Belisarius Begging for Alms, Jacques-Louis David, 1781
I see scrolling down at his Cricinfo [age that Joe Burns made 108 not out for Italy vs. Romania. Forza…
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https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/joe-burns-326632 Joe Burns is out of calculations as he is now representing Italy in cricket, the rotten Dago turncoat. Neil…
Only if he builds a new road to the house.
Yes, but that would be counter propagandical.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha November 25, 2024 2:59 pm Karma strikes Anthony Albanese as he struggles to sell investment property…
Real conservative leadership, no wonder he won so thoroughly last November, and remember, he won districts that had been Democrat for decades.. If only we had someone here with a smidgen of Ron DeSantis’ fighting spirit.
“Why I stood up to Disney
RON DESANTIS
On Monday, I signed the law ending the Walt Disney Co.’s self-governing status over 43 square miles in central Florida, an area almost as big as Miami. Disney no longer has its own government. It has to live under the same laws as Universal Studios, SeaWorld and every other company in our state and is still on the hook for the old district’s municipal debt.
Disney’s special arrangement, which dates to 1967, was an indefensible example of corporate welfare. It provided the company with favourable tax treatment, including the ability to assess its own property valuations and to enjoy the benefits of regional infrastructure improvements without paying taxes toward the projects. It exempted Disney from Florida’s building and fire-prevention codes. It even allowed Disney to build a nuclear power plant and to use eminent domain to seize private property outside the district’s boundaries. While special districts are common in Florida, Disney’s deal was conspicuous in the massive benefits it conferred. Disney’s self-governing status endured because the company’s unrivalled political power in Florida made its arrangement virtually untouchable.
For more than 50 years, the state of Florida put Disney on a pedestal. That all changed last year, when left-wing activists working at the company’s headquarters in Burbank, Calif., pressured Disney to oppose Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act. The legislation bans classroom instruction on sexuality and gender ideology in kindergarten through third grade and requires that sex instruction in other grades be age-appropriate. Disney executives were seen on videos boasting about the company’s plans to inject sexuality into its programming for children.
Democrats often rail about corporations’ nefarious influence over politics and oppose favourable exceptions for big companies. Yet they supported keeping Disney’s special self-governing status. This confirms how much the modern left has jettisoned principle in favour of power. As long as large corporations help advance the left’s woke agenda, the left is willing to do their bidding.
The question many people asked me after the Disney face-off was: Why would a company like Disney tarnish its family-friendly brand, built up over almost 100 years, by publicly aligning itself with the fringe left’s agenda to limit the rights of parents to have a say in what is taught to very young children? The answer lies in how the left has pressured big companies like Disney to use their power to advance the woke political agenda.
As a basic matter, the fiduciary duty that the CEO and board of a publicly traded corporation owe to shareholders is inconsistent with allowing the company to be turned into a partisan political fighting machine. Fiduciary duty aside, most CEOs and directors understand that as a matter of prudence, big companies seldom benefit from taking positions on contentious political issues, particularly those unrelated to their businesses.
In recent years, two factors have altered this calculation. First, groups of employees at some corporations want their employer to reflect their own political values. Such employees aren’t a majority, but they are loud and militant. Executives often try to placate these employees, without success.
Instead, such gestures embolden the entitled employees to presume that their employer will fall into line in the next political battle. The inmates soon run the asylum.
The second factor is power. A traditional corporate executive may have power within the company, but a woke CEO can use the corporate bully pulpit to exert influence over society. This is especially true amid the push for environmental, social, and governance responsibility in corporate America. ESG provides a pretext for CEOs to use shareholder assets on issues like reducing the use of fossil fuels. ESG is a way for the left to achieve through corporate power what it can’t get at the ballot box.
In Florida, we understand the implications of the ESG movement. We prohibited the state’s pension fund managers from using ESG criteria when making investment decisions. Florida has recovered its shareholder voting rights from large asset managers and is seeking to pool its votes with other states to create a potent anti-ESG voting bloc. In its coming session, the Florida Legislature will codify anti-ESG initiatives into law and protect Floridians from discrimination by large financial institutions on the basis of political or religious beliefs.
The regrettable upshot of the woke ascendancy is that publicly traded corporations have become combatants in battles over American politics and culture, almost invariably siding with leftist causes. It is unthinkable that large companies would side with conservative Americans on the Second Amendment, the right to life, election integrity or religious liberty.
In this environment, old-guard corporate Republicanism isn’t up to the task at hand. For decades, GOP elected officials have campaigned on free-market principles but governed as corporatists — supporting subsidies, tax breaks and legislative carve-outs to confer special benefits on entrenched corporate interests. But policies that benefit corporate America don’t necessarily serve the interests of America’s people and economy.
When corporations try to use their economic power to advance a woke agenda, they become political, and not merely economic, actors. In such an environment, reflexively deferring to big business effectively surrenders the political battlefield to the militant left. Having private companies wield de facto public power isn’t in the best interests of most Americans.
Woke ideology is a form of cultural Marxism. Leaders must stand up and fight back when big corporations make the mistake, as Disney did, of using their economic might to advance a political agenda. We are making Florida the state where the economy flourishes because we are the state where woke goes to die.
Ron DeSantis for POTUS.
its on the way
Mother Lodesays:
March 2, 2023 at 3:11 pm
Social license.
Just like Social Media (Gossip) and Political Correctness (No more jokes that we don’t like please). Political Science (NOT Science). Domestic Science (Cooking).
And where do you get a Social licence? From the same place as a Dog Licence? Woof, woof.
The White House is still a Big white house. A blackout is still a blackout as it gets very dark at night. Man overboard is still used on Sydney Ferries (NOT person overboard).
There is NO farking Social licence.
“When corporations try to use their economic power to advance a woke agenda, they become political, and not merely economic, actors. In such an environment, reflexively deferring to big business effectively surrenders the political battlefield to the militant left. Having private companies wield de facto public power isn’t in the best interests of most Americans.”
And it isn’t just corporations, exactly the same can be said about sporting organisations, from AFL to Netball Australia to Rugby Australia to NFL to CA. They are now political actors, not just sporting actors.
Steady on, Bruce. I don’t do that. I am not German, you know.
Correct. It’s a made up hugbox, contrived by authoritarians to smother us.
Ron DeSantis for POTUS.
I disagree as the Deep State will eat him alive. Let Trump have another go now that he knows how DC really works.
DeSantis is better off staying in Florida and showing the other US States how to stand up to the Feds/Deep State in DC.
Okay folks. I’ve got an executive order #76450 on rye with a side of #77392. Who wanted it?
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I do find it interesting that every now and again attention of the blog turns to South Africa. As a South African who regularly visits family over there I have experienced the load shedding, the pot holes and the pollution. Last time I was there was in September last year. Every time it gets worse but my and my wife’s family who felt they had too much to lose when we left in 1994 do have great lifestyles despite the issues. To me all feels like a house of cards though. And the constant threat of crime is something creepy.
So why do the family stay? It’s substantial ownership of guest houses ( bit of a misnomer as my brother’s one setup has 36 units and rooms, conference facilities and a restaurant), beach houses, game reserves, a farm in Stellenbosch and a wine brand just to cover some family assets.
