Its mystery wrapped in a conundrum rammed up the arse of a justice minister like a turducken of unknowability….

gold ‘mole. gold!

gets stripped of gear

forgot to add – a few police radios falling into the crowds hands would not only provide useful intell, it would play havoc with their net as they would need to change frequencies etc.

Note: our Ambulance radio’s were individually tagged and the network could locate them (so as to know where to send help if we pushed the duress button), so you would have to assume PoPo would be able to track down the missing handsets later.

Whatever you think about Wakefield I was impressed to find out he is ex partner of Elle McPherson.

. Yes he is/was very handsome man.

Lysander.

That the pubic serpent vs privately employed ratio as well?

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will face a retrial next year for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins

In the last two years every single judge in Australia has ruled – contrary to everything Western legal experts have believed since the Magna Carta – that there are absolutely no restrictions on what governments can do if the governments say a few people have the sniffles.

Judges in Australia are clearly all lunatics. Obviously they should declare a permanent stay given Higgins’ behaviour but they won’t because they’re as bad as the politicians that they’re supposed to stand as a bulwark to.

Residents of SA, it is now policy that when the cost of publicly funded projects escalate, the answer is to spend more money because they are not ambitious enough.

Witness the latest bending of the knee with wallet extended called Tarrkari.

The former Labor government had proposed a contemporary art gallery for the same site next to the Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Work started in December after $115 million was allocated to the gallery in the 2020 state budget, with another $85 million coming from the Commonwealth.
A man wearing a suit speaks at a dais on a dark stage
Premier Peter Malinauskas at the Purrumpa: First Nations Arts and Cultural Gathering.(ABC News: Evelyn Manfield)

The review led by businesswoman Carolyn Hewson and former politicians Ken Wyatt and Bob Carr is due to be complete by Easter next year.

Speaking at the Purrumpa: First Nations Arts and Cultural Gathering at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Premier Peter Malinauskas said experts had advised the government that the $200 million budget would deliver a centre of state significance, rather than the international-level project that had been envisaged.

The current plans would cost at least $250 million, the premier said.

“A centre celebrating the longest continuous culture on earth, celebrating 60,000 years of history, situated within one of Adelaide’s most significant locations, must do justice to the cultures that it seeks to represent,” he said.

“In that context, good isn’t good enough.

What?

It’s already over budget, but the problem is that it isn’t grandiose enough?

OPM corrupts absolutely.

When you resort to personal abuse the debate is over …

Shirley, no one here would resort to personal abuse?

fsckers

rosiesays:
October 31, 2022 at 3:55 pm

the idea is not just to make them bend the knee at this demand.

its to put them in fear of going through the process so much they pre-emptively bend the knee trying to guess your next demand.

So based on the “evidence” of a person whos a spruiker for big wind, installing a lot of wind would be just awesome..
And he’s ‘proven” it with computer modeling.

How about he apply his spiffy computor model to the reality of how wind has actually blown or not blown over the eastern states over the past 5 years. Start by looking at SA. Since blowing up its coal fired plant it is surviving on gas and imports of power from Vic on low wind days, which is more often than not. And there are consecutive days that have occurred this year when there was little to no wind in 3 out 5 of the states as well as overcast conditions. And at night only about 2% of renewables wind and solar at night for all 5 states. Increasing the number of windmills and solar farms would have made Buckley’s difference. We would have had the whole grid go down if it hadn’t been for 80% coal power and Hydro from Tas and some gas keeping the generators going.
I once worked with a contracting company doing the layout for a major warehouse involving lots of trucks and a huge number of forklifts. They came back with a model that cost mega bucks but was touted as saving the company thousands because they had reconfigured the footprint to gain space. Guess what, they had not allowed unloading space for side loading B Doubles or turnaround space for the forklifts. Their model was trash. Models may work on paper but where they relate to peoples’ livelihoods and wellbeing they need to be tested against reality and walked through with those that understand how things actually work and what things cost.

