Open Thread – Tues 20 Sept 2022
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Ukraine War Planned YEARS AGO Documents Reveal
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Vic Plod
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There were no Balrogs in the caves, BoN – but Ljubljana had dragons. In fact, the dragon is a symbol of the city.
A beautiful city – recommend a visit. Yet another one built on the remains of a Roman settlement. Tomorrow I’ll be in York, where both Romans and Vikings feature prominently in the history of the city.
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And as to more Great Music I would like this to be played at my Funeral………………
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Cohenite.
Do we actually need a GG and state governors?
Would it not be possible to have any real powers held by the GG exercised by the High Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court on the rare occasions it is required.
Swearing in of ministers could be done by the Chief Justice.
All the assorted ribbon cutting and lamington drive stuff could be assigned to junior ministers.GG/presidents, appointed by the PM/Premiers (or by a joint sitting of both houses where there are 2 houses, or popularly elected, the most dangerous alternative) add an extra check and balance. Under the constitution the current GG has some definite powers and reserve powers. If you get rid of the GG and involve the court the separation of powers gets diluted.
The pro republicans are motivated by revenge for what happened to comrade whitlam or in the case of the likes of pirate pete, turdball etc, ego.
We have a system that works. More or less.
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If you get rid of the GG and involve the court the separation of powers gets diluted.
That piece I hadn’t figured out.
The pro republicans are motivated by revenge for what happened to comrade whitlam or in the case of the likes of pirate pete, turdball etc, ego.
Yes and yes.
We have a system that works. More or less.
Not perfect, but I can’t think of anything better.
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Brunettes – this is what they do – effortlessly rendering (in a very different way) one of the greatest songs in human history … 🙂
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callisays:
September 23, 2022 at 10:16 pm
There’s a lunatic in the hotel lobby going spare about Russia and Ukraine. Frothing at the top of his voice.I’m hiding behind a potplant.
Seriously scary. The lunatic…the plant is happy and relatively intelligent.
No problems as there is a lunatic in the White House and one in the Kremlin. Wot’ a strange World that we all live in……………………………………….
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Dan Xiaoping has tweaked the powers of the Governor to the point where about the only power remaining to the Governor is delaying Qantas by 20 minutes.
A shortage of vegan in-flight meals?
Qantas backflips on ‘one size fits all’ menu with vegetarian meals set to return on domestic flights after major backlash online (Sky News, 23 Sep)
Eat the damned bugs Qantas travellers. For the planet.
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Yeah but, Bruce – is she not exquisite?
Oi! Both of them. One ranga and one brunette, seriously awesome.
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It seems to be increasingly obvious in US politics that there is in fact a “deep state” hidden in the shadows.
Biden and Fetterwoman are extreme examples, but there are plenty more. “The Squad” and the rest of them.
These people are merely “sprukiers”. They are the dudes standing out the front of the strip club enticing people in. Or in the bookmaking industry, the bagman calling out “best odds” and “about to jump”.
They aren’t running the business, they are the employees.
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Liz just ringing out …
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One of my best mates decided to jump in the Murray River before a 21st birthday celebration of another mate. Swam there for years. This day he never came back. 3 brothers and his old man took him away
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Ian Dury at his BEST
The final track on the CD I’ve got. I can’t do them all there are too many, so here’s the list:
What A Waste
Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3
Wake Up And Make Love With Me
There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Razzle In My Pocket
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Inbetweeenies
Common As Muck
Sweet Gene Vincent
I Want To Be Straight
You’ll See GlimpsesNot one of those tracks is less than awesome, in the lot of them. Which is why I bought the CD. 😀
I’ll go with this one:We could do with a few.
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JCsays:
September 23, 2022 at 10:55 pm
If you think anyone would believe that heap of bullshit, JC, you’re stupider than you claim to be.You never explained why it’s a heap of bullshit. But go ahead, I’d be happy to read your opinion like everything you post, Turtlehead. You low IQ waste of space. I’ll be waiting.
What a lovely Gold Fish Bowl this is where everyone is sooooooooo nice to each other.
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rosie:
I’m going to predict a massive rejection of dying of cold for the sake of a ‘climate emergency’ by people living in western Europe, starting in a couple of months.