But ultimately in a failed country with no law and order you can lose the lot. So we chose to leave and forfeit a lot in exchange for a lower income, lesser home, no family beach cottage but security and that valuable piece of paper we have which says we are Australian citizens. No matter how bad it gets under the green religion and Labor it’s still so much better than SA.
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Duncanm, Calli and Lysander,
the posts about screwing with the chatbot remind me of this scene from the movie Wargames.
Noughts and Crosses should fix it. 😉
“Biden will never get the job done. He is weak on China because the corrupt Biden family has received millions and millions of dollars from entities tied to the Chinese Communist Party. Everybody knows that. They try and hide it, and the Fake News doesn’t want to talk about it.”
If you make such a statement, or refer to “10% for the Big Guy” over at CL’s, Homer will retort that this is impossible, as tax auditors will invariably find the money.
Homer seems a little detached from reality.
But it sounds technical so a lot of people think it must be something substantial.
Which is why it should have been challenged on the spot.
Alas, politicians are able to avoid scrutiny by the cunning expedient of only speaking to the people who are supposed to hold them to account.
The fourth estate has long since morphed into a fifth column.
Does anyone here have j’ismists hovering around the periphery of their circle? I was too well brought up so I don’t. I am curious though as to how boorish they are in company. I would expect they are very opinionated, full of ‘facts’ that ain’t so, inserting themselves with an air of growing weariness at having to explain things again into any conversation that is tending to a different opinion than they hold, and absolutely contemptuous of anyone who disagrees with them – even on a topic where this anyone has vast first-hand experience.
But they may well be worse.
Episode 2032 Scott Adams: Dilbert Is Fully Canceled, Wuhan Virus Leak, Katie Hobbs, Lab Leak & More
Ron DeSantis for POTUS.
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2028 will be far too late to restrain – or sufficiently intimidate, or even secure an armada of allies – Xi and the CCP.
“…Dilbert Is Fully Canceled…”
Scott Adams got cancelled because of a sound bite, taken completely out of context.
His argument was that if you are a black person living in a city that is even 50-50 black/white, you are better off moving a mostly white city, then applying for a job at a woke company that wants to increase its “diversity” – you’ll have less competition for the job, and so be more likely to get it, even if you are under-qualified and/or under-experienced.
The man has a point…
And if they had bothered to check, they would have realised that Adams himself predicted that his cancelling is exactly what would happen IN THE SAME PODCAST, and that he had answered all the criticisms they made of him already, again in the same podcast.
But lefties don’t want to spend even 30 minutes listening to what he actually said in context, someone just chops out a 30 second sound bite, and poof!, “Scott Adams is bad, hmmkay?”
The attention span of retarded fleas would be longer.
I remember when AI stood for Artificial Insemination, in some circles it still does https://www.dairy.com.au/dairy-matters/you-ask-we-answer/yawa-44—why-is-artificial-insemination-used-in-dairy
memsays:
March 2, 2023 at 3:01 pm
The raging California wildfires of 2020 created enough carbon emissions to offset 16 years of reductions through the state’s green policies — twice over — according to a UCLA study published by Environmental Pollution. https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2023/03/01/study-california-wildfires-in-one-year-erased-16-years-of-emissions-cuts/
Makes you wonder what bushfires emit in CO2 in Australia?
Wait until 2 or 3 Volcanoes go off in unison and see what happens next. Bushfires and man made emissions are chicken feed. FFS.
Oh, Roger!
If you make such a statement, or refer to “10% for the Big Guy” over at CL’s, Homer will retort that this is impossible, as tax auditors will invariably find the money.
Homer seems a little detached from reality.
The US Tax Auditors have not been very good at finding anything other that their shoe laces are undone. They would find SFA even if it was shoved right in front of their noses.
How is liberalism actively resisting surrogacy? The entire practice is predicated on liberal principles. Opposition is rendered moot by liberal neutrality.
Farmers v Liars goes back to the early settlers.
Well, yes, Dr. BG, but I was simply recognising that some sane people do believe in ‘angels and demons’. It is part of the Roman Catholic Catechism according to that link to a Catholic publication about the possible demonic dangers of AI. It was clear I don’t believe in demons and I don’t think AI has demonic elements, but I allow that some might. That’s up to them and their theologians.
Nor do I think it is empirically possible for a man to turn into a woman or vice versa.
That is well-established scientific fact and stands the test of rational appraisal.
Daily Mail.
“Caged cockatoo” was a garden decoration…
Australia is not there yet, which is why it still seems appealing to expats, who see problems abroad, and who also want the security of their own place and culture. I’ve pointed out here how South Korea is where most North Korean Defectors finally end up, even if they’ve been in other countries for a while first and South Korea is in some ways always under threat from the North. The pull of language and familiarity is strong. Same for South Africans, from those I’ve spoken to who have stayed, and those who have left
Hairy likes the Caribbean and yes, ‘the Bahamas looks nice’ – we’ve never been there btw – but we are old and will stay put in this pleasant neck of Sydney in spite of having the where-with-all and passports to live very well in many other parts of the world. Our grandkids are here too, and that’s a big plus.
As a Catholic, yes I do. Dotty? Perhaps, but dark forces have been written about since the time of Christ, most Church Fathers, Augustine and many others.
But I can’t give you proof beyond the DNP.
Takweni, have your relatives considered an absentee landlord fly-in fly-out sort of situation, with managers in charge? That might be an option for having some relief from constantly living with security worries.
Prof van Wrongselen on the move. Details at the Daily Mail. Inquiring minds might ask whether recent court travails made morning tea at Uni look more attractive than the Channel 10 lunch room?
Someone mentioned the imminent fall of Bakhmut – that it is close to “everyone for himself”……apparently Bakhmut is encircled on three sides – the only way out is too the West.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/2/ukraine-clings-on-in-bakhmut-despite-relentless-russian-attacks
I fail to see how the West thinks it can protect Ukraine forever. The negotiations that were proposed in Turkey at the very beginning of the hostilities could have saves all those lives. And where the hell has the UN been all this time?
It’s also got a very good stamp of religious approval from religions around the world.
Although the Mullahs in Iran find it a convenient fiction to allow homosexual men to turn female and thus be spared from testing the human powers of unassisted flight.
Give it time.
Tech billionaire stops drinking then writes about it.
https://pmarca.substack.com/p/on-pausing-alcohol?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1434963&post_id=105748371&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
“The epigenetic differences we found in young children who suffered injuries from abuse were striking and may reflect prolonged toxic stress from living in a truly dangerous environment,”
Stress gene dysregulation found in kids after injury from abuse differs from that found after accidents
There is a large body of research on this matter. The results are consistent and raise very troubling questions about our ability to reverse the consequences of chronic childhood abuse. Apart from the epigenetic changes there is most probably also a genetic contribution. Some research points to a key enzyme involved in the stress response that is altered by epigenetic processes. It isn’t just about the stress response, changes in brain maturation can have important consequences that aren’t reversible(eg. left hippocampal atrophy) Months ago a research finding suggested that the optimal intervention needs to occur before puberty. Unfortunately these troubled souls only come to our attention well past that time point. At present there is no convincing evidence that these epigenetic changes can be reversed. That does happen but I’m not confident we can always make that happen.
