Open Thread – Tue 1 Nov 2022


All Souls’ Day, Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1882

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flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 10:33 am

And #9

Things that an inner city pansy is unlikely to have seen in his worldly travels:
1. A weigh bridge.
2. A taxi depot.
3. A dry dock.
4 The inside of an army barracks.
.5 A working abattoir,
.6 A growing coffee plant,
.7 A mechanic repairing a tractor linkage.
.8 A running grassfire,
.9 *Volunteer* emergency workers and neighbours turning out to help when there is a problem.

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 10:33 am

Sancho Panzer:

Just to clarify.
Not all male nurses are serial killers.
Not even most of them.
But, per capita, they are over-represented in mass murdery type incidents.

You’ve obviously put this up to get a reaction, but I’m a bit puzzled as to what type of reaction you’re looking for or why.
Care to elaborate?
…and show your original references?

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2022 10:34 am

“There was no technicality, it didn’t happen.”

Eggsactly.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 10:35 am

We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.
By Emily Oster

What exactly do the people opposed to the lockdowns and mandates have to apologise for?

Zipster
Zipster
November 1, 2022 10:39 am

I still grapple to get my head around the fact How Xi sacrificed China’s future in pursuit of total power,the world’s strictest lockdown has destroyed both lives and livelihoods – and there is no guarantee it won’t come back. But its architect has just become China’s most powerful ruler since chairman Mao.

Xi doesn’t need to trash the economy to retain absolute power, it’s all about decoupling from the west to survive the inevitable sanctions when they take taiwan.

there was a recent bipartisan bill that sanctions would placed on chinese officials in the event of an invasion. Hang on a sec, does that imply the US would not defend taiwan…

Everything the ccp is doing implies it’s only a question of when not if.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 10:40 am

Not sure about the coffee plant. I would’ve thought growing your own coffee in the backyard would be a very inner city prog thing.

calli
calli
November 1, 2022 10:42 am

Winston, an over-represented group in the “serial killer” cohort is the landscape labourer. Nurses, either male of female, didn’t seem to feature at all, though I know of some notorious females who did away with their patients.

I’ll leave you all with that. I need to go out and smite some weeds. Today it’s a purge of spurge.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 10:43 am

Winston Smithsays:
November 1, 2022 at 10:33 am
Sancho Panzer:

Just to clarify.
Not all male nurses are serial killers.
Not even most of them.
But, per capita, they are over-represented in mass murdery type incidents.

Jeremy Clarkson causes more BBC fury with sick trucker jibe on Top Gear

Talking to the camera, Clarkson said: “What matters to lorry drivers? Murdering prostitutes? Fuel economy? It really is a hard job and I’m not just saying that to gain favour with truck drivers. There’s so much to do.

“You’ve got to change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror… murder a prostitute. Change gear, change gear, murder.”

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 1, 2022 10:43 am

Just how fscken stupid is mongy? Can he dress and feed himself?

calli
calli
November 1, 2022 10:44 am

Coffe is actually really hard to grow in urban environments. You might be lucky and get a few beans a year.

Not nearly enough for an Artisan Latte.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 10:45 am

Winston, an over-represented group in the “serial killer” cohort is the landscape labourer.

I think you means “cereal killer”.
The rosellas like my lawn long and seedy.

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 10:46 am

flyingduksays:
November 1, 2022 at 10:21 am
And this just in, from the ‘safe and effective’ department:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/fully-vaxxed-boosted-cdc-director-walensky-tests-positive-covid-rebound-case-taking-paxlovid/

Like fanatics of all types, religious, LGBT, climate, convid, vaxtards etc etc, they aren’t interested in Truth. You can’t reason with these people.

calli
calli
November 1, 2022 10:46 am

My last effort to influence the narrative and I’m out of here.

😀

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 10:47 am

Facebook down another 6% overnight.

I saw a clip on YouTube saying that one reason (at least) for their current travails is that their old model of charging advertisers for targeting ads at users has been compromised by iPhones now allowing people to disable facebook tracking of activity across other apps and websites.

Not such a problem for Goolag because people go to it and deliberately and consciously enter what interests them into the search box.

Which makes sense to my own poor and untutored wits.

feelthebern
feelthebern
November 1, 2022 10:48 am

Keep in mind it was The Intercept that broke the DHS social media intervention story.
Omidyar’s platform.
So he let this out but Greenwald wasn’t allowed to publish re Hunter Biden’s laptop (so he resigned).

Maybe this is the “soft” truth before daily posts from Elon on what they were really doing.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 10:48 am

Watched youtube The battle of Long Tan and the Long Tan Cross – 1.19.53 last night on big screen – interesting

The battle of Long Tan: unravelling the riddles – Public talk by Ashley Ekins, Head of Military History, AWM and The Long Tan Cross story – Public talk by Craig Blanch, Curator of Military Heraldry and Technology, AWM.

Australian soldiers fought in scores of fierce actions during the Vietnam War. Few were as intense or dramatic as the action in the Long Tan rubber plantation on 18 August 1966. Join the head of our Military History team and a curator with our Military Heraldry and Technology section as they discuss the valiant stand of 108 Australian soldiers which became a defining action of the Vietnam War.

cohenite
November 1, 2022 10:49 am

I see dickless has been waving his anti-semitism around. When you have no dick you have to wave something I guess.

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2022 10:49 am

dover0beachsays:
November 1, 2022 at 10:45 am”

Nice rebuttal Dover.

We’re seeing a repeat with the Lehmann trial. Just like they wanted Pell guilty, they now want Lehmann guilty. Truth be damned.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 10:49 am

Robert Spencer, in his new and important book, Who Lost Afghanistan?, describes it as “Saigon-on-steroids,” a “nightmare that a horrified world witnessed.”

“This is manifestly not Saigon.”

Anthony Blinken, 16 August, 2021.

Tells you all you need to know about the lying incompetence of Biden’s administration.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 10:52 am

Jeremy Clarkson causes more BBC fury with sick trucker jibe on Top Gear

He does like to explode heads.

Jeremy Clarkson threatens to ’empty can of sump oil on eco-herberts’ heads’ in feisty rant (30 Oct)

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, went into an impassioned rant about how police forces across the country may be “watching a group of eco-herberts who have glued themselves to the road” rather than catching people committing more serious crimes.

The Grand Tour star explained that his daughter lives in a “leafy” London suburb, but has now been forced to steer clear of her local shopping centre because it is permanently “full of gangs with bats and blades”.

As I said upthread if plod did their job and cleared these stinkies away immediately rather than stand around all day protecting them from irate motorists they’d have more time to do actual police work.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 10:54 am

Talking to the camera, Clarkson said: “What matters to lorry drivers? Murdering prostitutes? Fuel economy? It really is a hard job and I’m not just saying that to gain favour with truck drivers. There’s so much to do.

“You’ve got to change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror… murder a prostitute. Change gear, change gear, murder.”

Lorry driver Sutcliffe’s five-year reign of terror came to an end in January 1981 when he was jailed for slaughtering 13 women.

Earlier this year Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright was jailed for killing five prostitutes in Ipswich. He had also worked as a haulier.

Gabor
Gabor
November 1, 2022 10:57 am

dover0beach says:
November 1, 2022 at 10:45 am

I have to laugh about that 2019 post responding to an assertion that a conviction didn’t mean Pell was guilty. Er yes, yes it did.

And then he got off on a technicality, yay!

Pell is just an ideological enemy for liberals like monty. The facts never mattered in the slightest.

Scroll him, I scroll a lot here nowadays, mostly because they are try hard clowns or always right individuals no matter what the subject, but I scroll m0nty because he is a really nasty person with no redeeming features.
I’d hate associate with someone like him.

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 10:57 am

JC & The ‘umble Gang:

JCsays:
October 31, 2022 at 11:35 pm
Sancho Panzer says:
October 31, 2022 at 11:19 pm

Just to clarify.
Not all male nurses are serial killers.
Not even most of them.
But, per capita, they are over-represented in mass murdery type incidents.
Per capita, It’s a disturbingly large number.
Here, there’s more.
Study identifies key traits and methods of serial killer nurses
2 Nov 2014 — Criminologists charting characteristics of healthcare serial killers found most craved attention and liked to talk about death.
We see this movie pretty frequently.

Skating to the edge, again?
And just waiting for someone to reply so they can retort “Take it to the Duelling Thread!”
You are very transparent, JC.
…but still no reference.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 10:58 am

Xi doesn’t need to trash the economy to retain absolute power, it’s all about decoupling from the west to survive the inevitable sanctions when they take taiwan.

Either way, he’s breaking the unwritten compact the party has had with the people post-Tiananmen:

We’ll give you increasing properity in return for your unswerving loyalty.

Risking that for Taiwan is not a rational decision.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 1, 2022 10:59 am

1. A weigh bridge.
2. A taxi depot.
3. A dry dock.
4 The inside of an army barracks.
.5 A working abattoir,
.6 A growing coffee plant,
.7 A mechanic repairing a tractor linkage.

That’s some bucket list.
Aim high Winston.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 11:02 am

Either they broke a window to get in, or the door was opened for them.

If the door was opened for him and he was allowed in, and if he was not carrying the hammer (or any other weapon) then it would be an insurrection.

