Why are there no bald aborigines ?

Bad experience with a Bosch dishwasher that died just outside of warranty.

asko for dishwashers. They’re awesome.

I had to turn the heater on in mid december!!!

I find it interesting that quite a few who scream ‘Blogwrecker! You will destroy this blog, you scoundrel!’ and similar are just people who either don’t like the topics presented by others, or to whom other people present a contrary view on said topic/s.

If everyone is not in furious agreement with the screecher, suddenly the entire blog is in danger. Woe betide the punters if some gentle pisstaking occurs. Wow, woweee, hoo boy.

The lurkerscreechers are the best ones of the lot. Contribute nothing, yet sporadically complain about the nature of the entertainment then follow up by declaring the end of the world, if not actually attempting to speak to the blog owner.

The recent stoushes here are bugger-all compared to some of the titanic, ocean-spanning barneys that occurred on ExCat. In my extremely humble and ill-informed opinion, FlashCat will remain as long as the owner wants it to.

Now that the bar fight is over

Here’s how the great big awakening is winning over the great big reset

Trump has announced that America needs a super hero.

He has said that an announcement will be made overnight.

Many pundits have speculated about what it might mean, we’ll all just have to wait.

JC
The minimums have been lower this year which directly contradicts the overly simple BoM explanation of a normal La Niña.
My points are facts that have been observed and highlighted by the BoM to explain the not so usual colder minimum temps this year.
Last year was a Nina as well. Bendigo has an average minimum of 9.8 this December as compared to 11.9 in 2021.

And a group melee is called a donnybrook, which I’ve heard from the US too interestingly.

Pre-pandemic artificial MERS analog of polyfunctional SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 furin cleavage site domain is unique among betacoronaviruses
As the evolutionarily closest betacoronaviruses outside of the SARS-CoV-2 clade lack all its three functional features, this critical S1/S2 polyfunctional domain becomes an unlikely product of natural evolution alone. This evidence implicates a possible artificial origin of SARS-CoV-2 and extends the current view on its pathogenesis.

Vaccine makers bribed the European Commissioner?

One of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the European Union may go unnoticed due to the fact that this monstrous story is so inconvenient that most of the European media, which position themselves as independent, will pretend that nothing happened.

Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Stella Kyriakides, and now the European Commissioner on health and food safety, the man who signed contracts with coronavirus vaccine manufacturers on behalf of the EU appears to be involved in a gigantic corruption scandal. Journalists are sure that vaccine manufacturers bribed her.

The joint account of the EU health commissioner and her husband unexpectedly ended up with 4 million euros. The Cypriot press is already literally talking about passive bribery.

The money was deposited into the account of the Commissioner’s family through the Cyprus State Cooperative Bank. In order to avoid a scandal, attempts were made to disguise the transfer as a loan.

This is contrived because the EU health commissioner has no collateral to provide such a loan. As already established in the report of the Cyprus Audit Office, Stella Kyriakides will not be able to pay this huge amount either from her salary or from other sources, so it seems pretty obvious to us: this is a fake loan, therefore, she covers up corruption.

Stella Kyriakides is trying in every possible way to justify herself after being exposed. She is trying to pretend the money has nothing to do with EU vaccine deals and distract from the fact that it could be kickbacks paid by vaccine companies for lucrative contracts to defer or allow limited supplies. Meanwhile, more cautious Cypriot newspapers continue to write about passive bribery.

Who or what is Erin Holland?

Cricket WAG. As a comparison, Candace Warner outpoints her in every department and that’s saying something.

James Woods is an excellent movie villain. Could probably run a decent Bond arch-nemesis.

Correction- donnybrook caught my ear in an occasionally pissfunny Canadian comedy, Letterkenny.

You’re thinking of Bam-Bam, JR.

scrum – I rather like that as a variant of scum. Screaming scum.

LOL Townsville 2 years in a row. Probably deserved but honestly rinse & repeat across any town north of the tropic of Capricorn having a sizable amount of similar grogans.