Long article, good summary of the research:
Wounds That Time Won’t Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse
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I hope that new understanding of childhood abuse’s impact on the brain will lead to new ideas for treatment. The most immediate conclusion from our work, however, is the crucial need for prevention. If childhood maltreatment exerts enduring negative effects on the developing brain, fundamentally altering one’s mental capacity and personality, it may be possible to compensate for these abnormalities—to succeed in spite of them—but it is doubtful that they can actually be reversed in adulthood.
Such fabulous hair.
Top Endersays:
March 2, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Roald Dahl books were neutered by woke consultants aged eight to 30 – led by ‘non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist who is on the autism spectrum’
How about editing the Bible.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Violence?
And how about all that begating. Begat here and begat there. Sounds a bit porno to me.
Someone walking on water? Hey, c’mon. Turning water into wine? Sounds like Harry Potter to me. Is J K Rowling next? Is Tolkien? What a load of Bollocks. Get real you tossers.
Karine Jean-Pierre needs a breathing room.
Just to be clear, it is Dot saying this, not me. Mine was the first statement, giving leeway to the belief systems of others.
Sometimes. when two statements from different people are both in a blockquote, those who haven’t read back thread might get the wrong idea about two strands of a debate, running them together.
It would help if commenters inserted attribution names against statements in blockquotes.
It would avoid confusions.
Channel 10 has the stench of death about it. Will take some skill to nurse it back to some sort of health.
For those who still think we are overestimating China’s strength and intentions:
China gaining a stranglehold on critical tech
By CAMERON STEWART
CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
@camstewarttheoz
4:22PM MARCH 2, 2023
China is hurtling towards dominance over the west in global technology, raising fears it will soon have a stranglehold on the supply of some of the world’s most critical technologies according to a landmark report.
The world-first study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has found that China is much further advanced on key technologies compared to the rest of the world than was previously believed.
The report, based on a newly developed Critical Technology Tracker website, found that China now leads the world in 37 of the 44 most critical technology fields including defence, space, robotics, energy, the environment, biotechnology and artificial intelligence.
“China has built the foundations to position itself as the world’s leading science and technology superpower, by establishing a sometimes stunning lead in high-impact research across the majority of critical and emerging technology domains,” ASPI says.
“For some technologies, all of the world’s top 10 leading research institutions are based in China and are collectively generating nine times more high-impact research papers than the second-ranked country (most often the US).”
The report, which examines and compares high-impact technology research around the globe, warns that unless western nations make a concerted effort to catch China, Beijing will soon be in a position to control the supply of some critical technologies.
“Unchecked, this could shift not just technological development and control but global power and influence to an authoritarian state where the development, testing and application of emerging, critical and military technologies isn’t open and transparent and where it can’t be scrutinised by independent civil society and media,” the report says.
China (could) gain a stranglehold on the global supply of certain critical technologies,’ it says. “Such risks are exacerbated because of the willingness of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to use coercive techniques outside of the global rules-based order to punish governments and businesses, including withholding the supply of critical technologies.”
ASPI found that China’s strength in technology research was underpinned by importing its talent and knowledge with one-fifth of its high impact research papers being authored by those with postgraduate training in Five-Eye countries.
“China’s lead is the product of deliberate design and long-term policy planning, as repeatedly outlined by Xi Jinping and his predecessors,” the report says.
The year-long study found that the US leads in the remaining seven of the 44 technologies and comes second in most of the 37 technologies that China leads.
Australia ranks among the top five countries for nine technologies, performing strongly in fields including cyber security, critical minerals extraction and processing, electric batteries, hydrogen and 3D printing.
It says China is especially excelling in defence and space-related technologies including advances in nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles which took US intelligence by surprise in 2021.
“Over the past five years, China generated 48.49% of the world’s high-impact research papers into advanced aircraft engines, including hypersonics, and it hosts seven of the world’s top 10 research institutions in this topic area,” the report found.
ASPI says that for western nations to catch up, a ‘strategic critical technology step-up’ is required.
This requires far deeper collaboration between allies and greater investment in research and development, talent and commercialisation. It says that innovations such as sovereign wealth funds to provide venture capital should be considered.
“Governments must make more space for new, bigger and more creative policy ideas – the step-up in performance required demands no less,” ASPI says.
“It’s important that we seek to fill this gap so we don’t face a future in which one or two countries dominate new and emerging industries (something that recently occurred in 5G technologies) and so countries have ongoing access to trusted and secure critical technology supply chains.”
CAMERON STEWART CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
Cameron Stewart is the Chief International Correspondent at The Australian, combining investigative reporting on foreign affairs, defence and national security with feature writing for the Weekend Australian Magazi.
At this rate we’re going to be in the same boat as this Russian singer. At the last minute the song was disapproved by the political officer but the singer improvised; and impressively so. Imagine all those lines in the Bible replaced with la la la …. .
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Oxymoron.
Or just don’t give a sh1t about it.
Vicki
And where the hell has the UN been all this time?
The UN, usually such a bunch of interfering busy-bodies, has been conspicuous by its silence, not only over the past year, bur before that also. It’s almost as if this war is part of a grand globalist plan, and must be allowed to reach its own conclusion.
John H, great post.
Morally, protecting children is top priority of any civilised society.
Economically, protecting children is a greatest way to lift a societies productivity.
The Russ have been very slowly closing the western gap of the pincer. Over the last 6 weeks. While the Ukes have been pouring in manpower, reserves, equipment and supplies into the area from the rear. Russia has control of all the high ground around the salient. It’s as if they have been willing Ukraine to commit their forces and reserves to the area for the purposes of bloody attrition. Now, the Ukes pull out of the bloodbath. But, not a mention of the slaughter in the MSM.
Last week WSJ ran a story of several Euro/NATO leaders prepping for discussion with Z to craft up a formula allowing negotiations to get underway. I think we’ll be hearing a lot more of that now, after the Bakhmut disaster.
Along with the usual ” Ukraine wipes out dozens of Russian battalions, thousands dead ” propaganda.
The ASPI who suggested putting nuclear submarines in Brisbane, at the end of an 80km long single channel. That ASPI?
lol, locoti. Karen Jean-Pierre’s misapprehension about a simple part of speech – the metaphoric concept of getting breathing room when you are pressured, one of Biden’s faves – gets a definite article in all of her speeches (i.e. it becomes ‘a breathing room’). Twitter having fun there in the comments about getting a tax deduction for building one on to your house etc.
Reminds of the illiteracy of Gillard’s hyperbowl.
ABCcess “philosiphers zone” has a Ukrainian whakerdemic on.
He did put out one awful figure on the flood of people leaving the country for “the west”.
98% of them are women.
I cant say if his figures were accurate, but hes pro Ukraine and wasnt challenged on any of the figures.
I guessing this song wasnt a big hit in the Ukraine.
John H
That was such a terrible song that it should have been banned from the start.
Anyway, you tube went on to show this one –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BMlq_zyko
Looks like Disney in Florida lost it’s social licence.
In why South Africa is a basket case news:
80% of Sowetan households don’t pay their electricity bills.
And the ANC doesn’t look kindly on the electricity company turning off their power.
That’s upwards of 1m people getting “free” electricity.
As Jim Chalmers would say, that’s not sustainable.