Excepting for the fact that Paul Pelosi actually was hurt. In real insurrections the unarmed visitors people get killed.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 1, 2022 11:03 am

Err, Winston, there is a movie out about a nurse who is a serial killer.
People started quoting examples and observed that psychopaths are over-represented in the male nurse cohort.
Reasonable topic for discussion I would think.
No need for duelling sabres or pistols.

flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 11:06 am

I’ll leave you all with that. I need to go out and smite some weeds. Today it’s a purge of spurge.

Quiz time: if I were to assert that the correct order was ‘Merge – Surge – Verge – Purge and Splurge’, to what would I be referring?

MatrixTransform
November 1, 2022 11:07 am

for Winston…

reach for the sky

Bar Beach Swimmer
November 1, 2022 11:08 am

DB @10:45am.
So, again, it’s confirmed that for the left it’s the side that matters rather than the truth.

They’d rather support and justify the incarceration, pillorying, abuse and dehumanisation of an innocent man because it serves their political needs than acknowledge what the evidence shows.

That reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1taruSUbUwc

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 11:08 am

We’ll give you increasing properity in return for your unswerving loyalty.
Risking that for Taiwan is not a rational decision.

It’s Machiavelli again.

“it is much safer to be feared than loved because …love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”

After all the Covid fascism I doubt Xi expects to be loved by the Han-in-the-street. Unfortunately for him going to totalitarianism inevitably leads to senescence and decline. But not in his lifetime, as Hezekiah observed.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 1, 2022 11:09 am

Watched youtube The battle of Long Tan and the Long Tan Cross – 1.19.53 last night on big screen – interesting

Bookmarked that one, OldOzzie, thank you. Visited Long Tan, in 2013 and saw the cross.

Also had the not so edifying experience of seeing the ugly Australian in action in Baria. It’s my understanding that the Vietnamese were getting fed up with said ugly Australians, and that’s why they restricted access to the battlefield in 2016.

Arky
November 1, 2022 11:11 am

Letting those Lockheed Martin shares run a little bit longer.
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/LMT
Or should I just keep them?

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 11:15 am

This week, the internet was abuzz over a story that some famous modern art painting by Piet Mondrian, called “New York City I,” has been hanging upside down for decades.

Mondrian died in 1944, so we can’t ask him how it’s supposed to hang, and frankly, who cares? The painting is garbage.

Matt Margolis, ‘Can’t We just Admit that Modern Art is Garbage?’

Funny how those kids never glue themselves to an abstract painting.

Perhaps they’ve inadvertently stumbled onto a truth: modern art is (by and large) garbage.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 11:18 am

Everything the ccp is doing implies it’s only a question of when not if.

Exactly, and this is borne out by Xi’s recent re-shaping of the Politburo. For the very first time, the Ministry of State Security sits in the Politburo of 24. More weight has been given to military and military technology presence in the reshuffle at the expense of the economic goals of past years. Xi is embracing a more Stalinist model for exerting his control over China’s future.

“When not if”- I think too there is a how in there. I just can’t see Xi rolling the dice on a cross strait invasion. So many risks of catastrophic failure. But he’s already applied a temporary embargo of land and sea along with cyber and possibly bio type attacks. That would be my bet, something like that after a false flag catalyst of some kind. Strangle Taiwan into capitulation. Make the US think twice about opening up a hot war.

MatrixTransform
November 1, 2022 11:18 am

Merge – carefully join humanity in the morning
Surge – take a leak
Verge – try not to murder anybody while waiting for the coffee
Purge – number two
Splurg – second coffee

Bar Beach Swimmer
November 1, 2022 11:20 am

Zulu,
going to be there for a couple of weeks – we’re going south, any recommendations for places to eat?

MatrixTransform
November 1, 2022 11:23 am
flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 11:25 am

“When not if”- I think too there is a how in there. I just can’t see Xi rolling the dice on a cross strait invasion. So many risks of catastrophic failure. But he’s already applied a temporary embargo of land and sea along with cyber and possibly bio type attacks. That would be my bet, something like that after a false flag catalyst of some kind. Strangle Taiwan into capitulation. Make the US think twice about opening up a hot war.

The analyses I have seen suggest a full scale kinetic invasion of Taiwan would be very difficult if not impossible for China for the foreseeable future – the strait is quite wide, the weather often bad, suitable invasion beaches are few and their sealift capacity is insufficient. Much more likely, I think, would be an indirect assault, think blockade backed up by cyberwar, biowar, economic attack (force Taiwan to mobilise, which is very expensive) etc. The catastrophic effects of COVID and now the Ukraine on the economies of the west has already done a lot to ‘shape the battlefield’. The west is now so rotten, economically, politically and morally, that they simply don’t have the stomach for the losses it would take to defend Taiwan once China moves.

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 11:26 am

Predictions make for wrongologists but here goes…

Some nutter declaring a climate emergency will run onto Flemington course today?

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 1, 2022 11:29 am

Methane emissions tax will rip heart out of NZ farmers

Jacinda Ardern plans to tax the agricultural sector so heavily that by 2030 an estimated 20 per cent of sheep and beef farmers and five per cent of dairy farmers will be forced out of business.

By MURIEL NEWMAN

It seems inconceivable that at a time of hyperinflation and global unrest, any government would deliberately destabilise the agricultural sector by introducing policies that would increase costs to primary producers, reduce production, and fuel price increases. Yet that’s what Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government is planning to do.

Our Prime Minister, the poster child of modern-day socialism, wants once again to boast on the world stage that she’s taking the lead in climate policy – this time by introducing a price on agricultural emissions of greenhouse gases.

That she wants the owners of ruminant livestock to pay a penalty for a by-product of a digestive process that is older than the dinosaurs, is madness personified.

Methane, an atmospheric trace gas, is part of an ancient natural cycle. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and using the green chlorophyll in their leaves combine it with water to trap the sun’s energy as food. When plant matter is eaten by ruminants, methane is produced, which breaks down into carbon dioxide and water vapour to continue the cycle.

Over three-quarters of the planet’s methane comes from natural sources such as wetlands, with the balance produced by landfills, rice paddies, and livestock. Since New Zealand has only one per cent of the world’s farmed ruminants the actual contribution of Kiwi livestock to methane in the atmosphere is almost too small to measure.

Announcing her plan, the Prime Minister boasted: “No other country in the world has yet developed a system for pricing and reducing agricultural emissions, so our farmers are set to benefit from being first movers. Cutting emissions will help New Zealand farmers to not only be the best in the world but the best for the world; gaining a price premium for climate friendly agricultural products while also helping to boost export earnings.”

In other words, the PM plans to tax the agricultural sector so heavily that by 2030 an estimated 20 per cent of sheep and beef farmers and five per cent of dairy farmers will be forced out of business.

Agriculture is New Zealand’s biggest industry, generating more than 70 per cent of our export earnings and about 12 per cent of our gross domestic product.

The impact of Ardern’s tax on the sector will be significant. Prices of homegrown protein – including milk, cheese, and meat – will undoubtedly rise as local production falls. Our crucial export returns will decline – by up to an estimated 5.9 per cent for dairy, 21.4 per cent for lamb, 36.7 per cent for beef, and 21.1 per cent for wool.

We can see the potential fallout by reminding ourselves of the consequences of a previous reckless decision by our Prime Minister when, without warning, she banned new offshore oil and gas exploration on the eve of a meeting of world leaders – so she could boast about her decisive climate change leadership.

That decision contributed to the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery – with a loss of 240 local jobs and many hundreds more indirectly – leaving New Zealand dependent on imported fuel that we used to produce ourselves – and, paradoxically, increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Like that decision, this policy will have profound and widespread consequences, far beyond the damage to those farmers who are expected to be forced out of the industry; their departure will impact heavily on farm services, meat processing plants, local schools, and the other local businesses.

What’s even more irrational is that the forced exit of the world’s most emissions-efficient farmers will increase global emissions as other less efficient nations increase production to fill the gap.

The tax is being forced onto our productive sector at a time when almost 200 coal-fired power stations are under construction in Asia. The world’s major emitters of China and India have already admitted they’re not planning to take serious action on reducing emissions for up to fifty years, as they prioritise the economic wellbeing of their nations by expanding essential electricity supplies.

Robin Grieve – the Chairman of FARM (Facts About Ruminant Methane) and Pastural Farming Climate Research points out that the move is in contravention of the Paris Agreement which ruled out emission reductions that reduce food production.

“With farmers not able to take any useful actions to reduce emissions and avoid the tax, the Government’s scheme is only going to achieve emission reductions by increasing farm costs and pushing a percentage of farmers out of business,” he says. “The UN is acutely aware that previous climate policy initiatives, such as pushing biofuel use, resulted in mass starvation as food producing land was diverted to producing fuel. This was described by one UN committee as the greatest crime against humanity ever. Pushing New Zealand farmland out of food production and into forestry is the same thing.”

Federated Farmers Chairman Andrew Hoggard believes the plan will “rip the guts out of small town New Zealand, putting trees where farms used to be.”

He says the agricultural industry worked for two and a half years on a proposal which would honour the Paris Agreement by not reducing food production, but the Government then changed the rules: “It’s gut-wrenching to think we now have this proposal from government which rips the heart out of the work we did. Out of the families who farm this land. Our plan was to keep farmers farming. Now they’ll be selling up so fast you won’t even hear the dogs barking on the back of the ute as they drive off.”

Dr Muriel Newman is the founding director of the NZ Centre for Political Research

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 11:29 am

catastrophic effects of COVID

Correction. COVID is a weak cold at best.