I’m baffled as to why just about every Australian protest over the last three years has been a “march”. Decentralized, dissolving, vague, piece of piss to attack from a flank, block, re-route or infiltrate.
Compare and contrast to the CFMMEU rank and file kicking the glass in at their Melbourne headquarters. Now, that got the Lizard People sweating.

At least we can look forward to state subsidized R&T.

COVID-19 transmission higher in households than in workplaces, schools or community

New research out of York University has found the transmission of COVID-19 is much higher in households than in workplaces, schools or the community as the potential for prolonged contact with infected people is greater in the home.

They found testing helped mitigate transmission between members of the same household if results were available within the first 24 hours. PCR testing was widely available during this time, which is more sensitive than the current rapid tests, although the researchers believe even this testing is likely to help to curb transmission between family members. Ideally, public health resources would be available for PCR testing.

Preparing for ‘anarchy’: Americans react to new law handcuffing police | Americans Weigh In

Leafed through the hard copy of The Paywallian today at the coffee shop.

Not a lot of love for the ‘Renewables R Us’ model among either readers or opinion commenters.

Of course, it is bloody irksome that what people here and at many other unfashionable (even subversive) sites all over the world have been saying for years is now seeping into public consciousness.

But, there is nothing that concentrates the ‘minds’ of politicians more than the prospect of losing office.

Just imagine these dickheads, who would struggle to balance their chequebook, if that was still a ‘thing.’

‘But, they told us that windmills and everything would be cheaper.’

Did you ever check that claim to see if it was true?

‘Well, no, people I trusted said so …

If there were any decent journalists who were allowed to ply their trade …

It’s bucketing down here, with more to come if the radar is reliable.

Have the horseracing authorities thought of moving things ahead a month?

The Underwear Attacker

Victims of violent crime who aren’t lucky enough to be married to a major political figure would also like the assurance of knowing their attackers are locked up and won’t be bothering them again.

By Dan Gelernter

I often read the mainstream news sites. You can learn a lot about them from what they say. And you can learn as much from what they don’t say. I find it intriguing, for example, that the top (as of this writing) CNN, NBC, and ABC stories on the Paul Pelosi attack never mention one of the first things that anyone on the scene would have noticed: The assailant was dressed only in his underwear.

Which is funny, because that particular oddity certainly stands out to me. Underwear attacker? You don’t see that every day.

For one thing, an assailant who has forgotten even to get dressed doesn’t exactly scream “premeditated political violence.” It doesn’t point to much forethought or indeed much thought at all. And while all the news stories dutifully repeat the claim that Underwear Man (real name, David DePape) was shouting “Where is Nancy?” as he struck his victim with a hammer, none of them report what Michael Schellenberger found out with a basic journalistic visit to DePape’s house: That DePape lives in Berkeley with a nudist girlfriend, a Black Lives Matter sign in the window, and an LGBT rainbow flag with a marijuana symbol hanging from a tree. Not quite your typical far-right extremist.

But San Francisco Police Chief William Scott says, “This was not a random act. This was intentional,” and all the news sites repeat it. David Frum, the idiot in the far-left Atlantic, went so far as to say “Paul Pelosi is the latest to play a blood price” for the GOP’s “cult of violence.” Really.

Though I obviously don’t believe this was a far-right attack, I’m also not one of those conspiracy guys who thinks DePape was sent by the FBI in a false-flag op. To me, the evidence is pretty obvious: If the FBI had recruited DePape, they would have bought him an expensive AR-15.

It sounds to me as though DePape is simply a deranged psychotic—one of those poor miscreants whom the mayor of San Francisco is so excited to have walking his streets. It’s not even clear whether DePape brought his own hammer: The police arrived on the scene so quickly that the attack was still in progress (which I’m sure is their totally average response time and in no way connected to the Pelosis’ political influence). They reported that Paul Pelosi and his assailant each had a hand on the hammer, and that DePape wrested the hammer from Pelosi after the police arrived. The police say they tackled the assailant immediately, but apparently not immediately enough to prevent DePape’s hitting Pelosi at least once.