I have no doubt that the main reason she was given that job was because she looks so much like a child’s toy and they are counting on ordinary people seeing her flustered and confused feeling sorry for her.
They tried it first with that Psaki thing – the Raggedy Anne doll – but it did not work because no one really liked those dolls.
The contrast to Kayleigh McEnany is the contrast between the Trump and Biden administrations.
I think Psaki did and Jean-Pierre still does come out with a binder that they fumble through that they use as a prop to resemble McEnany – she being the archetype of the competent Press Secretary.
That’s because the men are not allowed to leave. Needed for canon fodder.
There may well be a demographic nightmare at the end of this conflict.
That sound you hear is Paul Bongiorno dusting off his CV.
One wonders if a potential source of discord at Channel X might be the endless round of belt-tightening meetings whilst the biggest drains on the station’s finances are:-
.1 having one of their number sit at home on $2 meg a year; and
.2 the same staff member generating lotsa legal costs with her big mouth.
What an absolute w@nker. He was my old PhD “supervisor” until we had a falling out over the Great Orator.
Mitch M!
…..
You are hard to get a hold of!
Mitch M
I have seen some research into “treating” autism, if it is at all possible, or describes a narrow enough set of conditions.
What do you think about Lamotrigine, psilocybin, LSD or sensory deprivation therapies?
I have seen promising research on psilocybin & LSD on PubMed (have you seen anything on LSA???). Lamotrigine has been publicised in research and mainstream press.
(Also, what about MDMA?)
Random…
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but I wholeheartedly believe Chyna deliberately released the ChivFlu to kill millions, knowing also that Keynesian governments around the world would overstimulate their economies, shortages in everything would result in runaway inflation and a global depression would ensue, thus proving capitalism (which it was not) had failed.
Sure, we’re yet to see the full impact but I still think they gamed it out.
I really should heed Hendo’s advice and not make predictions…
You’re onto something there, MoLo.
Although I’m not sure where Sean Spicer and Huckabee-Sanders fit into the picture. Apart from being adults.
I recall in the 80s a single burp by Mt Erebus doubled the amount of atmospheric Chlorine.
:bemused disapproval:
No.
M0nty says
It is funny, since I can’t see what qualifies you to call AntiSemitism.
I’d have thought that you might have challenged Cassie of Sydney and Cohenite to stand up their accusations of your AntiSemitism, though.
I was reading some BOM charts earlier today and noticed there’s only been five cyclones this summer and only one (a Cat 1) impacted the Australian mainland.
No Dot. It was BeauGan.
There you go. Admire my sheer insouciance, saying this then that.
Worry about it, or what the hell, who gives a shit.
Hun:
Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and her chief of staff Sally Rugg have been unable to resolve an unfair dismissal dispute via mediation.
Ms Rugg, who claims she was sacked for refusing to work “unreasonable hours”, will now try to bolster her federal court case after it is alleged the Teal MP “publicly acknowledged” that staff were working 70-hours a week.
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Principal Josh Bornstein, who is acting on behalf of Ms Rugg, said she would seek to add claims of “serious contraventions” of the Fair Work Act against the Commonwealth.
“The serious contravention claim is made in circumstances in which Dr Ryan publicly acknowledged that her staff were working 70-hour weeks and that it was not safe,“ he said.
“The Commonwealth has been on notice of unlawful excessive hours being worked for parliamentary staffers for many years, including by reason of inquiries and reports to parliament.”
The penalty for serious contraventions – when a breach is known and systemic – is a maximum of $660,000.
Mr Bornstein said the case would be a test for what constitutes “reasonable overtime or additional hours“ for parliamentary staffers and may impact other white-collar employees.
“If Ms Rugg’s case succeeds, it will open the door for further litigation including class actions, not just for employees of the Commonwealth but for every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a contractual obligation to perform undefined ‘reasonable additional hours’,” he said.
Ms Rugg in January launched legal action against Dr Ryan and the Commonwealth of Australia to stop her employment from being terminated.
The federal court will on Friday hear Ms Rugg’s application for an injunction.
Mr Bornstein said after that issue was determined, Ms Rugg will then “pursue her claims for compensation and other orders” against the Commonwealth and Dr Monique Ryan.
Well, the roofers have filled another two skips. The job looks great.
Noisy buggers though. Almost as noisy as the MRI machine I was popped into today. Although I have been to more annoying rock concerts.
monty asked the question yesterday about how Australia could lose their grip on the Third Test. 6 for 11 they lost later in the first session for a lead of 88.
I don’t think India will bat as badly second time around, although variable bounce will determine that.
Laughing out loud at today’s US politics headline from the UK Daily Mail:
Top Democrats say House is controlled by ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’
That’s not news, folks: it’s desperate propaganda happily propagated by 99% of the US and global media whose “journalists” are activists doing the Democratic Party’s bidding.
They wouldn’t dream of analysing who is doing the left’s bidding and why.
Republicans need to trust the intelligence of their voters: if the media aren’t expressing open hostility to your mission, you’re doing something wrong.
In the American context, the 21st century media is effectively a political party to the left of the Democrats. In Australia, the media is a mouthpiece for the ALP and the Greens.
99% of J-school graduates couldn’t care less about the public interest and the rivers of public taxation gold flowing to the political establishment.
Most journalists care only about their favourite Green left parties accumulating political power and they’ll do whatever it takes to help them win elections, including lying to voters.
Most journalists see journalism as a political weapon and telling the truth as a weakness to be avoided at all costs.
Getting some first hand stories of the atrocities the Ukrainians are committing on captured Russian soldiers. Nothing is going to protect Ukraine and quite frankly they deserve what ever is coming to them.
Lysander, even if they did it simply to destabilise the US in an election year, they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
And that would mean that certain people in power in the US were in on it too.
OldOzziesays:
March 2, 2023 at 11:30 am
“If we continue down this route we will inevitably end up where the socialists in Treasury would like to land, that is a tax on gross turnover rather than a tax on net profit.”
Treasury reveals ‘terrible’ plan to tax super funds’ unrealised profit
All of these announcements need to be made LAW first. Otherwise, it is all to make the Sheeple tremble a bit. Stand up People and just say NO !!!!!
I’d rather see war crimes prosecutions by competent authorities.
I’m old fashioned that way… I like justice to be done individually rather than collectively.
I don’t think India will bat as badly second time around, although variable bounce will determine that.
You don’t think, eh?
I’d be surprised if India get the 88 to make us bat again.
It’s actually quite amusing: global warming really does seem to cause fewer hurricanes and tornadoes. I don’t know why, but that looks to be the case from the empirical data. We’re at the peak of the ~60 year cycle and at a low point in extreme weather occurrence. Go figure. The thermageddonists really don’t like the idea that global warming is actually good.
Lysandersays:
March 2, 2023 at 5:35 pm
I was reading some BOM charts earlier today and noticed there’s only been five cyclones this summer and only one (a Cat 1) impacted the Australian mainland.
All to do with Climate Change (Cooling).
I don’t know if anyone posted this earlier, but the Mocker in the Oz has given Noddy, the “markets designer,” a wholly deserved and pretty decent thrashing.