The Woke West’s deliberate over reaction to it is what cause the catastrophe.

flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 11:32 am

Some nutter declaring a climate emergency will run onto Flemington course today?

I wont complain, provided history repeats ..

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/international-womens-day-suffragette-emily-davison-women-suffrage-death-epsom-derby-kings-horse-throw-herself-a8812551.html

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 11:33 am

LIBERTY QUOTE
The woman was not formed from the feet of the man as a servant, nor from the head as lording it over her husband, but from the side as a companion, as it says in Genesis (2:21).
— St Thomas Aquinas

Noice.

flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 11:34 am

Correction. COVID is a weak cold at best. The Woke West’s deliberate over reaction to it is what cause the catastrophe.

Correct, as with all terrorist attacks, the actual damage is minimal in the great scheme of things, its the response that does the damage. C19 was very much an auto-immune disease, not an infectious one.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 1, 2022 11:41 am

Roger at 11:15.
Famous case a while back of forged Rothko paintings in New York.
During the court case where a purchaser sued an art dealer there was a debate about whether the subject forgery on display in the court room was hung up the right way or not.
Finally one of the lawyers observed, “It’s a forgery! There is no right way up.”
Trust a lawyer to cut to the chase with a witticism.

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 11:44 am

Ali Alexander, the far-right activist who organized the “Stop the Steal” rally held just before the Capitol riot, is now egging on discussion of a coup in Brazil, calling on the Brazilian military to intervene in the election defeat of Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ali-alexander-calls-for-brazilian-military-coup-bolsonaro-defeat-2022-10

WolfmanOz
November 1, 2022 11:44 am

Roger says:
November 1, 2022 at 11:15 am
This week, the internet was abuzz over a story that some famous modern art painting by Piet Mondrian, called “New York City I,” has been hanging upside down for decades.

Mondrian died in 1944, so we can’t ask him how it’s supposed to hang, and frankly, who cares? The painting is garbage.
Matt Margolis, ‘Can’t We just Admit that Modern Art is Garbage?’

Funny how those kids never glue themselves to an abstract painting.

Perhaps they’ve inadvertently stumbled onto a truth: modern art is (by and large) garbage.

In Jean Cocteau’s film Orphee the poet asks what he should do. ‘Astonish me’, he is told. Very little of modern art does that, certainly not in the sense that a great work of art can make you wonder how its creation was accomplished by a mere mortal.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 11:46 am

The woman was not formed from the feet of the man as a servant, nor from the head as lording it over her husband, but from the side as a companion, as it says in Genesis (2:21).
— St Thomas Aquinas

Noice.

Yes, it is, but it doesn’t quite capture the Hebrew. I don’t have Aquinas’s quote at hand in Latin, but ‘companion’ is a bit abstract & mushy; the Hebrew word –ezer – is quite concrete and means helper – Eve was to help Adam, who was the vice-regent of God on earth, in his work of tending to the Garden. In the story of the Fall, in Genesis 3, we see the order God created unravelling in reverse, with a creature tempting the helper and God’s representative, Adam, to whom the command under dispute was given, failing in his role of leadership.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 11:51 am

Adern is truly evil. No coincidence that the vile grub spent a lot of time in the bLIAR circle.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 11:53 am

Very little of modern art does that, certainly not in the sense that a great work of art can make you wonder how its creation was accomplished by a mere mortal.

Well said, Wolfman.

There’s a quote from Picasso, who could paint very well in the classical style, that seems to have been disappeared from the record, in which he says that the more experimental and abstract his painting became, the more attention and patrons he attracted. The art audience of the time was addicted to novelty.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 11:54 am

their sealift capacity is insufficient

It was.

Ominous sign China is quietly preparing to invade Taiwan (2 Oct)

Analyst Tom Shugart told USNI News he had identified the commercial ferry as the Bo Hai Heng Tong. This is a 15,000-ton roll-on roll-off general purpose cargo ship and ferry. It was more than 1500km from its regular route in the Bohai Sea.

And it was just one of seven similar civilian ferries taking part in the war games.

Combined, the ships represent a significant invasion threat as each ship carries three times more than comparable purpose-built US Navy San Antonio-class landing platform docks (LPDs).

Add the other weaponizations of civilian vessels – fishing vessels and container ships with containerized missile launchers, and you can see that China has developed the capability. On the other hand it’s like Seelowe: Hitler massed the Rhine barges in the Channel Ports for an invasion – which did not take place because the RAF retained control of the air. Unfortunately I can’t see Taiwan managing anything like air superiority.

Plasmamortar
Plasmamortar
November 1, 2022 11:57 am

Domino number 1 has fallen

Eventually, energy security an the laws f economics win out.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 11:57 am

Adern is truly evil.

She’s also on the nose with NZers.

She’s even had to address rumours she’ll quit rather than face next year’s election.

dopey
dopey
November 1, 2022 11:57 am

Two legal academics claimed ‘lack of opportunity’ was given too much weight by the High Court. I think that was the alleged technicality. Three books have been published which demolish that claim.

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 11:57 am

m0ntysays:
November 1, 2022 at 8:55 am
Luciferase lol.

You idiots will believe anything.

If m0nty-fa were anything but an utter brain dead drongo, he might even have noticed the rude comments made about that suggestion.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 11:58 am

I love the Hebrew names and their meanings Roger. Fascinating too how their are often Arabic forms.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 11:59 am

there are sorry

feelthebern
feelthebern
November 1, 2022 12:00 pm

“When not if”- I think too there is a how in there.

Whatever is going to happen, Biden’s executive order regarding chips will force the issue.
I’m old enough to remember when Trump was a luddite with the sanctions on China.
It got non stop coverage.
Wonder why the Biden order hasn’t.

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 12:02 pm

m0ntysays:
November 1, 2022 at 9:16 am
It was posted for consideration

LOL no. You don’t post rubbish like that and then distance yourself from it.

Sez the fat fascist fool who has never, ever, distanced himself from the egregious comments he has made about the Pell case, and actual or attempted attempts to cause GBH to Rand Paul, Steve Scalise, Tony Abbott and Andrew Bolt.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 12:03 pm

Much more likely, I think, would be an indirect assault, think blockade backed up by cyberwar, biowar,

That’s what I’ve already said.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 12:03 pm

The vile creature very much an agent of the wef. How does Winston Peters feel about it all I wonder. What a phony.

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 12:05 pm

As for Pell, he was a convicted rock spider at the time I said he was. Now he is not. Bully for him.

Being the true fascist leftist that he is, m0nty-fa will never, ever, apologise for his defamatory remarks about Cardinal Pell, even after the High Court confirmed that the remarks were defamatory. Gutless worm.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 1, 2022 12:06 pm

Domino number 1 has fallen

Ironic if this is because the Japanese are scared Albo will steal contracted Aussie LNG off them.
Which they certainly will be given various spoutings from Jimbo and Bowen about gas prices.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 1, 2022 12:07 pm

Peter Smith at Quadrant is worth reading.

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 1, 2022 12:09 pm

Although my sympathies are with the farmers, if the good people of NZ don’t like this then they will have to remove their government, and replace it with a better one. Otherwise one must presume the people like this policy – and all of the economic and other flow-ons it will bring.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 12:11 pm

I love the Hebrew names and their meanings Roger. Fascinating too how their are often Arabic forms.

Yes, both Semitic languages, of course, milton, with some shared vocabulary from the distant past and similar conjugation of verbs (so I understand; I haven’t studied Arabic), but not to the extent of being mutually intelligible.

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 12:11 pm

Some nutter declaring a climate emergency will run onto Flemington course today?

The only sure bet, parlay into animal welfare groups haranguing the racegoers entering Flemington

Zipster
Zipster
November 1, 2022 12:11 pm

No other country in the world has yet developed a system for pricing and reducing agricultural emissions, so our farmers are set to benefit from being first movers.

first off the lemming cliff

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 12:12 pm

Someone asked upthread when will the `greenie Loonies strike at Melbourne Cup

1000 litres of ‘oily sludge’ dumped on Flemington before 2022 Melbourne Cup

An activist has been filmed unloading 1000 litres of “oily sludge” On Flemington Racecourse in the hours before the 2022 Melbourne Cup

The Victorian branch of the global activism group Extinction Rebellion posted the footage earlier today.

“This morning, XR was contacted by friends who had dumped 1000 litres of sludge onto Flemington Racecourse ahead of today’s Melbourne Cup activities,” the Group said on social media.

“We fully endorse the message of this person.

“The privileged in our society are on notice that as crises deepen and we do not see justice for communities, individuals and animals, ordinary people will be [driven] more and more to undertake these sorts of desperate actions.”

Police confirmed detectives were investigating the incident.

“Melbourne Criminal Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after unknown offenders have broken into a racing facility in Flemington and poured an unknown substance over a portion of the track about 6am this morning,” a spokesperson said.

A statement from the person filmed unloading the sludge was released online by Extinction Rebellion.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 1, 2022 12:14 pm

From the Domino 1 link –
Today, the Japanese government decided to officially screw the sanctions, and remain involved in the (formerly Exxon-led) Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia, as it seeks a stable supply of energy …

What happened last time sanctions were applied to Japanese oil supplies and Japan was deprived of oil?

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Things that an inner city pansy is unlikely to have seen in his worldly travels:
1. A weigh bridge.
2. A taxi depot.
3. A dry dock.
4 The inside of an army barracks.
.5 A working abattoir,
.6 A growing coffee plant,
.7 A mechanic repairing a tractor linkage.
.8 A running grassfire,
.9 *Volunteer* emergency workers and neighbours turning out to help when there is a problem.

