite nice though IMHO.
Sure.
I’m going to go with that the majority of the upticks is agreeing but not wanting to get involved with the other rubbish (smart).
I have no problem with people agreeing with St rush. I agree with many of his points.
But you could do the same with other cranks manifestos including mein kampf.
It’s the entire context that matters not the bits you agree with.
Is it correct that all of the Earth’s ice ages have occurred in the last few million years, there was no such thing previously?
No.
The underlying geology is way simplified, but this gives a timeline of the major ice ages over the past 2 bn years.
All unsuspectingly, the New Scientist inadvertently suggests that low-CO2 is a pretty terrible thing for life on earth.
m0ntysays:
September 19, 2022 at 10:19 am
Anyone who signs off their Cat posts with their initials is up themselves.
Hey MontyPox Virus, they are not my real initials you Fat Twat.
JR
The cookies on the airplane were delicious St Ruth.
‘Tent City’ investigation: The dune dwellers of Dee Why
Nope.
At least they have plenty of sauerkraut.
Mr Rotten.
Can you find some jokes that are:-
(A) Funny; and
(B) Younger than King Charles.
Years ago being Project Manager on a job that had a 36 hr window to do the work. 10pm we were 4hrs in front. I went home for a sleep. I was back in by 4am, almost exactly the same as when I left. The base of the equipment being replaced turned out to be reinforced concrete when it had no need to be. Poor guys breaking it up had to diamond saw and then jackhammer it up coz it was so thick. Then another contractor had fully welded the skids to the frame for moving the equipment. It was one of those jobs. Guys drilling through control looms, not cleaning swarf in pipework jamming valves. Production started on time. I love that sort of work.
Several years ago, Andy was sentenced to prison.
During his stay, he got along well with the guards and all his fellow inmates. The warden saw that deep down, Andy was a good person and made arrangements for Andy to learn a trade while doing his time.
After three years, Andy was recognised as one of the best carpenters in the local area. Often he would be given a weekend pass to do odd jobs for the citizens of the community and he always reported back to prison before Sunday night was over.
The warden was thinking of remodelling his kitchen and in fact had done much of the work himself. But he lacked the skills to build a set of kitchen cupboards and a large counter top, which he had promised his wife.
So he called Andy into his office and asked him to complete the job for him. But, alas, Andy refused.
He told the warden “Gosh, I’d really like to help you but counter fitting is what got me into prison in the first place”.
No? Take it up with Uncle Fester as two regional lines in the chart he linked to suggest it’s fallen since 1970. Take a look at the idiots chart and come back and confirm.
Mind you this isn’t snow fall for the entire world but two regions in his chart. Argue about with the Fester and why the idiot posted that chart. I’m just the innocent observer.
All those jokes are younger than King Charles, maybe not the current one.
Why IS the wife of Australia’s premier royal hater going to the Queen’s funeral? TV insiders ‘stunned by irony’ of Lisa Wilkinson being flown to UK to front The Project’s coverage – despite being married to republican firebrand Peter FitzSimons
Coopers 62 used to be good. I see its been discontinued.
Fuck off…deleting cookies does nothing.
You haven’t a clue.
Full of shit sancho of the slip lane st it again
Troll in residence
Nope.
Hmmm. A common refrain in songs in the 70’s was ‘breaking up is hard to do’.
But I feel like I have just understood it for the first time.
Want a good laugh?
Ask sancho to tell us who he really is and watch the soiled duds melt down.
It made sense to me.
But I was up to the gills with Peroni.
Maybe I’ll have another look.
But at least I don’t throw them out the twuck window.
St Ruth.
The last remaining Neanderthal who doesn’t know how to fix the ticks.
Woof!
chrisl says:
September 19, 2022 at 10:19 am
Farmer Gez
You weren’t breaking up cement ( reinforced or unreinforced)
You were breaking up concrete .
Hire a demo saw and cut it into squares
Ya don’t say.
sad isn’t it .
Sancho being caught out bullshitting yet again.
XXXX has never been good.
It’s also never been discontinued.
It’s the Antibeer.
I’ll say it.
I like Fosters.
Sincerely,
B D S M Uptick III.
I mean, it used to be edgy to call Trump a fascist, but he’s running a fascist song behind his fascist speech to encourage his fascist supporters to make a fascist hand salute, so it’s not as he’s even hiding it any more.
custard won’t be the last of you to convert to Qanon lunacy. I called this months ago, this was always going to be your future.
A Doctor was addressing a large audience at Oxford University. “The materials we put into our stomach should have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is full of steroids and dye. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High trans-fat diets can be disastrous and none of us realises the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But… There is one thing that is the more dangerous to all us and most of us have had it, or will have it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?” After several seconds of quiet, a 70-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said “Wedding Cake”.