Interesting?

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been released from jail today and will be deported from the UK, according to the PA news agency

Trooble at property doon from t’vineyard.
Might have an interesting case- the prep which the marron farmer is pointing the finger at, sulphur and what I think is copper oxychloride, has an insecticidal effect but is not a knockdown insecticide per se. It also smells terrible, which is not a problem in my sulphur- and copper-free vineyard smug smiley halo emoji.
I reckon more likely is, heavy metal poisoning for the bees (not barracking for the stinging wee shits, I rate them as the most aggressive feral animals to ever get into the Australian bush) like boron or manganese… but tankie looks to a winery as a source of cash who will pay out to hush up quick, what with narrative being so important to their trade.

Just having drinks with a mate who’s done two years in station country out of Hall’s Creek. He’s been around Murchison and remote communities all his life, and has that realistically affectionate but no bullshit approach to first nationses living on country… he says it’s not even funny. It is literally Hell’s Crack, and should be nuked from orbit.

I am sure the FBI will be looking into corruption by Pfizer bosses.

Nah, just kidding !

“Stella Kyriakides is trying in every possible way to justify herself after being exposed. She is trying to pretend the money has nothing to do with EU vaccine deals and distract from the fact that it could be kickbacks paid by vaccine companies for lucrative contracts “

Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the oldest child of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has been taken to hospital after suffering heart problems.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha, 44, lost consciousness on Wednesday while training her dogs for a competition

Just one of those things I guess.

euronews has a few enlightening links to the ‘alledged’ scandal.
She tries to claim it was a loan, with no security provided.
I think it will be hushed up as many others concerning the EU and Brussels commissars.

Thanks Tom!

Aww, I missed last night’s Scrag Fight. Bugger!

Musk is no good.
Likely a Spook.
Prolly a Flamer.

Scrag fight, reminds of that scene on Caddie lol

From the Guardian link (liberal pinch of salt recommended):

“It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that just simply weren’t true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and sort of take it all in.”

Harry, Harry, Harry…. You weren’t “terrified” at all. What did you think they’d do to you – death by vat of malmsey?

Poor old granny, having to put up with grown men arguing and carrying on like halfwits all over a slew of negative publicity.

What grotesque waste of space but with parents like tampon and slag…

“Erko” glasses are thick framed glasses (with or without prescription lenses) worm by the hip denizens of Erskineville and surrounding ‘burbs.

The name came up at SincCat after The Slapper was given a style re-tread (one of many and seems to be a thing amongst Labor leaders).

George, Duke of Clarence.

Alluded to in my comment. A “hunting accident” might be arranged in the New Forest…better still somewhere up in Scotland.

Ireland’s no good for body disposal – they’re digging up the peat bogs for warmth.

So Meghan was driven away from the UK after being abused in social media and hounded by the press.
Camilla might just edge her out on that score. Portrayed in the press as a snaggle toothed home wrecking hag who looks like a horse.

ENOUGH.

Lurkerscreechers are out early.

JC, look at your followers, are they mostly attractive young women?

calli the re-treading of Liars leader’s is so the proles don’t actually notice how grotesque they are and that’s just listening to them. The visuals are considerably worse. Show business for ugly people.

The Hun:

A Ballarat teenager told her own mother she hoped she would die and that she would “dig the hole” for her.

Presumably, this was because the mother decided to raise her kid in Ballarat.

The Covid era was when people revealed their true selves.

Quite so. And it’s been an eye-opener.

shocking but teal

Nice to see a blogger make good. Manhattan Contrarian has been blogging about global warming stupidity for a long time now. And nice that it’s picked up by Adam Creighton.

In the same vein is this article today:

Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables” (15 Dec)

Effectively to have somewhat adequate storage you’d need to spend your entire GDP every year just installing batteries and replacing them when they expire.

On convicts. Anyone who was transported was being punished for minor offences. Anything major and they were hanged.