What the heck is “A growing coffee plant” doing in there?
Has anybody ever seen one?

And #10: A bronc rider giving the nod in the chutes at a rodeo.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 12:15 pm

Who funds xr I wonder?

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 12:17 pm

Whatever is going to happen, Biden’s executive order regarding chips will force the issue.

I think the CCP Politburo make up confirms China’s intent. And EO on chips was the final straw. All that remains to be seen is the timing.

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 12:18 pm

That tends to happen with civil wars. It is not controversial to point out this historical truth.

m0nty-fa thinks that the war between the Israelis (Jews, hated by Palestinians) and the Palestinians (nominally Muslim, but more generically rabidly anti-Semitic) is a civil war.

m0nty-fa is a brainless idiot, but everyone here, except m0nty-fa, has known that for years.

rickw
rickw
November 1, 2022 12:21 pm

And EO on chips was the final straw. All that remains to be seen is the timing.

In hindsight I think it will be seen as the equivalent to the USA squeezing Imperial Japan, a guarantee on a war that might have happened anyway.

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 12:22 pm

Who funds xr I wonder?

Simon Holmes a Court?

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 12:22 pm

m0ntysays:
November 1, 2022 at 10:12 am
I have to laugh about that 2019 post responding to an assertion that a conviction didn’t mean Pell was guilty. Er yes, yes it did.

And then he got off on a technicality, yay!

The “technicality” being that it was physically impossible for Pell to have committed the crime. The fat fascist fool continues to avoid taking responsibility for his many egregious failings.

bons
bons
November 1, 2022 12:23 pm

Winston Peters, exactly. History will no doubt expose the circumstances behind his treason. But, given his record, it may well have just been the narcissism which is his most enduring characteristic. Dangerous creature.
What is incomprehensible to me though is the submissiveness of NZ rural folk. They were most notable for their entrepreneurial spirit and absolute independance. They were deadly competitors in primary and processed products markets. They carried NZ.
What happened?

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 12:23 pm

Roger,
I don’t know how true it is but someone told me, in Hebrew belief, that when God created everything – there was a hierarchy of things so the “baseless” things were created first with the most prestigious things created last – henceforce – mankind (or more arguably, a woman?).

Zipster
Zipster
November 1, 2022 12:25 pm

Whatever is going to happen, Biden’s executive order regarding chips will force the issue.

I think the idea is to force the issue because once the ccp ramp up mass production of these hypersonic nukes it’s game over.

incoherent rambler
incoherent rambler
November 1, 2022 12:25 pm

Would somebody point out to the XR imbeciles that a high impact protest would be to glue themselves to a road at the bottom of a flood plain? (at 2 am, prior to a deluge)

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 12:27 pm

What happened

Brainwashed by the TV. :-/

P
P
November 1, 2022 12:27 pm

Great banner, Dover.
The lawn at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day 1887.

1887 MELBOURNE CUP – DUNLOP
Race Info:
Placings: 1st Place Dunlop, 2nd Place Silvermine, 3rd Place The Australian Peer
Jockeys: T. Sanders, Robertson, Gorry
Trainer: J. Nicholson
Winner’s Time: 3:28.50
Weight: 52.16kg
Odds: 20/1
Prize money: £4,005
About:
Dunlop possessed great stamina on the track and won the 1887 Melbourne Cup with a new race record, easing his way across the track in the last few strides to win by a length. After the race, his jockey reportedly burst into tears with happiness. Dunlop possessed great stamina on the track.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 1, 2022 12:28 pm

Zulu,
going to be there for a couple of weeks – we’re going south, any recommendations for places to eat?

Not really – we were part of a tour, so we ate in hotels.

One small piece of advice. Carry a few small U.S. dollar bills, the trishaw drivers prefer U.S. dollars.

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 12:28 pm

Is Munted seriously still going on about Pell?

Munt – as I often say on Twitter, I’ll go with seven (unanimous) High Court Justices rather than a Records Weekly magazine writer such as yourself.

BTW – have you even read anything, beyond their ABC, on the case? I’ve read it all: Brennan, Henderson, Windschuttle, Nilligan and the HC transcript (which is actually the best read because its fucking funny how bad DPP’s case was that the judges were actually poking fun and mocking the DPP).

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 12:28 pm

I don’t know how true it is but someone told me, in Hebrew belief, that when God created everything – there was a hierarchy of things so the “baseless” things were created first with the most prestigious things created last – henceforce – mankind (or more arguably, a woman?).

Yes, that’s correct, Lysander.

On the relations between the sexes Aquinas provides a good summary.

Note that in the NT (1 Peter) woman is described as “the weaker vessel”. Now, what do you do with a fragile vessel? You protect it & take good care of it, and certainly don’t abuse it.

H B Bear
H B Bear
November 1, 2022 12:28 pm

A bronc rider giving the nod in the chutes at a rodeo.

Yee hah. Where’s ma Waylon Jennings cassette?

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 12:29 pm

Oh and Munt – that’s 7 HCJ’s with over 170 years combined legal experience.

So, GGF.

rugbyskier
rugbyskier
November 1, 2022 12:29 pm

The vile creature very much an agent of the wef. How does Winston Peters feel about it all I wonder. What a phony.

Bolt had Winston Peters on last week and totally squibbed on making the old bastard accountable and uncomfortable. After he whinged about what Ardern is doing to NZ, I was waiting in vain for Bolt to ask “so, why did you install her as PM when you and your party held the balance of power after the 2017 election and the Nationals had more seats and votes than Labour and the Greens combined?”

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 12:30 pm

I’ll go with seven (unanimous) High Court Justices

I personally don’t trust any so called ‘Justices’. Not after they did not support any form of human rights in this country.

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
November 1, 2022 12:32 pm

Mater:
the truth bombs you launch at M0nty are very entertaining and enlightening.
Unfortunately for M0nty they are mere pearls before swine.

Lysander
Lysander
November 1, 2022 12:32 pm

Thanks Roger – while I think Roger Scruton is where I got the idea from, Aquinas is prolly a better source! 😛

Old School Conservative
Old School Conservative
November 1, 2022 12:34 pm

RugbySkier:
I’m pretty sure Bolt had Peters on about 3 weeks ago and asked that difficult question to which he equivocated.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 12:34 pm

Who funds xr I wonder?

Simon Holmes a Court?

A bit radical for one as privileged as him, perhaps.

They want to replace parliaments with “Citizen’s Assemblies”.

Presumably after that come the purgings.

rugbyskier
rugbyskier
November 1, 2022 12:35 pm

OSC, I was in Ireland then and missed it. Still, he should continue asking that question until he gets an answer.

Zipster
Zipster
November 1, 2022 12:35 pm

What happened?

boomers grew old, fat and comfortable and let the commies indoctrinate their kids

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 12:43 pm

Thanks Roger – while I think Roger Scruton is where I got the idea from, Aquinas is prolly a better source!

I think Aquinas still has the privileged position as the authoritative teacher in Roman Catholicism, Lysander, while RS was a mere Anglican, so you’re bound to say that. 😀

flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 12:45 pm

I personally don’t trust any so called ‘Justices’. Not after they did not support any form of human rights in this country.

My default setting has gone pretty much to ‘don’t trust anyone/anything until they prove themselves now. The events of the last nearly 3 years have destroyed trust in everything: Experts, Drs, Police, Military, Courts, Professional bodies etc.

AKA the ‘4th turning’.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 12:49 pm

As for Pell, he was a convicted rock spider at the time I said he was. Now he is not. Bully for him.

So what is he now? Now that the charges have been quashed (in such epic style)?

Remember when the Victorian DPP asked the High Court to send the case back to Victoria so they could (literally) try it again.

Remember how the High Court rebuffed them with, shall we say, extreme prejudice, and then went on to clear the Cardinal completely?

That was awesome.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 12:55 pm

The only sure bet, parlay into animal welfare groups haranguing the racegoers entering Flemington

Most amusing would be if they glue themselves to the horses and the horses bolt.

Bad for the horses but modern camera technology being what it is we should get some great shots of the swampies faces as they try to grapple with the idea that consequences are a thing while being kicked by shoed hooves…and Mummy and Daddy are not coming make it all go away.

sfw
sfw
November 1, 2022 1:00 pm

This is old news but I only found out on the weekend. The Spirit of Tassie ferry no longer berths at Melbourne, they’ve moved it to scummy old Corio Bay in Geelong. Apparently it will be more efficient and lead to increased passenger and freight services. I can’t see how it could be better, Geelong’s a shithole on the windiest place in Australia, Geelong Rd is chockers with speed cameras and the traffic is shocking.

I can’t see how it will improve the service.

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 1:01 pm

Another spring carnival, another delightful dose of Francesca Cumani

Boambee John
Boambee John
November 1, 2022 1:02 pm

Bruce of N

This is right when BoM has been moaning that they aren’t allowed to worship Gaia enough. No, just no. Privatize them, or Rabz them and put the service delivery out to tender.

There are already multiple private providers.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 1:02 pm

boomers grew old, fat and comfortable and let the commies indoctrinate their kids

More horseshit.

bons
bons
November 1, 2022 1:05 pm

boomers grew old, fat and comfortable and let the commies indoctrinate their kids
Nope, this one ain’t on the Boomers. It is the result of pure Millenial arrogance.