That reminded me of Isaac Asimovs “Nightfall”.
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Politics is also a weird marketing mix. That’s why you get weirdos like Fetterwoman.
As a bookmaker at “Royal Randwick” I’d show up in a suit and tie. In Bourke, I’d show up in a pair of shorts.
It’s one of the main reasons the Democrats are in power in the US. They understand Hollywood, and Hollywood is bankrolling them.
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Six minutes later this was posted:
If you think I would be intimidated in some way by your reply on this site, just get it out of your head right now. Nothing really intimidates me. [followed by unwarranted offensive personal abuse
An indisputable falsehood, as we’ve already seen two things intimidate the writer of that paragraph.
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Bruce of Newcastlesays:
September 23, 2022 at 11:02 pm
Ian Dury at his BESTThe final track on the CD I’ve got. I can’t do them all there are too many, so here’s the list:
What A Waste
Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3
Wake Up And Make Love With Me
There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Razzle In My Pocket
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Inbetweeenies
Common As Muck
Sweet Gene Vincent
I Want To Be Straight
You’ll See GlimpsesNot one of those tracks is less than awesome, in the lot of them. Which is why I bought the CD. ?
I’ll go with this one:Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3
I agree Bruce but that one where he is the maybe lunatic wishing the best for everyone is so good.
If you want a real rough one then try this………………….
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Biden and Fetterwoman are extreme examples
Of every politician we’re tolerating until HOP Time.
FFS, peoples – you’ll go to grave knowing you didn’t at least try to put a stop to this idiocy?
Give me a Louisville Slugger and the fetterwoman’s thick empty skull and no prizes for guessing who hits the greatest home run in human history. 🙂
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Down at the Schlocktors, I tells ya!
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Rabzsays:
September 23, 2022 at 11:26 pm
Ian Dury at his bestImported a copy of his Greatest Hits CD via Rhino Records back in ’96.
The man was a fucking legend. His band contained many legends as well, e.g. the Wilko.
There was never any artifice about what they did. Just Rock ‘n’ Roll … ?
Well said Rabz and Bruce of Newcastle. So glad that I saw them live in Sydney in 1982.
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Gorton I believe was born in Melbourne but he did serve Kerang as shire president after World War 2.
Gorton was running the family property when World War Two broke out.
Dressed in “work clobber,” he went into a Royal Australian Air Force to volunteer for aircrew.
An immaculately “turned out” R.A.A.F. officer surveyed the unkempt figure. “We prefer candidates for aircrew to have some academic qualifications.”
Gorton returned the gaze. “Master of Arts from Oxford good enough?”
Oh, and for all the kudo’s Goof Whitlam later received, it was John Gorton who began the withdrawal of the Australian Forces from Vietnam.
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Calli, there is a statue of a dragon in the old upper town in Zagreb, in the process of being slain by St George. It was very close to our hotel.
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Collingwood v Carlton 1979
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I’m going to predict a massive rejection of dying of cold for the sake of a ‘climate emergency’ by people living in western Europe, starting in a couple of months.
The gigantic woodpiles in this part of the world tell the story.
The XR idiots demonstrating in Zagreb this evening would get short shift out in the countryside. Judging by their prevalence, I’d imagine being twined in an electric fence.
Solar powered, of course. 😀
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JCsays:
September 23, 2022 at 11:46 pm
I’m still waiting for you to show that I lied regarding Turtlehead’s claim, Driller.You delusional baseload liar.
You are like a broken record bleating on and on. If I didn’t know any different, I would think that you were a Winging Pommie Bar Steward…………………….FFS
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I have a theory about veganism and other food fetishes.
Societies where hunger and the memory of hunger are still within living memory celebrate food and abundance in all its glory. Unashamedly.
Fat, lazy, pampered societies embrace restrictions and control of the good things that keep us healthy.
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How would you test this with Americans?
I don’t know. Because the USA is so culturally diverse it may come down to ethnicity or “tribes”. It’s easier in Europe because cultures are more clear cut.
I would describe the “Diet Coke + gargantuan fast food feast” as a type of fetish. The Diet Coke presumably having magical properties.
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Stop repeating the same thing.