And tears all round as apparently the [getting used a little too freely now] was doxxed.
Yawn.
Do you feel secure with such brave men around , ladies?
Struphid
Are there any fresh sourdough rolls in the back. I prefer the rectangle shape. Two is plenty. Thanks .
I mean, it used to be edgy to call Trump a fascist, but he’s running a fascist song behind his fascist speech to encourage his fascist supporters to make a fascist hand salute, so it’s not as he’s even hiding it any more.
MontyPox Virus.
You obviously missed watching some of/any of Dribbling Joe’s latest ranting speech which had V for Vendetta overtones…………………………….
There might be something to this but for now I’ve changed the restriction from IP to logged-in users for upticking.
Why IS the wife of Australia’s premier royal hater going to the Queen’s funeral? TV insiders ‘stunned by irony’ of Lisa Wilkinson being flown to UK to front The Project’s coverage – despite being married to republican firebrand Peter FitzSimons.
Breathtaking hypocrisy is a core value.
..
Sure.
But what are you going to do about that bastard Arky removing other people’s upticks?
Eh?
A lot of dog lovers lurking this morning.
🙂
I like Fosters.
I agree.
Pretty good for a custard off the shelf.
Agree, it’s the choice of peasant’s.
Standards, Dover.
Standards.
[Indeed, and I’ve seen you use the f bomb now and then, and others dropping the c bomb a little too freely as well.]
I hear that foul simpering twat Sutton is desperately trying to beat up another bat flu scare.
It’s over, you narcissistic fascist knobhead. No one gives a shit.
Now go get back under your rock.
Fuck off.
Prior to Mr Rotten turning up with the Dad Jokes, my only one was about how a Tasmanian could tell if his sister was having a period.
Never played well at kids’ birthdays.
LOL
Barely makes the news now.
From guardian live blog
honour Queen
Daniel Andrews has defended the renaming of the hospital following opposition from Indigenous groups and leaders about the scrapping of the Aboriginal language name. Follow the day’s news live
Isn’t that, like, the ‘original recipe’ or something?
I rarely go to Dan Murphy’s – a bit too hit and miss – but they have some French wines I like.
Yesterday morning I had an premonition that I would be too lazy in the afternoon (and behold: So it came to pass!) and probably order some chicken from Chargrill Charlies for dinner, so I popped into Dan’s to get a Beaujolais. A Cote du Py seemed a sensible choice.
A wine that dare not speak its name. Amongst English speakers at least.
Because it sounds near indistinguishable from ‘Got to pee’.
Just so you know, the incompetent clowns who run The Australian simply forgot to upload the latest Johannes Leak cartoon this morning, which is why there was none posted at 0400.
We will just have to amuse ourselves with a tribute by the youngster to his brilliant old man from Johannes’s portfolio.
White House Introduces the Joe Biden “U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency”
September 18, 2022 | Sundance
I’m guessing I’m not getting those two spare rolls, huh?
The blonde jokes are particularly awful, not to mention staggeringly unfunny.
Although I did enjoy the Alexei Sayle clip.
Yeah Sutton had a five part tweet about blah blah somethingsomething.
Seems to think people who have carefully avoided getting covid thus far could be vulnerable to future antibody avoiding variants in the future.
Sigh!
It’s mid September in Oz and the ski season continues with good snow and lifts open at all the resorts. Now what did that chap Flannery predict, something about our children won’t know what snow is? https://www.mountainwatch.com/snow-reports/
Christ, that joke was a touchy subject at my uncle’s 50th in Launceston.
His wife got really angry. I copped a few bruises.
Worst party ever.
I didn’t know Mum had such a good left hook.
Nope.
If you aren’t scrolling them by now you’re a bit slow.
..
You just caved.
Give them what they want, I’m sure they’ll leave you alone in future now they know you can be bullied into something if they just make things unpleasant enough.
That’s the way it works, right?
Mr Rotten
Procure for me, the best of Norm McDonald.
What? You don’t own a doghouse?
What is the definition of a “logged-in user”?
What Monty-zoomer sees>>
here
What everyone else sees
here
You fat spastic.
Sancho Panzersays:
September 19, 2022 at 11:38 am
There might be something to this but for now I’ve changed the restriction from IP to logged-in users for upticking.
What is the definition of a “logged-in user”?
Uptick because I can’t tick anymore and appear to be locked out of that function.
Sancho,
I guess comprehension sometimes goes out the window when you are yet again supporting JC.