Zatara
Zatara
November 1, 2022 1:06 pm

Meet the underwear-clad MAGA assassin from a hippie commune in Berkeley.

Reports suggest he is Canadian, which may or may not explain some some of that stuff.

He’s apparently an illegal alien who overstayed his visa by a decade or two.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 1:07 pm

Most amusing would be if they glue themselves to the horses and the horses bolt.

Given they exhibit the same mad fanaticism as the early suffragettes, it may only be a matter of time before we see a stunt on a race track with predictable consequences.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 1:11 pm

Conspiracy, what conspiracy?

Lee Fang
@lhfang
The emails and documents show close collaboration b/w DHS & private sector. Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde (fired by
@elonmusk
last week) met monthly with DHS to discuss censorship plans. Microsoft exec texted DHS: “Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov’t”

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1587114424925442049

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 1:18 pm

No conspiracy here either. None whatsoever;

FBI Asks Court for 66 Years to Release Information From Seth Rich’s Computer

The FBI, after claiming it never possessed Rich’s laptop or any information from it, acknowledged in 2020 that it had thousands of files from the computer.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suggested Rich leaked Democratic National Committee (DNC) files to WikiLeaks, but special counsel Robert Mueller said the real source was Russian hackers. Still, Mueller’s finding conflicts with statements from CrowdStrike, the firm hired to investigate how the DNC files were released.

Russia!Russia!Russia!

https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-asks-court-for-66-years-to-release-information-from-seth-richs-computer_4826785.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

Kneel
Kneel
November 1, 2022 1:20 pm

“I came out, 10pound tourist, in 1967 (19yrs old) knew no-one in Oz, $39 in the pocket .. landed, Mascot, on a Sunday morning, digging trenches for the Water Board by following Tuesday ……”

My father came as a 10pound pom, landed at Bris, went to railway station with the 5 quid he had and said “How far can I go on this?”. Got his ticket along with his cabin-mate, got off the train, saw just a pub and general store, maybe a house or two, then nothing as far the eye could see. Said: “Oh shit – what have we done?”. But found work, and eventually got back to Bris., where he met Mum.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 1:26 pm

Some nutter declaring a climate emergency will run onto Flemington course today?

Yes, Dan Andrews will be attending.

Bluey
Bluey
November 1, 2022 1:27 pm

Mulling over the coming energy disaster, I can’t help thinking Andrews rebuilding the SEC is effectly what will happen across Australia.

Particularly with banks and other businesses doing the whole responsible lending/governance thing and not lending or supporting fossil fuels. About the only way any new coal fired or nuclear gets built is as a government owned project.

Yes, that does mean massively over budget etc. However government have created and environment hostile to private investment for anything like that so the taxpayer will wear it again.

Yay. Celebrate our journey toward 3rd world, it’s what everyone voted for.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 1, 2022 1:28 pm

Extreme left activist Jay Tharappel booted from Labor Party

exclusive
Stephen Rice
NSW EDITOR
@riceyontheroad
6:45PM October 31, 2022

Extreme left activist Jay Tharappel, who once wore a jacket bearing slogans that declared “Curse on the Jews” and “Death to Israel”, has been thrown out of the Labor Party after The Australian revealed that the former Sydney University academic was granted party membership this year.

Revealing the expulsion, NSW Labor leader Chris Minns said: “There is no place for anti-Semitism in NSW Labor and the party has taken swift action in dealing with this matter.”

It remains unclear why the party accepted the application of Mr Tharappel, an ardent supporter of both Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and Iran’s despotic religious regime.

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

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark said: “We welcome the strong and swift action taken by NSW Labor in expelling this individual.

“Mr Tharappel’s views are repugnant, divisive and have no place in our peaceful, multicultural society. He did not deserve membership of the NSW Labor Party and removing him was the right decision.”

On Sunday Mr Tharappel declined a request for comment or to explain why he had sought membership of the party, responding: “Not interested.”

Mr Tharappel is a protege of far-left “anti-imperialist” academic Tim Anderson, who last week was found by a court to have been unlawfully sacked by Sydney University following a series of misconduct findings that included superimposing a Nazi swastika on an Israeli flag.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 1:35 pm

I can’t help thinking Andrews rebuilding the SEC is effectly what will happen across Australia.

It’s a worldwide trend. Ring a bell?

Govt’s are picking winners in energy then through regulation and green tape ensuring private investment is channeled into the fortunates and the expense of the steady, reliable and cheaper carbon generators. With sovereign and semi- sovereign debt being so absurdly high, no one wants to piss off their powerful debtors. So bow and scrape they will continue to do.

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 1:40 pm

I can’t see how it will improve the service.

While not a direct service, the CCP will no longer get a cut for using their dock.

Zipster
Zipster
November 1, 2022 1:41 pm
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 1, 2022 1:43 pm

Jim Chalmers left the door open on Tuesday for increased taxes on companies now making windfall profits, saying there was “a pretty strong view in the community that we need to get a return for our resources”.

Good luck with that one!

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 1:43 pm

Argentine tax policy here we come. The old windfall profits tax makes its entrance again .

Jim Chalmers left the door open on Tuesday for increased taxes on companies now making windfall profits, saying there was “a pretty strong view in the community that we need to get a return for our resources”.

The Treasurer also talked up the prospect of a mandatory code of conduct for energy companies that covered prices as well as supply, telling a business breakfast in Sydney the “situation as it stands can’t endure”

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 1:44 pm

Makkasays:
November 1, 2022 at 1:35 pm
I can’t help thinking Andrews rebuilding the SEC is effectly what will happen across Australia.

It’s a worldwide trend. Ring a bell?

Govt’s are picking winners in energy then through regulation and green tape ensuring private investment is channeled into the fortunates and the expense of the steady, reliable and cheaper carbon generators.

Massachusetts offshore wind project “no longer viable”

As noted above, these wind farms aren’t being put on hold because the wind suddenly stopped blowing offshore. (Though that does happen from time to time.) Nor were the developers running into problems with their turbines, or at least no more than usual. As with so many things in American politics and the industrial sector… it’s the economy, stupid.

The problems being cited by the developers are no doubt familiar to almost all of you by now. They are describing global commodity price increases, sudden increases in interest rates, and supply chain woes that are slowing production and driving up costs. Declining labor force levels are adding additional concerns. All of these factors are combining to make the construction of the project unsustainable.

There’s an obvious bit of irony in seeing the same state and federal government actors who have pushed “green energy” down everyone’s throats sitting on this particular sideline. Those same people whose policies helped drive this collapse in the supply chain and the labor market, along with the spike in the prices of pretty much everything, are now watching as one of their signature “clean energy” achievements falls victim to the conditions they created.

In their brief, the developers suggested possible solutions to get them back on track. These included cost-saving measures and government tax incentives. But the only way these projects ever got off the ground initially was because the government was already massively subsidizing the wind energy industry in general and these proposed wind farms in particular. Wind energy is not profitable in and of itself without huge government subsidies. And now that the economy has largely collapsed over the past two years, those chickens are coming home to roost, assuming they avoid getting chopped up in the blades of a wind turbine like the eagles.

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 1:48 pm

So, the person Kaushaliya was dealing with in the Premier’s private office when first lodging her bullying complaints was then later hired by WorkSafe & put in charge of investigating her complaints not getting dealt with. This state is a fkn swamp.

https://twitter.com/Voice4Victoria/status/1587270502438948864?cxt=HHwWgMCixZeHj4csAAAA

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 1:50 pm

If only we could speed up their demise, OldOzzie.

Dan will be squandering squillions on wind power in coming years in Vic. Happy days!

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 1, 2022 1:54 pm

H B Bearsays:

November 1, 2022 at 12:28 pm

A bronc rider giving the nod in the chutes at a rodeo.

Yee hah. Where’s ma Waylon Jennings cassette?

14. People who have a Waylon Jennings cassette.

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 1:55 pm

Top Ender;

State Labor MP for Fairfield Guy Zangari broke ranks to criticise his federal counterpart Chris Bowen and the Commonwealth for leaving his community in the dark.
“The fact that this is happening is very triggering to them … The community should be brought along for the broader discussion so they aren’t being left out,” he said.

The citizens of Australia need a bit of input into the entire immigration scam. We are being left out and demand our say.

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 2:00 pm

Jim Chalmers left the door open on Tuesday for increased taxes on companies now making windfall profits, saying there was “a pretty strong view in the community that we need to get a return for our resources”.

They’re called royalties, Jim.

And thanks to our federal system they don’t disappear into the Commonwealth’s consolidated revenue.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 2:01 pm

Makka says:
November 1, 2022 at 1:50 pm

If only we could speed up their demise, OldOzzie.

Dan will be squandering squillions on wind power in coming years in Vic. Happy days!

They’re running a deficit which is out of control and I think i read there won’t be a surplus until 2032. We’re currently at about $167 billion and the meter is running hot.

cohenite
November 1, 2022 2:02 pm

Littleproud says reducing emissions requires common sense. Maybe he’ll stop exhaling.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 2:03 pm

Zulu Kilo Two Alphasays:
November 1, 2022 at 1:43 pm
Jim Chalmers left the door open on Tuesday for increased taxes on companies now making windfall profits, saying there was “a pretty strong view in the community that we need to get a return for our resources”.

Good luck with that one!

Meanwhile Jim Chalmers and the Australian Labor Party are in Good Company with “Vacant Biden”

Biden Blasts ‘Big Oil’ For “War Profiteering”, Urges Congressional ‘Windfall Tax’

Incompetent Idiots flock together!

