Open Thread – Weekend 15 Oct 2022


Little Bridge on the Voise, Osny, Camille Pissarro, 1883

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calli
calli
October 17, 2022 4:57 pm

Turnbull was involved.

The suppurating carbuncle on the *rsehole of Australian politics.

Nothing, but nothing would surprise me.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 4:57 pm

Big, if true!

Canberra, j’ismists & politicians. What a cesspit.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 4:59 pm

On Angela Merkel being a KGB/FSB asset…not many people remember that just after she became Chancellor she warned of Germany’s dependance on Russian gas and argued for diversifying their energy supplies. This was just after Russia had cut off Ukraine’s gas, which caused quite a bit of anxiety in the EU at the time. The plan she initiated was for German & the EU to have significantly weaned itself off Russian gas by 2020. In practice, however, she received little political or public support, so it never happened at the required pace, although the annexation of Crimea kicked things along a bit. On that at least she didn’t appear to be doing Russia’s bidding. People like Shroeder were much more engaged in that.

Rafiki
Rafiki
October 17, 2022 5:04 pm

Generally, the prosecution must call in its case all witnesses whose testimony it knows could assist the jury and even if the evidence might be unfavourable to the Crown case. I suspect this why the Crown called Cash.

(This means that the defence, because it will be cross-examining the witness can ask blatantly leading questions, and the Crown will leave to attack the witness. This happened in the Pell case. The Crown called a priest, who was a long-time friend of Pell, who gave powerful evidence in his support. The trial judge then restricted the extent to which the credibility of the priest could be attacked on the ground of bias.)

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 5:04 pm

Canberra, j’ismists & politicians. What a cesspit.

They really wasted some good sheep country there.

duncanm
duncanm
October 17, 2022 5:05 pm

“First Nations people adapted quickly, often employing guerilla warfare tactics. That is, fast-moving, small-scale actions including ambushes, sabotage and raids.

I’m not sure what other options they had. Its not as if they could organise themselves into a massed army.

Frank
Frank
October 17, 2022 5:06 pm

“Turnbull was involved.”

Would explain why it was such a fuck up.

MatrixTransform
October 17, 2022 5:06 pm

To be fair we’ve all had days like this

must have been an after-lunch thing

Real Deal
Real Deal
October 17, 2022 5:08 pm

“I presume that Niki was Savva.. known Lib hater.”

Which means Turnbull was involved.

I think they mean Nicole Hamer,can ex-staffer in Reynolds office.

Having said that, the media have been manipulating this from the get go. The Turnbull bio by the AFR journo details a fair bit. Again, what the hell is Maiden doing reporting on the trial today on news.com.au?

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 5:09 pm

Dingoes were also used to attack British soldiers.

How many were babies?

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
October 17, 2022 5:13 pm

Katharine Birbalsingh is principal and founder of London’s Michaela Community School.

How the heck is that a “free secondary school”? Given the wonderful teaching methodology they use, all Oz needs to do is copy her whole system including making it free.

cohenite
October 17, 2022 5:13 pm

Some ads from the good old days:

Budweiser: when you need to get her drunk
Smirnoff: every morning is a Smirnoff morning
Sexual Temperance Spoon: guaranteed to soften the most optimistic ardour. One whack and it’s on the slack
Laudanum: because babies should be seen and not heard
Wake up Gay in the Morning: have a bedtime Ovaltine.
Mum for Marriage Hygiene: the important part it plays in a successful marriage.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 5:15 pm

Professional flogger flogs floggingly…

Whole sharticle here..

The Australian War Memorial’s recent vague commitment to a “much broader, a much deeper depiction” of colonial violence against Indigenous people risks being compromised by an absence of detail and sound historical context.

I agree, there needs to be a section devoted to the records of the inter-tribal wars and violence pre-contact.

In late September Brendan Nelson, the chairman of the memorial’s council, said the organisation had decided on a “much broader, a much deeper depiction and presentation of the violence committed against Indigenous people, initially by British, then by pastoralists, then by police, and then by Aboriginal militia”.

Note: Nelson did not say the memorial was committed to a broader and deeper depiction of the “frontier wars”. That is because he and others associated with the memorial – while acknowledging frontier violence against Indigenous people by military regiments, police, pastoralists and militias – do not accept that the violence equated to “war”.


Paul Daley wants to overthrow Mabo? Settled vs conquered Paul, may you get exactly what you want.


Instructively the minister for veterans affairs, Matt Keogh, also chose his words carefully. He said: “I think it’s important to recognise that the war memorial already has some recognition of frontier conflict, and I’m aware that as part of the expansion program there will be some greater reflection on that.”

“I think that the recognition and reflection on frontier conflict is a responsibility for all of our cultural institutions, not just here at the war memorial.”
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Matt Keough is a low rent flogbag who should kill himself immediately to extirpate the guilt he feels. its only fair.
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No mention of frontier wars there either. The most interesting thing about Keogh’s remarks was his assertion that the responsibility for reflecting frontier conflict ought to be spread among the war memorial and other cultural institutions. While this is true, it seems to ignore the fact that all of the other major Canberra-based national institutions have for decades already significantly and meaningfully reflected the frontier wars and conflict against Aboriginal people, which killed by conservative estimate at least 60,000 Indigenous men, women and children, upon which the white Australian federation was founded.
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Gee what an awesome reason to desecrate the memorial: the other places in that wretched hive of scum and villainy have already done so.
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The plain truth is that the war memorial has long been the obstinate outlier in that space. It has pushed back under the directorships of Nelson (director for seven years before leaving and recently returning as council chair before outlining his departure at the end of 2022 to become president of weapons manufacturer Boeing International) and others, against widespread suggestions the institution ought meaningfully reflect, as part of its mandate to chronicle the Australian societal impact of warfare, frontier “conflict” and “war”.
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So the Australian war memorial, not the didjabringabongalong tribe memorial… Nelson should have called for the destruction of the memorial rather than its filthy co-option into the LARP-Originals hysteria.
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Nelson, current director Matt Anderson and the memorial more generally defend what they insist is a record of chronicling frontier violence by pointing to the institution’s collection of 63 artworks that reference the issue. But the truth is that few such items are often displayed and that merely having such works in the collection does not translate to a meaningful depiction of frontier violence, war or conflict (call it what you will – sound research doesn’t hide behind semantics!) in the context of Australia’s martial history.

Nelson had also consistently insisted that the story of frontier conflict was the duty of the National Museum of Australia, not the memorial.

Id imagine the section in the AWM describing the uniforms, tactics and governing structures of the LARP-originals may be a little scanty given there werent any. The descriptions of the proud LARP-originals spearing isolated civillians might take a bit of working around as well.
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Precisely what the memorial intends to do in this space has been subject to quite some verbal contortion. As the Honest History organisation recently pointed out, Anderson, in his appearance on Rachel Perkins’ remarkable documentary The Australian Wars, said: “what we [the memorial] seek to do is to tell the story of frontier violence in the way in which it affected the men and women who joined the Australian Imperial Forces and went away”.

This makes little sense at all, in my view. It is as nonsensical as the memorial’s attempts in the past to use the story of “Black diggers” (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have served Australia in the defence force) as some sort of fig-leaf for its intransigence on frontier wars.

Or it could be that it has no place at all because the preponderance of “resistance’ falls squarely into the “war crimes” orbit. Spearing civilians male, female and kids is a war crime.


I started writing about the memorial’s intransigence on meaningfully representing frontier violence as part of Australia’s military history well over a decade ago. I still recall the response I got nine years ago when I asked the memorial if, under then newly appointed director, Nelson, the memorial would consider depicting frontier conflict.

I got what might be called a “look over there”-type response.