I said I thought the doxxing relates to his aggressive manner and might explain why happened to him. I didn’t say I agree with it.
I wasn’t here whenever it was that JC met up with Monty. I am no fan of Monty but could not help but notice his lunch with JC has been used many times since to have a go at Monty.
There are many members here I would like to meet but unfortunately never going to happen. I might meet somebody and without my knowing he /she is mates with somebody I don’t like and next thing you know they know all about me when I prefer my anonymity.
You might be friendly one day with JC but his posting here shows that can quickly change if you go against his thinking.
For those of you who catch up with others I do envy that but quite frankly there are a few here who take things far too seriously and hold a grudge for years. JC is clearly the main one who I am referring to in case you missed it.
Regards,
Fuckwit
PS would love to chit chat all day but quite frankly I will not. You and JC feel free to carry on thinking he is the best thing about this forum. I have learnt he will never change so try not to engage with him too much as it is pointless. Life is too short. I do however encourage others to stand up to him. Can be fun to see him engaging with several people in an evening and have him think they are the problem but not making the connection that it is actually him that caused the reaction. He calls it a “pile on” but can’t understand why it happens. Must be his charming personality.
“I do however think any doxxing of him is directly related to the agressive manner in which he posts here. Naturally he fails to recognise why it is him being doxxed.
So you justify doxxing family members because hurty feelings?
Good to know.
Fuckwit.
Haha, paging a Mr Colesworth.
Wegmans shuts down self-checkout app to fight shoplifting (18 Sep)
Funny how that works. Those stores are in New Jersey, which has a bit of a reputation, but it seems likely it will be everywhere before long.
JCsays:
September 19, 2022 at 10:52 am
Mind you this isn’t snow fall for the entire world but two regions in his chart. Argue about with the Fester and why the idiot posted that chart. I’m just the innocent observer.
But doesn’t that refute your critique of BoN’s comment?
You had said that AGW should cause more snow in areas that had hitherto been too cold for snow. Presumably you’d accept, though, that AGW ought to cause less snow in areas that weren’t too cold for snow. So if there’s been no change in specific regions , then whether tat region had hitherto been too cold or not too cold, doesn’t that suggest that BoN is right and the snow data is inconsistent with AGW theory?
Boo, frickin’ hoo!
Days before recent events in Kharkov, monty was mentioning Kherson even though any paying attention back then and not simply repeating Western talking points already had their eyes on Kharhov. Now, again, monty mentions Kherson when rumours are already circulating about events renewing in the Kharkov area.
Demographics BoN
I remember in Pisa you could ‘self check out’ then you were corralled until you scanned your receipt for the exit door to open.
Even in Melbourne some stores have implemented additional security measures to stop theft of certain lines, including locked cabinets for chocolate.
We will just have to amuse ourselves with a tribute by the youngster to his brilliant old man from Johannes’s portfolio.
Many upticks. (Invalid, because it seems I’m not a logged in user, whatever that means, but it’s the thought that counts.)
I haven’t been hacked Cats.
If you don’t understand Q posts (and I don’t pretend to fully understand all the cryptic messages) that’s a matter for you.
Trump has caught them all.
Has anyone given some thought why Trump is doing rallies again? The midterms I believe will be a bit different on this occasion.
The Pope had become seriously ill and was taken to many doctors, none of whom could figure out how to cure him.
Finally, he was brought to an old physician. After about an hour’s examination the physician came out and told the cardinals that he had some good news and some bad news.
The bad news was that the pope had a rare disorder of the testicles, which if left untreated, would be fatal.
The good news was that all the Pope had to do to be cured, was to have sex. Well, this was not good news to the cardinals, who argued about it at length.
Finally, they went to the Pope with the doctor and explained the situation.
After some thought, the Pope stated “I agree, but under four conditions”. The cardinals were amazed and there arose quite an uproar. Over the noise a single voice asked “And what are the four conditions?”
The room went silent. There was a long pause.
The Pope replied “First the girl must be blind, so that she cannot see with whom she is having sex”.
After much debate, the cardinals agreed. “Yes, we will find you a blind girl”.
“Second, she must be deaf, so that she cannot hear with whom she is having sex”. Cardinals: “Okay, fine, we will find you a blind, deaf girl”. What else?
“Third, she must be mute so that if she still figures out with whom she is having sex, she will not be able to tell anyone”. The cardinals deliberated again and replied “Fine, it won’t be easy but we want you to live, so we will find you a blind, deaf, dumb girl. What is your fourth condition?”
The Pope replied “Massive tits”.
Christ, that joke was a touchy subject at my uncle’s 50th in Launceston.
His wife got really angry. I copped a few bruises.