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 2:12 pm

So who are the selections for the Melbourne Cup from all and sundry here? Smokin’ Romans for no other reason that it is in the race.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 2:13 pm

We’re currently at about $167 billion and the meter is running hot.

A third world state;

The Hun;

Victoria will have to pay a staggering $22.5bn in interest alone on the state’s soaring debt over the next four years.

IPA;

Victoria’s State Finances Worst In Nation– Every Victorian To Owe $30,000 & Interest Cost To Rise Five-fold

“On all critical financial indicators, Victoria is the nation’s worst performing state by a significant and growing margin, and it will be mainstream Victorians who pay the price,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs.

Today, the IPA released a key research report, Victoria on the Edge: Debt, Deficits and Unsustainable Growth, which shows of all the states, Victoria now has largest debt, biggest budget deficit, highest taxes, fastest growing government spending, and the fastest growing public sector wages.

“Victoria’s debt, in both absolute terms and as a share of the economy, is now far higher than at the peak of the fallout from the economic collapse of the early 1990’s,” Mr Wild said.

IPA research has identified that Victoria’s public finances have seriously deteriorated and are getting worse:

Government debt is set to rise to at least $259 billion by 2035, up from $101 billion today.
Government debt today is already over five times higher than the peak debt position of $18.8 billion post the recession in 1990s.
Debt per Victorian is expected to increase to at least $30,000 by the year 2035, which is close to ten times higher than $3,500 in 2014.
Further IPA economic modelling has confirmed that under the scenario where interest rates increase consistent with market expectations to 5 per cent by 2030, state government debt interest payments will increase to $18.25 billion each year.

“By 2030, interest payments on debt will increase five-fold to become the third largest expenditure item in the state budget, behind only health and education. Every extra dollar needed to pay interest on debt will be at the expense of schools, hospitals and infrastructure funding,” said Mr Wild.

The report establishes that the Suburban Rail Loop is the critical tipping point which will make Victorian state debt unsustainable. Without the SRL, debt by the middle of next decade, while still unsustainable, will stabilise. But even just stage one of the three stage SRL project will push debt up by over $150 billion by 2035, with no prospect of repayment.

“The Suburban Rail Loop is a runaway debt train. It will be Victorian families, their children and grandchildren who will be left with the tab without any prospect to pay it back,” Mr Wild said.

The debt-fuelled spending binge has not translated to better social outcomes for Victorians:

Over the past five years, total state government spending on health has increased by 50%, yet the number of patients presenting to emergency departments seen on time has declined by 7%.
Since 2014, state government spending on education has increased by 30%, yet critical reading and numeracy NAPLAN results have increased by less than 1%.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 2:19 pm

I can’t believe the state is sleepwalking into the election to elect the Hunchback.

60/40 Morgan poll?

Naaa, I’m going with 70/30.

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2022 2:20 pm

“State Labor MP for Fairfield Guy Zangari broke ranks to criticise his federal counterpart Chris Bowen and the Commonwealth for leaving his community in the dark.
“The fact that this is happening is very triggering to them … The community should be brought along for the broader discussion so they aren’t being left out,” he said.”

This is telling, parts of Fairfield are in Fowler. Labor lost Fowler to an independent. Zangari is worried, with a state election in March, and he’s right to be worried.

Johnny Rotten
November 1, 2022 2:22 pm

A man was dating three women and wanted to decide who to marry. He decided to give them a test. He gave each woman $10,000 and observed what each did with the money.

The first one went for a total make-over which included a fancy hair style, make up and several new outfits. She then dressed up for the man and said “I have done this to make myself more attractive to you because I love you so much”. The man was impressed.

The second woman went gift shopping for the man. She bought him a new smartphone, a Rolex and some very flashy clothes. As she presented these gifts to him she said “I’ve spent all the money on you because I love you so much”. The man was again impressed.

The third one invested the money in the stock market. She earned $40,000 and gave him back his $10k. She then deposited the remainder in a joint account. She told him that she wanted to secure their future because she loved him so much. Obviously, the man was very impressed.

The man thought for a very long time about how each woman had used the money. He weighed the pros and cons and considered his future with each of them. Finally, he decided to marry the one with the biggest tits………………………….

Johnny Rotten
November 1, 2022 2:24 pm

Gags die, humour doesn’t.

– Jack Benny

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 2:25 pm

I bet on a grey in Race 3

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 2:26 pm

It will be Victorian families, their children and grandchildren who will be left with the tab without any prospect to pay it back

Only if anyone stays here. Unless the Hunchback makes it illegal to leave the state.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 2:26 pm

It’s actually very funny when you think about it.

I cannot for the life of me think of one single recognized female poster here who would be considered a fully fledged Karen. However, I can easily catalogue 8 males who are the extreme Karens posting here.

johanna
johanna
November 1, 2022 2:31 pm

14. People who have a Waylon Jennings cassette.

There are quite a few of them.

In the 1980s, I worked for a company that, among other things, sold mail order musical cassettes. By far the biggest sellers were the American country music ones, by people I’d never heard of (being a fan of hard rock, punk, electronic etc) like Mickey Gilley – he was huge. The buyers were mostly resident outside the big cities, and they were serious fans who bought every new release.

How these people who lived in regional and remote areas even heard of Mickey Gilley in the pre-internet age I don’t know. But they did. Lots of them.

How about adding to the list:

– Ever attended a B&S Ball.

Now, there’s a party worth remembering (if you can). 🙂

Roger
Roger
November 1, 2022 2:32 pm

The report establishes that the Suburban Rail Loop is the critical tipping point which will make Victorian state debt unsustainable. Without the SRL, debt by the middle of next decade, while still unsustainable, will stabilise. But even just stage one of the three stage SRL project will push debt up by over $150 billion by 2035, with no prospect of repayment.

So, if I understand correctly, c. 30km of rail line which duplicates existing lines, albeit on a more direct route, will bankrupt the state? Meaning the remaining 60km of the promised loop, joining the north and west, will likely never be built.

Wow….if the IPA is correct, just wow.

And how many “new Australians” are they going to stuff into Mogadishu on the Yarra in the meantime?

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 2:32 pm
Dot
Dot
November 1, 2022 2:32 pm

Did anyone find out who PRGUY17 was?

Was it “Jay”?

Razey
Razey
November 1, 2022 2:35 pm

In the days of “Foxconn Great Escape” from the iPhone factory in #china’s Zhengzhou, many commercial drivers risked being criminally charged by CCP by picking up the Covid refugees on foot that are trying to reach for Freedom.

https://twitter.com/GundamNorthrop/status/1587229201005830145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1587229201005830145%7Ctwgr%5E6e4faaac9fff79bcf79361ebb271b8a6daca4c4d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage5271350%2Fpg1

johanna
johanna
November 1, 2022 2:37 pm

Know nothing about horse racing, except what Tom and Dillo and one or two others share.

But, I just heard (from a housemaid who is a keen punter) that Jamie Kah is on 19.

Worth getting a quick punt on?

chrisl
chrisl
November 1, 2022 2:37 pm

I went into a pub in Ireland once and there was horse racing on TV
I sat next to someone and said “Did you know we have a day off for a horse race in Australia?”
Ah yes The Melbourne Cup
Did you a know a woman won it ?
Ah yes Michelle Payne
Did you know she had a bad fall ?
Ah yes in Mildura

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 2:38 pm

Have a go at Lunar Flare.
Good form, light weight, centre barrier and as local as you get these days.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 2:41 pm

Geez sorry.
It’s scratched.

Dot
Dot
November 1, 2022 2:42 pm

My hokey manhood test:

1. Meeting a childhood hero like Liza Snozza Daley and not acting a fool.
2. Seeing Jess Campbell on my train carriage and giving a respectful nod instead of acting like a Kotaku and asking her to marry me.
3. I’ve picked cotton.
4. Selling cherries on the side of the road.
5. Doing security in a hick bar with no rules. But it was a house. Road Hou…
6. Doing security in the city.
7. Having your labour market research mangled by a PM during a televised debate.
8. Realising “alpha make coaches (roaches?)” like Dan Blizerian were frauds before it was cool.
9. Turning down a beautiful drunk chick.
10. Actually admitting you were wrong and apologising.

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 2:42 pm

Mater:

We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.
By Emily Oster

Not whilst my arse points to the ground.
If they did it once, they are liable to do it again (for whatever the next ‘scare’ is).
Given sufficient ‘morale’ justification, those are the people who would be rendering down myself, and my family, to make soap.
Fuck them. They are to be viewed with suspicion, and treated with caution, forever.

If they actually meant it, the legislation that allowed this shitfight to happen would be gone.
But it hasn’t has it?
So they plan to do it again when they next feel like it.

Dot
Dot
November 1, 2022 2:45 pm

The Public Health Acts need to be repealed but the chances of that happening are like the LDP winning the Victorian election.

Delta A
Delta A
November 1, 2022 2:49 pm

I just had a call from the office of the SA opposition leader, Davie Speirs, to answer questions I had asked last week. The conversation was most heartening.

The woman stressed that Speirs is a true conservative, as opposed to the moderate Marshall and Chapman. He believes in two genders, the value of family, a woman is an adult female, trans ‘women’ do not have a right to female only spaces, less government intervention and a responsible approach to environmental issues to achieve best outcomes for agriculture, housing and recreation.