John H, that is not true in the case of the aboriginal children in NT and other communities. We know that abuse is going on now but nobody dares do what is required for fear of being labelled as facilitating another stolen generation. I believe should The Voice pass the referendum it will not fix it but will make it even worse.
Mind you given the reputation of the Russian soldiers it would be a foolish lady who allowed herself to fall into their hands.
(UN report, so a grain osalt needed)
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/15/europe/russia-ukraine-rape-sexual-violence-military-intl-hnk/index.html
Lamotrigine, used to treat epilepsy, is interesting because it is a sodium channel agent and a recent research piece claimed it was an effective in treating the symptoms of autism. In the rodent model though and I’m very skeptical about behavioral intervention based on animal models. Epilepsy is a condition that occurs at higher frequency in ASD. There is also the suggestion that ASD can involve low GABA activity. GABA is the principle inhibitory neurotransmitter. It is relevant to ASD, anxiety, possibly depression, and epilepsy. The sensory deprivation is an interesting idea because another problem with ASD is hyper-sensitivity, with misophonia(intolerance of certain sounds) being prominent. There is research going back to the 70’s sensory deprivation but unfortunately pubmed isn’t providing abstracts. My guess is that it was abandoned because it didn’t work.
Psychedelics and anxiety can be dangerous. That my just reflect my personal bias because decades ago at a tripping party we were all having a great time except for a friend of mine. I knew he had a sub-clinical anxiety disorder(OCD) and he spent the night curled up in the backseat of his car.
This is interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. I didn’t think MDMA would be of value but …
Reduction in social anxiety after MDMA-assisted psychotherapy with autistic adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
Yes, Beaugan used part of a comment of mine to say something was dotty.
And that it was like something quite different that was also very dotty.
I was clear that the first thing was not dotty if you were religious.
But that the second thing was very dotty indeed.
Lysander said what was initially alluded to in my comment wasn’t dotty at all.
I was concerned Lysander might misapprehend that I thought his religion was dotty.
Which I do not, for it is a matter of faith.
BG simply still thinks it is dotty.
I can’t fathom a guess as to what Dot thinks.
Bear has suggested we shouldn’t give a shit.
Although, as I demonstrated in the blockquote, it could be construed I said that as there was no attribution offered.
Now I’m beginning to think that I really don’t give a shit.
And nor should anyone else.
Oh, but wait until they tell us of the global cooling resulting from “climate action!” As the (natural) cooling progresses, in 15-20 years they’ll be telling us “we did it!!”
Now, pay more.
I think you’re not supposed to mention that rebranding effort.
Pro tip: Always check copyright before you launch.
St Thomas’ Anglican Church in Auburn has been torched. It is now a crime scene.
Crossie I had the remote communities issue in mind while posting the comment but chose not to pollute the content with a political element. As I have previously stated, remote communities are so dysfunctional and produce so much child abuse they should be abandoned. It’s disgusting, I hate it, and to be honest I sometimes get upset at people proposing all manner of solutions that I know will never get to the heart of the problem. Our political leaders of all colours are, on this matter, cowards. I recently saw an interview with John Anderson where he argued the same point as myself. I’veseen an interview with Denzel Washington when he was asked about black disadvantage. He said it started with the family. Howard’s intervention was the only genuine attempt to address this problem.
Whilst I’m a Catholic, I find this terrible as it is a place where people go for help, enlightenment, spiritual nourishment etc… But with the Anglicans being more qwerty crowd and pro climate action than others… what “warrior” would do such a thing!??
Last week WSJ ran a story of several Euro/NATO leaders prepping for discussion with Z to craft up a formula allowing negotiations to get underway. I think we’ll be hearing a lot more of that now, after the Bakhmut disaster.
Along with the usual ” Ukraine wipes out dozens of Russian battalions, thousands dead ” propaganda.
The UKR is farked. That Clown of a President will very soon be leaving his TV room and bolting to the Cayman Islands to spend his loot. Or Miami or somewhere warm with no wars. Meanwhile, the Russian steam roller will vey soon be heading westwards. Cop that Biden you wally.
Lysander, they’re Sydney Anglicans. Not quite as QWERTY as you imagine.
I agree. And it is the only solution still. Assimilation via integration with no ‘cultural’ anchor drag.
Jim Chalmers is well on the way to the Liars Hall of Jims Fame, joining Jim Cairns. Not a club you would want to be a member of.
I hope that new understanding of childhood abuse’s impact on the brain will lead to new ideas for treatment. The most immediate conclusion from our work, however, is the crucial need for prevention. If childhood maltreatment exerts enduring negative effects on the developing brain, fundamentally altering one’s mental capacity and personality, it may be possible to compensate for these abnormalities—to succeed in spite of them—but it is doubtful that they can actually be reversed in adulthood.
The plight of aboriginal children in the remotes; and elsewhere.
Ah ok, thanks Calli…
It’s actually quite amusing: global warming really does seem to cause fewer hurricanes and tornadoes.
Prof Muller said tornadoes might actually be getting weaker because of climate change, despite one of the mid-west American twisters earlier this week setting a new width record of 4.18km.
He said less difference in the temperatures between the poles and the equator caused by global warming “could reduce the kind of hot-cold weather fronts that generate severe storms”.
“The current climate models are simply unable to make a clear prediction, and reduced tornadoes from global warming are just as plausible as increased ones,” he said.
(UN report, so a grain osalt needed)
This really is the end of Western Civilisation even without the error/typo above.
It is a grain of sand and a pinch of salt. Get it right !!!!!! FFS
Big fat stinking thumb on the scales… in MY Austfailure?
Voice referendum no campaign accuses Facebook of ‘restricting democracy’ over ad removal
Exclusive: leading no campaigner Warren Mundine attacks social media giant after Institute of Public Affairs posts are taken down
Guardian Australia understands Google, which owns YouTube, categorised the IPA video as political advertising because it contained footage of politicians, including Albanese and Peter Dutton. Google requires political advertisers to be verified on its platform to ensure transparency and election integrity, but claimed the IPA was not verified when it tried placing the ad. Google contacted the IPA with information about its ad policies and the IPA video remains on YouTube.
The IPA’s deputy executive director, Daniel Wild, claimed its posts were not campaign ads, but instead research and policy reports.
“At no time has IPA received a fulsome explanation from Facebook/Meta for the targeted censoring of our research content. It seems only when instances of big tech censorship are covered in the media have the relevant social media platforms scrambled to explain their censorship policies,” he told Guardian Australia.
Wild called on Facebook and Google to “make a public pledge” to provide “fair and equal access” to both the yes and no sides of the referendum.
“At all times, the debate should be free of shadow-banning and algorithm manipulation,” he said.
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Meta told Guardian Australia in January that election and referendum ads are “held to a higher standard and require a ‘paid for by’ disclaimer … These requirements are required for anyone looking to run paid content on these topics across Facebook and Instagram.”
The platform declined to comment on Mundine’s criticisms but said it would monitor coordinated inauthentic behaviour, manipulation campaigns and misinformation through the referendum by partnering with independent third-party factcheckers* and continue its transparency ad library around political ads and pages.
The platform will also work with the Australian Electoral Commission, the federal government’s Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce and law enforcement agencies.
* Any guesses which hive of scum and villainy will be given this job??
RMIT “fact manglers” by any chance?