Worst party ever.
Try telling a few Billy cokebottle lines as “wedding telegrams” at an Eastern states wedding where the closest most of them have ever been to an Aboriginal was seeing Nigel on Kingswood country.
The grooms dad sent them in and didnt help by guffawing like a drain at each one.
Id have been better off launching into ‘the Aristocrats“
Looks like there has been no upticks (dicked or dickless) for half an hour.
Maybe we just go back to …
“St Ruth at 7:08 am … +468”
(Purely hypothetical).
If you can’t be bothered openly declaring your support (or otherwise) maybe you aren’t that serious.
Looks like my up ticking days are over.
How does one “log in?”
Custard.
They are not “mid terms”.
If Trump is back in the White House by January 2023, they are “end terms”.
The outcomes of the SCO seems to be in the eye of the beholder.
Here is India’s official announcement.
https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/35724/Samarkand+Declaration+of+the+Council+of+Heads+of+State+of+Shanghai+Cooperation+Organization
Seems like they have a different take on things too.
Rubbish.
I tried to uptick that.
Really I did.
Trust me.
What did they want? Upticks gone, because the upticks indicate their unpopularity, something they care about.
How did they achieve what they wanted?
They ground away, day after day, making stupid accusations and repeatedly asking Dover to “do something”.
Did they get what they wanted? Sadly, eventually, yes.
the incompetent clowns who run The Australian simply forgot to upload the latest Johannes Leak cartoon this morning
Modern Life: Opinionated Incompetents.
Great couple of weeks in global relations.
Quad member India goes to a China party.
NATO member Turkey walking arm in arm with Russia.
Speaker of the house goes to Russian ally Armenia.
Who said the world isn’t getting along just peachy.
Anyone answering a poll these days has rocks in their head.
Leading Pollster: GOP Voters Will Be ‘Virtually Impossible To Poll’ After Biden’s ‘MAGA Republicans’ Attacks (18 Sep)
Especially after Facechook was sprung reporting righties to the FBI.
A tickless cat is a pussy.
Sun Tzu.
It’s 7:00am and I’m sitting at the dock of the bay. Watching boats mostly and drinking coffee!
Who worries about the polls when you’ve got the count covered?
I mean, it used to be edgy to call Trump a fascist, but he’s running a fascist song behind his fascist speech to encourage his fascist supporters to make a fascist hand salute, so it’s not as he’s even hiding it any more.
But at least he doesn’t model his presentation style and background on something by Leni Riefenstahl, a la Triumph of the Dill, give him that m0nty-fa.
PS, what is the “fascist song”?
It’s ok Bern our esteemed Foreign Minister will save us.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong to outline Australia’s national statement at United Nations in New York this week (Sky News, 19 Sep)
I wonder if she’ll say anything that is actually true?
Arky says:
September 19, 2022 at 11:58 am
Sad, even with possible manipulations, ???? by people with too much time on their hand it was a good feature, to show approval.
I reckon the best job in the world is being captain of a tour or transport boat in a tropical tourist destination!
Interestingly enough Trump said in his speech yesterday that there had only been 45 people who became President and then told the audience they should think about that!
I wonder if she’ll say anything that is actually true?
She sure as shit won’t be saying anything to irritate Uncle Xi!
“Oops! We thought your family were Uighurs!”
Err, no, it indicates the propensity of some fixated types for gaslighting.
Refer my one word post at 11:09.
15 upticks.
All mine, and all done in three minutes.
Looks like the next big push is to get people with some capacity to work off the dole and onto the DSP…
Expect to see this parroted on the ABCcess non stop for the next month or so.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/19/almost-half-of-jobseeker-recipients-unable-to-work-full-time-due-to-sickness-or-disability
Near record levels of people on the jobseeker payment are sick or have a disability, with more than 350,000 people on the dole now unable to work full-time.
Department of Social Services figures for June reveal 358,000 people on the jobseeker payment – or 43.1% – had a “partial capacity to work”, meaning they can only work between 15 and 30 hours a week.
That was close to the pre-pandemic figure of 43.5% in September 2019 and a massive increase on the figure of 25% at June 2014.
…
The current cohort includes nearly 150,000 or 41% of those with a mental health condition* and 111,000 (31%) who had a musculoskeletal or connective tissue condition.
* Including being drug fucked pisswrecks??
Sure.
It means more than 40 people have been President.
But less than fifty.
I’m not able to do any upticking even when I open a new tab. Is anyone else having the same problem?
God, I miss them upticks.
I can.
But I choose not to.
Solidarity, bro!
Ship rick, you might be right there. It’s an open secret that shagging the captain is a latent fantasy common to many women, and one which they pursue hotly when it’s all string tops and tropical sunsets.