The SA Liberals will no loger try to ‘out-Left the Left’.

Yeah, sure, thinks I. Then, when checking the spelling of his name, I spied this snippet from their ABC News in Dec 2021:

South Australia’s Environment Minister David Speirs says he stands by comments he made at a Liberal Party fundraiser that “there’s only so many times you can deal with the Greta Thunbergs of South Australia”.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=david+speirs+greta+thunberg&ei=45BgY-eVCOj0z7sPrb6EmAQ&oq=david+speirs+greta+thun&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgAMgYIABAWEB46CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6BAgAEEM6BQgAEIAEOgsILhCABBDHARCvAToFCC4QgAQ6BQgAEIYDSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUIAJWLQ4YN1OaAFwAXgCgAHNBYgB8SOSAQkyLTcuNi42LTGYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serpA ray of hope?

Delta A
Delta A
November 1, 2022 2:51 pm

I lost half the quote:

South Australia’s Environment Minister David Speirs says he stands by comments he made at a Liberal Party fundraiser that “there’s only so many times you can deal with the Greta Thunbergs of South Australia”.

The comments were made at an event on Monday night, less than a week after he lost a party ballot for the role of deputy premier.

Speaking on ABC radio, Mr Speirs confirmed he made the Greta Thunberg comment and told supporters he was being worn down by “crazy lefties.”

“I definitely did say that,” Mr Speirs said.

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 2:52 pm

Scandal-Ridden San Francisco FBI Field Office Involved in Pelosi Investigation

Given the highly partisan nature of the FBI, and the San Francisco field office in particular, there is no reason to believe FBI brass will do anything more than run cover for the Pelosis.

No one should accept at face value the strange account of what happened to Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), at their California home last week.

Plenty of factors—a wholly dishonest news media, unsubstantiated claims the attacker was a foiled assassin who planned to kill the speaker of the House, and Mr. Pelosi’s recent legal troubles, to name a few—feed justified skepticism surrounding the alleged break-in and hammer attack that occurred in the wee hours of October 28. Details continue to change while leading Democrats including Hillary Clinton blame the incident, without evidence, on Republicans and Donald Trump.

This situation is yet another example of how the public’s complete lack of faith in major institutions is fueling doubt and suspicion. Unfortunately, that level of distrust extends to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a once-revered agency that has blown its reputation in service to the Democratic Party. And news that the San Francisco FBI field office is taking a lead role in the Pelosi investigation offers little comfort that the American people will ever find out the truth of the matter.

The San Francisco field office, like the bureau’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and many other offices across the country, is mired in scandal. It’s particularly true as it relates to the FBI’s cozy ties to Big Tech—and the San Francisco FBI office is ground zero for that quid pro quo relationship. Rather than investigate the nearly 300 Big Tech companies within its Silicon Valley jurisdiction for various offenses such as election interference, the San Francisco FBI office appears instead to be in cahoots with these powerful corporate interests to do the Democratic Party’s dirty work.

Few people benefit more than Nancy Pelosi, who of course happens to live in San Francisco. Democratic candidates and lawmakers are flush with campaign donations from Big Tech; in 2020 alone, Facebook and Twitter—the latter located in Pelosi’s congressional district and the former located just outside its boundaries—donated at least $5.5 million to Democrats and only a paltry $435,000 to Republicans, a 12-1 ratio in favor of Pelosi’s party. Conversely, threats made by leading Democrats to break up Big Tech or hold congressional hearings into alleged malfeasance have been slow-walked since Pelosi reclaimed the speaker’s gavel.

Robert Tripp was just moved from the bureau’s inspection division (the FBI’s version of internal affairs) in Washington to take over the San Francisco operation.

Late Monday afternoon, Tripp and Justice Department officials announced federal charges against the alleged attacker, David DePape, including the attempted kidnapping of Speaker Pelosi—a confusing charge, considering Pelosi wasn’t home and DePape clearly had no physical or mental capacity to do so.

It appears more than anything to be political narrative-building by Biden’s Justice Department to bolster the idea that Trump and Republicans inspired another “kidnapping” attempt. The complaint, signed by a special agent assigned to domestic terror investigations in the San Francisco FBI office, also offers a conflicting account as to what happened when officers arrived and an incomplete timeline of events.

Given the highly partisan nature of the FBI, and the San Francisco field office in particular, there is no reason to believe FBI brass will do anything more than run cover for the Pelosis and conceal any damaging or contradictory facts about the confrontation.

Makka
Makka
November 1, 2022 2:53 pm

This link includes a good map of the SRL;

Analysis from Victoria’s Parliamentary Budget Office on what was already Victoria’s biggest ever infrastructure project before the cost hike warned that another AUS$75bn (£44bn) in operating costs could push the bill to over AUS$200bn (£117bn).

The dramatic increase in costs comes just a week after the eastern part of the scheme cleared a key planning hurdle with the minister for environment and climate change endorsing the project. Suburban Rail Loop East involves construction of 26km of twin tunnels and 6 new underground stations between Cheltenham and Box Hill, with trains running by 2035. There are two other stages to the project – Suburban Rail Loop North, which will connect Box Hill to Melbourne Airport, and Suburban Rail Loop West, which will connect Melbourne Airport to Werribee.

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/cost-of-melbournes-suburban-rail-loop-project-predicted-to-double-to-73bn-22-08-2022/

Plasmamortar
Plasmamortar
November 1, 2022 2:57 pm
Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 2:58 pm

Indolent:
https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/satanic-child-sex-ring-case-in-glasgow-involving-attempted-murder-and-sexual-assaults-to-be-continued-3900212
Why am I not surprised at the crimes? But I am surprised the coppers even bothered investigating. Most of the kids who complained after years of silence about the NCCH and were just fobbed off.

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 3:01 pm

Calli:

Our cloth masks made out of old bandanas wouldn’t have done anything, anyway.

I read that as ‘bananas’ and thought they should have at least kept people quiet…

Indolent
Indolent
November 1, 2022 3:02 pm

If they’re checking for internal chemicals via “scanning” it must be a pretty sensitive and powerful scanner.

Plenty of examples in the linked video. We saw an item months ago about someone going through customs when there were vaccine mandates with a fake vaccine passport and being pulled up as unvaccinated.

johanna
johanna
November 1, 2022 3:06 pm

Melbourne Cup day memories:

(i) in high school, we were supposedly playing sport on the back oval when our punter sportsmistress stopped play while we listened to the Cup on her radio (c 1969) Light Fingers?; and

(ii) Sweeney, our group house cat, named after the head of the ACT Drug Squad, gave birth to four kittens in my bedroom.

The rest of them are a blur or less, except for faint memories of office sweeps and the odd boozy luncheon.

It may have ‘stopped a nation’, but not in the bits I was living in.

Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

Dot says: November 1, 2022 at 2:42 pm
My hokey manhood test:

Yeah yeah yeah, but have you watched a coffee tree growing?

Winston Smith
November 1, 2022 3:09 pm

Cassie/callie:
Could one of youse twins who are in contact with our esteemed rulers put a question to one of the political class next time they come within hearing distance?
“When is the Enabling Law* that allowed the Politicians to deny us so many rights going to be scrapped?” and “Do they actually intend to use it again?”
* Yes – I did that deliberately.

Tom
Tom
November 1, 2022 3:15 pm

Gold Trip (J: M. Zahra. T: Maher-Eustace. $19.40) wins the 2022 Melbourne Cup.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 3:18 pm

Ninety percent fail. This is a higher failure rate than small businesses.
Not a good look.

Not just currency markets, but 90% of all traders are losers. It’s not a bad thing as the liquidity needs to come from somewhere, driller.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 3:20 pm

I’ve met David Eustace.
He’s a very nice fella for a Pom.

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2022 3:20 pm

““I definitely did say that,” Mr Speirs said.”

Thanks for posting that DA. And good on Speirs. That’s what you do with the left, you don’t cower, you don’t capitulate, you don’t appease, you stand your ground.

As for the “moderate” Marshall, he was a Green and to the left of Malinauskas on almost everything. He deserved to lose.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 3:21 pm

From Rita P’s twitter feed. It is funny.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1587293818411425792

Indolent
Indolent
November 1, 2022 3:22 pm

The police had to break a glass door to access the home.

The cops reckon someone else opened the door to them. There was a third person in the house. Could have been a maid or maybe not.

I saw a comment by a long term cop who said that this was the first time he attended a break in where the glass and debris flew outwards.

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 3:23 pm

They’ve got a nice operation Tom. They come through BP with beautiful large floats to the Swan Hill races and very personable staff.
Michelle Payne dropped in one night on the way home. Quiet as a mouse.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 1, 2022 3:27 pm

Arkysays:
November 1, 2022 at 11:11 am
Letting those Lockheed Martin shares run a little bit longer.
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/LMT
Or should I just keep them?

Take the money and run. A profit is always a profit. You can always buy back in anything under $420 support level with $390 being oversold.

duncanm
duncanm
November 1, 2022 3:28 pm
Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 3:29 pm

The broadcast said it was only the third time in 20 years that Gold Trip ran the big 3 races in the same year. Or similar timeframe. That’s match fitness.

flyingduk
flyingduk
November 1, 2022 3:32 pm

Plenty of examples in the linked video. We saw an item months ago about someone going through customs when there were vaccine mandates with a fake vaccine passport and being pulled up as unvaccinated.

Gunna need a ‘secret handshake’ to get the higher level pollies through then.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 3:34 pm

Let’s trigger Cassie for a change.