If I were being cynical, I would demand the D.A. release DePape right away and without bail, as leftist prosecutors are fond of doing for violent offenders who attack unimportant, workaday Americans like you and me. But I am realistic enough to know that DePape won’t be going anywhere: If the media find they can credibly pretend he was a tool of the MAGA movement, he’ll get a showy trial.

Otherwise, he’ll quietly spend the rest of his life in prison. Either way, you don’t just attack Nancy Pelosi’s chief stock-picker and get away with it.

Journalists and politicians would like you to believe that this is political violence so the story can be all about them: About how important they are and the special dangers they face. But we know that this isn’t political violence; it’s just violence. It is a story not about politicians but about Americans. Everyday danger, which has increased in all major cities Democrats control, has, ironically, come home to roost in a small way.

Yet the lesson learned will deliberately be the wrong one, and won’t help ordinary citizens. I bet victims of violent crime who aren’t lucky enough to be married to a major political figure would also like the assurance of knowing their attackers are locked up and won’t be bothering them again. But it’s much easier to pretend Underwear Man was a right-wing hate-infused wannabe assassin: It’s just politics.

The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has confirmed he intends to prosecute Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins in a second trial early in the new year.
“I can confirm we have decided the retrial of DPP v Lehrmann will commence 20 February 2023,” Mr Drumgold said in a statement to news.com.au.

no comment from the woke enforcers on contempt charges

“No Knickers” Brittany Hoggins was at The Brisbane Races

That’s not very ladylike! Watch the rowdy moment female racegoers exchange blows in an ugly brawl on a walkway after a big day at the track

. Group of rowdy racegoers filmed exchanging blows in ugly brawl in Brisbane
. Footage showed woman pinned against railing before attacker pulled to ground
. Another woman jumped into the air before crashing into her opponent

Mole, that Instagram site is not Carolyn Hewson (nee Sommerville).

This is the person you seek.

It’s interesting how some people are attracted to their doppelgänger of the opposite sex.

johanna

‘But, they told us that windmills and everything would be cheaper.’

‘Well, no, people I trusted said so …

Produce the written advice, name all those involved in the preparation of the advice, fire the lot, no redundancy payouts.

“Taking into account the terrorist act carried out by the Kyiv regime with the participation of British experts against ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian vessels involved in the security of grain corridors, Russia suspends its participation in the implementation of the agreement on exports of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports,” representatives for the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement

Zulu, many happy returns for yesterday.

And Ozzie (from memory), just tasting that Bare Bones shiraz. It’s young all right, but I suspect it’s a keeper. Probably benefit from being decanted. The Beloved is giving it some space in the “rack” to see what happens.

It depends on how you place the emphasis.

English is a marvellous language, and can sometimes be quite subtle.

Education is power

Quite. And like all power should be used responsibly.

When it involves young minds, the most important aspect will be truthfulness tempered with awareness of the age of the pupil and weight of the content.

Naturally, neither of these considerations are front and centre in the minds of woke-pushers. They never have been.

Oh, I see. Zoe is focussing on women and girls elsewhere.

Telescopic philanthropy.

Each of them pocketed about $2.65 million.
Barely five years’ wages for the underground gold sector. They’ll keep working, their mates will rag them too hard if they don’t.

The developing world will no longer accept the Woke West leadership. The Woke West are nothing but disgusting LGBT worshippers.

Nice work.

https://twitter.com/JeffTay43356052/status/1586911143972376581/photo/1

Earlier some here were discussing electric trucks. Linehaul trucks will not be battery powered for many years if ever. The reason – energy density.

A single trailer semi max mass is 42.5t, that’s a tri axle trailer and a bogie drive prime mover, single steer axle. Of that around 20t is the all up mass of the truck and trailer unloaded, so a payload of around 22.5t give or take depending on configuration and other factors.