Indeed, back then a spokeswoman responded that the memorial “holds a rich collection of material related to Indigenous servicemen and women from the first world war”.

“This includes embarkation information, prisoner of war records, Red Cross files, personal letters, service details, works of art, photographs and medals. We also have a significant project under way. ‘The Guide To Indigenous Service Collections at the Memorial’ will identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who served during the first world war and display records and collection material related to their individual service.”

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Thats because you are a cockhead Paul, they should have not even dignified your smearing shit with an answer.

It is little wonder that right now, while the war memorial figures out precisely how it might chronicle frontier conflict or war or violence, it finds itself simultaneously challenged from progressives and somewhat besieged by conservative defenders of what many consider to be a “sacred” institution that should, they believe, dedicate itself solely to the equally sacred (and white) story of Anzac.

Apparently echoing Anderson from The Australian Wars, the RSL Australia president, Greg Melick, recently said: “While some frontier conflicts have been featured in Australian War Memorial galleries and touring exhibitions, these have been mounted to provide some context to the subsequent service of First Nations personnel in the ADF. The Australian War Memorial honours the sacrifice of those who have served our nation in armed conflicts and peacekeeping operations, and it is right and appropriate that this is exclusively maintained.”

LARP-Originals are gifted hundreds of millions a year, fuck off and shit out your grievance therapy somewhere else

So, any meaningful shift in the war memorial’s policy on frontier conflict under the Labor government will need to amount to more than acquiring and hanging new artwork in a dedicated space. It must memorialise those 60,000-plus Indigenous people killed on the frontier in the same way as it does the 100,000-plus Australian personnel who died on overseas operations.

In the words of Henry Reynolds, the living Australian historian who has perhaps done more than any other to reveal the extent of Australian frontier violence: “We will certainly know that we are entering a new era when a tomb of an unknown warrior is placed next to the grave of the unknown soldier in the Memorial’s inner sanctum.”

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That would be the Henry Reynolds of “the fabrication of Aboriginal history” fame, who was allowed to keep writing books secure in his uni position despite being caught out making shit up out of whole cloth.

Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist, and has a right arm like popeyes and a penis like a calloused limp sad dishrag…

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 5:17 pm

Katharine Birbalsingh is principal and founder of London’s Michaela Community School.

John Anderson interviewed her recently.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Rafiki says: October 17, 2022 at 5:04 pm

Thank you.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 5:18 pm

The only way the AWM could lose more credibility would be hiring Bruce Pascoe as a consultant.

duncanm
duncanm
October 17, 2022 5:21 pm

I think they mean Nicole Hamer,can ex-staffer in Reynolds office.

apologies for the deviation down the rabbit hole.. you are correct.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/17/senator-linda-reynolds-accused-of-attempting-to-coach-defence-lawyers-in-cross-examination-of-brittany-higgins

Reynolds also suggested to Whybrow that texts between Higgins and another former Reynolds staffer, Nicole Hamer, may be “revealing” to the defence.

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 17, 2022 5:22 pm

First Nations people also used their deep knowledge of Country to aid them in battle – they had the home ground advantage.

They of course had a battle manual distributed across the entire nation: how to outflank the enemy; the use of reverse slopes, the importance of morale on the day of attack – all that sort of stuff.

The Duke would have been proud.

Is there an opening here for a Uncle Bruce Pascoe-style publication?

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 5:22 pm

That is, fast-moving, small-scale actions including ambushes, sabotage and raids.

Undoubtedly. Frontier history is replete with accounts of small indig assault squads using LandRover 110s and cut-down Tojo technicals roaring in out of the sun at bedraggled settlers, and brassing them up with a box or two of .30 cal before pinching their tea and sugar and disappearing from whence they came.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 5:23 pm

Its not as if they could organise themselves into a massed army.

Meh, they would have used their Starlink terminals.
They invented it.
Elon stole it.

cohenite
October 17, 2022 5:24 pm

and has a right arm like popeyes and a penis like a calloused limp sad dishrag…

I’m jealous.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 5:29 pm

and has a right arm like popeyes and a penis like a calloused limp sad dishrag…

I’m jealous.

let me guess
a penis like popeyes and a right arm like a calloused limp sad dishrag?

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
October 17, 2022 5:30 pm

Marina Go has stepped down from her position

KD, you forgot the comma between Marina and Go.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 5:32 pm

All good, duncanm.

I have no doubt the Miserable Ghost would have been in the loop.

The mycelium of the hideous network. All we see are the fruiting bodies.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
October 17, 2022 5:33 pm

From Michael Smith News

Some one is keen for good publicity

Thank you to reader Daniel who traced this first appearance of the photo in the Sydney Morning Herald – supplied by Brittany Higgins (Pty Ltd).

https://www.smh.com.au/national/cat-loving-coffee-swilling-karaoke-singing-thatcher-fan-meet-attorney-general-michaelia-cash-20210624-p5843e.html

From the Comments

A bit slimmer then!

– The same photo appeared in the SMH a year ago “supplied” by Brittany Higgins.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/cat-loving-coffee-swilling-karaoke-singing-thatcher-fan-meet-attorney-general-michaelia-cash-20210624-p5843e.html

amortiser
amortiser
October 17, 2022 5:35 pm

duncanm says:
October 17, 2022 at 5:21 pm
I think they mean Nicole Hamer,can ex-staffer in Reynolds office.
apologies for the deviation down the rabbit hole.. you are correct.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/17/senator-linda-reynolds-accused-of-attempting-to-coach-defence-lawyers-in-cross-examination-of-brittany-higgins

Reynolds also suggested to Whybrow that texts between Higgins and another former Reynolds staffer, Nicole Hamer, may be “revealing” to the defence.

What are they on about? If the prosecution has exculpatory information, they have an obligation to disclose it to the defence. Not to do so is a denial of justice to the accused. If Reynolds is aware of such information in phone records why is it “coaching” to make the defence aware of it?

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
October 17, 2022 5:37 pm

Again Michael Smith News

History repeats – from Punch magazine, April 1904.

Get your Glasses and Read the text at the Bottom of the Cartoon – Priescent for Today

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
October 17, 2022 5:41 pm

ICE CREAM AND A SNIFF: Joe Biden Manages to Sniff His Next Victim While Out for Ice Cream in Oregon

Joe wasted no time in sniffing his latest victim.

The fake news media pretends this isn’t happening.

The mainstream media supports this degenerate behavior.

Have you seen a video of Pedo Peter sniffing his next victim at Baskin Robbins in Oregon yesterday.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 5:41 pm

Reynolds – just about as useful as a prosecution witness as Minister for Defence.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 5:48 pm

Reynolds doesn’t seem all that smart.
Unfortunately you could say the same about 90% of the house & senate.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 5:49 pm

That Michaelia Cash has rat cunning.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 5:49 pm

Interesting, OldOzzie.

In 1904, China would have been seen as the “odd one out”. Four years after the Boxer Rebellion, still a mighty space to be carved up in the rush for “spheres of influence”.

Was the cartoonist looking for irony, using conflict between essentially Christian countries while a pagan country looked on and laughed?

Boambee John
Boambee John
October 17, 2022 5:50 pm

which killed by conservative estimate at least 60,000 Indigenous men, women and children, upon which the white Australian federation was founded.

Even Henry Reynolds and the Newcastle Uni woman perfesser whose name escapes me didn’t come up with a number that high.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 5:52 pm

It must memorialise those 60,000-plus Indigenous people killed on the frontier

Where’s all the forensic evidence?

Boambee John
Boambee John
October 17, 2022 5:53 pm

PS, I suspect that the “60,000”was selected because it is close to the number of Australians who died in WW I. Even the indigenous “industry” doesn’t have the gall to match the number exactly.