@spenderallegra

Accelerating EV uptake is essential to our climate ambitions, fuel security, and easing cost of living pressure. Mandatory fuel efficiency standards are the key piece in this puzzle and Labor need to introduce them now. My consultation response

Allegra, the economist/engineer.

Black Ball
Black Ball
November 1, 2022 3:34 pm

That a horse did that I should say.

Cassie of Sydney
November 1, 2022 3:35 pm

“Allegra, the economist/engineer.”

Allegra, the rich Eastern Suburbs hypocrite.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 1, 2022 3:36 pm

Suspender belt is proof that we live in an Idiocracy

Anchor What
Anchor What
November 1, 2022 3:37 pm

Say goodbye to single use governments!

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
November 1, 2022 3:43 pm

BB
It’s true about good operators in racing.
I help out with race days, jump outs and trials locally.
There’s trainers who give you no hassles. They arrive on time, plenty of staff, rotate their horses so they don’t tie up stalls and have enough floats to get the raced animals away back home.
And there are others….

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 3:43 pm

Cassie of Sydney says:
November 1, 2022 at 3:35 pm

“Allegra, the economist/engineer.”

Allegra, the rich Eastern Suburbs hypocrite.

LOL

Mater
November 1, 2022 3:44 pm

eugyppius
9 hr ago
I don’t know much about the American pandemic pundits, but I gather that Brown University economist and “parenting guru” Emily Oster is far from the worst of them. Her Twitter timeline suggests she spent the early months of the pandemic terrified about the virus until school closures took their toll on her kids, at which point she repositioned herself as a kind of lockdown moderate, opposing the worst of the hystericist excesses while validating their central premises whenever possible to save face with friends and colleagues.

RTWT.

I prefer this quote from eugyppius. Cuts straight to the point and saves pixels.

Emily Oster may have said a few reasonable things in the depths of her pandemic moderation, but she can take her proposal for pandemic amnesty and shove it all the way up her ass. I’m never going to forget what these villains did to me and my friends.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 1, 2022 3:47 pm

Farmer Gezsays:
November 1, 2022 at 3:20 pm
I’ve met David Eustace.
He’s a very nice fella for a Pom.

I’ve worked with lots of nationalities and most are great people. Its only individuals that are arseholes.

feelthebern
feelthebern
November 1, 2022 3:48 pm

First Melbourne Cup I can remember that I didn’t have a bet.
This year I just accepted that I had no idea.

Johnny Rotten
November 1, 2022 3:49 pm

A mate walks into an Islamic bookshop. The attendant looks at him in amazement, walks over and asks “You know this is an Islamic bookshop, so how can I help you”? My mate says he’s after a book by Pauline Hanson, something about Immigration into Australia and overcrowding. The attendant see’s red and say’s “Get fucked, fuck off and don’t come back”. My mate looks at him for a bit and says, “that’s the one, do you have it in paperback?”

feelthebern
feelthebern
November 1, 2022 3:49 pm

I don’t understand why there aren’t emergencies for the Melbourne Cup.

Johnny Rotten
November 1, 2022 3:52 pm

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.

– Rodney Dangerfield

OldOzzie
OldOzzie
November 1, 2022 3:54 pm

Leftist Professor Writing for Atlantic Magazine Wants to Let Bygones be Bygones and Accept a “Pandemic Amnesty” – Sorry, Not Happening

October 31, 2022 – sundance

Brown University Professor Emily Oster, writing for The Atlantic wants to heal divisions created during the COVID-19 pandemic, let bygones be bygones and accept a pandemic amnesty; now that the nonsense covid positions of the professional left are shown to have been built upon lies, falsehoods and social manipulation….

…. Sorry, not happening.

The professional political leftists are starting to rebrand themselves as having fallen victim to the “bureaucracy of COVID”, and according to those high-minded people who think very highly of themselves, we are supposed to embrace this new enlightenment from the same people who were demanding our acquiescence to their dictates and sneering at those who did not comply.

This example of “THE AWAKENING” from Brown University Professor Emily Oster is supposed to be something I am told to appreciate.

Fat chance.

I/We are expected to appreciate the same people who demanded our acquiescence to every policy that was created by their ridiculous fear, simply because they now admit ‘oops, my bad‘?

Sorry, not happening.

For two years they shoved their intolerant fingers in our faces, destroyed lives and livelihoods, made ridiculous demands in order to sustain their own fear, threatened our children, destroyed the economy, used COVID as an excuse to destroy families and steal an election, attempted to force us to kneel at the altar of their mask wearing and never-ending vaccine crap, took our jobs if we refused their mandates… and we’re just supposed to what, forgive them?

I want, heck, need, to see these people destroyed with the heat of a thousand supernovas.

The vulgar lies and verbal filth have been extreme for two years as these ideological parasites utilized their microphones and typeset in a brutal attempt to tear down our nation. We have all been witness. Anyone trying to convince us this assembly of our union is not tenuous might want to revisit their proximity to reason, because they’re not just out of the city – they’re also out of the same state the ballpark is located in.

David Mamet had a famous saying, I repeat it often because it helps people break the cycle of abuse. Essentially: …‘in order for democrats, liberals, progressives et al to continue their illogical belief systems they have to pretend not to know a lot of things’…

By pretending ‘not to know’, the professional left carries no guilt, no actual connection to conscience. Denial of truth allows easier trespass, and that is exactly what Professor Emily Oster is attempting in that article.

This hate-filled Democrat, leftist and social ideology relies on our willingness to reconcile their presentations and grant benefit within their seeds of doubt.

Sorry, forgiveness is for the next generation….

We need to destroy those who carried out this abuse.

Our parents were forced to die alone in isolation while we were forbidden from holding their hand or being with them.

Thousands never had the opportunity to say goodbye.

We know exactly what the covenant of marriage is all about; and it has nothing to do with being forced to stand outside hospitals, screaming in unbearable choking anguish, while our wives and husbands took their last breaths…. ALONE!

You want forgiveness for that?

I do not possess that capacity.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 1, 2022 4:00 pm

My newly discovered favourite history presenter, Philomena Cunk, has a new series coming out on Netflix: Cunk on Earth.

Anyone curious as to what that might be like can see this brief segment from Cunk on Britain about Francis Drake.

(It goes for about a minute and then moves onto another topic.

calli
calli
November 1, 2022 4:02 pm

Sundance sums it up. That milquetoast piece from Oster was infuriating.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 1, 2022 4:03 pm

Mother Lode

Remember when the Victorian DPP asked the High Court to send the case back to Victoria so they could (literally) try it again.

Remember how the High Court rebuffed them with, shall we say, extreme prejudice, and then went on to clear the Cardinal completely?

I do remember.
And when the timeline wasn’t working for Ms Judd, she went with, “Can I add in another ten minutes, M’Lud?”
Fuck me dead.
If you wrote that as an appeal strategy in Criminal Law 201 it would come back with a lot of red ink and a yuuuge F-.

mem
mem
November 1, 2022 4:04 pm

I don’t understand why there aren’t emergencies for the Melbourne Cup.

There was but she couldn’t get her shoes on and fell asleep on the Minister’s sofa.

JC
JC
November 1, 2022 4:04 pm

He’s firing everyone. LOL

Elon Musk dissolved Twitter’s board and became the sole director of the company. Having his own vision of what the platform should become, he is best able to make decisions related to this

Indolent
Indolent
November 1, 2022 4:06 pm
Johnny Rotten
November 1, 2022 4:09 pm

Twitter – The New Wild West for Free Speech

From Armstrong Economics –

“All eyes are on Twitter after Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion. Musk took Twitter public but plans to make it available to shareholders in another five years as he believes he can reach one billion subscribers by that time. The eccentric billionaire began his takeover by bringing an actual kitchen sink to Twitter headquarters – and he indeed threw out everything “but the kitchen sink,” as the phrase goes.

First, the original board of misinformation was fired. The former CEO and many top-level executives were laid off. Twitter engineers were replaced with Tesla engineers who began working on changing the algorithm. That specific algorithm has been used to silence conservative voices and anyone going against the general narrative.

President Joe Biden was fact-checked for claiming that his Inflation Reduction Act would crack down on 55 corporations failing to pay their fair share in taxes. Twitter added context to his post and explained that only 14 of the 55 companies had earnings over $1 billion and would be the only companies eligible under the new tax law. The president or left, in general, would NEVER have faced a fact check. Musk even personally replied to a tweet from Hillary Clinton in a mocking way and obviously did not have his account banned. The left may still bash the right too.

Could you imagine if the algorithm that stifled COVID-free speech was alive and well from the beginning of 2020? People may have seen a different side to the story.

Some are worried that hateful speech will prevail on Twitter. After a certain derogatory word began trending, engineers discovered that it was part of a “trolling campaign” where around 300 bots were responsible for promoting that word in an effort to discredit the new platform. Bots or fake accounts will face bans, but people may speak freely on the platform.

Former President Trump is permitted to rejoin the social network, but he said he would stay on his Truth Social. It will be interesting to see what happens on Twitter now that all voices can freely speak without punishment.”

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/regulation/twitter-the-new-wild-west-for-free-speech/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS

H B Bear
H B Bear
November 1, 2022 4:10 pm

In the 1980s, I worked for a company that, among other things, sold mail order musical cassettes. By far the biggest sellers were the American country music ones, …

Nobody wants to be seen buying them. I’m told it’s the same with porn.

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