The batteries make up around half the weight/mass of a Tesla, so around 1t of battery and 1t of car, for a range of around 500km. So roughly half the weight of the vehicle is battery. Now if you remove the engine, gearbox and fuel from a prime mover you will save around 4t, then add back at least another tonne for the electrics excluding the battery, so a mass of around 17t. That would give a theoretical payload of around 25t for 42t all up. Now here’s the problem to move 42t 500km with batteries similar to a Tesla would take around 21t of battery. So 17t truck and trailer plus 25t of battery would leave a payload of around zero. You could reduce battery weight for a shorter range but that would need more changeovers/chargers etc.

So leaving aside the lack of carrying capacity, some suggested places where the trucks on say Melb – Syd could pull in and have the batteries changed while the driver rests. At least 1000 trucks travel Syd/Melb in each direction per day. So even allowing for a quick battery changeover of 30 minutes, these places would have to be massive, even if there were quite a few of them, 30 minute changeover is 48 trucks a day, so many bays would be needed. Then you need a massive amount of electricity and staff and equipment to do the work. The mains power required would be staggering.

Next battery life. The estimates for Tesla battery life ranges from 240,000km to 350,000km. The average interstate seme does around 300,000km a year, so replacement would be needed at least annually. A complete battery replacement on a Tesla looks to be between $20,000 and $35,000 per complete unit, a unit weighs around 1t so 15 to 20t of batteries won’t be cheap. Not too many truck owners will be keen to splash out hundreds of thousands for new batteries each year.

So it’s not going to happen for linehaul. There could be a place for them on trucks that do local work and are parked up for at least 12 hours each day to charge, but then even those trucks often do 200,000km a year, new batteries every 18 to 24 months?

If you reckon I’ve got my sums wrong, go ahead and show me where and how, happy to be corrected. But I just can’t see how heavy freight can be moved vast distances in bulk with current battery tech, improvements would have to be in orders of magnitude.

Hey JC!
Message for you on the brawling thread.

I’m still wondering how the third in line to the Presidency appears to have zero security at her home.

Then I remember how some twerp broke into the Queen’s apartments and chatted with her.

It appears that someone isn’t doing their job.

JC, I’ll believe it when I see it. I just can’t see how linehaul can operate on batteries. If my figures are wrong fair enough, but I don’t think they are.

I looked at the sales info for the Tesla trucks, no mention of mass carried as payload. They claim a range of around 500 miles, I guess that’s similar to a Tesla car. The car has a battery massing around half the weight of the car for that range, so you would think that would be the same for all vehicles, so a 40t truck would need 20t of battery, that would have to be replaced annually. The resale value of the truck would be almost zero if the batteries were at the end of their life.

Good link JC, they claim a mass load of 36t for the prime mover, a tri axle trailer is around 7t, If they say the truck can move 36t then around 18t must be batteries, maybe the prime mover is lightweight at 10 tonne, that would give them a payload of around 1 tonne.

In freight hauling weight is everything, there are some bulk cargoes that don’t weigh much, but not many.

On Andrews giving the netwokels $15 million of hospital money:

A response from a random punter on FB:

Better go through everything every Victorian politician has ever said.

*golf clap*

rickw:

Could be enhanced by the outer edges of the crowd moving forward. Thus giving the pigs the feeling that they are about to be encircled.

A sort of reverse kettling?
I’m not sure it would be a wise move. Not because it won’t work, it will.
But remembering a mob is the only organism with a thousand bellies and no brain, seeing a mob of copperthugs in a vulnerable position with no immediate support will end up with dead coppers.
Are those coppers armed? Then the crowd will very quickly become armed themselves.
Second point is that the coppers will not be allowed to back down.
“A whiff of grapeshot, perhaps?”