Similarly, when the period of indigenous occupation began to be extended in 1988, the 40,000 years claimed was suspiciously close the 200 (the then period since white settlement) simply multiplied by 200.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 5:56 pm

Worked it out. The Russo-Japanese War. Fighting over influence in Manchuria and Korea.

Everyone had an axe to grind.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 5:57 pm

Even Henry Reynolds and the Newcastle Uni woman perfesser whose name escapes me didn’t come up with a number that high.

Rachel Perkins, the A.B.C and S.B.S. claim 100,000 dead men, women and children.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 5:59 pm

Were these 60,000 people murdered?

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 5:59 pm

Inflation.

100,000 people.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 5:59 pm

Amortiser earlier.

How does Cash not know about this for 2 years?

.1 Sexual assault coppers are meticulous about protecting complainants identities; and
.2 People around politicians have a sense of “things the boss might not like to know” and avoid telling them.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 6:00 pm

Newcastle Uni woman perfesser

Lyndall Ryan – on record as claiming “Historians are always making stuff up.”

Chris
Chris
October 17, 2022 6:01 pm

Lyndall Ryan – on record as claiming “Historians are always making stuff up.”

She would certainly know.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 6:01 pm

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupiditysays:

October 17, 2022 at 3:13 pm

How does Cash not know about this for 2 years?

Presumably the prosecution will explore this in cross-examination.

I think she is their witness, so they won’t be “cross-examining” her.

Boambee John
Boambee John
October 17, 2022 6:05 pm

Zulu Kilo Two Alphasays:
October 17, 2022 at 5:57 pm
Even Henry Reynolds and the Newcastle Uni woman perfesser whose name escapes me didn’t come up with a number that high.

Rachel Perkins, the A.B.C and S.B.S. claim 100,000 dead men, women and children.

Have any of them provided actual evidence?

bons
bons
October 17, 2022 6:06 pm

It is surprising that the Defence does not intend to call Wilkinson who inserted herself into this exercise very publically and inappropriately and was obviously well briefed.
I should have thought that a hint of conspiracy would benefit the defence’s attempts to discredit the whole process leading up to the charging.

Indolent
Indolent
October 17, 2022 6:06 pm
Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 6:08 pm

History repeats – from Punch magazine, April 1904.

“What we need is a small victorious war” Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian Interior Minister, 1904.

A year later the Russian Empire nearly disintegrated in the 1905 Revolution, after they lost the small war. Perhaps if von Plehve had been serving instead in this century he might have called it a special military operation.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 6:10 pm

Have any of them provided actual evidence?

For shame – don’t you believe “Stories My Nanna Told Me?”

Cite you the case in Western Australia, where the “eyewitness” who “bin see the white police come out of the bushes, bin see the fires, me bin count the bodies” was eighty miles away at the time “Oh, no, we bin talk about it..”

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 6:11 pm

Worth repeating.

bonssays:

October 17, 2022 at 3:36 pm

So, in Cash’s terms, a MINISTERIAL ADVISER who ignores all of the rules of probity and goes out on the piss with DEFENCE CONTRACTORS is a “very, very good employee”.
There is your explanation of why we are fucked, right there.

Fatty O’Barrell lost his job over about the same value of booze that the four Ministerial guzzlers went through that night.
As well as filling them with expensive booze, I’ll bet the defence contractors filled them full of tales of woe about how they were being stiffed by the latest contract and really, really needed that next contract variation to go through otherwise jerbs in a marginal electorate might go.
And that story is then dutifully spouted around the Minister’s office until the next free piss-up.

Chris
Chris
October 17, 2022 6:13 pm

killed by conservative estimate at least 60,000 Indigenous men, women and children, upon which the white Australian federation was founded.

Exactly which conservatives did this?
Cory, you bastard! Front and centre!

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 6:14 pm

One detail – IIRC it wasn’t the so much the state of the office that triggered the sacking (including her having a pretty good chunder) but the fact that they were there at all, i.e. in a secure area when they weren’t supposed to be.
Wrong.
Supposedly Brucie was sacked for demanding entry without his I.D., the second time that had happened.
Has Reynolds admitted intending to sack Higgins?
Security said she was absolutely blotto, plus it was a first offence and Brucie had previously gotten away with it.

johanna
johanna
October 17, 2022 6:16 pm

was recently encouraged to hear that the NSW government plans to appoint a schools behaviour adviser. Since we followed a similar process in Britain, it has helped empower many more teachers and principals to improve practice. While this doesn’t mean results will turn around overnight, it does go a long way to putting schools on a better track.

Errr … no. The numpty appointed will be full bottle on ‘engagement’ and ‘consultation’ and all the rest of the buzz-words, but will do nothing about the appalling violence in NSW schools. In particular, there is a high school in a NSW country town (forget which just now) where the bullying and violence among students is so bad that parents have removed their kids and now send them to another school more than an hour away, or try to homeschool them – not easy at high school level, from scratch.

The teachers are not allowed to do anything – for example, they are not supposed to touch students, even if they are fighting – and the Department just issues platitudes.

The ‘behaviour adviser’ will no doubt come up with plenty more platitudes. Bad luck for the kids and their parents.

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 6:18 pm

Fatty O’Barrell lost his job over about the same value of booze that the four Ministerial guzzlers went through that night.
No, he didn’t lose his job over the bottle of Grange.
He gave that as his excuse for resigning, that’s all.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 6:19 pm

Anyone going to the UAP launch in Vic?

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 6:26 pm

It is surprising that the Defence does not intend to call Wilkinson who inserted herself into this exercise very publically and inappropriately and was obviously well briefed.
That would be risky if Lisa was a Hostile Witness, but absolutely nuts if she isn’t, because the Prosecution can have a go at her then, in particular why she put Higgins of the spot with the
He removed your panties?
question.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 6:26 pm

Incredibly, I think Groogs may be right. I’ll see myself out.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 6:27 pm

Similarly, when the period of indigenous occupation began to be extended in 1988

In the 1960’s, the period of indigenous occupation was 8 – 10,000 years.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 6:28 pm

Again with the panties? Groogs must have found a clean sock (no pun intended).

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 17, 2022 6:30 pm

Seems Linda Reynolds partner was in court when Higgins gave evidence plus she was texting, from Rwanda, defence counsel suggesting look at texts between Higgins and another staffer.

Naturally the partner was not going to discuss the evidence with her !

Clearly Reynolds not on Higgins side.

We need a petition to call Lisa Wilkinson as a witness. Popcorn sales would go nuts.

Indolent
Indolent
October 17, 2022 6:30 pm
Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 6:34 pm

The Japanese in 1904 were as thoroughly unpleasant as they were forty years later. So the Russia-Japanese War was an eerily similar baddies vs baddies affair. We feared the both of them: the fort here in Ncl was originally built against the Russians.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 6:36 pm

They need to start taking roll at the Brittany trial. No one in or out without ID.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 6:37 pm

callisays:

October 17, 2022 at 3:54 pm

the Parliamentary apology

And ScoMo knew all this. Unimaginable that Reynolds and Cash did not tell him.

Chronology peoples.
ScoMo made his apology in early 2022, some three years after “the incident” and one year after it became general public knowledge.
It may be very convenient for the prosecution to create a political conspiracy to “silence Britnah”, but they need to fucking prove it.
And even if they do, it adds nothing to the rape case.
Nothing.
It is more likely Elbow knew about it well before ScoMo did.

Indolent
Indolent
October 17, 2022 6:39 pm

WATCH: Dr. Harvey Risch tells WND about feds’ ‘totalitarian’ tool

Johnny Rotten
October 17, 2022 6:40 pm

One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus depot, started his bus, and drove off along the route.

No problems for the first few stops, a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well. At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six foot eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground.

He glared at the driver and said “Big John doesn’t pay!” and sat down at the back. Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn’t argue with Big John, but he wasn’t happy about it.