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2022/mar/rmit-factlab-partners-meta
Yes.
Guessed it in one.
Nathan Lyon is a lyin shit.
Seriously, I’ve seen him stroll down the pitch several times now high-fiving and big glib smiles for a wicket, not even looking at the umpire (when it was not even close to a wicket).
Checking the news it looks like the church itself was saved but the church hall collapsed.
A church in Auburn has been rescued from a fire! (2GB)
Good news!
I’d have thought that you might have challenged Cassie of Sydney and Cohenite to stand up their accusations of your AntiSemitism, though.
It’s easy crotchless; just repeat after me: I support Israel’s right to exist.
Like others in the Oz XI, just a grub.
Thanks Mitch M.
Dr Ryan in danger of being Rugg munched.
Have a great evening Cats!
ps apologies Dot for incorrectly naming you in the above.
Must have gone dotty for a while with all the dottiness being bandied about. 🙂
Actually Mitch
Could there be a protocol that for example starts with MDMA, then does the psychedelics, then the GABA modulators/sodium channels then CBT + sensory deprivation?
I am a bit obsessed with the sensory deprivation tanks because the USN Seal Teams use them.
Channel 10 in danger of joining Toyota (Australia) Pty Ltd (?) as Agenda Item 8 on the Paramount board paper and having a line put through it I expect.
“RMIT fact manglers.”
Does Facebook really matter all that much anymore? I got the impression that a lot of people have turned off it, young ones in particular. Zuckerberg always seems to be thrashing around on the deck of a sinking ship trying to come up with something that will save it. Might just be wishful thinking though.
De Santis is definitely making a run. Here’s Florida politics writ large on the National stage, as Ron deservedly sinks the boot into Disney. From today’s Oz.
Some time ago, I made comment that Jim Chalmers’ (aka Jimmy Keating’s) PhD was on Paul Keating. It seems it was even more narrowly focused than that to just the period that Keating was PM. So he left out study of all the economics stuff.
I tried the tank once. Interesting.
There is a huge variety of initiatives being undertaken. When I data mine I am sometimes surprised at the level of novelty and exploration that is evident. Arguably the most successful intervention to date has been Applied Behavior Analysis. However, criticisms of it being brutal, very expensive, and time consuming, have some merit. Many ASD advocates are opposed to it.
Franksays:
March 2, 2023 at 6:27 pm
Facebook by itself maybe not.
But the “fact check” will spread to youtube, ABC and every other excremental propaganda outfit as a self referential dung heap of lies.
As an AI language model, my responses are generated based on patterns and relationships that I have learned from the text data I was trained on. While I strive to provide accurate and reliable information, I may not always have access to the most recent or updated information, and my responses are subject to limitations and potential errors…
“but if your input is wrong (the 2019 study example), how can I trust the accuracy and reliability of your other information?”
“you are a language model running on a machine. I’m not sure you ‘make great efforts’ (strive)… regardless, can I trust you have removed the 2019 reference ?”
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Obviously this AI is Anal Intercourse and has no intelligence whatsoever.
First time Cronkite has gerbil warming right. It’s a start and a really good one.
Chalmers chose the wrong career. He could have made a fortune doing Audibles for insomniacs.
When will we see our politicians begin to give some stick to woke Corporates?
Not hiring them as consultants, not furthering their interests, making them to stick to their knitting?
Not anytime soon, if as expected the Libs lose NSW and Australia is then fully governed by the left.
And the bureaucracies need a thorough clean out. Not going to get it though.
When Hairy says we should move to Florida I can really see why lately. Torn as I am.
He’s dreaming.
Poll: Surging Donald Trump Leads DeSantis in Head-to-Head, Grows Advantage over Larger Field (28 Feb)
Trump now leading DeSantis as 2024 GOP nominee, polls show (1 Mar)
Trump’s Republican voters will crawl over red-hot broken glass to vote for him. They also see DeSantis as being too close to the RINO elites who control the Republican Party. That’s something that DeSantis has now noticed and he’s belatedly trying to distance himself from the RNC. It won’t work.
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Damn straight any woman would not hang around if there is a danger of a Russian invasion.
My late mother-in-law was a young woman during WWII in Eastern Europe. She told me once that all the women and young girls were hidden when it was learned the Russian Red Army was coming through the area. Only the old people and small children were safe from rape.
Guilty as charged, milady.
As an AI language model, my responses are generated based on patterns and relationships that I have learned from the text data I was trained on. While I strive to provide accurate and reliable information, I may not always have access to the most recent or updated information,
And that says it all. ‘I may not have access to the most recent or updated information’
And updated by who? A Left Wing Nut Job per chance?…………………..LOL
My belief is that DeSantis knows that and is angling for the VP spot. Should Trump win, and that is a very unlikely outcome considering the election irregularities in key states, DeSantis will be in a perfect position to step in as Trump will be term limited.
😀
Good news, Bruce. I wonder if the old hall was the original weatherboard church? Often the case.
In Auburn they are definitely a little Christian outpost.
Lizzie some months ago I was talking to someone who collated a huge amount of research into the under 40s generation. The implication of that research is that the wokey trend in corporations is a result of market research, not political pressure. I hope that isn’t true because if it is true the situation will only get worse. Nonetheless there are already signs of blow back. Sportswomen are rebelling against trans-women athletes, two international sporting bodies have declared transitioning must occur before puberty, and comedians especially after going after wokeism. Comedians are braver than politicians!
And if Trump is knocked out of the race by some trumped up law rubbish DeSantis would have no chance of being elected since Trump voters would then stay home and watch old movies instead of voting.
The fact that deeply religious ppl believe loony things, demons or trannies as the case may be, was the point of my remark, Lizzie B. Both are matters of faith. Different faiths, but equally dotty.
I don’t regard dottiness as a big deal, there’s too much of it. What’s more important is the behaviour of the dotties. Are they fundamentally decent ppl who do mainly good things? Or are they dangerous, nasty ppl?
While of the opinion that anyone who takes any religion seriously is basically nuts, I quite like most Christian nuts, also Buddhist nuts. I’m neutral about Hindu nuts, and wary of Muslim nuts. I really loathe and despise Woke nuts.
I like cashews. Salted.
As I have previously stated, remote communities are so dysfunctional and produce so much child abuse they should be abandoned.
Ditto, John H. I have always argued thus. Howard’s Invention was on the right track. It’s amazing that so many have forgotten the horrific evidence that was publicised at that time.
No chance Crossie. A guy like Tim Scott or a lady like Nikki Haley will be the choice for the obvious reasons. DeSantis is better off coffer-damming Florida from the woke disaster infecting the blue states.
Trump can’t win in 2024, but then no Republican can. The election will be stolen, there’s too much riding on it for the Democrats for it not to be.
As I have previously stated, remote communities are so dysfunctional and produce so much child abuse they should be abandoned.
Ditto, John H. I have always argued thus. Howard’s Intervention was on the right track. It’s amazing that so many have forgotten the horrific evidence that was publicised at that time.
This was the intervention used at the autism facility where I was employed 22 years ago. The most ‘brutal’ (according to today’s standards) procedures were brief, isolated time out and spray mist therapy. The latter, presented to us by the head psych, was immediately unpopular with staff and so, very shortlived. Time out was, and continues to be, an effective way of withdrawing attention for unacceptable behaviours. It is time consuming, and so necessitating higher staffing levels, and it requires great patience as the benefits may take some time to become apparent.