The thing about the change in restriction is that someone or group of people motivated to change IP to tick multiple times could just as easily do it with log-in restriction, it’s just more cumbersome. I’m going to leave it as is today and might change it back to IP later on, as I think there are far too few people that lurk/ comment with a log-in for it to be meaningful.
It was stupid to call Trump a fascist – it was never edgy.
Only an uneducated mind could ever see Trump as a fascist.
This is so stupid the author is a candidate to be on a watchlist.
I think it’s ridiculous worrying about the imitation twitter uptick when I STILL CAN’T WORK OUT TO EMBED MUSIC VIDEOS
Dover, get it sorted before Rabz Radio comes around again
Please no more boomer sex talk.
Just had lunch.
I would suggest that he did see it, and that is precisely why the left is trying to point at Trump and scream ‘fascist’ to misdirect people from dwelling upon the obvious.
Someone linked to a Twit yesterday (or the day before) about an anti-fossil fuel activist who was sentenced to prison for breaching some injunction or other. They never think anything can happen to them because they are pure of heart!
Anyway, one of the twit’s twits Twitted on Twatter that it is amazing that the law went after her instead of the criminal oil companies.
‘Criminal’ oil companies. This is how these morons think. They are really angry at oil companies, but it is not sufficient for them to just hate them. Their anger is just that: their anger. It neither binds not obliges others. So, somewhere and somewhen they sensed that saying something is ‘illegal’ has extra weight and extra power. They therefore call everything they don’t like ‘illegal’ and ‘criminal’. They don’t really understand the words – if they did they would understand why this woman was imprisoned rather than being released as a hero.
And people like this infest the schools and infect the children. They whisper into politicians’ ears, they drag businesses through courts to try to break them, destroy property – and at bottom it is just because they are angry.
Crikey! I seem to have logged in to Mamma Mia by mistake.
The nation’s leading thinkers, on the nation’s leading economics, politics & libertarian blog are preoccupied with…. upticks?
How old are these people?
FMD, you couldn’t make this up.
Try this. I think that will get you to a registration page if you don’t have one. It’s pretty much like a blogger account but for WordPress. It asks for the same thing you include to comment now: username, email, and gravatar. That’s it. Once your logged-in, you don’t have to bother with the other fields when commenting apart from your comment.
The idea was rise above the ticks.
Alas you have become one of them.
Thanks Dr F
Got talking to a couple farmers last week and they have told me that they cant get anyone to pick up sheep to take away for live export and cant get commitments to collect their grain.
Is the famine that Michael Yon was referring to is unfolding in real time?
‘Criminal’ oil companies. This is how these morons think. They are really angry at oil companies, but it is not sufficient for them to just hate them.
The gruinaid has a piece on a film glorifying the Franklin dam protests.
It mentions “climate crisis” but somehow avoids connecting it to the campaign actually stopping hydroelectric projects in Australia for a generation.
No mongs like a green mong.
What was the reason given, custard?
I can’t see most truckies refusing in opposition to live trade.
It’s the truckie trouser shortage.
I predicted this.
Hilarious in so many ways.
Put down the G&T and got to sleep.
No ticks, but at least we still have the thumbs up button
🙂
I blocked you using my spare ticks.
I dunno. I had a different take on it.
I thought more than 39, but less than 49.
I guess we will just have to wait and see which of us is right.
Chickless and dickless need not apply Munty.
Sunday : “Ticks are inconsequential, irrelevant and trivial. Why do you care?”
Monday : “(sob) Give us our ticks back. Ticks are the very essence of this place.”
….
Hmm.
The ticker doth protest too much, methinks.
(Apologies to Will).
An old man goes to Heaven and sitting at the reception desk is Jesus, who calls the man forward.
He says “Old man, welcome to Heaven. I have to take some details – could you please tell me your name?” The old man says “My name is Joseph”. And Jesus says “Well there’s a coincidence, when I was on earth my father’s name was Joseph.
And the old man says “Well I had a little boy, you know, he’d be about your age by now”. And Jesus says “Well how extraordinary… I left home when I was quite young”.
And the old man says “Yes, my little boy left home when he was young. He went away with his friends, they got involved in magic and other mystical stuff”.
And Jesus says “Another coincidence – how extraordinary, that’s exactly what happened to me. Tell me, what was your job when you were back on Earth?” The old man says “I was a carpenter”. Jesus says “Well, that’s an amazing coincidence, that was my father’s job too… you don’t think that you and I could be…”
Then old man says “No you see, my little boy was not born like ordinary boys”. Jesus says “That’s how it was with me”.