The next day the same thing happened – Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the one after that, and so forth. This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him.

Finally, he could stand it no longer.

He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff. By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what’s more, he felt really good about himself.

So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said “Big John doesn’t pay!” the driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed “And why not?”

With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied “Big John has a bus pass”.

Cassie of Sydney
October 17, 2022 6:40 pm

“And even if they do, it adds nothing to the rape case.
Nothing.
It is more likely Elbow knew about it well before ScoMo did.”

Umm….correct. And I have no doubt that, just like with the Porter farce, Malturd also knew well before Scumbag did.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 6:41 pm

Alexandra Marshall on Peter Dutton at The Speccie:

“Conservatives want Peter Dutton to succeed – they really do. I remember when Dutton led the charge against despised Turnbull. The entire blue ribbon base was waiting for him to assume his rightful place on the throne when suddenly Turnbull shoved Morrison in front of the cameras and that was that. Dutton is back, but he looks a bit like a puppy whose owners have taken him to the vet to get ‘fixed’ [Ouch! -R.]. He’s lost his lust for politics. If he was a true conservative before [Highly debatable -R.], he isn’t anymore. Everything’s gone a bit beige and ‘let’s just wait for more information’. He might have gone a step too far last week when he decided to copy Daniel Andrews and condemn Christian beliefs during a Sky New Australia interview [You think!?- R.]. Lad, this isn’t the way toward victory…”

Save yourself some future heartache & adjust your expectations downwards, Alexandra.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 6:44 pm

Indolentsays:
October 17, 2022 at 6:39 pm
Red Pope Francis Calls for “New Economic System” that Guarantees “Food, Health, Economic and Social Rights”

The ‘Pope’ worships Mammon.

johanna
johanna
October 17, 2022 6:44 pm

School is a joke, Top Ender.

At best, it’s a racket.

Get your hand off it, dot.

Little, community based schools in Australia, the US and Canada were critical to kids in rural and remote areas learning basic and more than basic skills.

You need to read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea.

There is a difference between regimented schools and other types of schools.

They are not all the same.

Boambee John
Boambee John
October 17, 2022 6:45 pm

Recall that Mizzz Knickerless was a media adviser. So far in the trial her media know-how seems to have been missing.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 6:47 pm

Indolentsays:
October 17, 2022 at 6:40 pm
Pandemic of the Vaccinated: New Data from Walgreens Reveals Vaccinated People are More Likely to Test Positive

Fukn bang. Smoking gun, right there.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 6:50 pm

Red Pope Francis Calls for “New Economic System” that Guarantees “Food, Health, Economic and Social Rights”

This joker is really getting on my wick.

I can only imagine what he does to faithful Catholics.

Johnny Rotten
October 17, 2022 6:58 pm

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

– Winston Churchill

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 6:59 pm

I’m not sure when the actual cleaning took place with some reports indicating on the weekend.
Saturday morning.
If security had arranged cleaning on the weekend
Someone from Scotty’s Office ordered an Out Of Hours SteamClean with particular attention to removing any Frenchies from the area.
… then Brittany has certainly not made any complaints about sexual assault or rope. Preservation of the crime scene would have been the first priority.
Give yourself an uppercut.
The first priority is always the cover up.
<em> Brittany had just pulled herself together and went home.
She was so drunk she didn’t get up until 10 am and left at 10.30am.
Remember that the steamcleaners went thru that morning, so i’d say
about 5 seconds after Higgins left the cleaners were in there with the machine set at Defcon 1.

On Tuesday, Bruce is called in to face the music. The major issue being the mess the office was left in requiring extensive cleaning. Bruce gets the bullet.
You’ve just made that shit up.
He has cordial interactions with his “victim” prior to his termination.
Wrong.
She arrived while he was cleaning out his desk.

So then it’s Brittany’s turn to face the music. She’s for the high jump as well as she made the big mess. My understanding is that here she makes the rope allegation. The Chief of Staff takes a step back and Brittany holds her position.
So what?

Here it gets a bit murky. Cash has now testified that the first she heard of the rope allegation was almost 2 years later. Higgins had been shifted to her office but nothing was said to her by either Reynolds or Higgins.
Uh huh.

I understand that the cops were involved shortly after the event but she chose not to proceed with the complaint. Bruce was kept in the dark until 2 years later when a journalist sought comment from his new employer.
According to Bruce.

How does Cash not know about this for 2 years?

She likely did know, unofficially.
Her role likely was to make life so miserable for Higgins that she’d snatch it and they could re-employ Brucie.
Higgins is made of sterner stuff, though.
Basically, Cash is an idiot who owes her position to family connections, and Reynolds is similar.
Their only concern was the cover up [ and salvaging Brucie’s career].
Both outcomes were achievable, but not by clowns like Cash and Reynolds.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 7:00 pm

Erin goddamn Molan, 24/7 on Skah. Or so it would appear, sooking about people that didn’t like her on social media.

‘I’m resilient and strong’, she claims.

I have no idea what sort of contract she’s on or what she’s got over Skah management, but by Christ it must be significant.

pete of perth
pete of perth
October 17, 2022 7:00 pm
Cassie of Sydney
October 17, 2022 7:02 pm

So, apparently Julie Zemira….

1. Uber progressive princess.
2. ABC acolyte.
3. Former host of RocKwiz (disclaimer, I once liked RocKwiz).
4. Campaigner for the Teals (she launched Kylea STink’s campaign).
5. Hater of anything Liberal or conservative, she attended last year’s phoney fake March 4 Justice protest rally outside Parliament House.
6. Regular Twitter user and all round seweress, who once called Tony Abbott “a dickhead”.
7. Hater of Pauline Hanson (two years ago she joined in the lynch mob to get Hanson kicked off Nine).
8. Smearer of all things Christian.
9. Spent the last few years bagging News Corporation, agreeing with Kevvie and Malturd’s Murdoch and News Corp derangement and has joined in calls for a royal commission into News Corporation.

Well, in news just in, Zemira is off to work for Foxtel, in a revamped RocKwiz. It’s amazing what a little dosh can do….what a fucking hypocrite.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 7:03 pm

This Documentary looks like it has shades of a real life Spinal tap

https://youtu.be/Kg3osMG5yK4

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 7:04 pm

Recall that Mizzz Knickerless was a media adviser. So far in the trial her media know-how seems to have been missing.
It’s an entry level position, degree required.
Higgins may have been prepared to take one for the team, but she wasn’t prepared to take one for the team and get sacked anyway for doing nothing wrong.

amortiser
amortiser
October 17, 2022 7:05 pm

Ed Case says:
October 17, 2022 at 6:14 pm
One detail – IIRC it wasn’t the so much the state of the office that triggered the sacking (including her having a pretty good chunder) but the fact that they were there at all, i.e. in a secure area when they weren’t supposed to be.
Wrong.
Supposedly Brucie was sacked for demanding entry without his I.D., the second time that had happened.
Has Reynolds admitted intending to sack Higgins?
Security said she was absolutely blotto, plus it was a first offence and Brucie had previously gotten away with it.

Well, Ed, getting in without ID is ok because security allowed them in after verifying their ID. If it was verboten they wouldn’t have been signed in.
There would have been a big problem apparent when the Chief of Staff found the office needed a thorough cleaning. A big chunder will do that.

What needs clarification is when Brittany called rope. That may explain why she survived with Bruce already out the door.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 7:09 pm

Yesterday, Namibia beat Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup match.

Today, Scotland are about the beat the West Indies.

Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Richardson, Ambrose, Holding, Marshall, Lloyd et al must be spinning at 8000rpm, dead or not.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 7:10 pm

Groogs knows steam cleaning.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 7:13 pm

Chronology schmonology!