The group of 20 from Kalgoorlie-Boulder paid $100 each for their tickets, walking away with $53 million of the division one winnings.

Each of them pocketed about $2.65 million.

I wonder if they have told their wives yet? Anyway I think there is a television series in this tracking how the windfall changed their lives. Hope they all do the best as well as their manager who at least seems to have a sense of proportion. He may end up the lucky one.

Zipster:

Karl Rove shares his prediction for Pennsylvania’s Senate race

Fetterman will only get in if there is a grotesque level of cheating, and honestly, I think the average American voter will protest loudly and violently.
The Democrats are playing with fire and have convinced themselves they are wearing asbestos panties…
🙂

Predictably, and because most of VicJack never didn’t join up to flog grandmothers (3AW):

Police are resigning from the job in huge numbers, with 700 walking off the job in the last financial year, an increase of about 200 compared to the previous year.

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton says it “is a concern” to Victoria Police, but it’s not a localised issue. “Our attrition rate is higher than we’d like but that’s not unlike any other police jurisdiction in Australia and overseas,” he told Neil Mitchell.

That would be because every other police force did the same thing, albeit not to the extent in Vicco.

Mr Patton says staff who stayed in the force longer than they intended to due to COVID-19 partially explains the high attrition rate. “There’s a bit of the great resignation, I think, too,” he said.

Victoria Police is seeking to recruit 900 police this year, and 2000 over the next two years, and they’re willing to consider a broader range of people to meet that target.

Good luck with that, because the force you created is now one of the least-respected off all occupations, and of all time.

“In past years we’ve pushed away young people, saying you need to get some life experience, I’m saying, ‘No, we don’t need to do that’ … we’re happy to take you if you’re 18 or 19,” Mr Patton said.

Holy fuck. Yeah, Patton. That’s what you need.

A pair of 18 year olds turning up to a violent domestic between hubby and wifey who’ve been married for 30 years, and telling them how to run their lives.

19 years old milquetoasts wading into pub brawls where people are being glassed. People with zero life experience trying to second-guess career criminals.

Brilliant. Bravo, you giant potato.

2dogssays:
October 31, 2022 at 7:27 pm

My brain translated your post into this.

we’re happy to take you if you’re 18 or 19

Not a serious person.

At 18-19 you have absolutely no idea how little you know.

Shit from clay without a taste test takes some people decades.

How do I get to the duelling banjos thread?

Melbourne is going to have to build a new dam.
All of the existing ones are full

The janus link above has a few details on life of batteries, as well as ranges, weights, running costs and life expectancy of the batteries. Maintenance costs are supposed to be 80% of what a truck is, not a as big a saving as I would have thought.

In one interesting sideline they propose batteries getting to 70% charge capacity be taken off the road and instead used for ruinables storage.

….
Janus is using 630kWh batteries that – depending on the size of the load – can deliver around 400kms of range for a B-double. It will feature a 540kW motor. The batteries are located within easy reach below the cabin (see picture below) and can be swapped within four minutes.
…
Forsyth says the economics of the electric battery technology are already compelling. On a kilometer to kilometer basis, they are around one third of the price – around 33c per kilometers compared to 96c per km for diesel. Even with the cost of batteries, the technology delivers savings of around one third over diesel.

Janus takes out the diesel engines, the radiators, the collars and the fuel tanks and exhaust pipes and air intakes, and gives them back to the fleet. And then they install their JCM conversion system. The trucks use between 1.2kWh and 1.8kWh per kilometer, depending on their size.

Of course all this is a bloke selling a product… to be taken with a large grain of salt.

I’ll find some better e next time.

Very circumspect.

Melbourne is going to have to build a new dam.

Albo says dams are bad. Does that mean he’s going to pull the plug on Turnbull’s baby?

Dam projects scrapped in federal budget would have damaged environment, water expert says (26 Oct)

No dams, no nuclear, no coal, no gas, no oil. We’re going to be cooking over feral camel dung before long.