The old man says “Look, I would know my little boy anywhere, you see he has these little holes in his hands and feet”. Jesus says: “You mean like THIS!?” as he holds up his hands.
And the old man says “I can’t believe it”. Jesus says “You must believe it – so many coincidences, you must be my Earthly father Joseph”. And the old man says “And you must be my little boy – Pinocchio!”
Just like the jab. …you were told.
You were told why there would be a shortage of truckie
You scoffed.
Bing bong
Where’s choo choo .
Maybe rail can come to the rescue.
This Blog has lost it’s ticker lately…………………..
This trend of saying the quiet bit out loud needs to continue.
Its amazing how many conspiracy theories are confirmed once they think it cant be reversed.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/18/swedens-mainstream-parties-cravenly-opened-the-door-to-anti-immigrant-populists
Yet, 79.5% of Swedes did not cast their vote for the Sweden Democrats. In a way, I would argue the Sweden Democrats have arrived too late – at least as seen from their own ideological position. Today, 25% of Swedish citizens have an immigrant background, with two parents born outside Sweden. Sweden is, and will stay, a flourishing, multicultural society.
Drude Dahlerup is professor emerita in political science, Stockholm University
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Women voting… the largest mistake of the last 200 years?
For women, the most important political issues were welfare matters such as health policies and schools – and climate change. These issues were “owned” by the Social Democrats, the Green party and the Left party in the view of most voters. In contrast, law and order was the most important issue for men. Overall, however, voters, both male and female, moved to the right.
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So how does this
First, based on the unprecedented number of refugees who came to Sweden in 2015, Sweden’s generous immigration policy has been tightened. Second, what previously marked a linguistic border between decency and populism is now common speech in wider circles: linking crime and immigrant background
match this??
In terms of issues that influenced the election result, law and order was dominant, especially on account of the many deadly shootings in the streets related to gang criminality. Since the beginning of this year, there have been 47, often executed by very young gang members.*
* Note the careful and deliberate use of the non descriptive “gang members”…. Im sure monty can help with a descriptor or 2..
That is just silly.
It’s greater than 40, less than 50.
No other way to read it.
39 to 49 is Deep State fake nooos.
Grover Cleveland was POTUS 22 in 1885-89 and POTUS 24 in 1893-94.
Custard, the most likely explanation for truckie reluctance might be the tendency of some cockies to be a bit slow on the draw when it comes to getting the cheque book out.
Even with good seasons and record prices, some can’t help channeling their inner Scotsman.
There are a couple around here, although I think one has been cured.
Pro tip. Always pay the plumber who instals your septic tank.
Oh, no!
My upticker is broken. (Sob.)
True but it also enabled grifters to blame the algorithms on an already diminishing popularity.
Department of Social Services figures for June reveal 358,000 people on the jobseeker payment – or 43.1% – had a “partial capacity to work”, meaning they can only work between 15 and 30 hours a week.
This is standard CentreLink operation .. To qualify for “partial capacity” all that is required is to lodge a doctors certificate ..! .. now under normal conditions you’d expect that once the “certificate” expires the “incapacity” expires! .. but NO! .. this is not only gummint but CENTRELINK so once your logged in as “partial” you remain “partial” until/unless you are logged out, manually .. been there , dun that .. one of dozens of standard “houso” “tricks of the trade” ..
CentreLink “front-end” staff do not rate highly in the due diligence arena .. LOL!
bespoke says: September 19, 2022 at 12:39 pm
That is why you drink G&T?
Couldn’t be a better reason.
The algos don’t always extract the true intent.
For example, I have been giving stick to supporters of a few AFL clubs as they are eliminated from the finals.
Zuckerberg is now heavily promoting Richmond, Collingwood and Brisbane supporter groups as “things you might be interested in”.
I am pretty sure I would have scored a lot of upticks today.
A yuuuge amount.
If only I knew how – I would give myself so many upticks that there would be no disputing who was right.
Let it go!..
Seconded.
No Tim, it doesn’t at all.
There actually has been a change according to Fester’s chart. Go take another look.
Uncle fester cherry picked 25 years. However , the chart goes back 50 years to 1970. Two of the regions show less snowfall and the one that shows not much change is encompassed in one of the other two charts. So he was wrong. (As I said earlier$. Let me know if you see the same pattern in the charts.
Good luck finding one! If they wouldn’t give out vax and mask exemptions out for genuine reasons, there is *NO WAY* they will give them out for dodgy disabilities.
(Do I need the /sarc?)
Test.
I agree with Arky.
Bourne
Nice try about Fatboy, rooster. However, it was Fatboy who began divulging information about appearance etc. I just followed his standard. Ask him.