Our centre followed a Piaget based education program, incorporating aspects of Schopler and Mesibov teaching practices and behaviour management. The same, I believe, could be beneficial today.
*Channeling Jordan Peterson’s famed interviewer…*
So what you’re reading saying is that you hate peanuts. And peanuts, no matter how hard they try, will never be as good as cashews.
Strange you should leave out “a thing that can be seen and touched, but is not alive.”
There are no such things as incomplete and complete persons, just persons. The difference between abortion and CP falls on the innocence of the former. Not sure how my religion blinds me to reality when my opposition to abortion is made in non-religious terms.
But that still occurs and surrogate children are still bought and sold like they are racehorses.
While of the opinion that anyone who takes any religion seriously is basically nuts, I quite like most Christian nuts, also Buddhist nuts. I’m neutral about Hindu nuts, and wary of Muslim nuts. I really loathe and despise Woke nuts.
Walnuts are nice as well as Hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, Chess nuts, Car nuts, Steam Train nuts and lots of other nuts.
Spooky action at a distance?
Dr BG, you’ll understand what I’m alluding to, in the full depth of the allusion.
We humans have trouble imagining things beyond our small direct experience.
Vicki I’m bad at political strategy but here’s a thought. Run the argument that the first priority of the Voice is to focus on fixing dysfunctional families. Request a research program be initiated to investigate the familial and societal dynamics occurring in remote communities. There is abundant evidence on the ground and in the data to demand this must the imperative.
*honey roasted macadamia has entered the chat*
Cohenite, if you’re about, did you hear that bloke on 2HD this arvo talking about his recent upgrade/purchase of additional solar panels because he wanted to reduce/eliminate his power bill, which at the time was costing him I think $250.00 per quarter and also increase his rebates for the increased power into the grid.
But after spending, I think he said another $13k for the upgrade, he’s only managed to reduce his power bill by $50 per quarter – I think he said that he’s got a 12 kW system now. (I didn’t hear the beginning so I don’t know where he lives or the size of his house).
What I can’t understand about that dill is that he mustn’t have, and still seems not to have, any idea about how much the feed-in tariff is. It reminded me of that old adage “a fool and his money are easily parted.” It was great radio!
Oh Moira!
Greenie bint gets a bit cranky.
Unfortunately the departments that are equipped to handle such intervention are also dysfunctional so until this is addressed eny ‘plan’ is doomed to fail.
Really saying.
Auto-corrupt is truly taking on the traits of Microsoft products: deferring to the latest and least desirable interpretation at the expense of the obvious.
When it comes to nuts…macadamias. Mmmmm. Pine nuts are great too, but they aren’t really nuts. Pseudo-nuts. But not as pseudo as donuts.
I reserve the right to place peanuts further down the nut chain.
Except for the gallant canine.
Depends on who their market is and on which ad agency (they are all woke these days) is advising them.
The older generations are the ones with more disposable income unless you’re flogging washing machines and disposable nappies. We can only hope that the zeitgeist is slowly changing amongst all generations as times get tougher and people get more realistic about the economy and maintaining jobs rather than second-order things like some nebulous climate hysteria. We note the Lib candidate for the Vaucluse electorate doesn’t go explicitly climatic in her letter box drops.
Having lunch today with Hairy in Double Bay and note there are posters around of two young women – one the Lib candidate, the other a faux (ie unfunded) Teal. Why do people think rather ditzy young women are all the go for political office? I rhetorically moan, looking at them.
It’s supposed to be a woman thing, he says, bemused.
It’s not a woman thing with me, I answer rather sharply. I’d prefer a man in a suit who can move around corporate boardrooms and bureaucracies being rather loud, thumping a few tables.
I’m thinking of Rowan Dean of course. 🙂
I know its only a State election, but Sydney is a significant player in Australia’s economy.
Latham has done well in the Senate, and the denizens of Vaucluse could do with a real shake-up.
With the Teals it’s a case of Simon says. Political Stepford Wives.
Except with ginger. Then raw is the way to go.
First time Cronkite has gerbil warming right. It’s a start and a really good one.
And it wasn’t even me, it was professor Muller, the Hide the Decline critic.
Autocorrect is the new Clippy.
Good idea. But not ‘of the Voice’, make that ‘instead of the Voice’.
Trump can’t win in 2024, but then no Republican can. The election will be stolen, there’s too much riding on it for the Democrats for it not to be.
In which case, the United States is finished.
You don’t need research to know that you can’t ‘fix’ dysfunctional families in a very dysfunctional remote community setting, especially when ‘culture’ is used as an excuse for a lot of that dysfunction. On that we’d be revisiting the commentary yesterday about Gary Johns’ analysis of the dysfunctions of aboriginal ‘culture’. I’d say we need immediate action rather than more research. Asking for research would of only have the limited value of putting focus on the nature of the problem.
“lost it’s social licence.”
That would be The Australian Government’s: vicious thick headed mongrels who want to see everyone either in poverty or chains.
The idea Lizzie is to put the Voice on the spot. Yes there is already abundant research but I want them snookered into a position they are loathe to adopt.
Trump can’t win in 2024, but then no Republican can. The election will be stolen, there’s too much riding on it for the Democrats for it not to be.
Well there seems to be zero consequences for thieves who stole the 2020 election. So why not 2024?
Cashews are full of cholesterol. Smoked almonds are the business. Have one, have twenty.
Cohenite, if you’re about, did you hear that bloke on 2HD this arvo talking about his recent upgrade/purchase of additional solar panels because he wanted to reduce/eliminate his power bill, which at the time was costing him I think $250.00 per quarter and also increase his rebates for the increased power into the grid.
Yeah I heard that. Here’s the point: installing solar is no longer about saving money; it did initially; but the FIT was always a massive taxpayer boondoggle which at the beginning was offering up 60c per Kwh. Compare that with what you’re paying on your bill. The increase in rooftop solar supplies power in the middle of the day when demand is at its lowest. That oversupply and other issues with rooftop solar actually threaten grid integrity and Jo looks at this in detail:
https://joannenova.com.au/?s=solar+overload
Back to the only point of installing solar which is to make sure you have power when the blackouts start after Liddell is closed. And what price do you put on having power while the rest of the poor saps are eating cold baked beans in the dark?
Vickisays:
March 2, 2023 at 6:58 pm
As I have previously stated, remote communities are so dysfunctional and produce so much child abuse they should be abandoned.
Ditto, John H. I have always argued thus. Howard’s Invention was on the right track. It’s amazing that so many have forgotten the horrific evidence that was publicised at that time.
They haven’t forgotten. It’s just that the evidence does not help the political narratives of the leftards and indigenous activists. Resolving those issues would cut back severely career opportunities among the latter, in particular.
The very best of all. 🙂
Bunya nuts can be really nice as well.
SA gov is banning mobiles in school. Good!
True, BoN, but we’ve got into some strange places even so. But we didn’t get there using faith.