Stop destroying my conspiracies with details! 😀

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 7:18 pm

Former host of RocKwiz (disclaimer, I once liked RocKwiz).

The best thing about the show was the live performances…the house backing band was cracking.

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 7:24 pm

Well, Ed, getting in without ID is ok because security allowed them in after verifying their ID.
Brucie didn’t have his Security Pass with him, that’s against the rules.
If it was verboten they wouldn’t have been signed in.
Security knew who he was, and while technically they coulda telt him to take a hike, good paying jobs for Single Mums are hard to come by in Canberra.
There would have been a big problem apparent when the Chief of Staff found the office needed a thorough cleaning. A big chunder will do that.
The reason Reynolds sacked Brucie is showing up out of working hours without his Pass.
That’s it.

What needs clarification is when Brittany called rope. That may explain why she survived with Bruce already out the door.
Higgins told Reynolds during the course of Higgins interview on the morning of March 26 2019.
Ask yourself this:
If Higgins had done something worthy of the Sack, no matter how trivial, why didn’t Reynolds sack her anyway?
The Rape allegation is a separate issue.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
October 17, 2022 7:24 pm

I can only imagine what he does to faithful Catholics.

I can tell you it bothers me not at all because Big-nose Bergoglio is not my Pope – I continue to regard Benedict XVI as the Vicar of Christ on Earth. Big-nose Bergoglio is a faithless communist and media tart.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 7:27 pm

Ed furiously Feckulating itself blind.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 7:28 pm

I can tell you it bothers me not at all because Big-nose Bergoglio is not my Pope

I don’t think you get to choose, Tinta.

He occupies Peter’s chair, Benedict does not, by his own choice.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 7:29 pm

Drones seem to working over Kiev unopposed. Latest is that they took out the central exchange for power delivery, UkrEnergo.

If so, likely a war crime.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
October 17, 2022 7:30 pm

Oh Joy!
Vlad is cutting the power for the mothers and kiddies in Kiev with Iranian drones.
What a champion bloke.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 7:30 pm

I don’t recognise Istanbul. It is Constantinople.

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 7:32 pm

By the way …
A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …
to $10.

miltonf
miltonf
October 17, 2022 7:33 pm

Cassie, never heard of the slag but your post sure makes me glad I gave up watching TV.

bespoke
bespoke
October 17, 2022 7:36 pm

I was once an education reformer but have come round to Dot’s thinking that it is beyond repair.
The curriculum is bloated and boring. Teachers think they parents and the government think the kids are theirs.

Small cooperatives of home schooling with retired volunteers as support.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 7:36 pm

One for Tinta.

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Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
October 17, 2022 7:37 pm

I don’t think you get to choose, Tinta.

I have chosen and I will make my peace with the Almighty when the time comes.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
October 17, 2022 7:38 pm

thefrollickingmolesays:
October 17, 2022 at 7:36 pm

Quite

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

I don’t recognise Istanbul. It is Constantinople.

Don’t understand, is Byzantium the place you’re meaning?

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 7:39 pm

I have chosen and I will make my peace with the Almighty when the time comes.

I think He’ll be sympathetic.

😀

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …

Why?

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
October 17, 2022 7:39 pm

I don’t recognise Istanbul. It is Constantinople.

Obligatory..

johanna
johanna
October 17, 2022 7:40 pm

alvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity says:
October 17, 2022 at 3:53 pm

And what about the CCTV. Wot’? No cameras working in the Building?

Apparently cctv is only at the security point.
It is “not necessary” to surveil the corridor antics of ministers.

Thing is, once you start surveilling elected politicians, you are putting democracy in the hands of the tech oligarchs and the general principle of surveillance as being OK.

Should the Defence Minister, or indeed the PM, have everything recorded by cameras? If so, they will be holding their meetings in the nearest park.

The whole thing has been blown out of proportion, thanks to a certain person’s typical of her generation need for attention.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
October 17, 2022 7:41 pm

The teachers don’t think they’re parents Bespoke.
The foul little shits don’t evoke that sort of feeling.

Boambee John
Boambee John
October 17, 2022 7:41 pm

Ed Casesays:
October 17, 2022 at 6:59 pm
I’m not sure when the actual cleaning took place with some reports indicating on the weekend.
Saturday morning.
If security had arranged cleaning on the weekend
Someone from Scotty’s Office ordered an Out Of Hours SteamClean with particular attention to removing any Frenchies from the area.
… then Brittany has certainly not made any complaints about sexual assault or rope. Preservation of the crime scene would have been the first priority.
Give yourself an uppercut.
The first priority is always the cover up.
Brittany had just pulled herself together and went home.
She was so drunk she didn’t get up until 10 am and left at 10.30am.
Remember that the steamcleaners went thru that morning, so i’d say
about 5 seconds after Higgins left the cleaners were in there with the machine set at Defcon 1.

Richard Cranium

And you know all of this how? Perhaps, contrary to your usual practice, you could provide some evidence?

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 7:42 pm

By the way …A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …to $10.

What’s the going price of a schooner of Toohey’s New down your way then?

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 7:43 pm

Wars are won and lost on production. Whoever out produces will ultimately win.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
October 17, 2022 7:46 pm

I think He’ll be sympathetic.

I am hoping so, Roger

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
October 17, 2022 7:46 pm

By the way …
A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …
to $10.

Sitting in the public bar at the Pineapple – Kangaroo Point.

Schooners $7.50.
Drinking a pint of Green Beacon pale ale – $9.50.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
October 17, 2022 7:48 pm

A schooner costs $10.
That means Ed will be spending $10 for a night out.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 7:50 pm

You might be a giant on the Cat, Mole, but I’m not clicking on your link.
I don’t want an earworm going around inside my head all week.
It’s threatening already.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 7:50 pm

High excess deaths in Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRCv_Wh5njM

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
October 17, 2022 7:55 pm

calli says: October 17, 2022 at 3:52 am

> shot circadian rhythm.

> There’s a massive storm out to sea with lots of flashbangs

Are you sure you shot your circadian rhythm and not the Sheriff?

Zipster
Zipster
October 17, 2022 7:56 pm

China’s Big Development Could Set World Up for Mark of the Beast
China is on the cusp of launching a digital currency that will give the communist regime total control over the Chinese people. MORE HERE. The move has huge implications for the rest of the world too, and CBN’s CEO Gordon Robertson says it’s setting us up for the fulfillment of End Times prophecy.

miltonf
miltonf
October 17, 2022 7:58 pm

We are done

Not me, ir. Close family and friends are worth fighting for.

correct

miltonf
miltonf
October 17, 2022 8:03 pm

Is the old thief buying ice cream meant to be cute or something? Workshopped by old poo poo pants’s PR flunkies? Horrible, dirty, evil old man.

calli
calli
October 17, 2022 8:07 pm

Didn’t shoot no deputy.

Not yet anyway.

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 8:07 pm

Dual-use facilities are fair game.

I doubt it in this instance.

Jorge
Jorge
October 17, 2022 8:08 pm

We feared the both of them: the fort here in Ncl was originally built against the Russians

Serle’s Monash bio talks about the young Monash as a member of the pre WW I militia on exercise down at the entrance to Pt Philip bay. The big worry was a Russian attack. The fortifications at Point Nepean were erected with this in mind. Seems risible now.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 8:09 pm

miltonfsays:

October 17, 2022 at 8:03 pm

Is the old thief buying ice cream meant to be cute or something?

It’s meant to project an image of a cool, fun kinda guy.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 8:12 pm

Teh Paywallian play-by-play reporting closing prosecution and defence arguments Tuesday.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 8:12 pm

Farmer Gezsays:
October 17, 2022 at 7:48 pm
A schooner costs $10.
That means Ed will be spending $10 for a night out.