In addition, transported convicts had skills that would be useful for the new colony. They were basically used as slave labour to set the place up. Once the ToL was granted, they were granted land and left to make the best of it. Which my family did to great effect on the South Coast.

Going back to England, to the crowds and cold, it always strikes me that they were sent out as punishment and ended up at Summer Bay.

I’ve never understood the love Australian descendants of convicts have for Britain. The upper class mostly despised the lower classes and in fact transportation was a way for them to literally dump the garbage as far away from them as they could. They found the convicts despicable

1. I come from relatively early free settlers and ten pound poms. The early settlers consisted of Presbyterian north western English and Irish settlers. There is a convict in the mix somewhere.
2. South west England, where the ten pound poms come from, is beautiful and where the Wessex line (and now royal line) comes from.
3. The ten pound poms were recusants and not very far removed from 1066 vintage nobility.
4. It’s our heritage. I’d also like to know why my Ligurian ancestor left for England in 1823, and why his castle is in ruins.
5. I can objectively say my family married down. Grandpa was a local alderman and respected professional, but he was also crooked.
6. Many of the convicts were despicable and were justifiably hanged for repeat offences in NSW. On the other hand, there were capital punishment cases for the most petty of larcenies. There was a convict transported at age 9, he was seven when detained, arrived at 11 and was sent to Norfolk Is. at 15. He did his time and came back to Sydney. He then disappeared off the face of the earth after a while. Also, there was no automatic right of return to the UK IIRC.

That’s why it is fascinating. Australian history is actually incredibly interesting, how it is taught in school and university is unbelievably boring.

1850s onward, gold hunters swamped the number of convicts.

Which was a major reason behind transportation ceasing around that time. Sending people off to Australia was no longer a punishment when they could potentially make a fortune there.

Not so Calli
My great great granny poisoned a woman.
She died.
At the age of eighteen she transported to Tasmania by order of the judge after a death sentence was passed.

Hey JC, are you going to buy a Trump NFT?

Trump NFT

The simulation strikes again.

The juvenile, repetitive ‘nynaah, nynyanaah, nyanahanynaa’ among the usual suspects is like trying to live in a house with Persian cats when you have an all black wardrobe.

I do think that a spell in moderation might calm things down.

I’m not enjoying the abusive language or explicit sexual stuff either. I’m no prude, but it’s illiterate, unpleasant and adds nothing. Fair enough if someone is angry and/or upset and uses a ‘bad’ word.

But, engaging in long running, pointless feuds while spraying around words and sentiments that you would not say in front of your mother is another thing.

We arthritis sufferers want justice for our scrolling fingers! 🙂

Mine were sent for poaching deer and theft of linens. Ended up as farmers.

Since cooking and stitching and gardening are my favourite pastimes, the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree.

I draw the line at stealing though. No ill gotten gains in this house. 😀

Could all things be explained by the Oyrish migration?

Dublin is at 18, Sydney at 32 and Melbourne at 34.

Paris takes the No.1 spot in a ranking of the top 100 cities for 2022 (15 Dec)

Paris has been named the world’s top city destination, according to a study that rates cities for tourism, sustainability and economic performance. Paris takes the No.1 spot for the second year running in Euromonitor International’s Top 100 City Destinations ranking, produced from a comparison of 57 metrics across six ‘key pillars’ – economic and business performance; tourism performance; tourism infrastructure; tourism policy and attractiveness; health and safety; and sustainability.

Time for the migration to reverse and the lockdown-convicts go back to the old country. I’m sure our intolerant first nations people would like that.

Not going to watch the Netflix series, and think Has and Megs are boring narcissistic twits, but the whole thing is quite interesting in that it will likely pan out to be a re-run of the appalling Duke of Windsor and his shallow self-obsessed wife. Seeing Edward VIII crash and burn must have been the 1930s equivalent of this.

A fair summary:

Vicious, excoriating: Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series is a wrong royal revenge

While the public in the UK is appalled at Harry and Meghan’s tales of victimhood, just how Charles will respond will be the next chapter in this excoriating, excruciating soap opera.

Oz