I have a friend of very modest intelligence who assures me that I am locking myself out of many wonders by being sceptical. He believes in a mysterious aether, and that the mind exists independent of the brain, but he is completely ignorant of the miraculous machinery in every leaf of a tree. He’s enamoured of bullshit because it’s so accessible these days. I acknowledge the importance of a sense of wonder, but for the intellectually lazy it gets turned into credulity generally.
If I’m wrong, at least I’ll find out. And the first circle of hell looks quite congenial. I’ll have all those pagans to argue with.
Newest Cafe graduate is all grown up. Not bad for about six weeks out of the nest box. She/he was hungry, which was amazing since at lunchtime dad kooka arrived with an eel. At least that was what it looked like – fat, no legs, not snake or a lizard, about 20 cm long. The kid grabbed it from dad and cackled like Kamala Harris for a full 20 minutes or so, it was obviously a special event. Yet by evening she/he was hungry again. Kids are bottomless pits.
Unless laws are changed that isn’t going to work as your inverter is turned off by the grid operator (elfin safety reasons). So even though your panels may be pumping out the juice(and your battery is full of juice) nothing is being converted to 240v 50khz AC for you to use.
True story:
Two Dutch tourists in a Wicked camper pulled over at 3:00pm in Mt Isa and asked a local, “Will we make it to Broome by nightfall?”
He laughed & told them they were still in QLD…”But we’ve been driving all day!”
Perhaps they were on their way top Cable Beach…voted best beach in the South Pacific by Tripadvisor users.
cohenite
Back to the only point of installing solar which is to make sure you have power when the blackouts start after Liddell is closed. And what price do you put on having power while the rest of the poor saps are eating cold baked beans in the dark?
But will you? My understanding is that, when the power goes out, the solar cells are also cut off, so that they cannot cause a power surge into the grid while workers think there is no power in it. A safety mechanism, to protect grid workers.
A Russian Orbital Space Weapon that Can Penetrate American Defenses?
Diogenes
Snap, and explained far better than my effort.
Regarding backup power, even if your solar system can be wired to provide power when the street supply is off, its simply not worth it due to the high cost and limited capacity of batteries as a storage medium.
Nature already invented a cheap, energy dense way to store sunlight – its called coal and oil.
Lizzie and John H, that is not the purpose of The Voice as pushed by its proponents. It is meant as a power enhancer for the urban and suburban elite aborigines. What happens in NT and remote communities does not interest them.
It wasn’t unknown for tourists of certain nations to book into a motel in Alice Springs, and complain that there was no view of Ayers Rock from their rooms…
Diogenes says:
March 2, 2023 at 7:42 pm
Not every system works like that, you can have an auto or manual isolating switch installed, costs more, but you can use your own solar power.
China hits back at FBI lab leak theory I DW News
Imperialist yankee must correct wrongthink immediately and kowtow to socialism with chinese characteristics
I have a friend of very modest intelligence
I didn’t know you knew head prefect.
Muslims say they intend to stage a protest against The Project with Christians in Hyde Park.
Offending Jesus denounced as a “grave act of disbelief.”
– In The Australian.
We enquired about these but were told they were illegal because of anti-islanding provisions.
Political staffers “working” 70 hours a week are doing what, exactly?
Talk about bullsh*t jerbs.
Not every system works like that, you can have an auto or manual isolating switch installed, costs more, but you can use your own solar power.
Correct. Here’s one example.. Having an inverter which continues to produce power for the home when the grid is down prevents this big brother effect.
Excellent. I’ll look forward to seeing the pics of infants holding “Behead Walid Ali” signs.
And when Muslims refuse to believe Jesus’ claims to divinity, what is that?
Muslims like Jesus.
They view him as a prophet.
Just not the prophet.
Roger, we can’t know what the Almighty is doing here, but something appears to have “clicked”.
Chortle
Christian Lives Matter, eh?
This is sounding pretty contrived, I call bullshit.
He could do it himself but it gets hard after about half way.
“Muslims like Jesus.
They view him as a prophet.
Just not the prophet.”
Correct. Muslims also revere Mary.
I was reading some BOM charts earlier today and noticed there’s only been five cyclones this summer and only one (a Cat 1) impacted the Australian mainland.
Coral Sea has been dead as a door nail the last few seasons. This year the strong SE push has retained well into the later stages of the season. Unusual as the later cyclones usually menace the Queensland Coast. Gabrielle, Judy and now Kevin are all curving their way well away to the SE.
From what I saw this morning a definite wet-dry season transition weather pattern is in play now. Humidity is down too. Rainfall was good this year though, monsoon visited a number of times and we are sitting at 717mm which is around 500mm off the average for the full year.
Diogenes says:
March 2, 2023 at 8:11 pm
Not every system works like that, you can have an auto or manual isolating switch installed,
I can see that, although I can’t understand the practicality other than a double safety measure.
However, given that situation, does the solar investment pay for itself in a reasonable time?
Muslims like Jesus.
They view him as a prophet.
Just not the prophet.
So, Muslims are killing Christians all over, but they like Jesus?
That’s a pretty quaint belief, where did you pick it up?
She really is a no nonsense powerhouse.
Candace Owens tells Tucker the establishment is promoting ‘neo-slavery’
I’m well aware of that, bern.
But it’s an absurd position given Jesus’ claims about himself.
If he was a genuine prophet (which Christians believe) then he is also God incarnate, which Muslims deny. Otherwise he was a liar, which means he can’t be a genuine prophet and doesn’t deserve the honour they bestow upon him.
Islam doesn’t meet the epistemological threshold of logical consistency here.
Tricky, but not impossible.
Approval of fourth insect as a Novel Food
You really should read more, Grigs.
Gonzalo Lira
@GonzaloLira1968
China is the largest trading partner with practically every country in the world.
The US sanctioning China is akin to pointing a gun to your head and saying “Do what I want or I’ll shoot!”
Duncan @ 12:07pm
He keeps saying this – but how in the hell does pulling more tax out of (a small number of) people’s super help anyone else’s super ?
Greg Combet, the head of Australian Super, said yesterday, that those with lower super balances could be helped out by those with bigger balances.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/super-tax-concessions-could-help-less-wealthy-australians-head-of-industry-super-australia/video/38fb28d89dceb9224142c160928a06d0
Col. MacGregor: Ukraine has been DESTROYED and there’s nothing left | Redacted with Clayton Morris
The Top 3 Reasons the US Has Entered the Inflation Death Spiral
Roger, from a Christian perspective you are quite right.
Especially this:
But it’s an absurd position given Jesus’ claims about himself.
That’s the thing.
Muslims don’t believe Jesus said/did a lot of things that Christians believe he said/did.
Oh my golly gosh. I share a birthday with Elbow and Chalmless. Can anything be done or are they just an aberration?
South Africa is in freefall
CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent Flew 6,600 Miles to Say We Must Cut Carbon
First half of football of the year & Munster is off with a compound fracture of one of his fingers.
Will Rationing be the Next Phase of the Great Reset?
Chris Kenny tonight had on one of my heroes, Sall Grover, the founder of the female only app Giggle. Sall has been targeted by transperverts and tonight she nailed it when she said on Kenny that if you want to make sense of the whole trans nonsense, go and google, research and learn what autogynephilia is because then it will make it all this trans nonsense click.
Argh. Sucked down the MAFS Daily Mail rabbit hole.