How much is a shandy these days?

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 8:15 pm

Rape trial prosecution closes its case
Sarah Ison
SARAH ISON

The prosecution in the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial has closed its case, with WA Senator Linda Reynolds the final witness to appear in front of the jury.

Ms Higgins’ current partner, David Sharaz, was due to appear on Monday, but was struck from the witness list.

The prosecution and defence will make their closing arguments on Tuesday.

cohenite
October 17, 2022 8:17 pm

So then it’s Brittany’s turn to face the music. She’s for the high jump as well as she made the big mess. My understanding is that here she makes the rope allegation. The Chief of Staff takes a step back and Brittany holds her position.
So what?

You are a superb piss taker ed.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 8:18 pm

QR codes are ugly tools of the devil. They should be banned.

flyingduk
flyingduk
October 17, 2022 8:19 pm

Wars are won and lost on production. Whoever out produces will ultimately win.

Conventional wars are, not insurgencies – the Viet Cong and the Taliban didn’t win by outproducing the West, they did it by outlasting them.

cohenite
October 17, 2022 8:20 pm

Alan Jones is selling his country pile.

amortiser
amortiser
October 17, 2022 8:25 pm

Ask yourself this:
If Higgins had done something worthy of the Sack, no matter how trivial, why didn’t Reynolds sack her anyway?
The Rape allegation is a separate issue.

So you reckon entering the ministerial office, paralytic drunk and chundering all over the ministerial couch and floor is not worthy of a sacking? Bruce was sacked for half as much.

The question is did she pull the rope claim then and look for sympathy. It would appear so but only Reynolds and the Chief of Staff would be able to confirm that.
Something happened that kept her on when Bruce was removed. The rope allegation is not a separate issue. Logically it is central to the outcomes.

bespoke
bespoke
October 17, 2022 8:27 pm

cohenitesays:
October 17, 2022 at 8:20 pm
Alan Jones is selling his country pile.

Meh!

Shack.

johanna
johanna
October 17, 2022 8:34 pm

Dunno about circadian rhythms, unless they are variable.

Always been convinced that mine is 23 or 25 hours, or something.

I never get jet lag. During my working life, I was usually out of synch. Supposed to be bright eyed and bushy tailed when I could drop off in a few minutes, and alert and energetic in the wee smalls. It hasn’t changed.

My best job was one where I started at about 3 pm – I was always awake and doing then. When I had to start at 8 or 9 am, I was sluggish till about 11 am. Of course, I forced myself to perform, but it was always an effort. A big effort, like being woken from a deep sleep and asked to perform some delicate calculations. Adrenalin only. Fear, if you like.

I’ve noticed that ‘morning people’ are often rewarded because it allegedly demonstrates their moral superiority.

But, they never experience the insights, high and low, of the dark reaches of the night.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 8:35 pm

Dual-use facilities are fair game.

Damn straight. Infrastructure, regardless of type is a legitimate target.

Anything less and you start getting into our own Ronnie RAAF’s principle of ‘oh don’t destroy that bridge the enemy uses to get troops and artillery across the river on the off chance the native women want to carry water over it.’

Roger
Roger
October 17, 2022 8:36 pm

Dual-use facilities are fair game.

I doubt it in this instance.

1. Because Russia’s actions are illegal in the first instance.

2. Even if legal, if the attack “took out” a power plant, it is clearly not proportionate, because the plant produced electricity primarily for civlilian, not military use.

3. If 2 applies there is therefore no compelling military advantage to be gained by the action.

Therefore, likely a war crime.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 17, 2022 8:38 pm

Rogersays:
October 17, 2022 at 7:42 pm
By the way …A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …to $10.

What’s the going price of a schooner of Toohey’s New down your way then?

Time to learn homebrew. Beer is easy. Stay away from spirits until you know what your are doing.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 8:39 pm

Clearly being a controversial old Queer pays well. I need to talk to my careers counsellor.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 8:41 pm

The question is did she pull the rope claim then and look for sympathy.

A possibility given the timing.

It would appear so but only Reynolds and the Chief of Staff would be able to confirm that.

How would they know for sure?

Something happened that kept her on when Bruce was removed.

One factor might be that Lehrmann was more senior and it was his second breach of security procedures.

The rope allegation is not a separate issue. Logically it is central to the outcomes.

Well, yes, the timing of the initial allegation to the CoS, followed by a long gap before going to the cops does raise a lot of questions.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 17, 2022 8:44 pm

H B Bearsays:

October 17, 2022 at 8:39 pm

Clearly being a controversial old Queer pays well. I need to talk to my careers counsellor.

Which bit of the “controversial + old + Queer” formula needs work?

bespoke
bespoke
October 17, 2022 8:45 pm

Six pack of Woodstock cans $25.

Cassie of Sydney
October 17, 2022 8:46 pm

Oh look, Labor’s not even trying to hide it’s acceptance of Jew hatred and Jew haters….

“Leftwing extremist Jay Tharappel wins Labor membership

Extreme left activist and former Sydney University academic Jay Tharappel, who once wore a jacket bearing slogans that declared “Curse on the Jews” and “Death to Israel”, has been allowed to join the Labor Party.

Mr Tharappel, a fervid supporter of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and Iran’s despotic religious regime, was granted membership of the NSW Labor Party this year, documents prepared for the party’s State Conference reveal.

Previously a tutor in human rights at Sydney University, Mr Tharappel has written approvingly of Stalin (“most of the claims against him are exaggerated or false”) and espoused the virtues of Kim Jong-un’s North Korea (“a highly organised, egalitarian and energised society”) after a sponsored tour of the country.

The 33-year-old is also a regular “political commentator” for Iranian state television.

In his submission to join the Labor Party, Mr Tharappel says he was previously a member of the Greens “but I literally never turned up to an event. I’ve given them $10 in membership fees.”

Under Labor Party rules a person applying for membership who has been “a member or active supporter of another political party” must provide further information to be considered by the Administrative Committee before a decision is made. It is not known if Mr Tharappel disclosed his political affiliations when applying.

Official Labor Party policy strongly supports Israel’s right to exist and condemns Assad “who routinely bombs, chemically gasses, and murders his own people”.

Asked by The Australian if membership of the Labor Party was at odds with his previously expressed political views, Mr Tharappel responded: “Not interested.”

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns declined to answer questions about why Mr Tharappel’s application had been accepted, or whether he supported it, referring inquiries to NSW Labor officials, who did not respond.

Mr Tharappel is a protege of far-left “anti-imperialist” academic Tim Anderson, who was sacked by Sydney University in 2019 after a series of serious misconduct findings that included posting an image that featured a Nazi swastika super­imposed on the Israeli flag and sharing a photograph of Mr Tharappel – then one of his PhD students – wearing “Curse on the Jews” and “Death to Israel” slogans.

Dr Anderson, who once flew to Syria for an audience with Assad, has appealed his sacking through the courts.

Last year he conducted a vicious online trolling of Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert after her release from Iran’s brutal Evin Prison, pushing Tehran’s unsupported claims that Dr Moore-Gilbert was a Mossad agent. Dr Anderson, who was convicted in 1990 over the 1978 Hilton hotel bombing in Sydney but acquitted the following year, runs the Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies, a network of pro-Assad and pro-Tehran academics, of which Mr Tharappel is described as an associate board member.

Mr Tharappel was investigated by Sydney University in 2017 after launching an attack against News Corp journalist Kylar Loussikian, who is of Armenian descent, as “traitorous scum who desperately wants a second Armenian genocide”. It is understood Mr Tharappel was found guilty of “misconduct” but not “serious misconduct” and issued a warning.