Also, Dover has said he doesn’t want crap rehashed from the old blog. He said this yesterday. Both you and Bush are in breach of rule 306.2j4.
JMH
Are you ever original? One time prove to the readers you can say something unique. One time, I dare you.
Bourne1879says:
September 19, 2022 at 11:43 am
I fully concur with this post and have nothing of substance to add to the topic being discussed.
Shanghai rocket maker considering developing huge methane-fueled rockets.
The sphincters of 50 million Chinese cows and pigs just clenched up.
Has sancho and tbe sneerers killed this blog as i knew they would?
Or has the jab got the many who no longer post here?
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
– Mark Twain
Arkysays:
September 19, 2022 at 11:58 am
Again, I agree with Arky.
Farmers are some of the best payers to do business with.
What are you talking about? Which men are you referring to, and how do they represent the entire population?
I feel slightly less secure than before because I am old, therefore slower and weaker than I was decades ago. Here is an example of where being able to own a gun would be a great comfort.
But I have always been small and comparatively weak vis a vis the vast majority of men anyway.
I have never relied on the amorphous mass called ‘men’ for any security other than the physical kind, but I don’t think that is what you were referring to. It’s just not clear what on earth you were referring to.
Oh, and although I am logged in, uptick doesn’t work for me either. Not that it matters. Talk about much ado about nothing!
Arkysays:
September 19, 2022 at 11:58 am
What did they want? Upticks gone, because the upticks indicate their unpopularity, something they care about.
How did they achieve what they wanted?
They ground away, day after day, making stupid accusations and repeatedly asking Dover to “do something”.
Did they get what they wanted? Sadly, eventually, yes.
Agreed.
But, dover’s site, dover’s rules, so I’m not asking him to reverse his decision.
Those who post anecdotes about farmers not paying bills are usually those who don’t actually deal with farmers.
Struth is correct.
Good luck finding one! If they wouldn’t give out vax and mask exemptions out for genuine reasons, there is *NO WAY* they will give them out for dodgy disabilities.
I wasn’t talking about “dodgy” but odds & ends knocks/ailments that clear up after time ..
eg: you get a”bad back” certificate for something that will take several days to right itself .. you take it to CL it’s logged into your file, manually & your granted a full-time work exemption .. but to cancel the exemption also requires a manual log-out … very rarely, will this occur unless you, inadvertently, highlight it during a face-to-face session ….
Let’s remember the vax/mask exemptions were highly publicized “crimes” .. rorting CentreLink “work guidelines” is classed as a hobby .. LOL!
Johanna.
It was yet another racist slur from the Trouserless Troubadour which was edited out.
Arky, JMH, Bourne et al, are correct.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
– Mark Twain
Geez, a lot of forum drama around here lately.
For the record, it was JC who started the body stuff towards me with that golf pic. My thought on that is that I could get thinner tomorrow (and have since that photo), but he can’t get any less old and woggy. We trade insults on here but because we have had long lunches together we know where we are both coming from, so it’s Waldorf & Statler level frivolity rather than anything serious. I mean, he is a swarthy spiv and he knows it, and needs to be told every so often.
Not many other people on here are like that, it’s purely online where meaning can get twisted without all the visual and environmental cues that face to face meetings allow. I joke that posters on here can appear indistinguishable from chatbots, and it is like that a lot, but if I ever encountered them IRL I am sure they would say something other than “I know you are but what am I”. Albeit it could just be them saying “aaaaaaahhhh” as they ran away.
In summary, yes JC can seem like an aggro bully when you engage with him online, but if you meet him in the flesh you would see he’s about as threatening as a cavoodle.
Sanchez
I need about 38 ticks for my reply to Rooster. How much are they going for.? Last night, you greedy fucker, you were asking 3 bucks a tick. No way. A buck each and that’s my best and final. You can take it or leave it.
TN, I think Dover will reinstate the thumbs up function sooner rather than later. The wailing and teeth-gnashing of the permanently insecure little drama queens will matter not.
You both need to read what I posted.
A small minority of farmers, like any group in society, treat slow payment as a sport.
The example I obliquely referred to was a local farmer who got a new septic installed in August last year.
No payment.
Until about two days before Christmas when his toilets started backing up.
He paid.
And paid in advance, in cash, for the call out to fix the fault.
Which the plumber found with uncanny accuracy and speed.
🙂
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Word gets out.
Slow payers get shit** service, whatever business they are in, particularly when order books are backed up**.
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** Intentional.
Just a question for DOB pain sufferers.
Ankle giving problems and the workman reckons I’ve probably got a bone spur.