You’re beginning to sound intimidated.
You claim to have obtained personal information ….. how did you obtain this?Was it my name that gave me away? (Salvatore Stupid) you looked me up in the white pages?
You don’t have to reveal any of this …. confidential… information you have on me, … just how you obtained it.
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Go get the clearance
Nobody is preventing you from obtaining a clearance.
After all, it is you who so badly wants it.I thought you’d dug yourself a pretty deep hole when you chickened out of a serious bet.
Turns out you can dig deeper.Seek help dude. Seek professional intervention, before you blow a gasket old man.
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JCsays:
September 23, 2022 at 11:56 pm
Tell you what Driller. Obtain a clearance from the blog owner that I can publish private information about you and I’m more than happy to show you.That way you won’t be hiding and you won’t be able to peddle dishonest crap about yourself every again.
Even better, why don’t you just go away to another Blog and give us all a rest. You are like a Broken Record. Boring, boring, boring. And vote for Desperate Dan in Stasi Victoria…………………..
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Cultures and food is always an interesting subject. Both parts being endlessly fascinating.
I ate truffle pasta again last night. I could smell the glorious waft as it came from the kitchen.
In the market yesterday the small stalls had a wealth of different types of mushrooms, from the beautiful golden chantarelles to meaty porcini and some enormous field caps. There were some I’ve never seen before.
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Nobody is preventing you from obtaining a clearance.
After all, it is you who so badly wants it.Lol, that’s persuasive. Everyone will believe that.
I thought you’d dug yourself a pretty deep hole when you chickened out of a serious bet.
Turns out you can dig deeper.There’s nothing to dig and there was no serious bet. You lied.
Seek help dude. Seek professional intervention, before you blow a gasket old man.
Driller, you don’t own a pub. It’s been a lie for years.
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People who would like can catch me at Adam’s from now on.
Thanks Dover for this blog. I hope it continues into the future and wish everyone here all the best.
Yeah, yeah, I know, the libertarian farewell “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”.
Won’t be sharing any sort of space or replies with you from this point on J.C. I wish you good health, ongoing prosperity and happiness. Look after yourself. -
You want this “clearance”, you’ll have to grow a dick & balls and contact Dover yourself.
Just sad. Sad and pitiful
You do not require Dover’s blessing to tell how you know personal information about me.
I sure do.
Perhaps you’re intimidated by Dover?
I am and you ought to be a little more careful as he’s more than aware of your stoush trolling behavior. Publess.
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you ought to be a little more careful
Oh Lordy, is this a threat?
You are one helluva sad case you old flog.Typical, you truncated the ‘you ought to be a little more careful’.
Grow a pair & confess you made up these two items:
1/. You don’t own a pub.
2/. I could publish personal information about you.No, because it wouldn’t be true.
You sad pathetic old wanker.
Okay.
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Driller
Calm down. Of course I would need a clearance because you’re more than aware that would be doxing otherwise. Stop trying to send us on a squirrel chase. I’m not being coy.
The info of course could be wrong as it was told to me.
You say your middle name is Salvatore, but in the past you’ve told us it was a made up name. Also, you’ve often said your heritage is British Isles. Forgive me, but I didn’t realize salvatore was a popular Anglo name. You’re making shit up as you go along.
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You know this ….. how?
1. You once told us it was made up and someone picked you up of the fact that you had confused Salvatore with you previous blog name, steve. You thought Salvatore was the Italian equivalent of Steve. You fuckwit.
2. You’ve also described hating people of an Italian background.
3. You’ve said you’re Anglo and Salvatore isn’t exactly a popular Anglo name, you big idiot.
You need to stop lying.
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Zatara:
…but this summer, the supply was contaminated by raw gas which means the CO2 is useless and has led to a shortage of the gas that is critical to the brewing industry. You know where this is going: the supply chain is being wrecked and prices have jumped as a result.
There is an alternative – mead – non carbonated mead.
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I’ve been following John on twitter, without realising who he was.
My name is John Herron, father of Courtney Herron. She was killed in May 2019. Her killer was released early by Corrections Victoria and not monitored.
The Andrew’s Government pursues ‘restorative justice’ that simply puts killers on our streets.
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