In 2020 Mr Tharappel tried to organise “a mass defection” from Facebook to the Russian social media platform VK, then complained bitterly when Facebook banned him and deleted his account for breaching community standards. “They didn’t even tell me what I did wrong. Not gonna lie, it hurts,” he posted on VK.”

Gosh, Mr Tharappel has a lot of “legitimate grievances”.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 8:48 pm

Which bit of the “controversial + old + Queer” formula needs work?

Well, I’m not from Sydney …

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 8:49 pm

We could’ve done well with you on night shift Johanna.
How are you at running pilot plants?
I have magpie alarm clocks.
They arrive at 6am.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
October 17, 2022 8:50 pm

Rogersays:
October 17, 2022 at 7:42 pm

By the way …A Schooner of beer in a Qld Public Bar just went up $2.80 …to $10.

*Chanelling Marie Antoinette*

Let them drink champagne.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
October 17, 2022 8:52 pm

(In all fairness, the line about eating cake has been attributed to numerous people. There is also question over whether the alternative to bread was actually brioche, rather than gateau.)

Diogenes
Diogenes
October 17, 2022 8:53 pm

Teachers think they parents and the government think the kids are theirs.

Teachers are forced to do the job of parents by both parents and the govt. Believe me we don’t want the job. Our kids are hard enough.

jupes
jupes
October 17, 2022 8:54 pm

Therefore, likely a war crime.

This focus on war crimes and legalities is one of the main reasons the West is now militarily useless. Victory in war should be the number one priority. If victory requires a power station to be destroyed, then do it. Fuck the lawyers.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 8:55 pm

There is also question over whether the alternative to bread was actually brioche, rather than gateau.

That’s great, but the real question is whether the bread, brioche or cake was gluten free.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 8:56 pm

Victory in war should be the number one priority. If victory requires a power station to be destroyed, then do it. Fuck the lawyers.

BAM. 100%.

bespoke
bespoke
October 17, 2022 8:57 pm

6am

Luxury!

custard
custard
October 17, 2022 8:58 pm

This is less than a month away…

Q
Shall we play a game?
[N]othing [C]an [S]top [W]hat [I]s [C]oming
NCSWIC
https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/NCSWIC
Who stepped down today [forced]? https://www.cisa.gov/bryan-s-ware
More coming?
Why is this relevant?
How do you ‘show’ the public the truth?
How do you ‘safeguard’ US elections post-POTUS? How do you ‘remove’ foreign interference and corruption and install US-owned voter ID law(s) and other safeguards?
It had to be this way.
Sometimes you must walk through the darkness before you see the light.
Q

Posted 12/11/20

Future proves past.

bespoke
bespoke
October 17, 2022 8:59 pm

Believe me we don’t want the job.

Then don’t.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 8:59 pm

Brioche is perfectly acceptable, although it doesn’t toast well in my experience. We all need a break from endless sourdough.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 9:00 pm

This is less than a month away…

Again with this.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 9:00 pm

1. Because Russia’s actions are illegal in the first instance.

LOL. Says who?

The collective West can suck sour grapes.

MatrixTransform
October 17, 2022 9:00 pm

Six pack of Woodstock cans $25

3 litres of 8% clean spirit … $15

MatrixTransform
October 17, 2022 9:01 pm

..85% … not bloody 8 !

Eyrie
Eyrie
October 17, 2022 9:01 pm

The USAF and USN bombed North Vietnam in order to destroy their capacity to supply their troops. Hit steel mills and power plants, amongst other things. MiG airfields and SAM sites (legit military targets) were off limits for a while.
War crimes are those actions taken by the losers which the winners deem “war crimes”.
The RAF couldn’t hit targets at night like factories so the plan changed to burning down the houses of the workers and killing them. The USAAF likewise couldn’t hit legit targets so simply burned down whole cities. I don’t remember any of those responsible standing trial.

custard
custard
October 17, 2022 9:04 pm

Sadly most Cats don’t get this…

Dot
Dot
October 17, 2022 9:05 pm

Get your hand off it, dot.

Little, community based schools in Australia, the US and Canada were critical to kids in rural and remote areas learning basic and more than basic skills.

You need to read Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea.

There is a difference between regimented schools and other types of schools.

They are not all the same

Were
Fiction
Another country
Another century or more

…and yet here we are.

What you are describing us closer to what is condsidered as “unschooling” nowadays.

I have nothing against that.

Ed Case
Ed Case
October 17, 2022 9:06 pm

So you reckon entering the ministerial office, paralytic drunk and chundering all over the ministerial couch and floor is not worthy of a sacking?
No, but we don’t know for sure whether Reynolds was going to sackHiggins.
Bruce was sacked for half as much.
We don’t know that either, what we do know is that the SyeamCleaners were ordered in, with a brief to search for Frenchies and evidence of a party.
Was that order given before Higgins vomited?
You don’t know the answer to that, so I’m saying Yes it was.

The question is did she pull the rope claim then and look for sympathy. It would appear so but only Reynolds and the Chief of Staff would be able to confirm that.
Is tellingb the truth and looking for sympathy a Crime now?
Something happened that kept her on when Bruce was removed.
Correct.
The rope allegation is not a separate issue. Logically it is central to the outcomes.
Rubbish.
If Higgins had done something Sackable under the Rules, why chuck the Rules in the bin?
Whatever happened that Morning in the Ministers Suite isn’t Reynolds problem, so why did she take ownership of it?
Logic dictates that Reynolds was running an inept cover up.
The last thing she shoulda done is to put herself in a position where Higgins could tell her a Crime had been committed in her Offices.

Dot
Dot
October 17, 2022 9:08 pm

The RAF couldn’t hit targets at night like factories so the plan changed to burning down the houses of the workers and killing them. The USAAF likewise couldn’t hit legit targets so simply burned down whole cities. I don’t remember any of those responsible standing trial.

Who lived in the dams in the Ruhr or in a ball bearing factory, or the MAN engine factory?

Who lived in the oil fields in Ploetsi?

You have posted a lot of pro post Weimar German government bullshit here lately.

Just asking.

Zipster
Zipster
October 17, 2022 9:09 pm

War crimes are those actions taken by the losers which the winners deem “war crimes”.

correct

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 9:11 pm

Pretty cool that Elon’s adding a donate button to Starlink.
It allows others to have skin in the game.
Or not.

Bear Necessities
Bear Necessities
October 17, 2022 9:12 pm

This focus on war crimes and legalities is one of the main reasons the West is now militarily useless. Victory in war should be the number one priority. If victory requires a power station to be destroyed, then do it. Fuck the lawyers.

It is better for your enemy to write condolence letters to the next of kin than you to write them.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 9:13 pm

feelthebernsays:
October 17, 2022 at 9:11 pm
Pretty cool that Elon’s adding a donate button to Starlink.
It allows others to have skin in the game.
Or not.

Tax payers are already ‘donating’ generously.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 9:14 pm

Little known fact. Agatha Christie loosely based the character of Hercule Poirot on Groogs and an unknown 4th Stooge.

duncanm
duncanm
October 17, 2022 9:16 pm

In the 1960’s, the period of indigenous occupation was 8 – 10,000 years.

.. and there’s the inconvenient art evidence.

Very early: 40k bp
Bradshaw / Gwion Gwion: 20k bp to ~ 5k bp ?
Current more like 15k bp

Dot
Dot
October 17, 2022 9:16 pm

USD holders are paying.

Bond rates are topping out at 4%, the US Treasury and Fed are probably using an intermediary, cash rates are going up but inflation is not being arrested…

They’re monetising the debt.

Razey
Razey
October 17, 2022 9:17 pm

H B Bearsays:
October 17, 2022 at 9:14 pm
Little known fact. Agatha Christie loosely based the character of Hercule Poirot on Groogs and an unknown 4th Stooge.