Not always sore but grabs on steps and when you first get up.
Demand and supply.
When ticks are scarce, the price goes up.
Is it my fault if you thought it was smart to short the tick market without holding any actual ticks?
Suck it up.
DOB?
Johanna.
You’re entire security has been awarded to you by previous generations of men acting like men.
That you don’t understand this is or appreciate it is why we find ourselves in this shit
. They should never have been given the vote.
That’s not private information, you fat fuck. You led us to the pics and I made an observation that you should have been clubbed to death wearing that attire playing such a majestic game.
The other information was private, you blather mouth.
Sancho, don’t you own a farm?
If true, does that make you a farmer?
Could be Colliwobbles.
…
OK.
I’ll report myself.
Well. after a 24/48 hours whinge they who, for their own reasons, had a problem with “up-tix’ got what they wanted .. GONE! .. personally, I only saw the “tix” as an acknowledgement that others actually read the post and that was enuf for me ..!
I also frequent another blog which has both an up & down tix facility but there you can click and identify the users who tix, either way .. soooooo very rarely are there any “down” cos you know who dun it .. LOL!
In summary, brave on a keyboard, chicken in real life.
All too common.
Kind of.
Do I make a living from it?
Indirectly, yes. But not yuuuge.
Do I pay my bills?
Yep. Usually before the bloke is out of the driveway.
Has my […] comment disappeared?
And without the slightest thought given to hypocrisy. …just the sneerers seeing what power they have over Dover.
Quite a bit it seems if that is the case
Driller is correct.
I agree with JMH, thought leader, rooster, Bush, Ariel, Humphrey and jughead and Fatboy.
If there’s anyone I missed I agree with you too. You’re correct.
Sancho Panzer says: September 19, 2022 at 1:53 pm
Interesting that you believe that comment was a response to your post. Oh well.
Then you proceed with an anecdote of a farmer… who can’t fix his own septic tank. (sure)
(& who lives within reach of a plumber)
Pitt Street farmers aren’t included when talking of actual farmers. 😉
Coming from the guy who’s blowharded about himself for years. Yep, courageously courageous. No personality disorder here folks. Move along.
From the linked New Scientist article
Twelve thousand years ago, the great ice sheets retreated at the beginning of the latest interglacial – the Flandrian – allowing humans to return to northern latitudes. This period has been relatively warm, and the climate relatively stable, although it has been slightly colder than the last interglacial, the Eemian, and sea levels are currently at least 3 metres lower – differences that are being closely scrutinised by researchers keen to understand how our climate will develop.
But this respite from the ice is likely to prove short-lived, at least in geological terms. Human effects on the climate notwithstanding, the cycle will continue to turn, the hothouse period will some day come to an end – and the ice sheets will descend again.
Bolding mine. First time I’ve heard the Holocene called the Flandrian though. Enjoy the interglacial, the ice will be back soon enough.
Sancho back peddling…….
Never has a farmer’s cheque bounced on me.
Never has a farmer not paid their bill.
Likewise for unions, bikies, & small businesses.
I cannot say the same for Tradesmen (yep, some don’t pay) corporates (including executives – they’re some of the worst) & Corporations – many of which seem to have a deliberate policy of not paying – that isn’t slow paying or the like, it is plain refusing to pay their bill.
This includes iconic national brands – known to all here.
Then there’s government, which is slowest of the lot.
Never mind all that palaaver about ‘small businesses etc must be paid within 7 or 30 or whatever days, it is legislation – government can be up to 18 months (that is unusual – 4 months is the longest)
That’s when government pays – sometimes it plain does not pay, especially local government.
Farmers are close to the top of the totem pole when it comes to paying.
The American Military under Dribbling Hiden Biden
Written in the manner of one who knows they don’t measure up.
Your tears are delicious.
A new captain becomes leader of a company of soldiers. As he goes about learning everything on how they do things he finds two soldiers guarding a bench. He asks his sergeants why they’re guarding the bench and they say the previous commander ordered it. He calls the previous commander up, now a major, asking why he did that and the Major said it’s because the previous commander ordered it. So he calls that commander, now a Lt. Colonel asking why he ordered it; gets the same answer that it was ordered by the previous commander. The Captain goes through this song and dance a couple more times before he gets a hold of an old retired 4 star General. He politely calls him up and asks him why he ordered his men to guard this bench that all the commanders since then have maintained the tradition. The old retired General goes, “Wait, is the paint still wet then?”
From a link in the NS article:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627610-900-meltdown-why-ice-ages-dont-last-forever/
Those CO2 levels get scary low near the end of ice ages. Bad for plants, then bad for animals.