I would have thought the Hunchback the 4th Stooge, or is that Sutton.

custard
custard
October 17, 2022 9:17 pm

StarLink is excellent

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 9:17 pm

Victory in war should be the number one priority. If victory requires a power station to be destroyed, then do it. Fuck the lawyers.

The IDF so far have not done this in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria even though they’ve had abundant provocation. Perhaps it isn’t such a good strategic action? The Israelis from long experience are exquisitely aware of the cost/benefit of such things. Which suggests Vlad has made a mistake.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 17, 2022 9:18 pm

Islamic State women and children prepare to be flown home
Assya Assaad, 15, right and her 12-year-old sister Maysa . Picture: Ellen Whinnett
Assya Assaad, 15, right and her 12-year-old sister Maysa . Picture: Ellen Whinnett

Exclusive
Ellen Whinnett
Associate editor
@ellenwhinnett
5 minutes ago October 17, 2022

A group of women and children in Syria are undergoing DNA testing and will be issued with emergency travel documents as Australia prepares to repatriate the families left behind by Islamic State members.

It’s believed a group of about 20 women and children were removed temporarily from al-Roj camp in recent days for DNA testing to confirm their identities ­before they are issued with emergency passports to allow their travel back to Australia.

Australian officials have been in the camp speaking to the group of 16 women and their 42 children about their planned repatriation.

The Albanese government is planning to bring the families back to Australia in about three groups, with the most vulnerable to be prioritised.

The activity in the camp in recent days does not mean the women are being returned immediately to Australia, but represents a significant milestone after the families have spent three years and seven months detained in the camps without charge.

The family groups deemed most vulnerable in the camps would likely include the Assaad family – matriarch Bessima Assaad, and her three daughters Shayma, 22, Assya, 15, and Maysa, 12. The girls were taken to Syria when they were aged 15, eight and five. Shayma was married off at 15 and has four children with her in the camp – three boys and a little girl named Mariam, who is 3.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
October 17, 2022 9:19 pm

Teachers are forced to do the job of parents by both parents and the govt.
Teachers aint forced to do jack shit.
The pressure push comes from Lizard People like Gillard who want children shucked off to their learning camps at the age of three, and they shovel money, resources, stress leave and content partner corporations at them to lubricate the transfer. Stoopid dependent parents then learn over a mere generation that it’s a given, as is a twenty year armchair ride ending in a social work qualification, which then feeds grey matter back into the soylent mill of the education state.

Wally’s three cardinal concepts of education-
1)-kids should apply themselves to work which aren’t their interests
2)-kids should get along with other kids that aren’t their friends
3)-kids should defer to grown-ups who are not their relatives.

If your school looks like frustrating any of these three- as in, contrary to 1) it shirks the work, contrary to 2) the difficult kids run amok, contrary to 3) the teachers are incapable of commanding a classroom- get your kids out, you’re wasting their time.

The other edge of the cardinal points, to melt a few metaphors, is that if you have not prepared your kids to face up to these realities on day one, then you have failed them. And three fucking years old is too young to hand them over.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 9:23 pm

Razey, taxpayers are contributing nothing to Starlinks donations to Ukraine.
They’re not Raytheon.

Dot
Dot
October 17, 2022 9:23 pm

Teachers aint forced to do jack shit.
The pressure push comes from Lizard People like Gillard who want children shucked off to their learning camps at the age of three, and they shovel money, resources, stress leave and content partner corporations at them to lubricate the transfer.

It’s a racket.

Don’t be surprised if there will be degrees for farmers, truck drivers and bar staff in the future.

All real jobs, but they don’t need a degree…yet.

Someone is profiting off this. Typically, those ostensibly opposed to profit.

Cassie of Sydney
October 17, 2022 9:25 pm

“The IDF so far have not done this in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria even though they’ve had abundant provocation. Perhaps it isn’t such a good strategic action? The Israelis from long experience are exquisitely aware of the cost/benefit of such things. Which suggests Vlad has made a mistake.”

Umm…..I remember when the IDF bombed Beirut Airport. They were certainly aware of the “cost/benefit” of such an action.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 9:27 pm

3. Former host of RocKwiz (disclaimer, I once liked RocKwiz).

I preferred Spicks & Specs.
I met that Myf bird at a work gig a million years ago.
She was hosting a trivia night.
Had a chat with her, seemed genuinely pleasant.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 9:28 pm

“Early childhood education” is just another label applied to the destruction of the family for the greater good. No wonder Gillard is front and centre.

Dot
Dot
October 17, 2022 9:29 pm

My mate had a huge crush on Myf Warhurst, until married he dreamed of dialling in double JJ drunk; and to declare what a nurturing, goddess mother body she possessed.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

H B Bear says: October 17, 2022 at 8:39 pm
Clearly being a controversial old Queer pays well. I need to talk to my careers counsellor.

Just make sure you’re comfortable playing on that team.
Otherwise the sex may be one helluva shock – please research this career move very carefully.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 9:31 pm

test

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 9:32 pm

Dot, that is disturbing on at least 3 levels by my current reckoning.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 17, 2022 9:34 pm

I am fairly comfortable about working in radio.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

3. Former host of RocKwiz (disclaimer, I once liked RocKwiz).

Never seen Rokwiz, was unaware of this show’s existence (then again, this could be a trick question, clearly I need to increase my ABC viewing)

Sorta like Annabel Crabb, who seems so lovely on “Kitchen Cabinet” then posts on social media stuff that’d make Stalin jealous.
Julia Zemiro behaved herself impeccably on that “Home Delivery” show, where celebrities drive with her in an old car to visit their almost forgotten childhood home.
Then, you see her unhinged twitter output.

Twitter has been excellent for shining light onto these whackjobs.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
October 17, 2022 9:37 pm

Little known fact. Agatha Christie loosely based the character of Hercule Poirot on Groogs and an unknown 4th Stooge.

And 5th Stooge.

Spooko and Flamo.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 17, 2022 9:37 pm

Conversely this sort of thing gives the enemy a casus belli. Ukraine appears to’ve struck at Russian power infrastructure yesterday in Belgorod, which while close to the front is well inside Russia proper.

That represents a very interesting equation. Putin has reserved the right to use nuclear weapons to defend the Motherland. Which Belgorod is definitely a part of. But by attacking grid infrastructure in Ukraine he’s also given just cause for Ukraine to do likewise in Russia. Which it appears they’ve now done. So does Vlad use a nuke because Ukraine has done this? If he does it looks like total overkill. If he doesn’t he looks like a big talking loud mouth. Either option is bad, which is exactly the sort of dilemma a cluey general staff would want to impose upon their opponent. Very Sun Tzuish.

Perfidious Albino
Perfidious Albino
October 17, 2022 9:38 pm

Perhaps Vlad is taking the view that the Uke’s will LARP any attacks regardless, so might as well make them count?!

johanna
johanna
October 17, 2022 9:39 pm

Bruce of Newcastle says:
October 17, 2022 at 8:49 pm

We could’ve done well with you on night shift Johanna.
How are you at running pilot plants?
I have magpie alarm clocks.
They arrive at 6am.

Magpies and currawongs start just before first light here, and the cockies join in when the sun is coming up. Various parrots and others in between.

The cockies are busy feeding their chicks just now, so are not out and about. Later in the year, they are louder than a jet plane overhead at 500 feet. Ouch!

Literally painful.

feelthebern
feelthebern
October 17, 2022 9:41 pm

How can Russian drones be hitting Kiev ?
That’s a long way to go & not be intercepted.

cohenite
October 17, 2022 9:43 pm

I met that Myf bird at a work gig a million years ago.
She was hosting a trivia night.
Had a chat with her, seemed genuinely pleasant.

Was she D or F cup?

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